"Master Guo, this kid from the fifth valley still has a talent for business. Recently, this guy made up some things from the Western Regions to sell in the barracks, and he made a lot of profits. ”

Zhou Peng's words reminded Guo that he really needs a master who can make money at the moment. If it is really as Zhou Peng said, you might as well test whether the fifth valley is of great use.

"What did Fifth Valley do?"

Hearing Guo Li's question, Zhou Peng's words box couldn't be contained when he opened it.

"This kid is really smart, when he saw the thimble sold by the merchants of the Western Regions, he thought it was fun and bought one to wear on his thumb. Unexpectedly, when I was shooting arrows, Fifth Valley found that this thing had a protective effect on my fingers. So I bought some more and sold them among the archers, this kid is black, and he dares to sell them for five hundred wen if he improves them a little for a few cents. The archers in the army thought it was easy to buy it and bought it one after another, and made a profit of a few hundred taels of silver in less than a month. A few days ago, Fifth Valley had a drink and I realized that there was such a thing. ”

"This kid is really talented."

"Your Excellency is right, this kid is deeply hidden. It is said that his family is a business family, and Gokuya did not like business since he was a child, so he ran out to enlist in the army. ”

"Zhou Peng, send someone to call Fifth Valley and discuss something with him."

After Zhou Peng left, Guo Li thought about whether there was a quick way to get rich?

Agriculture?

During this period, sweet potatoes and corn have not yet appeared in Datang, these two are a good way to make a fortune, and at the same time can also increase grain production, but where to find corn and sweet potato seeds? Peppers have appeared, large-scale planting, and the people of Datang have not yet accepted peppers, and I am afraid that they will not be able to sell them if they are planted.

Don't think about industry, what steam engines, generators, Guo Li didn't study well at the beginning, these things are fantasy for him.

The four great inventions of ancient China, gunpowder, compass, papermaking, and printing, were there any ways to make a fortune?

When you know how to use the book, you hate less.

I don't know the formula of gunpowder, I can't make magnets, I don't know anything about papermaking, but I know a little bit about printing. Thinking of this, I kind of want to engage in movable type printing. The same template, the difference is the composition of the template. Before movable type printing, what kind of stencil was printed, which was time-consuming, laborious and costly.

Guo Li thought of Li Sui, the shopkeeper of Kangyi's study.

The fastest way to open up the situation at the moment is to run a partnership, how much money can be made from a single movable type printing? The Tang Dynasty did not have a patent, and once the method was leaked, the profit was only a few. In addition to movable type printing, I can't think of any other way to make money for the time being.

Headache, who let you not study hard in the first place?

The Liangshan regiment is stationed not far from Shengye Fang, and the fifth valley will come after a while.

"I heard that your kid has made a lot of money recently? If there's a way to reduce the cost of printing books, how can you make a profit? Guo Li saw that the fifth valley was coming, and asked straight to the point.

"I made a little money," Fifth Valley said embarrassedly, he didn't invite Guo Li to drink with his brothers last time. Seeing Zhou Peng present, he knew that this guy had no way to say anything. Hearing Guo Li's question, Wugu thought for a while, "Open a bookstore, keep it strictly secret, and then print a large number of "Tao Te Ching", "Zhuangzi", "Liezi", and "Wenzi". ”

"Why are these books printed?"

"The emperor issued an edict that the two capitals and the states each placed a temple of the Xuanyuan Emperor, and every year according to the Taoist law. Juxtaposition of metaphysics, it is these books that are learned. ”

Wugu really has a brain, and these four books are listed as textbooks of "Chongxuanxue", which are equivalent to the textbooks of the previous life. In the previous life, the Xinhua Bookstore occupied a prosperous area, but it was still standing every day, and the monopoly of teaching materials made a lot of profits.

Now is an opportunity.

"What if there is no money and no one to open a bookstore?"

"Find a mature bookstore, sign a contract, and run a partnership." Fifth Valley really has a talent for business. Guo Li's eyes lit up when he said it, God of Wealth. Why didn't I find out that this kid still has such a talent before, and he has followed me all these years.

