After choosing the inn, Zhao Laosan put on makeup and went to an auction house, handed over a book of Yunjing to the auction house under a pseudonym, entrusted them to auction it, and then went to learn about the situation in Yangcheng in black and white. The demon put on makeup and went to another auction house to entrust another book of luck to the auction house in the name of Wang Qiyun, and then went to learn about Yangcheng's business and specialties, and went to the Casting and Forging Association to learn about Yangcheng's casting and forging level and the supply of materials.

In the evening, the two crossed over to the auction house to participate in the auction. If you encounter your own auction of the essence book, according to the situation appropriate to the price, but don't be too greedy. After the auction, neither of them touched their own Yunjing book auction, and returned to the inn to communicate, and then rested separately. The next day, they received a message from the merchant and invited them to dinner in the evening. The two planned that Zhao Laosan would continue to visit Yangcheng to understand the situation, and the demon felt that he had almost understood the situation, so he continued to copy the book. When I go to dinner with a merchant in the evening, I don't go to the auction house.

At night, the demon and Zhao Laosan came to the place designated by the merchant without makeup, and met with the merchant, and the merchant also brought a friend named Wanshiqi, and the merchant's name was Zhang Ben. After the four of them finished greetings, they got to the point.

"I have partnered with four friends to open a mine that produces refined charcoal, which is the fuel used in the blacksmith shop, and now because of the relatively large losses, five shareholders have disagreements, and the other four shareholders want to quit," said Wan Shiqi. I think it can still be done, and there will be profits in the future. The four shareholders asked me to buy their shares for 80,000 taels of silver. I didn't have enough money, so I found a book. Zhang originally wanted to come in, but the money didn't add up enough. Do you two have this intention?" and then explained how this charcoal mine can make money. {It's money, not the future}

Zhao Laosan looked at the demon and gave a look, which means that I don't understand, look at you.

The demon asked: "Where are your 5 shareholders from, what is the relationship, and what is the proportion of individuals?"

Wan Shiqi said: "The five of us are all locals, and we used to be friends, but now we are in trouble with the matter of this mine. At the beginning, each of the five of us contributed 20,000 taels of silver, accounting for 20% each, and the entire mine invested a total of 100,000 taels. If they want to quit now, they can refund their capital of 20,000 taels per person. ”

"Who is running this mine, who is in charge of production, which is in charge of sales, and which is in charge of accounting?"

Zhang originally listened to the demons and asked the key points, and nodded straightly. All this knowledge of the demon came from the drunk Zhang Benben.

"Hey, there's no clear division of labor, I think we're all friends. Later, when the refined carbon mine suffered a loss, they began to distrust each other, and each arranged for relatives and friends to come in. After that, they would fight each other and they couldn't do anything. It's almost stopped now. ”

"It's like a mine that's going to be scrapped. The demon said mercilessly. "Do you have a sales point in Yangcheng? I'm going to take a look. I'm going to take a look at the refined carbon mining area too. ”

"So I can't give you an answer right now. Thank you for your understanding. The demon said.

Zhang Ben said repeatedly: "You should go and see it." He turned back to everything and said, "Is it okay tomorrow?"

Everything replied, "I'll arrange." I'll come to you tomorrow. ”

The rest of the food and wine bragged, and the demon was not interested, so he found an excuse to go back to the inn.

The demon disguised himself as Wang Qiyun and went to the auction house to see if his luck book was finished at auction.

Later, the demon returns to the inn. found that Zhao Laosan had returned, so he said to Zhao Laosan: "Uncle, you have a lot of contact with Zhang Benben, what do you think of this person, and what do you think of everything?"

Zhao Laosan said: "I have a lot of contact with Zhang Benben, and I have a better appetite for me, and I feel that Zhang Ben is more bold, and the businessmen are a little cunning." Everything is in order, and I feel like I haven't finished speaking. ”

"Everything's here, something is hidden from us. You have more contact with them, pour their wine, find out the true situation of everything, and understand the true relationship between everything, but don't get drunk. The operation of the refined carbon mine is worthy of our attention, and the business of the refined carbon mine is still profitable. ”

"Yes. Zhao Laosan replied.

