After listening to a book friend's suggestion, I have changed the bonus for the "Imperial Trial Match" mentioned in Chapter 357 to be larger, to 100 taels.

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After realizing that they seemed to be affecting others in receiving or returning the Onagari hand, Ogata and Omachi hurriedly left from the "Onagari hand collection point".

But before leaving this "female hand collection point", Ogata pursed his lips towards the magnificent mansion behind his uncle:

"Excuse me - is this room behind you the Shirobei Club?"

"That's right." The uncle nodded, with a touch of pride on his face, "This house is the Shirobei Club. If you encounter any trouble in Yoshiwara, just come to the club and we will help.

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"Of course - the things we can help with are limited to matters within Yoshiwara."

"Okay." Ogata said casually, "I will do it."

After looking up and down at the Shirobei club in front of him, Ogata thought to himself:

——It’s really the same as what I heard from the wife today... The Shirobei Club is located next to the gate. After passing through the Yoshiwara gate, you can see the Shirobei Club on the right...

——Huh? What is that?

Just as Ogata was looking at the headquarters of the Shirobei Club in front of him, he suddenly noticed a large eye-catching paper posted next to the door of the club.

There are densely packed words written on the paper.

Ogata's curiosity was aroused and he quickly walked towards the piece of paper.

Atachi followed Ogata to the piece of paper. After taking a look at the piece of paper, his face immediately showed an expression as if he had eaten a fly:

"There are so many difficult kanji characters...what are they written on them?" Atachi poked Ogata beside him with his elbow.

"That's right...you can't read Chinese characters..." Ogata smiled bitterly and began to read the text written on the paper line by line.

The person responsible for writing on this piece of paper should have practiced calligraphy, and the handwriting should be neat and pleasing to the eye.

In order to take care of those who are not highly educated, the person responsible for writing seems to have deliberately reduced the frequency of use of Chinese characters.

The ratio of kanji to kana among the words on the entire paper is about 4:6.

However, although the number of Chinese characters has been deliberately reduced to take care of those who are not highly educated, it is still too difficult for people like Atachi who really know nothing about Chinese characters to read.

After quickly reading what was written on this piece of paper, Ogata explained to Atachi:

"The contents written on this paper can be condensed into one sentence: Their Shirobei Club is recruiting new people. They hope that people who are qualified for the paperwork or have good skills can actively sign up."

"It looks like the conditions are pretty good. The wages are paid every day, and the daily wages are 6 cents of silver."

This model of "salary settlement on the same day and daily wages paid" was very common in ancient Japan.

Many jobs use this payment model.

For example, when a section of city wall or a large house needs to be renovated, a group of people will be temporarily recruited to do hard work, and the wages will be settled on the same day.

Many people who couldn't find any serious jobs - such as the ronin who escaped from the feudal clan - relied on jobs like this that allowed them to get paid on the same day.

Now during the Kanzheng period, the daily salary of an ordinary craftsman was about three to four cents of silver.

The wages offered by the Shirobei Club are 6 cents of silver per day, which is considered a very conscientious wage.

When Ogata had just finished explaining to Omachi what was written on the paper, the uncle on the side who was responsible for distributing the nagari hand handed the nagari hand to the woman in front of him and said to Ogata:

"We have already recruited enough people who are responsible for the paperwork. We are just short of people with good skills."

"If you are interested in working in our Shirobei club, remember to sign up as soon as possible."

"Are you short of people here now?" Ating asked.

"That's right." The uncle smiled bitterly, "It's not because of the imperial trial that attracted many ronin from other places. As a result, our Yoshiwara now has many more guests, and we don't have enough manpower."

"In short, if you are interested in working with us, please sign up as soon as possible."

"Okay." Ogata said casually, "I will do it."

After retracting his gaze from looking at the "recruitment advertisement," Ogata and Omachi left the "Onagari hand collection point" side by side.

A wide avenue connected the main gate of Yoshihara, and Ogata and Amachi walked along this avenue toward the depths of Yoshiwara.

Both sides of the avenue are lined with tourist houses with various signs.

