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Chapter 687: Perfume Hall

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    "I know this." Tao Min continued, "I want to spare a year to assist Huang Taiji in carrying out land reform, and at the same time increase North Korea's military recruitment, and strive to expand the North Korean new army to 150,000 to 200,000. You  Don't forget, although Li Zicheng has withdrawn from Xi'an, the main force is still there. Chongzhen's goal next year is definitely to wipe out Li Zicheng.  In Chongzhen's mind, who would be his number one enemy?" Tao Gong understood something: "Brother, is this the reason you just said for wanting Yulin Bay to unify Vietnam?" "Yes" Tao Min nodded with satisfaction to his brother.  , "By the end of next year, I will find a way to get Huang Taiji to negotiate with Chongzhen again, or we can simply negotiate with Chongzhen ourselves. Let Chongzhen know that Yulin Bay has plans to rebel on its own, and we can help Chongzhen destroy Yulin Bay. If we can negotiate with Ming  If we want to unite with the North, Yulin Bay should be over soon. As soon as Yulin Bay is over, the world will belong to us Manchus again." "Brother, this plan is good, but I think it will be difficult." "Of course it won't be easy.  "Tao Min touched his brother's head, "This is just a general direction. How to do it depends on the development of the situation. Just have an idea." "I understand, brother," Tao Gong asked again, "What's the matter?  Tong is still being detained, and he hasn¡¯t confessed anything yet. You¡¯ll see what happens next.¡± ¡°He probably won¡¯t confess anything,¡± Tao Min said coldly, ¡°No matter who he is.  We can¡¯t keep it anymore, he knows too much. Let¡¯s wait until the New Year is over and let him spend the last New Year.¡± Tao Gong felt that it was a bit inappropriate to execute He Tong. Just as he was about to say something, a report came from outside the door.  .  "Come in." An officer of the North Korean New Army came in, "Your Majesty, Lord Beile, a battleship came from the sea, flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty. They sent a letter." "They will send a letter to the battleship of the Ming Dynasty."  What letter?" Tao Min took the letter and opened it and read it carefully.  Tao Min¡¯s face became increasingly ugly, and her brows slowly knitted together.  Tao Gong didn't know what was written in the letter, so he couldn't help but put his head over and asked, "Brother, whose letter is it? What happened?" "You go and wait outside the house first." Tao Min signaled to North Korea.  The officer went out and handed the letter to Tao Gong, "It was written by Wang Hua. He came to us." Tao Gong was shocked after reading the letter. Wang Hua wrote very clearly in the letter that he had been arrested at Fushan Police Station.  Xie Tian, ??and Xie Tian was a double agent between Huang Taiji and Tao Min.  He Tong, who was imprisoned in Busan, was an agent of the Yulin Bay Security Department, and his real name was Ji Tonghai.  Wang Hua hoped to exchange Xie Tian for Ji Tonghai, and Wang Hua clearly informed in the letter that Xie Tian was on the ship and he was likely to have important information about Huang Taiji.  "Brother, do you think what Wang Hua said is true? Is he lying to us?" "Regardless of whether it's true or false, since he's here, let's go meet him." Tao Min shouted outside the house.  , "Here comes." The North Korean officer just walked in again, and Tao Min ordered: "Go and tell the visitors from the Ming Dynasty that the old rules are still the same. None of their ships, nor ours, are allowed to carry weapons.  See you above.¡± The setting sun cast golden light on the sea. Busan in the twelfth lunar month was relatively warm compared to the entire Korean Peninsula. Tao Min, wrapped in a thick leather robe, finally saw Wang Hua on the sea.  This was the first time the two met since Tao Min defected, and they looked at each other unconsciously.  Tao Min was finally the first to speak: "Principal Wang has traveled thousands of miles to see me. It's really hard work." Wang Hua sneered: "Tao Min, let's get straight to the point. We were not familiar with each other before, and we have no friendship now.  "You must have read the letter I gave you. I came here for one purpose, to exchange Xie Tian for Ji Tonghai." "I read your letter, and I also believe what you said in it."  He said unhurriedly, "But since Xie Tian has also defected to Huang Taiji, it is of no use to me to exchange him for him. But Ji Tonghai is different. He is of great value to both you and me. This exchange seems like  "I've suffered a lot." "Tao Min, don't be so harsh." Wang Hua said with a smile, "How many people are from Huang Taiji in Xie Tian's intelligence system? Who is Huang Taiji's person around you now?  Don¡¯t you want to know this? Don¡¯t you want to know what Huang Taiji is going to do to you next? You¡¯re tired of being a slave. I won¡¯t hide it from you. According to the rules of our security department, Xie Tian¡¯s fate will be the same.  Damn it, we don't need anything from him. He's on board the Fuzhou right now. As long as you say you don't want to exchange, I'll leave right away. There's no need to bother. Just throw Xie Tian into the sea and there's no need to go back.  