Chapter 15: The Legend of the Sui and Tang Dynasties
The water village in the south of the Yangtze River, with light drizzle and rippling water, is already the standard scenery.
In the morning, the rain stopped, and in the early morning after the sunshine, it seemed that a lot of young grass and willow red were born at once.
After a night, it is still the Jiangnan family with small bridges and flowing water, apricot blossoms and spring rain; the South Tangshan River with light clouds and light winds, the sound of oars and the shadow of lights; Perhaps the Qinhuai Jinling capital in the west where merchants gathered, singing and dancing; They all spent another night in the indulgence of the red and green and the morning and night feasts.
Su Chen didn't know what kind of changes had happened to the current situation of the small court in Jinling, and he only cared about what his business would be today!
When he got up, he stretched out in the yard, and then went to the kitchen, and when he saw that the saponified material was finished, he put salt into the pot and stirred it to fully dissolve the salt and make the soap base coagulate.
This process will take a few hours, so Su Chen finished this matter and went out to bring the first manuscript of the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties to Old Man Zhang as agreed.
The original author of this "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is Chu Renshu. The book has a total of 100 chapters, and it is a novel with the dual nature of heroic legend and historical romance. With the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty as the background of the story, it tells a historical evolution of the fall of the Sui Dynasty and the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. It is not only a vernacular novel in ancient China, but also a classic legendary heroic work that interprets historical events and praises.
When he was a child, Su Chen listened to the version of the famous storyteller Mr. Tian, liked it very much, and felt that it was very suitable for the Southern Tang Dynasty at the end of the Five Dynasties.
However, it is impossible for Chu Ren's version to be written exactly the same, so he can only write down the main context of the story based on his impression.
It is also strange to say that due to the fusion of soul power around the millennium, the brain waves have become thicker than ordinary people, and the memory is much better than in the previous life.
Although it was early in the morning, the city had recovered, and many of the workers had already gone to work, and some vendors selling pastries and breakfast in the streets were jumping on their poles or pushing wooden carts through the streets.
"Cookcakes—delicious cookcakes—"
"Ya pear! Crispy pear—"
The strange combination of one large and one small passed by the alley, making Su Chen stop for a while before leaving with a wry smile.
The Guanhe Bridge is on the Guanhe River, the river is murmuring, there are a lot of willow leaves floating on the water surface that were mistakenly knocked down by the spring rain last night, along the green water flow far away, the river embankment on both sides is lush and green, the spring is in March, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and the scenery is still excellent.
When Su Chen arrived at the agreed bridgehead location, Zhang Dachuan was already waiting here.
"Young Master Su, it's early!"
"Uncle Zhang, you're here early."
"It's not early, it's not early, it's just a moment ......" Zhang Dachuan said very politely, with a smile on his face, but in fact, the sky was not bright yet, so he came to wait here by the bridge, for fear that he would miss Su Yixuan's son when he came to the party.
Su Chen didn't think much about it, directly took out three stacks of paper, and said, "This is a manuscript!" ”
"Let the old man appreciate and appreciate Childe's masterpiece!" Zhang Dachuan rubbed his hands and took it excitedly and excitedly.
Su Chen handed it to him, a little strange, he felt that this old man seemed to be very respectful to himself after a night, and his enthusiasm was excessive!
It seems that he was suffocated by the dilemma of not having a good script.
"Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, well, the name is very good! Oh, and there's a poem at the beginning! Mang's stepfather moved to Liu Xiang and took care of Jiao'er to cover the Han family. Since ancient times, traitors and males have been the same, and Mo Jiangbang is as easy as a flower...... It's so good, it's delicious! ”
Su Chen didn't want to waste time here, so he waved his hand and said: "Okay, you can take it back and memorize it, and then think about how to interpret it and tell that feeling, this is a legendary novel in the historical background, many characters are fictional, it can't be true!" ”
Zhang Dachuan smiled like a chrysanthemum: "In terms of performance and storytelling, we have skills, there is no problem, please rest assured, let's go back today to familiarize ourselves with and rehearse, and we can tell stories tomorrow!" ”
"Okay, you can take the manuscript, you can copy another copy at home, but my manuscript will be brought back next time, and I will replace the content of the next time." Su Chen didn't want the manuscript to be revealed, so he waited for the book to be printed in the future, so he didn't have to write it again.
