Candidates did not dare to slack off, who knows if these scholars inside will have a prosperous day, when the time comes to find them to settle.
On this day, the inn was spent in the smell of sourness and busyness. After a good night's sleep, Gu Zhao woke up the next day and felt his vitality recovered. Knowing that he was a premature baby, his health was not considered good when he was young, otherwise his parents would not bother to send him to study.
Song Ze's situation is not much better than Gu Zhao's. After waking up, he is not as lively as Gu Zhao. Thinking of the future rural examination, he feels that it is necessary to improve his physical fitness with Gu Zhao, otherwise he will not be able to pass the future examination.
As soon as the exam was over, the atmosphere in the inn became lively again. While waiting for the results, various literary meetings were organized. The location was in Hualou, both of them refused.
After going out to socialize, the rest of the time Gu Zhao either took Wood and Song Ze out to find delicious food, or stayed at the inn to wait for the results.
Originally, the process of the hospital examination was not much different from year to year, but this year a strange thing happened, which was still brought by Gu Zhao, that is, after the examination, instant noodles spread in Jiangtai City. The strong fragrance of instant noodles wafted from the examination room, and the examiners and servants soaked in it were so smoked that their eyes turned green.
In fact, Gu Zhao couldn’t help laughing when he smelled the aroma of instant noodles floating around during the exam. This scene is definitely hard to see in modern times. It can be said that half of the candidates are eating instant noodles. You can imagine how heavy the smell is. , How much impact and harm will it have on other candidates and examiners who did not bring instant noodles, so that some candidates came out with green eyes.
When the examinees recovered, they complained to their familiar fellow students that the food they brought in was so strong that they couldn’t concentrate on the exam. Let's see how delicious this instant noodles are.
Hearing the comments of these examinees, the shopkeepers of the three inns who bought instant noodle recipes immediately cleverly asked people to quickly fetch instant noodles and started selling them in the inn. The quantity is still quite a lot, adding up to more than the amount brought by the wood, because these candidates not only bought it for themselves, but also wanted to buy it for their relatives and friends to eat.
As a result, even the candidates at the inn where Gu Zhao and the others were staying went to other inns to buy instant noodles. At this time, the shopkeeper was beating his chest with regret. He also found someone to try making instant noodles. It looked simple, but he wanted to imitate it to be the same It can't taste bad, it can't be made in a short time.
After the shopkeeper regretted it, he had to come to Mu Mu to renegotiate the price of this prescription. Mu Mu only said one sentence, whatever the price of the three inns, the shopkeeper will pay the price, and the second price will not be paid. In the end, the shopkeeper can only grit his teeth and take out 50 yuan. Mu Mu accepted the two silver coins with a smile on his face, turned around and handed Fang Zi to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper led people to rush out a batch of instant noodles immediately, but after all, the sale was a little late, and it was not as profitable as other inns.
Fortunately, it can be sold once every exam season, and there is a rural exam after the college exam, and the amount of food that needs to be brought for the rural exam is even greater. The shopkeeper feels better thinking about it this way.
Mu Mu was also very happy. He saw that other inns sold instant noodles very well. He felt that he had lost a lot of money. He made too little instant noodles back then. some.
After these candidates finished buying, the fame of instant noodles spread to the outside world, attracting people in the city and wealthy families to buy it curiously.
For the ordinary people, this is the food specially eaten by imperial examination scholars. After eating it, it seems that they can get some scholarly atmosphere, and their children can be like them in the future.
Maybe one day, instant noodles can be sold all over the world.
Ten days later, it was the day when the rankings would be released. At the invitation of other candidates, Gu Zhao and Song Ze came to a teahouse ahead of time. From the teahouse, they could see where the rankings would be released.
On this day, the seats in the teahouse were all occupied by candidates. Some people were talking loudly, some people were casually talking to others, and their eyes glanced at the closed Yamen from time to time, obviously not thinking about talking with others.
Gu Zhao has a big heart. Although he is not willing to take the hospital exam again, he just wants to pass it once, but now he is very calm, no matter how anxious and nervous he is, he can't change the final result, and he is quite confident in himself, because I feel good about myself, and I didn't do badly on the exam.
Zhou Luwen admired Gu Zhao for still having the time to chat and joke with Mu Mu and Qi Yunfei, and looked at Song Ze, he was better than him.
"Brother Gu's mentality is the best among us, I'm not as calm as Brother Gu."
Hearing this, Song Ze raised his head and looked at Gu Zhao, wondering when Gu Zhao was in a bad mood, as for calmness?He didn't notice much.
At this time, a strange voice came from the side: "The college exam is not comparable to the government exam. Not only candidates from other prefectures, but also children from previous years participated. If you can get a good result in the government exam, there are many people who can't pass the college exam."
Wood anger, who is this?Is it implying that his brother failed the college entrance examination?
Gu Zhao turned his face back, glanced to the side with subtle eyes, and then agreed with approval: "This brother is right, the competitiveness of the college entrance examination is indeed much greater than that of the government examination, although it is unrealistic. , but I still hope that everyone’s wishes will come true.”
"Haha, please ask Brother Gu for auspicious words, I hope Brother Gu can also fulfill his wish."
"Haha, easy to say, easy to say."
The words Gu Zhao said made everyone feel more comfortable, and it was much more pleasing to the ears than the yin and yang person before. Although everyone knew that he might go after Gu Zhao, the words also applied to them, so it was very pleasant to that person. Not impressed.
Not only did the man fail to achieve his goal of mocking Gu Zhao, he was also thrown backwards in anger.
Mu Mu saw that the guy's face turned blue from his brother's anger, and his little face turned cloudy.
Qi Yunfei was quite angry at first, but in the end, Gu Zhao hit back lightly in two or three times, and made the other party angry. Qi Yunfei couldn't help laughing. In fact, from the incident with the Gao family, it can be seen that, Gu Zhao is not the type to let others bully him, no matter his actions or his words, he is quite agile.
The loudest call this time is a candidate from this city, who is known as a young talent in Jiangtai City. Like Song Ze, he is the leader in the county examination and government examination. This time, the entrance examination is definitely aimed at Xiao Sanyuan .
This person's grandfather was a second-rank official who retired from the court and returned home. His father was still an official in the court. He followed his grandfather to study. His grandfather also told his friends that this grandson is the most like him, so this The young scholar named Ye Xiuming has many fans around him.
Lu Zhouwen said to Gu Zhao and Song Ze in a low voice: "Did you see that Ye Xiuming is also here, and this time he is the loudest to win the case. He is a family member."
This kind of family background is very enviable. Although the environment of Lu Zhouwen's Zhou family is better than that of Gu Zhao and Song Ze, and they are both big and small landlords, they are far away from this Ye Tongsheng. To worship a famous teacher, but Ye Xiuming, his grandfather was a famous teacher, and he was nurtured by his grandfather since he was a child.
Gu Zhao glanced in the direction he was pointing, mainly because he wanted to get to know the Ye Xiuming he was talking about. He was indeed a handsome young scholar with an inherent arrogance, but he would not be annoying. The fresh clothes are angry and high-spirited, but the situation of him and Song Ze can't tolerate them, but it doesn't mean they don't like it.
Gu Zhao withdrew his gaze, and smiled at Song Ze twice. Song Ze didn't understand what he meant, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Gu Zhao didn’t say anything, just laughed a few times. In the book, Song Ze could get the Little Sanyuan, so it’s impossible not to get it this time, and according to the memory of the heroine in the book, Song Ze got the Little Sanyuan in her previous life, so Gu Zhao thought that this time the trial case was not Ye Xiuming's, but Song Ze's.
But if you are too complacent, you can't say it, otherwise you will bring hatred for Song Zela.
Song Ze knew that Gu Zhao would often come up with some thoughts that ordinary people couldn't understand, so he could only shake his head helplessly, can he care more about him?
"There is movement, the list is about to be released!"
One person yelled loudly, and immediately attracted everyone inside and outside the building to look at the door, and some people who seemed to be calm at first turned their heads to look outside. It turned out that the so-called calm It's also faked.
