With the contract, Xu Hao left happily.

This kind of behavior of his is difficult for ordinary people to understand, since he has become an official, as the respect of a county, he should put all his thoughts on the county governance, and it is understandable to bother for the sake of family affairs, but in order to make money, it is a bit unbelievable.

Including He Chang and Gu Meng, the two scholars, they all felt that Xu Hao's approach was a little unpleasant.

Only Qin Mo has a very good grasp of it, because he knows very well that the more this kind of big family, the stronger the family concept among the clansmen and disciples, they have accepted all kinds of benefits brought by the family since they were young, and they have accepted family-style education, and when they grow up, they will naturally make great contributions to the family, which is to give back.

The filial piety of ordinary people is limited to their parents and relatives, but in the hearts of the children of the clan, the family concept is above Xu Anshun's parents, which is for the sake of the public.

He Chang has been an official for many years, so he quickly figured out the reasoning, but he was still worried about Qin Mo's approach, and said: "Ziyi, your courage is really too big, and you have done business on the head of the county lord, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble in the future?"

Whether the Xu family is in the officialdom or in the business world, it is a top-ranked big family, the so-called tree has deep roots, the forest is big, and there are naturally all kinds of birds, and you need to be cautious when cooperating with such a predator, if you are not careful, you will be swallowed by the other party.

Qin Mo shrugged his shoulders and said in a relaxed tone: "I don't care what the other people of the Xu family are, the county lord has high moral character and is a trustworthy partner, that's enough, isn't it?"

He Chang frowned and said, "Since the matter has come to this, it is useless to talk about it, Ziyi should do it himself." It's not early, and Benxue still has a bunch of things to deal with, so let's go first. ”

"Learn to walk slowly. Qin Mo hugged his fists and sent him off, and so did Gu Meng.

After He Chang walked away, Gu Meng began to ask: "Ziyi, such a good recipe, why don't we make our own wine, not only can we make more money, but the most important thing is that we are not short of wine to drink!"

Gu Meng didn't have any business acumen, and the reason why he said such a thing was completely to satisfy his appetite.

Qin Mo glanced at him and snorted: "The husband is not guilty, don't you understand the truth of his guilt?" Besides, I have time to make wine, or do you have it?"

A person with a secret recipe is far more dangerous than its own value, just like a young child holding a gold ingot, not only children of the same age will come to snatch it, even adults will not be able to resist the temptation, the robbery is light, maybe it will kill people and sell goods.

If you don't find a backer for yourself, you will become the chopping board meat of those who are powerful, and people can chop as much as they want, and chop as much as they want.

Gu Meng's eyes widened, and he stiffened his neck and said, "Of course, this kind of thing is left to others to do, and it is not enough to hire some people." ”

"Please, leave everything to others to do, how do you avoid the leakage of the secret recipe, how do you ensure the quality of the liquor?" Qin Mo looked at him with an extremely disdainful gaze and said, "More importantly, how to sell the liquor after it is brewed, in addition to these, there are also things such as the procurement of similar raw materials, who will be responsible?"

Faced with a series of questions, Gu Meng was directly stunned, and said: "You think about it in the long term, can't I take it?"

Qin Mo knew very well that it was impossible to obtain long-term benefits by relying on only one steaming recipe in ancient times when there was no sense of property rights protection, and it was impossible for the wealthy Xu family to value it, and he had other things to rely on.

For example, the brewing method, which is closely related to steamed sake, is the most popular solid-state fermentation method in later generations, which not only increases the yield of sake, but also has a more prominent flavor than liquid brewing.

After Gu Meng left, Qin Mo went to the grove next to the grass house alone, and gathered the aura for himself to absorb with the ancient seal of the overlord of Chu in the west.

Clay can multiply the utility of ancient seals, especially when used for attack and defense, and is essential.

However, a small porcelain box of eight treasure inks costs dozens of taels of silver, which is more expensive than gold, which makes people involuntarily give birth to the idea of robbing Wenbao Zhai.

He didn't know that Wen Bao Zhai was the Xu family's industry before, but now he knew that this idea had not diminished in the slightest, but had become stronger.

......

The next day, Zhang Wenqi did not show up in class, and it is said that he took leave and returned to Nanjing.

According to everyone's speculation, he must have lost in Qin Mo's hands unconvinced, and went home to find comfort.

After finishing the morning's schoolwork, Qin Mo decided to go into the city to purchase a batch of daily necessities, although the grass house is dilapidated, but it can't stand the daily full house, the bag of tea that I bought last time has bottomed out, if I don't buy it again, I will have to invite guests and boiled water next time.

By the way, I had a lunch in the county, and it was already early when I returned.

It takes a quarter of an hour from the county seat to the gate of the Wendao College, and two quarters of an hour from the gate to the Tingquan Caolu.

In order to save time, he decided to take the path, and as soon as he left the city, he abandoned the official road and turned into the sheep intestine path next to it.