"I understand, this is written by Gongzi himself, and after the old man writes it down, he will never pass it on!"
"Then I'm looking forward to your storytelling!" After Su Chen finished speaking, he waved his hand and left, extremely free and easy.
When Zhang Dachuan saw him go away, he didn't leave immediately, but squatted under the bridge, couldn't wait to read it first, and after half a sound, he sighed: "What a Jinling genius Su Yixuan!" ”
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When Su Chen got home, Ling'er had already made breakfast, still with rice porridge and pickles, barely ate a bowl, and began to carry the sugar gourd to sell the gourd, and went to the street to sell the sugar gourd, so that Ling'er could follow to help and come back to pick up the goods at any time.
With yesterday's best-selling, sugar gourd has gained a lot of popularity in the children's circle in the area of Xicao City.
When he arrived, many children rushed to buy it.
"Ten texts to two strings!"
"I'll buy two strings with the iron pillar—"
"You are all smart children, and you have taken advantage of it again, and you will all be the material for lifting people in the future!" Su Chen praised with a smile.
Seeing that the sugar gourd was still selling well today, Yang Ling'er's worries finally subsided, and she stood aside to help collect the money, watching the bronze coins enter her pocket, pursing her lips and smiling.
At the end of the day, more than 130 strings were sold, and the revenue was about 680 yuan, which was sold out by the afternoon.
"Why didn't I buy twenty or thirty strings at once today!" Su Chen looked left and right, and did not appear like yesterday, the person who packed dozens of strings of sugar gourds at a time appeared, which was quite regrettable, so it took a long time to sell.
If Bai Susu heard this, he would probably be angry enough.
Kindly helped you, but was also treated as a wronged leader!
Under the slanting sun, Su Chen carried a money bag and took Yang Ling'er to the rice shop, bought ten catties of rice, cut a few catties of meat, and took them home.
I can finally improve my life, and I don't have to eat big rice porridge.
Su Chen calculated the accounts, and made a total of consistent money in the past two days, deducting the cost of about 100 yuan, and the profit was roughly estimated to be 900 yuan.
After subtracting the 120 wen for soap materials and the dozens of wen for buying meat and rice at night, there is still 700 wen left.
"If only there were no debts of 500 yuan." Su Chen sighed lightly, these hundreds of texts are a thousand times different from hundreds of texts.
"Brother Su Chen, that soapy paste in the pot...... It's a lump. Ling'er ran over to remind.
"Okay, it's time to cut into pieces!"
Su Chen took out the soap liquid and put it in the model box containing the soap, the size of a fist, rectangular shape, with warped edges on both sides, and when it slowly solidified and formed, it could be used after molding.
"Do you have any laundry to wash? Take a piece and use it! ”
"No, it's too expensive, it's all made of money!" Yang Linger waved her hand, a little reluctant.
She could see clearly that these dozen pieces of soap had cost more than 100 yuan, and she was reluctant to use one of them.
Su Chen said: "Little family! If you have the thinking of the poor bottom, we will become the richest man in Runzhou in the future, and the first small goal is 10,000! You are reluctant to use a piece of soap, what big thing can you do with your brother, let you use it, you can use it. ”
"10,000, that's too much!" Yang Linger was taken aback.
"That's just a small goal!" Su Chen was full of confidence, because soap was a scarce commodity, and he was the only one who had it, so he planned to price the soap at a price of 100 wen each, and sell it to wealthy squires.
Yang Linger went to take two pieces of dirty clothes as she said, put water in the wooden basin, then soaked them, and scrubbed them with soap a few times, the dirty places were quickly washed off, the traces became lighter and lighter, and the washing and staining effect was obvious.
Su Chen saw the actual effect and nodded with satisfaction: "It's not bad, you can invest in a lot of manufacturing, it seems that I will have to buy a few more iron pots tomorrow and come back." ”
The next step is to replace lard with vegetable oil, and then add other spices and musk to make a more exquisite, fragrant, and good-feeling soap.
However, whether there will be a thousand customers willing to buy expensive soap, Su Chen is not sure for the time being, and when the soap is made, he will have to consider the marketing plan.