Qi Yunfei lay on the window sill, turned around and asked Gu Zhao and Song Ze: "How about I go down and look at the list?"
"No need, seeing so many people squeezed past, anyway, I don't care if it takes a while." Seeing that the crowd was full of people below, Gu Zhao was very unwilling to participate, and he didn't want Qi Yunfei and Mu Mu to do so.
Song Ze agreed, and Zhou Luwen pointed to the person below and said, "My book boy has passed away."
Gu Zhao and Song Ze looked at it for a while, there were too many people, and they couldn't recognize his book boy.
A special official came out to post the list, and the whole scene became more crowded and noisy, and the usually gentle scholar didn't care about anything at the moment.
"Master, you have won. Master, you are ranked sixth from the bottom on the list." Soon someone yelled inside.
Obviously, this book boy or servant knew his young master's level well, so he must have looked from the back to the front, so he found his young master's name so quickly.
There was a young man dancing outside, he was undoubtedly the sixth from the bottom on the list, he didn't dislike the bottom position at all, as long as he was on the list, he had achieved the fame of a scholar.
"Who is the chief case?" Someone outside asked with concern.
"The head of the case? Let me see, it's Song Ze, Qinghe County, Qingling Prefecture."
There are still many people who can distinguish these words from the noisy voices, some are dumbfounded, some are excited, Gu Zhao and Qi Yunfei belong to the excited category, Zhou Luwen congratulates Song Ze loudly after confirming.
Song Ze himself couldn't believe it at first, but after Gu Zhao confirmed to him that it was him, his stunned expression slowly relaxed, and then he showed a smiling face. Those who knew him knew that he was Song Ze, the chief of the case. , also congratulated him, and the eccentric person before slipped away, and if he stayed, he would only humiliate himself.
The people around Ye Xiuming couldn't believe it, how could it be an unknown kid instead of Ye Xiuming, Ye Xiuming was carefully taught by a second-rank senior, and he was always smart and talented.
Ye Xiuming was obviously also very surprised, and he used a lot of strength to hold the folding fan in his hand. When someone said that it was impossible to go down to see the list, Ye Xiuming stopped them: "There are people outside, what's wrong?" Can you believe it? The results this time also let me know that my knowledge is not enough."
"Brother Ye, you..." Someone objected to Ye Xiuming.
Ye Xiuming stopped what he was about to say, and walked towards Song Ze. He had heard about the chief of the Song case, but he didn't pay much attention to it before, but he didn't expect that he would get the trial case he wanted. head.
"Brother Song, congratulations."
"Thank you, Brother Ye." Song Ze hastily replied.
At this time, Ye Xiuming's book boy ran up, panting and shouting: "Master, you are No.2, master."
Ye Xiuming had already controlled his emotions, and smiled when he heard the result: "Thank you for your hard work, I understand."
It was a great joy to change the No. 2 examination of another hospital, but for Ye Xiuming, who was at the top of the case, it was a bit lost. Gu Zhao expressed sympathy for this, but who let him meet the future? What about Mr. Shoufu?
"Gu Zhao, No.5! It seems that the Gu Zhao County Examination is the fifth place. Am I remembering correctly?"
After all, Gu Zhao is also a celebrity, so people shouted when they saw him on the list. Gu Zhao was stunned for a moment and then showed a big smile. The fifth is the best. See how he and Song Ze have a lot of love. Fifth, there is no change.
Author's gossip: no more manuscripts~
Gu Zhao was surprised to be on the list. I didn't expect him to be able to maintain the fifth position. It should be known that with each step up, it is more difficult to maintain the original position, and it can not only double, but Gu Zhao did it.
It can be seen from this that it was not Gu Zhao's fault that he made such a big limelight before, so it was a big mistake for anyone who had an opinion on Gu Zhao because of this. Do you think that Gu Zhao is willing to suffer this disaster?His bright future was almost ruined by Gao's family.
There was joy all around, and Gu Zhao was also very happy, and responded with a smile along with Song Ze.
It is worth mentioning that Zhou Luwen, who stayed with them, also made the list. Although the ranking was low, he was also very happy from ear to ear.
Mu Mu and Qi Yunfei were also extremely happy, even more overjoyed than the two parties involved.
Mu Mu was purely happy for his brother, so Qi Yunfei thought a little bit more. He admired his vision. At the beginning, he sincerely made friends with Gu Zhao. Now, seeing that Gu Zhao has been admitted as a scholar, Gu Zhao’s friend is still Xiao Sanyuan. He will enter the officialdom in the future. His elder brother will not be alone anymore.
After dealing with it for a while, Gu Zhao hurriedly dragged Song Ze out of the teahouse. Everyone was too enthusiastic and couldn't take it anymore.
On the way back to the inn, Gu Zhao's eyes became crescents with a smile, and his emotions were more exposed than before, and Song Ze inevitably showed some. After all, he was young, and it was enough to try his best to suppress in front of outsiders.
"Song case chief, Song Xiaosanyuan."
Song Ze couldn't help laughing: "Gu Linsheng."
"Haha..." Gu Zhao laughed loudly, "I didn't expect that I, Gu Zhao, could pass the No.5 exam."
The others also cheered up, including Zhou Luwen who went back on the same road with them, and couldn't help laughing. Gu Zhao's No.5 was indeed surprising, so it's not surprising that Gu Zhao had such a performance.
Back at the inn, the three candidates in their group were all on the list, one of them was the first and the fifth, the news had spread in the inn, and now the shopkeeper regretted it even more, fortunately, he added 50 taels of silver later, I hope Gu Xiucai doesn't care too much about it.
At the same time, the shopkeeper was very excited, because this time the test case came out in his inn, and taking the inn would add a lot of credit to him. There will definitely be more candidates staying in the hotel next time, and the rent can be raised again. After all It's the inn where the head of the case stayed. Maybe the test scores will be better if you live in it. People are so unavoidable.
After accepting another wave of congratulations, Gu Zhao and the others hurried back to the room. After a while, the shopkeeper knocked on the door in person, said a lot of good things to Song Ze and Gu Zhao, and his face was wrinkled by a smile, and finally offered a few This means that they will be given free rent this time.
Song Ze and Gu Zhao accepted it after a little bit of pushback. In fact, this is also an unwritten rule. After all, the inn can get back its name through Song Ze's case and earn more money from Song Ze. Even if he can't make more money, the reputation of the inn where the chief of the case stayed is enough for him to benefit.
Seeing that the two of them accepted the rent, the shopkeeper completely let go of his heart. If the two refused to accept him, he would be worried, worried that they would care about the instant noodle recipe before. Although the book boy came forward, who said that there was no Gu Zhao behind it? What does this master mean?
After the shopkeeper left, Gu Zhao smiled and said, "They are all talented people."
Gu Zhao and the others can't leave for the time being, because there will be a teacher appreciation banquet hosted by the Xuezheng Master who presided over the college examination. Although they didn't leave, it didn't prevent the news from being sent back at a very fast speed, especially now that everyone is paying attention to Gu Zhao. It's quite high, and I want to know if he can go to another floor.
"The news from the provincial government has arrived, and the list of people on the list has arrived. Someone copied back the list of our Qingling Mansion on the list."
"Is anyone on the list? How about Gu Zhao?" The others couldn't remember, even Song Ze, the leader of the case, didn't ask, and the first thing that came to mind was Gu Zhao.
"Gu Zhaoyou is on the list, Gu Zhaofu is fifth in the examination, and this time the court examination is still fifth, and the leader of the court examination is Song Ze, the leader of our government examination."
"Good guy! Isn't Song Ze a little Sanyuan? He came out of our Qingling City, okay! Gu Zhao is not bad either. We deserved our voice for him and lived up to our expectations."
The circle of scholars was very happy, which gave them even more reason to step on the Gao family in Qinghe County. Gu Zhaoneng also passed the fifth place in the college examination, which is enough to prove that his talent for reading is not low. This is a 15-year-old young scholar.
