Chapter 8 Seeking a great cause at the beginning of the meeting
Another day passed, and everyone finished lunch with excitement and gathered in the courtyard to listen to Professor Yang Xi's book of heaven. This is the first time, including the second master, the two elders of the Yang family have participated, and unexpectedly, even the crown monkey has pulled down his farts and ran over. What made Yang Xi feel a little disappointed was that in the entire Mashan Township, it should be Huangju Pavilion, and there were only three people who came to sign up to study Tianshu.
"It seems that it will take some time to make people feel it, everyone can see the excitement, I really have to believe in participation, I'm afraid it won't work without a little excitement!" Yang Xi also saw all this clearly.
The three people who came, one is the Tian Niu mentioned earlier, this woman has two brothers and a younger brother in the family, she is only eleven, and she can't do anything big, she was a little familiar with Yang Xi before, and her home is also very close, but half a mile, Yang Xi named her Tian Qi, in fact, people don't have a surname Tian at all, they don't have a surname at all.
As for the other two, they are famous gangsters in the pavilion, idle goods, the two call them brothers, stealing chickens and dogs together, but they also have some skills, they are two years older than Yang Xi, and they are seven feet five inches tall, they really look like two brothers, one is called Kaozi, and the other is called Messy Mao, both of which are relatively cheap names, which means ** and ****. The ancients gave names, not to mention nicknames, even if it was an official name, they were all blessed with cheapness, and it is said that the cheaper the name, the more longevity and peace can be.
When he first came, the examiner came to see the excitement, and after Yang Xi played the big knife again, and then knocked the two down one by one, the eyes of the two became respectful, and the strong were respected.
Yang Xi himself estimated that if he went out to mix now, he should be their boss.
The hero doesn't ask where he comes from, Yang Xi still named the two of them, the test is called Cai Kao, and the messy hair is called Mao Luan, if the two follow him in the future, these two names will not be insulted by their reputation.
On the first day of class, Yang Xi taught two contents, the first one is called the "Xianyu Tianshu" Xianyin Scroll, which is actually the Chinese pinyin alphabet, which is very important. Not to mention, the ancients actually have the same IQ as modern people, the difference is that there is no one to teach, there is no condition to learn, and everyone learns decently.
Especially Cai Kao and Mao Luan, the two of them have the fastest progress, and Yang Xi understands that the more people who jump out, the higher their IQ is. Yang Xi secretly scanned everyone, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Yang Shao's brain development: 9%. , bodily functions: 32.
Yang Xi's brain development: 9%. , bodily functions: 28.
Tian Niu's brain development: 9%. , bodily functions: 30.
Guanxi brain development: 9%. , bodily functions: 36.
Guantian's brain development: 9%. , bodily functions: 30.
Crown Water Brain Development: 9%. , bodily functions: 29.
Cai Kao's brain development: 10%. , bodily functions: 59.
Maoluan's brain development: 10%. , bodily functions: 57.
Cai Kao and Mao Luan's brain development has reached the adult level, I don't know if there is room for improvement through learning, as for physical function, the body of a fifteen-year-old is basically not much worse than that of an adult, and it should belong to the upper middle level.
After half an hour, that is, an hour of study, all of these people were able to draw their names on the ground with branches, and read them quite accurately, which made everyone a little excited.
Yang Xi knows that there is a long way to go. The initials have just learned a few, and it is estimated that they will forget it tomorrow, and they have to come from it, but there is no way to do this, and in the next half an hour, Yang Xi will start teaching God to calculate the book of heaven. At first, I was taught ten numbers, not Chinese numbers, but Arabic numbers.
This is one of the greatest inventions in human history, and Arabic numerals are well deserved.
An hour passed quickly, and everyone sounded very serious, even the two second-rate sons were a little reborn. Yang Xi was not in a hurry to let the two join the team, he didn't know what the character of the two was, and he still had to find out, what the two were suitable for was not sure, Yang Xi decided to take the two of them to the village market two days later, and get close to the understanding.
In ancient times, in addition to the county seat of the county seat there was a market, the rest of the township-level units, there was no fixed market, only every five days of the market, each pavilion and each mile, will gather together, exchange with each other, buy and sell products.
Once every five days, the people's firewood, rice, oil and salt are basically exchanged here.
Mashan Township Market, in the front street of the township, Yang Xi took Cai Kao Maoluan and the two, went out early, passed the Jute Pavilion, and walked more than ten miles northwest before they really arrived at the market.
Although it was very early, there were many farmers who came to exchange and trade, all kinds of local specialties, as well as those who sold clothes and straw shoes.
Salt and iron, the imperial court control is relatively strict, but at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and after the emperor, the salt and iron court has no monopoly, twenty implementation of the official and private dual-track, but the tax is more serious, there are strong local smuggling, but this kind of Haoqiang, where will come to this kind of bazaar to buy and sell.
Yang Xi has learned that a pound of salt costs 150 yuan, which is more expensive than rice, and a stone of rice is only 100 yuan.
