Chapter 274: Guiding the maze
Chapter 274 Guiding the Maze
The host was Cheng Chumo, but the guest of honor was naturally Qin Lang.
As soon as he entered the private room, Cheng Chumo made it clear to the girl Shishi who jumped up, that he accompanied Qin Sanlang today, and he will be rewarded a lot. The girl Shishi comes from Zhongqu, and she is familiar with Qin Sanlang's name. She thinks that among the three famous prostitutes in Pingkangfang, the female school secretary and female recorder have been picked by Qin Sanlang one after another. miracle.
Girl Shishi is only second-rate in Pingkangfang, not as good as the first-rate ones, not to mention the top-notch prostitutes like the female school secretary, but which girl has never imagined that one day she will meet Qin Sanlang, and she will leave from now on. This happy place has become a concubine in the prince's mansion.
"Sanlang, Shi Shi Jing Sanlang."
Qin Lang sat there, "I drink tea."
With a girl to accompany, drinking and having fun will naturally have more atmosphere.
Of course, today is indeed just a group of friends coming out to drink and chat, just to make contact, not to talk about any secrets. Originally, Qin Lang's current status made it somewhat inappropriate to come out to have fun with them openly, but Qin Lang also knew that his so-called prime minister would not last for a few days.
He is just a **** brought out by Li Shimin to charge across the river, so once the reforms are carried out smoothly and formally entered into orbit, he, the so-called Tong Zhongshu sect, will probably be able to achieve the goal, not only him, but even Changsun Wuji Now the head of the hundred officials, Shangshu Zuo Pushe, will probably give way by then.
This is not to say that the two cannot be trusted by Li Shimin, on the contrary, Li Shimin trusts them, so he will pull them up to the top position at the critical moment, but the two of them are the emperor's brother-in-law, the emperor's son-in-law, a prime minister in his twenties, and a A prime minister who is less than twenty is suitable for a transition.
He is still clear about this self-knowledge.
So Qin Lang actually didn't regard himself as a prime minister at all, so he didn't pay much attention to those things, and he didn't have anything to fear when he went in and out of the market and interacted with his friends.
Besides, this is also in line with his age. If he does everything like an old guy now, then Li Shimin will have to worry about not being able to sleep in the future?
Everyone drinks, Qin Lang drinks tea, it's not because he's pretending, but when there are too many people, he doesn't like to drink, he likes to drink by himself or with friends, if there are ten or twenty people, he can do it without drinking. Try not to drink.
After a round of drinking, the hot show is still being performed below.
There are sword dancers, throwing knives, and singers. In short, the owner of this restaurant is quite entertaining. There are even monks who have returned from the monastery. .
The vulgar talk is somewhat similar to the storytelling of later generations. This monk who returned to the vulgar used to tell vulgar stories in the temple, just telling some Buddhist scripture stories, but he was very eloquent. Now that he has returned to the vulgar, he is no longer limited to telling Buddhist stories. They all started talking, even occasionally including some nasty jokes, which caused the guests upstairs and downstairs to laugh, and there was that bold guy who even threw money directly on the stage.
Qin Lang was sitting there drinking tea, with Miss Shishi next to him. The girl tried to please her in every possible way, but Qin Lang wasn't interested in it. He was more focused on observing the people in the restaurant.
Actors who dance swords and jugglers, monks who are vulgar, wrestlers, wrestlers, hostesses, shopkeepers at the counter, waiters in the waiter, welcomes at the door, and boys who stop horses.
There are also well-dressed guests, and prostitutes who shuttle between the guests.
The atmosphere was warm and full of laughter.
This is the sound and extravagant scene that many people criticize nowadays.
Qin Lang didn't feel how degenerate these things were, on the contrary, what he saw was the blooming vitality.
What I saw was boldness and confidence.
There is nothing wrong with it. This restaurant has to pay a lot of taxes to the imperial court every year. In addition, the wine and tea sold are equivalent to paying a tax. Every customer who consumes here actually pays for The imperial court contributed taxes.
And part of this tax revenue became the military expenses of the imperial army, some became the salaries of hundreds of officials, and some became food, grass and military equipment that were transported to spiritual salt and other border areas.
Some things are difficult to prohibit, no matter how strong the prohibition is, it is better to change the prohibition to sparse.
The restaurants in Pingkangfang have to pay a tax on the purchase package, and tax on wine and tea. Even the prostitutes in Pingkangfang have to register and apply for a license to work with a license, and they have to pay a special rouge tax... ··
Many people headed by Wei Zheng refuted that Qin Lang even made money from prostitutes, saying that he fell into the eyes of Kaiyuan Tongbao Qian, and many people said that he competed with the people for profit and only searched.
Will Qin Lang care?
Won't.
The so-called competition with the people for profit is just that they only allow the state officials to set fire and not let the people light the lamps. These people just want to keep these business interests in their own hands forever.
