For several days, Lu Xiaoxian and Zhang Meng wandered around Luoyang City, asking around for news during the day, and staying in the inn at night. Like a headless fly, this is certainly not an option.

Lu Xiaoxian decided to go to the outskirts of Luoyang City to relax.

Longmen Mountain is located ten miles south of Luoyang City, and the water of the Yi River flows through it.

Walking on the gentle mountain road of Longmen Mountain, Lu Xiaoxian was thinking about his thoughts while looking at the beautiful scenery on the mountain.

He volunteered to come to Luoyang under the guise of hearing news for Li Qianli. But judging from the current situation, almost nothing has been inquired.

This is very simple in the future life, but now the effect is very bad. Think about it, how can ordinary people know about the intricate relationships above the court?

Even if you know, no one will tell you casually, it's not a joke for a cool official to be in charge, who doesn't know the truth from the mouth?

Count the days, and Li Qianli will arrive in Luoyang in another month. If there is still no result by then, Lu Xiaoxian will not be able to explain.

In addition to not being able to find out the news, there is also the trouble that makes him scratch his head: there is almost no silver in his hand.

On the way to Luoyang, Lu Xiaoxian spent a lot of money, and Li Qianli gave him little entanglement. He and Zhang Meng couldn't always stay in the inn, they had to find a place to settle down first, and then earn some silver to spend. Otherwise, if Li Qianli couldn't wait for him to arrive in Luoyang, he and Zhang Meng would starve to death.

When it comes to making money, it's not that easy.

In later generations, Lu Xiaoxian had read many time-traveling novels, and whether it was knowledge or experience, he thought that he was definitely much stronger than the Tang Dynasty. It stands to reason that there are many ways to make money, but it seems that this is not the case.

Most of the protagonists in the traversal novels can make modern industry or something. Lu Xiaoxian didn't even learn simple physical chemistry well, and he had already returned it to the teacher after the exam.

I don't know how to refine oil, I can't make wine, and I don't know how to generate electricity.

The gunpowder seemed to be one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, but he only knew charcoal.

Glass? Let's wash and sleep.

Canned food, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, pencil, perfume?

It's easy to read novels, but it's hard to really do it.

Lu Xiaoxian kept shaking his head, if he had known, he would have read the "Practical Technique Manual for Crossing", there was everything in it. Or prepare a laptop and solar cells or something, and then cross it, it must be better than now.

When he arrived in Luoyang, the capital of God, he still had to worry about eating, which Lu Xiaoxian didn't expect.

"Alas!" He couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Meng looked at Lu Xiaoxian strangely: "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian can only solve such a thing as making money, he is unwilling to trouble Zhang Meng. Besides, even if he talks about the troubles he encounters, with Zhang Meng's arrogant personality, don't expect him to worry about it at all.

"Nothing!" Lu Xiaoxian smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Longmen Mountain is really a good place, with dense forests, wild antelopes, wild boars, pheasants, gray magpies, egrets and other animals, and countless mountain delicacies and wild fruits.

Walking on the ridge full of wildflowers, the more Lu Xiaoxian thought about it, the more angry he became: how could it be so difficult to think of a way to make money.

He grabbed a stone from the ground and threw it into the forest on the side, shouting loudly: "I am born to be useful, I don't believe ......"

"Oops!" As soon as the words fell, Lu Xiaoxian heard someone shouting in the forest.

"It's broken!" Zhang Meng said nervously to Lu Xiaoxian, "You must have hit someone by throwing a stone, what should I do now?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian was also dumbfounded, inadvertently lost a stone, and he could also hit someone, and this luck could go to buy lottery tickets.

Lu Xiaoxian looked left and right, there was no one around, he was about to pull Zhang Meng to escape, but he saw a white-haired old man of sixty or seventy years old walking out of the forest.

The old man came to Lu Xiaoxian and Zhang Meng, rubbed his head and pointed at them: "Young man, why do you throw things around?" Almost killed me! ”

Lu Xiaoxian smiled all over his face, and said to the old man: "I'm sorry, I didn't know there was someone inside, I will make amends to you and admit your mistake!" ”

Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, Lu Xiaoxian knows this very well, and he is very good at this trick.

The old man looked at Lu Xiaoxian with deep eyes, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he changed his voice and said, "Okay, my old man won't care about you like you!" Let me ask you, where did the phrase 'I am born to be useful' come from, and why haven't I heard of it? ”

"Why should I tell you?" Lu Xiaoxian pursed his lips, he was annoying, how could he have the heart to talk about this.

The old man's ability to observe words and expressions is not small, and he can see that Lu Xiaoxian seems to have encountered some problems.

He pretended to pinch his fingers and counted for a while, and then said to Lu Xiaoxian: "The old man has calculated that you have encountered a difficult matter, if you answer the question just now, I will help you solve the difficult matter in front of you." ”

"Really?" Lu Xiaoxian raised his head and looked at the old man as if he believed it or not.

The old man said seriously: "Naturally it's true, I'm this age, is it necessary to lie to you?" ”

The phrase "I am born to be useful" comes from Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine", Li Bai has not been born yet, and it is strange that the old man has heard of it.

There was no way, Lu Xiaoxian had no choice but to say nonsense: "I once made a poem, and this sentence comes from this poem, which makes you laugh!" ”

Zhang Meng pursed his lips, he knew that Lu Xiaoxian was going to fool people again.

"The poems you made?" The old man looked Lu Xiaoxian up and down, "Can you come and let me hear it?" ”

No problem, since it's plagiarism, let's plagiarize it thoroughly.

