Hou Cheng wanted to hear that Shen Mu intended to do the tea business, but he didn't expect to let himself preside over the business again. He didn't know anything about how to sell tea.

Hou Chengdao: "Mr. Shen, I think it's better to let those two scholars do it." I'm afraid...... It's hard to do it yourself!"

Shen Mu said: "Not bad. You are indeed incompetent! Otherwise, you should go back to Yiqimen tomorrow to report, Brother Xiao Ma is short of people, so you can take care of it if you go. ”

Hou Cheng hurriedly said: "Don't mind, Mr. Shen, I know, I'll go to study tomorrow." You can rest assured...... When the store opens next year, I won't let you down......"

Compared with running a horse with Ma Linzi and being a shopkeeper in the city, it is simply comfortable not to want it.

Shen Mu said softly: "Hou Cheng, we have today's achievements, everyone's credit is not small, our brothers, without anyone's efforts, there will be no good situation today." I'm not trying to punish you for anything, but if you have too much craft, no matter what you do in the future, you won't be hungry. As a person, you can't always take care of the things in front of you and want to be long-term. You are smarter and more flexible than Lu Laosan. That's why I've entrusted this important task to you. ”

The so-called merger of rewards and punishments is probably this practice. Shen Mu knew that with these people, simple intimidation or sweet words would not be used, but it would be a combination of grace and power.

Hou Cheng was ashamed in his heart, knowing what Shen Mu was referring to, he bowed his head and knelt down again and again to thank him. Shen Mu helped him up, ordered him to do the work first, and called Guo Gao and the others in.

After the two of them sat down, Shen Mucai said, "Brother Guo, Brother Gao, are you two still used to it in Yinzhuang?"

Gao Jintao said: "Mr. Lao is worried, the two of us have been here for more than a month, and we haven't caused trouble to Mr. Shen, which is a great luck!"

Shen Mu said: "Are you familiar with the operation mode of this silver village?"

Guo Wenyuan said: "I probably already know." There are still some details, and I was thinking that Mr. Shen was free and could give some advice. ”

Shen Mu said: "In fact, I am not familiar with the details of this business, but I know that the business in the world cannot produce one "integrity" and one "novelty". That's why I thought about setting up such a silver village. If there is any problem that you don't understand, we can go back and communicate carefully. However, at the moment, I am looking for two of you because I want to ask them for help. ”

The two looked at each other, they were here to seek refuge in Shen Mu, why did he have something to ask for him?

Gao Jintao said: "Mr. Shen, if there is anything, just ask me." ”

Shen Mu said: "These two things are not difficult, the first one is to ask you to do it, Senior Brother." I thought that I couldn't just stick to one way to do business, otherwise it would be too easy to be targeted. So I went to Newport to inspect the salt business. Now that the opportunity is ripe, I want to take over a salt mine and start the official salt business. ”

Gao Jintao groaned: "Since ancient times, salt and iron have returned to the public, and this business is not easy to do. ”

Shen Mu said: "The more this is the case, the more profitable it is." What we need to do is not private salt, but a regular salt road. From salt production, salt production, to sales, we all do it ourselves! In this way, I need someone who is familiar with the salt mine business to arrange and take care of it. And brother, your ancestors were engaged in salt mines, and they are most familiar with the process of this door, and most of the people in the old salt port are familiar with you. With you helping me do this, I will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Gao Jintao said: "I'm afraid that the state government will not agree to this matter." Now that the Xingang salt industry has matured, how could they let outsiders meddle in this matter. ”

Shen Mu said: "It's up to me to convince the state government." The state government can't come forward in person for everything, and with us as middlemen, it will save them trouble. As long as we pay the taxes that should be paid and the rules that should be obeyed, it will not be a problem. Brother Gao promised to take over the salt farm business, and Shen would arrange other things. ”

Gao Jintao was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that his ancestor started out of a salt mine, and no one in the entire township near the old salt port knew the gate of his Gao family. Later, due to the abandonment of the salt mine, the power of the family gradually declined, and he had to move to other places to make a living.

If he can take this opportunity, revive the ancestral industry and glorify the lintel. It was a beautiful thing from heaven. At that time, the ancestors and the ancestors will be happy to close their mouths under the nine springs.

Gao Jintao said excitedly: "If this is really the case, I will definitely try my best to cooperate with Mr. Shen." ”

Shen Mu nodded and continued: "This second thing is for Brother Guo to do. At the beginning of spring, I want to hold a poetry conference, the theme of the conference is "tea", with the theme of "tea", write poems and songs, and those who can enter the top ten can get one hundred taels of silver, and those who enter the top three will receive three hundred taels. Whoever wins the first prize will be rewarded with five hundred taels. All the literati students who participated in this conference will be reimbursed by my Fuchao Yinzhuang for their round-trip food and lodging. I would like to ask Brother Guo to write a notice to contact hundreds of millions of students around the world to participate in this conference. ”

Guo Wenyuan said: "Mr. Shen wants to meet friends with literature?"

Shen Mu said: "This ...... In fact, Shen Mu wants to do things that are indeed related to tea, but there is too little ink in his stomach...... I have no choice but to help you students who are full of poetry and books!"

Guo Wenyuan hurriedly said: "Mr. Shen is too modest. This matter is not difficult to do, and there are no less than hundreds of Yunzhao Academies, most of which have contacts. All you need to do is ask the Master to come forward and inform the other academies about such a grand event, and it will be done. It's just that some places are far away, and I'm afraid that I'm in a hurry!"

