His reasoning was sound.
In Great Ming, there were many brothels, particularly the upscale ones, where such tactics were particularly favored.
Some of it was genuine, but more often than not... it wasn't that the girls were unwilling to entertain clients, it was rather the old brothel keeper creating an image of being aloof to manipulate scarcity and thus hike up prices.
"Alas..." to his surprise, the brothel keeper sighed, "It's not that she's unwilling to 'casually meet clients,' but that she simply doesn't see clients at all."
"What?" Hong Wei raised an eyebrow, "Madam, you must think I'm a layman?" He paused for a half second, then continued, "Once inside your establishment, does she have a choice? If you wanted, couldn't you force her to comply?"
He was right, apart from some rare exceptional cases, under normal circumstances, which brothel would house idlers?
