Chapter 87

The two old men were hit the hardest, they couldn't have imagined that Zhang Xiaobao, the little baby, played so well, especially the white ball, which seemed to be able to spin non-stop,.

This made the two old men really unwilling to accept it, so the two of them proposed to continue the competition, this time it was almost the same as the last time, although there was no one shot cleared, but the two old men also did not score any balls, and played two games in a row, and the two old men finally gave up.

"Xiaobao, how did you hit this ball? Can you teach us, I also stabbed it when I looked at it, but why did the ball come back for a while, and then run away somewhere else? We must learn this ability, and when the time comes, we will bully others. ”

Old man Bi is interested in this matter, he can't do anything else now, he can learn this thing called billiards well, and it is also a good thing to find a few more old men to compare with each other when the time comes.

Old man Zhang and the other people who thought it was good also nodded, Zhang Xiaobao naturally would not refuse, he planned it this way, although the current ivory is valuable, but there are many of them, it will be good to let people raise more elephants when the time comes, and there is no need to use wild ivory to do it.

And the rules of this billiards are also in his hands, he at least knows what kind of pole is better, what kind of table is better, and then there will be another deal.

Out of this production business, more importantly, there are still some competitions, how can other people have the best grasp of the rules on his side, then he is naturally needed to hold it, and then the referee, even if it is held by someone else, it must be recognized by him first, then you can charge an extra fee.

If you hold it in various places, you can sell some things on the spot, or you can continue to advertise to make money.

This next son Zhang Xiaobao began to tell a few simple methods, too complicated is not said, said that he can't practice for a while, this thing is in addition to talent is practice, playing thousands of set-pieces a day, when the time comes, he may play wrong because of nervousness, he is in good shape today.

As soon as Wang Juan saw Zhang Xiaobao teaching others, he knew what his idea was, and when he was almost finished teaching today, the two of them let the old people practice by themselves, and they were ready to leave.

They had already walked to the gate of the courtyard, Zhang Xiaobao patted his head, turned back, and said to Old Man Bi: "Grandpa Bi, I almost forgot about it, Grandpa Bi, we want to get a academy here, we still have to let you help with this person's affairs, can you think it?" ”

Old man Bi thought that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were just coming to play casually for a while, but he didn't expect this opening to be a academy, he also knew that if the academy was built, there was nothing to do in terms of money, the main thing was the teacher, he thought about it for a while, and said: "People can be found, but you don't seem to be able to hold any competitions here, right?" People from elsewhere are too far away to come, otherwise they would have done a lot of things in the time they had been delayed along the way. ”

"Grandpa Bi, just find someone, it's not to build a academy and use this academy to make money, when the time comes, find more students, and do more billiards, it will be their usual entertainment, if any student is not good at learning, but he is good at billiards, then we can give him wages and let him develop in this area."

Zhang Xiaobao said at first that he didn't expect to make money, but as he spoke, his purpose was exposed, Old Man Bi really didn't know what to say, nodded his head, and promised to help find a teacher, and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "How to make money in this billiards thing?" Tell Grandpa. ”

"Of course, it's to be a billiards teacher and a companion or to play a game, this thing can't be played by ordinary people now, there are a lot of gentlemen, let them play, they will buy billiards after they are addicted to playing, and when they play, they will find a way to learn more, and I am going to get a billiards class in the future.

When the time comes, let these individuals teach those gentlemen, in terms of this fee, they will charge less, those who are willing to learn will learn, and those who are unwilling to learn will wait to lose, I think they should want to learn something in this billiards class, what do you say, Grandpa Bi. ”

Zhang Xiaobao didn't hide it at all, and said his thoughts.

After hearing this, Old Man Bi didn't say anything, he really admired the Zhang family's ability to make money, and even this can be thought of, ordinary people just know how to make money by selling this billiards thing, and now many people also know that making an advertisement during the game can also make money, but the Zhang family is getting a class to teach skills this time.

Of course, he wouldn't ask if he handed over everyone else, and that class just couldn't get it, he knew that the more people who would know, the more games there would be, and the number of people who usually played would also increase.

