Wear it together with a Taoist [Quick Transmigration]

In short, this little man and woman made a marriage by mistake.Zou Erlang is also very responsible, and he really loves and respects Sun Sanniang who he just met, so he didn't just take her back to get married so hastily, but specifically asked Er Niu to explain the matter, and stayed for a long time After agreeing with Duan Shaobo—and a gift—he sent Sun Sanniang back to the Sun family first.

Niu Er also went with him that day, no matter what he said, anyway, the two sides turned hostility into friendship.After a few days, the news of Sun Sanniang's righteous deed spread, and the story of Hu Qi selling his wife also spread, and everyone cursed again, but Hu Qi had disappeared.

Zou Erlang went to Sun's family to offer an employment amidst the scolding all over the city, saying that when he was old, left the nursing home, and had his own residence, he would come and marry Sun Sanniang.

Just as Sun Sanniang hoped, his family's business has picked up again, unlike when the story of Hu Qi first spread, he was regarded as my plague god and hid.

Zou Erlang left the Nursing Home in July. Not long after, a workshop specializing in lo-mei was built in the north of Si’an City. The lo-mei in Da Wei did not develop, and the lo-mei made by this workshop is all-encompassing. Large pieces of good meat, whole chickens and ducks, pork skin and chicken feet, offal offal, tofu bean skin, and various wild vegetables.

Rich and noble families can eat it, and poor families can also try something new.

However, this workshop does not sell things to individual customers. In the beginning, there were only a group of children walking around the streets with burdens. These are the children from the nursing home who used to sell tofu.After Si'an's restaurant also began to order from the workshop, there was also a group of young people in blue shirts, but they were just a little older, pushing their carts and getting up early every day to deliver lo mei to restaurants and wealthy families.

Later, unknowingly, some merchants recruited these children, either to deliver errands, or to sell goods.Delivery is very easy, as long as you give money, they will handle it properly.

The sellers are in trouble, because these children are very selective. If the older children do not agree, the younger children will not sell them in private. shirt.But if it’s a good product, you don’t need the shopkeeper to look for it. Some older kids will come to your door, make a written agreement with the shopkeeper, set a lower price to buy it in large quantities, and sell it everywhere.

In mid-August, Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo came back to take part in the provincial examination—they were both lucky this time, and neither of them was in the bad name.At the beginning of September, Gu Cijiu was the first again, but Duan Shaobo was not the second, but the third.

After that, there was a lot of busy work, thanking teachers, meeting classmates, entertaining guests, and visiting relatives.After surviving a busy pass, I looked at the time, and it was almost the New Year, that's it!Keep busy!

One day when the two of them went out to buy new year's goods and came back, Uncle Liu suddenly said, "Don't run away tomorrow, the prefect wants to see you! The prefect is kind, but you two should not be casual, you need to be cautious and courteous!"

Uncle Liu talked about it for a long time, but he still felt that it wasn't enough. There was nothing to say, so he had to take a bath with the two boys, and go through the suitcase by himself, and took out the new clothes prepared for them during the Chinese New Year in advance.

A few days later, the two wore new clothes and went to the prefect's mansion with Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu originally went in with his two children, he always felt that something was wrong, so he followed in, and could help make things right if something happened, but when he arrived at the prefect's mansion, his old brother dragged him to drink, he didn't want to Yes, but the old brother's strength in pulling his one arm is not lacking at all.Liu Bo immediately understood that this was what the prefect meant, so he could only tell the two children: "Anything the prefect asks, you answer. Tell the truth, don't hide it, but don't flatter you, do you understand?"

"Yes, Master."

No matter how worried he was, Uncle Liu could not disobey Taishou Hu's order, touched the shoulders of the two children, followed his old friend to drink with his old friend.

Prefect Hu met the two in his study, and the new year was approaching, but it could be seen that the prefect was not just pretending, but really had a lot of business to do.Seeing them coming in, the eunuch put down his brushes, and after they saluted, he didn't let them sit down, but looked them up and down with serious expressions.

"The two of you hid in the countryside after the childbirth examination, but did you know that something happened in the nursery?"

"Yes."

Prefect Hu was a little surprised. He originally thought that the two of them would be a little flustered or embarrassed, but no, the faces of the two did not change, and they answered very directly and calmly.Prefect Hu asked again: "Since we already know, in order not to deal with it, we entered the government office and stormed the city. Is this intentional?"

"Yes."

This time he was not a little surprised, Prefect Hu frowned: "You two don't look like idiots, let's explain the reason in detail."

Gu Cijiu took half a step forward, and said, "I told the prefect that we both had no choice but to do this. When we first came to Si'an, because of the same background, we often went to the nursery. Later, we thought of some ways to hope that It can make life better for the brothers and sisters in the nursing home."

