Chapter 66: Shen Wansan (I)

"It's the legend of the high-rollers." Fearing that there would be a cold scene between the guests and the host, Luo Ben, the Yangzhou government, stepped forward and took over with a smile, "The teacher said that the ancient history books all say that the emperor will be the prime minister, but the person who can make the emperor and the general sleep restlessly can not pass it on, so I wrote this biography of the high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, hoping that my Han family son can read this book, which can arouse a lot of blood and no longer be willing to be bullied by the Mongols." ”

"Okay, how can a good person who can make the emperor sleep restlessly, Mr. has this strange ambition, this book will be passed down through the ages." After Zhu Chongjiu heard this, the mood that had just calmed down a little was stirred again.

Zhu Dapeng, who read the Water Margin in another time and space, just read it happily and suffocated, but he never thought that the idea of this book was so lofty, thinking that since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, those who were oppressed by the government and the inferior gentry could not live, since you did not give justice to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu would be like a good man in Liangshan, and he would kill a justice by himself, even if he ended up with a jade burn, (Note 1)

"I can't afford to be the chief manager, if anyone in the future sees this book and knows that Shi has never been willing to be a Tartar pig and dog, it is enough." For the first time in his life, he was praised endlessly, Shi Nai'an blushed a little, smiled, and responded flatly.

"That's nature, how can a willing slave write such a hearty text." Zhu Bayi smiled and admired sincerely.

"Teacher's book is full of manliness in the world." Robben also nodded, his face full of admiration

Three people, you and I, hit it off at first sight, and hung Shen Fu, who had donated 100,000 stone of grain, to the side, but he was so embarrassed, blushing, and stood helplessly for a long time, before he finally found an opportunity, and interjected loudly: "Mr. Nai'an's masterpiece, Shen also read it, but he patronized and watched the excitement that day, but he didn't realize that it was a text that called on the heroes of the world to rise up and rebel, and after going back this time, he must have secretly found someone to carve a board and print tens of thousands of copies, so that it could be published all over the world, there must always be some people who read this book, I can understand Mr. Naan's good intentions. ”

"No." Shi Nai'an immediately turned his head and stopped loudly, "Shi has already made Brother Shen spend too much money in the past six months, but I don't dare to let Brother Shen spend more money to help Shi become famous." ”

"How to calculate the cost, Mr. Nai'an's book, and don't worry about selling." Shen Fu's purpose is to attract the attention of the three of them to his side, as for spending money to print tens of thousands of books, with his current net worth, he is indeed plucking a hair to benefit the world.

Besides, if this matter is operated properly, it may not be a loss-making deal, for example, please ask the manager Zhu in front of you to make a preface, and then write a word at the same level as "Qinyuan Spring" as the beginning, saying tens of thousands of copies, that is, hundreds of thousands of copies, and it may not be worrying that it will not be sold, as for the people who buy books, there are a few who can understand Shi Nai'an's original intention, then it is not something he is worried about.

"It doesn't have to be that complicated." Suddenly thought of a good way from another time and space, Zhu Bayi smiled and mentioned loudly, "I Huai'an Jun originally had a thing called a newspaper, I don't know if the two of you have read it, and now I am preparing to change it from one issue every ten days to one issue every five days, if Mr. Nai'an doesn't dislike it, you might as well hand over the manuscript to the newspaper and let them serialize it regularly, just like the plain talk in the teahouse, only a short paragraph is published in each issue, and one will not be too urgent, Mr. Nai'an can have time to re-revise the manuscript again, and secondly, the newspaper is widely circulated, Almost all along the canal can be seen now, and it will not let the pearl of Mr. 's good words be dusted. ”

"This" Shi Nai'an muttered in a low voice, he is now close to the age of sixteen, find a place to settle down, and rearrange the writings of his life to pass on to future generations, which is indeed in line with his heart's wishes, but whether this place in Huaiyang can be stayed, whether it can be stayed, is an unknown thing, so I really don't have the courage to make a decision immediately.

"Sir, are you worried about the money of the pen, you can ask Lingtu Qingyuan, the pen given by my Huai'an newspaper official is enough to buy wine and get drunk." Influenced by Zhu Dapeng's soul, Zhu Eighty-one easily misunderstood Shi Nai'an's meaning, and smiled to reveal the other party.

"If, if the manuscript is accepted by the newspaper, there will be at least two pennies for each article, each article." Robben blushed and explained in a very small voice, and then hurriedly gave Zhu Eighty-one a sneak look, and added with a smile, "Don't dare to hide it from the general manager, the family teacher is a master of the world, and he has always liked to travel around, and this time I came to Yangzhou just to take a look at me, a disciple who is not angry, and I am not sure how long I will stay in Yangzhou and when I will leave." ”

"Oh, that's it, it's Zhu who is abrupt." Zhu Eighty-one immediately knew that he was in a hurry, and shook his head with a smile, "Okay, okay, although Mr. Nai'an stays in Yangzhou for a few more days, let the disciples accompany him around, it's early spring, it's the best time of the year, okay, everyone don't stand and talk, and sit down and drink a cup of tea." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to let the guest go to the stone table beside him, and Shi Nai'an and Shen Fu saw that he was so polite and virtuous, and they were not too polite, so they thanked him and sat down on the stone stool next to the table.

