Zhu Hao came out of the inn with the horse shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked puzzled: "Does the owner really want to share her profits?" Are you still going to let her redeem the family property? ”

Zhu Hao smiled: "Old Ma, when are you so sincere?" Don't know how to draw cakes? ”

"Pie?"

The shopkeeper didn't react for a while.

"I draw a cake for her and make her think it's edible, but is it really edible?" Zhu Hao is good at persuasion.

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "How can the painted bread be used to satisfy hunger?" The contemptible person understands that you want to give her hope and make her willing to sell her body without spending more money...... The little proprietor, do you want to continue to find someone to guard against her and prevent her from escaping? ”

"What do you say?"

Zhu Hao looked at the shopkeeper with a smile.

"Yes, even if I ask in vain, where she likes to go, even if the little proprietor only gives her a painted cake, but it is also a cake, which is better than her being caught by the creditor and sold in the kiln......"

The shopkeeper understands it thoroughly.

There is no better choice for the current Ouyang girl.

Maybe Zhu Hao didn't have the luxury of asking Ouyang Nu to agree, but it was a good thing to leave, especially for his shopkeeper or Su Dongzhu.

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Zhu Hao went home to have a celebration banquet with his family.

Regarding the matter of recruiting Ouyang Nu, Zhu Hao didn't plan to mention it to the old lady at all.

Zhu Hao thought about it, if Ouyang Nu was willing to stay, it would not be to serve the old lady, but to work for him.

That girl wants to get involved directly in the glass mirror business?

Think beautifully!

Starting with the basic accounting and helping to take care of the women's school, Zhu Hao is ready to open some weaving workshops that specialize in using female workers, so that Ouyang Nu can go up.

Zhu Hao wants to do a lot of things at the moment, but since he has successfully opened a women's school, the best way to make reasonable use of idle women in the city as female workers in the future is to open a weaving workshop.

Ordinary looms are not very efficient, even the improved Jenny spinning machine is not enough to support industrial production, and the hydraulic loom is greatly affected by the seasonal difference in river water, and it is best to start a steam loom that has been studied for some time.

The steam engine is actually not difficult for the metallurgical technology of the Ming Dynasty, the important thing is to create a theory from scratch and apply it to practice.

Zhu Hao has an advantage over scientists such as Herro, Papan, and Newcomen, in that he does not have to observe the steam in the boiling water, and the lid of the pot is pushed by steam to associate with the huge power contained in it.

The steam engine, until the advent of the internal combustion engine, flourished in the industrial revolution for nearly two hundred years, as large as trains, ships, and as small as an ordinary loom, can be used, the principle is not complicated, that is, the energy of steam is converted into reciprocating power of mechanical work, the difficulty lies in how to seal the cylinder, so that the steam expands and pushes the piston to do work.

These are all things that Zhu Hao has been tinkering with in the laboratory.

Even when he was the busiest in preparing for the county exam, Zhu Hao did not relax, and did experiments again and again, and successively overcame the technical difficulties such as separating condensers, setting insulation layers outside cylinders, lubricating pistons with oil, planetary gears, parallel motion connecting rod mechanisms, centrifugal governors, throttle valves, and pressure gauges, which are only one step away from practicality.

If you can use steam looms to produce cloth in large quantities and keep the ex-factory price very low, Su Xigui, a luxury goods dealer, will have no use value, and it is estimated that these industrially produced fabrics will be handed over to Su Xigui for sale, and the other party will still have low profits, which can reasonably avoid Su Xigui's resistance to laying his own sales channels.

Of course, it's not necessarily what the other party will think when the time comes, after all, no one will think that they make a lot of money, doesn't Su Xigui still do the official salt and grain business? But Zhu Hao can't tie his interests to Su Xigui forever, so he has to try to take the first step.

After dinner, Zhu Niang was very happy, and took out Wenquxing's tablet from the box, as well as celery, garlic, green onions and other things.

Aunt Li asked curiously, "Madam, what is this?" ”

Zhu Niang said: "Xiao Hao has the favor of God, and the head of the case in the county examination said that he had no problems passing the government examination and the hospital examination, and the student was already in his pocket...... Let's supply Wenqu Xing, this is like words. ”

In Zhu Niang's opinion, since she has been favored by God, her son was admitted to the county case at a young age, and he is about to become a student, so he should repay the favor.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, the old lady is too feudal and superstitious.

This kind of thing is unacceptable.

But the question is...... How to convince a woman from the feudal and conservative era to believe in science?

Feudal superstition is a thing, and it has no big impact on Zhu Hao, so he won't interfere too much, let it be.

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On the second day, Zhu Hao was supposed to go back to the palace in the morning, and he would go back to the palace for class on the first day after taking the county case, and he was sure that a group of children would surround him and ask questions.

But Zhu Hao still has one important thing to do, and that is to subdue Ouyang Nu.

On the way to the inn with the yawning shopkeeper, Zhu Hao asked curiously, "Old Ma, were you tired last night?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "All the family members have moved to Anlu. ”

"Ouch, no wonder, didn't you say you had a son before, it seems that you have a daughter, right? What about the rest of the family? Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

The shopkeeper sighed: "The contemptible parents died when he was young, and with the head of the family, he started a family, and the main house was a maid in Su Mansion, and later he was promoted to become a shopkeeper, and he accepted a concubine, and a son and a daughter...... Not very old. ”

Zhu Hao smiled.

Otherwise, it is rare for the horse shopkeeper to work with Su Xigui, and people really don't treat him badly.

When he was an apprentice, he signed a deed of sale, and he was also married to marry, and later he was promoted to the shopkeeper, so that he could have a family to take a concubine...... Tsk, this treatment is really unbearable for the owner.

