It is said that the industry of wandering girls originated from the shrine maidens of the island country. As the shrine maidens gradually left the shrines and wandered away, performing songs and dances everywhere, and providing services to men became a side job for them.
Since the fall of the Ming Dynasty, people in the island country who originally did not have a strong concept of racial differences in the Tang Dynasty all believed that "China is dead." Therefore, the island country's first overseas geography book published in the eighth year of Yuanlu (1695) was called "Hua Yi Tong Business Examination"
". This "Hua" refers to the island country itself, and China under the rule of the Qing court became a member of the "barbarians" in Confucian culture.
In response to this situation, those Maruyama yuyou girls who provided services to the Tang people in Nagasaki were also divided into a separate group. The service targets of the Maruyama yuyou girls were divided into islanders, Tang people, and Dutch people. The yuyou girls who served the islanders were
I will never serve the Chinese and Dutch, because the latter two are "foreign barbarians".
The shogunate's regulations on this were, "Tang people are not allowed to go out at will, and women other than wandering girls are not allowed to enter."
In the first month of the second year of Genroku (the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi), when the first batch of Chinese businessmen moved into the Tang Dynasty Yashiki, dozens of Maruyama girls came to visit the next day. However, they were not here to do business that day, but to form a group.
Visit and get familiar with the environment.
With the arrival of Tang ships, the business of Maruyama's traveling girls has grown rapidly. It should be known that the Tang style house can accommodate up to 3,000 people staying at the same time. As a result, 20,000 Maruyama girls enter the Tang style house every year, and at its peak, it reached
With 40,000 visitors, it can be said to be a "prosperity and prostitution boom".
It is said that in Maruyama Town, Nagasaki, the relationship between yūya and yūnyōya is divided into two types, one is official yūnyō, and the other is nominal yūnyō (the payment is made under the name of yūnyōya). “Shikiri yūya”
"Women" are a special group among nominal traveling girls.
The reason why Shikiri Yumei is special is that according to the established rules, they can only serve one person in their life, and her entire source of income can only rely on that one person.
Lu Yun is an official travel girl, she only serves Shen Jingdan.
In order to find out what the government's countermeasures were for the big ship, she took her maid Adon back to the "Yangkasankan" in Maruyama Town early in the morning. In addition, she had another important thing to report to the Yangkasankan.
This Yangkasankan is the largest of the 74 wandering girls' houses in Maruyama Town, covering an area of 1,500 square meters (nearly 5,000 square meters). From its opening in the 19th year of Kanei's 19th year to the present, it has grown nearly 1,500 square meters.
It’s been ten years (in real history, it didn’t close until 1929, so it’s a time-honored brand.)
Because the boss, Yamaguchi, was out on business, Lu Jun was chatting with the proprietress in a room on the second floor of Maruyama House.
"Adi, are you really pregnant? How long have you been pregnant?" the landlady asked happily. "Lvjun" was the name given to her by Shen Jingdan, and her nickname in Maruyama was Oginoto.
"I asked the doctor to check my pulse a few days ago. Judging by the number of days, it must have been more than two months."
The landlady said enviously: "Boss Shen really loves you. Ah Di, you are lucky."
Shen Jingdan originally loved Lu Jun very much. Because he was pregnant with his own child, he applied to the Nagasaki Enforcement Office a few days ago to increase the "yangdaiyin" (fee for traveling girls) given to Lu Jun to one thousand kilograms of white sugar.
At this time, the wholesale price of sugar in the Nagasaki market was more than three taels of silver per catty, which was a lot of money.
In the Tang Dynasty, the payment of traveling expenses for women was strictly controlled by the shogunate.
For example, Shen Jingdan could not directly give money to Lu Yun. He had to pay the banknote (bank check) to the Nagasaki Office first, and then the office would convert the banknote into silver money and issue it to Yanghuashan Hall and Yanghuashan Hall. Only after deducting the corresponding listing fees can it fall into the hands of Lujun.