Red lighting lanterns are hung outside each tourist house.

The red light emitted by the red lanterns enveloped the entire Yoshihara, making Yoshihara as bright as day. At the same time, this red light also added an aura of elegance to Yoshihara.

The atmosphere in Yoshihara is almost exactly the same as what Ogata felt in Shimabara, Kyoto.

The style of every tourist house in Yoshiwara is also very similar to the style of the tourist house in Shimabara.

There is a wooden, grid-like fence on the first floor of each tourist house.

The wandering girls in each wandering girl's house sit behind these grid-shaped wooden fences, just like the products displayed behind the display windows, allowing passing customers to freely choose the girls they like.

Although Yoshiwara and Shimabara are similar in every aspect, there is a huge difference in scale between them. The size gap between Yoshiwara and Shimabara is overwhelming.

Yoshihara is said to have three thousand wandering girls, but Ogata doesn't know whether there are really so many wandering girls.

In terms of management model, Yoshihara's management is stricter and more formal than Shimabara's.

Yoshiwara has an independent organization called "Shirobei Club" for management, but Shimahara does not.

"It's so bright..." Amachi muttered as he looked around, "How many candles and lamp oil does Yoshiwara spend per night..."

"Yoshiwara is, after all, the 'city that never sleeps in Edo.'" Ogata responded casually.

"I don't know if I have a chance to take a look at Yoshihara's oiran." Amachi said, "I heard that women who can be oiran must be extremely beautiful. I would like to see how beautiful they are."

"How can it be so easy to meet an oiran?" Ogata shrugged and said helplessly.

The two of them have not forgotten why they came to Yoshihara.

Ogata casually grabbed a young man who was strolling along the street with neither hasty nor slow steps. It was obvious from a glance that he must be very idle, and asked him where the "Sakuramon House" was.

This young man spoke with a skilled Edo accent and should be a native of Edo. After hearing Ogata asking where Yoshihara was, he enthusiastically told Ogata how to get there.

The road was not difficult, and Ogata remembered the route immediately.

While heading to the Sakuramon House along the route indicated by the young man, Ogata also paid attention to his surroundings and listened to the conversations of the people around him, trying to glean some interesting information from the conversations of the people around him.

The people walking on the road are basically men who come to have fun, but there are also some women.

Naturally, the women who come to Yoshiwara do not come here to have fun, but to do business. Therefore, the women walking on the streets of Yoshiwara are basically in a hurry and do not look sideways.

Although Ogata had intended to listen to the conversations of the people around him, it was a pity that after listening for a long time, he did not hear any interesting information.

Listening back and forth, what I heard was basically a conversation like this:

"Hey, you came to Yoshiwara again? Didn't you just come last night?"

"You just had dinner last night, aren't you going to eat tonight?"

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"I recommend a girl to you, Chufeng from Kadoya. Her feet and mouth are amazing."

"Hoho~~ Then I'm going to give it a try!"

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"I just heard that a customer ordered Meiwu's Fengchi Taifu."

"Really? Then won't we be able to see 'Oiran Daozhong' later?"

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What I heard was all these conversations that were present and absent.

At the same time, the delicate sounds coming from the wandering girls' houses on both sides of the street disturbed Ogata all the time.

The wandering girls sitting inside the wooden fence on the first floor of each wandering girl's house would extend their hands out of the fence from time to time, either to tease the people standing outside the fence, or to solicit customers for themselves.

"Sir, this is the first time I see you."

"Sir, do you want to come and play with us?"

Conversations similar to this kept coming to Ogata's ears.

With Atachi right next to him, Ogata didn't dare to reply to these wandering girls, nor did he dare to look at these wandering girls.

In addition to these wandering girls, Ogata will also be harassed by those soliciting customers.

In front of almost every tourist house, there is one or even several solicitors.

These people who are responsible for soliciting customers are called "jiansefan".

When they see men passing by their store, they will greet them enthusiastically and tell them how good the service in their store is and how great their girls are.

Basically, those responsible for being a showman are men.

The principle is also very simple - only men have enough strength to pull men.
To be continued...