Chapter 56: Price Increases
"Yan Qing, you are really a Confucian genius that is rare to see in a thousand years!"
Jiang Yangshuo held the transcribed "Shi Shuo", showed a look of being like a treasure, and praised it sincerely.
Although Zhuang Hanmo and Lian Fu Tao and Lu Yanqing are both Confucian saints, there is no comparison at all, and this "Teacher Said" alone is difficult for the two to achieve in their lives.
Lu Yanqing scratched his head and smiled humbly, "Dean Jiang, you have a good reputation, I don't know if you can exempt me from punishment?" ”
Jiang Yangshuo bowed slightly, "Well, it's free." ”
"Thank you, Dean Jiang." Lu Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he could be regarded as having saved his year.
"That's right." Jiang Yangshuo suddenly thought of something, and then asked Lu Yanqing: "Yanqing, I want to print this "Shi Shuo" and the "Persuasion" you made before into a book for students all over the world to circulate, I don't know what you think?" ”
"It's not impossible, it's just ......"
As he spoke, Lu Yanqing suddenly looked embarrassed, which made Jiang Yangshuo frown.
"Oh? What's wrong? Jiang Yangshuo asked aloud.
"Dean Jiang, these two articles are also my painstaking work, can you give me some compensation."
The embarrassment just now was disguised by Lu Yanqing, and this is Lu Yanqing's true purpose.
If you want to redeem Mo Wanyan from Yunni Tower as soon as possible, it is far from enough to rely on the monthly salary of thirty taels of silver per month, so Lu Yanqing can only think of another way to make money, which is a good opportunity.
"Remuneration?" Jiang Yangshuo was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Lu Yanqing's difficulty to be for money.
"Yan Qing, money is something outside the body, don't take money too seriously." Jiang Yangshuo didn't want to give money, in his opinion, money was a vulgar thing, and Lu Yanqing's two articles could not be measured by money, which was simply an insult to these two articles.
Lu Yanqing smiled bitterly, but Ren continued to fight: "Dean Jiang, as the saying goes: a penny is difficult to defeat a hero, I have a private agreement with the Yunnilou Oiran for life, and I want to redeem her from the Qinglou to marry her, so I am very short of money." ”
Saying that, Lu Yanqing showed an embarrassed look, and Jiang Yangshuo, who listened to Lu Yanqing's words, was surprised, but they didn't expect Lu Yanqing to be serious about that oiran!
It's no wonder that Lu Yanqing was able to say on the spot, "Ask the world, what is love?" Straight Christians promise life and death. Such a shocking love story.
"Yan Qing, marrying an oiran is not a wise move, and it is easy to be spurned by the literati."
Jiang Yangshuo said earnestly and dissuaded.
As Lu Yanqing's master, even Fu Tao naturally couldn't sit still, and hurriedly echoed: "Yes, Yanqing, people's hearts are unpredictable, maybe that Oiran just wants to use you to get out of the bitter sea of Qinglou, and he doesn't have deep affection for you." ”
"Don't worry, master, I am in love with that Oiran, and she will not be able to deceive me; What's more, as a Confucian saint, she knows the truth of my feelings as soon as she checks them, so there is no need to worry too much; As for being spurned by the literati, I don't care, the Confucian saint is just a false name, shouldn't the literati establish the world with knowledge? ”
Lu Yanqing said this, and Jiang Yangshuo and the three couldn't help but bow their heads slightly when they heard this.
"What a false name, a good knowledge, it seems that we are too worried."
Now that Lu Yanqing has thought it through, what else can they say?
"The matter of remuneration ......" Lu Yanqing pulled back to the topic.
"How much do you want?" Jiang Yangshuo asked aloud.
Lu Yanqing thought for a moment and said, "One thousand taels of silver!" ”
"What! One thousand taels! ”
Jiang Yangshuo and the three of them were dumbfounded, this is simply a lion's big mouth!
In fact, Lu Yanqing also knew that it was unrealistic for him to ask for a thousand taels of silver, but since he was doing business, Lu Yanqing naturally wanted to report higher.
"Absolutely not!" Jiang Yangshuo refused sharply, his expression slightly displeased.
Seeing this, Lu Yanqing scratched his head in embarrassment, "Please also ask Dean Jiang not to blame me for being greedy for money, I have been poor since I was a child, and I can only compete with the horses in the stables on the street for food in the most difficult times, so I lost my sense of proportion." ”
Since Lu Yanqing said so, Jiang Yangshuo naturally didn't want to dig into anything.
In any case, Lu Yanqing is just a young man in his early twenties, and his mind is not as old as them, so it is normal that he will not be able to resist the temptation of money.
"It's okay, but one thousand taels is too much, and we'll give you two hundred taels at most."
Jiang Yangshuo bid directly.
The price of these three hundred taels was also considered by him after careful consideration, as long as these two articles of Lu Yanqing were printed into a book and sold, not only could he pay the three hundred taels, but he might also be able to make a small profit.
"Two hundred taels? It's not impossible, but can you give more, how about five hundred taels? ”
Lu Yanqing raised the price and said, two hundred taels had actually exceeded his expectations, but if he wanted to redeem Mo Wanyan as soon as possible, it was far from enough, and Lu Yanqing had to be greedy.
Jiang Yangshuo also looked embarrassed, if five hundred taels were given to Lu Yanqing, I am afraid that he would not be able to make ends meet.
"I can't give it, two hundred and fifty taels at most." Jiang Yangshuo gritted his teeth and added fifty taels.
"Uh...... The number of two hundred and five is not very good, how about four hundred and fifty taels? ”
"No! Up to three hundred taels. ”
"Dean Jiang, my beloved wife is still waiting for me to redeem her in that romantic place, are you giving some more? Four hundred taels is a good fit. ”
Lu Yanqing sold miserably, there are various ways to raise prices, born in that era of Internet information explosion, these crooked ways have not been learned.
"Three hundred and fifty taels! It can't be any more, or the matter will be over. ”
Seeing that Jiang Yangshuo's words were so resolute, Lu Yanqing naturally wanted to learn to accept it when he saw it, and happily agreed, while Jiang Yangshuo felt that he was being put on the spot by Lu Yanqing.
Three hundred and fifty taels is not a small amount, and Yuxi Academy can't take out so much money for a while, so it can only wait for the moon to be withdrawn from the imperial court.
Lu Yanqing is not in a hurry, there are many good things.
didn't be stunned any longer, Lu Yanqing hurriedly said goodbye, he still had a class to attend in the afternoon, Lu Yanqing had to hurry to the dining room to eat, and then returned to his residence to prepare lessons for the students.
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“…… Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask, is it called 'Wen', have you all memorized it? ”
Lu Yanqing glanced at the sundial outside the house, and saw that it was close to the end of school at this time, and Lu Yanqing used the "Analects" to warn the students in the hall as the end.
Jiang Yangshuo and the three of them did not come to audit this class, so Lu Yanqing's lecture was very relaxed, and he also had a simple understanding of these students in Huangziyuan, but he didn't expect that most of these students were the children of official eunuchs and wealthy gentry, and only a small number of students were born in ordinary families, but all of them were talented in Tianzhong.
It seems that you need to be careful when teaching in the future, if you offend the second ancestor of which family, Lu Yanqing will not be able to bear it.
Fortunately, these students are still very obedient and have a solid foundation in poetry and writing, and Lu Yanqing is very relaxed and timid......