When Bai Juyi was not famous, he went to Chang'an to take the exam.

At that time, there was a literary old-timer named Gu Jing, who said to Bai Juyi, who came to visit: "Chang'an rice is expensive, and it is not easy to live in a big place." He teased Bai Juyi's name a little.

Bai Juyi presented "Farewell to the Ancient Grass", and sighed and said: "There is a saying that it is very difficult to live in the world!" The old man's foreword is playful. ”

Hongzhou is not Chang'an, and rice is not so expensive. But Fang Zhongyong is not Bai Juyi, and he has no masterpieces dedicated to a certain high-ranking official (yes, he doesn't want to dedicate it to Xia Zhu either). There is no Li Taibai's acquaintances all over the world, and you can travel and drink for free everywhere; doesn't have Liu Yong's ability to write a handful of glamorous words, and he not only doesn't need money to drink flower wine, but also makes money. What a shameless, despise him!

Therefore, looking at the small amount of money that was not much, Fang Zhongyong's heart was like a knife. This is where it is, and it has already cost thirty yuan, one-tenth of the total property. How can we open up sources and reduce expenditures?

Just when Fang Zhongyong lamented that his "money is not bright", a sister Lin fell from the sky, uh no, it was Yan Juhou who came.

Yan Juhou asked, "Can Wen Yuan be interested in participating in the examination in early September?" ”

"Naturally, I have to participate, otherwise I will miss the opportunity in vain." Fang Zhongyong replied.

Yan Juhou is very considerate: "There are nearly three months left until the time of the test, if you go back to your hometown, I'm afraid it's too late, right?" This inn is not a place to live for a long time, what does the virtuous brother want? ”

Fang Zhongyong said helplessly: "If it's close to home, it's okay to go back and forth for more than a month." After nearly two months of hard work back and forth, coupled with the fatigue of traveling and driving, it was not easy to go home. However, the road ahead is long and costly, so the only way to save is to save one or two in case of trouble. ”

Yan Juhou said: "I don't know how the virtuous brother plans to throttle? Could it be that Fan Zhong drowned and painted porridge? ”

Fang Zhongyong said with a smile: "The little brother is a glutton, and he can't learn that Fan Xiwen only drinks one bowl of porridge a day. However, hermit temples can be emulated. I am very familiar with the Zen master Yuantong, and he once said that if necessary, I could call him for help in a Zen temple. I intend to go to Huangjue Temple to play the autumn breeze for a few months, and I think the name of Yuantong Zen Master is still useful. ”

Yan Juhou waved his hand and said: "That Huangjue Temple has been in disrepair for a long time and is already dilapidated. The monks in the temple are also very boring, there are many rules and precepts in the temple, you can't eat meat, you can't drink wine, and you can't have female dependents, it's really not a good place to study. Don't you hear the allusion of 'Bi Sarong Poem'? ”

When Fang Zhongyong heard this, he felt that there was something wrong with Yan Juhou's three views.

I'm going to study, and it doesn't matter if I eat meat or not. As for drinking, women's interactions, etc., are you sure there is a connection with reading? Besides, there is Cui Yingying in Pufu Temple, Xiaoqian in Lanruo Temple, and maybe there are some beauties in Huangjue Temple?

Even if there is nothing, it can't be cheap! One penny a day, if you really don't have it, you can not give it. Of course, it is inevitable to be a little cold-eyed. If you are willing to pay ten yuan, you can pack food. Otherwise, the poor scholars in the drama like to live in the temple when they go to Beijing to take the exam, just to get cheap.

However, not all monks are pure masters.

During the Tang Dynasty, when Wang Bo was not a noble, he once stayed in the Mulan Courtyard of Huizhao Temple in Yangzhou.

When the bell rang for the monk to eat, he followed him to eat. Later, the monks got annoyed and rang the bell after eating. When Wang Bo went again, there was no food. Wang Bo was very angry, so he wrote a few poems to satirize these snobbish monks on the wall.

More than 20 years later, Wang Bo's prestige grew, "out of the town and the state", and when he revisited Mulan Courtyard, he found that his previous poems were shrouded in blue yarn. Wang Bo lamented that people outside this party were also high and low, and wrote two poems: one is "Twenty years ago, this hospital toured, and the Magnolia Flower Hair Institute was newly repaired." Now when I go to the meridian office, the tree is old and flowerless, and the monk is white-headed. "One for" went to the hall to go to the west and east, and was ashamed of the bell after the meal. Twenty years of dust, now the blue sarong. This is the origin of the "Bi Sarong Poem".

But Fang Zhong never felt that he would be treated by Wang Bo, and with the banner of Yuantong there, the monks of Huangjue Temple should not be so excessive. Second, he is not as picky as Wang Bo, and he will still pay for food. After all, the money of the monks does not come for nothing, uh, it seems that some of the money really comes for nothing.

After Fang Zhongyong said his considerations, he tried to prove that he would definitely be better than Wang Bo.

Yan Juhou had a better suggestion: "My father has been an official for many years, and he has a lot of savings, and he also has a few properties in Hongzhou. In addition to the mansion where we lived, there was also a place outside the city where the property was very clean, which was originally used by our brothers to study. It is usually taken care of by manpower, and it has not been abandoned. My mother was afraid that we would not be supervised, so she didn't let us go to study, just so that the virtuous brother could study with peace of mind. ”

Fang Zhongyong was busy about to excuse himself, but Yan Juhou interrupted: "It's an idle house, and the virtuous brother Hugh wants to shirk it." If you feel that it is useless, you can pay me the price of the temple. One article a day, no arrears! By the way, you'll have to take care of the food yourself. Because the place is a little far away, it may be inconvenient to send food back and forth. ”

Fang Zhongyong was very grateful: "Demao is kind, the little brother is ashamed." As for the problem of eating, I don't dare to bother anymore. ”

"In that case, let's move!"

