Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 490: If My Lord wants to listen to music, I can help you pick a few girls!

To put it simply, this person in charge is both an official and a businessman. If he manages industries for the Imperial Merchants Corporation, he is equivalent to a manager of a state-owned enterprise. If he provides or sells goods to the Imperial Merchants Corporation, he is equivalent to a collaborator of a state-owned enterprise.

The establishment of the Imperial Merchants Bureau brought considerable shock to the merchants of Dayong.

After the memorial from the Ministry of Personnel was submitted, many merchants in Kyoto began to take action.

Even Luo Shang, who had just moved to Kyoto, came to Yang Zhengshan.

In the tea room at the back of the mansion, Luo Shang poured tea for Yang Zhengshan, "My Lord, the matter of the imperial merchant!!"

He looked at Yang Zhengshan expectantly.

The head of the Imperial Merchants Bureau, even if it is just an honorary position, is fatally attractive to merchants.

Yang Zhengshan took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "There is no rush for this matter. The decision is in the hands of His Majesty. There is no point in being anxious."

"But~~"

Luo Shang wanted to say something, but Yang Zhengshan interrupted him and said, "Your advantage is the glass business. His Majesty will consider this. You can't do anything else, and I can't help you!"

What is the essence of the Royal Merchants Department?
Glass industry!

Glass workshops and six major agents.

There are currently only two glass workshops, one in Kyoto, which is under the control of Your Majesty, and the other in Chongshan Town, which belongs to the General's Mansion.

The advantage of the six major agents is that they have complete sales channels and can sell glass to every house in Darong.

It may not be appropriate to say that channel is king here, but if it were other businessmen, it would take at least a year and a half just to establish a complete sales channel.

Emperor Yanping couldn't wait for a year or two, and neither could the Ministry of Revenue.

"Then I'll wait?" Luo Shang asked.

"Just wait! There should be news soon!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

Luo Shang finally felt relieved. The two chatted for a while and then Luo Shang left.

Yang Zhengshan sat in the tea room and thought about it, and decided to write a memorial.

Of course, he was not doing it for Luo Shang, he was doing it for Chongshan Town.

The General's Mansion in Chongshan Town cannot afford to lose the income from the glass workshop. Without the income from the glass workshop, the General's Mansion will go bankrupt next year.

Emperor Yanping should understand this matter, but Yang Zhengshan still had to submit a memorial to raise this matter so that Emperor Yanping would not ignore it.

On the other hand, after Luo Shang left the Marquis' Mansion, she prepared to go home.

Their Luo family has moved to Kyoto, but they are businessmen and certainly not qualified to live in West City, so the Luo family’s mansion is in East City District.

Just as Luo Shang was on their way home, four warriors in black tights blocked their way.

"The one in the car is Master Luo!" the leading warrior asked calmly.

Luo Shang lifted the car curtain and looked at the other party with some doubt, "Who are you?"

"My master wants to see Mr. Luo, please come with me!" said the warrior.

Luo Shang's expression changed slightly. This was obviously not a gesture of inviting someone, but more like kidnapping.

"May I ask which distinguished person wishes to see me?"

"Mr. Luo will know when he goes there!" The warrior's eyes became sharp.

Luo Shang got off the carriage. These people dared to block the road, so they were naturally fearless.

There are many nobles in Kyoto, and any one of them is someone he cannot afford to offend.

Faced with this situation, he had no choice but to obey.

"I will go with you, but it's okay to let them go home and report their safety!" Luo Shang winked at the followers around him.

The two followers behind the carriage had quietly retreated several steps.

The warrior looked at his followers with a look of disdain.

"can!"

Then, Luo Shang got on the horse they had prepared and rode away.

Several followers looked at each other, then turned around and ran towards the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion.

In the study of the Marquis's Mansion, Yang Zhengshan had just finished writing the memorial when Wu Hai knocked on the study door.

"come in!"

"My Lord, Mr. Luo has been asked to leave!" Wu Hai said.

Yang Zhengshan looked up in surprise, "Who asked me to leave?"

"I don't know. The followers around Mr. Luo said that the other party is four warriors and they don't look like good people." Wu Hai said.

"They asked the person to leave in public!" Yang Zhengshan found it unbelievable.