Shen Mu said: "You don't have to know everything in the world, it's best to know all about it in the West Mountain Road." He paused for a moment, and then said, "Shen Mu is worried that the master is unwilling to help, but it will be difficult to do......

Guo Wenyuan said: "This Mr. Shen doesn't have to worry. Meeting friends with texts and essays with "tea" are the best things for college students. What's more, the five states of Xishan have not held such a grand event for many years, and I remember that the last time the Spring Party of Writing and Writing was five years ago! The master often wanted to hold such a grand event, but he was suffering from the lack of opportunities and enough silver taels. If Mr. Shen is willing to contribute, the master will definitely not refuse. ”

Shen Mu said: "This is very good, money is not a problem, I am afraid that money will not be able to buy real talents, if there is a master to help, it will be even better." ”

Shen Mu bowed to Guo Gao slightly and said, "In this way, it will bother the two of you." ”

Where could Guo Gao and the others afford to bow to Shen Mu, and returned the salute again and again.

Shen Mu asked the account office to pay some silver, gave Guo Gao and the others a plate, and sent the two out of Dingzhou Mansion before returning to Yiqimen alone.

Somewhere at the same time.

This is a Taoist courtyard, the door plaque of the Taoist courtyard is still there, and on the plaque covered with dust, three big characters are carved "Shang Lingzhai".

Zero in Taoism refers to Tai Chi, the "nothing" of nothingness, it is chaos, but also mixed elements, innate one Qi, mixed yuan one Qi, is the most mysterious and incredible state at the beginning of the avenue. Zero is a number that repeats itself, if there is a circle, there is no beginning and no end, everything from nothing to something, is related to zero.

However, Shang Lingzhai really embodied zero vividly, a dilapidated wooden building, the roof of the wooden building is almost gone, and the sunlight shines through, mottled and mottled. An incense burner is placed in the center of the wooden building, and there is no incense in the incense burner, and the precipitated incense ash has solidified into a block, just like a dry river, and there has been no rain for a long time.

The incense burner was already covered with patina, and the piles of stones were piled up behind the incense burner, like children pretending to be homes, and they were stacked in a messy wooden building.

Ning Han's carriage stopped outside the temple, and he slid the four-wheeled cart alone into "Shang Lingzhai"

He looked around and said in his heart: I am afraid that this place has been abandoned for a long time, and perhaps the owner of Shang Lingzhai has already escaped into the red dust. It seems that he is still a step too late.

What kind of Tao to cultivate, what kind of immortal to practice, it is better to make a fuss in the rolling red dust and leave quietly.

Before a person dies, he must leave something in this world.

It's like these piles of rocks, disorganized, but there is always a meaning to exist. After all, someone used to pile them up here, either to pass the time, or just for fun.

Ning Han still wanted to give it a try, he clasped his fists and raised his voice: "Hunting empty gun Ning Han, ask to see Mr. Wuwu." ”

No one answered......

'Meow', out of nowhere, a wild cat, gray hair, light blue eyes, blazing, stared at Ning Han.

'What a cute cat. ’

Ning Han took out a piece of beef jerky from his satchel, thick beef jerky, such dry food is the best accompaniment to alcohol addiction.

'Meow', the gray cat bent down and stopped in front of the jerky, very agile and silent. The pads of flesh under its feet perfectly eliminate the sound of this jump. I sniffed it, and the delicious food should be the food it has never tasted.

It rubbed the tip of its nose against the beef jerky, and with another 'meow', it opened its mouth and licked its tongue on the jerky.

After confirming that it was a good delicacy, the gray cat began to feast. It bites at the jerky, uses its sharp teeth, and eats with a 'whining' sound.

Ning Han smiled, he smiled like this, and the gray cat in front of him suddenly turned into a cloud of green smoke, which was blown by the wind and disappeared.

What about cats? Ning Han rubbed his eyes, and the most incredible thing in the world happened like this. On the land in front of me, there was only one piece of jerky, without any tooth marks.

The cat, it seems, never appeared.

There was another cat meow in the ears of the 'meow', clear, clear as if the cat was whispering in his ear.

Ning Han glanced around, and in a trance, he saw that the copper tripod was shaking, at first very slowly, and gradually shaking became more and more obvious. It's like being pushed hard.

'Boom', the shaking copper tripod suddenly fell, and the scattered incense ash paved the surface.

Ning Han hurriedly waved his sleeves to sweep away the dust, slid out of the car, and avoided the copper tripod.

Just stopped, and suddenly felt a killing intent behind him, it was a kind of deadly killing intent, which was extremely fierce and silent.

Ning Han didn't dare to slack off, so he made a mistake with both hands and drew a few feet away from the car. He raised his voice and said, "Your Excellency is that senior?"

No one answered, it seemed that there was no one at all. Suddenly, the wind blew and rolled up the gravel on the ground.

Gradually, the rubble flew up, piling up in mid-air into a human figure, babbling incessantly, not knowing what to say.

The stone man held the stone sword in his hand, bowed his body, and stabbed at Ning Han fiercely.

When the stone man and the stone sword heard something unheard of, Ning Han was shocked in his heart, could it be that he had bumped into an evil spirit?

Seeing the stone sword attacking, Ning Han saw it accurately, and slapped the sword body with his right palm, and the speed of this palm was expected to be able to shoot down the stone sword.

Unexpectedly, the palms of his hands were everywhere, but nothing was touched.

The stone sword was already there, and it was already piercing. It passed through Ning Han's palm and penetrated into his chest, tearing the muscles in Ning Han's chest, and blood splattered out.