The next day, it was early in the morning, and Yan Jingwen took Li Hao to the Ming School for morning class. This is the practice of Cheongdam Academy, all the students of the academy need to come in the morning and read aloud the texts, firstly, to form good habits for the students, and secondly, to take advantage of the morning when their minds are the clearest, to recite the classics aloud to review the old and learn the new.

After the morning class was over, Yan Jingwen took Li Hao to a table and introduced him: "This is Yan Fu, your senior brother." ”。 Then he said to Yan Fu: "This is Li Hao, a new disciple of the teacher. I only came to the academy yesterday, and now I live with me. ”

Yan Fu was a little surprised at first, and after listening to it, he replied: "It turned out to be a junior brother, I heard you mention you when I visited the teacher before, saying that you have the ability to never forget." Since you are in the same class, if you have anything in the future, you can come to me, and my brother will help you solve it. ”

After listening to this, Li Hao replied: "Okay, senior brother." But at this time, Li Hao was only thinking about the things in the academy, and he didn't care. But later I learned that Yan Fu was the son of Yan Jing, the current Huainan East Road transfer envoy, and I realized that this senior brother could indeed solve many things. After all, this is a provincial-level cadre in later generations, and in this era, he can be regarded as a feudal official.

Yan Fu then got up and said, "Let's go to breakfast together, and after eating, we will go to the Jingzhai Hall to find the teacher." ”

Then the three of them went to the canteen, the breakfast in the academy was also simple, and Li Hao's family was almost the same, Li Hao also made a special observation during the meal, the basic clothes for eating in the canteen were very simple, they should all be children of the poor family, like his senior brother, a richly dressed son, basically could not be seen in the canteen. But also, they all have small servants, and they should all buy food from outside and send it to them, and they won't come to the canteen. At first glance, it seemed that Yan Fu was a little special, and after eating, the three of them went to Jingzhai Hall together.

In the Jing Zhai Hall, Master Qin was already sitting on it, three seats were placed below, and pen, ink, paper, and inkstones were placed on it. The three of them hurriedly greeted the master, and then after Yan Fu and Li Hao went over to sit down, Li Hao went to the remaining seat and sat down.

After seeing that others were sitting firmly, Master Qin said: "Yan Fu, you are going to take the township test this year, so today I will choose one topic from each of the four books and make four articles of scripture and righteousness." As for Jingwen, you can take the children's test next year, and it will not be difficult for you to learn it. After the children's examination, they will prepare to participate in the next township examination, so in the following days, in addition to doing the scriptures, the poems and scriptures cannot be put down. ”

Then he said to Li Hao: "It's your talent to never forget, and it is naturally difficult for you to stick to the scriptures." But to understand the reason, you need to work your own. Read the book a hundred times to see its meaning, even if you can memorize it fluently, you should read it often. Now that you are still young, you are not in a hurry to take the imperial examination, but to slowly understand the truth in the book, and I will first tell you about filial piety in the next few days. ”

Then he asked Yan Fu and Yan Jingwen to compose, and then took out the book and explained the scriptures and truths in the book to Li Hao. In the following days, day after day, Master Qin would always constantly adjust the teaching content of the three according to the different learning progress of the three people. In this way, Li Hao feels that he is constantly improving in his understanding of scriptures.

Soon ten days passed, Li Hao ushered in the first day off, Yan Fu originally invited Yan Jingwen and Li Hao to walk around Yangzhou City together, and the three of them had a small gathering.

But Li Hao had made an appointment with his parents in advance, and he was thinking about it at this time, so he wanted to ask his parents about the sale of soap. However, Yan Jingwen saw that Li Hao was not going and didn't want to go out, so he stayed in the academy to study.

On the day of the retreat, Li Hao arrived at the gate of the academy early in the morning, and happened to see Li Jian and Wei waiting there.

