Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 195 French Rose

On a beautifully woven carpet with a strong exotic feel, Wadiye is sitting cross-legged with Pu Yama, his close business partner and best friend in life, eating and talking.

Both wore a white linen gown that reached to their ankles and a white jacquard turban on their heads.

Over the headscarf, a black headband is worn. The Wadiye headband is made of camel hair, while the Puya Ma headband is made of wool.

They also each wore a scimitar as long as a dagger on their waist.

For them, the scimitar is not only a weapon, but also an ornament.

In their place, an adult man without a sword would be considered untidy.

There were not many decorations on the two of them, only the handles of their scimitars were extremely luxurious.

The handle of Wadiye's knife is made of rhinoceros horn, with a passage of scripture inlaid with gold and silver, which is dazzling.

The curved handle of the Pu Ya Ma is made of giraffe horn, and the scabbard is decorated with gold inlay technique and gold and silver patterns, like a winding snake.

Wadiye broke the dough into pieces and threw them on a plate, poured a glass of milk on it, sprinkled some honey on it, and then mixed it with his hands.

He smiled and said to Pu Yama: "Congratulations, my brother Pu Yama, from now on you can live in Quanzhou forever, where your descendants will multiply and forever take root in this rich land."

Pu Yama sighed and said, "It was not easy. I requested the Song Dynasty court five times and it took me fourteen years to finally grant me permanent residency in the Song Dynasty."

Pu Yama's hair has turned white and age spots have appeared on his wrinkled face.

He is 71 years old this year. He is a Arab. Unlike Wadiye, his country has been at war for years and the regime has changed frequently.

Although he can no longer bear the hardships of traveling across the ocean, he could have gone back more than ten years ago. But he has no roots in his homeland, so what is the point of going back?
What's more, although the Song Dynasty was a foreign land, it was much richer than his hometown.

Wadiye, 62, nodded sympathetically after hearing this: "I understand how you feel. However, your staying is great news for me who is about to return."

Pu Yama was looking at the "sheep's eyes" on the golden plate with satisfaction, which was a very important food in their place.

It's just like the "bear paw" we have at banquets here, although it's far less rare.

Wadiye smiled and said, “I arranged for someone to go back last year and bought a large piece of land at the dock over there.

From now on, with you as my old friend on the Song side and me on the other side, the two of us can control both ends of this river that flows with gold."

Pu Yama chewed the sheep's eye with satisfaction and said to Wadiye, "Brother Wadiye, when you go back, you must make friends with the local dignitaries.

The nobles' favor will be the most convenient way for us to make money. You know, those powerful people are very greedy."

Wadiye laughed and said, "It is precisely because they are so greedy that as long as I feed them, I can do whatever I want, haha. As for the Song State..."

Wadiye frowned and said, "Some officials in Song State have a kind of persistence that I cannot understand. They are very stubborn and do not know how to adapt. They stick to the morality in their hearts, which is very annoying.

As for other officials, they are willing to accept our kindness, but they are not satisfied with our overly straightforward and monotonous kindness. They are a group of people who are difficult to deal with..."

"That's just because you haven't figured out what is the most useful stepping stone."

Pu Yama smiled and said, “I have been in Song longer than you, I understand them.

There is an old saying from the Song Dynasty: "Wine, sex, money and anger are the four walls, and many fools and wise men are inside them."

"No matter how great a person is, he can climb over one wall, but he can't climb over a second wall. There is always a wall that can make him stay for us. And the most useful of these four walls is..."

Pu Yama grabbed a golden spoon and knocked it a few times on a gorgeous bowl inlaid with rubies and sapphires.

Two rows of beauties entered from behind the curtains on both sides of the living room and stood slowly on the soft and flat carpet.

They all wore Persian-style clothing, with bloomers and short tops, revealing their slender and round waists.

Their belly buttons were even powdered in gold.

Their faces were all covered with a veil, and it was hard to tell whether the veil could really hide their appearance.

But it is precisely because of this layer of veil that their carefully painted eyes appear even more charming.

They all had their slender bare feet, and their snow-white feet lightly touched the bright floral patterns on the carpet, twisting their waists along with them.

The buttocks in the bell-bottom pants, which were full of texture and felt heavy, drew a seductive circle along with a burst of seductive music.

The dance begins...

Pu Yama smiled and said, "Brother Wadiye, did you see that? These beauties I carefully selected are the stepping stones for me to quickly gain a foothold in Quanzhou after I arrive."

Pu Yama winked at Wadiye mischievously, covered his mouth with his hand, and said with a chuckle, "They are all virgins who have never been touched by anyone!"

"You know, whether it's in our place or in the Song people's place, whether a girl is a virgin or not, her value is as high as the sky, and as high as the earth, hehe..."

Wadiye looked at the dancing Persian beauties with admiration. As Pu Yama said, these girls must have been carefully selected by him.

Even with Wadiye's experience, he had to admit that these beauties were all impeccable.