"You don't see, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns. You don't see it, Gao Tang Mingjing is sad and white-haired, and the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk. Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon. I am born to be useful, and my daughter will come back when I am gone. Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for pleasure will require 300 cups of drink. Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, will enter the wine, and the cup will not stop. A song with you, please listen to it for me. The bells and drums are not expensive enough, but I hope that I will not wake up after being drunk for a long time. The ancient sages were all lonely, and only the drinker left his name. In the past, King Chen feasted peacefully, and fought wine for ten thousand years. What is the owner's words, he has to sell the right gentleman. Five-flowered horses, daughters and daughters, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and sell eternal sorrow with you. ”

After listening to Lu Xiaoxian's subdued chanting, the old man couldn't help but be stupid. He thought about his own experience, and thought about his ambitions.

"I am born to be useful, and I will come back when my daughter is gone." The old man high-fived and said, "Good poetry!" What a poem! ”

Nonsense, how can the famous poem of the poet immortal Li Bai not be a good poem?

The old man's gaze at Lu Xiaoxian was different: "Young man! What is your name! ”

"My name is Lu Xiaoxian, and his name is Zhang Meng!"

"Have you ever written any other poems?" The old man asked Lu Xiaoxian tentatively.

"Of course!"

Lu Xiaoxian was very dissatisfied with the old man's suspicions, anyway, he was also a liberal arts student in the university in his later life, and ancient poetry was of course his strength.

He memorized the famous poems of Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Lu You, Xin Qiji, Li Qingzhao and others in one go.

Of course, the old man must have never heard of these poems, and Lu Xiaoxian shamelessly recorded them all in his name.

Suddenly, Lu Xiaoxian came to an abrupt end. My own problem has not been solved, what ancient poems are displayed?

He quickly stopped and said to the old man: "Old man, you just said that you can help me solve the problem, but you have to talk about it!" ”

The old man hasn't come back to his senses yet, the young man in front of him is a rare talent in the world, and the poems he has made are the best works, wouldn't it be a pity if such a talent is not used by the imperial court?

Lu Xiaoxian saw that the old man's face was different, and he turned a deaf ear to his words, and felt strange, so he hurriedly shouted loudly: "Old man, old man, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh! It's okay, it's okay! The old man finally returned to normal, "What did you just say?" ”

"I said you're going to help me solve the problem!"

"Oh! Help you solve the puzzle! The old man nodded, "No problem, but you have to tell me first, what is the problem you are encountering, right?" ”

These days, the old man was depressed in his heart, and today he went to Longmen Mountain to relax, and met Lu Xiaoxian, which was both fate and a big harvest.

"Sir, tell me, what is it to make money in Luoyang City, and you can make money quickly?" Without waiting for the old man to answer, Lu Xiaoxian added: "I don't want to get rich, just use it!" ”

"Well, this, okay!" The old man has a mouth and an unintentional promise.

The status of Datang businessmen is low, and the old man has never done business, how do you know what kind of business can make money quickly?

Before, he just said it casually, but now he can't say that he doesn't know, and he can't talk nonsense, so anxious that he sweats.

Lu Xiaoxian was also secretly looking at the old man, although he was very old, his eyes showed the light of wisdom, and he exuded a momentum that was not angry but powerful, and it could be seen that the old man was not an ordinary person.

Lu Xiaoxian knew that the old man was talking about himself just now, but he didn't expose it, he just looked at him narrowly.

Looking at Lu Xiaoxian's gaze, the old man said without hesitation: "This is making money, ah...... It's like eating, wearing, sheltering, and traveling, ah......"

He was racking his brains: "Eating comes first, ah......" He blushed a little: "This eat, ah...... Why is it in the first place, ah......"

At this time, he wanted to pull his legs and run away: "It's because, ah......"

The old man has never been embarrassed: "It's because the people take food as ......"

"Old man!"

The old man was thinking about how to break down, Lu Xiaoxian suddenly screamed, and he couldn't help but tremble in fright.

"Old man, you are so talented......" Lu Xiaoxian's face was full of excitement.

"Huh?" The old man was at a loss.

"How do you say I should thank you, old man?"

What Lu Xiaoxian said below almost made the old man's jaw fall to the ground again, "You are so right, the people take food as the sky!" I always think about things I shouldn't think about, but I ignore the easiest and fastest way to make money! You're such a dream-breaking person! ”

The old man didn't expect that he would be foolish, and he inadvertently reminded Lu Xiaoxian: Engage in the catering industry to make money.

The reason why Lu Xiaoxian has such an idea is based on three considerations.

First, the catering capital investment is small, the equipment is simple, and the consumer group is huge and the effect is fast. Second, there are wild meat, wild vegetables, and wild fruits everywhere on Longmen Mountain, and the ingredients can be said to be inexhaustible. The third is that he remembered a popular snack in later generations, or spicy tang.

When I was in college, the street at the back entrance of the campus was almost crowded with incense sticks one after another. In the four years of college, Lu Xiaoxian has tasted the strings of incense that are economical, affordable and delicious.

He dared to guarantee that there would never be such a way of eating in the Tang Dynasty, and opening a restaurant based on strings of incense would ensure that he would make money.

No wonder Lu Xiaoxian is so excited!

Of course, the old man didn't know what Lu Xiaoxian was thinking, but he was quite curious about what Lu Xiaoxian said just now: "Wake up the dreamer with a word!" Well! Very vivid! Where does this phrase come from? ”

Lu Xiaoxian was immersed in excitement, how could he have the heart to pay attention to the old man, and arched his hand at him and said, "Old man, I have left beforehand, goodbye!" ”