Chapter 108: Tips for tasting beauty

Zhao Xing raised his hand slightly and made a stretching move on the horse. He was tall and rode on a very rare tall war horse. Although his movements were very natural, it still attracted the attention of some idle men.

"What a tall horse," a idle man shouted.

The shout seemed like a switch. Several Japanese present immediately turned on the language leader. They shouted, recalling their experience of eating this kind of dragon. Some even talked about their old father eating this kind of dragon. They lived to be 92 years old and had healthy teeth.

The Japanese kept shouting around the wooden box, just saying that they had eaten it, or that they had heard that people had eaten this super-long moray eel, and their figures obscured others' sight. The guy quickly carried the box to the store.

The audience was still stunned. A group of vassals emerged from somewhere. Some of them were wearing Korean clothes, while others were wearing local people in the South China Sea area, clamoring to participate in the sea monster banquet. The group of people also squeezed into the store along the footsteps of the box-carrying guys, leaving a group of stunned audiences.

It took the audience a long time to recall it. An old voice seemed to be saying to his companion around him: "Did you hear it? This is not me? The great-great-great-grandfather of the Japanese once ate this kind of dragon in the Tang Dynasty. His teeth did not fall off when he was 92 years old."

A man who looked like a small official also touched his short beard and said in agreement: "Yes, I work in the Lifanyuan and I know the Japanese man, who is a big businessman from Nagato, Japan, and is rich... This means that after eating this kind of thing, he will be free from disasters and illness... He will not lose his teeth at the age of 92, and maybe he will have the effect of prolonging life..."

This speech aroused a lot of congratulations, and the noise in front of the Hele Tower became louder. When everyone's eyes turned to Hele Tower again, Zhao Xing activated his horse to dismount and left quietly without attracting attention.

Back in the yard where he rented, the servants were carrying the luggage brought by Ma Mengde in constant flow. Cheng Azhu stood on the steps of the main room, and two serving girls stood next to him. Chen Yiyi held the account book in one hand and a brush in the other, and was counting the goods.

Along the wall was a group of Japanese girls, all carrying big luggage, watching the strong servants running back and forth in the yard.

Behind the Japanese women there were five veiled beards, Arab female slaves. They also had large bags of luggage at their feet, but looking at the luggage, they seemed to be all kinds of musical instruments. These people were taller than Japanese women, and they seemed to be unwilling to have more contact with the Japanese women. They stood aside from afar and showed a cold look that they would keep people from thousands of miles away.

Ma Mengde led Zhao Xing to the group of Japanese girls first. He smiled awkwardly. Before he could speak, Zhao Xing introduced himself first: "I am the master here. Nagato Busi will tell you, I will take care of your life in the capital..."

As soon as Zhao Xing finished introducing the article, the group of Japanese women all said "ah" and quickly turned their faces to the wall, and their bodies were tightly pressed against the wall. After a long time, a Japanese woman asked in a low voice: "Is the one who comes here??"

The Japanese girl turned her face to the wall and refused to show her face to Zhao Xing - this is not an offense, but a Japanese etiquette. Japanese customs believe that women should show their husbands or owners the happiest face, the tidyest clothing, the fullest spirit... In short, they should show their most beautiful side to the man they serve.

These Japanese girls traveled a long distance and were in disheveled. They now looked the most embarrassing time. When they came to a new place and met their new masters, they should have done it grandly after they took a shower and changed their clothes. So they took a evasive attitude towards this unexpected encounter, and their faces were pressed against the wall, for fear that Zhao Xing would see their embarrassing faces.

Zhao Xing knew their rules, so he took a few steps back, turned around and shouted, "I turned my face."

Behind him, the Japanese girls still pressed their faces against the wall and did not move.

Zhao Xing searched the crowd and saw Li Ying, who was standing at the door with his hands crossed, waved to Li Ying over and ordered: "Go and invite Liao Xiaoxiao over, just say that I have a group of women, I hope she will teach you makeup."

Cheng Shuang shook her head, as if she was not satisfied with the image of the pony divine. He raised his legs and wanted to go with Li Ying. Ma Mengde quickly stopped him: "Don't, he went to the tile house. It's not suitable for small officials in such places to go in and out, so he'd better go up and down to handle some things."

