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On the bank of Qinhuai River, a twelve-story building with extremely luxurious decoration rises from the ground. Willow trees are covered with smoke below, painted boats are swaying gently, and the sound of music and singing can be heard all day long.
This building, named "Shengshi Hualou", uses large glass walls. Once the decoration is completed, it will become a scenic spot in Nanjing.
The first to fourth floors of the building are restaurants, the fifth to eighth floors are guest rooms, and the top four floors are a brothel.
There are many famous Qinhuai courtesans in the building who perform but not sell their bodies. In addition, there are beauties from 30 countries including Korea, Japan, Jiaozhi, Dongwu, India, the Western Regions, Persia, and even Western Europe, wearing the most gorgeous costumes from each country. It can be said that there are many beauties with different styles and you can choose whatever you want.
During the Han and Tang Dynasties, scenes like "A fifteen-year-old Hu girl drinks alone in spring." and "Where will she go after all the fallen flowers are gone? She smiles and walks into Hu girl's wine shop." are so many times inferior to the prosperous and magnificent buildings of the Qin Dynasty.
Such a place is naturally expensive. An ordinary guest room costs ten dragon coins a day, and a king-level suite costs as much as two hundred and eighty-eight dragon coins a day.
It is said that if you live in this kind of royal suite, you will definitely enjoy royal-level service. Even the butt wiping service is provided by professionally trained beauties, who are so gentle that you will want to have diarrhea every day.
To be honest, the Qin Dynasty now had many women. Except for the coolies who were used to build roads until they died, the Qin Dynasty strictly prohibited the importation of male slaves, but it did not prohibit the importation of young women.
The South Pacific Islands, the Indochina Peninsula, the Western Regions... In short, millions of young women were imported into the country from those newly opened territories by the military.
If you are a man in the Qin Dynasty, then you are very lucky and don't have to worry about being single.
In order to increase the population, the imperial court issued a temporary decree prohibiting men over the age of 20 from being single. As long as you are over the age of 20, even if you don't want to get married, the government will force you to get a wife.
If you are poor and want to get married early, as long as you are fifteen years old, you can report to the government, and a wife will be sent to your home in two months at most.
Each local government has its own official matchmaker, and the criterion for selecting women is naturally to give priority to domestic women.
The war in the past few years has caused a serious imbalance between men and women in the country, with many more women than men. Official matchmakers will look for suitable women, and after obtaining the woman's consent, bring her to meet the man. If both parties are willing, they can get married.
If a woman from Daqin doesn't want to marry you, don't be sad. Women from Jiaozhi, Dongwu, and the Western Regions are just like Chinese cabbage, you can pick any one and take her home.
Through these measures, Daqin's population is increasing rapidly, and the number of newborns each year has reached 2.8 million.
The Emperor of Qin seemed to think that this was too slow. After all, the infant mortality rate was very high these days. Of the more than two million newborns each year, more than one-fifth died, or even higher.
The current Qin Dynasty does not need to worry about a series of problems caused by too many people and too little land. The Western Regions, the Northeast, the Nanyang Islands, the Indochina Peninsula, the East, Siberia, and Australia. It is no big deal to settle hundreds of millions of people. The only problem is that you don't have that many people.
If we have more people, we can go and rob America.
In order to reduce the infant mortality rate, the emperor issued an order to build hospitals in all prefectures and counties and vigorously popularize child-rearing knowledge.
Various kinds of news emerged one after another, and people in Shenghua Building were discussing them endlessly.
In recent days, the two most discussed issues in Shengshi Hualou were: one was that the Imperial Observatory had officially launched the work of measuring the earth. This matter was presided over by the director of the Imperial Observatory, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, and received the full support of the emperor.
Another thing is the topic about the three major civilization plates in the world. It is said that this is the theory of civilization plates proposed by the emperor in order to better shape the world pattern.
On the second floor there is a teahouse specially for scholars to discuss academic matters. At this moment, Fang Yizhi and Zhu Shunshui are having a heated discussion on whether the three major civilizations are bound to conflict.
The balcony of the teahouse was filled with the fragrance of flowers, and there were dozens of scholars sitting inside, most of whom were members of various "think tanks".
When you come here, you will find that there are fewer empty complaints about love and romance as in the past, and the atmosphere of real academic discussion is stronger. Under the guidance of the emperor, the scholars of Daqin have become more open-minded and their hobbies are also gradually influenced.