The weather was sunny and the sun was shining warmly.

He was carrying a coarse cloth bag, in addition to two catties of tea, there were some daily necessities, before the county, when he passed through the gate of Wenbaozhai, he still couldn't help but want to go in, if it weren't for the lack of money in his pocket, he couldn't do it without squinting and striding over.

After walking four miles, you can see the mountain in the distance, as well as the buildings on the mountainside and the top of the mountain.

At this time, a black-clothed masked man appeared on the road in front of him, only a pair of eyes with a fierce gaze were exposed, the left back was placed behind his back, and his right hand naturally hung down.

Qin Mo frowned slightly, it was not difficult to judge from the size that this was a woman.

In broad daylight, is this a robbery?

Although Xiayi County is not called the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is also the place under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Prefecture, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there has basically been no banditry, not to mention that this place is quite close to the Wendao Academy, how dare the young people approach.

What's more, he was wearing a child's clothes, who would be so unsightly and rob a scribe.

In line with the principle that more is better than less, he took out the Tongsheng nameplate and hung it on his chest to deter the other party.

It's a pity that the other party is still standing in place, looking at him with sharp eyes.

Until the distance between the two was shortened to about two zhang, Qin Mo spoke, and said in a slightly playful tone: "Friend, do you want to say that I opened this mountain and planted this tree?"

The man in black frowned slightly, deliberately lowered his voice, and said in a hoarse tone, "Since you know what I want to do, let's go obediently." ”

"Where are you going?" Qin Mo asked with a wink.

"Next to the ruined temple. The man in black replied.

"Robbing money or robbing color?" Qin Mo's expression became cheap, and he said: "If you rob money, I can only say that you have found the wrong person, the most valuable thing on me is tea, but it is used to entertain guests, and it cannot be given to you; ”

The black-clothed man was so angry that he raised his right hand to show the brush, and said in a cold voice: "Give you two choices, the first is to walk over honestly, and the second is to ......"

"I'll pick the first one. Qin Mo directly interrupted her words.

After speaking, he walked to the ruined temple not far away.

Although the other party is a woman, the momentum exuded by her body is not much worse than that of the old scholar Gu Meng, and it is very similar to Li Hao, the previous teaching of the children's class.

In the Great Song Dynasty, where etiquette and religion were the first, women were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, but it did not affect their cultivation of the four arts of literature and Taoism.

For example, Zhuo Wenjun of the Han Dynasty, Cai Wenji in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Mrs. Wei Shuo, the teacher of the sage Wang Xizhi, are all famous female calligraphers.

Moreover, women have a natural advantage over men in the two ways of piano and painting, and there are many female scribes in the way of qin and painting, and they are also very good in calligraphy, especially in the game of chess.

Qin Mo's soul and thoughts come from modern times, out of respect for women, and the strength of the other party is indeed higher than his own, so he readily chooses to cooperate.

Of course, it is good to be a hard bone, but the premise is to have the capital to be a hard bone.

The man in black withdrew the brush, and the tip of the pen brought up an afterimage similar to a sharp blade, and hummed: "Count you as acquaintances." ”

After a while, Qin Mo walked into the broken temple.

The ruined temple has been abandoned for a long time, a corner of the roof has collapsed badly, and the statue enshrined is mottled and dusty, and its original appearance and color can hardly be distinguished.

Along the way, he noticed that there were at least a dozen Wen Dao masters ambushed around him, and each of them was above him.

It turns out that the choice of cooperation is the right one, otherwise you will be beaten, and the key is that the final result will not change in any way.

He turned and looked at the man in black.

The man in black stood at the door of the ruined temple and said in a cold voice, "A few days ago, did you save a person who fell into the water?"

Qin Mo shook his head: "I don't understand what you say again." ”

The woman's gaze suddenly became cold, and her voice became even colder, as if it was a cold wind blowing on her face in the thirty-ninth day: "Qin Mo, you'd better tell the truth, otherwise I won't let you see the sun tomorrow!"

Qin Mo smiled indifferently and said, "If you want to kill me, you won't let me come here, it's not difficult to kill me with your strength, right?"

The woman sneered: "You are very eye-catching, not bad at all, it is easier to kill you than to pinch an ant to death." ”

"So, if you didn't kill me, it means that I won't die. Qin Mo spread his hands and said, "Everyone is a smart person, if you have anything to say, might as well open it up, is it interesting to pretend to be mysterious, Miss Zhao Feiyan!"

The other party's eyes tightened, and he blurted out: "How do you know it's me?"

The corners of Qin Mo's mouth rose, and he said in his heart, of course, I wouldn't say that I once stripped you naked, and I looked up and down, so I was deeply impressed, and I knew it when I turned into ashes.

If you really say that, it is estimated that you will have to see Lord Yama in the next second, in the Great Song Dynasty, which pays attention to etiquette, women regard chastity as more important than life.