Chapter 14 The Rise of Scholars
Zhang forgot in the study, and Yang Li cooked wine and talked about poetry, and had a very good conversation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing that Yang Li had forgotten to investigate his bullying of Yang Xiu, Zhang forgot to mention red glue.
"This red collagen is native to Zhenla and Jiaozhou, which can be said to be far away. I didn't think about it, who would have thought that the family would use this thing to open a dyeing shop, and a lot of waste would accumulate over the years. β
Zhang forgot to give Yang Li popular science knowledge: "This red glue that has been extracted once, with different methods, can still extract other colors, but it has been used once, and when it is extracted again, the number of pigments is small." But that's not why I bought the red gum scrap, I value it because I want to make paint from shellac. β
Yang Li read the scriptures and history, and was not proficient in the knowledge of the people in the world, and he couldn't interject, so he listened to Zhang Wang's own story.
"Raw lacquer on the market is expensive, it can be described as one or two gold and one or two lacquer. I can mix shellac and ethanol to make a varnish. Varnish is actually a more rare thing than raw lacquer, but the world doesn't understand it, only recognizes raw lacquer. That's fine, I mix the varnish with other materials, it's almost a messy lacquer, and the effect is generally the same. β
Zhang Forget said this, and explained his intentions: "I am out and about, first, I need money, and secondly, I want to repay the kindness of the Yang family, so I want to cooperate with the Yang family to do this red gum lacquer business together." β
Yang Li is different from those scholars who regard money as dung and pretend to be high. He is in charge of the Yang family, and he often has to take care of the food, clothing and housing of the clansmen, and he is not exclusive to money, so after listening to Zhang Wang's proposal, he did not object.
Zhang Forget saw that Yang Li could listen to it, so he continued: "The Yang family has been a big family for hundreds of years, with shops, labor, connections, and background, so there is no need to worry about production and sales, let alone worry about being exploited by the powerful. Therefore, I took advantage of the big deal by cooperating with the Yang family. β
"Without the method of turning stones into gold, what is the use of my Yang clan having an advantage?"
Yang Li disagreed with Zhang Wang's point of view, and said fairly: "You come up with the method of preparation, and the Yang family comes out, and the profit can be halved." β
Buying and selling is a good deal for daily money, but the Yang family has continued for hundreds of years and has not taken this money in their eyes.
Yang Li's eyes were like torches, and he could see at a glance that Zhang Forget needed to make money from this business more than Yang, so he took the initiative to make profits.
The family is different from the merchants, they also do business in order to maintain the family's income, but compared to the merchants, they have a bottom line and value the future more. Being able to make friends with a young man who will surely become famous all over the world in the future, and losing something outside his body is nothing at all.
Zhang Wang stubbornly shook his head: "I only take thirty percent, and one percent of them is used to pay the monthly money and reward money of the Yang craftsman. If my uncle agrees, we make a contract. If the uncle does not agree, the matter will be stopped. β
The lacquer has a pungent smell and is also harmful to the human body, so Zhang forgot to make money and was willing to use the money to compensate those craftsmen.
Yang Li smiled: "How can you talk about business like this?" Pushing your own profits outward, others don't want it. β
Zhang Forget said: "For me, it is not difficult to make money, and I value the friendship with the Huayin Yang family more. And I have a reluctant request that I haven't said. β
Yang Li became interested and asked, "What kind of reluctant invitation, you say come and listen?" β
Zhang Wangdao: "My twenty percent of the income, one of which is one percent, please send my uncle to Guzang County, Wuwei County, Xiliang, Jia Xu Jia Wenhe's home." β
Yang Li let out an "oh" and asked puzzledly: "You are so interested in Na Jia Wenhe, don't you just admire his talents?" Jia Wenhe also saved your life? β
Zhang Wangshu smiled: "This is not true. β
Yang Li asked again: "You owe him a huge amount of money?" β
Zhang Forget shook his head: "This is not either." I just want to worship him as a teacher and send him a bundle in advance. β
"Your bundle is a bit expensive, my nephew Yang Xiu's bundle for his husband is only ten yuan a year. Your annual income of 10% is only a lot more than 1 million dollars. β
Yang Li said with a smile: "Being so respected by you, then Jia Wenhe must be a great talent, if I am not entangled in mundane things, I really can't leave, I want to visit Liangzhou." β
Zhang Forget saw that Yang Li was generous and open-minded, and he was willing to compromise with himself in everything, and he was grateful, and said: "For this red glue matter, I promised Yang Xiu a profit of one million dollars a year. My uncle deducted the money as well, and the rest was my annual benefit. β
Yang Li waved his hand and said: "The 100,000 yuan for buying red glue is from the public account, what does it have to do with my nephew, do you really think that I deducted him for 50 years?" My Yang family has already taken advantage of you too much, and this matter must not be done. β
"Whoever contributes should be rewarded. In this way, there is a chance to cooperate next time. β
Zhang Wang insisted: "Yang Xiu has copied the formula for me these days, and he will help me copy the "Commentary on the Analects" in a few days, which is very hard. This matter of red glue, if he didn't cooperate with it, Bi Yang would not have been so easily fooled. So in this matter, please follow my uncle's words. β
Yang Li had already entered the set and took the initiative to excuse Zhang Wang: "My nephew copied books for you, which can not only adopt your heart and nourish your nature, but also increase your knowledge, this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, and I should thank you." How did it get into your mouth, but it became a favor owed to me Yang? You repay your kindness like this, but you can't repay it in your lifetime. β
Zhang Wangjian couldn't convince Yang Li, so he stopped dwelling on this matter. Yang Xiu's guy is still young, so he won't have a chance to buy it in the future.