Old man Zhang is also calculating how much money he can make in the future, this kind of billiards game is really interesting, playing back and forth, you can distinguish the ripe win, waiting for Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to leave, he asked Old Man Bi:

"Old man Bi, do you say that there is no competition for other things, such as a competition between craftsmen, such as between some chefs, which can not only make those who win more honors, but also increase the income of some shops, and also earn advertising fees.

Especially if such a competition organized by the government is organized, wouldn't it be able to get more benefits? If this is done, it will not only benefit people, but also allow some craftsmen to work hard to hone their skills. ”

"That's right, I didn't think that this matter should be talked about with the people in the court, and it can't be directly said about money, so that some people will jump out and oppose it, or say that it can improve the craftsmanship of craftsmen and make better things."

Old man Bi knew the benefits as soon as he heard it, and he was very excited, this person just likes to compare with others, no matter what is the case, those who win must work hard to study in order to consolidate their position, and those who lose will also study in order to ascend to that honorary position.

The most important thing is that in the process of the competition, you can see how others do it, what their own shortcomings and advantages are, and some skills can be passed down.

If it is a place like the Ordnance Supervisor and Sinong Temple, it will be even more powerful if you communicate with the powerful craftsmen outside.

Old man Bi thought about these things, thought about it and said: "Let all walks of life compete, and when the time comes, they can also compete to see who can make new things, who can make it well, then whose honor will be more, you can understand this, right?" ”

"Yes, how can you not understand, isn't that Quyuan plow made by the Zhang family? If you compare all of them, making a hundred new things is one useful, that is a great achievement, those people in the court may have many people who look down on such things, they are all stupid to study, but the emperor, and some ministers, will know the benefits of this.

Well, than, must be compared, the local is the small ratio, and then the winner of the competition to the state to continue to compare, and finally to the capital to compare, layer by layer, layer by layer improvement, when these people go back, then they can continue to learn through the method of the game to pass out.

But if these craftsmen are allowed to compete in a small place, what will happen to the road expenses after they win? They usually rely on their crafts to make money in that place, but once they come out, how can they do it if they have family? ”

Old man Zhang also echoed the old man's thoughts, and added some benefits, but when it came to it, he remembered this most important question.

Old man Bi was not in a hurry at all, smiled and said: "This thing is simple, the competition naturally has to send things to the winner, it is better to give money directly, as long as it is the person who wins, get this money, not only enough for the family's life, but also for the travel expenses."

Are you going to say who will pay for this again? No one needs to come out, as long as those advertisements are enough, and if new good things are really produced, this thing can also be sold for money, just like the Zhang family did at the beginning, they gave this technology to Zhou Xihu, and Zhou Xihu made it first and sold it for a lot of money.

Although others will follow suit when the time comes, the money in the early stage can still be earned, and the matter is so decided, you and I will write a letter in a while, and I will send the letter to the capital, and this one of yours will be given to your master. ”

Old man Bi is now clear about some of the Zhang family's routines, and told him to old man Zhang, and after listening to it, old man Zhang really figured it out, although there are some utilitarian benefits in doing so, which will make some individuals criticize, but what can it be? As long as it can improve the national strength and make the people's lives better, those individuals are willing to say it.

The two of them discussed, and they were not in the mood to play this billiards, so they went back one after another, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan returned home before they thought of not having dinner with the two grandfathers, they thought too much about it just now, and forgot about it again.

The two of them hurriedly ate some and began to study this billiards, neither of them underestimated this matter, although it was just entertainment, but entertainment was the most profitable, and the investment was not so much, and the speed of recovering the cost was very fast.

"During this time, people began to figure out how to make billiards, and what should be used instead of the ivory? Are we closer to the elephant-rich place? No one from the Conservation Society came to look for trouble, so let people go by boat to the seashore and get ivory there. ”

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan rested for a while after eating and began to discuss this matter, whether this is another deal or a big deal.

