Judge of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 89: Baifanlou (seeking follow-up reading)

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"So it's Master Fan. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry."

Zhang Fei bowed.

If Ma Xiaoyi hadn't told him, he really wouldn't have noticed that Fan Yong was chubby, smiled whenever he met someone, and looked harmless.

On the contrary, the young Fan Zheng appeared calm, sophisticated and serious.

Fan Zheng bowed and said, "I dare not, I dare not. I am a descendant of a merchant, how dare I call myself a young master? Brother Zhang San, just call me Da Lang."

Ma Xiaoyi said: "Third brother, my brother likes to be serious, so you can call him Da Lang or Fan Da!"

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "It's better to be casual. There's no need to be so formal."

Fan Zheng added: "Brother Zhang's name is well-known, and my father often mentions him. I hope I can learn from him in the future."

"oops!"

Cao Dongdong crossed his arms and jumped lightly, "Hey Mr. Fan, are you guys done talking? I'm freezing standing here."

Fan Zheng hurriedly said, "Dear guests, please come in, please come in."

After entering the gate of Baifan Tower, looking up, I found that the Baifan Tower was composed of five buildings, namely east, west, south, north and center. They were three stories high, with flying bridges and railings, light and dark connections, ups and downs, and staggered eaves, which was truly magnificent.

Even Zhang Fei couldn't help but be stunned by the design. It really deserves to be the number one restaurant in Tokyo!

In fact, strictly speaking, Baifanlou is no longer a restaurant, but a complex that hosts many activities, such as sales conferences, and wholesales many goods, such as wine, salt, etc.

It can be said that this Baifan Building alone made the Northern Song Dynasty look down upon other feudal dynasties in terms of business.

Usually in feudal dynasties, there were many rigid specifications for architecture. In other dynasties, no private individual would dare to build a restaurant of this scale, let alone in the capital.

There was no need for Fan Zheng to lead regular customers like Cao Dongdong, so they went straight to the East Building.

Since it was Zhang Fei's first time coming back, it was inconvenient for him to do the same as them. He still had to know some etiquette and followed Fan Zheng slowly inside. However, his eyes were darting everywhere. From time to time, he saw a young lady passing by with her head lowered, which made his heart flutter.

Li Si, who was standing by, was no longer a virgin, but he had never been to such an occasion. He wanted to see it, but was shy. Every time he stole a glance at a young lady, his face turned as red as a monkey's butt.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei himself was overwhelmed and had no time to care about him, otherwise he would have laughed at him.

"Brother Zhang San! Brother Zhang San!"

"ah?"

Zhang Fei suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Fan Zheng, "What did you say?"

Fan Zheng asked, "I wonder if Brother Zhang San has any advice for me?"

He thought Zhang Fei was admiring the Baifan Tower, so he asked this question.

But Zhang Fei was looking at the young lady.

"Very good! Very good!" Zhang Fei nodded perfunctorily.

Fan Zheng said, "Brother Zhang San gave some pointers to the Ma family, and the Ma family immediately soared to the sky. I hope Brother Zhang San can also give me some inspiration."

Zhang Fei calmed down and said with a smile: "Your father is really amazing. He has brought the Baifan Building to a new level. If I really want to say something..."

Fan Zheng hurriedly said, "I'm all ears."

Zhang Fei said: "It's culture."

"culture?"

"good!"

Zhang Fei said: "Nowadays, Baifanlou is no longer a simple restaurant. I came here as a guest today. Although I was shocked by everything here, if you ask me what my specific impression is, other than it is magnificent, I can't tell you.

But if we want to pass it down and last forever, I think we still need to have our own culture, such as attitude towards doing things and attitude towards service.

For example, respecting customers is a major feature of Baifanlou, so holding a gambling conference in Baifanlou should also reflect this feature.

So, how to combine these complicated transactions to form the characteristics of Baifan Building, perhaps this is what Dalang needs to consider. "

After hearing this, Fan Zheng suddenly fell into deep thought. After a while, he suddenly raised his head, his mature face showing excitement. "Thank you for your guidance, Brother Zhang San. I have benefited a lot from it... Zhang... Brother Zhang San?"

As he was talking, he noticed that Zhang Fei was not listening at all, but was staring at something not far away. He followed Zhang Fei's gaze and saw that Cao Dongdong and his friends had already found a table in the lobby and sat down. There were also many singing girls sitting or standing beside them. He immediately understood and hurriedly said, "Brother Zhang San, please."

"Huh? Oh, please! Please!"

When I got to the side, I heard Cao Dongdong bragging.

"You little coach wants to threaten me, you really don't know your place. But I am upright and honest, I won't use those despicable tricks like some people. If you have the ability, let's have a debate in class."

This was the first time Cao Dongdong appeared in Baifan Building after the lawsuit, and he immediately became the center of attention.

"I never thought that you would go to court with that Master Lin. Just for this courage, we sisters would like to give you a toast."

Several singing girls raised their glasses to Cao Dongdong.