Because of Song Ze's status as a junior, Song Ze received slightly more attention than Gu Zhao for the first time. Then everyone thought of inquiring about Song Ze's specific situation and found that he was raised by his widowed mother alone. Many praises, the widowed mother is well educated.
Shuiyun Village in Qinghe County has also become famous because of this, because both Gu Zhao and Song Ze are from this small mountain village. I believe that after the news spreads back to Qinghe County, the school where they study and Mr. Tan will follow. There will be many parents this time Try every means to send your child to Master Tan.
On the day of the teacher appreciation banquet, both Gu Zhao and Song Ze put on new clothes to go to the banquet, and Zhou Luwen walked with them.
Seats were arranged according to their rank at the banquet, so Song Ze was the head, and Ye Xiuming sat below him. Ye Xiuming pursed his lips and greeted Song Ze politely. Song Ze returned the salute. Let's say hello, the atmosphere is much warmer than Song Ze Ye Xiuming's here.
Ye Xiuming felt a little sad about this test, but he had to admit defeat, because after the list was posted, the test papers of the top ten candidates were also posted. Ye Xiuming went to carefully read Song Ze's papers, and after reading it, he knew that he had lost where.
He specially asked someone to inquire about Song Ze's specific situation. Song Ze's study environment was much worse than his, and he hadn't been taught by a famous teacher like his grandfather, but he still got the case by surpassing him. This shows that the problem lies with himself and not It's not others, it's because he was too complacent before.
The senior Xuezheng from the capital appeared accompanied by local officials. This senior Xuezheng was actually very kind and looked like a good old man. He first asked Song Ze and Ye Xiuming some questions, cared for them, and then asked : "Who is Gu Zhao?"
Gu Zhao was dripping with sweat, but stood up quickly, and other people's eyes were also focused on him. There was a low laugh, and most of them understood why Xuezheng specifically mentioned Gu Zhao.
Mr. Xuezheng looked about 40 years old, stroked his beard and smiled and said: "So you are Gu Zhao. It seems that you are a lucky man, and you are also clever. After I came out, I knew that the instant noodles were yours. Made it out, but?"
What he said showed that Mr. Xuezheng had known him beforehand, even the lawsuit between him and the Gao family, otherwise he would not say that he would be blessed.
They suffered a great crime in the examination room. Although they ate better than the examinees and had special cooks to cook for them, they were suffocated by the smell of instant noodles that filled the entire examination room in those few days. Finally, after they came out, they had time to ask about the origin of the instant noodles. They didn't want it to be related to Gu Zhao who had been in the limelight before, and even Master Xuezheng also wrote down the name of Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao blushed, expressing his embarrassment: "Students are making a fool of themselves. Instant noodles are just a small way, and it is difficult to be elegant. If the master Xuezheng likes it, the students can present the recipe to him."
"Okay, okay, I'm thinking that I won't be able to eat this instant noodles after returning to the capital, and in my opinion, it can be popularized among candidates." Master Xuezheng He affirmed with a smile.
Gu Zhao used the cover of his sleeve to take out the prescription from the space, and then stepped forward to present it to Mr. Xuezheng. After reading it, Mr. He thought it was a clever idea, and it didn't require too much skill. It was really convenient, and then told Gu Zhao Encouragement.
The atmosphere of the teacher appreciation banquet was very pleasant, and after the end, all the newly released scholars went back to their respective homes.
On the way, Gu Zhao was still in a good mood and said, "It is estimated that this time, the spread of instant noodles will be faster. When we go to the capital in the future, don't you think the smell of instant noodles will be everywhere in the examination room?"
"You're optimistic," Song Ze smiled and shook his head, thinking of going to the capital, what can he do there?It was to take part in the general examination, and it was to confirm that he could pass the provincial examination and get the honor of juren, "I just want to rely on this to make money again, so I can't do it."
Gu Zhao shrugged and said, "I won't give it away. This thing is easy to imitate, and it can even make a better taste, so why bother, and those wealthy people just treat it as something new."
"You always have your reasons."
"I think Brother Gu's words are reasonable." Zhou Luwen agreed. Fortunately, he brought instant noodles into the examination room this time, so he didn't have to endure the torture of the smell.
On the second day of the teacher appreciation banquet, they retreated from the room and headed back to Qingling Mansion. This time, the road was much more lively, because the examinees from Qingling City met to go back together, and the road was much safer. Although Qi Yunfei still invited bodyguards, But the number was half less than last time, and the others also expressed their understanding. Gu Zhao was almost cut off, leaving a shadow in his heart, even if he was too careful, it was not too much.
The return trip went smoothly. Everyone dispersed after entering Qingling City. Gu Zhao and Song Ze went back to Qi’s house first, and then returned to Qinghe County after rectifying there. This was a matter discussed by the two on the way. In Qingling Mansion.
Of course, the first thing to do when returning to Qingling Mansion is to visit Master Song, the magistrate. Gu Zhao and Song Ze went together, and was received by Master Song as soon as the invitation was handed in.
Song Cheng was very satisfied with the results of the two, so he praised them a lot, and rewarded them in the name of the prefect. Song Ze got 50 taels of silver for the first case, Gu Zhao, the fifth, 30 taels, and others Candidates on the list who left Qingling Mansion would also be rewarded accordingly, but these two had the best grades.
The two who got the reward silver were very happy, and went back cheerfully. On the way, Gu Zhao said with emotion: "Exams can also make money. In addition to the reward silver, we, as a student, can also receive money from the yamen every year. Four taels of silver, we can still guarantee the students who take the exam in the future, tsk tsk."
Song Ze was also very happy in his heart. He needed the money more than Gu Zhao, but his attitude towards Gu Zhao was very speechless: "I thought you didn't think much of this money."
During the college examination period, Mu Mu earned more than 200 taels of silver with instant noodles and chicken cakes.
Gu Zhaobai glanced at him: "You don't understand, no matter how little money there is, it's still money."
Song Ze almost rolled his eyes when he heard that.
In fact, Gu Zhao was quite generous. Because he was in a good mood, he wrote down the frosting recipe and gave it to Qi Yunfei. I don't like it anymore, well, in fact, he is too lazy to bother.
Not only that, but when Mu Mu wanted to hand over the money he earned to Gu Zhao, Gu Zhao waved his hand and let Mu Mu hold it by himself. up.
This shows what?It shows that in Gu Zhao's mind, Mu Mu is more important than his elder brother's most important silver, and Mu Mu counts the silver while making up in his mind.
Because they wanted to use Qingling Mansion as their base camp, Gu Zhao and Song Ze went to the school to complete the admission procedures, and they will study here from now on. The school also welcomed them. They are not strangers anyway. They were here before. Been listening for a while.
After completing the enrollment procedures, the two of them were about to pack up and go back to their hometown. Song Ze had a little more money in his hands, so he went out to buy some items and brought them back to his mother.
"Actually, you can bring your aunt to live with you in Fucheng, otherwise it would be too lonely for your aunt to stay in the village alone." Gu Zhao suggested.
Song Ze has concerns: "I'm worried that my mother won't come here, after all, it will cost a lot to come here."
Gu Zhao clapped his fists and said, "Yes, it's better to let my aunt have something to do, and make a living with it, so what should I do?"
Gu Zhao was thinking about it in his heart, but Song Ze always felt that Gu Zhao was too much trouble.
In fact, sometimes he also envies Gu Zhao. Although he is better at reading than Gu Zhao, when it comes to making money and making a living, his brain is not as flexible as Gu Zhao. Up to now, he has only earned some money by copying books, but it is very limited. .
Gu Zhao rubbed his chin, one idea after another flashed through his mind, the corner of his eye casually swept across the corner, suddenly something in the corner made Gu Zhao's eyes widen.
He patted himself on the forehead, and ran over to bring the thing over: "Why did I forget this thing? I even came back from the provincial government, and I left such a good thing behind, Song Ze, haha , I know what I can ask my aunt to do."
