After this battle, the Jiangnan Cloth Merchants Alliance was beaten to pieces.
As the leader of the alliance, Qian Tong was beaten to the point of collapse and almost lost his business.
But what’s more serious is probably losing the Qi in the heart.
And without Qian Tong, the alliance leader, what can the rest do?
Naturally, the trees fell down and the animals dispersed, and Feihong introduced a new acquisition policy.
As a result, Feihong's dominance of the Jianghuai County cloth business has become faster and faster. The business that was previously lost due to dormant orders from the three northern counties has been recovered this time.
It can be said that from now on, even if Gu Beichuan does not take action, it will be a matter of time for Feihong Cloth Industry to dominate Jianghuai County.
However, as the owner of Feihong. Gu Beichuan didn't seem to care much about this matter, because he was... traveling around.
In other words, take beauty with you and travel around the mountains and rivers.
As for who this beauty is, it goes without saying that she is Xiang Zhirou.
In the past few months, the two of them have been like a young couple in love, spending all their time together.
At this moment, nature is no exception.
"Miss Xiang, where are you going today?" Gu Beichuan, who was dressed in moon-white brocade clothes, looked handsome and looked like a handsome young man in troubled times, asked with a smile on the central street of the city.
Beside him, Xiang Zhirou, wearing a cloud-colored dress, followed step by step. When he heard this, he said in a soft voice: "Wherever brother Beichuan wants to go, I will go."
"That's not a good place to go." Gu Beichuan held his forehead and said with a wry smile. After all, the two of them visited almost all of Huainan in the past few months.
If you want to find some different scenery, you may have to go to Huainan.
Behind the two of them, Fu Bo looked at the scene in front of him with a look of relief.
I thought to myself, if the young lady knew, how great it would be, she would definitely be able to smile.
I don’t know what the master has been busy with recently. He didn’t even receive a letter. Could it be that he has forgotten the young master?
This is not okay.
Although it is a great joy for the second young master to go to high school, the eldest young master is not bad either.
The foundation he has laid is much better than the master’s.
When I asked the young master to come to Huainan, he said he wanted to gain some experience. But now that the young master has achieved so much, is it possible that he still can't go back?
Master, master, please don't accept what the second lady said, which makes the young master cold.
The scene in Uncle Fu's mind was that Gu Jun was holding Mrs. Hu in his arms, enjoying life while being brainwashed by his words.
If it doesn't work, let's talk to the young master and ask him to go back on his own initiative.
I must be very happy to see the young master looking like this.
Next to Uncle Fu, standing was Xiao Hong.
Seeing the scene of his young lady and Gu Beichuan walking side by side, red hearts filled her eyes.
Once upon a time, she had disliked Gu Beichuan for not being worthy of her young lady. But today, these thoughts have long been replaced by the thought that these two people are probably a match made in heaven.
At this moment, the crowd around him suddenly became restless.
From a long distance away, Gu Beichuan heard someone say: "It's coming, it's coming! The flower boat is coming!"
"Everyone, hurry up and go see the flower boats. If you're late, we won't have a place."
The shouts spread and fade away.
Also moving away were the restless crowds.
When Gu Beichuan heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of curiosity on his face, and said, "Flower boat?"
"What is that?"
"It should be the flower boat coming from Qiandu Huamanlou. It goes along the Daqian Waterway every year." Beside him, Xiang Zhirou explained the confusion.
"A building full of flowers?"
"Huamanlou is the largest brothel in Qiandu. It is the property of the Fu family, one of the five major families in Qiandu."
"In the flower-filled building, there are prostitutes who provide erotic services, and there are also servants who only sell their skills but not their bodies."
"But regardless of whether they are servants or prostitutes, they can participate in the oiran competition once a year."
"There are so many prostitutes and courtesans throughout the building, but only ten oirans are selected every year."
"These ten people, no matter how they were in the past, at least from now on, they will no longer accept guests openly."
"In order to increase its value, Huamanlou will also specially build a flower boat to sail along the Daqian Waterway and perform performances along the way to spread its fame."
"Apparently, it must be the flower boat that went along the Huai River to Huainan. I don't know how many flower oirans were on this boat."
"If Brother Beichuan is tired of visiting Huainan, why don't we go there together?"
Hearing this, Gu Beichuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.
Is this the benefit of the feudal era?
Not only does your romantic partner not object to your visit to a brothel, but he also invites you to go there together.
Also, most of the time brothels in Daqian are not a place for sex, but a place for young scholars or young scholars to talk.
There are really only those places where men and women enjoy love, which is called Goulan, or Jiaofangsi.
In comparison, brothels are quite formal and have a good reputation.
"You might as well go and have a look."
As Gu Beichuan said these words, the group officially embarked on the road to Huainan Flower Boat.
…
The flower boat full of flowers is naturally not as spectacular as the cruise ships of later generations, but it is still pretty good and the scale is not small.
The sails were raised and the ship sailed forward slowly with the breeze, and there were figures on the deck.
The guests were dressed in fine clothes, changing glasses, chatting and laughing.
In other words, those who can board this flower boat and follow it all the way from Qiandu are either rich or noble people.
And Huamanlou has been organizing an oiran competition since the beginning of the year, selecting the top ten oirans, and spending a lot of money to build several flower boats, in order to select those who can spend a lot of money and are interested in oirans. Object.
I have to say that the Fu family is also very good at running the brothel business.
Gu Beichuan praised and applauded.
"No matter how powerful he is, can he still be as powerful as Mr. Gu's Feihong?" Xiaohong pouted at the side and asked.
Hearing this, Gu Beichuan felt helpless, shook his head and said, "It's different."
"Doing business in Qiandu relies on connections and patrons."
"This Huamanlou is backed by the Fu family, and the Fu family is a century-old family in Qiandu. Recently, it has become quite close to the Yang family of the fourth and third generation."
"Such a backer is much stronger than Feihong before."
"If I go to Gandu to do business, I will naturally not offend such a local snake, even if the two parties are not in the same industry."
Xiang Zhirou nodded deeply when Uncle Fu heard this.
The former is well-informed and knows all the ins and outs.
The latter is purely... everything the young master said is right.
"What about the current Feihong?" Xiaohong asked again.
When Gu Beichuan heard this, he just laughed and avoided answering.
But the figure of Lu Xu appeared in his mind.
With this Marquis as his backer, if Feihong really went to Qiandu, he would not be someone who could be manipulated.
"Okay, let's get on the boat."
