jdhmnovel Chapter 454 Adding fuel to the fire for Old Deng
Chapter 454 Adding fuel to the fire for Old Deng
After thinking for a long time without figuring out how to arrange for the twenty Silla maids, Yang Shaofeng, in a fit of anger, actually thought of Yang Qing.
Since we're already planning to give the Imperial Hospital some amusement, it doesn't seem like we can do any more.
Then, adhering to the principle of not bothering two masters, Yang Shaofeng directly handed over all twenty Silla maids to Yang Qing.
"Isn't it about studying meridians and acupoints or something?"
"Just a few days ago, I read in a book that Bian Que used massage therapy to treat the Crown Prince of Guo's syncope."
"The Book of Han, Treatise on Literature, also mentions a book called The Yellow Emperor's Massage Classic, but unfortunately it has long been lost."
"These twenty Silla maids are yours."
"You should study massage therapy carefully and try to write a medical book as soon as possible, similar to the 'Yellow Emperor's Massage Classic'."
"I suggest you first study foot bath therapy and massaging the empty spaces in the feet for health benefits."
"..."
Heaven knows what Yang Qing felt after hearing Yang Shaofeng's request.
Is this something a human being could say?
If you're afraid of your wife and don't dare bring a Silla maid home, then what are you arguing about every day?
Who was it that said a few days ago, "I wonder if Yeonda Mashiri and Nezha Sun will bring back a Silla maid for you?"
Now that you've actually brought it back, you're acting like a coward again?
So what if I slept in the study for three days?
It's not a big deal.
It's like you've never slept with anyone.
Besides, it's one thing for you, Yang Dianfeng, to be a coward, but what's the point of leaving the trouble to me?
I have a wife at home too, you bastard!
I bother!
But complaining is one thing, and being unhappy is another.
The thought of Yang Shaofeng's words, "Strive to write a medical book as soon as possible, just like the 'Huangdi Massage Classic'", made Yang Qing's heart race again.
No matter what, the "Huangdi Massage Classic" was written by a human.
If others can write, why can't I?
Then, these twenty Silla maids became temporary students at the Dengzhou Prefectural Medical College.
Major subject: foot massage.
Then, Yang Shaofeng creatively proposed the concept of essential oils.
They also suggested all sorts of random massage and foot therapy techniques, such as soaking feet in ginger water and moxibustion.
Yang Qing's horizons were broadened.
Wang Hu's horizons were broadened.
The twenty Silla maids had their eyes opened wide.
Once the twenty Silla maids had been trained to a near-complete degree, Yang Shaofeng specially arranged for the guards of the Prince Consort's residence to experience it firsthand.
According to Chang Xiaojiu, the commander of the personal guards, it was "painful when you press it, but after the pain subsided, you felt completely comfortable."
Chang Xiaojiu even wondered if he was the legendary "cheapskate," otherwise why would he want to massage again after the pain was over?
Then, Yang Shaofeng left two Silla maids behind to continue learning from Yang Qing and Wang Hu, and assigned the remaining eighteen to the border market.
In any case, no clubs or brothels are allowed to exist in Dengzhou City.
Neither legitimate nor illegitimate ones will work.
Even if we could collect a lot of commercial tax from brothels and clubs, it wouldn't be good.
After all, this involves more than just money, and it's not just about being immoral; it involves the buying and selling of people.
As for whether the absence of brothels and pubs would result in a loss of commercial and business tax...
There's absolutely no need to worry about that.
Because guild halls located in the border markets can collect more business tax.
Yang Shaofeng went so far as to set the club's business tax at 50%.
In addition, the club itself was funded by Dengzhou Prefecture. Apart from the business tax and the wages of the eighteen Silla maids, the manager and the waiters, the remaining income was all the portion that Dengzhou Prefecture could retain.
So, roughly half of the club's revenue goes to the national treasury, and 35% goes to Dengzhou Prefecture.
If you calculate it carefully, these eighteen Silla maids alone can bring ten strings of cash in revenue to Dengzhou Prefecture every day.
If you add in other miscellaneous high-priced tea, dried fruit, and other items, just this one club could generate thirty or even fifty strings of cash in revenue for Dengzhou Prefecture every day.
That's not a low income.
After all, those who could afford to come to the Dengzhou Prefecture border market were all wealthy people, and none of them were short of a few dollars.
What Yang Shaofeng didn't expect was that after these Silla maids earned their wages, they actually thought of bringing more Silla maids to the market.
Park Sung-sung bowed slightly and said to Yang Shaofeng with a big smile, "Your Highness, that's the situation. They miss their sisters back home and want to make money with them."
"Moreover, with only eighteen people, it's really impossible to handle the workload."
"In my opinion, we need at least thirty more, which might be just enough."
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Park Sung-sung with obvious displeasure.
Thirty?
Let alone thirty, even three hundred more wouldn't be enough.
Because in the Ming Dynasty, brothels were not places that just anyone could go to.
Besides being rich, social status and education are also thresholds.
Therefore, the border markets and guild halls, which had almost no barriers to entry, became very popular among the merchants.
If the market hadn't been closed every day, some scoundrels might have been able to live in the market's clubhouse every day.
Then the problem is coming.
The reason why Dengzhou Prefecture was allowed to set up a clubhouse in the border market was because Yang Shaofeng was able to control the border market.
Once outside the border town, the practice of using Silla maids to run brothels could easily spiral out of control.
"Then let's get thirty over first."
After thinking it over carefully for a long time, Yang Shaofeng finally decided to bring over another batch of Silla maids.
"Just like these twenty, they must be able to speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty."
"Furthermore, it must be voluntary; coercion is not allowed."
"Those kinds of messy things are not allowed in the club."
"This is a club, not a brothel."
"If I discover anyone misbehaving..."
Yang Shaofeng said meaningfully, "It's not as simple as just driving people away."
……
Anyway, that's the situation.
The Dengzhou border market clubhouse was built by Yang Shaofeng himself, a project that led to his own demise.
It contains only legitimate projects.
However, Yang Shaofeng was quite unsure whether he could take Zhu Chongba, that old man, on a trial trip.
After all, he had already slept in the study for three days.
In comparison, those time travelers who casually set up bathhouses in the Ming Dynasty and even invited Zhu Chongba and Empress Ma to experience them are truly amazing.
While Yang Shaofeng was inwardly filled with envy for his fellow transmigrators, he was also secretly pondering how to deal with that old tyrant Zhu Chongba.
Otherwise...
Yang Shaofeng suddenly felt that he could add fuel to the fire for Lao Deng.
What does Dengzhou Prefecture have?
Dengzhou Prefecture has a vast sea.
Let Lao Deng see for himself the huge profits from salt production.
Let Lao Deng see for himself the huge profits that fishing can bring.
Then they tricked Old Deng into building a large number of ocean-going ships.
Especially large ocean-going ships capable of long voyages.
Once the Ming Dynasty's naval strength has grown, we can then persuade Deng Xiaoping to send Chang Yuchun, that charcoal-headed man, to Japan to reclaim the silver mines.
Plan passes.