Trouble with the military court." Tao Min's expression changed, and Wang Hua figured it out accurately.?'s shortcomings, Tao Min is now really eager to know Huang Taiji's plan from Xie Tian's mouth: "Principal Wang, I think I am not as smart as you, how do you want to exchange?" "Tomorrow morning, it will still be this place, you  Bring Ji Tonghai and we will exchange it at sea." Wang Hua then said, "But I have one condition. I promised Xie Tian that I would bring his family back to Yulin Bay. This will not harm his wife and children.  I don¡¯t think you will accept the rules. I will send people to the northeast to pick them up, and you can¡¯t stop them in any way.¡± ¡°Principal Wang, I also have a condition.¡± Tao Min didn¡¯t say yes or no, ¡°Return it last time.  You fooled me about the prisoners of war. You have to give me some compensation." "What kind of compensation do you want?" Wang Hua asked, "Let me make it clear that there is absolutely no money. We don't have enough money now." "I don't want any money.  , I also know that you can't come up with the money." Tao Min raised a finger, "I want time, within one year, and there should be no more hostility and aggression between us within one year. I know that I am now.  I can't kill you, but you can't kill me either. I'm tired from all the fighting. I just want to take a break and let's not start another war within a year. In addition, I hope you can discuss with Zheng Zhilong and open up to North Korea.  In the Japanese market, war is war, and business is business. " Wang Hua couldn't tell what Tao Min's real purpose was, so he had to say: "I can take your suggestion back, but I can't agree to it right now, and you know the reason.  "That's no problem." Tao Min interrupted Wang Hua before he could finish, "As long as you can take it back. We'll see you there tomorrow morning." The exchange between Xie Tian and Ji Tonghai went smoothly.  Wang Hua did not make any stop after Ji Tonghai disembarked, and immediately ordered the Fuzhou to return to Dengzhou, and at the same time arranged for the military doctors to be brought to treat Ji Tonghai's injuries.  He also told Ji Tonghai that the Security Department had never forgotten him and that he would wait until he returned to Yulin Bay to recover from his injuries before doing anything else.  Tao Min took Xie Tian back to Busan and detained him first. He still wanted to learn a lot from Xie Tian, ??so he couldn¡¯t kill him yet.  "Tao Gong, start interrogating Xie Tian immediately. We must find out everything he knows. But we must keep him alive first, and wait until I see Huang Taiji after the Spring Festival." The Spring Festival of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen has arrived, and time travelers from all over the world have arrived.  Most of them returned to Yulin Bay, but Wang Hua still stayed in Dengzhou, waiting for news about Liang Er.  Xu Lang took Li Wenqing to Vietnam. Although Cheng Yiyi was very unhappy, she had no choice but to spend the Spring Festival at home alone with Zhao Zhiruo.  There are only three or four days left before the Spring Festival, and all departments and schools in Yulin Bay are basically on holiday.  Xu Lang's family had not prepared anything for the New Year. Cheng Yiyi was a little anxious, so she took Zhao Zhiruo, Siqin and Mo Hua and several other maids to the business district, hoping to buy all the things for the New Year.  The commercial area is busy and noisy with people coming and going. Most people are rushing over the past few days to buy the New Year¡¯s goods that are still missing at home.  Together with Qingwen Sheyue, the six women walked for most of the day and ordered a large amount of supplies.  Siqin was a little unable to walk and said: "Sister Yiyi, we have almost bought it. We have to move it home soon. If there are too many things, we won't be able to carry them." "You can't carry them now." Cheng  Yiyi smiled and said, "Let's go shopping again. Try to buy everything at once today. We can hire a carriage to take it back later. We don't have to take it ourselves." "It's easy to hire a carriage." Siqin suddenly wasn't tired anymore.  , "Sister Yiyi, we all listen to you, let's go shopping." The six people walked forward for a while, Zhao Zhiruo suddenly pointed to a group of people in front and asked: "Look, there seems to be a newly opened shop in front.  Why are there so many people gathered? I don¡¯t know what they are selling. " "Let's go and take a look." The four little maids left Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo and ran over quickly.  Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo had no choice but to follow them, but the crowd at the door kept pointing in front of the store, but no one went in.  "What is this for sale? Why is no one coming in?" Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo, who came over, were both a little surprised.  "Sister Yiyi, look what's written there?" Mo Hua pointed at the door and read out, "Perfume Hall." Qingwen didn't understand what these three words meant: "Sister Yiyi, Sister Zhiruo, Perfume Hall.  What is it for?" Cheng Yiyi understood, this is the first public bathroom in Yulin Bay.  Later generations generally believe that public bathrooms began to become real public bathrooms in the Northern Song Dynasty.  In other words, starting from the Northern Song Dynasty, it became a custom for ordinary people to take a bath in the bathhouse in winter.  