"Fifth Valley, Weiwei Temple lacks a master book, can you come?" As soon as Guo Li finished speaking, Zhou Peng had an opinion and asked a question.

"My lord, what is the main book? Is it bigger than the Agency? ”

"The main book is from the seventh grade, and the signature is on the eighth grade, which is one level worse. Why don't you do the main book? ”

The level is about the same, Zhou Peng heard that Guo Li asked him to be the main bookkeeper, and those who deal with money and food are brain-consuming, so he said that he would not go anywhere.

Fifth Gu said happily: "Lord Xie." Don't know when you will take office? ”

"Wait for me to go to the ministry for recommendation, and the ministry will be able to take office after passing the review."

Fifth Valley was satisfied.

The main book of Weiwei Temple usually doesn't have much work, and the fifth valley is almost the same as the name. Guo Li has the intention to let Fifth Valley be in charge of money operations and make money. There is a foundation for what to do with money, and what to do without money is empty talk.

"I'll give you a task, go to the Kangyi study in Pingkangfang, the shopkeeper's surname is Li, he is very smart, you go and talk to him about cooperation. The floor is fifty-fifty, depending on what you can talk about. When you negotiate, we'll transfer the technology at that time. Guo Li said to the Fifth Valley.

"With the technology, what is the cost, what is the printing speed? Is the printed text legible? "Fifth Valley asked several questions one after another, all of which hit the nail on the head.

Although Guo Li doesn't know how fast the printing is, at least it is much faster than the engraving. The cost, except for the first investment, is basically equal to zero. As for the level of clarity, there is no doubt about it. If it can be printed with copper lettering, it can be called perfect.

Zhou Peng followed Fifth Valley, and Guo Li went to the backyard to see Baguio busy cooking.

"What is Baguio doing?"

When Baguio saw her husband coming, she quickly hid her things behind her. It wasn't until Guo Li asked that he twisted and pinched it out, and Guo Li saw that it was the tiger head shoes worn by children. No matter what era you live in, parents are the same parents. Before the child is born, he wants to prepare everything for his use.

Guo Li smiled, pregnant in October, I don't know how much Baguio can make in these ten months.

"Let's go out for a walk, I haven't seen Baguio go out for many days."

Baguio hesitated for a moment, "Husband, Baguio is pregnant." ”

"It's okay, be careful. Let Chunshui and Xia Jiang take care of it, there will be no problem. ”

There are many workshops in the West Market, and the Hu people and Han people are clearly distinguished. Although it is cold winter, it is still bustling and flowing. The place Guo Li went to this time was the engraving workshop next to the pig iron workshop. A copper seal of ten coins, Guo Li engraved twenty words, which happened to become a poem.

Baguio remembered that when he first saw Guo Li, the other party was knocked away with a chili pepper in his hand. "Husband, will I go to the bamboo shoots and pepper shop to see if there are any peppers?"

"At this time of year, it's good to be able to see chili noodles, how can there be chili peppers?"

"What's a chili noodle?" Baguio asked.

Oh no, I accidentally slipped my mouth again.

"After the chili pepper is dried and ground, it's not just chili noodles."

"My husband is so clever that he thought of such a method." Baguio praised.

Baguio goes to the bamboo shoots and pepper store not necessarily to see the peppers, but maybe to revisit the old place. After all, it was the place where two people met for the first time, and it had a special meaning.

The four of them watched while walking, all the way to the north, bypassing the official office, and in front of them was the bamboo shoots and pepper line. Sure enough, there are no chili peppers, and if you want to eat chili peppers in winter, you need a greenhouse to do it. Greenhouses? Guo Li had a flash of inspiration, this is a good way to make money. In the Guanzhong area, the grain production is underground, and vegetables are even scarce in winter. There are many fields in the rural farms of Baguio. Unfortunately, there is a lack of glass and plastic for greenhouses. If you replace it with a white cloth, I'm afraid the effect is not good. Guo Li thought about it and put the idea of greenhouse planting behind him.

"What is this?" Baguio asked.

Guo Li took a closer look, and Baguio was looking at the black pepper.

