Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 18
"This ridiculous young master's shop is indeed full of promises."

At the corner of the street, Cui Shi, who had been busy all day, was cleaning up his stall. He raised his head and glanced at Shulinzhai out of habit. Just as he was about to leave, he saw four well-dressed young men walking in. He was stunned for a moment.

"Has someone gone in? Are they attracted by the vertical move again?" Cui Shi stopped, thinking about it, full of curiosity, "I think those four people didn't even look at the sign and went straight in. They looked like they were not ordinary people dressed up. , could he be Chen Zhi’s cunning friend?”

The more he thought about it, the more curious Cui Shi became, so he simply stopped and sat down again, waiting for the results.

In Shulinzhai, Wang Xi and the others looked dull, and immediately appeared incomprehensible.

"Fifty dollars? What fifty dollars?" After being stunned, Wang Xi asked, "Should I ask you to write a letter asking for fifty dollars?" His face was filled with disbelief, but thinking about Chen Zhi's absurdity In the name of the person, he felt that it was not impossible. He could do it even if he took drugs in the mourning hall. Writing a letter for fifty people was not that exaggerated, but it was still beyond his imagination.

In fact, several of them were entrusted by Chen Yun to come over to embarrass Chen Zhi. They did not regard it as a difficult matter. When they came over, they did not stop in front of the sign outside the door. When they entered the store, they seemed to be looking around, but they were just looking at things. He didn't take it seriously, and he didn't understand the newly established rules of Shulinzhai, so he was confused by Chen Zhi's words.

Chen Zhize said calmly: "It costs fifty yuan to write a letter home with less than a hundred words. You must bring your own paper. You also know my situation. I live in poverty and only borrow money from this shop. The money is small and the profit is small. Please forgive me."

"There is no paper, what kind of letter did you write?" Wang Xi couldn't help showing his contempt for Chen Zhi, "Fifty money for a letter, it's too whimsical, your words are made of gold?"

"You can't get fifty dollars, and you dare to take care of my business?" Chen Zhi was not angry, but showed pity, "It seems that the Wang family is in decline. How can you say that you are also a direct descendant of the family, and your pockets are so embarrassing. , How sad, since this is the case, please come back, I will not force others."

"How dare you look down on us?" Wang Xi and the others immediately became furious, and one of them took two steps forward, ready to attack.

"Back off!" Chen Zhi suppressed his smile and scolded him with a serious tone. With his status in his previous life, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both yelled at and scolded, not to mention several children from aristocratic families?There was a murderous air in the words, which instantly suppressed several people, but soon they recovered, and became even more angry, showing signs of wanting to do something.

Chen Zhi was expressionless and said coldly: "Before you came here, you must have listened to my uncle's instructions. No trouble is allowed here. Could it be that you were instigated by someone and came here to stir up trouble? Very good. , you can go out and ask if I, Chen Zhi, am afraid of trouble. If I really want to make trouble, I will accompany you to the end. Whether it is the Chen family or the Wang family, I can accompany you to make trouble!"

As soon as these words were said, Wang Xi and others finally stopped.

Is Chen Zhi afraid of trouble?
That's too scary!

Whether it is the current Chen Zhi or the old Chen Zhi, there is no fear of trouble. The old Chen Zhi was not only not afraid of trouble, but often took the initiative to find trouble. Otherwise, how did the name of this ridiculous young master get out?

"Okay, okay!" Wang Xi laughed angrily and took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, "I don't believe it yet, but I want to see if your so-called letter is worth the price!" After saying that, he said He was startled for a moment, but then returned to normal, except for a slight twitch in the corner of his eye.

Thirty years ago, Emperor Xuanwu Liu Min unified the north. But before that, the north was in chaos and the monetary policy was changeable. Coupled with the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the people were in dire straits. Now that the dynasty is unified, inflation is still serious. The five baht coins minted by the court, The materials used have been reduced again and again, and now the standard weight is less than three grams. Dozens or hundreds of them together are not heavy or light. But as a son of an aristocratic family, who will bring a lot of cheap money with him for nothing, so he should use more silver.

However, this silver does not circulate much among the people. It is mainly cast into cakes or collars as treasures and storage, and it is only directly circulated among the children of aristocratic families.