In the Song Dynasty, the capital Bianliang (now Kaifeng) had the largest number of public bathhouses, which were called bathhouses.  By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the architectural design of bathrooms and the heating of pool waterEach model has its own unique features.  The article "Huntang" in Minglang Ying's "Seven Revised Drafts - Yili Lei" says: "Huntangs exist all over the world, and Hangzhou is the lowest." The book specifically mentions the Suzhou bathroom at that time: "The big stone is the pool, and the dome curtain  With bricks, the back is a huge cauldron, which is connected to the pool. The windlass is guided to the wall and stored.  '." Cheng Yiyi became interested and walked forward and asked, "When did you open the business and who is the boss?" The waiter greeting the guests at the door recognized Cheng Yiyi: "President Cheng, our boss's surname was just yesterday.  Li, he came from Guangzhou." Cheng Yiyi pointed to the crowd and asked, "Why don't they go in? It's almost the New Year. It would be so nice to take a bath." "Who says it's not the case?" A businessman walked out.  He came out and clasped his fists at Cheng Yiyi, "Madam, the villain's hall has just opened. Maybe the people here don't know much about it, and no one has come to bathe yet." The waiter hurriedly introduced:  "Shopkeeper, this is President Cheng of Yulin Bay Bank." "It turns out to be President Cheng. I'm a stupid person." Boss Li gave another salute.  "Boss Li, you don't have to be polite." Cheng Yiyi returned the gesture, "Do you have a women's hall?" "Not yet. No one comes to the men's hall now, let alone the women's hall." "Why, is there no one in there now?  ?¡± ¡°No.¡± Boss Li looked sad, ¡°Since we opened yesterday, we haven¡¯t had a single customer.¡± ¡°Then we won¡¯t accept male customers today.¡± Cheng Yiyi¡¯s words shocked Boss Li a little.  Jaw-dropped: "President Cheng, change it to female hall? This, this, is this appropriate?" "What's inappropriate about this." Cheng Yiyi took out a piece of silver and said with a smile, "Don't you make money if you have money?" "But."  Boss Li stared at the money in Cheng Yiyi's hand with some hesitation.  "No, but." Cheng Yiyi put the money into Boss Li's hand, "You heard me right, I guarantee you will have a lot of customers today." Cheng Yiyi didn't care about Boss Li after saying that, and walked into the gang with his legs raised.  He came to the bathroom and greeted him as he walked: "Zhiruo, Siqin, let's come in and take a look first." In the center of the bathroom is a large pool built with stone strips. On one side of the pool is a wall built with bricks, and outside the wall is a stove.  But there is no life.  On the other side of the pool, there is a row of cabinets for guests to store their coats and hats, and the ground is also paved with stones.  Cheng Yiyi stretched out her hand to test the water temperature, then turned around and told Boss Li who was following him: "Let someone light the stove. The water is not hot." Boss Li held the silver in his hand and asked: "But Mr. Cheng, I'm here to light the fire, please add water."  "It's inconvenient." "Of course it's inconvenient." Cheng Yiyi said with a smile, "Just ask someone to light the stove. All the men will go out and we will do the rest ourselves."  After finishing speaking, Yiyi ignored Boss Li and said to Siqin and others: "You guys go separately and call Sun Jiayi, Bihe and Ziyun over, and then tell Director Tan from the Women's Federation and Director Li from the Customs.  "Sister Yiyi, we understand." Several maids were also interested in this bathroom, so they agreed and went out.  Cheng Yiyi asked Boss Li again: "Boss Li, how do you charge here and how much money does one person need?" Boss Li reacted and quickly took the money that Cheng Yiyi had just given him: "President Cheng is coming to take a bath.  I don't dare to collect money." "No, how can Boss Li open his business without charging money?" Cheng Yiyi vaguely knew that in mainland China, a person only needs twenty or thirty copper coins to take a bath, so he just gave it to him.  The amount of silver is one tael of silver dollar, "Boss Li, no matter how many people come today, it's just one tael of silver. Does Boss Li think it's appropriate?" "It's appropriate, it's appropriate." Boss Li saw that Cheng Yiyi really wanted to be there.  After taking a shower, I didn't refuse anymore. It didn't matter whether he was a man or a woman. If he didn't earn money, he would be a fool.  Zhao Zhiruo tugged on Cheng Yiyi's clothes: "Sister Yiyi, are we all taking a bath here, together with Director Tan and the others?" "We are all women, so what are we afraid of?" Cheng Yiyi patted the large stone pool, "  Zhiruo, we have been using that big wooden bucket to bathe at home for so many years. We can¡¯t squat or stand upright, so it¡¯s not as comfortable as here. You don¡¯t have to worry about it. You will know the benefits of bathing here in a while.¡±  The water in the pool slowly heated up, and Boss Li said: "President Cheng, the villain's wife is also here. You see, we have all gone out, why don't you ask her to help you take a bath." "That's not necessary.  Cheng Yiyi replied, "But let her guard the door."?Don't let a man in.  "
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