It's a pity that Qin Lang can't understand it.
Qin Lang has always been in favor of the big court and the centralization of power, because only in this way can a strong and stable country be guaranteed, and the people can be stable when the country is strong. In fact, nobles like them need the stability of the court more in essence. How can it be attached.
He didn't want his family to be like the Shandong family in the future. Even when his mother's Germany defeated the Japanese in Qingdao, they would immediately bow down to the portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm. It is a disgrace to the eighteen generations of ancestors.
"Sanlang, this Guogong Tang is really hot recently." Xiao Erhei drank a few glasses of wine, and two blush appeared on his charcoal-like face.
"Say what Erlang wants to say!" Qin Lang said.
"That's right, brother also wants to get some private money like Lao Cheng."
Old Cheng was next to reveal Xiao Erhei's old background, saying that his father, Yuchi Dahei, is now one of the top ten richest men in Chang'an, but he is very stingy with his sons, Xiao Erhei only has five hundred yuan of pocket money a month.
Five hundred dollars, not five hundred guan.
It's too much, Qin Lang thought.
Who doesn't know that Yuchi Laohei used to be a blacksmith, but this guy had already mixed into the fifth rank at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and later switched to Liu Wuzhou. He was also one of the top generals in the Liu Wuzhou group, let alone after being defeated by Qin Qiong and surrendered Became Li Shimin's full-time bodyguard and won his trust.
Xuanwumen made great achievements that day, King Qi Li Yuanji rewarded him with all the slaves, servants and concubines in his mansion, so Yuchi Laohei suddenly entered the top ten of the Tang Chang'an Rich List.
Anyway, he is also a person with a net worth of over 100 million, but he only gives his son 500 yuan a month.
My little Er Hei works as a errand in the palace, earning more than 500 yuan a month, and the old Hei actually exploits his son.
"Sanlang, give me a hand." Xiao Erhei almost cried when Lao Cheng said it. He is also the second son in the family, not comparable to Lao Cheng, anyway, the future will be his own, he is only the second son, and his father's billions of dollars in the future will have little to do with him.
"Guo Gong Tang is so popular now, can you also give my brother a share, just give one or two hundred catties a month, and the brother can also earn some money to spend."
Said so pitifully, Qin Lang patted him on the shoulder.
"You won't ask your father for it?"
"Don't dare." Xiao Erhei held back for a long time, and finally only uttered two words.
Qin Lang shook his head.
Xiao Erhei was a little stunned, and finally had no choice but to lower his head.
"We have a good relationship with brothers, so let's make it bigger if we want to, don't we?"
"This?" Xiao Erhei was at a loss.
Of course, Qin Lang can't say that Qinjiatang has already designated a distribution area, and it's not good to join in like this, which will easily damage the system.
"As for me, I have a good idea. It just so happens that our brothers are here today. If everyone is interested, we can join together." Qin Lang said.
Originally, when Xiao Erhei asked for sugar, these animals listened with their ears up. On the surface, they were all watching the common saying downstairs, but in fact they all waited for Xiao Erhei to succeed before finding some reason to ask.
"What good idea does Saburo have for getting rich?"
Qin Lang scanned these noble children, most of them came from Wagang before.
"Sweet, salt, tea, iron, etc., if we want to intervene, of course we can. It's just that we are using the influence of our fathers and brothers to do so. It's shameless to say it, and it's not a real skill. So, we want to Get some pocket money to spend, and better do something yourself."
"Then Saburo said what can we do?" Cheng Chumo hurriedly asked.
"Don't we all like to play polo? Our skills are pretty good and we like to play, right?"
"Brother Sanlang is right."
Qin Lang was able to cross over because he was shot off by Xiao Erhei because he was playing polo.
"But how can playing polo make money?"
These guys are very fierce when it comes to polo, but when it comes to making money, they are all a little slow.
Cheng Chumo said to the women accompanying him, "Go out first, come back later."
After the women left reluctantly, Cheng Chumo hurriedly asked, "Brother, if you have any good ideas, just tell me."
Qin Lang's idea is actually very simple, that is to set up a polo league.
In the later generations, the horse racing, football, basketball and other leagues are so popular and profitable. Not only can they sell tickets, but they can also bet on games.
The nobles in Chang’an like polo, and so do the common people. If they don’t have the conditions to play polo, they also want to play donkey ball.
Polo collided fiercely, this is the favorite sport of the martial Tang people, and there is no one.
It's just that although there are polo games, there is no league mechanism, let alone polo betting.
"Let's find a piece of land in Pingkangfang, build a polo field, and then, we can build a polo team, and then invite other noble teams to come to the game, as long as there are a dozen or so teams from him , we can form a league, divided into two seasons, one season for half a year..."
Qin Lang plans to set up a polo league and implement a double-round system. In short, there are more than one match, and then the team can start betting on the outcome.
As long as this thing is done, are you afraid that there will be no small money?
(end of this chapter)