Song Ze looked at the thing in Gu Zhao's hand in puzzlement, wondering what the use of this lubricating ointment was, and Mu Mu also saw it next to him, and recalled the memory of that day: "Isn't this the day when my brother was making chicken?" The cake was made before, I asked my brother what it was used for, and my brother said that it would be clear to people when it is ready, now my brother can say it.”
Gu Zhao laughed dryly, could it be said that he forgot all the soap he had made because he was busy with the hospital examination?
"Come on, I'll take this thing out of the mold, and then tell you what it's used for. By the way, Mu Mu, check to see if the second brother is there, and if he is, call him over to have a look."
"Okay, brother wait for me to come back."
Mu Mu ran out, afraid of missing his brother's "performance".
Qi Yunfei happened to be there too, knowing that Gu Zhao had done something good again, he immediately dropped what he was doing and followed Mu Mu, maybe this time it was a good thing again.
When Qi Yunfei came, Gu Zhao had already divided the large piece of soap into small pieces, found oil, and fetched two basins of clean water. However, in front of Qi Yunfei and Mu Songze, he deliberately washed his own soap first. Dirt and oil on hands.
As if performing a trick, he shook his two stained hands in front of several people: "Did you see it? It's dirty enough, so you should have guessed what this little thing is for."
Qi Yunfei and Song Ze showed a clear look, it must be used to clean their hands.
Gu Zhao soaked his hands and a small piece of soap in water, then rubbed the soap with his hands a few times, then put it aside, rubbed his hands slowly, after a while, the foam formed on his hands, and then washed the foam off with clean water , and finally put his hand in front of several people and shook it: "How is it? Is it clean enough?"
Song Ze and Qi Yunfei looked at each other, then lowered their heads and did the same action in unison, that is, grabbed Gu Zhao's hand and touched it up and down. Mu Mu's eyes were erected, and he quickly joined in to snatch his brother's hand out. In the end, he won He grabbed his brother's hand tightly, glared at the two of them and said angrily, "What are you doing?"
"Pfft, haha..." Qi Yunfei was amused.
Song Ze's shoulders also trembled, and then he coughed lightly and said, "So this thing is the same as soap and bath beans, but it seems to have a stronger cleaning ability than them, and it's very clean. I still remember that day The materials you make this thing seem to be only plant ash and soybean oil? Could it be that you only need these two? Isn’t the cost lower than that of soap and bath beans?”
Qi Yunfei's eyes widened when he heard it, and he didn't care to laugh at the wood: "Really? That's really a good thing."
He is a businessman, so he can better understand the business opportunities of this thing, and the profit will not be less than that of opening Qi's restaurant.
Gu Zhao is really a treasure. Not long after he produced instant noodles and canned food, he produced another item with great business opportunities, which is simply a cornucopia.
Gu Zhao nodded and said: "The most expensive material here is oil. This oil can be made of animal fat, suet, lard, or vegetable oil. The cost can be controlled by yourself. In addition, you can add spices, wash clothes, etc. At the same time, it can also stain the clothes with the scent of spices, and can also add medicine or skin care items to make high-end soap, by the way, I call this thing soap."
Qi Yunfei's eyes became brighter when he heard it, and the medicated soap and skin care soap alone made a lot of money.
Song Ze watched Gu Zhao dig out a business opportunity with his own eyes, and was also very excited: "Then Gu Zhao, what you mean by mentioning my mother..."
He might as well reject it before, because it can be heard that Gu Zhao is really arranging things for his mother, rather than simply providing convenience for his mother.
Qi Yunfei also looked at Gu Zhao, wanting to know how Gu Zhao works with this soap thing.
Gu Zhao smiled and said: "We can hire people to build a workshop and open a shop. The workshop is used to make soap, and the shop is used to sell soap. I think whether it is a workshop or a shop, we always need our own people. No matter which one we go to after my aunt comes , can be of great help to us.”
Qi Yunfei understood that it turned out that Gu Zhao made this plan for Song Ze's widowed mother, and it must be said that Gu Zhao's arrangement was very appropriate and would not make people feel ashamed.
Song Ze felt warm in his heart and felt sore in his eyes. He was very grateful for Gu Zhao's proposal. He suppressed the sourness in his eyes and said, "Okay, let me go back and discuss with my mother and see what my mother is willing to do."
"Of course, it would be great if my parents are willing to come with me. I'm afraid they won't be able to leave the tofu shop they just opened. If I knew it earlier, I would give them advice later."
Both Song Ze and Qi Yunfei laughed.
"Brother, what am I doing?" Mu Mu shook Gu Zhao's hand to remind him.
"Mu Mu, come home with me first, and make arrangements after we get back. Then Mu Mu can do whatever he wants."
"Okay." Mu Mu narrowed his eyes with a smile, and his brother was willing to take him home.
This time, the three people divided the dozen or so pieces of soap into pieces, which is very convenient to carry around and use.
Then the three of them set off back to Qinghe County together, and they had to stop in the county for a while before Gu Zhao and Song Ze returned to Shuiyun Village.
Taking advantage of the time on the road, Gu Zhao approached Song Ze and Qi Yunfei to make plans for the soap workshop and shop. At first Song Ze thought that he would be the one to make the most of the idea, but unexpectedly Gu Zhao wanted to bring him in too, and how much money he had to invest, anyway. Invest in his share, and give dividends after making a profit.
How could Song Ze not know that it was Gu Zhao who was taking care of him, he didn't have any credit for it, it's already good enough to arrange his mother to work and get paid, and he didn't want to have something better, he took it out of his heart.
Qi Yunfei agreed with this with all his hands, and helped Gu Zhao persuade Song Ze: "With your share, my aunt will feel more at ease when the time comes, and besides, I won't just give you a share, and you still paid for it. At that time, in order to ensure that the business goes smoothly and not be picked by other people, we have to send people out, such as Mr. Song or Mrs. Song, the magistrate."
"Brother Song, your status is not low. You are the name of Xiao Sanyuan. You will go further in the future. At that time, your status will be the amulet of our soap business."
"Yes, we call it collusion between government and businessmen." Gu Zhao added.
Song Ze's black line: "Don't talk so nonsense outside, and let the speech officer take a look at you when the time comes."
Gu Zhao shut his mouth and blinked. He didn't want to pull Song Ze in. He also wanted to hold his thigh in advance and participate in his business. In the future, Song Ze, the future chief assistant, would never want to get rid of Gu Zhao.
Song Ze couldn't laugh or cry at his trickery. With Qi Yunfei's persuasion and Gu Zhao's trickery, Song Ze finally accepted the benefit, but he couldn't ask for more, so he just accepted the money he put in as a share, so he felt He got a big deal, because he has used soap a few times, he knows how promising soap will be in the future, and most importantly, it is not as easy to imitate as instant noodles.
Even if he knew the raw materials for making soap, he couldn't turn plant ash and soybean oil into soap for his hands.
In the finalized plan, Gu Zhao used Fang Zi and 200 taels of silver as input to account for 500%; Qi Yunfei invested 50 taels of silver and the place to provide, which also accounted for [-]%; Song Ze invested [-] taels for half of it, and the rest Thirty-five percent of them are used to establish relationships and find backers. At present, Gu Zhao and Song Ze cannot provide enough protection.
The three of them signed a formal contract document to finalize the matter. As for the management matters, Qi Yunfei must be in charge. Of course, it was Qi Yunfei who signed the document contract with Gu Zhao and Song Ze, not the Qi family. Come on, Qi Yunfei has a family with a top-notch step-grandmother and a top-notch second uncle.
Qi Yunfei was very satisfied with this. Originally, he thought it would be enough to get [-]% of the share, and let Gu Zhao get [-]% of it, but Gu Zhao only wanted to be a shopkeeper, and he thought this share was enough.
After finalizing the soap business in the future, the three of them felt relaxed. Gu Zhao looked at the wood beside him, and remembered something: "You have to give Mu Mu a big name, you can't just call it Mu Mu all the time, and Mu Mu should be your nickname."