Wang Juan thought for a while and said: "These things should still be easier to get, or rhinoceros horn or something, when the time comes, see if you can find a substitute, it will be cheaper, you said that you can also make fish glue and some stone powder, when the time comes, try it, then it can be popularized to the whole people, there are people who are willing to play, you can play with a little money." ”

Wang Juan actually doesn't approve of letting everyone play billiards, after all, once there is such a form of billiards competition, then naturally, gambling will be formed, some bets will be smaller, and some will be bigger.

Zhang Xiaobao has discussed such a problem with Wang Juan, it is impossible to want people not to gamble, unless it can really scare them, but even then, as long as there are benefits, then there must be people who gamble while hiding.

Since this thing can't be eliminated, then let it be, hearing that fish glue and other things are used to make it, Zhang Xiaobao feels that it seems to be really feasible, even if the craftsmanship is a little worse, it's nothing, the big deal is that it's bad fast, and it is actually changed.

After all, ivory is too expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it, so they can only go high-end.

"Then find someone to try, in addition to what we mentioned, let them think for themselves how they can make such a ball, not so crystal clear, as long as it can be used to hit, I definitely have some billiard halls in every part of the country.

Don't underestimate this kind of place, it's really profitable, it's good, it's more profitable than some big deals, haven't you seen what those billiard halls were like before? Don't earn them those individuals will be so vying for position? ”

Zhang Xiaobao began to prepare to pave the way, but Wang Juan disagreed, "No, you can't get so many billiard halls, and if you want to get it, we won't do it, do you really think you are the savior, can you take care of it?" As long as there are interests, then there will be conflicts in various places, from small to large.

The various forces, as well as some local people who want to benefit from it, do you think they can be solved? Let them open it themselves, where they think it can be opened, they will open it wherever they want, we just need to make some more things and wait to sell them when the time comes.

Just do this, even if other people can imitate it at that time, they are not afraid, waiting for them to imitate almost, and the money we should make will be earned, well, this is not a brand among ordinary people, anyone can do it, as long as it is made, you can play. ”

Zhang Xiaobao saw Wang Juan's opposition, and thought that this was indeed the case, he was actually going to cooperate with some local interests, but this stall was too big and not easy to handle, so it was better to make it honestly and sell it.

However, he was not prepared to let those who wanted to imitate take advantage of it immediately, and said: "Then form a large factory, try to reduce the cost, and use the cheapest things to make those cases and balls, at the beginning others did not have it, then it will be more expensive, in the process, you can study some medium things."

Waiting for someone to come out with an imitation, then immediately reduce the price of the original bad, and push the medium to raise the price, as long as it is skillful in production, buy raw materials in large quantities, the cost will drop again and again, we can even control the origin of some raw materials, so that we are not afraid of the price of raw materials at that time. ”

"Okay, then let's do it, let's go, go out for a walk and come back to sleep, and if there's nothing going on tomorrow, we'll continue to study."

Wang Juan understood the meaning as soon as he heard Zhang Xiaobao's words, as long as those individuals imitated, the more imitations, the more expensive the price of raw materials, and then they could use this imitation to make a lot of money, and it seemed that Zhang Xiaobao was ready to give up the low-end market at that time, and let those imitation people compete.

Luzhou is stable, the people who should do things are busy doing things, the construction of the infrastructure is still going on, the fleet is also going out to continue fishing, and some mountain vegetables are processed and produced.

Even Cao and Rui finished paying off the money, and they began to think about doing something, and they didn't say much when they contacted Zhang Zhong, after all, that barrier could not be removed so easily.

They don't want to meet Zhang Zhong more, now they just have an official position, but they don't have to care about anything, this is good, there are officials, then there has always been a fortune, they can now rely on the people in their families to do things outside to make money, and there is their own fortune.

Life is not bad, although it is a little dull, but the three of them hate Liu Shaoqing, who let Liu Shaoqing tell their affairs, of course, they also know that they can't completely blame Liu Shaoqing, they didn't greet Liu Shaoqing when they left, and they were also unwilling to replace themselves.

