In a clean and simple neighborhood tavern, Wang Xiu entertained Shen Mo.

Although the tavern was clean, it was quite shabby, and the shabby Cheng dù made He Laodao and the four family guards unbearable, and even guessed that the young proprietor would be furious, and then walked away, not waiting for such a cold and miserable person.

They were very disappointed and surprised that there was only a pot of turbid wine, two vegetarian plates, plus a fish and a plate of boiled pork.

Shen Mo ate with relish, especially the bowl of noodles with sauce, Shen Mo was very happy, and even claimed to be good.

Wang Xiu always looked flat, not happy but excited by silence, like an old friend for many years, occasionally getting together, unfazed. He didn't do it deliberately, he was definitely a disciple of a rich and noble family, and he was full of interest when he ate folk snacks from other counties and counties, this kind of superficial truth, in his opinion, was all made up in the novel.

Even the Son of Heaven has to make a show of spring ploughing every year, not to mention the children of those bureaucrats and aristocrats! The reason why everything has prospered for decades is that the Shen family has gradually expanded from the quality bank, and the core clan people they can cultivate will never be waste.

The reason why he invited this meal was to see Shen Mo as a person, if Shen Mo did not hesitate at all, he would immediately cut off contact, at least he would not take out the real guy, the city is not terrible, it is terrible, and he has to deal with people who are deep in the city and have absolute financial resources, and even the bones will be gnawed away.

At least, the silence made him somewhat satisfied, and when he saw the white meat, he frowned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "White boiled meat, it's really hard to swallow." ”

Wang Xiu's guard heart let go of three layers, and Shen Mo did not completely hide his opinion, which means that this person came at least with some sincerity, as long as the interests are properly controlled, I believe that there will be a happy situation, think about it and feel relieved.

"Taste a little and see how it tastes?"

Shen Mo looked at Wang Xiu strangely, seemed to have mustered up the courage, added a piece of thin white meat, dipped it in some spices, slowly put it to his mouth, carefully took a small bite, chewed it slowly, and was ready to spit it out immediately if it didn't work.

"How does it taste?"

"I originally thought that the white meat was tasteless, but I thought that there was something else, fat but not greasy, or I dipped it in seasonings to eat, it was definitely the original taste, and I regretted that I didn't come to taste it last time." The silence seemed to have a long aftertaste, and he ate the rest of the bite.

A pun, expressing regret for missing last time, very tactful but no apology, Wang Xiu smiled indifferently, and he didn't owe anyone anything, what kind of apology?

"I boiled all the fat out with water, and it was naturally fat but not greasy, but it tasted bad when I ate it often!" Wang Xiu smiled and said, "I am full of wine and food, I want to go to the field first, can I go with Brother Zhizhi?" ”

"Of course." Shen Mo was very interested in not mentioning it, it's not time yet!

After a full meal and wine, they came to the storage place next to the county school together, and ten roller cane presses were neatly arranged in the house.

is not only silent, but even He Laodao is the first time to see him, there are only three or four small servants, one machine and two cows to work. However, as the two of them continued to refill the sugarcane, the sugarcane juice flowed into the vat, and one person kept sending sugarcane juice to the other vat, boiling sugar, and the four of them happened to be in a team and orderly.

"This is the roller cane press?" Shen Mo carefully observed for a while, and sighed: "Sugarcane does not need to be cut into small pieces, washed and directly put in, it does not require too much manpower, but is driven by oxen power with a machine." His eyes fell on Wang Xiu's face, and he said, "My brother is really a masterpiece!" ”

He Laodao's shock is not small, he is an old economy, and he can see the business opportunities at a glance, the key is to improve efficiency, cattle replace manpower, and there is no need to cut sugarcane into small pieces, and there is a lot of time left.

"One machine, up to two people, too extravagant!" In the end, Shen Mo is a merchant family, and he has been cultivated since he was a child to produce the minimum price and maximize benefits, which is more thief than He Laodao's vision.

Wang Xiu smiled lightly and said happily: "Brother Zhizhi has a good eye, but unfortunately there is a lack of manpower, otherwise ten machines will go all out to provide brown sugar decolorization, and in a convenient place for water conservancy, the two of them can operate it." ”

Shen Mo nodded, and said playfully: "It seems that my brother doesn't care about this." ”

"Together with the decolorization technology, sooner or later it will be promoted, and I will hand it over to the eldest sister in the family to take care of." Wang Xiu said very plainly, and he didn't seem to care at all.