Prefect Hu nodded: "Although the Nursing Academy was established by the imperial court, the border has been restless these years. I have more money and food from Luzhou to support Huzhou, and there is little surplus food. This is my fault. If you two encounter difficulties, you can't help No matter what, you can find a reliable person to entrust it to you, or let Lao Liu come directly to the official, it's okay, but why do you have to make such a fuss?"

Duan Shaobo and Gu Cijiu looked at each other and smiled, Duan Shaobo said: "Master Hu, in the final analysis, do you suspect that the two of us deliberately use this matter to gain fame?"

"If not, I have to explain it clearly today."

"It's a long story to say, Mr. Hu, can you let us sit down and talk?" Gu Cijiu smiled a little awkwardly. Now he has a clear and handsome face, tall and handsome, and elegant. Of course, his age It's still a little small, the facial features haven't fully grown, and it's still childish, but it really makes people feel good when they see it.Even though he was so sloppy, he wasn't annoying at all, and the stern-faced Prefect Hu felt a little helpless when he saw it.

Although it was only the first time we met—he had already forgotten the two teenagers he met in the severe drought more than two years ago—but facing this face, even if he had some doubts about his heart, he was more tolerant at this time : "Sit down."

"Thank you sir!"

At the beginning, Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo only wanted to take care of the children who were orphaned in the same severe drought, but the nursery was regarded as a whole, and the children who were taken away by Prefect Hu that year were only a small number.The special care of the two of them made this group of children squeezed out by other children, so they could only treat them equally.

Hearing what they said, Prefect Hu nodded and said, "It's not about being few, but about being uneven."

Duan Shaobo nodded and said: "My lord said it is true, but when doing business, you can't be equal. These children are of different ages and temperaments. Some are lazy and some are diligent. Let them sell goods, and how much they sell is different. Let them work , the output is also different."

Prefect Hu understood something, but he didn't interrupt, but let the two continue talking.

During the two years of Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo's management, it seemed that there was no problem, but in fact there were several conflicts, but they were all suppressed.

Gu Cijiu sighed: "Outsiders say that we retired at the beginning, or let go because of something. In fact, we were forced to leave. These children are good and bad, but they are a whole. Outsiders. The two of us have no power in the nursing home, and we can only reward but not punish, how do we manage this?"

"Hmm..." This is an angle that Taishou Hu never thought about, "Then the braised cooking workshop you run now, doesn't this problem exist?"

Prefect Hu was originally angry with these two people, because he thought that these two people saw the convenience of employing a group of orphans, but they were burdened by reputation in the past and could not take the workshop of the nursing home as their own, which brought down the nursing home , and then restart the stove.Now that their explanation made sense, Prefect Hu stopped being bored and asked directly.

"In the beginning, we can loan them the money for the first purchase, and they have to spend their own money to buy the rest of the goods. How much they earn depends on whether they are diligent. Now they are either delivering the goods, Or even selling other goods, if you do a lot and do well, you will get more money, otherwise you will get less money, and it is up to them whether they make or lose." Gu Cijiu explained.

"But in this way, those children who are too young to work will not be taken care of."

"My lord's words are wrong." Duan Shaobo smiled, "In the beginning, it was only our shop, and now those children have been scrambled everywhere. These days, the nursery has gained a lot of income, and it is all because of the good intentions of people. They have a good impression."

"Oh? Hahahahaha!" Eunuch Hu smiled at the two children while MMPing in his heart, the people under the nursing home did not report their income!But let's put this bad thing aside, Prefect Hu has changed from being very unpleasant to the two children to being very pleasing to the eye, "Come here, let's serve tea!"

The two of them talked for a long time, and they still didn't drink a sip of water.

Watching them serving tea and moistening their lips, Prefect Hu said: "I wanted to meet you a long time ago, but you two have to refer to the provincial examination, and I want to avoid suspicion. In fact, it is too hasty to meet today, after all, you are also going to meet next year." Refer to the provincial test, right?"

The two said yes in unison.

"You are obviously senior brothers, not brothers, but I didn't expect..." Before the words were finished, Prefect Hu saw the two teenagers looking at each other with a smile. Suddenly, Prefect Hu stroked his beard and suddenly realized—he Having been in the army for many years, I have seen many such things, "It's okay, it's okay."

After finishing the matter of the nursing home, Taishou Hu personally took them for a walk in the garden of the Taishou's mansion, but there is nothing to see in this weather, the important thing is the artistic conception, the artistic conception~

While walking, Prefect Hu asked them about their homework.Although these two children are young, they have learned a lot of literature, and they have a unique vision and a good overall view.Prefect Hu smiled even more happily, because these two are Uncle Liu's apprentices, but they are almost like Uncle Liu's two sons, which means they are his nephews.