Chen Yiyi pouted, ran over with a pen in her hand. She looked at the group of Japanese women lying on the wall with a picky look, whispered to Zhao Xing, and immediately raised her throat and shouted: "Hey, you guys, your man has gone behind his back. Now listen: Let's go with my maid, wash it and change it quickly."

After Chen Yiyi's words, Zhao Xing added: "Please ask a few tailors to make them some clothes. Look at their clothes... and you also have to buy silk materials. There are still a few boxes of four-color silk and colorful satin in the mansion. I will give each of them a pair of them. Tell them that the kind of "Tang makeup" they put on is too terrifying, and their faces are as white as ghosts. I will immediately let the most famous commerce in the capital, teach them to put on song makeup, and don't let them do it themselves."

The Japanese girl left, and five Arab female slaves stood there motionless. Zhao Xing walked up to them and shouted a few Arabic words that no one could understand. The female slaves immediately knelt on the ground and saluted Zhao Xing.

The salutes of the female slaves in the Song Dynasty looked a bit strange. They did not lie their heads on the ground, but their legs were kneeling but not kneeling, their faces were facing upwards, and they were deliberately raising their chests, making them look like they could taste, and they seemed to be deliberately showing their charm. The red nails dyed with impotence also trembled on their chests intentionally or unintentionally, attracting people's gaze to...

This posture is full of temptation. Chen Yiyi was angry, so he rushed over and lifted his brush to stroke the face of an Arab female slave. The Arab female slave twisted her waist, swaying like a wind, and flexibly avoided Chen Yiyi's brush like a water snake, and still knelt there, but there were a few more ink marks on the veil.

Chen Yiyi failed, but was not upset. He held the pen and asked Zhao Xing: "Why didn't they lift the veil? What kind of weird etiquette is this? It's so annoying!"

Zhao Xing laughed: "Here, I am the only one who is qualified to take off their veil. If you take off their veil, they will commit suicide. As for this etiquette, this is the 'Hu Ji ceremony', an Arab slave ceremony, which means that one's own body belongs to the master and is waiting for dedication... But the man of Dashi cannot perform this kind of etiquette. The "slave ceremony" performed by the man of Dashi is no different from that of the Song people. They all kneel down and kowtow, bow down and put their heads on the ground."

What Zhao Xing did not explain is that this kind of etiquette was popular in the Arab harem, and it was the etiquette of the concubine to flatter the master.

Chen Yiyi hated the charm of these five Hu Ji a little. She waved her hand and ordered people to take these Hu Ji away, but Hu Ji ignored her greetings. It was not until Zhao Xing waved her hand that they followed the female envoy who led the way. Behind them, Chen Yiyi bit her pen and asked again: "Will Liao Xingshou teach them to put on makeup too after he comes... I really want to see how they take off the veil."

Zhao Xing shook his head and smiled and changed the topic: "Have Dun'er's pet cat, pet dog, sent it? Let them send it quickly."

"What, cat and dog, it's been delivered long ago... Are you sure Hu Ji doesn't need to put on makeup?... Then forget it, I'm not interested in seeing Japanese girls put on makeup." Chen Yiyi jumped over and began to count the boxes in the yard, and guided them to store them in different categories.

In this era, when it comes to sexual promiscuity, no one can compare to the Arabs. In this era, they wrote a vast harem literature, specializing in teaching women how to please men, "Love Sutra", "Sex Book", etc., which are all products of this era. Under these professional education, Arab women do not need others to teach how to put on makeup. But Japanese women are different. The makeup techniques they learned from the Jin Dynasty were very scary.

When Liao Xiaoxiao arrived, the busyness in Zhao Xing's yard was coming to an end. A 50 or 60-year-old madam came with Liao Xiaoxiao. When he saw Zhao Xing, Liao Xiaoxiao gave a reserved gift. Before he could speak, the madam had already waving a silk handkerchief and sang: "Master Zhao, you have a great face. When my Xiaoxiao heard that it was you who invited me, she immediately turned down all the singing rewards and ran to you... "

Zhao Xing waved his hand and Chen Yiyi handed over a bundle of silver coins. He threw the bundle of paper into the madam's arms with his backhand. Then he said a few polite words to Liao Xiaoxiao and asked her to enter the backyard: "It's a group of Japanese girls. My friend sent them to Dasong to see them, but their makeup was scary, and the little girl was worried.