“Okay, okay!”

Cao Dongdong hurriedly raised his glass to welcome him.

"Third brother, you are here!"

Ma Xiaoyi saw Zhang Fei coming and quickly moved his butt, "Third brother, sit over here."

Xiao Ma, why are you so ignorant today? Come here, why should I sit next to you? Zhang Fei, who was about to sit next to the women, suddenly became depressed.

But before Zhang Fei sat down, Cao Dongdong stood up, put one hand on his shoulder, and said to the singing girls: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Zhang Sanlang who helped me with the lawsuit."

"Be polite! Be polite!"

Zhang Fei suppressed his inner turmoil, bowed to the singing girls, and looked up and down. Although none of them were as beautiful as Xu Zhiqian, he couldn't help but feel the fire in his belly, and it was still a pleasure to watch them.

"So you are the famous spy Zhang Sanlang! I'm so sorry, so sorry."

"Where! Where!"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "From now on, if you ladies have any disputes, you can come to Fan's Bookstore to find me. I will give you a 30% discount."

"I hope we never have to look for Saburo." A slightly older singing girl, around twenty years old, said with a smile.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, then said awkwardly, "That's true."

The other singing girls all giggled.

After sitting down, Cao Dongdong started bragging again. Gradually, some young men from the neighboring tables came over with the singing girls from that table.

As more and more people came, the atmosphere became more and more tense.

but... ... !

Zhang Fei's interest was getting lower and lower.

The lobby of the East Building is very large, and it is not filled with small round tables, but rather long tables with wine, food, writing brushes, inkstones, zithers, flutes and other musical instruments on them.

The agitated Zhang Fei had no time to support Cao Dongdong's bragging. He had been observing secretly to see how the singing and dancing were conducted in that era. However, he found that every table was polite and either chatting or writing lyrics. It was not like the nightclubs of later generations, where hormones were overflowing, alcohol was in the air, and the shadows of dirty hands were dancing on the walls.

Even Cao Dongdong and the others were so well-behaved that they didn't even hug each other.

Gradually, more and more customers came. Cao Dongdong had almost finished playing the flute. Seeing Zhang Fei sitting there alone, he sent the singing girls away and said to Zhang Fei, "Zhang San, why don't you say anything? Aren't you quite talkative?"

"Why are they all reciting poems and playing the piano?" Zhang Fei couldn't help but ask.

Fu Shichun said: "Isn't this normal?"

"normal?"

Zhang Fei said unhappily, "What do you mean by normal? I think it's more like normal."

Upon hearing the seriousness, Ma Xiaoyi immediately reacted, "Could it be that Third Brother likes Piaoxianglou?"

Zhang Fei asked, "Is there any difference between Piaoxiang Tower and Baifan Tower?"

Ma Xiaoyi said: "There are many prostitutes there."

It turns out that there is a big difference between singing girls and prostitutes. Singing girls are more like artists, and they sell their art rather than their bodies. They win the hearts of their customers with lyrics and music, rather than their bodies.

Because the class they serve is relatively high, those scholars and officials, who have seen all kinds of beauties, have many wives and concubines at home, and are too busy to take care of themselves at night. So there is no need for them to come here to do push-ups. They are more pursuing spiritual communication, and on this basis, they may pursue physical communication.

Poetry and songs are what they love.

The reason why Liu Sanbian was able to get along well in brothels was not because he was handsome, but because his poems were very popular and those singing girls naturally tried their best to please him.

It is no exaggeration to say that a good poem can make a courtesan become famous overnight.

Zhang Fei slapped his thigh, "Who the hell asked us to come to Baifan Building?"

Cao Dongdong immediately pointed at Ma Xiaoyi and said, "Xiao Ma."

Ma Xiaoyi said depressedly: "I thought Third Brother was a scholar and might like it here more."

Zhang Fei immediately yelled angrily: "I am a person who only knows how to write... What kind of book should I read? Damn it!"

“… … !”

Ma Xiaoyi looked aggrieved, it turned out that the third brother was taking the vulgar route!

Fu Shichun looked at Zhang Fei's anxious face and asked in confusion, "Zhang San, I heard from the yanei that you are still a virgin?"

Zhang Fei said unhappily, "I just want to experience human nature! How can I do that here? Chanting poems and observing the peaks, and making couplets and entering caves are not my strong points."

Cao Dongdong hurriedly comforted him, "Okay, okay, after the sale, we'll go to Piaoxianglou."

Zhang Fei said depressedly: "It's already so late. I'm tired from playing. How can I have any interest? This matter needs to be done early. Let's go tomorrow."

Fu Shichun wondered, "Zhang San, are you really a virgin?"

"Uh... sitting here and doing nothing isn't a solution. So when does the sale start?"

"It will take at least an hour. It's not even dark today!"

"We can't just sit there and do nothing!"

"What do you want to play?" Cao Dongdong asked.

"Dice!"

Zhang Fei said thoughtfully: "If we get drunk, maybe the situation will improve."