The next day, everything sent someone to pick up the demon and Zhao Laosan, and Zhang Ben went to the sales point of fine charcoal together. When the demon saw that there were several more charcoal sales points near the sales point, he knew that this was the gathering place for the sale of refined charcoal, which was the wholesale market. When I entered the sales point, I found a guy and asked about the sales situation, the inventory situation, and also looked at the accounts of the past years, and the sales volume was very poor. When I went to the stocking point, I looked at the charcoal in stock, selected a part of it from the middle, and said to the man who accompanied me, "Ship this pile of charcoal to the nearest blacksmith shop where you can rent a blacksmith furnace, and I will go there immediately." Then I went to another sales point nearby and checked out the refined charcoal for sale. Zhao Laosan and Zhang Ben didn't speak, and accompanied them all the time.

When the demon arrives at the blacksmith's shop, he replaces the fuel in the blacksmith's furnace with the refined charcoal that has been transported, and begins to cast and forge alloys. The blacksmith of the blacksmith shop began to look at him, and the demon didn't mind, "Brother is used to being watched, and he looks handsome." The demon thought to himself. After forging a piece of alloy, the demon made a short sword from the alloy and tried it for sharpness, hardness, and toughness. He forged the rest of the alloy into a flying cone. The demon gave the rest of the charcoal to the blacksmith shop, taking away the flying cone and the short sword.

The demon broke up with Zhao Laosan and Zhang Benben and made an appointment to go to the mining area early tomorrow morning. When he took it away, Zhang Ben gave a thumbs up to the demon and said, "Amazing, you're checking the quality of the refined charcoal!"

The demon smiled silently, said goodbye to Zhang Benben, returned to the inn with Zhao Laosan, and began to discuss with Zhao Laosan.

"In the refined carbon ore of everything, there are good quality fine carbon, there are also poor quality fine carbon, these two types of fine carbon are mixed together, resulting in can only be used in the blacksmith shop, casting and forging alloy will not want them this kind of fine carbon; I'm thinking about taking this fine charcoal mine, but I'll have to wait until I see the mine. "We need to be ready to buy the funds for the fine carbon mine. Those two books can be sold for more than 8,000 taels, and the money is not enough. Therefore, if you want to sell the Qinglin Sect's Twelve Meridians and Three Hands Yang Luck Essence Book, you may also have to consider selling the turban and boots with aura. The demon said.

"Isn't that book very suitable for you?" asked Zhao Laosan.

"Now that I am short of money, I can keep a manuscript and sell the original, but I have to be careful to sell it. The demon said.

Zhao Laosan said: "You decide this matter, and you can directly order me if there is something." ”

"Because of that Twelve Meridians and Three Hands Yang Luck Essence Book, I only copied one-fifth. So you help me immediately, go to a school and find 3 or 4 students who write well and do things carefully, but don't know martial arts to copy books. Students who know martial arts know the value of that book. We rented a room next to the room where we were staying for the copyists, and the people we found in it took turns to copy day and night, and we could finish copying in 3 to 4 days. After copying, each person will be given 5 taels of silver. The demon said.

Zhao Laosan thought about it and said, "5 taels is too much." On the contrary, the value of the book was exposed, and after copying 1 tael per person, we were satisfied with 1 tael per person. ”

The demon said, "Okay." This matter is to be done immediately, get the manuscript as soon as possible, and sell the book, which will take several days. ”

"I went to the Foundry and Forge Association to find out about the refined charcoal used by the Foundry and Forge Association here. We're here to meet. ”

The demon asked the innkeeper for a room close to his house, and asked for a reliable honest shopkeeper, ready to serve the students who copied the books, and the shopkeeper's salary was paid separately. Only you pay, there is nothing that can't be solved.