At this time, one catty is probably equivalent to more than 200 grams now, less than half a catty, it is more than 100, and it is coarse salt, which shows how high the price of salt is at this time.
Yang Xi learned about the price of jute yarn spindles again, and there were no linen yarn spindles woven into cloth, nine dollars a catty. This is already the lowest price, a person can only produce more than one pound a day, barely two pounds, and the previous cleaning work, this price is very low.
A decent linen robe costs about one hundred and fifty yuan, which is also considered wages, and there is nothing to be earned.
The whole bazaar is on both sides of the official road, the official road here is relatively wide, there is a look of three or four meters, there are some houses on both sides, many hawkers or farmers, just set up a shelf or squat directly on the side of the road, even if they start to do business.
Along the way, Yang Xi chatted with the two followers with a pair or not, and he could be regarded as getting the price of many products.
The price of soybeans is the cheapest, only 50 yuan for a stone, twice as cheap as rice, mainly because this is the time of the people, the technology of making tofu is not mature, there are many additives, the tofu is relatively old, and the taste is not in place in all aspects, and it has not become popular for the time being.
The fruits and melons in many farmers' baskets are very environmentally friendly, and these are often the cheapest things, but after 2,000 years, they are extremely rare.
Suddenly, a vendor selling spindles met Yang Xi's eyes, this person was handsome, not very old, about eighteen or nineteen years old, but his eyes were clear, and he observed the crowd from time to time, and he was the most active in shouting.
Yang Xi stopped, and looked at the time of a stick of incense from a distance, this person was quite able to attract business, just a stick of incense time, he actually recruited two customers, those two customers were estimated to be the buying slaves of the nearby small landlord's family, and he coaxed the flowers and branches, and his eloquence can be seen.
Yang Xi scanned it from afar: "Brain development: 11%. , bodily functions: 62. ”
"There are such people? This is also a multimillionaire level! Yang Xi walked up with two followers and started talking on the spot.
"Yo! This childe! At a glance, your face is a person who will be rich and noble in the future, even your family's family is full of heaven, either rich or expensive, it seems that you have a bright future, come and come! My yarn spindle, Quanma Mountain Township said second, no one dares to say first, you look at this color, it is absolutely superior, son, you are for the purchase of the family, the price of the wallet you are satisfied! ”
This guy's eyesight is not bad, and he can see at a glance that Yang Xi is the master, and although the next two are older, they do follow him.
Yang Xi also laughed secretly, casually lifted a yarn spindle and weighed it, and asked casually: "Boss, what is the cheapest price of your yarn spindle?" ”
"Yo! Don't call me boss, I'm just a peddler, you lifted, this spindle is ten dollars for others, today I am the right eye with you, the lowest price is nine dollars for you, how much do you want? ”
"Boss! I'm not here to buy spindles today, I have a business to talk to you, why don't we take a step to talk? ”
Yang Xi got straight to the point.
The white-faced young man was stunned for a moment, but when he saw Yang Xi's serious face, his eyes rolled three times, and he thought slightly: "It seems that you are looking for me to have other things, come on, I won't do business today, just talk to you and make friends." The peddler acted boldly, and without asking the reason, he put away a pair of large baskets and walked out of the market with Yang Xi.
When they arrived at a roadside away from the crowd, Yang Xi exchanged names with this person, and learned that this person's surname was Dong, a famous talent, and he could be regarded as a person with a surname.
"Brother Dong Cai, don't hide it, I came to the market today, not to buy, but to sell, to sell spindles!"
"Selling spindles? As far as I know, these few miles and five towns are sold in my industry, and the price is not high, generally only six dollars! ”
"Six bucks! Enough, you buy it for six dollars, and you have to come to collect it, calculate it manually, each family runs away, it is estimated that all year round, most of the time is in purchasing, and it is too much to do business for ten days in a month, if you cooperate with me, let you do business for twenty days in a month, and I will reduce the price of a pound of yarn spindles to five dollars for you! ”
"Five cents? Impossible, how can someone sell it for five dollars, Brother Chenhe, don't blame me! This Dong Cai looked incredulous.
"It's five dollars, don't you don't believe it, and my supply of goods, continuous, four seasons sufficient, one day can supply you with 100 catties, seven days later, you go to the jute pavilion to find the pavilion long-crowned monkey, he took you to see me, will make you satisfied!"
"100 pounds a day?" Dong Cai gasped, could this person hire a hundred people to make yarn spindles for him, this is a loss-making business. The belief is electrifying, but Dong Cai has to admit that this is too tempting.
If there is a supply of 100 catties a day, the address is unified, he only needs to go to a bazaar and distribute these goods to several other peers, and make a pound of money in a blink of an eye, and several other peers are saving the time of receiving goods every month, although the price remains the same, but the absolute income will also be doubled.
There are five townships nearby, and one township has a market every day, which is equivalent to controlling all the sources of goods.
The two of them each had their own ghosts, and finally determined the time to meet, Yang Xi also took Cai Kao Maoluan and continued to go to the market, as for seeing two or three more selling spindles, Yang Xi did not go to talk again.