CHAPTER XVII

The news that the First Emperor was going to change the law soon spread, and a large number of scholars flocked to Xianyang, and at the same time, a group of remnants of the Six Kingdoms also quietly infiltrated Xianyang City.

However, all this is not important to Qin Xi, what matters is the matter of making money at the moment.

The arrival of a large number of scholars and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms suddenly increased the popularity of paper and porcelain, and Qin Xi once raised the price of porcelain, but it was still in short supply like paper.

Qin Xi could only let the workers work overtime, expand production, and try to make as much money as possible before this wave of leeks left.

And Qin Xi is also stepping up the process of burning bricks while making a series of plans, because many things need these bricks, and bricks are also very profitable.

Today, Qin Xi rarely had a day to rest, so he returned to Xianyang City.

Today's Xianyang City is very prosperous, full of gorgeously dressed scholars and merchants, and of course, some of them are people from the Six Kingdoms who have evil intentions.

The housekeeper beside Qin Xixian asked, "How is the business of the restaurant and the wine store?" ”

The housekeeper smiled: "Childe, don't you know, there is a queue at the door of the store, if it weren't for Daqin's prohibition of private fighting, I'm afraid there would be a fight." ”

The housekeeper asked, "Childe, do you want us to raise the price appropriately like porcelain?" ”

Qin Xi shook his head and said: "If the price does not increase, the wine shop and restaurant will resolutely not increase the price, and the membership system I mentioned before will be launched now." For furniture, the price can be appropriately reduced. ”

"Okay, Childe, I'll arrange someone to deal with it." The butler said.

"Let's go, go home and take a shower, I haven't taken a shower outside in the past few days, and it stinks." Qin Xi stretched his waist and said.

As soon as Qin Xi finished taking a bath, he saw his father, who had not seen him for a few days, walking in the courtyard with a sad brow.

Qin Xi wiped his hair and walked over and asked, "Dad, what's going on, is it that the emperor has dismissed your official with such a sad face." ”

Zhao Zheng glared at Qin Xi and said, "It's the change that has encountered resistance." ”

"I guess the biggest obstacle lies in the construction of the academy and the entry of the hundreds of schools into the academy." Qin Xi said with a relaxed face.

"What can you do to fix it?" Zhao Zheng asked.

Qin Xi sniffed his hair and made sure that there was no peculiar smell, before he said: "This matter can't be done overnight, it can be implemented in Qin Di first." The old Qin people have done so much for the sake of Great Qin, who dares to oppose the old Qin people entering the academy to study. ”

"If it's all Great Qin today, do you want to treat the people of Kanto differently?" Zhao Zheng frowned and said.

"That's no way, the Qindi Academy was established by the empire, and the school in the Kanto region can be founded in the name of a businessman, anyway, the status of merchants in the Kanto region is not as low as that of Great Qin, as long as you secretly support trustworthy businessmen to start a school."

"Wouldn't it be true that most of the scholars in the world should be grateful to the merchants, not to Great Qin?" Zhao Zheng said.

Qin Xi said with a smile: "Of course it's impossible, after all, businessmen are supported by Great Qin, and Great Qin can even give them some policy support, but their academy must be centered on being loyal to the king of Great Qin and serving the country of Great Qin." At that time, the people will naturally be loyal to Daqin, and they will only be grateful to those who opened the school. ”

"What you said is doable, but the school needs teachers, where are you going to find a teacher? Those people from all the schools of thought are above the top, and they will be willing to go to the merchant school? Zhao Zheng said.

"These are not eyes above the top, but want a reputation, then just give it to him. Daqin can set up a list of Daqin's top ten mentors, let the world admire it, and then pay a lot of money. And if you want to be on the list, you have to teach the number of talents who are useful to Daqin in the school registered by Daqin, and I don't believe that they are not impressed. Qin Xi said with a smile.

Zhao Zheng shook his head and said: "You think too simply, some people only care about whether their academic ideas can be reused, and they don't care about reputation and money." ”

Qin Xi smiled and said: "These seem to be noble, but they are actually greedy for power. This is also easy to solve, the Great Qin Open Science Examination is selected, and only students or teachers in the academy can participate. Give them a path to become officials, but limit this path, and they have no choice. ”

Zhao Zheng nodded thoughtfully, then got up and walked out.

"Daddy, this is leaving?" Qin Xi asked.

"I'm going to discuss with the prime minister, by the way, be careful when you go out recently, there are a lot of remnants of the Six Kingdoms who have mixed into Xianyang City." Zhao Zheng reminded before leaving.

Qin Xi yawned and said, "I came back to rest, how can I have time to take care of those wastes." ”

However, Qin Xi couldn't stay up after just staying at home for two days, mainly because there were no projects suitable for entertainment at home in this era, so Qin Xi went out to inspect his business.

The first stop is the restaurant, which has been staying outside recently, and for Qin Xi, who likes to cook, this place can be enjoyable and teach the chefs here some new dishes.

In a private room, Qin Xi was tasting the dishes he made, and the housekeeper reported on the side.

"Childe, there are more and more restaurants that have withdrawn from stir-frying, and there are also a lot of rapeseed oils on the market, and furniture manufacturers are also emerging in endlessly, and our three businesses have been divided into a lot of benefits." The butler said.

Qin Xi said: "It's okay, these three industries are just to make pocket money now, and I haven't thought about living on these three businesses." ”

The butler continued, "The fruit wine has been launched according to the orders of the child, and it is now very popular with those scholars. ”

Qin Xi put down his chopsticks and said, "Very good, continue to expand the scale of the winery, and be optimistic about the people in the winery, but we can't leak our wine-making methods." ”

"Childe, don't worry, the people in the distillery are trustworthy." The butler said.

"When you're full, let's go, let's go to the winery." Qin Xi got up and said.

Qin Xi walked downstairs and happened to see a sturdy young man walking there with a few people. The boy looked around, but all he said was disdainful.

"This arrogance, this temperament, this person is not simple." As a teacher, Qin Xi has always been very accurate in his eyes for people, so he walked over.

Qin Xi asked: "Brother is full of disdain, I don't know what kind of high opinion he has?" ”

The young man and the few people next to him were stunned, and then the older man got up and said, "Old man Chu Liang, this is my nephew Shaoyu, I don't know what the son has to say?" ”

"Sure enough!" Qin Xi didn't move, and said: "This restaurant is opened by the younger generation, and when I saw this brother pointing here with a mouth full of disdain, I came over to ask." ”

Xiang Liang arched his hand and said: "Sure enough, it is a hero who is a young man, my young Yu has always been like this, and please don't blame the little brother." ”

The young man Xiang Yu got up, was on par with Qin Xi, and said, "What if I am full of disdain, if you really do a good job, how can you care about my disdain." ”

"Shaoyu!" Xiang Liang scolded, but Xiang Yu was not afraid.

"Confucius said, sensitive and studious and not ashamed to ask, since this brother is unwilling to teach, then forget it." Qin Xi smiled and turned around and left.

Qin Xi's evaluation of Xiang Yu at this time has decreased a lot, a person who can't control his emotions and can't accept other people's words has nothing to worry about.

Maybe Xiang Yu can shine in the Qin and Han dynasties, mainly because of those straw bales, otherwise it is far inferior to Xiang Yan back then.