Each of them has bright eyes, white teeth and beautiful faces. Whether it is their looks or figures, they are all top choices.

If he wasn't so old and had overdrawn his money when he was young, leaving only a pair of sharp eyes, he would have asked Pu Yama for two to try. Wadiye asked, "Brother Pu Yama, are you going to use them to conquer the officials in Quanzhou?"

Pu Yama said: "That's right, good steel should be used on the blade.

I plan to settle down in Quanzhou and give them to the officials in Quanzhou one by one, including the prefectural government, the navy government, and the maritime affairs department..."

Pu Yama waved his hands excitedly: "Given time, I will build Quanzhou into a Pu family city where no one can penetrate it or splash water!"

Wadiye agrees with this.

Even if there really is someone who is not interested in women, aren't there three other walls?

Furthermore, not being interested in women is probably just an excuse for people like him who already have the will but not the ability.

He also believed that as long as they were fond of beauty, it would be difficult for the Quanzhou officials to resist the temptation of these beauties.

Don't really think that the ancients regarded foreign women with high noses and deep eye sockets as ugly as ghosts.

Beauty is universal, there is no such big difference.

Those who say that the barbarians are like ghosts are actually the literati who recorded the strange people and events, with a superior mentality, and they contemptuously evaluated the foreign slaves who were trafficked here.

Have you ever seen any Chinese upper class say anything good about an Indian guy who roams around the foreign concessions with a baton on his waist and squatting at the gate?

But if it was Deepika Padukone from Bollywood, would he still have the same evaluation?
Human beings’ standards for beauty are basically the same, and are the same in China and the West, and in ancient and modern times.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was common to see Hu girls selling wine or becoming Huxuan dancers.

That's because the businesses are attracted by their beauty and their appeal to men, so they hire them at a high price.

If the men in the Central Plains do not find them beautiful and just have a curiosity mentality, it would be impossible for them to make this their career and do it for long.

Wadiye nodded and agreed, "I think it's feasible. As long as the official is not more interested in the brilliance of gold coins than the brilliance of beauties, you can make him stand up straight!"

Pu Yama laughed and said, "If the official is more interested in gold coins, I will hang the gold around his neck and make him bend down, hahahaha..."

At this moment, the music suddenly faded away, and the dancers bent their waists and took small steps, just like the receding tide.

A blonde girl in a white linen gown and a wreath of fresh flowers on her head.

With a pair of bare snow-white feet and a lyre in her arms, she walked gracefully between two rows of dancers.

Wadiye was surprised and said: "Brother Pu Yama, this woman is..."

At this moment, Wadiye felt extremely amazed.

The girl's long golden hair was like a slight wave, draped lightly over her shoulders.

Her beautiful lake green eyes, with a touching sadness, flowed like clear lake water.

Seeing this barefoot beauty with blonde hair, blue eyes and a white robe, Wadiye felt as if he saw an angel descending to earth.

Pu Yama smiled proudly and said, "How about her? Pretty enough, isn't she? I spent five bags of gold coins to buy her a year ago."

"She was a Frank, and her father and brother were knights of Louis VII.

During the invasion of Damascus, they were defeated by the brave Lord Onur, and this poor girl was captured while fleeing.

This happened during the Second Crusade, during which more than 20,000 people were sold into slavery.

The Song State had actually heard of this major event. For example, it was recorded in the "Zizhi Tongjian", but the details were not clearly stated.

As a big sea merchant, Pu Yama certainly knows this better.

This war will last for two hundred years, and it has only been going on for more than fifty years. It is still a long way from ending.
Pu Yama said: "Because of her outstanding beauty and noble birth, everyone who gets her wants to rely on her to earn a lifetime of food and clothing.

So I kept reselling it, raising the price over and over again, and when it fell into my hands, the greedy human trafficker actually asked me for five bags of gold coins!"

Pu Yama cursed fiercely: "I was planning to present her to the Emperor of Song Dynasty, otherwise why would I accept such a high price. But..."

Pu Yama shrugged his shoulders in dismay and said, "I just leaked some information to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and they severely reprimanded me.

They said that foreigners with strange appearances were not allowed to enter the palace, and the royal family could not give birth to children with strange appearances. "

Wadiye laughed out loud: "Noble bloodline really cannot be tarnished. The same rule applies to us."

Pu Yama said: "So, I plan to send her to the prefect of Quanzhou. If I can gain the friendship of the prefect of Quanzhou, it will be worth it."

The blonde girl tilted her head slightly, gently plucked the strings of the zither, and sang an aria-like song.

The song she sang seemed to have no lyrics, only a word "ah" was murmured, but there was a sense of ethereality.

It seems that, following her singing, you are flying, sometimes diving into the bottom of the clear lake, sometimes flying to the tops of the trees in the jungle, the wind whispers in your ears, and the clouds are spread under you.

The dancing postures of the Hu dancers also changed, from being extremely enchanting before to becoming elegant and holy...

(End of this chapter)