For another example, when Shen Jingdan donated goods to Lu Yun, he had to first hand them over to the execution office through the town officials, and the execution office calculated the corresponding market price at that time, and then paid the money to Lu Jun.
It is said that there was no contraceptive technology in this era. However, businessmen in the Qing Dynasty were trapped in the "Chinese Courtyard" every day. In addition to drinking, eating, listening to plays, and doing other things with wandering girls, it was very common for wandering girls to become pregnant.
According to the rules, Lu Jun must report to the Nagasaki Confinement Office step by step through the Yanghua Mountain Hall. As long as Shen Jingdan agrees, the execution office will approve the birth of the child. Before the child is born, Lu Jun must find a confinement care provider. "Mesuke Yugyou" went to the Tang Dynasty's Yashiki to give birth to children. However, due to the underdeveloped medical technology in this era, the survival rate of babies was not high, and some of the love crystallizations between Yingnai and Tang people died in infancy.
The shogunate prohibited these mixed-race children from returning to the country with their fathers. They were usually raised in the home of the wandering daughter's mother. When they grew up, many of them took their mother's Japanese surname.
Lu Yun chatted with the proprietress and talked a lot about the parents. During this period, people came and went, and some travel girls with whom she was interested also came to say hello and congratulations.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Lu Jun felt that the preparation was almost done. At this time, she and the landlady were left in the room, so he asked the landlady: "Do you know what the Fengguo Office has done with the big boat that came yesterday?" What’s the solution?”
"Is this what Boss Shen asked you to ask?"
"Yes, I heard that the big ship is on the waterway where the Tang ships leave the port. Many Tang people are afraid of getting into trouble. My husband asked me to help inquire about it so that we can make arrangements in advance."
The landlady looked around, covered her face with a fan, and whispered: "The guy who came to deliver the food this morning said that there were a lot of officers and soldiers coming from outside the town, there must be thousands of them."
"ah!"
While the two were talking, the barrier door was opened and the boss Yamaguchi walked in.
"Ah, Ah Di, you are back."
Now Lujun's net worth is different from before. With the confidence of a thousand kilograms of white sugar, she can be a good girl at any time after giving birth. Therefore, the boss and the landlady are very polite to her and do not treat her like an ordinary wandering girl.
After some polite greetings, the landlady started talking about Boss Shen asking Lujun to inquire about the big ship outside the port.
Boss Yamaguchi pondered for a moment before speaking: "Adi, does Boss Shen still have a lot of goods in Xinjizang?"
Lu Jun replied: "I heard him say that most of the goods purchased before were brought back by others, and now there are only a few books left."
Yamaguchi nodded: "That's good."
The "New Ksitigarbha" they mentioned refers to the warehouse at Tangren Wharf. Because it is an artificial island created by reclamation, it is called Xin; the islanders call the warehouse "Zang".
"Why do you ask this?" Lu Yun asked strangely.
"It's a coincidence that you're here today. I just came back from the town hall. Starting tomorrow, martial law will begin in every town in the city."
After hearing this, the proprietress and Lu Yun thought for a moment, and then asked in surprise: "Do you really want to expel us by force?"
Yamaguchi nodded heavily and said in a low voice: "I heard that last night the Saga Clan and the Fukuoka Clan had arranged most of their troops to the warehouses at the port and the new Jizo of the Tang Dynasty. This is to prepare Board at any time for expulsion."
Lu Yun was about to ask again, but the landlady asked hurriedly: "I heard that that foreign ship is as big as a mountain, and the sides of the ship are terrifyingly high. Isn't it difficult to handle a fight?"
"You don't know. I heard that His Highness Izumomomo has notified the surrounding feudal clans to send out troops. The troops from the Omura and Isahaya clans arrived outside the city last night. It is estimated that the navy from the Satsuma clan will also arrive in two days.