Zhao Laosan came back with 4 students. The demon first arranged the students into the room and let the shopkeeper wait, pulled Zhao Laosan into the guest room where he lived, and whispered to Zhao Laosan: "Uncle, you spend some makeup, bring those bottles of unknown medicine in the belt to the auction house, and first see if the Yunjing book is auctioned off." If the auction is lost, take the silver ticket back and don't put it there. Then give the medicine to the auction house for appraisal, and let them give a message to quote a price, but find an interface not to auction it, and get it back. Save on appraisal fees. If the book has not been auctioned yet, don't take out the medicine until you get the money. Then there's nothing to do, uncle, you can come back before dinner, I guess everything is in order or Zhang is going to come to us. ”

Zhao Laosan left. The demon entered the rented room and greeted the four students, then took out a book and said, "Start copying from here, there are about two-thirds left, and the four people take turns copying day and night, and they are not allowed to drink alcohol." It should be written clearly and carefully, there should be no mistakes, the words on the book should not be changed, and the mistakes should be copied according to the mistakes, and the book should not be damaged or stained, so wash your hands and copy again. You have to cross-check each other, make a mistake, or miss a word, and deduct money. It is estimated that it can be copied in 3 days, and 1 tael of silver per person is copied, if I am satisfied with 1 tael per person. Emphasize, it's everyone. If I'm satisfied, it's 2 taels per person. ”

"Each person will copy two articles first, and I'll read them. What is the need to find a shop junior. The demon pointed to the shopkeeper.

The demon checked the two samples of each person, and said that he continued to copy, and the words of these students were much better than the words written by the demon.

The demon was free, and while supervising the students to copy the book, he flipped through the second chapter of the "Wenshi Zhenjing".

The demon thought to himself: "The first chapter of the "Wenshi Zhenjing" is about the "Tao", that is, about the three views, I am still busy working for three meals a day, this "Tao" is too far away from my current self, or read Chapter 2. ”

The pillar builds heaven and earth.

Guan Yinzi said: If the bowl is like a bowl, if the bottle is like a pot, if the urn is like an urn, it can build heaven and earth. Trillion turtles and broken tile stones, all of which can tell the good luck. It is to know that everything in heaven and earth is reasonable, one thing is encompassing, everything is encompassing, and each does not borrow from each other. ①

With my essence, I will combine the essence of the other. The two spirits fight, and God responds. ②

One female and one male, oviparous; ③

The former, the essence of the other, the reasoner, the god, the lover, the essence of me, the viewer, my god. ④

Love is water, and view is fire. Love and attachment because it is wood, and love for existence is gold. Think of the energy of one yuan first, and the attachment of one thing. Love is in the form of the other, and the contemplation is in the form of the other, and the reason is like existence. The image of a fortune, circumferential space, rises from the middle to the sky, and descends from the middle to the earth. There is nothing up and there is no fall, and there is no fall but no rise. The one who rises is fire, and the one who descends is water. Those who want to rise but cannot rise are wood, and those who want to fall but cannot be lowered are gold. Wood is a thing, drilling is fire, and twisting is water. Gold is a thing, hit it to get fire, and to get water. The golden wood is also the friend of fire and water. Water is the essence of the sky, fire is the god of the earth, wood is the soul of the man, and gold is the spirit. ⑤

Those who are lucky and unstoppable are timely, and those who are in the package are the square, but the earth is the end, there is a solution, and there is a show. ⑥

(1) The "Tao" in all things in heaven and earth is the same.

(2) Let's start with the conclusion: "The essence of me and the other is in harmony, and God should do it."

(3) Give 2 common examples in daily life to illustrate the conclusion of the previous sentence.

(4) The "form and reason" of things correspond to "essence and spirit", and my "love and view" correspond to "essence and spirit".

(5) The main meaning of this passage is: how to compare the heavens, earth, me, and all things, the spiritual soul of the human body with the five elements of yin and yang, and the gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and come to the conclusion that the human body is a bowl of the five elements of yin and yang. The emphasis in this paragraph is on "how to take analogies and images" and talks about the method of taking analogies, and the purpose is not to talk about cultivation. Of course, it also has something to do with cultivation, because the human body is a small world, and the idea of being one with heaven and earth runs through all the books that talk about the Tao.

(6) From this, time and space arise. Those who have the foundation of the five elements of yin and yang can understand it at a glance, and those who don't understand the five elements of yin and yang will be useless no matter how much they say.