On this day, the inn was spent in the smell of sourness and busyness. After a good night's sleep, Gu Zhao woke up the next day and felt his vitality recovered. Knowing that he was a premature baby, his health was not considered good when he was young, otherwise his parents would not bother to send him to study.
Song Ze's situation is not much better than Gu Zhao's. After waking up, he is not as lively as Gu Zhao. Thinking of the future rural examination, he feels that it is necessary to improve his physical fitness with Gu Zhao, otherwise he will not be able to pass the future examination.
As soon as the exam was over, the atmosphere in the inn became lively again. While waiting for the results, various literary meetings were organized. The location was in Hualou, both of them refused.
After going out to socialize, the rest of the time Gu Zhao either took Wood and Song Ze out to find delicious food, or stayed at the inn to wait for the results.
Originally, the process of the hospital examination was not much different from year to year, but this year a strange thing happened, which was still brought by Gu Zhao, that is, after the examination, instant noodles spread in Jiangtai City. The strong fragrance of instant noodles wafted from the examination room, and the examiners and servants soaked in it were so smoked that their eyes turned green.
In fact, Gu Zhao couldn’t help laughing when he smelled the aroma of instant noodles floating around during the exam. This scene is definitely hard to see in modern times. It can be said that half of the candidates are eating instant noodles. You can imagine how heavy the smell is. , How much impact and harm will it have on other candidates and examiners who did not bring instant noodles, so that some candidates came out with green eyes.
When the examinees recovered, they complained to their familiar fellow students that the food they brought in was so strong that they couldn’t concentrate on the exam. Let's see how delicious this instant noodles are.
Hearing the comments of these examinees, the shopkeepers of the three inns who bought instant noodle recipes immediately cleverly asked people to quickly fetch instant noodles and started selling them in the inn. The quantity is still quite a lot, adding up to more than the amount brought by the wood, because these candidates not only bought it for themselves, but also wanted to buy it for their relatives and friends to eat.
As a result, even the candidates at the inn where Gu Zhao and the others were staying went to other inns to buy instant noodles. At this time, the shopkeeper was beating his chest with regret. He also found someone to try making instant noodles. It looked simple, but he wanted to imitate it to be the same It can't taste bad, it can't be made in a short time.
After the shopkeeper regretted it, he had to come to Mu Mu to renegotiate the price of this prescription. Mu Mu only said one sentence, whatever the price of the three inns, the shopkeeper will pay the price, and the second price will not be paid. In the end, the shopkeeper can only grit his teeth and take out 50 yuan. Mu Mu accepted the two silver coins with a smile on his face, turned around and handed Fang Zi to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper led people to rush out a batch of instant noodles immediately, but after all, the sale was a little late, and it was not as profitable as other inns.
Fortunately, it can be sold once every exam season, and there is a rural exam after the college exam, and the amount of food that needs to be brought for the rural exam is even greater. The shopkeeper feels better thinking about it this way.
Mu Mu was also very happy. He saw that other inns sold instant noodles very well. He felt that he had lost a lot of money. He made too little instant noodles back then. some.
After these candidates finished buying, the fame of instant noodles spread to the outside world, attracting people in the city and wealthy families to buy it curiously.
For the ordinary people, this is the food specially eaten by imperial examination scholars. After eating it, it seems that they can get some scholarly atmosphere, and their children can be like them in the future.
Maybe one day, instant noodles can be sold all over the world.
Ten days later, it was the day when the rankings would be released. At the invitation of other candidates, Gu Zhao and Song Ze came to a teahouse ahead of time. From the teahouse, they could see where the rankings would be released.
On this day, the seats in the teahouse were all occupied by candidates. Some people were talking loudly, some people were casually talking to others, and their eyes glanced at the closed Yamen from time to time, obviously not thinking about talking with others.
Gu Zhao has a big heart. Although he is not willing to take the hospital exam again, he just wants to pass it once, but now he is very calm, no matter how anxious and nervous he is, he can't change the final result, and he is quite confident in himself, because I feel good about myself, and I didn't do badly on the exam.
Zhou Luwen admired Gu Zhao for still having the time to chat and joke with Mu Mu and Qi Yunfei, and looked at Song Ze, he was better than him.
"Brother Gu's mentality is the best among us, I'm not as calm as Brother Gu."
Hearing this, Song Ze raised his head and looked at Gu Zhao, wondering when Gu Zhao was in a bad mood, as for calmness?He didn't notice much.
At this time, a strange voice came from the side: "The college exam is not comparable to the government exam. Not only candidates from other prefectures, but also children from previous years participated. If you can get a good result in the government exam, there are many people who can't pass the college exam."
Wood anger, who is this?Is it implying that his brother failed the college entrance examination?
Gu Zhao turned his face back, glanced to the side with subtle eyes, and then agreed with approval: "This brother is right, the competitiveness of the college entrance examination is indeed much greater than that of the government examination, although it is unrealistic. , but I still hope that everyone’s wishes will come true.”
"Haha, please ask Brother Gu for auspicious words, I hope Brother Gu can also fulfill his wish."
"Haha, easy to say, easy to say."
The words Gu Zhao said made everyone feel more comfortable, and it was much more pleasing to the ears than the yin and yang person before. Although everyone knew that he might go after Gu Zhao, the words also applied to them, so it was very pleasant to that person. Not impressed.
Not only did the man fail to achieve his goal of mocking Gu Zhao, he was also thrown backwards in anger.
Mu Mu saw that the guy's face turned blue from his brother's anger, and his little face turned cloudy.
Qi Yunfei was quite angry at first, but in the end, Gu Zhao hit back lightly in two or three times, and made the other party angry. Qi Yunfei couldn't help laughing. In fact, from the incident with the Gao family, it can be seen that, Gu Zhao is not the type to let others bully him, no matter his actions or his words, he is quite agile.
The loudest call this time is a candidate from this city, who is known as a young talent in Jiangtai City. Like Song Ze, he is the leader in the county examination and government examination. This time, the entrance examination is definitely aimed at Xiao Sanyuan .
This person's grandfather was a second-rank official who retired from the court and returned home. His father was still an official in the court. He followed his grandfather to study. His grandfather also told his friends that this grandson is the most like him, so this The young scholar named Ye Xiuming has many fans around him.
Lu Zhouwen said to Gu Zhao and Song Ze in a low voice: "Did you see that Ye Xiuming is also here, and this time he is the loudest to win the case. He is a family member."
This kind of family background is very enviable. Although the environment of Lu Zhouwen's Zhou family is better than that of Gu Zhao and Song Ze, and they are both big and small landlords, they are far away from this Ye Tongsheng. To worship a famous teacher, but Ye Xiuming, his grandfather was a famous teacher, and he was nurtured by his grandfather since he was a child.
Gu Zhao glanced in the direction he was pointing, mainly because he wanted to get to know the Ye Xiuming he was talking about. He was indeed a handsome young scholar with an inherent arrogance, but he would not be annoying. The fresh clothes are angry and high-spirited, but the situation of him and Song Ze can't tolerate them, but it doesn't mean they don't like it.
Gu Zhao withdrew his gaze, and smiled at Song Ze twice. Song Ze didn't understand what he meant, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Gu Zhao didn’t say anything, just laughed a few times. In the book, Song Ze could get the Little Sanyuan, so it’s impossible not to get it this time, and according to the memory of the heroine in the book, Song Ze got the Little Sanyuan in her previous life, so Gu Zhao thought that this time the trial case was not Ye Xiuming's, but Song Ze's.
But if you are too complacent, you can't say it, otherwise you will bring hatred for Song Zela.
Song Ze knew that Gu Zhao would often come up with some thoughts that ordinary people couldn't understand, so he could only shake his head helplessly, can he care more about him?
"There is movement, the list is about to be released!"
One person yelled loudly, and immediately attracted everyone inside and outside the building to look at the door, and some people who seemed to be calm at first turned their heads to look outside. It turned out that the so-called calm It's also faked.