I can't follow in because they didn't wear makeup well and didn't dare to see me, so I asked the little girl to go there... Well, the group of beards brought some unique cosmetics. If the little girl is interested, you can communicate with them. Among the beards, the woman with an imitation embroidered with an imitation flower on the veil is named Kasli, who knows a little Song language. If the little girl has something to do, she can ask her to translate it."

When Liao Xiaoxiao saw that the yard was busy, she said nothing, bowed and followed the envoy to the backyard. Taking advantage of this, the madam tore the paper bundle in her hand a corner and looked at the value of the bundle of money.

The paper bundle is made of half a tael of silver dollars "cast in Japan". It is made of full snowflake silver, and each weighs half a tael. Now stores in Bianliang City highly recognize this "Japanese" silver dollars, and do not fold at all. Fifty silver dollars are bundled into a bundle, and the paper bundle is worth twenty-five taels of silver, or twenty-five stans of copper coins.

This is a sky-high price.

The price of a superstar in the Song Dynasty's appearance was about fifteen to twenty taels of silver during the Yuanyou period, while the first-line singer was only ten taels, and the second-line singer was about five taels. As for the unpopular female singers, they only earn a hundred quotas for a song.

After taking stock of the money he received, the madam looked at Li Ying, who was watching from the side. Zhao Xing knew what she meant and added: "I'll give it to Brother Li!"

The madam was overjoyed. This meant that the whole bundle of paper in her hand was obtained by the madam, and she bowed her hands and thanked her repeatedly.

In the Song Dynasty, whether it is official and private banquets or wealthy families, they had to accompany them. If you want to invite a "popular" role at any time, you must meet with those who have extensive connections with the porn industry. These people are called "pimps" and "managers" in modern times, and in the Song Dynasty, they are called "sparks".

When the fan-headed singer appeared, the money obtained by the madam was called "tea money", and the "tour guide fee" obtained by the "spark pieces" was called "seditor money". In addition, there were some "hands in the room" and "helping downstairs" in the brothels - these people are now called "thugs", and the money they took is called "filial piety".

Originally, after getting the money, the madam needed to share it with others. Even if she was not present, she would at least have to be separated from Li Ying, but Zhao Xing said one sentence to avoid the redistribution of the money.

When the Fantou Singer-Girl appeared, the money obtained by Fantou was called "Zangtou". This money was given separately, which was equivalent to the "labor service" bonus of Fantou Singer-Girl. For example, the South China Sea bead that Chen Yiniang got was her "Zangtou". Because it was flesh and flesh money, no matter how coveted the rest of them (only in the Song Dynasty), so the harvest of this bead allowed her to "redeem herself".

Thinking of Chen Yi Niang, Zhao Xing remembered why Chen Gongchuan had no birds in a unknowingly these days. He asked Chen Yiyi curiously: "Where did your brother go? Why didn't you see him?"

Chen Yiyi curled her lips and shook her head and replied: "Don't make a noise, I'm counting the boxes. I'm going to start over when you make a noise... My brother went to Chen Yiniang's place. Yiniang redeemed her today, and her mother offered a sky-high price - 800 guan! She is still entangled..."

Zhao Xing opened his mouth and wanted to ask Chen Yiyi, is his brother enough money? But seeing that Chen Yiyi was very focused on calculating the number of boxes, he immediately walked to the stairs.

Standing on the steps was Cheng Azhu. Cheng Azhu was illiterate, or she only knew a few simple words, and she couldn't do the job of calculating the accounts, so Chen Yiyi has always been helping the housekeeper. In this regard, she did not argue with Chen Yiyi, so she acknowledged Chen Yiyi's existence.

At this time, Cheng Azhu's face was filled with a happy smile. Zhao Xing walked over and held her hand. Cheng Azhu snuggled into Zhao Xing's arms and looked at Chen Yiyi waving her brush in the courtyard to scold the servants.

Ma Mengde stood under the steps, and also watched the servants busy with his hands behind his back. After Cheng Xia brought two students to Zhao Xing to ask for a place, he went back to his room to wash. The tranquility of the yard was restored. Chen Yiyi ran over and waved the account book to communicate with Ma Mengde: "That's right, the number in the account is right."

