Chapter 437
Chapter 437
Chapter 437
The Huang Family bought things worth two thousand and one hundred gold. The barbarian princess was worth one thousand five hundred gold. Altogether, it would be three thousand six hundred gold. If this money is used to buy provisions during years with good harvest, it could buy a hundred thousand provisions. During years with bad harvest, it could buy fifty thousand provisions.
That money was also more than enough for not only ships but also shipyards. The soldier’s yearly pay for Jingzhou was also only about one thousand gold. Liu Mang did not dare to compete anymore. If he were to continue, the Huang brothers may run out of money. This was not pity towards the Huang Family. However, if the Huang Family ran out of money and give up on the barbarian girl, then he would have to buy her. Liu Mang still wanted to live. He would not be able to cover up buying her and he would also not have any place to keep her. That was why Liu Mang decided to spare the Huang brothers.
“It is getting late! Brother Kuai. Didn’t we say we would go and visit your uncle together?” Liu Mang stood up and stretched. Chairs had already existed then but most people still preferred to kneel. Liu Mang could not get used to it.
“Hm? Brother Wang. Do you not want to see who gets the barbarian princess?” Kuai Ran asked with interest. As a man, he was naturally interested in beauties. On top of that, they came to the sweet feast because they were provoked by the Huang Family. It would be pity if they did not stay until the end.
Seeing that Kuai Ran did not want to leave, Liu Mang could not do anything. He glanced at Yan Er and then asked Kuai Ran with a smile. “Does Brother Kuai fancy the barbarian princess? If so, I will help you obtain her!”
Kuai Ran wanted to say yes. He was an experienced person who have sampled plenty of women before. However, he had never tasted a barbarian woman before. Unfortunately, Kuai Ran could only scream in pain instead of replying. His expression changed from pain to a strained smile while tears formed in his eyes.
“Let’s go! It is already late. We better leave before uncle falls asleep!” Kuai Ran said with a bitter smile. Liu Mang saw Yan Ran looking back at him with a smile. Whatever she did earlier was definitely not something ordinary. This woman was truly frightening.
“Does Mister Zirou sleep early?” Liu Mang asked. He was not that familiar with Kuai Liang.
“Yes. My uncle has a habit of sleeping early and getting up early. When the sky turns dark, my uncle will start preparing to sleep. Once he sleeps, no one would be allowed to meet him.” Kuai Ran did not care that Liu Mang, as an old acquaintance, did not know about his uncle’s rigid habits. This is because he himself would recommend his uncle to meet Liu Mang even if the two did not know each other.
“Then let’s go.” Liu Mang said as he saw Jia Xu return with his task completed. There were no more reasons to linger around.
“Is the Lord not going to stay longer?” Manager Liu asked when he saw that Liu Mang wanted to leave.
“No. Kuai Ran and I still have things to do. We are going to visit seniors and we cannot be late. We have already wasted enough time here.” Liu Mang replied.
“Is Lord Wang Shu and Lord Kuai Ran not interested in the barbarian princess?” Manager Liu asked Liu Mang again. Although the brothel did not allow people to fight, they were still allowed to compete against each other with their wealth. This would give them a lot of money.
“Haha. Forget it. He already has a fierce tiger at home. “ Liu Mang laughed in reply.
“Where is Lord Wang from?” Manager Liu had asked people to investigate Liu Mang when he was still in the box. There was one Wang Family in Jingzhou. They had some influence but they were definitely not as rich enough to spend like Wang Shu. This made him suspicious.
“I am just a student from the Lumen Academy.” Liu Mang avoided Manager Liu’s question. His reply was the same as saying nothing. While being a student of the Lumen Academy was an elite status in Jingzhou, there were also quite a lot of students.
“Manager Liu. Do we still need to pay for anything?” Liu Mang had thought that Manager Liu had actually come to collect money.
“No, no. All of this is free.” Manager Liu denied. If Liu Mang did not want to speak, he would not pry. After all, they were customers. Manager Liu gave Liu Mang a beaming smile as Liu Mang had been a good customer. Not only did Liu Mang pay a lot for his purchase. He even contributed in making the Huang Family pay more for their purchase. Manager Liu felt it was a pity that such a rich customer was leaving as he believed that Liu Mang would also eventually buy the barbarian princess.
“Haha. Thank you, Manager Liu!” Liu Mang nodded. He and Kuai Ran took the six women and left.
The brothel’s service was very good. They prepared a carriage for Liu Mang to use as transportation and also for the six women. Liu Mang did not decline as the carriage needed to be returned to the brothel anyway. Manager Liu intentions was also not entirely pure. He wanted to see where Liu Mang lived to investigate Liu Mang.
“Let’s go.” Liu Mang sneered. At that moment, he was not Liu Mang but Wang Shu. On top of that he was going to Kuai Liang’s place instead of his own lodging.
When Liu Mang left the brothel, another person entered. This person looked like a scholar. “Hm? There are people only participating in the sweet feast at this moment?”
“Chen Ju?” Kuai Ran hesitated for a moment when he saw who entered.
“What’s wrong? An acquaintance of yours?”
“Huh? Does Brother Wang not recognize him?” Kuai Ran asked skeptically. “This person is a gifted scholar from the Lumen Academy.”
“A gifted scholar?” Liu Mang repeated as he looked at Chen Ju.
“Brother Wang. You see those words at the brothel over there?” Kuai Ran pointed at the words written in the hall. “That was written by him!”
Liu Mang looked and the handwriting. Chen Ju was truly a gifted scholar. While Liu Mang was trying to think of an excuse, Kuai Ran believed that Liu Mang had finished thinking and continued. “I forgot that Brother Wang studied abroad. Of course you cannot recognize Chen Ju.” Chen Ju had only joined the Lumen Academy for a few years. He became famous so quickly because he often lingered in the brothel being sentimental1. That is how he became known as a gifted scholar in Jingzhou.
“Oh.” Liu Mang listened to it like a joke and then said, “Let’s go.”
Three carriages left for the outer walls of the city as Kuai Liang’s residence was not in the inner parts of the city. Because of this, the carriages needs some time to travel.
“All our other women have already been taken. The last one is the barbarian princess! Who will be the one to obtain our unsurpassed beauty? The bidding starts now!” The main event began without delay even though Liu Mang had already left.
The Huang brothers looked at the crowd below them from Sky 10. They were determined on obtaining the barbarian princess. On top of that, they wanted to make someone else pay for it.
‘Is Kuai Ran and Wang Shu ready yet? They better have enough money!’ The two brothers thought to themselves and laughed. Beside them was the scholar Liu Mang saw earlier, Chen Ju.
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陈巨也是这几年才入得鹿门书院的能这么有名是因为此人时常流连于青楼之中伤春悲秋 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%BC%A4%E6%98%A5%E6%82%B2%E7%A7%8B Not sure if the link works. If it doesn’t. copy paste the bolded part and paste over the %E4 part. Its an idiom that “describes sentimentality”.