Chapter 26 Xiang Xiaoyu's Dium

In the history books of later generations, as the Linyun of the imperial city of Xia, it is a luxurious and gorgeous city. Just like the Qinglong Hall in the palace, which is high on the eighty-step white jade, it overlooks the whole world with the proud posture of Ling Shuang. Of course, without the arrival of the exotic princess, perhaps Linyun would not have become the golden and shining imperial city in people's mouths. Because of this, in the records of many wild history, it is agreed that the reason why Linyun became prosperous after the arrival of Lingyue is that Emperor Xia got the Qingsong welcome map with Shen Haoran's lifelong treasure. I'm afraid only the parties can know what the facts are.

Leave the magnificent Zhenguo General's Mansion and go north through Pyongyang Street. Walking for half an hour, passing through Wanhefang, where foreign businessmen gathered, and then turning left a few steps, you will see a simple building that is not too exquisite but unique. The door linlin of the heavy eaves is carved with complex gluttony patterns. Walking in is an extremely ordinary courtyard, with no carefully trimmed traces, even a little messy, but this kind of wanton and indulgence makes people feel extremely relaxed.

Going to the second floor and following the pace of Xiao Er, Ling Yue and others were taken to a rather elegant room. Under the ferferal recommendation of Ouyang Wan, the vermilion Eight Immortals table was filled with exquisite and delicious dishes, and of course, the most famous Lausanne wine. Brother Xie is here today. Please feel free to order it. You're welcome.

"What does it mean that Brother Xie is there? Don't be polite?" Xie Tingyu frowned, looked at Ouyang Wan with contemptuous face, and said hatefully, "Why do I have to pay the bill every time I eat?" When can you, the imperial guard, invite you back?

"Well, as you said, I'm just a pre-guard, and my salary is less than 900 taels of silver. Look, prices have soared recently, and I can't even save my wife. Your guy who fights for gold on this day is so embarrassed to let me treat him. It's too unreasonable and unreasonable."

When Xia Wuchen heard Ouyang Wan say this, he kicked him quietly: "Can you stop crying in front of others all the time?"

Ouyang Wan suddenly looked at Xia Wuchen seriously and looked at him as if he were dead: "Your Highness, why don't you talk to the emperor and raise my salary to a point? It's not that I'm allowed to eat with the former imperial guards. It's spread that people think that your emperor's father has seized the money of his ministers.

Xia Wuchen held his forehead and looked careless to make friends.

"Why, is the annual salary of 900 taels of silver very small?" Although he had been rolling in the financial market for several years in his previous life, he had no idea of the so-called silver Lingyue.

"Alas." Ouyang Wan sighed heavily and said, "You are either a prince or a princess. Even Brother Xie is a rich businessman. How can you understand the grievances of me, a royal guard with only 900 taels of silver a year? Take this Lausanne wine as an example, a pot costs twenty taels of silver, and with these small dishes, this meal is fifty taels of silver. How much do you think 900 taels of silver is?

Ling Yue turned her head: "Your Highness, how much is your annual salary?"

"5,000 taels of silver, if you count some rewards or something, it's about six or seven thousand taels of silver."

"What about the prince?" Ling Yue continued to ask.

"The prince's salary is 9,000 taels."

"How can there be so much difference? Aren't you all the emperor's sons?"

Ouyang Wan took Ling Yue's words and said, "Although they are all emperor's sons, there is also a difference. Take the Third Highness as an example, the guy who brought you back. He made great achievements for the emperor, but because his biological mother Liu was born as a maid of honor, he said that he had the lowest status among many princes, with an annual salary of only 3,000 taels of silver. Although Wuchen and the prince are both the legitimate sons of the queen, in terms of elders and inferiority, the prince is naturally much higher than that of Wuchen.

Ling Yue nodded and then turned her eyes to Xie Tingyu: "So Mr. Xie, how much money can you make a year?"

Faced with Ling Yue's question, Xie Tingyu thought for a moment: "This question is not easy to answer."

"Trade secrets?" Ling Yue was not angry at all about Xie Tingyu's answer. Because she had long predicted that even if Xie Tingyu really said how much money she could make in a year, she must have lied to her. Because no smart businessman will tell others how much money he has made. This stupid behavior is no different from suicide.

"Trade secrets? Haha, this statement is interesting. Xie Tingyu also heard the four words 'business secret' for the first time, but when he thought about it, he also reasoned it. "It seems that the princess is interested in business?"

"I'm not interested, but very interested. I think the most amazing person in the world is a businessman.

"All kinds of products are low-quality, only reading is high. This merchant has been the most despised business since ancient times. How can the princess think that the greatest thing in the world is a businessman? Xie Tingyu got up and poured a glass for Ling Yue, waiting for her answer.

"Are they all subordinates? If you ask me, this is simply a foolish opinion. The world always thinks that businessmen are profit-oriented and ignorant villains, but I feel that it is because of businessmen that the world can prosper. If there were no merchants, wouldn't it have become a pool of stagnant water? Ling Yue picked up the wine glass and drank it all at once without any fat powder.

At this time, Xie Tingyu looked at Ling Yue and felt a little bosom friend in his eyes. He got up again to drink for Ling Yue: "So the princess, do you think that a woman can do business?"

"Haha, Brother Xie, you are here again. Why do you always struggle with the strange idea of whether this kind of woman can do business or not?" Ouyang Wan said with a smile, "Even if the sow can climb the tree, it is impossible for this woman to do business. If a woman does business, she will definitely be scolded to death."

"What's wrong with women in business?" Although Ling Yue knew that the woman in her era had no status, she was not very clear to what extent.

"Except for Chu, all three countries have laws, and women are not allowed to practice business." Xia Wuchen picked up the glass and drank slightly. "In fact, this has nothing to do with the law itself, mainly because the distinction between internal and external concubines is too strict. Women, it's always not good to show up, let alone business.

"What if a woman wants to do business, what will happen according to the law?"

"I don't know much about the laws of the two countries, but according to the laws of the State of Xia, it is necessary to prick on the face." Although he only drank half a glass of wine, Xia Wuchen's pale and elegant face turned red.

"It's really harsh that women don't want to live." Ling Yue did not expect that women in business would suffer so much criticism in this era. "So why can women in the State of Chu be in business without being restricted by the law?"

"Chu's national style is open. Women, not to mention doing business, will not be criticized much even if they become geisha." Xie Tingyu gently shook the paper fan and said, "Twenty years ago, I don't know how many princes and nobles, merchants and giants, smiled for the famous prostitutes of Bochu and made a lot of money. It is said that a golden king even knelt down in public, but he did not touch the beauty's heart.

"Then, who can touch the beauty's heart?"

"What can impress the beauty's heart is Duguyu's father, who invited you to the flower banquet, that is, Duguba, the general of our Xia country. Unfortunately, I later learned that the shadow was actually a detailed work cultivated by the State of Chu. Ouyang Wan carelessly picked up a piece of beef and chewed it without eating. "Before the emperor gave it to death, Duguba hung the shadow that gave birth to a daughter for him with Bai Ling. Alas, the famous prostitute in the State of Chu who once smiled was so fragrant and died."