Scholars talk less about trivial matters at home and focus more on the world as a whole and discuss global issues.
Everyone knows that the emperor hates empty words and clichés. What the emperor likes, the people below him will like even more. Nowadays, scholars have gradually developed the habit of using data to speak for everything.
If you continue to talk big but without substance, the more you talk, the more likely you will be given a bad reputation, and your life will be over. It will be very difficult to be admitted to the imperial examination. Even if you are lucky enough to be admitted, if the emperor does not like your talk, it is unlikely that you will be promoted in this life. You must know that the emperor is only in his twenties and he still has a long way to go.
Yun Qiaoer, who was dressed as a man, listened to Fang Yizhi and Zhu Shunshui's discussion for a while, and thought it was boring, so she went downstairs and returned to the palace. This Xiang Fei was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and thanks to the emperor's favor, she was the freest one in the harem.
The asphalt-paved streets are spotless, and in the BMW cars passing by, you can see ladies and daughters wearing "mobile gardens" through the screen windows from time to time. There are also many foreign faces on the streets, which is no longer a new thing.
Today's Nanjing city has become a paradise in the hearts of people all over the world. It is prosperous like a dream, clean and tidy, with the streets filled with the fragrance of flowers. Even in the most remote alleys, there are teahouses, wine flags, and flowers and plants, which have a unique flavor and make people linger.
Yun Qiaoer entered the palace from the Xihua Gate on the west side of the Daqin Palace and went directly to the Jianjia Palace. The mature, beautiful and plump Liu Rushi was reading a memorial to Qin Mu.
"Empress Xiangfei..." The palace maids had only shouted halfway when Qiao'er floated into the hall like a light cloud. Her waist was that of a fifteen-year-old girl, as slender as a willow tree across the house. She had a charming smile on her face and her beautiful eyes were full of longing.
When Qin Mu saw her wearing men's clothing, he knew she had left the palace again. He couldn't help but laugh and asked, "What did my envoy find out today?"
This girl was very active and loved to go out among the people. Qin Mu did not restrict her and even gave her the title of "Collecting Folk Customs Envoy" for fun, asking her to help pay attention to folk customs and what the people were concerned about and what they were discussing when she left the palace.
Although Ye Bushu provided him with information and he often went out of the palace in disguise, it would be a good idea to let this girl find out more.
Liu Rushi stopped and bowed to Qiao'er. Qiao'er smiled and said, "Your Majesty, everyone out there is discussing some kind of clash of civilizations. I don't find it interesting, so I don't bother to listen any more."
"Hahaha, girl, don't just focus on finding those novelties. Don't forget that you are my folk song collector."
Qin Mu smiled and put his arms around her slender waist, holding her on his lap, full of doting.
A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, with a curvy figure, slender and graceful, gently leaned on her husband's lap, her delicate arms around his neck, and said sweetly: "Your Majesty must be tired after reviewing memorials all morning. Take a rest."
"How dare I disobey the order of the Concubine Xiang?"
"Hehe..." Qiao'er smiled as beautiful as a flower, her soft breasts like a dove pressed against Qin Mu's chest, and a cunning light flashed in her affectionate eyes.
Seeing how close the two were, Liu Rushi couldn't help but feel a little envious.
Yun Qiaoer had obviously grown into a beautiful and graceful girl, but she still liked to snuggle up to Qin Mu like she did when she was little. Her soft breasts and buttocks often triggered his most primitive reaction.
"Girl, don't move. Tell me, you came here not just to give me a rest today, right?"
"Then I have to be frank. Your Majesty didn't know about the nonsense that happened a few years ago by the Imperial Censor Li Jiqing. My sister was so worried at the time that she lost a lot of weight. Your Majesty has been back for so long, but you still haven't punished Li Jiqing. What a shame."
"You usually know when to advance and when to retreat, but why are you meddling in court affairs today?" Qin Mu pinched her nose with a smile.
Yun Qiao'er wrinkled her nose and said, "I don't care about the affairs of the court. I'm here today to complain for my sister. If it weren't for that Li Jiqing who hurt my sister so much, who would care who he is?"
"Haha... OK, since Concubine Xiang has ordered it, I will deal with this matter as soon as possible. I won't delay it any longer. I promise I won't delay it any longer. This should be all right now, right?"
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