After raising his body for about half a month, Zhou Yu felt that he was about to gain weight, Mrs. Zhou made the kitchen stew either chicken soup or wolfberry ginseng every day, and the old ginseng in the house were all taken out to supplement Zhou Yu's body, so that Zhou Yu, who would break a dollar in half, had a feeling of nouveau riche, in his previous life, in order to save money to buy a house, pay a down payment, three meals a day, and save money a day. It's really like a dream, Zhou Yu thinks how good it would be to keep going like this!

As soon as his body improved, his father Zhou Xian asked him to practice family marksmanship every day in addition to reading, and occasionally he would go out to Luoyang Street for a few laps, just looking at the prosperous streets of later generations, Luoyang City at this time made him feel so bored, and he didn't even have a place to play. Even if you want to go up to the city wall to take a look, the entire Luoyang City is guarded by the Yulin Army. Unless his father comes forward, he really can't even go up the city wall, and he will be on fire when he thinks about it! After all, he can be regarded as a good young man in later generations, and he can't get along in ancient times?

So after Zhou Yu's dream of being the second generation of officials was shattered, he began to plan his own rise road, there is a good saying called "soldiers and horses are not moved food and grass first", it is a truth with designing games by yourself, at least you have a rough plan first, first of all, you must have money to form your own forces, and money can not only fill your stomach but also feed people loyal to you, he clearly knows that he has no overlord spirit, as long as he is trembling, he can let what strategists and generals put into his command, From the beginning, you have to have money in your own hands. At this time, Zhou Yu only has monthly pocket money as capital, so what does he plan to do to make money first?

"Young master, you see these are some fruits I bought outside, can you taste them?"

Zhou Yu was in a daze, and Zhou An walked over with a basket of fruits. There were apples, pears, and hawthorns in the basket, and Zhou Yu saw that these fruits suddenly lit up, and there was a way!

"Zhou An, come here! Is there any such fruit left? I need a lot, a fresh one—" Zhou Yu said, pointing to the hawthorn inside the basket.

"Young master, this kind of hawthorn is the most in this season at the moment, and it is all fresh. What do you want a lot of hawthorn for? In addition to being used as a part of the medicinal herb, hawthorn is rarely eaten because it is too sour! Only those who are pregnant like it the most! Zhou An looked at Zhou Yu with a strange look, could it be that the young master was sick again? Since waking up that time, the young master seems to have changed as a person, it can't be that the skull is broken......

Feeling Zhou An's gaze change from a puzzled gaze to a pity gaze, Zhou Yu instantly thought of what Zhou An meant? jumped up and directly gave Zhou An a slap in the head: "What do you want?" Do you think that your young master's skull is broken, and he eats something that women eat? I see that you usually don't study well, although the hawthorn is sour, but it quenches thirst, eats and appetizes, go and do things for me! ”

"Hey...... No, no, the little one definitely didn't think so? How much are you going to buy, young master? Although Zhou An was slapped by Zhou Yu, he didn't have much strength, knowing that the young master was joking with himself, but how the young master was like a roundworm in a person's stomach, he knew everything.

"No, I see that your kid is secretly laughing at me, young master, right? Hum! This is my pocket money this month, young master, you go out and buy me more hawthorn, and more white sugar, by the way, ask the kitchen to make me a small stove in the yard, and then set up a big iron pot for me, go quickly——! "Zhou Yu thought about it and wanted to do it immediately, what is the fastest money in the future, that is, to do business and sell food, as long as there are people in the place where there will be to buy and eat, the snacks of the later generations are varied, even a piece of tofu can make you thirty dishes, which is called the tofu feast.

"Okay, young master! The little ones will do it right away! Zhou An was not sloppy with Zhou Yu, so he took the money and ran out.

Zhou Yu removed a few arrow handles in the yard, as well as haystacks, and put them on the ground. Then he took a few sticks, wrapped the stacks of straw and arrows around them, and tied them tightly with straw ropes. He found an axe and a dagger, squatted in the courtyard and brought the bamboo poles for drying clothes at home, and split the bamboo poles into one by one, and used the dagger to cut the bamboo strips into slender bamboo sticks. Zhou Yu's idea is to make a rock sugar gourd for future generations to dig the first pot of gold in his life. According to his idea, starting with business, there are less than three years left in the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which is relatively stable compared to various places, and it is a good opportunity for the development of business.

Zhou Yu asked Zhou An to find some subordinates to help set up a stove in the courtyard, put an iron pot, and put the sugar in the pot to melt. The sweet smell filled the entire courtyard, and the people in the house gathered in a circle to look at the busy Zhou Yu.

"What are you doing here?" Mrs. Zhou was also attracted by the sweet smell, and when she saw a group of people gathered in the middle of the courtyard, she asked loudly.