Suddenly, the guards served the tea, but it was not a precious and luxurious dragon group, a phoenix group, but a local new leaf, coarsely fried, the tea soup revealed a pool of delicate green, the natural fragrance of the tea leaves, was also completely washed out by the boiling water.

Shi Nai'an Rao was half a life, and when he saw Zhu Eighty-one entertaining guests with new tea, he couldn't help frowning quietly, and muttered to himself in his heart, "Is this Manager Zhu deliberately pretending to show me, or is it really simple, he actually refuses to even use a decent tea ball, and grabs a handful of leaves to fool people." ”

Shen Fu, a wealthy businessman, has far more knowledge than ordinary people, first picked up the tea bowl and took a deep breath of water vapor, then raised his eyebrows sharply, and said in surprise: "I'm afraid this is the originality of the chief manager, it retains the purity of the tea taste, but removes the bitterness of the new leaves, just smelling it, it is refreshing." ”

As he spoke, he took a sip gently, then took a big sip, closed his eyes and tasted it in his mouth for a while, swallowed the tea, put down the teacup, and patted the case gently with his right hand, "Good tea, good tea, shengjin quenches your thirst, if you are tired of reading, I am afraid it is more comfortable than drinking a big bowl of alcohol." ”

"Hmm." Listening to Shen Fu's exaggeration, Shi Nai'an lowered his head and tasted it slowly, sure enough, compared to the heavily scented dragon group, it was a little less turbid and a little more clear, which made people faintly feel dusty, and the tiredness on his body was swept away.

"What kind of tea is this, Shi seems to have never drunk it before." He was a laissez-faire man, and when he tasted it in his mouth, he immediately wanted to get to the bottom of it.

"It's the new tea leaves produced in Yangzhou, find a casserole, and fry it dry." Zhu Bayyi smiled and explained in a low voice that when he killed the pig butcher, he didn't have the money to buy tea to drink, so he couldn't tell the good from the bad, and after the fusion of the two souls, he was influenced by Zhu Dapeng and couldn't appreciate the strong taste of the additives in the group tea, so he simply let the guards pick the new leaves themselves, fried them casually, and then dried them to drink, but he didn't expect to beat them up and drum out the green tea that was generally accepted by people in later generations, (Note 2)

For him, who has hundreds of years of memories in later generations, the process of roasting tea is very simple, and it is not worth mentioning, but Shi Nai'an and Shen Fu listen to it in their ears, but they have a different taste in their hearts.

'Rich but not lose their heart, this is the appearance of a person who has achieved great things, compared to Zhu Fozi, Xu Shouhui, Bu Wang San, Hua Ma Wang and others, it is really a generation of guinea dogs,'

"Even a tea can come up with new tricks that others haven't had, this Zhu butcher, fortunately, he didn't do business, otherwise, wouldn't all the money in this world be made by him alone, no, this person is powerful, the Shen family must have a relationship no matter what,"

"Compared with the common group tea on the market, this thing is much more refreshing to drink." Robben also took a sip of tea and lost no time in interjecting, "At present, the business has organized the victims to go to the mountains to pick new leaves, it is estimated that it will not be too long, there will be this new tea to sell all over the river, if it can spread, the people will have another way to live, and the Huaiyang business will also have another kind of income." ”

"Moist, elegant, and complete." Shen Fu spent 100,000 stone meters to smash out a bowl of tea for himself to drink, so he refused to let go of any opportunity, thought about it, and said confidently, "Such a divine object, it is difficult to spread it, if Luo Zhifu is willing to hand over this thing to the Shen family to manipulate, within three years, Shen guarantees that your new tea in Yangzhou will be famous all over the world." ”

"This" Robben glanced at Zhu Eighty-one and shook his head, "It's not a secret, although the Huaiyang firm is located in Yangzhou, the government has no right to interfere in its daily operations." ”

"Hmm." Shen Fu was immediately taken aback, frowned, his face was full of disbelief, before coming, he had inquired in many ways, more than seventy percent of the share capital of the Huaiyang firm was in the hands of Zhu Tuhu, the Huaiyang government and the Huaiyang army, so he wanted to be a favor and help the company to bring new tea into all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, but who expected that the other party swore that the government would not interfere with the operation of the business, isn't this talking nonsense with his eyes open, this Luo Ben Luo Qingyuan is too good at fooling people.