Qi Yunfei lay on the window sill, turned around and asked Gu Zhao and Song Ze: "How about I go down and look at the list?"
"No need, seeing so many people squeezed past, anyway, I don't care if it takes a while." Seeing that the crowd was full of people below, Gu Zhao was very unwilling to participate, and he didn't want Qi Yunfei and Mu Mu to do so.
Song Ze agreed, and Zhou Luwen pointed to the person below and said, "My book boy has passed away."
Gu Zhao and Song Ze looked at it for a while, there were too many people, and they couldn't recognize his book boy.
A special official came out to post the list, and the whole scene became more crowded and noisy, and the usually gentle scholar didn't care about anything at the moment.
"Master, you have won. Master, you are ranked sixth from the bottom on the list." Soon someone yelled inside.
Obviously, this book boy or servant knew his young master's level well, so he must have looked from the back to the front, so he found his young master's name so quickly.
There was a young man dancing outside, he was undoubtedly the sixth from the bottom on the list, he didn't dislike the bottom position at all, as long as he was on the list, he had achieved the fame of a scholar.
"Who is the chief case?" Someone outside asked with concern.
"The head of the case? Let me see, it's Song Ze, Qinghe County, Qingling Prefecture."
There are still many people who can distinguish these words from the noisy voices, some are dumbfounded, some are excited, Gu Zhao and Qi Yunfei belong to the excited category, Zhou Luwen congratulates Song Ze loudly after confirming.
Song Ze himself couldn't believe it at first, but after Gu Zhao confirmed to him that it was him, his stunned expression slowly relaxed, and then he showed a smiling face. Those who knew him knew that he was Song Ze, the chief of the case. , also congratulated him, and the eccentric person before slipped away, and if he stayed, he would only humiliate himself.
The people around Ye Xiuming couldn't believe it, how could it be an unknown kid instead of Ye Xiuming, Ye Xiuming was carefully taught by a second-rank senior, and he was always smart and talented.
Ye Xiuming was obviously also very surprised, and he used a lot of strength to hold the folding fan in his hand. When someone said that it was impossible to go down to see the list, Ye Xiuming stopped them: "There are people outside, what's wrong?" Can you believe it? The results this time also let me know that my knowledge is not enough."
"Brother Ye, you..." Someone objected to Ye Xiuming.
Ye Xiuming stopped what he was about to say, and walked towards Song Ze. He had heard about the chief of the Song case, but he didn't pay much attention to it before, but he didn't expect that he would get the trial case he wanted. head.
"Brother Song, congratulations."
"Thank you, Brother Ye." Song Ze hastily replied.
At this time, Ye Xiuming's book boy ran up, panting and shouting: "Master, you are No.2, master."
Ye Xiuming had already controlled his emotions, and smiled when he heard the result: "Thank you for your hard work, I understand."
It was a great joy to change the No. 2 examination of another hospital, but for Ye Xiuming, who was at the top of the case, it was a bit lost. Gu Zhao expressed sympathy for this, but who let him meet the future? What about Mr. Shoufu?
"Gu Zhao, No.5! It seems that the Gu Zhao County Examination is the fifth place. Am I remembering correctly?"
After all, Gu Zhao is also a celebrity, so people shouted when they saw him on the list. Gu Zhao was stunned for a moment and then showed a big smile. The fifth is the best. See how he and Song Ze have a lot of love. Fifth, there is no change.
Author's gossip: no more manuscripts~
Gu Zhao was surprised to be on the list. I didn't expect him to be able to maintain the fifth position. It should be known that with each step up, it is more difficult to maintain the original position, and it can not only double, but Gu Zhao did it.
It can be seen from this that it was not Gu Zhao's fault that he made such a big limelight before, so it was a big mistake for anyone who had an opinion on Gu Zhao because of this. Do you think that Gu Zhao is willing to suffer this disaster?His bright future was almost ruined by Gao's family.
There was joy all around, and Gu Zhao was also very happy, and responded with a smile along with Song Ze.
It is worth mentioning that Zhou Luwen, who stayed with them, also made the list. Although the ranking was low, he was also very happy from ear to ear.
Mu Mu and Qi Yunfei were also extremely happy, even more overjoyed than the two parties involved.
Mu Mu was purely happy for his brother, so Qi Yunfei thought a little bit more. He admired his vision. At the beginning, he sincerely made friends with Gu Zhao. Now, seeing that Gu Zhao has been admitted as a scholar, Gu Zhao’s friend is still Xiao Sanyuan. He will enter the officialdom in the future. His elder brother will not be alone anymore.
After dealing with it for a while, Gu Zhao hurriedly dragged Song Ze out of the teahouse. Everyone was too enthusiastic and couldn't take it anymore.
On the way back to the inn, Gu Zhao's eyes became crescents with a smile, and his emotions were more exposed than before, and Song Ze inevitably showed some. After all, he was young, and it was enough to try his best to suppress in front of outsiders.
"Song case chief, Song Xiaosanyuan."
Song Ze couldn't help laughing: "Gu Linsheng."
"Haha..." Gu Zhao laughed loudly, "I didn't expect that I, Gu Zhao, could pass the No.5 exam."
The others also cheered up, including Zhou Luwen who went back on the same road with them, and couldn't help laughing. Gu Zhao's No.5 was indeed surprising, so it's not surprising that Gu Zhao had such a performance.
Back at the inn, the three candidates in their group were all on the list, one of them was the first and the fifth, the news had spread in the inn, and now the shopkeeper regretted it even more, fortunately, he added 50 taels of silver later, I hope Gu Xiucai doesn't care too much about it.
At the same time, the shopkeeper was very excited, because this time the test case came out in his inn, and taking the inn would add a lot of credit to him. There will definitely be more candidates staying in the hotel next time, and the rent can be raised again. After all It's the inn where the head of the case stayed. Maybe the test scores will be better if you live in it. People are so unavoidable.
After accepting another wave of congratulations, Gu Zhao and the others hurried back to the room. After a while, the shopkeeper knocked on the door in person, said a lot of good things to Song Ze and Gu Zhao, and his face was wrinkled by a smile, and finally offered a few This means that they will be given free rent this time.
Song Ze and Gu Zhao accepted it after a little bit of pushback. In fact, this is also an unwritten rule. After all, the inn can get back its name through Song Ze's case and earn more money from Song Ze. Even if he can't make more money, the reputation of the inn where the chief of the case stayed is enough for him to benefit.
Seeing that the two of them accepted the rent, the shopkeeper completely let go of his heart. If the two refused to accept him, he would be worried, worried that they would care about the instant noodle recipe before. Although the book boy came forward, who said that there was no Gu Zhao behind it? What does this master mean?
After the shopkeeper left, Gu Zhao smiled and said, "They are all talented people."
Gu Zhao and the others can't leave for the time being, because there will be a teacher appreciation banquet hosted by the Xuezheng Master who presided over the college examination. Although they didn't leave, it didn't prevent the news from being sent back at a very fast speed, especially now that everyone is paying attention to Gu Zhao. It's quite high, and I want to know if he can go to another floor.
"The news from the provincial government has arrived, and the list of people on the list has arrived. Someone copied back the list of our Qingling Mansion on the list."
"Is anyone on the list? How about Gu Zhao?" The others couldn't remember, even Song Ze, the leader of the case, didn't ask, and the first thing that came to mind was Gu Zhao.
"Gu Zhaoyou is on the list, Gu Zhaofu is fifth in the examination, and this time the court examination is still fifth, and the leader of the court examination is Song Ze, the leader of our government examination."
"Good guy! Isn't Song Ze a little Sanyuan? He came out of our Qingling City, okay! Gu Zhao is not bad either. We deserved our voice for him and lived up to our expectations."
The circle of scholars was very happy, which gave them even more reason to step on the Gao family in Qinghe County. Gu Zhaoneng also passed the fifth place in the college examination, which is enough to prove that his talent for reading is not low. This is a 15-year-old young scholar.
