June twenty-fifth. The imperial envoy's car arrived in Hangzhou.
Chang Feng suggested to everyone: "Youdao is the unparalleled beauty of Hangzhou's West Lake, and the exotic flowers and plants on the West Lake shore are fragrant all year round."
"We finally made a trip to Beijing. Now that the errands are done, why not stay in Hangzhou for ten more days and a half. Enjoy yourself."
Everyone looked at each other.
Chang Feng smiled and said: "Master Yang likes to recite poems and write poems. Hangzhou is the place where the Ming Dynasty's literary spirit flourishes most. You can learn more from the poets."
"Eunuch Li likes to make friends. I think the local gentry will rush to make friends with gifts."
"You two little uncles, let's visit all the fun places in Hangzhou. Eat all the delicious food."
"As for Prince Xu and I. Haha, the West Lake Boat Girl is one of the four major schools of flower industry in the Ming Dynasty. How can we not learn from it when we get to Hangzhou?"
Li Guang said in a sinister tone: "Chang Qianhu. Do you want to stay in Hangzhou for a few more days to do something? I advise you not to cause trouble!"
Chang Feng said half-jokingly: "How can I! I listen to others and eat enough. How can I not know good from evil."
"Eunuch Li doesn't know that Zhuo Jing is an out-and-out tigress. If I look at a beautiful woman more than once in the capital, she will punch me hard."
"It's easy to get out of the capital. How can I not let myself get carried away?"
Chang Feng's reasons are reasonable. Traveling from Beijing to Hangzhou on business is something you may never encounter once or twice in your life.
If you have a good time here, there is nothing wrong with delaying your return to Beijing for more than ten days. Anyway, the errand of worshiping Mazu has been completed.
Li Guang agreed: "Okay. It's a pity that I get seasick. When you go to West Lake to play boat girls, remember to send a few ashore to me so that I can experience them."
Eunuchs also like women. It’s also great to get addicted to hands.
At night, Chang Feng and Fatty Xu went to the West Lake and chartered a flower boat.
Playing boat girls on the West Lake is a great pleasure for Jiangnan dignitaries, gentry, literati, and wealthy businessmen.
Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been "beautiful boat girls" on the West Lake.
Tang Dynasty poets Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi, and Song Dynasty poet Qin Guan were all frequent visitors on the flower boats.
There is a poem by Qin Guan that says: The water in the West Lake is slippery and there are many pretty girls.
Water and slippery do not necessarily refer to the West Lake, but may refer to the women on the flower boats.
Changfeng had never been on a flower boat before, and she still thought that the flower boat was a small boat. He was also curious, if it was raining in a small boat, wouldn't he be afraid that the boat would capsize and fall into the West Lake and drown him?
Changfeng went up to the flower boat, and saw that the flower boat was divided into upper and lower floors, which was astonishingly big.
The person who accompanied the two of them to visit the flower boat was a local member of Jinyiwei stationed in Hangzhou, named Liu.
Chang Feng was surprised: "Liu Baihu. This flower boat is really big."
Liu Baihu said something, which gave Chang Feng some insight: "Master Chang, this flower boat is a modified warship!"
"The great ancestor Taizu relied on the bravery of the Western Wu Royal Navy to defeat Chen Youliang in the battle of Poyang Lake."
"More than a hundred years have passed. The warships that participated in the Battle of Poyang Lake are all old. The Navy sold these warships to merchants."
"The merchants then sold it to boat prostitutes."
After speaking, Liu Baihu pointed to a pillar on the porch of the front cabin of the ship.
There are a few lines of words engraved on the pillar: "A third-class ship, built in the first year of Longfeng by the Ministry of Industry of the Prince of Xiwu. It is under the command of the Neihu Navy Commander and the Yizi Camp of Liao Yongzhong, Zuocheng of Huguang Province."
Dragon and Phoenix are the reign names of Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er. At that time, Taizu had not yet proclaimed himself emperor, and was nominally a minister of King Xiao Ming.
And Liao Yongzhong... was the specific person who drowned King Xiao Ming.
Chang Feng and Fatty Xu were amazed after seeing it.
Fatty Xu said: "My ancestor, King Zhongshan, also participated in the Battle of Poyang Lake. Maybe he also commanded thousands of troops on this boat back then!"