"No, last night, the owner ...... The owner of Su sent the golden shopkeeper to take over some business, and accompanied him to drink two more cups......"

Zhu Hao originally thought that the wife and concubine of the shopkeeper had settled in Anlu, and he needed to find a house to settle down before he was busy until late, so he was drinking with the shopkeeper Jin.

The golden shopkeeper was Su Xigui's earliest connector stationed in Anlu, and later changed to a horse shopkeeper, although the newcomer and the old man are not working under the same owner now, they are still good friends.

"The golden shopkeeper came with your family?" Zhu Hao asked.

"Yes." The shopkeeper replied, "The contemptible man and Lao Jin have been friends for many years, and when they first came out to take charge alone, it was thanks to his advice. ”

Zhu Hao asked: "What is he doing here?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Don't misunderstand, the owner of Su has no intention of sending people to supervise and interfere with your business, but there are deviations in the business of some prefectures and counties in Huguang and Jiangbei, all of which have been around the country recently. ”

"Oh."

Zhu Hao didn't ask any more.

In the end, the collapsed house business in Zhu Hao's hands is all inherited from Su Xigui, and it is impossible for people to completely ignore it and send people to take a look occasionally, which is also a reasonable thing.

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Arrived at the inn.

Zhu Hao took the horse shopkeeper and entered Ouyang Nu's room directly.

Ouyang Nu's dark circles are very serious, it seems that she didn't sleep as well as the shopkeeper last night, and the babbling mother-in-law was not present.

"Old Ma, you wait at the door first, I want to talk to Master Ouyang alone."

Zhu Hao put the horse shopkeeper back.

Soon only he and Ouyang Nu were left in the room.

Ouyang Nu said: "The conditions that Zhu Dangjia offered last night, the little woman thought about it carefully, and felt that there were some things that were inappropriate...... If a little girl wants to restore her family business, how can she sell herself into slavery, and then she will not completely lose her independence? ”

Zhu Hao sneered, did not answer the other party's question, and asked instead: "Your Excellency, I want to ask you something, you first came to Anlu and wanted to take over the glass mirror business of Su Dongzhu, and you are not willing to spend more money, may I ask whose idea is this?" ”

"This ......"

Ouyang Nu would not communicate with Zhu Hao humbly before, but now she is facing this problem head-on.

"The mirror I produced was handed over to the owner of the Su for sale, that is because my family has been doing business with him for many years, and he helped when my family was in trouble, but he has a strong background but has never been mean to us, and does not rely on the background of officials and businessmen to oppress us...... Why do you think I would give up cooperating with him and cooperate with your Ouyang family instead? ”

Zhu Hao continued to torture Ouyang Nu from the depths of his soul.

Do you Ouyang family really think that the money-making business in this world is at your fingertips?

If you want to cooperate with others, you must first ask yourself what you have and what you can give to others, otherwise why do others choose you?

"Of course, I admit that your Ouyang family has been in the Jiangnan business community for decades, and they have traveled extensively, and sometimes they can play a miraculous role. But the network of this thing is ethereal, far less than the official background to be real, I myself sent people to Nanjing to establish sales channels from scratch, the results achieved are not necessarily worse than looking for you to cooperate, there is money directly into their own purse is more real......

"So I also made it clear here that I will not have any more dealings with you unless you are willing to sign a deed of sale and work for me."

Zhu Hao said this to illustrate, don't talk to me about conditions, I don't care to make conditions with you, you still want to grab benefits in negotiations with me, it's really beyond your means.

"I promise you, but I want you to give me fifteen taels of silver, so that I can send the old servant who has been with me for many years back to my hometown." Ouyang Nuhua's face was bleak, and Chu Chu said pitifully, "Just take it as my selling money." ”

Ten taels become fifteen taels......

"Reasonable."

Zhu Hao greeted loudly, "Old Ma, come in!" ”

After repeating it, the footsteps of the shopkeeper came from a long distance outside the door, indicating that the shopkeeper knew the rules very well and did not hide outside the door to eavesdrop.

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When the shopkeeper came in again, he thought that the talks had collapsed, and he had never seen anyone forced to sell his body, and if he didn't give money, people would agree.

Who knew that Zhu Hao said that the other party was willing to sell himself for fifteen taels of silver......

The shopkeeper looked at Ouyang Nu with a strange gaze.

When I first met a year ago, the big boss and heroine who came to Anlu with five boats hugged each other, but it was only two months, and it fell to the point of selling her body for free?

Or sell yourself to your own small club?

This contrast......

"Let's say it first, after five years, you can't interfere with my freedom......"

Ouyang Nu still wanted to make a final struggle.

Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head: "This is not up to you to choose, but I promise to give you the opportunity to redeem your free body in five years, and I am expected to be an adult at that time, eh...... Figure it out for yourself. ”

Since you have to sign a deed of sale, and there are so many things, do you really think I am a philanthropist?

It looks like you're losing money by signing the deed of sale, but you're actually taking a big advantage, okay?

You sell yourself to me, so that others can no longer buy you, and you will not be reduced to Flower Street and Willow Lane, and your safety is guaranteed.

The shopkeeper said with a little disdain: "Ouyang is in charge, don't underestimate the little proprietor in front of you, he will also be the common master of the two of us in the future, he has just won the county case in the local county examination, and he can enter the school after the usual hospital examination, this is already a talented man."

"The father of the little proprietor is a hundred households in brocade clothes, loyal to the country, and now he is studying in the palace and is famous...... Although it can't be compared to the Chengguo Mansion for a while, are you entering the Guogong Mansion as a wife? Hehe, stay in Anlu, you have the hope of reviving the lintel of Ouyang's house, you must cherish it! ”

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