Because of Song Ze's status as a junior, Song Ze received slightly more attention than Gu Zhao for the first time. Then everyone thought of inquiring about Song Ze's specific situation and found that he was raised by his widowed mother alone. Many praises, the widowed mother is well educated.
Shuiyun Village in Qinghe County has also become famous because of this, because both Gu Zhao and Song Ze are from this small mountain village. I believe that after the news spreads back to Qinghe County, the school where they study and Mr. Tan will follow. There will be many parents this time Try every means to send your child to Master Tan.
On the day of the teacher appreciation banquet, both Gu Zhao and Song Ze put on new clothes to go to the banquet, and Zhou Luwen walked with them.
Seats were arranged according to their rank at the banquet, so Song Ze was the head, and Ye Xiuming sat below him. Ye Xiuming pursed his lips and greeted Song Ze politely. Song Ze returned the salute. Let's say hello, the atmosphere is much warmer than Song Ze Ye Xiuming's here.
Ye Xiuming felt a little sad about this test, but he had to admit defeat, because after the list was posted, the test papers of the top ten candidates were also posted. Ye Xiuming went to carefully read Song Ze's papers, and after reading it, he knew that he had lost where.
He specially asked someone to inquire about Song Ze's specific situation. Song Ze's study environment was much worse than his, and he hadn't been taught by a famous teacher like his grandfather, but he still got the case by surpassing him. This shows that the problem lies with himself and not It's not others, it's because he was too complacent before.
The senior Xuezheng from the capital appeared accompanied by local officials. This senior Xuezheng was actually very kind and looked like a good old man. He first asked Song Ze and Ye Xiuming some questions, cared for them, and then asked : "Who is Gu Zhao?"
Gu Zhao was dripping with sweat, but stood up quickly, and other people's eyes were also focused on him. There was a low laugh, and most of them understood why Xuezheng specifically mentioned Gu Zhao.
Mr. Xuezheng looked about 40 years old, stroked his beard and smiled and said: "So you are Gu Zhao. It seems that you are a lucky man, and you are also clever. After I came out, I knew that the instant noodles were yours. Made it out, but?"
What he said showed that Mr. Xuezheng had known him beforehand, even the lawsuit between him and the Gao family, otherwise he would not say that he would be blessed.
They suffered a great crime in the examination room. Although they ate better than the examinees and had special cooks to cook for them, they were suffocated by the smell of instant noodles that filled the entire examination room in those few days. Finally, after they came out, they had time to ask about the origin of the instant noodles. They didn't want it to be related to Gu Zhao who had been in the limelight before, and even Master Xuezheng also wrote down the name of Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao blushed, expressing his embarrassment: "Students are making a fool of themselves. Instant noodles are just a small way, and it is difficult to be elegant. If the master Xuezheng likes it, the students can present the recipe to him."
"Okay, okay, I'm thinking that I won't be able to eat this instant noodles after returning to the capital, and in my opinion, it can be popularized among candidates." Master Xuezheng He affirmed with a smile.
Gu Zhao used the cover of his sleeve to take out the prescription from the space, and then stepped forward to present it to Mr. Xuezheng. After reading it, Mr. He thought it was a clever idea, and it didn't require too much skill. It was really convenient, and then told Gu Zhao Encouragement.
The atmosphere of the teacher appreciation banquet was very pleasant, and after the end, all the newly released scholars went back to their respective homes.
On the way, Gu Zhao was still in a good mood and said, "It is estimated that this time, the spread of instant noodles will be faster. When we go to the capital in the future, don't you think the smell of instant noodles will be everywhere in the examination room?"
"You're optimistic," Song Ze smiled and shook his head, thinking of going to the capital, what can he do there?It was to take part in the general examination, and it was to confirm that he could pass the provincial examination and get the honor of juren, "I just want to rely on this to make money again, so I can't do it."
Gu Zhao shrugged and said, "I won't give it away. This thing is easy to imitate, and it can even make a better taste, so why bother, and those wealthy people just treat it as something new."
"You always have your reasons."
"I think Brother Gu's words are reasonable." Zhou Luwen agreed. Fortunately, he brought instant noodles into the examination room this time, so he didn't have to endure the torture of the smell.
On the second day of the teacher appreciation banquet, they retreated from the room and headed back to Qingling Mansion. This time, the road was much more lively, because the examinees from Qingling City met to go back together, and the road was much safer. Although Qi Yunfei still invited bodyguards, But the number was half less than last time, and the others also expressed their understanding. Gu Zhao was almost cut off, leaving a shadow in his heart, even if he was too careful, it was not too much.
The return trip went smoothly. Everyone dispersed after entering Qingling City. Gu Zhao and Song Ze went back to Qi’s house first, and then returned to Qinghe County after rectifying there. This was a matter discussed by the two on the way. In Qingling Mansion.
Of course, the first thing to do when returning to Qingling Mansion is to visit Master Song, the magistrate. Gu Zhao and Song Ze went together, and was received by Master Song as soon as the invitation was handed in.
Song Cheng was very satisfied with the results of the two, so he praised them a lot, and rewarded them in the name of the prefect. Song Ze got 50 taels of silver for the first case, Gu Zhao, the fifth, 30 taels, and others Candidates on the list who left Qingling Mansion would also be rewarded accordingly, but these two had the best grades.
The two who got the reward silver were very happy, and went back cheerfully. On the way, Gu Zhao said with emotion: "Exams can also make money. In addition to the reward silver, we, as a student, can also receive money from the yamen every year. Four taels of silver, we can still guarantee the students who take the exam in the future, tsk tsk."
Song Ze was also very happy in his heart. He needed the money more than Gu Zhao, but his attitude towards Gu Zhao was very speechless: "I thought you didn't think much of this money."
During the college examination period, Mu Mu earned more than 200 taels of silver with instant noodles and chicken cakes.
Gu Zhaobai glanced at him: "You don't understand, no matter how little money there is, it's still money."
Song Ze almost rolled his eyes when he heard that.
In fact, Gu Zhao was quite generous. Because he was in a good mood, he wrote down the frosting recipe and gave it to Qi Yunfei. I don't like it anymore, well, in fact, he is too lazy to bother.
Not only that, but when Mu Mu wanted to hand over the money he earned to Gu Zhao, Gu Zhao waved his hand and let Mu Mu hold it by himself. up.
This shows what?It shows that in Gu Zhao's mind, Mu Mu is more important than his elder brother's most important silver, and Mu Mu counts the silver while making up in his mind.
Because they wanted to use Qingling Mansion as their base camp, Gu Zhao and Song Ze went to the school to complete the admission procedures, and they will study here from now on. The school also welcomed them. They are not strangers anyway. They were here before. Been listening for a while.
After completing the enrollment procedures, the two of them were about to pack up and go back to their hometown. Song Ze had a little more money in his hands, so he went out to buy some items and brought them back to his mother.
"Actually, you can bring your aunt to live with you in Fucheng, otherwise it would be too lonely for your aunt to stay in the village alone." Gu Zhao suggested.
Song Ze has concerns: "I'm worried that my mother won't come here, after all, it will cost a lot to come here."
Gu Zhao clapped his fists and said, "Yes, it's better to let my aunt have something to do, and make a living with it, so what should I do?"
Gu Zhao was thinking about it in his heart, but Song Ze always felt that Gu Zhao was too much trouble.
In fact, sometimes he also envies Gu Zhao. Although he is better at reading than Gu Zhao, when it comes to making money and making a living, his brain is not as flexible as Gu Zhao. Up to now, he has only earned some money by copying books, but it is very limited. .
Gu Zhao rubbed his chin, one idea after another flashed through his mind, the corner of his eye casually swept across the corner, suddenly something in the corner made Gu Zhao's eyes widen.
He patted himself on the forehead, and ran over to bring the thing over: "Why did I forget this thing? I even came back from the provincial government, and I left such a good thing behind, Song Ze, haha , I know what I can ask my aunt to do."
