After walking for a while, we arrived at Fushan Street on the edge of West Market.
After entering Jiang's house, we found that it was quite large, with three courtyards. The decoration inside was also very luxurious, even more so than the general's mansion.
Jiang Hai took Yuchi Ziling for a walk, and when they arrived at the main hall, they saw Hao Bo pacing back and forth at the door, seemingly thinking about something.
"Uncle Hao, we're back." Seeing that Uncle Hao was a little distracted, Jiang Hai greeted him directly.
"Oh, young master, you're here at the right time." Hao Bo immediately came up to him with a smile.
Just as he was about to speak, he looked at Yuchi Ziling behind Jiang Hai and hesitated a little.
Jiang Hai saw that he was hesitant and didn't know what it was. But even if there was something, there was no need to tell it behind Yuchi Ziling's back, so he spoke to Hao Bo.
"Uncle Hao, if you have something to say, just tell me. It's okay."
"Well, that young master, the Third Prince sent ten beauties here."
After Hao Bo finished speaking, he looked at his nose and his heart, standing there motionless like a penguin.
The scene was a little strange. Jiang Hai turned around and gave Yuchi Ziling an awkward but polite smile.
"I didn't ask him for it. He just forced it on me. Do you believe it?"
"Who knows? Besides, it's not my business." Yuchi Ziling said without comment.
Jiang Hai tactically touched his nose.
Hao Bo stepped forward to finish off the opponent.
"Master, the people sent here said they were all beauties from the music academy, all of them are beautiful and talented."
Darong's Jiaofang is different from the Jiaofangsi in Jiang Hai's previous life in the Ming Dynasty. It is an art training institution that serves the royal family exclusively, not for the entertainment of officials and dignitaries. Therefore, the women there are of extremely high quality. They must be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and have both beauty and talent.
This would be like a star training institution in later generations. Ordinary people don't have the opportunity to come into contact with the beauties of the Jiaofang.
Jiang Hai couldn't help but sigh, Yang Hongye was really generous, sending him ten ancient celebrity beauties at once, and it came so quickly, not long after he came back from Wangjiang Tower.
When Yuchi Ziling heard Hao Bo's finishing move, her expression changed slightly, even though it was not Jiang Hai's initiative.
No matter how calm she was, she felt that no man of this era could resist the temptation of a beauty from a music school, and the temptation was ten times greater. It was a bit heartbreaking.
Jiang Hai was also a little depressed. After touching his nose, he began to touch his chin. Oh, what a mess. He had originally just wanted to bring his wife here to get acquainted with the house, but now it was like he was showing off his romantic side to her.
"How about you take a look, young master?" Hao Bo asked tentatively.
Jiang Hai thought about it and decided that he couldn't send this back to offend Yang Hongye. He took the hand of Yuchi Ziling who was still in a daze and walked towards the main hall.
"Okay, let's take a look."
Walking into the main hall, Jiang Hai was greeted by a row of beautiful women, all of them beautiful and of all types. It made him feel like he was at some special event in his past life, the selection process. He almost wanted to unleash his witty words, "Come on, come on, take a small step forward, and take a giant leap in life."
When the women saw Jiang Hai bringing in Yuchi Ziling, who was dressed in men's clothing, they were surprised at first. The owner of the house was quite okay with this. However, some of them noticed that Yuchi Ziling was a woman and were not so surprised.
Jiang Hai led Yuchi Ziling to the main seat and made her sit down. He pondered how to best handle this matter. These women were generally artistic. The Jiang family didn't have any work of this kind for them, so they couldn't be kept for nothing. Sending them to be concubines for my father wasn't realistic either; wouldn't that be like finding a stepmother for me?
After pacing for a few steps and coming to some conclusion, Jiang Hai opened his folding fan. Since he was meeting Yang Hongye today, the fan was not so fancy. It simply had the word "Hai" written on it.
"Girls, I'm curious about something. Can you help me answer it?" Jiang Hai asked.
"Excuse me, young master." The women saluted and replied.
Jiang Hai folded his fan and pointed at one of the people standing in the front and asked,
"What do you usually do after you leave the teaching academy?"
The woman frowned slightly, as if Jiang Hai's question was a bit tricky and touched their inner pain. She said with a lonely look,
“A very small number of people will be chosen by the Emperor to stay in the palace, but at most they can become a noble.
The rest of those who were sent away were generally luckier and would eventually become concubines of the good men they met.
Some of them would just marry someone from the business world when they got older, while those who were unlucky might marry the wrong person and even be sold into a brothel.
Some become monks and live by the light of a green lamp."
"Young men from Wuling competed to tie their hair with red silk, and they knew not how many were there for one song.
The gate is deserted and the horses are few and far between, and the eldest daughter has married a merchant."
Jiang Hai finished listening and, with emotion, quoted two lines from "Pipa Xing." It was quite sad. These young women looked glamorous, but their fates had long been locked in by this era, and most of their later lives ended in tragedy.
After hearing this, the women all looked at Jiang Hai with a sidelong glance, thinking that this young master actually understood them quite well. Even Yuchi Ziling, who wasn't particularly interested in poetry, gave him a look of approval.
Just when the girls were still praising Jiang Hai in their hearts, Jiang Hai suddenly said,
"I have a brothel at home."
Suddenly, all these beauties showed expressions of horror. They thought that this young master understood them and was going to take them to a brothel right away?
Jiang Hai shook his folding fan and continued,
"Well, it's a very decent brothel. Since you were sent here, you can't just leave it alone. I have a good idea. You might as well listen to it."
All the girls' faces turned pale, and they said with all their might,
"Master, please speak."
"Since you have such a good image and outstanding talents, I'll upgrade Yanchunlou when we return to Southern Xinjiang. Yes, it can't be so cheap anymore. It can't be called a brothel anymore. It should be changed to Yanchun Entertainment Media.
Do you understand star-making? "
Jiang Hai asked the girls while imagining it himself.
A group of women shook their heads to express their confusion.
"Hehe, this is a great idea. I'll have to go back and find some martial arts skills and plan it out. I'll work with Old Huang's cultural media to package you guys into a New Town girl group and celebrities. Oh, that's fantastic. Just thinking about it makes me think it's a good idea. We're definitely going to make a killing."
Jiang Hai was having fun, not caring whether the women could understand him or not. It was more like he was talking to himself.
The beauties present at the music hall looked at each other in bewilderment. They had no idea what Jiang Hai was thinking, and they couldn't understand what he meant by creating stars or packaging girl groups. The girl in front asked timidly,
"Master? What are you talking about?"
Jiang Hai grinned, smiling brightly.
"Good, good, it's decided. You guys stay at the Jiang residence for now and have a good rest. When I get married, come back to Southern Xinjiang with me. When we get to the new city, I'll show you around. Your good days are coming soon."
They were actually completely confused, but after hearing Jiang Hai's final words about their good days coming, they relaxed a little. Some even started to imagine that this young master would take them all as concubines when he got married.
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