A famous talent in history, brilliant in writing, and smart, even Cao Cao's many thoughts can be seen through at a glance, such a person, it is a pity not to take him by his side as a senior assistant.
After finalizing the details of the sale, Zhang forgot to say goodbye to Yang Li and returned to his small courtyard.
It was already dusk, Yang Xiu copied the recipe for the day, and pretended to let the servants support him back to his house to show his hard work. It's a pity that Zhang Forget is not there, and Douzi also ran out of the door, and after a flattery, he threw it to the blind man.
Zhang forgot to turn on the lamp and was drawing drawings of necessary tools such as distillers in the study, when he suddenly remembered something.
Shellac can only be formulated by mixing it with ethanol. And this ethanol actually refers to a high degree of alcohol.
I made a contract to mix the lacquer, and as a result, the recipe for the spirit was also sold, and the sale was a loss.
Zhang Forget thought for a moment and hit Yang Xiu with his idea. The recipe of the liquor is only taught to Yang Xiu alone, and if it is accidentally spread, he will be compensated by himself.
Using the recipe of spirits to exchange Yang Xiu, the current prodigy and future talent, this transaction will not be a loss.
Yang Xiu tossed and turned when he slept at night and woke up several times.
I copied the recipe for a day during the day, and I continued to copy it in my dreams at night, and I couldn't live this day.
The enthusiasm of the people of Huayin County to make a fortune is far beyond Zhang Wang's imagination.
Yang Xiu copied for seven days in a row, and sent out thousands of copies of the recipe for making vinegar, but there was still no hope of liberation.
More and more people came to hear the news, and lined up the two-character long snake array all the way, as if there would never be an end in sight.
There are fewer and fewer people in Huayin County, and there are more and more people in nearby counties.
The county magistrate of Huayin County danced and scolded people in the county office every day, but it was vague, so that people couldn't understand who they were scolding.
In order to prevent the people from inciting the people to riot, and in order to prevent the ruffians from taking advantage of the chaos to sneak and rob, he has sent all the county officials and his own servants out to desperately maintain order in the county.
So the county ordered adults to boil their own water to drink tea, not to mention the embarrassment.
If it weren't for his father-in-law who also went to Yang's house to get a vinegar recipe, he would have gone to drive Zhang Wang out of Huayin County, even if he offended the Yang family for this.
The hardest person in this incident is Yang Xiu, but the one who brushes his fame the most ruthlessly has to count the former little beggar who has lost his teeth, and now the little girl with beans.
Whenever she went out with a bunch of bamboo slips, she would usher in the hoarse cheers of the people, and whenever she sat on the ox cart and gave water to the waiting people one by one, what she gained was the people's heartfelt gratitude and praise.
Douzi was still a little nervous on the first day of work, but on the second day, she was already a lot calmer, and from the third day, she was doing her own thing calmly, and there was a kind of down-and-out generosity that people couldn't help but appreciate between her words and demeanors.
Zhang Forget saw everything in his eyes, and was very pleased, the book is right, people really have to go through things to grow.
Because Xiao Yang Xiu's eyes became more and more resentful, Zhang Wang often hid in the study and did not go out, or drew some messy drawings, or slept on his back, and his life was extremely boring.
At the suggestion of Zhang Wang, Yang bought all the blacksmith shops in the county and wiped out all the blacksmiths in the county. Every day, the blacksmiths receive some messy drawings, and they complain one by one.
As the days passed, Yang Xiu was no longer impetuous, and his expression and demeanor became more and more calm, or numb.
The prestige of the beans is like the sky, the little girl said a word, and hundreds of people ran for the front and back.
The two-character long snake array is getting shorter and shorter, but there are more and more smiles on the faces of the people of Huayin.
Vinegar brewing is not a business that can see profits in a short time, but everything is going according to plan, and sooner or later there will be a harvest. The people saw hope, and they were even more grateful to the people in the Yang family's mansion.
There are businessmen with lively eyes, who see infinite business opportunities, and go to the people's homes one by one, and book the vinegar they will produce in advance.
The people got the deposit and remembered what Xiao Langjun said, "If a good person has no good reward, who in the world will be a good person?" They bought chickens, ducks, fish, oil, salt, coarse cloths and other things, rushed to the door of Yang's house with a fierce attitude, put down their things, turned around and left.
If you receive favors from others but do not want to repay them, is that still a human being? The people of Huayin are never ungrateful.
Zhang Wang's idea of teaching the formula of ethanol to Yang Xiu alone was supported by Yang Li.
When Yang Xiu heard the news when he was copying the book, he suddenly felt that he had nothing to love. One after the other, is there an end? I'm still a kid!
The first batch of varnish came out with stumbling stumbling under the personal participation and guidance of Zhang Wang, after countless failures and experience summarization.
A barrel of varnish mixed with pigment and unspeakable ingredients was sent to the bazaar, where it was snatched by the merchant in exchange for a cart full of copper coins.
The housekeeper was so happy that he shed tears, and sent someone to move the red rubber waste to the warehouse where the copper coins were placed overnight.
Wang Yue looked at the whole thing from beginning to end, and suddenly understood the allusion of LΓΌ Buwei's "strange goods can live" back then.
He was no longer in a hurry to return to Luoyang, but put down his body and let Zhang forget to send him. In his spare time, he also taught Zhang Wang's martial arts without concealment.
So in the courtyard where Zhang Wang lived, there was such a common picture: a pale boy writing hard in front of the stone case, a girl as thin as wheat stalks running back and forth in the house, a sweaty hero dancing with a gun and a sword in the yard, a calm and relaxed teenager lying in the shade of a tree and falling asleep, when he couldn't sleep, he would suddenly jump up, play a nondescript swordsmanship, and then lie down and close his eyes again......
Everything is so intentional and full of harmony.