Chapter 141: Sweat on the door of the head

On December 28, Liang Wencheng withstood the fierce cold wind and stepped on the thick snow, and early in the morning took the dowry that Li Zicheng had prepared long ago, and took a carriage to go to Sun's house to propose.

Before leaving, he came to Li Zicheng to say goodbye, "Zicheng, these dozens of miles of snowy road, Xinyuan doesn't know if he can rush back, the matter in Xining Mansion depends on you, in addition, Xinyuan wants to get together with Zicheng, I'm afraid it won't be realized." ”

"The affairs of the house, Wencheng don't have to worry, now the snow has not disappeared, and the matter of farming cannot be talked about, besides, during the New Yuan period, there are holidays everywhere, and there should be nothing important in the house," Li Zicheng arched his hand and said: "As for the small gathering, it doesn't necessarily have to be in the New Yuan, we have time on weekdays, but this snow is slippery, and the hard work is done." ”

Liang Wencheng laughed, "It's hard to talk about, who let me be greedy for your Xie Coal Wine yesterday?" When I come back, I'm afraid it's going to be a welcome drink......"

"Hahaha......" The two looked at each other and laughed, and Liang Wencheng also said goodbye to Li Zicheng and went to Sun's house.

Li Zicheng went to the study, and just picked up the tea, He Xiaomi came to report: "My lord, Lord Mu asks to see you!" ”

"Lord Mu? So early? Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, it seemed that he must not have slept well last night, so he said, "Let him come in!" ”

Mu Qingshan followed He Xiaomi, entered the study, and bowed his head: "The grass people knock to see the adults!" ”

"Don't be polite, sit down!" Li Zicheng said to He Xiaomi: "Xiaomi, tea." ”

"The grass people have thanked your lord!" Mu Qingshan is also not polite, he has already drunk with Li Zicheng yesterday, and today is the third time they have met, and he came with his heart today.

Li Zicheng put away the message that was ready to be opened, put it in the drawer, and said with a smile: "Lord Mu came so early!" ”

Mu Qingshan arched his hand and said, "Don't hide it from your lord, the grass people have something in their hearts, so they came early!" ”

Sure enough, when the merchant saw this unique distilled liquor in Xining, he didn't have anything to worry about, Li Zicheng laughed and said, "What is the matter with the proprietor Mu?" Listen to it, maybe I can help you. ”

"My lord," Mu Qingshan said carefully, "The script that Rong'er learned from the adult, but the script of the Western Regions?" ”

Li Zicheng didn't expect Mu Qingshan to suddenly ask such a question, Mu Sirong has been eating and living in the school, and only went home from vacation yesterday, Mu Qingshan checked his homework, is it what happened after he went back? It must be like this, when Mu Sirong went home yesterday, Mu Qingshan came right after, he didn't have time to investigate it carefully, and at yesterday's banquet, Mu Qingshan didn't have any similar questions at all.

Mu Qingshan went home yesterday, why did he check Mu Sirong's homework?

After thinking about it, Li Zicheng suddenly understood, and said: "This is not the Western Regions script, but the far west, there is a national language called 'England', and their country, I don't know if it's called 'England' or 'England'." ”

"Far West? Anglia? Mu Qingshan was even more surprised than when he saw the distilled liquor yesterday, Li Zicheng was only in his twenties, how could he have been to the far west, where it is said that there are tens of thousands of miles away from Daming.

Where did he learn English? Since yesterday, he has been wondering whether Li Zicheng is a liar or a genius he has not met in a century?

Mu Qingshan looked carefully, Li Zicheng's face did not have much pride or shame, but it seemed quite natural, he had read countless people, such a young Li Zicheng, if he wanted to completely hide his thoughts in front of him, it was impossible, he was stunned for a while, "My lord, grass people...... What will happen to the English language of adults? Have you ever been to England? ”

Li Zicheng's mind turned, and he thought of Tang Ruowang, so he said: "England, I haven't been there, but there are many people from England in the Ming Dynasty, mainly missionaries, far away in the West, there are a large number of missionaries who come to the Ming Dynasty to preach, and Xining is in a corner, so it will be ignored by the missionaries," regardless of Mu Qingshan's suspicious eyes, he continued to explain: "But I want to correct it, these are just English words, but the pronunciation and meaning are completely different, I learned it, and I can't talk to England, I just borrowed English language, Pronunciation of Chinese characters so that students will learn quickly. ”

Such a reason is completely reasonable, Western missionaries came to the Ming Dynasty, in the core ruling area of the Ming Dynasty and larger cities, basically can be seen, Mu Qingshan, as a well-informed and experienced businessman, even if he has not seen it, he will hear about it.

Li Zicheng's answer was not leaky, Mu Qingshan was even more hesitant, is Li Zicheng a liar or a genius? couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he said lightly: "My lord, there is another type of symbol in Rong'er's homework......"

"Oh, are you talking about Arabic numerals?" Li Zicheng smiled, lightly, but also very sincerely, "These numbers have a lot of uses, for a merchant family like you, at least they can be used for bookkeeping, a page of accounting, using this kind of numbers to record, but it takes two or three percent of the space, which not only saves paper, is easy to preserve, but also can speed up bookkeeping and auditing." ”

For mathematics, Li Zicheng knows that this is the foundation of all scientific classes, and if it is accumulated to a certain level, it can also be used in daily life, for example, for a merchant family like Mu Qingshan, he can use the method of finding extreme value to help determine the reasonable price of goods and maximize profits, but now he is talking to him, it is simply playing the piano to the cow.

