Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 5 Cui Jiuniang

  Because it is located in the capital, the buildings in the capital must not be higher than the palaces in the palace, so the Deyi Building is not particularly high, and there are only three floors in total.

   However, the area occupied by the proud building is very large, the most prosperous ten miles of Qinhuai, abruptly occupied a mile for it.

At this moment, in a private room on the third floor of the Deyi Building, a beautiful woman in a white crescent coat was kneeling beside a low table with a smile on her face, and across from her, a woman with tattered clothes and hair still The young man stained with coal dust also knelt on the soft cushion, his face was indifferent, neither humble nor arrogant,

  The surname of the beautiful woman is Cui, and no one knows her real name. People from Shili Qinhuai call her Jiuniang.

   Jiuniang is not the owner of the Deyi Building, but the big shopkeeper of the Deyi Building. After all, with the scale of the Deyi Building, there must be an extremely strong backer behind her, otherwise, it is impossible for her to be able to gain a foothold in the capital as a woman.

   But being able to survive in Qinhuai, Shili for so many years, this Jiuniang's ability is self-evident.

There was a black tiger-like object on the low table. It was not really carved into a tiger, but a piece of charcoal in the shape of a tiger. The beautiful woman was not too dirty. He pinched it, and then a striking black charcoal appeared on his fair hand.

Jiuniang glanced at the young man sitting opposite her, then chuckled: "Little brother, although the brothel is a low-class business, don't think that the people in the brothel have no knowledge, you charcoal, it's not Beast charcoal."

   Li Xin grinned at Jiuniang, revealing his snow-white teeth.

   "Sister, this is not animal charcoal. There is no animal charcoal for a hundred pennies in this world."

This beautiful woman looks like she is in her early thirties. There is not much difference between the age of Li Xin and Li Xin's previous life, and Li Xin has been struggling in the workplace for so many years. It makes sense, so when he sees people, he always opens his mouth to his elder sister and closes his mouth to his younger sister.

   Jiuniang covered her mouth and smiled: "Little brother can really speak, but it's useless to speak. Your charcoal is either charcoal or bamboo charcoal. Ten pennies a pound are everywhere on the street. Where is the truth of one hundred pennies?"

Li Xin coughed and pointed to the piece of charcoal on the table, his voice calm: "Although it is not animal charcoal, it looks like animal charcoal. For my sister's business, as long as it looks like it is enough. Is not it?"

In the brothel industry, especially the high-end brothel such as Deyi Lou, the most important thing is to be high-grade, otherwise it will not attract those real money owners, so most of the things in the Deyi Lou are the best, but it is here Burning charcoal is not easy. After all, real animal charcoal can be equivalent to silver or even gold. Such high-end things can't be used in Dayilou.

   Jiuniang shook her head slightly: "The real beast charcoal burns with a strange fragrance. The people who come to the proud building are either the grandson of the king in the capital, or the upstart in the scientific field. They are all people who have seen the world and can immediately tell them apart."

  Li Xin pursed his lips and said softly, "Sister can sprinkle some fragrant powder in the stove."

Jiuniang was stunned for a while, then she reacted, clapped her hands and laughed softly: "That's the truth, for our business, it doesn't matter if it's a serious animal charcoal, as long as it's born like it's fine. , burn a few pieces in the girls' room and sprinkle some incense powder in it, those stinky men may not be able to tell the truth."

Having said that, Jiuniang looked down at the piece of beast charcoal on the table, and said to Li Xin with a half-smiling smile, "But little brother, this animal charcoal, although you have carved the appearance of a big worm, but it is not the same as the serious one. Beast charcoal is not the same."

   Li Xin lowered his head and coughed, his face slightly red.

He has never seen what the animal charcoal looks like in this era, so he can only sculpt it according to the tiger-shaped jade pendant he saw in his previous life, but the serious animal charcoal has a mold, and Li Xin made it. This, obviously not.

Seeing Li Xin's face turning red, Jiu Niang covered her mouth and smiled, and said, "Okay, don't make fun of you, little brother, I don't think the little brother's words are like ordinary people. At this point, although the little brother’s bamboo charcoal doesn’t look very similar, it can also fool those rich households who have no knowledge, and these things were bought for fifty cents a piece in the proud building, and they became the friend of the little brother.”