Zhao Xing stood on the steps and smiled. Before he could speak, the group of Japanese, Korean, Jiaozhi people who appeared in Hele Tower just now... and the minor official who claimed to be Lifanyuan also appeared in the courtyard. Each of them carried a large wooden barrel for bathing and chattered to Zhao Xing for his joy of moving forward.

"Give each of them a gold coin." Zhao Xing instructed Chen Yiyi: "Well, Li Ying gives three gold coins!"

Chen Yiyi took out a bundle of paper from his waist bag, quickly broke it open, and took out the gold coins and distributed it to those who brought the wooden barrels. Ma Mengde opened his mouth to stop him: "Wait, a gold coin is worth ten jin, and a wooden barrel is just eight hundred gold coins. This money..."

Halfway through, Ma Meng was stunned. He recalled the performance of the group of vassals in front of Hele Tower and suddenly realized.

The vassals received gold coins and evacuated the yard in the blink of an eye. The gate of the yard was closed, and several servants who were scheduled to guard the gate got a wooden stick similar to a baseball bat and began to patrol around under the leadership of the Xiao brothers. Ma Mengde bowed to Zhao Xing: "Dongweng, should I go and visit Weng Su first?"

"Let's get settled," Zhao Xing replied: "My master has already entered the tribute court, and the spring examination is about to begin. Brother Ma will get familiar with this place in the past few days. In the future, I'll ask for the matters in the capital."

"It should be so." Ma Mengde bowed and asked for a place to settle down, and then went to his own courtyard under the guidance of his servant.

The so-called "reservation" is a farewell ceremony in the Song Dynasty, similar to "noon night" and "good night". When performing the ceremony, you should say "please place" and then break up and say goodbye.

Zhaoxing's yard is very large, and it is divided into a front yard and a back yard. The huge back yard is distributed along the small lake. Ma Mengde lives in a small yard with a separate small door and a front and back yard. The rest of the yards need to pass through a special inner courtyard gate to get to the front yard or back yard.

The front yard is not small, and Zhao Xing's students and servants all live in the front yard. In the back yard, Zhao Xing lived the largest cross-yard, Su Dun and Chaoyun lived in the cross-yard, and Chen Qing and his son also had a separate yard, while Qin Guan occupied the elegant residence by the lake alone.

The Chen Yiyi and his sister originally had their own separate courtyard, but Chen Yiyi never lived with her brother. She relied on the power of the housekeeper to occupy a room next to Zhao Xing. In name, she left the cross-yard to her brother so that she could move in after Chen Yiniang redeems her.

After the sing-singing Japanese girls finished dressing up, five Hu Ji were first placed in Zhao Xing's courtyard, and then Chen Yiyi picked out three beautiful and quiet Japanese girls to act as their own envoys. As a wife, Cheng Azhu's envoys can only be more or less, so Zhao Xing was too lazy to distribute them again, and the remaining Japanese girls became Cheng Azhu's envoys.

After the distribution, several Japanese women dressed up in great costumes, and Yingying and Yanyan knelt all over the ground. They thanked Zhao Xing for his care: "Namen Palace, everything I have in Tokyo, please."

The Song girl likes to tie her hair and tie her hair into various buns. The Japanese girl has no habit of tie her hair, and their hair is loose, which is the modern "shoulder hair". The clothes worn by the Japanese girl in the Heian era are called "Four Singles", which are composed of fourteen single clothes. These fourteen clothes are also the quilts when they sleep. Before they go to bed, they all sleep with the clothes without covering them with the quilt.

Japanese women are very cold-resistant animals, while Japanese nobles built houses not to keep warm in winter, but to escape the summer heat. Zhao Xing once saw some women sweeping snow with bare legs in northern Japan. He was amazed at the time of the tolerance of Japanese women. At this moment, the weather in Bianliang City in Tokyo was slightly cold. These Japanese women knelt on the ground, their round and tender calves were exposed outside, and their calves were very white, which made people think of the end of the legs...

There was no one else in the room, just Zhao Xing, Cheng Azhu, and Chen Yiyi. Liao Xiaoxiao stood by the door and looked at his group of works with satisfaction. There were Zhao Xing's students in the corridor. After they washed up, they waited to listen to Zhao Xing's lecture.
Chapter completed!