Kyoto is indeed a place where the powerful and wealthy gather, but if you say that the security in Kyoto is bad, then I guess the Twelve Battalions of the Imperial Guards and the Shuntian Prefecture will be angry with you.

Since the other party dares to invite someone in public, his status must be not low.

After all, everyone knows that Luo Shang is Marquis Jing'an's man.

Is this aimed at Luo Shang, or is it aimed at me?
Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Let Wu Zheng find out who took Luo Shang away!"

"Yes!" Wu Hai responded and hurried to find Wu Zheng.

Money and silk touch people's hearts!

Yang Zhengshan knew very well how huge the profits involved in the glass business were.

It is normal for someone to set his sights on Luo Shang.

But who could this person be?

……

Chunmanlou is a famous brothel in Kyoto. It is a proper brothel, not a place of prostitution.

Although brothel is an elegant name for the business place of prostitutes, not all brothels can be called brothels.

At least there should be a star rating to be called a brothel! Those places commonly known as brothels or even prostitutes that only provide sex trade are not worthy of being called brothels.

The girls in Chunmanlou are all prostitutes who sell their art but not their bodies. Each girl is trained since childhood and possesses a unique skill. Her skills in playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting must be beyond ordinary people, and she must also be a talented woman with stunning beauty.

These talented and beautiful girls will naturally attract many literati and elegant guests to come and listen to music, watch dance, and discuss poetry and songs.

So Chunmanlou is a place full of talent and art.

Yes, it is like that!

Chunmanlou is elegant, and the word "elegant" is emphasized. It is a place where there are worldly thoughts but no worldly people.

Luo Shang was escorted by four warriors into Chunmanlou and came to a room on the third floor.

The veil in the wing room was hung low, the walls were covered with brocade, and even the ceiling was covered with embroidered felt, creating a hazy atmosphere.

Behind the gauze curtain, there is an intricately carved jade-inlaid bed, a brocade quilt and an embroidered blanket, and a few figures can be vaguely seen.

A man was lying on a jade-inlaid bed, with two petite women serving him with sweet smiles.

And outside the gauze curtain, there are three graceful women, with fair faces and white shirts, black hair. Sometimes they raise their wrists and lower their brows, sometimes they stretch out their hands lightly, their jade sleeves fluttering in the wind, and their every move is full of the graceful demeanor of orchids.

Next to her there was a woman with thin eyebrows and eyes, as thin as a willow, playing the piano. The beautiful and lively sound of the piano flowed out from between her fingers, like thin threads flowing through the heart, soft and peaceful, comfortable and peaceful.

It was clearly an extremely erotic scene, but amidst the melodious music, it seemed pure and quiet. Seeing this, Luo Shang lowered her head and stood still obediently.

He has traveled all over the country, and apart from anything else, he has been on the flower boats in the south of the Yangtze River countless times.

So he was not unfamiliar with such scenes, and he was quite familiar with the ins and outs of it.

Among so many women in this room, the most popular one should be the one playing the piano. I wonder how many literati and talented men will be attracted by her piano playing alone.

The poorest and lowest class are the women serving behind the veil, because they use their beauty to serve men.

This is how brothel girls are. If you are elegant, you are noble.

"Young master, Master Luo is here!" the warrior stepped forward and said.

Behind the veil, the young man who had been listening to the music with his eyes closed slowly opened his eyes when he heard the words, and his gaze passed through the veil and fell on Luo Shang.

"Master Luo!"

"I dare not. I am honored to meet you, sir!" Luo Shang bowed quickly.

"Haha~~"

A mocking laugh came from behind the veil, and then the veil was opened, and a handsome young man in a moon-white gown walked out.

"I asked Mr. Luo to come here today because I have a favor to ask of you!"

"Sir, please tell me what you want. I will not refuse as long as I can do it!" Luo Shang replied cautiously.

The young man looked at him with appreciation and said with a smile: "You are quite sensible!"

Luo Shang lowered her head and looked at the embroidered patterns on his body, not daring to breathe.

Python pattern!

The nobility of the dragon robe is second only to the dragon robe. In the early days of Darong, only the crown prince and princes could wear it. However, since the emperor granted the dragon robe to meritorious officials two hundred years ago, many dignitaries in Darong can wear the dragon robe since then.

For example, Yang Zhengshan only had a Qilin robe but no python robe. However, because he was a third-rank marquis, all the children of the Yang family could use Qilin patterns as decorations on their clothes.