"Madam, it's the young master who is making things with Zhou An, and the slaves and maids have just arrived!" The subordinates made way for Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Zhou saw that Zhou Yu was dipping a string of hawthorns in the pot, and then inserted them in the haystack next to her, and Zhou An was squatting on the ground with a bamboo skewer to wear the hawthorn.

The more Mrs. Zhou went forward, the sweeter it became, she couldn't think of what Zhou Yu was doing, what was she doing with the hawthorns in a bunch?

"Yu'er, what are you doing here? Nonsense, how can you cook? Let your dad know how he cleans you up. Mrs. Zhou took a hard breath, it was too fragrant.

"Mother is here, you wait a minute! It's going to be done right away, so let it be cold and ready to eat. Zhou Yu was holding the fire, looking at the few hawthorn skewers left on the ground, he turned around and said a word to Mrs. Zhou, and continued to do his sugar gourd business. During this period of time, Zhou Yu also accepted Mrs. Zhou's young relatives in her heart, and when she spoke, she became more and more smooth.

This kid! Mrs. Zhou could only smile slightly, and shook her head helplessly, she also wanted to see what this child was going to do?

In about half an hour, the five haystacks made by Zhou Yu in the yard were full of sugar gourds, and the red ground was very beautiful.

"Come on! Mother, try a bunch! Zhou An, send each of them a string to taste. Zhou Yu took a string and handed it to Mrs. Zhou.

"Yu'er, isn't this a hawthorn? When my mother was pregnant with you, I didn't eat less, but now I can sour my my teeth when I think about it, so I don't eat it! Mother is afraid of acid! When Mrs. Zhou thought of eating a lot of hawthorn at the beginning, she couldn't eat sour for several years, and she felt that her teeth were sore when she saw it.

"Mother, you can taste it, I guarantee that it will be absolutely delicious!"

Looking at Zhou Yu's earnest look, Mrs. Zhou tried to take a bite, but there was a refreshing sweetness and sourness. Not only Mrs. Zhou, but also the people in the courtyard were all unsatisfied, and they were so delicious.

Seeing such an effect, Zhou Yu was very satisfied, the price of goods in this era was still very cheap, hawthorn cost fifteen yuan, and sugar cost five yuan, that is to say, the cost was twenty yuan. The price of a bunch of sugar gourds is two cents, and the remaining sugar gourds are about two hundred strings, and the profit if they are all sold is still very considerable.

In the evening, Zhou Yu was called to the study by his father Zhou Xian: "Yu'er, today I heard from your mother that you made this sugar gourd, and you made so much?" Why is that? ”

There was also half a sugar gourd on Zhou Xian's desk, which had obviously just been eaten and placed on the desk before Zhou Yu came in.

"Father, my son wants to let these sugar gourds go out to sell tomorrow, according to Er's estimates, once the sugar gourds are sold in Luoyang, they will be popular for a while, and then we can have a large income." Zhou Yu happily said his idea, and he didn't see Zhou Xian with an iron face at all.

In the feudal era, the hierarchy of scholars and farmers was strict, and for a long time, the profession of a merchant was considered to be the lowest profession, and the scholar was longed for and looked up to.

"Shut up! Yu'er, isn't it good for you to study and practice martial arts? Why do you suddenly want to be a merchant, what do you want to buy? If you are short of money, just tell your mother directly, don't do a good job as a businessman! Yu'er, do you understand? Since the last time Zhou Yu broke the bureau set up by the DPRK and the central government, he felt that his son had matured, and selling sugar gourds seemed like children's things, but once he embarked on the road of a businessman, the child's life would be over.

"Father, don't be impatient! Yu'er understands that in the end, it depends on talent and fame, but her father knows that those who want to achieve great things must have a big picture. First of all, it is not enough to rely on the wealth and land of the imperial court, but also money! Whether it is the current eunuch or the general, they need money to captivate soldiers and horses, and if they want to rise, money and talents are indispensable. The father does not have to worry, the son will choose a reliable agent to take the business path for the son. It's like some of our own money-making industries, don't our families also rely on this to subsidize their families? Zhou Yu knew that the Zhou family had been officials for several generations and could be regarded as an official family, and he could not accept that the only heir of the Zhou family would not be a good official, but would go to a career full of copper smell and no future. The official eunuch family must not only maintain their own high level, but also secretly make a lot of money, otherwise the officialdom will not be all money?

"Alright! I can't help my father, I hope I don't destroy my future! Let my father go to see his ancestors without saying a word after a hundred years! ”

Zhou Yu has some things to say, the current people are loyal to the Han Dynasty, if he accumulates strength to meet the coming of the troubled times, then he will definitely be beaten to death by Zhou Xian! People's minds will slowly change with the direction of history.