Chapter 44: Am I Doomed to Be a Fallen Master?
After Yuan Tiangang's master and apprentice left, Zhang Xuanqing looked at Liu Shenwei, whose eyes were rolling, and said with a smile: "If there is anything to say directly, the begging festival is purely a matter for girls and women, and it is the worst, and only those scholars who want to seek fame worship Kuixing, and it has nothing to do with our Taoist priests." ”
Liu Shenwei was not embarrassed when he saw that he was exposed, he stepped forward with a smile, rubbed his hands and said, "That...... Uncle...... You don't know...... The disciples have been suffering these days!" said with a smile and a tearful expression.
Zhang Xuanqing wanted to give the other party a mouthful: "What do you have to say, why didn't you find out before, you are so lazy!"
Liu Shenwei scratched his head and cried: "I can't help it, uncle, do you guess how much it costs for us to eat a day?" After speaking, without waiting for Zhang Xuanqing to speak, he snapped his fingers and calculated for him: "Let's talk about rice first, a bucket of rice costs four or five hundred yuan, and the five of us, although we can't eat a bucket a day, it is not enough for two days." In other words, every three days just to cook, we have to spend a thousand dollars. In addition to rice, we also have to eat vegetables, right? Not to mention meat, even ordinary sunflowers, weeds, leeks, woad, camelina, etc., are also a lot of expenses......
It is still the Wude period, not as good as Zhenguan, and the price is still inherited since the end of the Sui Dynasty. Due to the three large-scale conquests of Goryeo by Emperor Yang of Sui, not only did the division fail, but also caused a rebellion in the country, resulting in the destruction of production institutions, resulting in insufficient supply of goods, high prices, and currency depreciation. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the area ruled by Li Yuan was still limited, and in order to sweep away the heroes and complete his unification cause, he had to use troops on a large scale. In this way, the production business will inevitably be neglected, and the phenomenon of insufficient supply of goods and high prices will occur, which is far from reaching the cheap situation of only three or four dollars of rice like Zhenguan.
Moreover, even at the beginning of Zhenguan, there was a record in the "New Tang Dynasty Book, Chronicles, Food and Goods": At the beginning of Zhenguan, the household was less than three million, and the silk was a horse and a bucket of rice. That is to say, in the early years of Zhenguan, the total number of household registrations in the country was less than three million, and a horse of silk could only be exchanged for a bucket of rice. It wasn't until the fourth year of Zhenguan that the world was in the middle of the day, and the diaspora returned to their hometowns, and the rice was reduced to three or four dollars, which can be said to have fluctuated greatly in the middle.
Zhang Xuanqing knew that Liu Shenwei, this kid, was here to cry poor with him, and couldn't help rolling his eyes: "You should tell your master about this kind of thing, right? Tell me, aren't you afraid that your master will beat you?"
Liu Shenwei scratched his head and said with a sneer: "Uncle Shi said that he was joking, don't I treat Uncle Shi as my own...... Ahem, uncle, you also know that we practice medicine in Jishitang, and when we meet poor people, we have never charged medical fees, and sometimes even the medicine fees are waived...... You want my master to heal and save people, but how can you make money...... Hey...... Hey...... It's good not to send it out. In the end, the little face was even more wrinkled: "The three of us were fine before, but now we have added two mouths, and Uncle Shi, you are getting bigger and bigger now, and there are more and more people running to our Jishitang." Master is merciful, and when he encounters the poor, it is common for him to send medicine upside down. I'm not afraid to tell Uncle Shi, if it goes on like this, it will be a problem for us to continue if this Jishitang can't be opened!"
"Really?" Zhang Xuanqing couldn't help but move slightly in his heart, should Sun Simiao live in seclusion in Zhongnanshan in the future, or go around to see people, but resolutely did not open a medical center, just because...... Losing too much now?
But what's the use of this thing telling yourself!
"Shenwei, I also know your difficulties, but when it comes to making money, I am no different from your master, and I will spend it or not. Otherwise, I'll leave with Brother Yuan Dao and Li Daoyou?" Zhang Xuanqing asked tentatively.
Liu Shenwei suddenly became anxious: "Don't, don't, uncle, I didn't mean that." I want to ...... I want to ......"
"What do you want?" Zhang Xuanqing asked inexplicably.
"Hehe!" Liu Shenwei laughed cheaply, looked out with his eyebrows, and saw that the door was closed tightly, so he calmed down, leaned into Zhang Xuanqing's ear, and whispered: "Uncle Shi, didn't you take out some kind ......of alcohol two days ago?" Otherwise...... "Speaking of which, it sells out."
Zhang Xuanqing generally knew what the other party was going to say, so he didn't ask, just looked at the other party with a smile.
Liu Shenwei laughed dryly, and didn't dare to delay it any longer: "Uncle Shi clearly sees it, and the disciple thinks selfishly, your 'essence of wine' must taste extremely beautiful." Although used for disinfection, some ...... Some...... Ahem, but if you sell it to a restaurant, you should be able to sell it for a good price. And you have nothing to do with the Drunken Immortal Building, and even their current names have been changed because of you......"
"So you want to do business with Drunken Immortal Building?" Zhang Xuanqing said in his heart, sure enough, he no longer hid it.
I saw Liu Shenwei nodding excitedly: "Yes, yes, Uncle Shi, you are so smart!"
