As soon as he heard that he was going to the house of a rich businessman, He Yuanxiao's legs trembled: "Erya'er, I can't do it, I really can't do it, I'm just a peddler walking the streets and alleys, and I've never dealt with these nobles!" Can't you ask Luo Niangzi for someone? ”

"What are you worried about?" Tang Shijin said as he walked: "I'm not afraid of a little girl, what are you afraid of as a big man?" Who is born with the ability to do anything, and can't go to school! You don't have to worry, you just follow me, no matter what happens, you will stand up straight for me, and I will take care of the rest! ”

He Lantern Festival: "......"

But my legs are weak! I can't stand up straight!

Soon arrived at Zheng's mansion.

The porter was polite, although she was a child and her clothes were shabby, and she didn't scold, but said, "What's the matter with you?" Can you have a famous post? ”

Tang Shijin was even more determined in his heart.

The attitude of the subordinates also represents the attitude of the master to a large extent, and this Zheng Qingyuan seems to follow the route of Corporal Lixian.

Tang Shijin stepped forward directly and stuffed a piece of broken silver into the past: "My surname is Tang, and I annoyed the little brother to report it, only saying that I have something about the Cheng Family School, and I want to talk about it with the master of your mansion." ”

The porter didn't want her to be a little girl, but she was so upright and quite generous, and she couldn't help but be surprised.

He looked at her again and said, "Okay." Then you wait. ”

He went in to report, and after a while, he invited her in, and He Yuanxiao followed anxiously.

In the flower hall, a young man stood up.

Zheng Qingyuan looks to be in his twenties, slender and long, wearing a brocade robe, probably smiling a lot on weekdays, with some laugh lines at the corners of his eyes and mouth, but his eyes are sharp and calm, and he is obviously not a really good-tempered person.

He stood with his hands in his hands, not to greet him, but not to sit down, which was a good attitude for a child.

Tang Shijin met his gaze, saluted sharply, and said, "Tang Er has seen Boss Zheng. ”

He Yuanxiao held three boxes, and followed forward in a panic, a mess of etiquette, Zheng Qingyuan's eyes swept past him, He Yuanxiao's face was red, and he only felt that he had lost people to Tang Shijin.

But Zheng Qingyuan didn't say anything, only nodded, and returned the salute perfunctorily: "Who are you?" ”

Tang Shijin said generously: "I am a villager from a nearby village, surnamed Tang. Boss Zheng just called me Xiao Tang. I took the liberty to disturb today because I wanted to ask Boss Zheng to see something. ”

She directly returned her hand, took the box in He Yuanxiao's hand, put it on the table, and then opened it one by one to show him.

The backpack is roughly according to the backpack style of later generations, the base is thickened, the shoulder straps are also widened, and the upper hand is held with a detachable rainproof oil thickness, which is usually tied, and can be pulled down when it rains, covering the backpack, and at the same time, there is also a chest strap that can be tied at the front, and there is also an adjustment belt around the waist, and a bamboo cup has been placed in the side pocket on one side.

Zheng Qingyuan also had some vision, and when he saw it, he was very interested, took it and looked at it carefully, and said, "This is for scholars?" ”

"Exactly," Tang Shijin opened the following two and let him see: "This one is slightly simpler, and the following one is more delicate and practical." ”

Zheng Qingyuan looked at it carefully and pondered for a long time: "What is the purpose of you asking me to see this?" ”

Tang Shijin smiled slightly and bowed his hand to him slightly: "Aunt Tang said it in vain, if there is anything inappropriate, please don't be surprised by Boss Zheng." ”

He raised an eyebrow: "Naturally." ”

Tang Shijin said: "The local Cheng family school was established by the ancestors of the Cheng family, and it has been raised by the Cheng family for decades. This matter should not be forced, so that Mr. Zheng, you have contributed money and efforts, but you have made wedding clothes for others. ”

Zheng Qingyuan raised his eyebrows directly, but did not speak, only lowered his head and drank tea slowly.

Tang Shijin continued: "It has never been the most difficult to please the literati, far away, not close, and it is also difficult to come to Boss Zheng, so Tang Mou's thing, isn't it to solve Boss Zheng's urgent need?" As far as I know, the Zheng family is also in the business of the four treasures of the study, so Boss Zheng might as well prepare a tube of ink ingots and put them here,"

She lifted the schoolbag and pointed to the other side pocket, "Schoolbag bamboo cup, we only seek wealth, not fame, so this ready-made name is the Zheng family, it looks inconspicuous, but it is a daily thing, compared to the elegance of the old show, doesn't it seem to be sincere?" Pleasing the literati? ”

Zheng Qingyuan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said after a while: "Not necessarily!" ”

After only saying two words, he didn't say anything more, only shook his head slightly.

This person is very cautious and will not say such things in front of strangers.

Tang Shijin looked at his face and instantly understood: "Boss Zheng, with all due respect, what you did before was too direct, too utilitarian, and it was not nice to say, and if you want to call yourself a benefactor, you will naturally make these literati hate and reject, and these people do accept your affection, and you can't deny it, so you can only secretly reprimand a copper smell, you put on this hat, so everything you do is copper smelly, yes or no?" ”

Zheng Qingyuan raised his eyebrows and looked at her fixedly for a long time, Tang Shijin met his gaze, and his smile did not even change.

Then he lowered his eyes without saying a word.

Tang Shijin is also slightly eyelashed.

Because the rumors can't be believed after all, she also thought that what Zheng Qingyuan did might also be clumsy, but looking at his performance, it was obviously not.

Her words were smoother: "But Boss Zheng, why is it difficult to break this situation?" As I said, what you did before was too direct, so these people picked up the bowl and put it down...... Ahem......"

She deliberately pretended to be a gaffe, revealing a little contempt for literati, the corners of Zheng Qingyuan's mouth hooked slightly, and his expression couldn't help but relax a little.

Then she continued: "In short, in the hearts of these people, you are a copper-smelling merchant with a lust for profit...... So the first thing we have to do is whitewash. ”

Zheng Qingyuan asked: "Whitewashing? ”

"Exactly."

"How to whitewash?"

"There are many ways, such as ......" Tang Shijin straightened his expression and said in a thick voice: "Don't hide it from you, Zheng once had a close friend, and Zheng met when he was a teenager, Zheng has not learned since he was a child, my friend, but he is a fast reader, he knows ten, when he was young and frivolous, he also repeatedly said to me, if one day the Toad Palace will be crowned......"

She showed a tearful smile, "But I don't want to, my ambition has not been achieved, but I died young, every time Zheng thinks about it, I feel devastated, I think I am just a businessman, full of copper smell, living in vain, and he is amazing, but he has already returned to the loess ......"

Zheng Qingyuan was surprised at first, his eyes widened, and then his gaze changed, obviously he had already moved.

Tang Shijin didn't play any further, she turned her head and said: "If the literati want to show their high status, you can praise them; If you are too attentive, you will be despised, and you give them a reason. In short, do what you like, suppress first and then promote, the more you have been scolded, and the more guilty you will be after knowing the 'truth'...... Boss Zheng, you say, am I right? ”

There was silence in the room.

Zheng Qingyuan suddenly stood up, and scolded with crossed eyebrows: "You kid doesn't know anything!" I truly respect the scholars, how can I deceive them with smallpox! What you say may not be too villainous! ”