Wang Xi's piece of broken silver was almost equivalent to more than 200 yuan. It was his regular money. He took it out in a rage, but it was difficult to take it back. He had no choice but to give it to him. He looked heroic on the surface, but his heart was bleeding. .

"Well, this broken piece of silver is enough to write four letters home of less than [-] words." Chen Zhi reached out to catch the silver. There is no reason to extrapolate the money delivered to the door, not to mention that these people are here to stir up trouble. .

"What? Why don't you start writing?" Seeing Chen Zhi accept the money, Wang Xi sneered immediately, "If this letter doesn't satisfy us, it won't do anything to you, but the news that this store is cheating customers will soon Spread throughout the county and beyond, let's see how you stand in the future!" He gritted his teeth as he spoke, feeling sorry for the money.

Chen Zhi smiled lightly, took out some money from his sleeves, handed it to Chen Xi, and gave him a few instructions in his ear. The latter glanced at Wang Xi and others, then nodded and trotted out the door. "Write or not?"

Seeing that Chen Zhi still didn't take action, Wang Xi pressed him impatiently.

Chen Zhi said with a smile: "Don't be impatient. There is no good paper in the store. I can't wrong you if you guys bring it out with real money. I have asked my younger brother to buy some good paper." In fact, he had already The Chen Mansion prepared some paper and asked Chen Fu to bring it, but the latter forgot about it because he had too many things to do in the past few days. In addition, Chen Jue, the servant of the Chen Mansion, had become more and more indifferent in the past two days and did not remind him. Furthermore, the shop was deserted. , no guests, no discovery for a while.

Wang Xi and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, completely speechless.

If you open a letter writing shop, it doesn't matter what you want, but the price is so high and there are so many rules. Is this what business is like?

Wang Xi couldn't help but ask again: "Do you even have no pen and ink?" His words were full of ridicule.

Chen Zhi replied with a normal face: "There must be pens and inks. If you don't use pens and inks or read books, no matter where you are, you must have pens and inks."

"As long as you are still studying..." Wang Xi shook his head and said nothing more, feeling that there was no need to talk to this shabby person. The news that the third elder Xu Zhi was optimistic about Chen Zhi was only circulated in the back house of the Chen family and was not known to the outside world for the time being.

On the other side, Chen Xi left Shulinzhai and looked around, trying to find a shop selling pens and ink, but the sky was getting dark and many shops were already closed. He was anxious when he suddenly saw a figure on the corner of the street. , his eyes lit up, and he ran over.

"This brother, be polite."

Chen Xi actually ran up to Cui Shi, saluted and explained his intention, which shocked the latter.

"Come here to buy paper? What... do you buy paper for? Could it be that Shulinzhai opened before the paper was ready?" Cui Shi widened his eyes, then thought of something, and asked, "Are you here to buy paper?" , Is there a visitor here? Could it be that the four people who entered just now really asked someone to write letters for them?"

"Exactly, I hope brother can lend a helping hand." Chen Xi was anxious and had no intention of explaining.

Although Cui Shi was curious, he didn't feel comfortable asking, so he took out a few pieces of paper from the paper pile and handed them over - although he mostly wrote on hemp paper, he also had paper on paper.

After collecting the money at the market price, Cui Shi couldn't recover for a while as he looked at Chen Xi's figure leaving in a hurry.

"Is anyone really spending this unjust money? Fifty dollars, just to write a letter home? This is not asking someone to write for you, this is sending money to your door! No, maybe Chen Zhi's good friend came to support him, yes, definitely It’s like this, it’s probably only this once, there will definitely be no next time!”

After concluding the result, Cui Shi shook his head again.

"This Chen Zhi is ridiculous. I am also a letter writer, and he comes to buy paper from me! How can anyone do such a thing!"

Thinking about it, he couldn't laugh or cry. He and Chen Zhi were competitors after all. Is this the pace of developing into a supplier?
Shaking his head again, he stopped thinking about it, but still sat there, waiting to see how things would develop.

　Thanks to "I advise you not to speak", "I only see no heroine" and "Chu Tian Ri Mu" for your rewards!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)