"
"Why is there such a huge formation?"
Boss Yamaguchi stood up and opened the barrier door, looked around, then closed the door and sat down, saying in a low voice: "I heard Mr. Ikeda say that the people on the foreign ships are all descendants of the Tang Dynasty. They came here to celebrate the event fifty-eight years ago.
It’s an old matter, and I need to go to the Choshu clan to collect debts.”
"Ah? Then why did they come to Nagasaki? They should go directly to the Choshu Domain."
"Tch~~ This is only one, there is another. Mr. Ikeda quietly told me that the bow of the foreign ship said that they have rice, and I heard that it is still polished rice!"
The landlady and Lu Yun were immediately stunned. How much rice would be loaded on a foreign ship as big as a mountain?
Boss Yamaguchi sighed and said in a low voice: "The same goes for Mr. Izumo Mamoru. It would be great to find someone to buy the grain secretly offshore. Now people are starving to death everywhere in the city. After those foreigners have sold out the grain, they will naturally
I will stay here. As for the Choshu clan, it has nothing to do with us."
Regardless of the feasting and feasting here in Maruyama Town and the drunkenness and sleepiness over there at the "Chinese Courtyard", many townspeople in Nagasaki Castle are struggling to die. Now the price of food in the city has skyrocketed, and many people have run out of food at home. Along with the famine,
What comes is an infectious disease.
Nagasaki is a city that relied on maritime trade. The shogunate adopted a state-managed trade system. It locked the only trading port in Nagasaki, so the locals had to work hard to serve the trade. And everyone was fed and clothed.
It depends on the prosperity of sea trade.
Because no Dutch merchant ships have arrived in the port in the past two years, the trade volume has dropped severely. In order to raise funds to hand over to the shogunate, Lord Izumo began to increase taxes on commodity transactions, increase the burden of labor, and severely punish the private sale of trade goods.
, they were immediately arrested and tortured at the slightest suspicion, causing many townspeople and merchants engaged in maritime trade to panic.
Lord Izumo also reduced the salaries of officials and ordered the officials below to ban alcohol. However, he privately asked the Dutch to provide red wine and various overseas luxuries for his own enjoyment, and indulged in drinking and debauchery all day long.
(So everyone knows why after Toda's death, Nagasaki citizens lined up to urinate on his grave, right?)
At lunch, in order to celebrate Midori's pregnancy and fortune, Boss Yamaguchi specially ordered a simple version of "しっぽく cuisine" (Takufu cuisine).
This thing is also unique to Nagasaki. Nagasaki people really appreciate the Tang Dynasty's way of sitting around the Eight Immortals table, stretching their arms and legs, and then having family reunions, eating with friends and family. So they changed the Eight Immortals table into a round shape.
, the legs of the table were shortened, the tabletop was dyed vermilion, and a tablecloth was spread on top; everyone sat around and ate.
Even the punching orders of the Tang people at the wine table are called "様 fist", "open fist" and "thumb fight" by the locals. Because these tricks were brought out by the wandering girls after learning them from the "Chinese Courtyard"
, so the pronunciation is also in Chinese.
In the menu of Zhuofu cuisine in later generations, there must be a large platter, a Dongpo pork, braised snapper, plus various local delicacies and Chinese snacks; such as peach steamed buns, cloud cakes, bean paste cakes, money cakes,
Honey fruits, etc.
After hearing what Boss Yamaguchi said, Lu Jun began to worry about Shen Jingdan. He went to the foreign ship in the morning, and he didn't know what the situation would be. If the eviction by force started, he might be implicated in some way.
So after lunch, she hurried back to Tangren Yashiki with her maid. But when she arrived at her residence, Shen Jingdan was not there, and neither was Shen Xuan.
After she sent her maid to find someone, she finally found out from Lao Huang that A Quan had boarded the ship with Shen Jingdan in disguise that morning, and that the two of them had actually stayed on the ship and never returned.