Hey, how could Li Zicheng know about letting Rong'er check the account books last night? No, it's impossible, even his wife and concubine are not allowed to enter his secret room at will, Li Zicheng sent someone to monitor, and it is impossible to see the scene at that time, did he guess? Or is this symbol, itself related to accounts?

Mu Qingshan estimates that the latter is more likely, if this is the case, then the possibility that Li Zicheng is a genius in the world is far greater than that of a liar, at this moment, his trust in Li Zicheng is almost eighty percent.

For mathematical symbols, just like those English words, Mu Qingshan doesn't know anything, so he has no ability to discriminate, or he has to return to business, that is the battlefield where he gallops, "My lord, these symbols, the grass people are just blind, don't say it, what the grass people care about is still the distilled liquor made by adults, I don't know ...... adults."

What should come will always come, whether it is to break off friendship or roll in wealth, but what Li Zicheng hopes for most is a stable source of money, he smiled slightly, "What does proprietor Mu mean, is he going to buy distilled spirits?" ”

"Distilled liquor is the treasure of Xining, and the grass people naturally want to get it," Mu Qingshan knew that he had been stripped by Li Zicheng and didn't even have his underwear left, and there was no point in trying and pretending to be deep, so it was better to open his mind, "Will adults open a shop in Xining?" ”

"Shops? Xining? Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and said: "In Xining City, I am going to open a restaurant, and the wine is distilled spirit, as for the shop, why should it be opened in Xining?" In Xining City, how many rich and noble people can afford to drink distilled liquor, I'm afraid that proprietor Mu knows better than me, right? ”

"Ah......" Mu Qingshan almost exclaimed, in the past two days, he had almost been thinking about Li Zicheng's identity, but he had forgotten such an important matter, as a businessman, it could be regarded as a great shame, and he said with a red face: "My lord is right, Xining is a small border town, and it is indeed not suitable for selling distilled spirits in large quantities." ”

"Haha, proprietor Mu is really a shrewd person, a little bit thorough," Li Zicheng grinned, and said: "In Xining City, I only open one restaurant, and the rest of the distilled spirits, except for a small amount of local sales in Xining, most of them have to be shipped to the central city, and gradually start the brand of Xining, proprietor Mu, you are a leader in Xining's business community, you should also do your part, right?" Ha ha! ”

Li Zicheng believes, "the aroma of wine is also afraid of deep alleys", unless you are a "time-honored brand", Xining Huangjiu obviously does not have this condition, if you want to sell at a good price, you must make a name for yourself, but he does not have much time and energy to focus on distilled spirits, in other words, distilled spirits are simply dispensable goods, he made distilled spirits, just to let Mu Qingshan see a miracle, among all miracles, distilled spirits may come the fastest.

The place where he wants to use Mu Qingshan is far more than these distilled spirits.

"That's, that's!" Mu Qingshan took the reassuring pill, and his heart was a little calm, "......What do adults mean?"

"I am an officer, and I am the one who wants to lead the troops to fight and command the formation, but when it comes to commercial sales, I want to listen to the opinions of the proprietor Mu, after all, it is cooperation, and both sides must have profits!"

Mu Qingshan sorted out Li Zicheng's meaning back and forth, and felt that Li Zicheng should not want to take the risk of sales, or he was unwilling to bear the risk caused by long-distance transportation, or he did not have suitable sales talents, so he said: "If the adult is unwilling to open a shop, his subordinates are willing to buy all the sales qualifications of distilled spirits at a price of 10,000 taels of silver." ”

Li Zicheng smiled slightly, "What does proprietor Mu mean, at the price of 10,000 taels of silver, buy the exclusive agency right of distilled liquor - in the future, distilled liquor can't be sold to others?" ”

"My lord, that's pretty much what my subordinates mean," Mu Qingshan saw Li Zicheng's unchanged face, thinking that he was not satisfied with this price, "My lord, this is the exclusive right to buy distilled spirits, and as for the sales price of distilled spirits, the grass people will pay additional silver." ”

Li Zicheng is indeed a little dissatisfied, not for the price, but for the exclusive sale, this Mu Qingshan, the appetite is too big, or rather, a little greedy, "Any contract is time-sensitive, how long is the exclusive sales right to buy for 10,000 taels of silver?" A year? Decade? A hundred years? Or forever? ”

Mu Qingshan was shocked, he wanted to win the exclusive right to sell distilled spirits first, and then set his own price, but he didn't expect Li Zicheng to raise the issue of timeliness, this is indeed not something that can be avoided, in case Li Zicheng only produces for three months, or a year, he is afraid that he will not be able to get back the cost, thinking of this, he has always been calm, and his head began to sweat, this Li Zicheng, does he still know how to operate? At this time, in my heart, the idea that Li Zicheng was a liar was only one thing left, and even the idea of using Rong'er that came up last night was worth considering.

"What do adults mean......"