"It's all the damn civil officials who say that the farmers and businessmen are harmful, who is so rare to be an official, being a corrupt official is scolded, being a clean official is poor to death, and being excluded, all kinds of intrigues, I feel a headache when I think about it." Zheng Chen ran out of the kitchen when he saw Zheng Xu getting angry and came to the yard to talk to himself.

Half an hour later, the meals were ready, Zheng Chen unceremoniously took the dishes and chopsticks and ate them directly, Zheng Xu's face still did not improve, Zheng Chen could only choose to ignore it.

After eating, Zheng Xu said to Zheng Chen: "Little brother, tell me honestly, did you encounter anything unhappy in the academy." ”

"No one embarrassed me, it's true that I'm unhappy, but it's not because someone in the academy bullied me, but I figured it out." Zheng Chen pretended to be compassionate.

"Figured out what? Why do you sigh? Zheng Xu didn't get angry this time.

"Second brother, let me ask you, if I am in high school and end up as an official, do you want me to be a corrupt official or a clean official?" Zheng Chen asked Zheng Xu rhetorically.

"Of course, it is a clean official who is the master of the people." Zheng Xu replied to Zheng Chen without thinking about it.

"Qing official? Now that corrupt officials are in power, there is no good end for those who are clean officials, and you don't know it, second brother. Zheng Chen sighed again.

Zheng Xu thought of a few good officials who asked for their lives for the people, it seems that none of them ended up very well, they were relegated to some bitter cold places, and they died in depression, and one was degraded and finally died on the road.

In the end, he only got a reputation, and his family was miserable after his death, and he didn't know how to answer Zheng Chen for a while.

"Second brother, although being an official can be exempted from paying taxes, he is easily pulled down without a backer, and finally becomes nothing.

For example, those corrupt officials annexed the people's land, and during the famine, they also united with the big families to raise the price of food and force the people to sell their land, and finally became tenants and were exploited by those big families.

The people are miserable, I don't know how many people will starve to death every year, who is the official to take care of? Those who want to manage don't have that ability.

After figuring it out, I decided to give up my plan to be an official, run a business, make more money, and do my best to help more people. Zheng Chen flickered.

"Don't tell me those big truths, anyway, if you want to give up studying, you can't." Although Zheng Xu felt that what Zheng Chen said was very reasonable, he couldn't care so much, so he only admitted death and let Zheng Chen continue to study.

"Second brother, do you want to fight a bachelor for the rest of your life? I'm going to take the township exam, as well as the general exam, the provincial exam, the palace exam, and it's very good to be able to win a lift without a backer, and by that time you will all be old.

What's the use of just lifting people? Delayed the two of you, who will give us the Zheng family to inherit the lineage? Zheng Chen knows that people in this era are passing on the family lineage in addition to the fact that they value reading, so it should be useful to take this as an example.

Zheng Xu was a little hesitant when it came to the succession of the lineage, the succession of the lineage is a big deal, and he is not too old, many people who are the same age as him can run and jump, and if the younger brother is delayed, it will be even more difficult to marry a wife, and he was dismissed this time because he got along with a maid, and he also complained a little in his heart, Zheng Xu had to agree to give it a try.

persuaded Zheng Xu that Zheng Chen needed to consider what business to do, and he had no money to make money, so he finally decided to make soap.

"Second brother, I'll go buy some lard and some spices later..."

It is not difficult to make soap, animal fat and hardwood ash will do, and spices are just to add fragrance.

"What do you want lard for?" Zheng Xu asked puzzled.

"I'll tell you when you buy it, it's about our money-making plan." Zheng Chen didn't bother to explain, otherwise he would definitely have a lot of questions to ask himself next.

"Oh, good... So how much should I buy? Zheng Xu didn't ask what he needed lard for, but he didn't know how much to buy, so he had to ask clearly.

"Let's buy ten catties first, and you can buy some spices." Zheng Chen hasn't found a market yet, so he needs to save some money to live.

Zheng Xu packed up the dishes and chopsticks and washed them and went out, Zheng Chen found a good hardwood to burn, and then went to make a mold...

It only took an hour for Zheng Xu to run back sweating profusely, and Zheng Chen asked him to take a break and come over to help.

"Little brother, why do you make so many boxes? And what do you burn that wood for? Zheng Xu asked while helping.

"You'll know at night, I can't explain it to you right now." Zheng Chen knew that if he wanted his ears to be pure, he couldn't explain it to him.

The two brothers spent the afternoon making hundreds of molds for shaping the soap and a dozen or so simple boxes.

After dinner, Zheng Chen began to make soap, boiled the oil, then poured in the white ash and stirred, and finally added spices, and stopped the fire after forming a paste.

After the fire stops, stir for a while, and when the temperature drops down somewhat, scrape it with a spoon and pour it into the mold, and when it cools, it will solidify into soap.

Zheng Xu couldn't hold it back, so he had to ask while helping: "Little brother, what are these things you made, will you eat bad people?" We can't do things that lack virtue. ”

Fortunately, he had the foresight, and when he started the production, he told Zheng Xu in advance not to talk, so as not to disturb his previous efforts, otherwise he would definitely ask this and that.

Now he couldn't help but Zheng Chen could only explain: "Second brother, this is not for eating, this is for bathing and washing hands, it is much easier to use than soaphorn, the smell is fragrant, and there is no unpleasant smell of soaphorn." ”

"What you say is true? I'll give it a try..."Zheng Xu wanted to try it after speaking, but was stopped by Zheng Chen.

"Second brother, you can't use it now, you can try again when it gets cold, and you don't have to ask about the rest." In order to prevent him from asking any further, Zheng Chen had to ask him not to ask in advance.

Zheng Xu knew that he was stupid, so he didn't ask more, anyway, he could do his duty.

In the end, I got more than 100 soaps the size of a baby's fist, Zheng Xu and other soaps cooled and formed and tried it, and it was really effective, not only washed relatively cleanly, but also with a fragrance.

"Little brother, it's really better than soaphorn, and it's definitely no problem to sell it for fifty yuan."

Looking at Zheng Xu's excited appearance, Zheng Chen was speechless, only fifty Wen was happy to be like this, isn't that the same price as soap horns? Zheng Chen doesn't plan to sell it cheaply.

So Zheng Chen said to Zheng Xu: "Second brother, this may be sold so cheaply, a piece will be sold for at least 500 Wen, this is a soap that is better than soap horns, and more durable than soap horns, I feel a loss when it sells for 500 Wen." ”

"Five... Five hundred texts? This... Will anyone want it? And the cost of more than 100 yuan is only 300 yuan, so you don't need to sell it so expensive. Zheng Xu was startled when he heard Zheng Chen say that it would sell 500 yuan a piece, according to 500 yuan a piece, the 100 yuan of soap would be 50,000 yuan.

Consistent money is equal to 1,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan is 50 yuan, you must know that you only work for others for two yuan a month, and you are tired and tired.