"This is pepper, which can be used to make dishes, similar to star anise, big ingredients."

"Octagonal? What did the husband say, but the star anise in the drug? How can medicine be cooked? ”

"That's right, star anise can be cooked, especially when cooking meat, put some of it, the meat is delicious. The main ingredient is the fennel in the medicine, and as for pepper, it can also be used medicinally. ”

"Xianggong cooks with medicine?" Baguio asked in surprise.

"These drugs can be used for cooking, such as fennel and wolfberry, and many drugs can not only be used in medicine, but also eaten." Guo Li explained for a long time, and Baguio finally understood.

Back in Fuchu, after a while the fifth valley returned.

"Tell your lordship, talk to shopkeeper Li according to your instructions, shopkeeper Li must see it with your own eyes before you can cooperate. As for the sharing, the shopkeeper Li said that if seeing is believing, he is willing to divide it into four or six. ”

"Four-six?"

"Shopkeeper Li accounts for forty percent, give us sixty percent."

This Li Sui is really business-minded, and he sees that the business opportunities contained in it are huge. Engraving printing, engraving a book, the production cost of light engraving is not a small amount. What's more, paper was not cheap at that time, if it was like Guo Li's article, a piece of paper could be sold for a few pennies, and the profit was naturally huge. The cost of printing books is large.

"Let's go together, and after we negotiate, we will return to you in charge."

Guo Li and Wugu came to Kangyi's study to see Li Sui.

"It turned out to be Lord Guo, rude and rude." Li Sui stepped forward to say hello.

"Shopkeeper Li, what the fifth valley and the shopkeeper talked about just now is still worrying about the shopkeeper. The bookstore has been in business for many years, and it will depend on the shopkeeper Li in the future. ”

"How dare you dare, if there is really the technology that this son said, Li dares to say that from now on, the first place in Datang Bookstore will not be able to run."

"Shopkeeper Li, take a look at this." Guo Li placed the engraved twenty characters in the square at a time, arranged them in order, brushed them with ink, took out a piece of white paper and printed it on it, and then shuffled the previous sequence, and took out a piece of white paper to print on it. In an instant, a poem was printed on each of the two sheets of paper.

The flowers dance gracefully, and the fog is fragrant and the moon is thin.

The sun is light and the rain is red, and the trees are fragrant and the snow falls.

On the other piece of paper, there are exactly the same two crosses, and the order is different to become another poem.

The snow flies and the trees fly, and the red rain is faint.

The thin moon is misty and fragrant, and the wind dances with flowers.

Li Sui's eyes lit up. After many years of immersion, I saw Guo Li's method thoroughly. If used for printing, these fonts can be combined at will, and there is no need to print with engraving, which can be described as once and for all.

"What if there are heavy words in the book?" In Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface", there is only one "zhi" character and dozens of characters.

"Commonly used words can be engraved with more word molds, if in order to save money, the use of clay words, if the long-term development, directly use copper printing. It can also be printed continuously, prepare two iron plates, one version with brushes, the other version typesetting, and the two plates are used alternately. ”

It often takes several years to engrave a set of engraving plates. Movable type printing is adopted, the cost is low, and it is more convenient to print. The gap between the two, Li Suixin knows it. Seeing Guo Li and thinking about cooperating with this famous sage in Chang'an, it is an honorable thing in itself.

The two parties signed a contract, divided into four or six according to the previous fifth talk, and set up a written note, and the matter was settled. Guo Li handed over the affairs of the bookstore to Fifth Valley, and Fifth Valley contacted Li Sui. The first batch of books were, of course, the four books that were engraved with Li Longji's list of textbooks. As long as you occupy the market first and get official recognition, you will naturally have a lot of money.

Finally opened up a way to make money, as for how much profit from it, it depends on the scale of the development of the bookstore in the future. According to Li Sui's idea, all the bookstores in Chang'an City were acquired within half a year to form a monopoly. If this is the case, it can be described as a lot of money.

Talents are rare, there is no one else available except Meng Haoran at the moment, and subduing Meng Haoran will be after the spring of next year.