Fang Zhongyong was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "Don't be busy moving first." Isn't Brother Demao going to listen to my open source strategy? ”

Yan Juhou smiled: "What? The virtuous brother is also involved in the way of economics? ”

"On this occasion, if there is a cup of cold drink, what does Demao think?"

"On this occasion, where can you have an ice drink? You don't have to say that you use the ice in the ice cellar. In my family, although there is also an ice cellar, because it is not easy to collect ice, the reserves are very small, and we are not allowed to use it when we are idle. If a distinguished guest comes to the door, or if someone in the house has a fever, it can be used in small quantities. The other houses in Hongzhou are also roughly the same. Where can I eat ice drinks? ”

Fang Zhongyong said with a smile: "Don't care where the ice comes from, just say that if there is an ice drink sold in the market, what is the price?" What are the prospects? ”

Yan Ju said kindly: "If there is really an ice drink to eat, even if it is three or five hundred yuan, it is not expensive." As for the prospects, although Hongzhou is not a prosperous place in Gyeonggi, it is also one of the few key points in the south of the Yangtze River. But where does the ice come from? ”

Seeing that Yan Juhou did not see the Yellow River and did not give up, Fang Zhongyong no longer sold Guanzi. Take out two copper basins, one large and one small, and fill half a basin of water in the large basin and half a basin of water in the small basin. He put the small basin in the large basin, put a mysterious object into the large basin, and stirred it in the large basin with a wooden stick for a while. The time has come to witness the miracle, and the water in the small basin is frozen!

Looking at Yan Juhou's surprised expression, Fang Zhongyong explained: "This method of using saltpeter to freeze was available in the former Tang Dynasty. It's not the first of my brother's kind. This method makes ice fast, which is convenient and fast, and the saltpeter solution can be reused after drying, and the cost is very low. What does Demao think? ”

Yan Juhou sighed: "Although this method is good, I don't know if the ice made is edible?" If it's poisonous, it's bad. ”

Fang Zhongyong laughed and said, "But don't worry." The reason why the younger brother uses a small basin to hold water is to take this into account. If it doesn't come into contact with saltpeter, how can it be poisonous? And the younger brother also has a magic method to add color to this ice drink. ”

After that, Fang Zhongyong took out another bowl of milk, added crushed ice, sugar and salt, stirred for a while, and then poured it into a porcelain cup, accompanied by a purple grape and half an orange, and an ancient simple version of ice cream was freshly baked.

Yan Juhou, the top-level gentleman, suddenly turned into a turtle, pointed to this strange object and said, "Can this thing be eaten?" ”

Fang Zhongyong bent his waist and stretched out his hand to invite: "Please taste it for my brother." But if there is discomfort, the younger brother is willing to take full responsibility. ”

Yan Juhou was a guinea pig with a tragic mood, first carefully scooped a spoonful with a spoon and slowly put it in his mouth. Without waiting for Fang Zhongyong to ask how it tasted, Yan Juhou picked up the porcelain cup and ate it in a big gulp, until he licked the bottom of the cup clean.

Fang Zhongyong smiled and asked, "How does it taste?" ”

Yan Juhou didn't care, closed his eyes and reminisced for a while before saying: "It's wonderful, the summer is gone!" With such a good product, the open source strategy of the virtuous brother can be said. ”

Fang Zhongyong said: "Actually, it's just a season." It's a futian, and everyone wants to be cool but can't. If there is a shop that specializes in cold drinks at this time, business will be booming.

The younger brother thinks so, looking for a shop in a prosperous section, the decoration should be elegant, the guy should be delicate, the layout should be neat, ** ice drinks, sorbet. Ordinary ice drink is 50 wen a cup, sorbet with fruit is 100 wen a cup, and if you add orange juice and mint juice, it will cost 200 wen a cup. What does Demao think? ”

Yan Juhou said: "I have a store at my house, it's not a problem." The price, it's a little low. ”

Fang Zhong couldn't help but be speechless, this is a price more expensive than Häagen-Dazs, do you think it's lower? I had to ask the indigenous people of the Song Dynasty: "What does my brother think?" ”

Yan Juhou said with a smile: "Such a good product, its taste is far better than the drinks soaked in ice at home, how can it be sold cheaply?" The foolish brother thought it would be better to double it. As for the sharing, it's not that my brother is stingy, just five or five! ”

Fang Zhongyong hurriedly refused: "The shop and labor are all from the elder brother, and the younger brother is just moving his mouth, and he can't share the profits equally." The younger brother only needs to be twenty percent, after all, I am not here. ”

Yan Juhou pretended to be stunned and said, "Do you want forty percent?" Okay, that's it! ”

It was expected that Yan Juhou didn't care about this small ice cream business, so Fang Zhongyong acquiesced to Yan Juhou's pretending to be crazy and stupid. Anyway, it's just to earn money for food, so you don't have to take it too seriously.

In the afternoon, Fang Zhongyong came to Yanfu's other business. It's just a simple courtyard, but it's clean, and everything you need is available, so it's not inconvenient to live.

By the way, I forgot to mention that Uncle Zhong and Li San also followed to other industries. The reason is that, according to Uncle Zhong, his master said that he would take good care of Fang Gongzi until Fang Gongzi was promoted and then make other arrangements.

As a result, Fang Zhongyong became a minority shareholder and technical director of the first Häagen-Dazs ice drink chain in Da Song, and began to understand the pre-test learning sprint in Yanfu's other businesses.