Han Du just found a chair in the lobby and sat down. Looking at Nanny Li and Menzi who were bowing down, he casually ordered: "Get up."
"Thank you, sir." Nanny Li quickly opened the door and stood up.
Han Du looked around, frowned, and asked in confusion: "Why is it so dark and there is no light at all?"
"You don't know something," Nanny Li stepped forward to reply. "The hesitation is afraid of affecting your rest, so we don't light the lights here in the morning and wait until evening to light them. Of course, we also try to light as few lights as possible at night. Light some lamps because we really can’t afford them…”
The dignified Jiaofang Secretary couldn't even afford to light a lamp. How could he be so poor?
When Han Du saw a beautiful woman in her thirties sobbing softly in front of him, he couldn't help but feel agitated and asked in confusion: "This is also the Jiaofang Secretary of the imperial court, how can she be so poor? ?”
Seeing that Han Du spoke calmly even though he was young, Grandma Li didn't dare to hide it from him. In fact, there was nothing to hide. Then he said truthfully: "Reporting to your lord, in fact, when the last Lord Tiju left, he took away all the money from the accounts of the Jiaofangsi. From that time on, there was no longer a penny in the accounts of the Jiaofangsi. . These days, we are relying on the bodies of the girls to support us. In addition, when Lord Tiji is here, there will be some income. When Master Tiji is gone, none of those who come here will have any income. The money has been spent. Therefore, the life of this Jiaofang Secretary is getting harder and harder day by day. If the adults don’t come, I’m afraid everyone will starve to death.”
It's hard for these people in the Jiaofang Division to even maintain their lives. If it were another brothel, if you want the girls to use their bodies to supplement the brothel, just dream. I'm afraid that if something is wrong, those people would have dispersed long ago. How could they hang themselves from a tree?
But this Jiaofangsi is different. Including this Aunt Li, all the women in Jiaofangsi are guilty. Unless there is a document from the court agreeing to release them, they will have no choice but to die. it's here.
What Aunt Li just said was not to show off in front of Han Du. If the Jiaofang Division still failed to make any progress, then they would really have no choice but to starve to death.
Han Du felt a headache and stretched out his hand to rub his temples. Seeing that Han Du's face was not very good, Grandma Li wanted to go forward and rub him, but she thought that this was the first time they met, and she didn't know what this adult's temper was like. If she steps forward rashly, if she offends the adults, then she won't be able to eat and walk around.
Why are all the officials like this? Are you going to take away all the money in your account before you leave office? This was the case with the Baochao Lifting Division at the beginning, and it is the same with the Jiaofang Division now. The Baobao Lifting Division was okay, and there was still some money left for Han Du, but now the Jiaofang Division had gone too far, not even a hair was left.
However, Han Du thought that when he transferred the money from the Baochao Lisi Department, he did whatever he wanted and never talked to anyone, so he had to put the matter down first.
It's better to meet the people in the Jiaofang Division first.
Thinking of this, Han Du immediately ordered: "Go and call everyone here."
"Sir, is this everyone?" Aunt Li did not leave immediately, but asked uncertainly.
Han Du dislikes people who procrastinate in doing things. In his opinion, doing things is just doing things, and they should be done vigorously and resolutely.
He said in a deep voice: "That's right, everyone. Everyone from the Jiaofang Department, one by one, will be called. Whether they are waiters or cooks."
Aunt Li looked embarrassed and said carefully: "But, there are still adults sleeping now..."
still sleeping?
Han Du originally didn't have a good impression of these rubbish who prostituted themselves for free, but he couldn't just throw them out of bed. He had no choice but to say: "Don't worry about them, just call all our people over."
"Then...Okay, let's go right away." After finishing speaking, Grandma Li turned around and went to make arrangements.
The first ones to come are naturally the doormen, because they are all idle and have nothing to do, so they can come over at a call.
The women in Jiaofangsi are all official prostitutes, and there is no distinction between Qing Guan'er and Hong Guan'er, which means that they are all prostitutes and prostitutes. As various people arrived one by one, a crowd quickly stood in front of Han Du.
When Grandma Li finally came forward, Han Du raised his eyes and asked, "Is everyone here?"
"My lord, everyone is here." Nanny Li whispered, "Even the few sisters who are still waiting on your lord have been summoned by the younger one."
Han Du looked at the rows of people in front of him. The ones at the back were naturally the servants, both male and female. The women were almost all elderly or not very pretty. Wearing a pair of coarse clothes and standing at the back with his head lowered, no one dared to look at Han Du. It was as if whoever was in charge of the Jiaofang Division had nothing to do with them.
In the middle are the sisters of Yingying Yanyan. They are official prostitutes who sell their arts and bodies, and they are also the main creators of the income of the Jiaofang Division. But now Han Du did not see a group of warblers and swallows, but instead seemed to see a group of fluffy phoenixes. All of them wore old clothes, almost no jewelry on their heads, not to mention almost no makeup on their faces, and they just stood in front of them without a face. His expression was very low, and a glimmer of hope occasionally flashed in his eyes as he looked at Han Du. Before the light could shine, it quickly disappeared completely.
Han Du saw all this, turned around and asked Grandma Li in surprise, "Why don't they even have any decent headgear?"
"Speak to your lord," said Nanny Li, she couldn't help but shed tears. Seeing Han Du looking at her expressionlessly, he quickly replied: "Sir, I originally had it, but since the Jiaofang Division has no income. In order to support themselves, the sisters had to pawn all their head and face jewelry. ....."
When Han Du heard this, he shook his head, waved his hand to stop Nanny Li, and blocked out the rest of her words. She didn't say the rest, Han Du also knew what was going on.
It is true that the incompetence of one general exhausted the three armies.
The dignified Jiaofangsi could actually reach the point where he was about to starve to death. This was considered a talent. Most people could not do such a thing. Not to mention anything else, Jingjin can easily occupy the leading position of the brothels in the entire capital by relying on the three words "Jiaofangsi". With such a strong advantage, how could he still almost die? This is not incompetence, what is it?