If the two of them can gain a foothold in the court in the future, it means that the Hu family will have two more arms.

"Your knowledge is good, but when the provincial examination begins, you will join the martial arts examination, and poor students are most likely to fail in this. Your master is quite proficient in martial arts, and you two need to learn from them with humility. If you pass the provincial test, I will give you two horses each!"

"Yes! Thank you, my lord!"

Said he was happy, when the three of them walked back, Gu Cijiu said: "My lord, there is still one thing I need your help with."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"Many teenagers and children from good families in Si'an also want to be bearers and deliverers. Some of them will go to the nursing home to ask if they can join the team, while others just buy a basket shirt for their children, so that they can do it themselves. Joined."

Duan Shaobo added: "In fact, when the children were still selling tofu, this situation already existed, but the number of them was relatively small."

"Oh... no one has done this before, but people in the world are chasing profit, and seeing that you are making a profit, they naturally want to follow suit. This is not a good thing, but you can't stop others from doing it."

Duan Shaobo: "It's not that we won't let others do it after we have done it, but we have earned a good reputation through hard work, but some people spend it recklessly, selling bad goods, or delivering goods to others. It’s not good to steal the goods.”

"This is indeed..." Mr. Hu nodded, "But it is easy to deal with stealing, but it is difficult to deal with those who use your reputation to sell inferior goods."

The latter said he was cheating, but this kind of person would say, "I'm just selling goods, what are you cheating on? Why do you think I wear a basketball shirt? It's not the emperor's bright yellow, so why do you care what clothes I wear?"

——In this day and age, children from ordinary families seldom wear neat clothes, and they are all dirty.Because most of the cloth worn by ordinary people nowadays is very thin, and the clothes are washed with a laundry hammer. If they are washed frequently, the clothes will be easily washed and torn.After the stewed workshop started, the children who were carrying the goods all wore the same style of basket shirts, and they were all new clothes.

"My lord, we want to formally build a shop and put up a signboard."

"This is indeed a solution. However, the business tax is not low. You wait for a small business first. If you put up a signboard seriously, be careful not to lose your capital."

The commercial tax of Dawei is three out of ten, and if other taxes are exorbitant and miscellaneous, the commercial tax is basically five out of ten, or even more.Therefore, it is not easy to be a businessman these days, and nine out of ten businessmen must have a strong background, otherwise it is basically equivalent to courting death.

But it also depends on what kind of merchant it is. Children who carry burdens can also be regarded as merchants now, but it's only one or two coppers a day.The stewed workshop, as well as the Sun's tofu workshop that troubled them, are actually without a signboard. This kind of one or two per month is considered a small business.

Because the stewed cooking workshop can build a relationship with Hu Taishou, it only pays filial piety for a month and a half.But I heard that other shops cost at least a penny.

——When Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo were reading novels in the last world and preparing for the world they will enter in the future, they were often surprised to see those who opened shops in ancient times to make money. Shops, especially restaurants, don't pay taxes anyway.The restaurant still needs to buy alcohol, otherwise the sale of alcohol is prohibited, which will cost more.

Don't think that Taishou Hu is a good official, but at this time he kindly reminded the business that the tax is expensive.If Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo were not Liu Bo's apprentices, they were roughly equal to his nephews, they would have been locked up by the government a long time ago, as for the stewed cooking workshop and the recipe for making marinade, they would have entered it long ago Prefect Hu's sleeve bag.

For officials in this era, the common people are the people and need to be herded.Ownerless merchants are like pigs, they will be slaughtered when they become fat.This has nothing to do with good and evil, it is a human concept. In the words of Gu Cijiu, a number one scholar in the liberal arts, this is called class limitation.

"Thank you, sir, for your concern. Although the workshop is small, the tax is still affordable." Gu Cijiu didn't say anything like "in order to make a living for the children, it's okay to lose something yourself".The two of them were also orphans, and they depended on Uncle Liu for food and clothing, so how could they have the capital to say such big words.

Besides, this braised cooking workshop doesn't sound very good, but it's actually very profitable.For Prefect Hu, hiding it would make trouble worse.Master Hu thought that the matter would be over today, and was about to have someone call Uncle Liu to have dinner together, when Duan Shaobo suddenly asked, "My lord, I heard that a canal will be built on the Jing River next year?"

"Yes." Lord Hu nodded.

The Jing River is a tributary of the Yellow River in the Wei area. It used to be a small direct flow. Not to mention the severe drought more than two years ago, even when the weather is good, the river often stops flowing.But just last year, the Yellow River changed its course.Luzhou is fine, but the Jinghe River is only in a year, and the water level has risen.

Mr. Hu naturally can't just ignore it. This year, rumors have been released that people will be recruited. Let the common people who have money hurry up and save money to redeem the corvee, and those who have no money can think about who will serve in the corvee at that time.

