On summer nights, insects chirp.

Lying in the courtyard bathing in the evening breeze and counting the stars is undoubtedly wonderful.

Hu Changan has been lying in bed for almost a month, and if he either stares at the ceiling in a daze every day, or listens to some books and reads, his life is really boring.

It just so happened that the weather was still good today, so Hu Changan ordered someone to set up a low couch in the courtyard, and lay on the couch and looked at the stars.

At this time, the night sky did not have such serious light pollution as in later generations, and the stars were dotted in the dark night sky like pearls, which was quite fascinating.

Hu Changan was leisurely looking at the stars, and suddenly a crisp system sound came from his mind.

[Ding, your worship value has reached 100 points, and you can exchange it for items in the mall.] 】

That's great! Goldfinger can finally shine!

Since teaching the shopkeepers Arabic numerals and double-entry bookkeeping, Hu Changan's worship points have been slowly rising, and now they have finally reached the minimum purchase standard in the system mall!

Hu Changan's excited eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth rose, and he was satisfied to pick it up in the system mall......

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Three days later, Hu Fu.

As soon as the day was brightened, the shopkeeper Chen of the grocery store led a dark-skinned craftsman and waited quietly in the courtyard of the east wing.

The day before yesterday, Dianhe, the maid of the main family, Young Master Hu, suddenly instructed Shopkeeper Chen to go to Yingtian City to find a few high-level pancreatic craftsmen, and they must be reliable.

The pancreas is a cleaning tool made from the pancreas of pigs in ancient times, similar to the soap of later generations.

It's just that the cleaning ability of pancreas is far inferior to soap, and the cost is relatively high, and only high-ranking officials and nobles can afford it in the Ming Dynasty.

When Shopkeeper Chen heard that Young Master Hu was looking for a pancreatic craftsman, he naturally gladly accepted the order.

Nowadays, Shopkeeper Chen is really a five-body admirer of Hu Changan.

The grocery store run by Mr. Chen sells a lot of miscellaneous things, and it is not easy to calculate.

Generally, when the traffic is at its peak, it must be a big pomp and circumstance, and there are often customers who are impatient to wait and leave things behind.

Since using the Arabic numerals taught by Young Master Hu, the time for the shopkeeper Chen to settle accounts has been greatly shortened, and there has never been a queue in the store, and it has attracted a large number of customers who are unwilling to wait.

The double-entry accounting method also greatly improved the accuracy of Chen's bookkeeping, so that Chen's shopkeeper saved a lot of time to check the inventory of copper coins every day, and even the old wife laughed that Chen's shopkeeper went home every day in advance.

Hearing that Young Master Hu was going to recruit reliable pancreatic craftsmen, Shopkeeper Chen naturally tried his best to mobilize everyone he knew, and finally found a qualified craftsman.

This pancreatic craftsman is called Monday, and his ancestors have been engaged in this business for generations since the Yuan Dynasty, and Monday himself has worked hard in the best pancreatic workshop in Yingtian City for more than 30 years and has accumulated a lot of experience.

Recently, Monday's daughter was seriously ill, and Monday had no choice but to quit her job in the workshop, wanting to find a gentry family to shelter and make money as a domestic servant.

This came and went, and this Monday was taken to Hu Mansion by the shopkeeper Chen.

After waiting for a short time, the door of the east wing opened.

Hu Changan was lying on the bed, wearing a loose dark green brocade robe, quietly watching the comer.

When Shopkeeper Chen saw Young Master Hu, he hurriedly bowed his head.

Seeing this on Monday, he also followed the shopkeeper Chen to make a nondescript salute.

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of craftsmen has always been low, only slightly better than merchants.

On Monday, this was the first time in his life that he saw the son of a wealthy family, and his nervous palms were full of sweat.

Hu Changan didn't care, just waved his hand casually, and asked towards Monday, "Did you bring the pancreas you brought?" ”

"Brought, brought." Monday responded in a friendly voice, carefully took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, and handed it to Hu Changan.

Hu Changan waved his hand, and the little guy on the side hurriedly brought a small cup of vegetable oil and a basin of water.

Hu Changan stretched out his hand and dipped it in a little vegetable oil, then took the pancreas offered on Monday and washed them in a copper basin.

If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods.

Compared to the soap of later generations, pancreas is simply garbage.

Hu Changan wiped left and right with the pancreas, and cleaned it many times before he could barely wash the oil on his hands.

And after washing, the feeling of using pancreas is far less refreshing than soap.

Hu Changan changed several basins of water to rinse, but he still felt that his hands were oily.

But this Monday's craftsmanship was not bad.

Although the poor can't afford pancreas, a wealthy family like the Xiang Hu family can still afford to use pancreas, and there is no limit.

The quality of the pancreas made on Monday is not much better than the pancreas bought by Hu Fu at a high price in Yingtian City.

Hu Changan picked up the handkerchief on the copper basin and wiped it, and asked Monday: "I don't know how much this pancreas costs?" ”

"Back to Young Master Hu's words, a piece of ordinary pancreas is half a tael of silver, and a piece of petals or milk is a tael of silver." Monday replied respectfully.

Half a tael of silver?

Hu Changan's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at the ordinary pancreas in his hand.

You must know that a seven-grade county official in the Ming Dynasty only had four taels of silver a month.

A county official, a month's worth of money only buys eight pieces of pancreas!

This pancreas is so expensive!

However, just one Hu Mansion can afford such an expensive pancreas, and there is no limit.

It seems that Daddy is really greedy, so I have to find a time to educate Daddy well. Hu Changan thought to himself.

Wiping off the water droplets on his hands, Hu Changan looked at Monday and said solemnly: "Monday, now I want to teach you a technique for making pancreas, you must not pass it on, otherwise you will bear the consequences." ”

After hearing this, he hurriedly knelt down and said respectfully: "Young Master Hu, the villain has been graced by you to save the little girl in the family, and now he doesn't dare to have any different intentions." ”

After hearing this, Hu Changan was also very satisfied.

In business, top-secret technology naturally can't be passed on, otherwise everyone will roll up together, and there will be absolutely no money to be made.

Now that the Hu family has both a life-saving grace for Monday and a deed of sale for Monday, Hu Changan is not worried that Monday will suddenly turn back.

Hu Changan took out a stack of rice paper from his arms and handed it to Monday.

This is a detailed record of the soap-making method that Hu Changan picked up from the system mall.

This system is also intelligent, and it can automatically generate recipes that meet the background of the times according to the existing raw materials, which saves Hu Changan a lot of time.

However, Monday didn't take the stack of rice paper, but just blushed and excused himself: "Villain, villain is illiterate and can't read." ”

Hu Changan patted his head, but he forgot about this stubble.

In ancient times, people who could read and write were people with status, and craftsmen like Zhou Zhou naturally couldn't read.

So Hu Changan turned his hand and handed the recipe to the shopkeeper Chen.

Shopkeeper Chen also signed a deed of sale in Hufu, and he is also honest and trustworthy.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Chen hurriedly took the rice paper and read it aloud.