"The government only sets rules for each business, and indeed does not interfere with the daily operation of the business." Among the people present, Zhu Eighty-one, who was influenced by later generations, was the one who could best understand Shen Fu's thinking at this moment, seeing that his eyes showed a strong look of suspicion, he immediately took over the conversation and explained with a smile, "Even if it is a Huaiyang firm, it cannot be an exception, otherwise it will become a collusion between officials and businessmen, and all other merchants will have no way to live, and there will be endless troubles." ”

"Then, those artillery and other divine weapons, wouldn't all fall into the hands of the enemy." It's okay if he doesn't explain, but when he explains, not only is Shen Fu confused, but even Shi Nai'an can't believe his ears, he was stunned, and blurted out the questioning words.

"Of course not." Zhu Bayi put down the teacup and added very patiently, "The Huaiyang firm is responsible for making cannons, weapons and armor, and setting prices as appropriate, but who can be sold to is not allowed to sell to, but the government has the final say, each port has a special person responsible for inspection, if the existing merchants deliberately violate the rules, immediately investigate to the end, the fine should be fined, the head of the head should be killed, and the rules will be the same. ”

This rule, when he decided to create the Huaiyang firm, had already been explained to Lu Luzeng and others many times, so it was repeated, and he was familiar with the road, after Shi Nai'an and Shen Fu heard it, the confusion in their eyes was slightly resolved, but deep down, there were countless thunderbolts that exploded continuously.

"Obviously it is run by the government, but the government is not allowed to interfere with the daily operation of the business, the business is responsible for its own profits and losses, the government only sets the rules, forces the business to abide by it, and treats everyone equally, which dynasty and which generation has this precedent, and it can really be implemented according to this, then the business"

For merchants, this is simply the first major change in ancient and modern times, after all, it is one of the few giant businessmen in the world, and soon, Shen Fu will see where the benefits of the new rules are, and under the excitement, the tea cup in his hand can no longer be unstable, and the green tea will be shaken all over the body.

"The chief manager, the chief manager is really a strange person." Ignoring the water stains on his body, he stood up abruptly and bowed deeply at Zhu Bayi, "Please accept Shen Mou's worship, look forward to Huaiyang's law, and implement the world as soon as possible." ”

This sycophancy, the shooting is level enough, Huaiyang's law is implemented in the world, doesn't that mean that Zhu Chongjiu wants to dominate the country, Shi Nai'an's train of thought was immediately interrupted by the shameless behavior of his companions, and his old face turned red, but Shen Fu didn't feel that he was ashamed of doing this, and he didn't wait for Zhu Eightyyi to stand up and help, so he took a step back quickly, and came to the ground again, "The grass people heard that the general manager exchanged cannons for rice, just to cure the hunger of 600,000 people in Yangzhou, and he admired it, so the grass people did not measure their strength, and they were willing to do it within three months. Another 200,000 stone of grain was transported to Yangzhou, and all of it was donated to the governor's office to solve the urgent needs of the people of Yangzhou. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Bayi was shocked, if the previous 100,000 Shi Lao Mi only made him interested in Shen Fu, at this moment, he had to be impressed by this person.

300,000 stone rice, even according to the price of the autumn in the Jiangnan production area, at least 90,000 yuan of copper coins, with a good impression of several new policies of his own, he did not hesitate to smash out 90,000 yuan, this Shen Fu, what a kind of mind and handwriting,.

Ninety thousand copper coins, the total weight of more than 570,000 catties, if it is loaded by boats, the largest grain ship on the canal will have to be lined up in a long string, and pay such a big price, Zhu Eighty-one couldn't believe that the other party had nothing else to ask for, stared at Shen Fu's eyes for a long time, and then calmed down and responded very cautiously, "Brother Shen's great grace, my Yangzhou military and civilian people are not unforgettable, but Zhu doesn't dare to take Brother Shen's rice for nothing, if Brother Shen wants to exchange something from Zhu, even if he says it directly, as long as he doesn't violate my Huaiyang's rules, Zhu should be fully satisfied. ”

"In this way, Shen won't make many detours." Shen Fu immediately straightened his waist and said loudly, "Shen heard that a few months ago, a group of thieves tried to bring trouble to Yangzhou, and after the matter was revealed, they fled by boat, and the sailors under the command of the chief manager chased after them, and on the Yangtze River, a few miles away, they beat the enemy ship to pieces, Shen wanted to ask, is the sailor used, is it the legendary artillery, and this kind of artillery, I don't know if the chief manager can call the shots, so that Shen is qualified to sell one or two from the firm." ”

Note 1: From the perspective of modern people, the Water Margin kills people and sets fires, even the elderly and children are not spared, it is indeed very brutal and bloody, but in the moral standards of the time, it is a normal behavior, in addition, in an era of foreign barbaric rule, preaching rebellion is much more noble than singing praises for the ruler, so from the historical background of the time, the Water Margin is indeed a first-class and a good book, Shi Gong Nai'an, and it is also a chivalrous man.

Note 2: The documented origin of green tea began in the early Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the dragon group was laborious and costly, so he ordered the tea leaves to be sent to the palace in the future to be picked directly and dried.

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