Chapter 31: The Peaceful General's Mansion
Huiyou Bookstore Neitang Book Club, this is a place for Jia Cong and his younger brothers to learn to copy books by themselves, as well as to discuss affairs.
It was a crisp autumn day and the weather was quite pleasant.
After school, Jia Cong beckoned a group of younger brothers to meet here, planning to make a summary of the affairs of the previous month or so, and by the way, send the rewards for selling books.
More than 150 copies of "Young Heroes" were sold in a month, and the bookstore still sells several copies a day.
After deducting the labor and material costs of engraving, as well as the cost of paper and printing, a total profit of eighty taels of silver was made.
Regardless of the era, the added value of cultural products is quite amazing.
"Everyone has worked hard this month!"
Jia Cong was not polite, took out twenty taels of silver, distributed it according to the contribution of the younger brothers, and sent it on the spot, which immediately caused a burst of cheers.
Five or six half-sized children, the least can take two taels, which is not a small amount.
Jia Yun, who had the greatest credit, was rewarded with five taels of silver at one time, and he was immediately happy, and his heart was excited and he couldn't wait for Yue Yue to be like this.
Five taels of silver is enough for him and his mother to live a well-off life, of course, it can only last for a month or two, and he will not be so bad.
"Boss, we don't have to copy books in the future, right?"
When the excitement passed, Jia Yun said directly: "There is not much money to exchange for copying books, and it takes a lot of time and energy!" ”
The rest of the younger brothers were in high spirits and looked at the boss Jia Cong.
If there is an easier way to make money, they naturally don't like the time-consuming and laborious mode of copying books, which is human nature.
"Stop dreaming!"
Jia Cong laughed and scolded, directly interrupting the dreams of the younger brothers: "The matter of "Young Hero" has come to an end, there is no need to go through any more efforts to promote, the shipments in the future will be stable for a period of time, and then slowly decline!" ”
Speaking of this, he glanced at the younger brothers and said with a smile: "Before the new book comes out, you don't have any side work, it's better to copy books honestly to make money, at least that kind of work is stable and stable, and it can also consolidate your memory of the Four Books and Five Classics!" ”
The younger brothers sighed for a while, but Jia Yun didn't make a fuss, and asked directly: "Boss, when will your next book come out?" ”
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted everyone's attention, not only the younger brothers, but also the guys at the Huiyou bookstore couldn't help but prick up their ears.
It's not that they suddenly changed their temperament, but that their interests are moving.
This time, the storybook of "Young Heroes" got off to a good start, and Jia Cong also gave a total of ten taels of silver to the guys in the bookstore and printing workshop, which is quite a lot.
"The story is already there, don't be too eager, take your time!"
Jia Cong smiled and said, "You can't delay your studies!" ”
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Although he made a lot of momentum outside, Jia Cong was as low-key as ever in the General's Mansion and did not cause the slightest wave.
In other words, the people of Rongguo Mansion are also eccentric.
Behind closed doors, he is self-reliant and rather slow to respond to outside news.
But their gossip about the house was spread with relish, and it didn't take long for it to spread outside the house, and it became the talk of residents in the area of Ningrong Street after tea and dinner.
Not only did the people of Rongguo Mansion not have the slightest bad thoughts, but they even enjoyed it proudly.
Jia Cong sometimes feels ridiculous, haven't they heard the old lady and the phrase 'if the king is not secret, he will lose his minister, and if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body'?
Fortunately, Rongguofu has gradually fallen behind from the circle of top elites, and its influence on the imperial court has declined even more, otherwise the big mouth of the people in the mansion can make Rongguofu doomed.
This is a good thing for Jia Cong.
The people in the mansion have the same opinion of him as always, they are all inconspicuous concubines of the General Mansion of the Great House, and they can't get into their eyes at all.
Even if Jia Cong has now become a familiar face in the main courtyard of the General's Mansion, it has not improved his impression in the hearts of the people in the Mansion.
Jia Cong is happy to be idle, swaggering to eat and drink, and is exercising his body all the time through the technique of breathing and breathing.
Compared with a few months ago, he was a little taller now, almost crossing the ring three, and the kid was very depressed.
With his size and physical fitness at this time, he was even better than the twelve or thirteen-year-old boys of the peasant family.
In order to avoid being too shocking, he did not enhance the combat power of his fists and feet according to the inner fist training method of the main world's memory, let alone play the outer door kung fu to become muscle bumps, but ordinary joints, muscles and bones, all hidden in ordinary life.
But that's the case, his strength at this time, as well as his physical qualities in all aspects, are also quite amazing.
At the age of eight, he was quite satisfied with such an achievement.
Besides, General Dafang's Mansion has been rare in the past six months.
The eldest man is still drunk and dreaming of death, and every day he is either messing around in the yard of the little wife, or on the way to the little wife's boudoir.
His temper was as violent as ever, and he always bumped into a few 'little animals, sheng' angrily, as if it were not enough to show his authority.
Mrs. Xing didn't get any benefits in front of the eldest master, and from time to time there were favored concubines who took the initiative to make provocative remarks, if they were put in the past, they would always make a little noise and become the laughing stock of the entire Rongguo Mansion.
But the situation has changed suddenly in the past six months, and when she encounters such a thing in the past, she will definitely be depressed for a few days, and then the next mother-in-law will be unlucky.
At that time, if Jia Cong dared to take the initiative to shake his head, he would definitely have a terrible scolding, and in the end he would have to be grounded.
But the current situation is different, Mrs. Xing, who has always been greedy for money, is busy making flower dew to make money, and she doesn't have the heart to pay attention to the of the General's Mansion.
Even if a favored eldest lord and concubine take the initiative to provoke, they will be angry and reprimanded, and they don't have the heart to deal with it at all.
The eldest lord was dissatisfied with her to vent, but Mrs. Xing simply treated her as a wooden person and did not respond, and after one or two times, the eldest master lost interest and rarely talked to Mrs. Xing in the future.
If it had been in the past, Mrs. Xing would have thought that the sky was about to fall.
Right now, she is full of money, and she is constantly urging her cousin Xing Zhong, who came from Jinling, to increase the production of flower dew, so that she can sell it to Jiangnan through Lin Ruhai's relationship, how can she bother with anything else?
As Jia Cong predicted before, the secret of flower dew production has been exposed, and in a short period of time, there are many more workshops in the capital to make flower dew, and the price of flower dew on the market is declining at a visible rate to the naked eye.
Madame Xing was depressed and anxious, and she was desperate to expand the production and scale frantically, and she didn't care that the method of making the flower dew might be leaked on a large scale, and she made up her mind to push the profits of this hammer trade to the highest point.
In this way, without her 'unstable factor', the Dafang General's Mansion is naturally very peaceful, but it arouses the curiosity of the second room and the old lady, and I heard that there is no less temptation and provocation when I am in Rongqing Hall......