The well-informed officials are bleeding, but they still expect the common people who have never seen the market? Ninety percent of the people who come here to watch the excitement can never afford to go to Bada Hutong.
These poor people see the Eight Great Hutongs in the same way that the old farmers in the deep valleys of later generations in the 21st century imagined what a social gathering place for the upper class would be like.
In those top entertainment venues in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the price of a glass of wine is enough for poor people to work for half a year. Who can enter them?
The reason is the same. The quality of the women provided in these places is frightening. Although Xiao Huangying is not the top brothel, Cuiliu House can be regarded as a fireworks place for second-tier brothels.
The quality of the top talent coming out of this place cannot be compared to the quality of the leading red girl from the provincial capital, and it is conceivable that she is also extremely beautiful.
It's really an eye-opener for the hundreds of people watching the fun!
"It's so beautiful...Why do you look so good..."
"That's right... much prettier than that woman in my family..."
"If I can do this for just one night, I would be happy to shorten my life by ten years..."
"Bah... a poor guy is still daydreaming?" There were also high-status Eight Banners idle men in the crowd, and they looked down upon these poor guys who had made great efforts.
"Do you know how much money it costs to spend a night with this guy? Haha... I'll scare you to death if I tell you... If you don't have a hundred silver dollars, you can't get involved..."
"Ouch...one hundred silver dollars..." People were dumbfounded. The people in Sijiu City at that time could only earn thirty or forty dragon-marked silver dollars a year, which meant they were well-off. Fifty silver dollars or more would be considered a well-off family. A prosperous home with no worries about food and drink.
Two years' wages will be wasted for just one night's sleep? There is no justice!
We can’t afford it, but we can watch it for fun. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Xiao Huangying is crazy alone. Since she doesn't dare to offend Li Tuo after receiving the task, she should try her best to perform the play well!
With snot and tears, Xiao Huangying had deceived Salonga. According to his confession, Salonga was simply not a human being!
She tricked her out of Cuiliu Building under the pretext of treating herself to a play and then imprisoned her. This woman described the details of Salonga's torment with her so vividly.
There are also various made-up stories, many of which are shady jokes circulated privately by the brothel girls, and they are all attributed to Saronga.
Using women's shoes as wine glasses to drink wine, using women's foot bindings to tie up little orioles to play with restraints...even the tricks and routines on the show couch are described.
The Bada Hutong was originally a place where filth and evil spread. Many of the customers there had some psychological problems. For hundreds of years, there were many perverted legends about torturing women.
Today, the little yellow warbler has been given to Saronga!
At first, Salonga was still complaining, but the governor of Shuntian ordered him to be slapped with more than a dozen slaps. Salonga was completely speechless.
His mouth was swollen, and he could only cry and let Xiao Huangying arrange him, and all the dirty water was poured on his head!
In this way, the biggest scandal of the Tongzhi Dynasty was revealed in a fresh and hot way, and it will be remembered in history for thousands of years!
Crazy, Sijiucheng is completely crazy! Who still wants to know about the Great Wall Beacon Fire Incident? Let’s go and have fun... Didn’t you hear that I was talking about the story of Salonga? Don't cause trouble!
Cixi, Cixi! Sure enough, there were two brushes, and the public opinion in the imperial capital was completely reversed by changing the situation. Overnight, no one talked about the Great Wall War anymore.
While Shuntian Mansion interrogated Xiao Huangying, Li Tuo also officially received an interview with the Empress Dowager Cixi. Zhang Jing, a small military officer, a fourth- and fifth-rank officer, actually received the grace of the Yangxin Palace to meet the Empress Dowager.
After walking through the inner right door, before reaching the Yangxin Gate, Li Tuo cupped his fists in the corner and saluted Li Lianying, "My lord, please stay a moment. I have a few personal words for you..."
"Oh? What's the matter, Mr. Li?"
Li Tuo looked around and looked around at all the young eunuchs who often served Li Lianying. Knowing that there were no outsiders, he quickly took out a list from his sleeve.
He whispered, "Father-in-law, please keep it... This is a little thought of copying the Salonga family. Don't dare to touch the house and land, but there are more than 40,000 taels of silver in the floating wealth!"
"According to the old rules, the minor officials who run errands lose 20%, the Shangguan officials lose 40%, and the remaining 40% is the general ledger of the government..."
"Four, four hundred and sixty thousand... and there are a few miscellaneous things. The junior officials below were filial and kind, so they collected 20,000 silver dollars... This is the deposit certificate and promissory note of the Chinese Central Bank. Chief eunuch, please keep it..."
Hey...it was a filial piety of 20,000 silver dollars. Li Lianying was stunned at that time, "Huh? Isn't this wrong..."
Li Tuo's smile was a little stagnant, "Eunuch...it's customary to give 40% to the chief officer. It's indeed an old rule! Of course...if the case is closed, the court will also give you a reward..."
"Let me think of a way. When Salonga's property outside the city is sold, I can use my connections... to try to get it for the steward, but it won't be more than a hundred acres of irrigated land..."
"Hahaha... Mr. Li thought wrongly. It's not that the Zajia family is too small! But why did you give me all the money? Where's your share?"
Only then did Li Tuo feel relieved. It turned out that he was not too little! There are rules for things like confiscating homes. Many rules were inherited from the Ming Dynasty, and even the emperor knew them.
When people below are running errands and confiscating homes, they have to have some luck. Generally speaking, the ministers who can confiscate homes on orders are also subordinates who are proud of their superiors. To put it bluntly, they want to give the people below a chance to make a fortune.
"Float" is an ancient term for corruption, which means that money is like grease in water, and part of it will be lost to some extent.
The officials who carried out the orders received 40%, and the clerks who worked and ran errands below received 20%. This means that 60% was lost, and the remaining 40% was reported to the court. This is also a common practice!
The officials' 40% should be divided among several chief officers. According to today's situation, Li Tuo and Li Lianying should be adding two to one to make five. At the worst, they will have to split four or six!
No matter how greedy you, Li Lianying, are, you can still eat as much as you want! But I didn't expect Li Tuo to be so good at handling things, so he sent them all away and added a little change!
Li Tuo had a smile on his face, "Look what my father-in-law said...what kind of official am I? I am just an errand boy under your father-in-law. There is no reason to share this money. You should keep it, you must keep it..." …”
Li Lianying is not afraid of Li Tuo's corruption and lies. There were two eunuchs following Li Tuo from beginning to end last night. They were helping in name but actually supervising.
Li Lianying already knew the total amount of money stolen from the Sarong family. There may be some discrepancies in the discounts of jewelry and antiques, but the total value would not fluctuate by 10%.
More than 40,000 taels of floating wealth is indeed not much for Salonga's status. If he were not a bad gambler and a heavy smoker, his family's floating wealth must be more than 300,000 taels.
These years have been exhausting!
Li Tuo is such a smart person. He knows that it is not much money to divide it into parts. It is better to give it all away without keeping a penny. Leaving a good favor with Li Lianying is more useful than thousands of taels of silver.
