The evil concubine of the fourth master of Qingchuan

Chapter 158

She didn't even bother to look at the plausible man in front of her, even if the man was the emperor of the world, so what?
Anyway, her whole heart is riddled with holes. She uses thinness as her blade, so why should she be afraid of this man who pretends to be affectionate.

Qiantang River has been rich and prosperous since ancient times.

Smoked willows and painted bridges, wind curtains and emerald curtains, there are 10 families.

Nian Yaoyue is sitting in the window of the small pavilion on the building and boat, where the cold smoke and decaying grass are turning green, she is carefully painting her eyebrows and eyes, and dressing up.

In the dark of the moon, you can see fishing lights, and there are thousands of fireflies in the solitary light.Gentle wind and waves, scattered into a river full of stars.

I saw many officials lined up on the shore to board the ship, and behind them were many slim and pretty girls.

Nian Yaoyue is sour, and there are so many people who come to send Jiangnan beauties to fourth master at night!
He turned his head resentfully to look at fourth master who was reading the booklet at the desk.

"Look, look, lord, look at the beauties in the south of the Yangtze River, Wu Nong's soft words, singing like a peach blossom fan, all of them are full of water and spirit, no wonder princes and generals have always liked to go to Jiangnan~"

After entering the south of the Yangtze River, the family returned to the official ship.

Every day, officials and gentry from the south of the Yangtze River came to send this to the fourth master, especially the delicate Jiangnan beauties, who made Nian Yaoyue feel sour.

Although Fourth Master didn't allow those women to serve him close to him, he never refused anyone who came.

"Su Peisheng, reward those beauties sent to Ertai and the others!"

Yinzhen sat at the desk and wrote at his desk, his tone was calm.

"Master, just now the squires in Yangzhou sent a few skinny horses... also?" Su Peisheng asked with his waist bowed.

"What skinny horse? Let's keep the horse, and let us ride it by ourselves!" Nian Yaoyue just finished speaking, but she saw Su Peisheng snickering while covering the corner of her mouth.

"Master Nian, you can't ride this skinny horse."

Su Peisheng giggled and began to explain in a rambling manner. After Nian Yaoyue listened, her three views were shattered.

Yangzhou has been the most prosperous in the world since ancient times. A large part of the reason for its prosperity is the developed water and land transportation, which has brought considerable shipping income. Another factor that cannot be ignored is that Yangzhou produces salt.

So there are many wealthy salt merchants. How rich are these people?

Wealth can rival a country is still light, and even the aesthetics are to the extent of pursuing deformed aesthetics.

These salt merchants are used to seeing plump women, and their aesthetics began to turn to thinness as beauty.

Some local dentists and toothmaids took this as an opportunity to start this new industry.

"Raising lean horses" is one of the business methods, but raising lean horses is not just raising horses.

Instead, Yagong and Yamao who are engaged in "breeding thin horses" buy young girls from poor families at a low price, and then sell them at a high price after they are raised.

They bought good-looking girls from many poor families, basically at the age of six or seven, and trained them in grades according to their appearance, body shape, and intelligence.

The first-class girls can learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, reading and writing, and all kinds of skills must be dabbled in. The second-class girls mainly focus on bookkeeping and management. Learn how to work and cook.

Regardless of class, these cheap girls lead a hard life.

In order to maintain their feeling of pity, the human traffickers will not give them enough food. This is how the "thin horses" are thinned out.

By the time the girls are in their teens, the traffickers are looking for suitable buyers.

The girls' prices are also determined by grades, including the selection of appearance, voice, posture, hands and feet, and the selection of "three-inch golden lotus" is particularly strict.

Ranging from one or two thousand taels of silver to several hundred taels, the profits made a large number of human traffickers rich.

Girls with good qualifications may be favored by wealthy businessmen and taken as concubines.

But even entering a mansion compound does not mean that they can live a good life. Under the evil taste of rich people, these girls are often only regarded as trading goods.

The reason why it is called raising lean horses is because it is the same as the business method in which merchants buy lean horses at a low price, fatten them up and then sell them at a high price.

So the word "thin horse" at that time was actually an insult to women.The analogy is that women are like horses that abuse weak horses.

She rolled her eyes, and suddenly remembered that Huaxia's Tianwangsao Internet celebrity training institution had its originator as early as in the Qing Dynasty.
"In a few days, Huang Ama's dragon boat will arrive at Yangzhou Prefecture. At that time, it will detour to Jiangning to weave Cao's house to stay."

The Cao family?

It must be Cao Xueqin's family. In history, Lord Kangxi lived in Cao's house five or four times during his six trips to the south of the Yangtze River, and then successfully bankrupted the Cao family.
In history, not long after the fourth master came to the throne, he copied the Cao family upside down and won the nickname of the emperor who copied the family.

The fourth master is still chasing the Cao family's ass to collect debts. Whenever the officials of the Cao family come forward, he will definitely ask behind the scenes when they will pay back the money, and there is no one else.
I'm really curious how the Cao family offended fourth master
"Master, you don't like the Cao family?"

Nian Yaoyue bit her lip, curiosity killed the cat, she felt like a cat scratching her heart, she wanted to know why fourth master didn't like the Cao family.

"I have no feelings for the Cao family. I can't say whether I like it or not."

Yinzhen was playing with the rare Dushan jade snuff bottle that Cao Yin sent, and said calmly.

The old lady of the Cao family is Huang Ama's nurse, and Huang Ama has always been generous to the Cao family.

Cao Yin was even more trusted by Huang Ama. In addition to being responsible for weaving in Jiangning, Cao Yin was also appointed to inspect the Lianghuai salt administration and the Lianghuai salt inspection censor.

These two positions were all "fat jobs" that were so fat at the time.Cao Yin holds two jobs by himself, so it is difficult not to make a fortune, so he naturally became the first-class rich man in Jinling area.

The Cao family is Huang Ama's minion in the south of the Yangtze River, and it can affect the whole body. Yinzhen is very curious about how the future new king can uproot the entangled Cao family.

.........

On the Grand Canal hundreds of miles away, the four concubines Defei Wuyashi, Yifei, Rongfei, and Huifei seldom sat together playing mahjong.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Long Live didn't turn his cards around today! Masters, rest early."

"Hmph, Lord Long Live spends all day on the top floor blowing the cold wind with the Taoist nuns, and he doesn't even look at us. I knew we wouldn't be here!" Concubine Rong was blunt and couldn't hide her words.

"I'm confused, I'm confused~"

Wu Yashi is in a good mood, and has won several games this morning.

It's an open secret that Long live Lord has that woman in Changcui'an in his heart, so there's nothing sour about it.

Why bother with mediocrity and make yourself half dead with anger, it is better to eat, drink, play and have fun.

"Tomorrow when we arrive in Yangzhou, let's follow the example of a man's private visit and visit Yangzhou city. Shall we go?"

Wu Yashi winked at several old sisters who accompanied and killed each other.

"Go and go, and buy more things when the time comes. The things in the south are more exquisite than those in the Forbidden City. If you come back empty-handed this time, you will lose money."

Concubine Yi Guo Luoluo was very fond of it, and in the past few days, she picked up rare tributes and moved them to her house.

(End of this chapter)