Song Ze looked at the thing in Gu Zhao's hand in puzzlement, wondering what the use of this lubricating ointment was, and Mu Mu also saw it next to him, and recalled the memory of that day: "Isn't this the day when my brother was making chicken?" The cake was made before, I asked my brother what it was used for, and my brother said that it would be clear to people when it is ready, now my brother can say it.”
Gu Zhao laughed dryly, could it be said that he forgot all the soap he had made because he was busy with the hospital examination?
"Come on, I'll take this thing out of the mold, and then tell you what it's used for. By the way, Mu Mu, check to see if the second brother is there, and if he is, call him over to have a look."
"Okay, brother wait for me to come back."
Mu Mu ran out, afraid of missing his brother's "performance".
Qi Yunfei happened to be there too, knowing that Gu Zhao had done something good again, he immediately dropped what he was doing and followed Mu Mu, maybe this time it was a good thing again.
When Qi Yunfei came, Gu Zhao had already divided the large piece of soap into small pieces, found oil, and fetched two basins of clean water. However, in front of Qi Yunfei and Mu Songze, he deliberately washed his own soap first. Dirt and oil on hands.
As if performing a trick, he shook his two stained hands in front of several people: "Did you see it? It's dirty enough, so you should have guessed what this little thing is for."
Qi Yunfei and Song Ze showed a clear look, it must be used to clean their hands.
Gu Zhao soaked his hands and a small piece of soap in water, then rubbed the soap with his hands a few times, then put it aside, rubbed his hands slowly, after a while, the foam formed on his hands, and then washed the foam off with clean water , and finally put his hand in front of several people and shook it: "How is it? Is it clean enough?"
Song Ze and Qi Yunfei looked at each other, then lowered their heads and did the same action in unison, that is, grabbed Gu Zhao's hand and touched it up and down. Mu Mu's eyes were erected, and he quickly joined in to snatch his brother's hand out. In the end, he won He grabbed his brother's hand tightly, glared at the two of them and said angrily, "What are you doing?"
"Pfft, haha..." Qi Yunfei was amused.
Song Ze's shoulders also trembled, and then he coughed lightly and said, "So this thing is the same as soap and bath beans, but it seems to have a stronger cleaning ability than them, and it's very clean. I still remember that day The materials you make this thing seem to be only plant ash and soybean oil? Could it be that you only need these two? Isn’t the cost lower than that of soap and bath beans?”
Qi Yunfei's eyes widened when he heard it, and he didn't care to laugh at the wood: "Really? That's really a good thing."
He is a businessman, so he can better understand the business opportunities of this thing, and the profit will not be less than that of opening Qi's restaurant.
Gu Zhao is really a treasure. Not long after he produced instant noodles and canned food, he produced another item with great business opportunities, which is simply a cornucopia.
Gu Zhao nodded and said: "The most expensive material here is oil. This oil can be made of animal fat, suet, lard, or vegetable oil. The cost can be controlled by yourself. In addition, you can add spices, wash clothes, etc. At the same time, it can also stain the clothes with the scent of spices, and can also add medicine or skin care items to make high-end soap, by the way, I call this thing soap."
Qi Yunfei's eyes became brighter when he heard it, and the medicated soap and skin care soap alone made a lot of money.
Song Ze watched Gu Zhao dig out a business opportunity with his own eyes, and was also very excited: "Then Gu Zhao, what you mean by mentioning my mother..."
He might as well reject it before, because it can be heard that Gu Zhao is really arranging things for his mother, rather than simply providing convenience for his mother.
Qi Yunfei also looked at Gu Zhao, wanting to know how Gu Zhao works with this soap thing.
Gu Zhao smiled and said: "We can hire people to build a workshop and open a shop. The workshop is used to make soap, and the shop is used to sell soap. I think whether it is a workshop or a shop, we always need our own people. No matter which one we go to after my aunt comes , can be of great help to us.”
Qi Yunfei understood that it turned out that Gu Zhao made this plan for Song Ze's widowed mother, and it must be said that Gu Zhao's arrangement was very appropriate and would not make people feel ashamed.
Song Ze felt warm in his heart and felt sore in his eyes. He was very grateful for Gu Zhao's proposal. He suppressed the sourness in his eyes and said, "Okay, let me go back and discuss with my mother and see what my mother is willing to do."
"Of course, it would be great if my parents are willing to come with me. I'm afraid they won't be able to leave the tofu shop they just opened. If I knew it earlier, I would give them advice later."
Both Song Ze and Qi Yunfei laughed.
"Brother, what am I doing?" Mu Mu shook Gu Zhao's hand to remind him.
"Mu Mu, come home with me first, and make arrangements after we get back. Then Mu Mu can do whatever he wants."
"Okay." Mu Mu narrowed his eyes with a smile, and his brother was willing to take him home.
This time, the three people divided the dozen or so pieces of soap into pieces, which is very convenient to carry around and use.
Then the three of them set off back to Qinghe County together, and they had to stop in the county for a while before Gu Zhao and Song Ze returned to Shuiyun Village.
Taking advantage of the time on the road, Gu Zhao approached Song Ze and Qi Yunfei to make plans for the soap workshop and shop. At first Song Ze thought that he would be the one to make the most of the idea, but unexpectedly Gu Zhao wanted to bring him in too, and how much money he had to invest, anyway. Invest in his share, and give dividends after making a profit.
How could Song Ze not know that it was Gu Zhao who was taking care of him, he didn't have any credit for it, it's already good enough to arrange his mother to work and get paid, and he didn't want to have something better, he took it out of his heart.
Qi Yunfei agreed with this with all his hands, and helped Gu Zhao persuade Song Ze: "With your share, my aunt will feel more at ease when the time comes, and besides, I won't just give you a share, and you still paid for it. At that time, in order to ensure that the business goes smoothly and not be picked by other people, we have to send people out, such as Mr. Song or Mrs. Song, the magistrate."
"Brother Song, your status is not low. You are the name of Xiao Sanyuan. You will go further in the future. At that time, your status will be the amulet of our soap business."
"Yes, we call it collusion between government and businessmen." Gu Zhao added.
Song Ze's black line: "Don't talk so nonsense outside, and let the speech officer take a look at you when the time comes."
Gu Zhao shut his mouth and blinked. He didn't want to pull Song Ze in. He also wanted to hold his thigh in advance and participate in his business. In the future, Song Ze, the future chief assistant, would never want to get rid of Gu Zhao.
Song Ze couldn't laugh or cry at his trickery. With Qi Yunfei's persuasion and Gu Zhao's trickery, Song Ze finally accepted the benefit, but he couldn't ask for more, so he just accepted the money he put in as a share, so he felt He got a big deal, because he has used soap a few times, he knows how promising soap will be in the future, and most importantly, it is not as easy to imitate as instant noodles.
Even if he knew the raw materials for making soap, he couldn't turn plant ash and soybean oil into soap for his hands.
In the finalized plan, Gu Zhao used Fang Zi and 200 taels of silver as input to account for 500%; Qi Yunfei invested 50 taels of silver and the place to provide, which also accounted for [-]%; Song Ze invested [-] taels for half of it, and the rest Thirty-five percent of them are used to establish relationships and find backers. At present, Gu Zhao and Song Ze cannot provide enough protection.
The three of them signed a formal contract document to finalize the matter. As for the management matters, Qi Yunfei must be in charge. Of course, it was Qi Yunfei who signed the document contract with Gu Zhao and Song Ze, not the Qi family. Come on, Qi Yunfei has a family with a top-notch step-grandmother and a top-notch second uncle.
Qi Yunfei was very satisfied with this. Originally, he thought it would be enough to get [-]% of the share, and let Gu Zhao get [-]% of it, but Gu Zhao only wanted to be a shopkeeper, and he thought this share was enough.
After finalizing the soap business in the future, the three of them felt relaxed. Gu Zhao looked at the wood beside him, and remembered something: "You have to give Mu Mu a big name, you can't just call it Mu Mu all the time, and Mu Mu should be your nickname."
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