Li Hao didn't have time to get culture, but as soon as Wei saw Li Hao, he said: "My son has lost weight again, but the academy is studying hard." ”

Li Hao looked down at himself, and always felt that the thinness in his parents' eyes was not the same as his own. But he could only comfort: "No, everything is fine in the academy, and the two senior brothers take good care of me, so it's not hard." ”

Wei wanted to say something, but Li Jianxian said: "Don't say it here yet, Hao'er must have nothing to eat in the academy, let's find a restaurant for Hao'er to eat some good supplements." ”

Because the academy was secluded, and there were no big restaurants around, the three of them walked to the market. On the way, Li Hao asked, "How are soaps selling these days?" ”

Li Jian replied with a smile when he heard this: "It's selling very well, when it was sold, your mother and I directly demonstrated it in the bazaar, and when others saw the effect, many people bought it." The original more than 200 yuan you made has been sold, and I made another batch later, and now it is almost sold. Your mother and I have roughly calculated, and if we put the cost away, we will roughly earn six or seven taels of silver, which is half a year younger. And now more and more people know about it, and these days they are selling more and more, and now they are going to make a third batch. ”

Li Hao replied with a smile: "That is the case, in fact, you can expand production, and my father has to do it alone, and he has to sell it in the city." It's okay now, I'm barely busy, and when more people use it in the future, I will definitely not be busy. It is better to prepare in advance, as long as you have the remaining silver in your hand, you can recruit some people to do things, increase the output and prevent people from buying but not having goods in the future. However, the matter of secrecy is also very important, the alkaline water and salt water in it, the father must configure it privately first, and if he asks someone to do it, he can directly give him a ready-made one, so as to ensure that others have no way to learn the specific method. ”

After Li Hao finished speaking, he thought for a while and said: "Another important thing is to buy a shop in the city, after all, the business is big, there must be a storefront, and you can't always set up a stall in the market to sell." And in the future, we will have to make soap, which is to be sold to the eunuchs and the wealthy, and it is not appropriate to sell it in the market. ”

After hearing this, Li Jian asked curiously: "What is soap, and what is the difference between it and soap." ”

Li Hao replied: "Soap is an advanced product of soap, soap is used to wash clothes, but soap is used to bathe and wash the body, after washing, the body is not only clean, but also has a fragrance." As for the method, it is not difficult, when the soap side has completely opened up the sales, you can start making soap, and then I will give you the recipe, you can do it. ”

As he was talking, after bypassing a bend, he met a bustling street several zhang wide in front of him, with shops, restaurants, tea houses, and private houses on the street, and there was an endless stream of cars and horses, and there were many small stalls and vendors shouting loudly, and the small tunes and songs came and went, and they were very noisy. At this time, Li Hao saw a restaurant, which happened to be the same restaurant that changed the oil at the beginning. So Li Hao said: "It's better to enter this house." Li Jian and Wei also had no opinion, and the three of them walked in, it was still early, there were not many people in the restaurant, and they made two or three tables of people scattered, and a little second led the way, went up to the second floor, and led them to sit down by the window on the second floor.

This is the first time Li Hao has entered the ancient restaurant, so he looked at it curiously, only to see that the restaurant is divided into three floors, the first and second floors are ordinary lobbies, there are always thirty or forty tables, and the four walls are full of calligraphy and paintings. The middle of the second floor is empty, and you can see the platform in the middle of the first floor, which should be used for singers or scholars, and it should be early at this time, so no one is there. The third floor is a private room that has been partitioned, and I can't see what the layout is inside, but I think it must be much more gorgeous than the one below.

At this time, Xiao Er looked at the three of them carefully and asked, "I don't know what dishes a few guest officers ordered." ”

Li Hao asked, "Do you have a menu here, or can you introduce me to your specialty dishes?" ”

Xiao Er listened to it and said: "If you want to talk about specialty dishes, our store is good at lion heads and three sets of hemp ducks." The price is not expensive, adding up to two taels of silver. ”

After listening, Li Hao thought to himself that this is to order me, and he really only respects Luo Yi and not others. But he didn't reply, he only asked Wei and Li Jian what they wanted, and Wei probably felt something, but Li Jian didn't hear it and said directly: "Then order both, and then serve two side dishes." ”

After hearing this, Xiao Er said yes and left. Li Hao smiled at this time: "Father, this time you are generous, you can afford two taels of silver." ”

Li Jianhui said: "Now that you can earn money, you should let your mother have a good meal with you once in a while." ”

These words made Li Hao feel a little emotional, and he immediately communicated with Li Jian on the issue of consumption outlook. After chatting for a while, Li Hao suddenly saw a familiar figure riding a horse from the window, about to walk downstairs.