The animal charcoal that Li Xin made, about two or three together can weigh a pound. Except for the scraps that were lost when carving, how can one pound of charcoal carve two pieces, and the price of charcoal in Beijing is about ten cents A pound of money, even if it is sold for fifty cents a piece, the price has doubled tenfold out of thin air.

  Li Xin bowed his head a little embarrassedly and thanked him.

   But soon, the woman in front of him impressed him.

I saw this beautiful woman standing up gracefully, took out a box from a cabinet behind her, and then squeezed a palm-sized object out of the box and placed it in front of Li Xin. This object was dark, but it had its own identity. The lines form a tiger-like shape as a whole.

Jiuniang smiled slightly: "It just so happens that my sister has a few pieces of animal charcoal here. Since the little brother has this skill, you might as well take a look. If you can come up with a general appearance, the Deyi Building will follow the price offered by the little brother. , buy it from the little brother for one hundred cents."

Li Xin took a few deep breaths, reached out and took this piece of animal charcoal in his hand. The shape of this piece of animal charcoal is simple, the whole body is cold, and the hand is slightly heavy, and it also emits a faint fragrance, whether it is in appearance or craftsmanship, It's much better than what Li Xin tinkered with.

   What is even more amazing is that although this thing is made by mixing toner powder and fragrance powder, Li Xin picked it up and played with it, and there was no trace of black on his hands.

   This is the beast charcoal in the capital, the price is like gold and silver, and only the rich and noble can use it.

   A piece of animal charcoal can burn for three days and three nights.

Jiuniang has a box of this stuff here. It’s not surprising to think about it. After all, the proud building is located in the capital, and nobles will come here from time to time. This box of beast charcoal adds up to about 10 or 20 yuan. It is estimated that it is Jiuniang. Prepared for the distinguished guests in the capital.

Li Xin looked at this thing carefully, probably remembered what it looked like, got up and bowed to the beautiful woman in front of him: "Sister, I have already written down the appearance of this thing, and I should be able to make a good one when I look back. , when it comes out, come back to the proud building and ask to see my sister."

   After saying that, he put the charcoal in his hand back on the table.

   This piece of beast charcoal is enough for ordinary people to eat for a month. Li Xin consciously put it back, otherwise he would not even have the chance to get out of the proud building.

Jiuniang saw Li Xin's actions in her eyes, and then she reached out and picked up the piece of animal charcoal on the table, put it in Li Xin's hand, and said with a smile: "Since Xiao Langjun wants to make some imitations, he naturally wants to The more like the better, this piece of charcoal is not a rare thing, it's okay for the little brother to take it back and follow it."

  Li Xin bowed his head and thanked him, but he was not polite, and stuffed this piece of animal charcoal into his sleeve.

Before leaving, Jiuniang bought all the "beast charcoal" in Li Xin's back basket, adding up to about the same amount of money, Li Xin carefully took the string of copper coins and bowed to Jiuniang: "Say After talking for a long time, I haven't had time to ask my sister's name."

  The beautiful woman smiled sweetly: "My concubine's surname is Cui, and Xiaolangjun's name is Jiushen Jiuniang. I don't know what Xiaolangjun's name is?"

   "Let's go under Li Xin."

  Li Xin bowed slightly to Jiuniang: "Xie Jiuniang rewarded the meal."

   Jiuniang heard the words, the smile on her face was even bigger, she got up and took Li Xin to the door of the proud building.

   After Li Xin was far away, the thin girl who followed Jiuniang whispered, "Juniang, you are too kind to this Li Xin."

   Actually, Li Xin's idea is good, but it is worthless to say it, because Jiuniang can skip the link of Li Xin and let the wood carving artisans in the capital do it directly, which will be cheaper.

   But Jiuniang didn't do this, which means she was willing to give Li Xin this meal. Li Xin also thought of this, so she said the words of thanks before parting.

   Jiuniang turned around and smiled lightly at the maid behind her: "Ping'er, you have to understand one thing, we have never opened this proud building for the owner to make money."

   "But to make friends."

   (end of this chapter)