Zhang Xuanqing rolled his eyes: "But you Liu Xiaodao is not as smart, so you actually sit up and trade!" sighed for a while, feeling that it is not good to eat and drink here for nothing every day, and selling wine is indeed a livelihood.
However, you can't take modern inferior liquor, but build a distillation equipment to make liquor in this world. Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Okay, this matter has been written down, you go back first, and tomorrow I will give you the method of making wine, and even get you a device." ”
"Okay, thank you, uncle!" Liu Shenwei happily agreed, and pestered Zhang Xuanqing to say a lot of good things, and then said goodbye and left.
After Liu Shenwei left, Zhang Xuanqing looked at the bed and sighed helplessly.
Since the last time he came to Datang, he has not returned to modern time and space. There's no way, it's so distressing, 20,000 yuan, just take a bus, and it becomes 2,000, how does this make him want to go back?
It's a pity that I have to go back once today.
He didn't know what the equipment for distilling liquor looked like, not to mention that even if it was drawn, it would not be easy to make it in this world, so it was better to go back and buy a ready-made one.
Lying on the bed, the dragon sting method works as you like.
......
"Your sister, is a distillation equipment so expensive?"
Back in modern time and space, it was the next morning. Zhang Xuanqing directly turned on the computer, searched on a certain treasure, and found that the smallest and cheapest household small brewing and distillation equipment all cost six or seven hundred, seven or eight hundred, and no matter how expensive it was, he couldn't help but scold his mother.
There is no way, he has already promised Liu Shenwei's little Taoist, and he can only endure the pain and place an order. However, when he found out that the freight was going to be dozens of dollars, he couldn't help but curse again.
Originally, he also planned to buy a large one, which was in place at one time, but it seems that now he can only buy a small one for inspection, and then check the drawings of the distiller, and draw it for the blacksmith of the Tang Dynasty to ponder.
Pick and choose, write and draw, and when everything is done, it's already 10 o'clock in the morning.
The sky outside was overcast and it seemed like it was going to rain.
Zhang Xuanqing couldn't stand it with hunger, so he took out the pork hidden at the bottom of the refrigerator with a bitter face...... How many pigs do you have to buy with so much money lost yesterday, his heart hurts.
After eating, the weather outside was still gloomy, there was no wind, and it seemed that it would not rain for a while.
Zhang Xuanqing learned and used it lively, and immediately started a hexagram, which showed that there would be rain when it was dark.
I looked at the time, it was just noon, and I thought of losing so much money yesterday...... Well, let's set up a stall and tell fortunes.
"Our skills were learned from Yuan Tiangang, so we shouldn't be considered charlatans, right?"
Walking out of the house, Zhang Xuanqing thought beautifully, didn't he think that he had only learned from Yuan Tiangang for a few days, even if Yuan Tiangang had real skills, how much could he teach him?
It is already a habit to find a place where there are many people in a wide area and people to run away - this is already a habit, and it is better to think about defeat before thinking about victory, and to take precautions than to catch blind when the time comes.
However, today God does not seem to appreciate food, and after sitting for two hours, there is no one who stops to look.
Maybe it's because of the bad weather, people don't want to spend more time outside?
Until a light rain began to fall in the sky, there was still no business coming to the door.
Looking at the time, it was just four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was said that there would be rain when it was dark...... Hey, it's dark now, so I'm pretty accurate?
Zhang Xuanqing, who was in an inexplicable mood and got better, suddenly walked home in good spirits - he was reluctant to take a taxi, he would never do the bus in his life, and he felt distressed when he saw it.
Money!
As I was walking, I suddenly found a group of people in front of me, surrounding a small white car, and there was a person walking in front of the car, which should have been a car accident.
Zhang Xuanqing didn't want to join in the fun, but when he looked at the little white car, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt...... Isn't this Liu Ping's among the Liu sisters?
Well, I've finally got you!
got closer, and sure enough, I saw Liu Ping standing next to the car. At this time, it was raining lightly, she was wearing a white suit, sticking to her body, her long hair was a little wet, and her hair was sticking to her face repeatedly; her face was a little pale, I don't know if she was frightened or uncomfortable; she was wearing high heels under her feet, she was already 1.75 meters tall, and she was wearing high heels.
You must know that he is only 1.72 meters!
Lying on the ground was an old man of fifty or sixty, with a thin figure, wearing white shoulders, which had been penetrated by the rain, and clinging to his body tightly, and his flesh was hidden, and his body was even more thin;
However, Zhang Xuanqing's eyes are sharp, and he clearly sees that the old man has a good complexion, and he looks at it according to the method of Chinese medicine to look at qi, and Ya Ting is pretending!
The crowd around to watch the excitement didn't know that they were standing under umbrellas of different colors in black or white, pointing at Liu Ping for a while.
"Look at this girl, she looks good, but her heart is not good, she knocks other people's uncles like this, and she doesn't know how to send them to the hospital!"
"That's it, people now don't know what's wrong, alas, it's really people's hearts are not ancient, and the world is declining. ”
"But no, look at her car, she can't get off without a few millions, right?
"No, this matter must be exposed, everyone will take pictures and post them on Weibo, and people will see who this woman is. ”
"Needless to say, if you want me to see, this person is a little three. Even if it's not, it's not a good person!"
"That's right!"
“......”