Now that it's okay, Liu Shaoqing took advantage of them to climb up, and there was work to do in the yamen, and those debts were also wiped out, in terms of official positions, the three of them are more powerful than Liu Shaoqing alone, but when it comes to real power, Liu Shaoqing is much stronger than them.

"Do you need to look for the surname Liu again? Anyway, why did he betray us? Cao Herui felt that he couldn't swallow this breath, even though he knew that they wanted to throw people away.

Fan Cambodia Xi also thought about such a thing, heard Cao Herui's words, and said: "Forget it, in the future, it will be the three of us as one, don't worry about him, now let's provoke him, it is likely that he will not give us a good look, after all, he has something to do now, this is an official, better than us who are idle."

And what if he were to question why we didn't leave with him in the first place? I can't find an excuse, just say a reason, then he can also say it casually, just say that he drank too much, and accidentally said it, or said that Zhang Zhong wanted to punish him, what can we do? ”

When he said this, Cao Herui was silent, thought for a while, suddenly laughed, and said: "Actually, we are really lucky, we met Ning Tingshi and solved the matter, and his surname Liu sold us, and the matter was also solved, isn't it interesting to tell you about the four of us?" ”

"I don't think we're better than the surname Liu, at least he can go back to do things again, going back to do things is different from staying like this, Zhang Zhong always gets some good things for the people in the yamen to take home to enjoy, some are eating and drinking, some are utensils, this year, how much less have we got?

The most important thing is not this, it seems that Zhang Zhong only temporarily let us go, who knows if he will make some more things? Don't forget, if someone comes to cooperate with us in the future, no matter where it is, don't worry about it first, I'm afraid, they will pretend to be someone from outside, and one accidentally falls into the trap again.

Just stay like this now, wait for this time, and then see if you can do some business, and don't do business in Luzhou, avoid his Zhang family, in this way, in case Yizhong makes another move, we at least have a deal to maintain. ”

Jiang Wanshi drank the tea one by one, and said to the two people, this time he is much more stable, he doesn't want to retaliate, at least not now, the only thing to do is to be idle, by the way, see what Zhang Zhong is going to do, and when the time comes, write down these things and send them to Qinzhou to Ning Tingshi.

The other two nodded after hearing this, Cao Herui poured out the remaining tea foam, put some tea again, and said: "Then should we also get some shrimp paste or something, I see that they are all making it, this time do it well, and don't buy such expensive shrimp from outside, in case you make a lot of money with these shrimp pastes at home, we can't wait, right?" ”

Jiang Wanshi listened, put down the tea bowl and proposed: "Then get less shrimp paste, one person get fifty jars, even if you can't sell it at that time, you can keep it at home and eat it slowly, as long as it is salty, it will be preserved for a long time, I see that they have made a lot of wild vegetables, it is better to learn to get them, no matter how the Zhang family does it, let's just follow the learning, and the wild vegetables can be picked by themselves, without costing money." ”

The three of them said some details again, and then went back to their respective homes to rest, the three of them were in danger this time, and they were much more stable than before, whether it was when they were angry, or when they encountered a strong wind, they had a lot of changes.

They didn't have anything to do, but Zhang Zhong had something, and more than 50 boatmen were detained by those mountain people, Jiang Wanshi and the three of them hid the matter and said it, and asked Zhang Zhong to help find a way, the three of them could come up with some money, but it would never go again.

Zhang Zhong had no choice but to start arranging, he felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity for the mountain people to come down the mountain to do things, the number of mountain people over there was really a lot, there were more than 500 people, these individuals came down, and they could speed up the construction work in Luzhou a little, after all, more than 20,000 people were only 40 times that of 500 people.

After these people really come down, they can form a special team to do something else, thinking so, Zhang Zhong began to order, first let people go over with the things to see the mountain people, there are fabrics among these things, and there are some foods that the mountain people have not eaten.

When the mountain people accept the things, it will be easy to say, talk more about the situation here with the mountain people, try to be as detailed as possible, Zhang Zhong believes that some of those mountain people also want to come down, many of them know what Luzhou is like now, it should be able to do a little bit, and then use other methods.