Similarly, those who can embroider python patterns on their clothes must be from a powerful family who has been specially granted python clothes.

There are many people in Kyoto who can wear python costumes, but not many.

But no matter which one of them is, Luo Shang, a businessman, cannot afford to offend.

"I want all of your Luo family's glass businesses in Longnan, Nanyun, and Jiangnan, including the shop owners and clerks in the shops. What do you think, Shopkeeper Luo?" the young man said softly.

Luo Shang's heart skipped a beat. Damn it, are they going to take away all of Luo family's glass business?

At the beginning, Yang Zhengshan set up six major agents, each of which had two provinces, a border town, and a prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Luo family was taken care of by Yang Zhengshan and took advantage of the situation by owning two prefectures in Jiangnan.

But the border town allocated to the Luo family was Chongshan Town.

The man in front of him wanted to take over the glass business in Longnan, Nanyun and Jiangnan, which was almost equivalent to cutting off all of the Luo family's business in the glass industry.

"This, this matter has no say for me!" Luo Shang could only say this.

"Oh!" The young man's eyes turned cold, "You can't make the decision! Why do you want me to ask Marquis Jing'an to make the decision?"

Luo Shang's heart suddenly shook.

Since the person in front of him mentioned Marquis Jing'an, it means that he is not afraid of Yang Zhengshan.

But now that things have come to this, he can only bring up Yang Zhengshan.

With his status, he had no right to bargain, and only by bringing up Yang Zhengshan could there be room for easing the situation.

"Exactly!"

"Haha, I will talk to Marquis Jing'an myself. As for you, you just need to hand over all the shops!" said the young man nonchalantly.

Luo Shang's heart sank immediately. If even Yang Zhengshan couldn't stop this man, then their Luo family might really have to give up the glass business.

Just when Luo Shang was wondering whether to agree first, the door of the wing room was suddenly pushed open.

The four warriors in the room suddenly became alert.

The young man frowned and looked towards the door.

At the door, a man dragged two warriors who were guarding the door and threw them directly into the room.

Seeing this, the young man's face turned extremely ugly.

That was his follower, and the man in front of him actually threw his follower in!
"Who are you?"

he asked coldly.

The person at the door glanced at him, then stepped aside and waved.

A group of warriors in tight clothes rushed into the room. Without waiting for the young man to react, they surrounded the box tightly.

Seeing this, the four warriors quickly protected the young man.

Luo Shang was stunned at first, but when he saw the face of the person clearly, his heart suddenly settled down.

The people who came were none other than Ding Qiu and the Yang family's guards.

At the same time, a familiar voice was heard outside the box.

"Haha, sorry, sorry, I'm here to do something and disturb your pleasure. Boss, give each guest a pot of good wine and put it on my account!"

Yang Zhengshan walked upstairs with a smile on his face, bowing to apologize to the guests he had disturbed.

"May I ask this gentleman's name?"

As soon as he reached the third floor, a gorgeous and charming woman came up to him and said with a beautiful smile.

"I am Marquis Jing'an, hehe~~"

Yang Zhengshan chuckled all his life.

Upon hearing this, the madam's smile widened.

"If you want to listen to some music, I can help you pick a few girls!"

"No, no, I have someone to treat us today! Do you want to help me serve wine to everyone?"

"Wu Hai, give me the silver!"

Yang Zhengshan ignored her, left a word, and walked straight to the room next door.

Wu Hai behind him stepped forward and took out a stack of banknotes and handed them to the madam.

The madam looked at the banknote and finally took it.

Opening a brothel in Kyoto is still very risky.

The children of the powerful and wealthy have bad tempers, and fighting is common, and if they are not careful they may end up in lawsuits.

As a brothel owner of low status, she dared not be disrespectful to a marquis.

Yang Zhengshan was willing to pay money to apologize to the guests. Although she was somewhat reluctant, she had no choice but to accept it.

However, when she saw Yang Zhengshan enter the box, her face turned pale.

Without having time to take care of what was happening in the box, she hurriedly found a servant and said, "Go find the eldest master!"

Chun Man Lou naturally has a backer. Without it, Chun Man Lou would not have been able to open in Kyoto.

Yang Zhengshan didn’t know that the madam had asked someone for help, but even if he knew he wouldn’t care.

(End of this chapter)