"Today I am revisiting the homeland of my ancestors!"
Chang Feng sighed: "Oh! It's really been a hundred and twenty years since the stars passed, and the warships were just used as flower boats."
Fatty Xu smiled obscenely: "Ahem. The battle on the bed.
It is no less dangerous than the battlefield. Today the three of us have to fight a bloody battle with those slippery little girls. "
Liu Baihu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have thought too much. The boat girl on the West Lake is not a thin horse from Yangzhou. There will be no blood! It is true that the seven armies were flooded."
The three of them got on the boat. The captain's wife called her five daughters to accompany her.
The two-story shipbuilding has different divisions of labor. The lower floor is used for receiving guests, banquets, listening to music and dancing.
The upper floor is where the guests and bedmaids fight.
The three of them, Chang Feng, hugged the charming boat girl on the lower floor, drinking wine and listening to music. So uncomfortable.
Chang Feng suddenly complained to Liu Baihu: "Ma Youlu of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce is so ignorant!"
Liu Baihu has been in Hangzhou for eight years by the Jinyi Guards. He has long been brothers with the local gentry. He knew Ma Youlu very well and had a close relationship with him.
Liu Baihu asked tentatively: "Has the head of the Jockey Club offended Mr. Chang?"
Chang Feng took a sip of wine, hugged the boat girl's waist and said, "I can't talk about offending him. That person gave me money a month ago and asked me to drive him away."
Liu Baihu quickly flattered him: "Our Mr. Chang is selfless, honest and self-respecting. The head of the Jockey Club is really out of tune. He thinks that he can make friends with Mr. Chang with just a few pieces of silver..."
Chang Feng had a worried look on his face and interrupted Liu Baihu: "Ahem, who doesn't like money?"
"The question is where to send it and where to collect it!"
"Last time, he delivered me money openly at the Imperial Envoy's station. There were so many accompanying captains and warriors in the station. There were also local officials who were waiting for me. It was so crowded."
"No matter how much I like his money, I dare not accept it!"
Fatty Xu listened to Chang Feng's words and felt a little strange: What's wrong with Mr. Chang? It sounded like he was going to knock Ma Youlu down a notch.
Chang Feng changed the subject and said, "Liu Baihu, actually it's best for me to make friends. Especially friends in the business world."
"Our official salary is only a few dollars. It's better to do business quickly."
"Today the moon is as bright as a mirror, and the scenery of the West Lake is picturesque. It's a good time to make friends and make a fortune. Why don't you let Ma Youlu come to meet me on the flower boat."
Liu Baihu understood: "Okay! I'll go find Ma Youlu and ask him to bring the money to the flower boat."
Chang Feng didn't say anything, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Liu Baihu walked to the door.
Chang Feng shouted to him: "Remember to ask him to bring Mr. Xu's share!"
Liu Baihu said with a smile: "Yes!"
Chang Feng drank wine, and Fatty Xu touched the butt of the beautiful boat girl and wasted the time. Half an hour later, Ma Youlu, the head of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Hangzhou branch of the Four Seas Association, came to the flower boat.
He took eight strong men and carried the two large wooden boxes onto the flower boat.
When an imperial envoy like Chang Feng goes to Beijing, he will naturally hum and haha when he sees a businessman, with an indifferent look on his face and show off his airs.
Ma Youlu saluted Chang Feng and Fatty Xu. Then he said: "Gentlemen, please. Do you want the girls to go to the upper cabin first?"
Changfeng nodded slightly.
Five stunningly beautiful boat girls went to the upper cabin. There were only four people left in the lower cabin: Chang, Xu, Ma, and Liu.
Ma Youlu then opened the two wooden boxes. The wooden box is full of white silver ingots.
Ma Youlu handed over his hand and said, "It was a student who didn't know how to do things last time. You shouldn't be filial to the two superiors at the Imperial Envoy's office."
"It's really hard work for you two, sir. One box of two thousand taels of Chengyi is for Chang Qianhu. The other box of one thousand taels is for Deputy Xu of Qianhu."
When Chang Feng saw Yinzi, his cold expression just now disappeared. A smile bloomed on his face: "Haha, I have always regarded the head of the Jockey Club as my half-brother."
"Since we are our brothers, why are we so polite?"