! The sugar was sold by him for five hundred yuan, Wang Xiu didn't care, He Laodao's eyelids jumped for a while, and he was not afraid of the silent presence, and hurriedly said: "My branches can be united, and they will produce in large quantities before they are ready." ”

Shen Mo glanced at He Laodao and did not speak.

Wang Xiu said lightly: "Since Shopkeeper He said it, it's okay!" But you have to hurry up and stock up on sugar cane and recruit manpower, I still have sixty or seventy machines that can assemble machines, and you can go to my eldest sister to negotiate, and when the time comes, we will decolorize and make sugar together. ”

He Lao Dao was overjoyed, silent but frowned, knowing that Wang Xiu was showing sincerity, but his intuition told him that Wang Xiu no longer looked down on sugar technology, and there must be better in his hands, from the preparation of sixty or seventy machines, it can be seen that seizing the market opportunity is not a technical secret, there are some things you live in, then mass production, seize the largest share, and then make money from other places.

"All these white sugars are stored, and they are enough for 10,000 catties to be transported to Kaifeng, and Wanshixing buys them with 350 yuan per catty." Silently calculated, he decided to invest in advance.

Wang Xiu smiled meaningfully: "Then thank you brother, and if there is a fun miscellaneous technique, my eldest sister will naturally cooperate with Wanshixing." ”

He Laodao was overjoyed, but also a little sad, there was a silent sentence, he traded with the Wang family on an equal footing, and descended to the role of a liaison.

When the two of them got out of the field, they were about to go back, but they happened to meet Zhong Liqiu, who was still dressed in a white robe, carrying a jar of wine, and walked slowly to the county school.

Wang Xiu hurriedly greeted him, bowed down and said, "The student has seen Mr. ”

Zhong Liqiu glanced at everyone, and then said lightly: "No need to be polite, your shop is not open, so I have to go to another house to buy blue and white roasted spring." ”

Wang Xiu was amazed for a while, this county school teacher was really humorous, without waiting for him to speak, he walked forward silently, his face was a little worried, but he saluted respectfully, and said, "Student, I have seen Mr." ”

Wang Xiu was stunned, he didn't expect Shen Mo to be respectful and polite to Zhong Liqiu, and couldn't help but be a little more curious about Zhong Liqiu's identity, if Zhong Liqiu let the big families in the county be respectful, it would be fine, even the proprietor of everything was respectful, this became a problem, the other party did not have any reputation among the great Confucians!

Zhong Liqiu glanced at Shen Mo faintly, as if he didn't recognize the other party, his gaze swept over He Laodao, and said, "Petty officials don't need to be polite, they can't learn and teach in a county." ”

He Laodao shook his head helplessly and arched his hand, there was a young proprietor here, and it was not his turn to speak.

Shen Mo smiled awkwardly, but still said in a respectful tone: "A few years ago, the student listened to Mr. teachings, and my father also admired Mr. ”

"Oh, look at my memory, the little official should be the descendant of the old man who is prosperous in everything, and there is no need to be polite." Zhong Liqiu seemed to remember something, and his tone was slightly gentle, but his attitude remained at a distance.

Shen Mo breathed a sigh of relief, it was uncomfortable to have a hot face and a cold buttocks, but fortunately, the other party finally recognized him, and said with a smile: "It's too hurried, no, the student has just arrived in Shangshui and hasn't visited yet, I hope Mr. will forgive me." ”

Zhong Liqiu didn't seem to care, nodded, but looked at Wang Xiu, and said playfully: "Da Lang has been doing it well in the past few months, I didn't see that you have such ability." ”

Wang Xiu was embarrassed for a while, licked his face and smiled: "These are all small doorways that are occasionally figured out by reading some miscellaneous books, and they really don't fall into the eyes of Mr. ”

"Don't despise miscellaneous science, the so-called miscellaneous science in your mouth is a serious way to benefit the people, far better than those pedantic theories." Zhong Liqiu seemed a little interested.

"The students were taught." Wang Xiu respectfully bowed, and suddenly, his heart moved, and said: "The student and the brother of knowledge jointly wrote the book 'The Correct Theory of Mind', and when the book is published, I hope that Mr. will give advice." ”

Zhong Liqiu was stunned, looked at Wang Xiu meaningfully, and then looked at Shen Mo and He Laodao, as if he understood why Wang Xiu asked him to advise, and said with a meaningful smile: "Da Lang has today's achievements, sure enough, people can't look good, every word and deed in the world, every move is nothing more than the good and evil of people's hearts. ”

Wang Xiu saw Zhong Liqiu's playful smile, understood that he knew his intentions, his old face was slight, and he said humbly: "Mr. Xie advises." ”xh118