"My lord, I also have some knowledge about water conservancy, I drew a sketch, I wonder if I can..."

"Oh? Then the official will come and have a look!" Even if Mr. Hu doesn't think Duan Shaobo's water canal map is very useful, it would be good if the kid can continue to ponder in this direction, so he behaved very well enthusiasm.

Immediately, Master Hu took the two of them to the gazebo with big strides... A gust of wind blew over, and Master Hu, who had been walking outside for a while, shivered, turned around and brought the two of them back to the study.

The sketch that Duan Shaobo carried with him was not drawn on paper, but on silk.Master Hu's eyes lit up when he first saw this map. The mountains, rivers, and rivers are depicted in extremely detailed detail.He took this drawing more seriously than simply supporting and motivating the younger generation.

Duan Shaobo said that this is actually a water conservancy project without a dam diversion, integrating flood control, irrigation, and shipping.Just through the sedimentation canals, millions of hectares of silt can be obtained as good fertilizer every year, not to mention the water network covered and moistened by it, both Luzhou and the three neighboring states can benefit.

——This drawing was drawn by Duan Shaobo according to the local terrain and referring to the situation of Dujiangyan.

"Erlang, your picture is good, but there is no need for me in Luzhou to use it."

"grown ups……"

"Call Uncle."

"Uncle, my nephew also knows that although this picture is good, Jinghe has changed this year, and maybe it will change back next year. Therefore, my nephew has a second picture here."

It is also painted on white silk cloth, but the scale of this canal is much, much smaller.Even compared to the canal dug by Mr. Hu after discussing with his staff, it seems that the amount of work is a little less, but it is also a little more complicated, but Mr. Hu asked more detailed questions than the complicated big project just now.

Afterwards, Master Hu also called his staff to study the picture together.

The few staff members were stunned when they saw the two children, but they followed suit—this is not only bad, but also good.The staff who followed Mr. Hu were all pragmatic and capable people, and they quickly turned their attention away from the age of the two children.

They had a hot discussion here, but Uncle Liu was restless in the yard of several old guys.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that someone called Uncle Liu and said that Taishou Hu was entertaining their family of three in the flower hall, so Uncle Liu was relieved.But on the way to the flower hall, he was a little flattered, because the flower hall is not a place that people like him can go to.When he got to the flower hall, he saw the two children chatting happily with Taishou Hu, and finally Uncle Liu's heart was relieved.

In April of the following year, in the provincial examination, Gu Cijiu won Jieyuan in one fell swoop.

A year later, Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo set off in their spring to Qiyang, the capital city, to participate in this year's general examination.

Candidates who will take the test do not need to pay their own money to go on the road, and the state capitals of various places send vehicles to take them to Beijing.

Among the poor candidates in the same class, the reputations of Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo can be ranked in the top ten.

In the past three years, Duan Shaobo participated in the design and construction of the Changping Canal, and the imperial court had already commended it, and even bestowed a plaque of "One River Changping".He was once famous all over the world, and became famous explosively.

Gu Cijiu's reputation is long-lasting. He mentioned hanging plaques to Taishou Hu in the past, and Taishou Hu thought it was a hanging family, but who knew that he hung up three families: Shuanghuang Snacks, Shuanghuang Kuaijiao, and Shuanghuang Chariots and Horses OK.

Shuanghuang snacks are all kinds of snacks, not only braised meat, but also other kinds of snacks in the workshop, because there is no chili in Dawei now, so they can only be replaced by other seasonings with spicy taste, so the taste is different from Gu Cijiu and Duan. Shaobo tastes worse than the modern ones, but for Da Wei, it is already enough.

In fact, Shuanghuang Snacks now sell more seasonings besides lo-mei, and there are merchants queuing up at the entrance of the workshop all the year round to buy them.

Shuanghuang Kuaijiao is the children who carried the burden in the past. Now the children don’t carry the burden. They push the carts around. It is basically a modern cart that sells spicy soup, fried skewers, cold dishes, pancakes and other fruits. The appearance of the car and the contents of the sale are similar...

Therefore, Shuanghuang Kuaijiao is more similar to a modern snack franchise store, and not only children in kindergartens, but now many children from ordinary families, including adults, have also joined the ranks.

And similar stores have already begun to radiate from Luzhou. Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo don't know how far they cover.

As for the Shuanghuang Chariot & Horse Shop, it was in the business of delivering goods. Now, the business scope of the cart & horse shop was only in Luzhou, but I heard from Prefect Hu that similar cart & horse shops had appeared in other prefectures.

These new things, especially various snacks, obviously bear modern traces.

This is also a loophole in the system rules guessed by Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo after passing through the modern world.