Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 33

In a clean and simple neighborhood tavern, Wang Xiu served Silence.

Although the tavern was clean, it was rather simple and shabby. He Laodao and the four servants and guards couldn't bear to see it. They even guessed that the young proprietor would be furious and leave in a huff, not to treat such miserable people.

To their great disappointment and surprise, there was only one pot of turbid wine, two plain plates plus one fish, and one plate of plain boiled pork in the sauce.

Shen Mo eats it with gusto, especially the bowl of noodles with sauce, Shen Mo eats it with gusto, and even claims it is good.

Wang Xiu always looked calm, not excited by silence, like an old friend who has been together for many years, and the waves are calm when they get together occasionally.He didn't do it on purpose, it's definitely not that a disciple from a wealthy family would be excited after eating folk snacks from other counties and counties. This kind of superficial truth, in his opinion, is all fabricated in novels.

Even the Son of Heaven has to plow in the spring every year, let alone the children of bureaucrats and nobles!The reason why Wanshixing has prospered for decades is that the Shen family has gradually expanded from the quality pool, and the core clan members they can cultivate will definitely not be waste.

The reason why he invited this meal was because he wanted to see how Shen Mo was. If Mo Mo didn't hesitate, he would immediately cut off contact, at least he wouldn't bring out a real guy. The city is deep, dealing with people with absolute financial resources, even the bones will be eaten away.

At least, the silence made him somewhat satisfied. When he saw the white meat, he frowned for a moment, and smiled wryly: "It's hard to swallow the meat boiled in white water."

Wang Xiu put down three levels of vigilance, silence did not completely conceal his point of view, it shows that this person came with at least a little sincerity, as long as the interests are properly controlled, I believe there will be a happy situation for everyone, think about it and feel relieved.

"Taste a little and see how it tastes?"

Shen Mo looked at Wang Xiu strangely, as if mustering up his courage, he added a piece of thinner white strips of meat, dipped it in some seasonings, slowly put it in his mouth, took a small bite carefully, chewed slowly, and it was ready. Once it fails, prepare to spit it out immediately.

"How does it taste?"

"At first I thought that clear water and white meat were tasteless, but I didn't think there was something wrong with it. It's fat but not greasy. If you don't dip it in seasonings, it's definitely the original flavor. I regret not coming to taste it last time." Silence seemed to have a long aftertaste, and he ate the rest in one bite. go in.

A pun, expressing regret for missing the chance last time, very tactful but no apology, Wang Xiu smiled lightly, didn't owe anyone anything, what apology?

"The fat is boiled with water, so it's naturally fat but not greasy, but it's tasteless if you eat it too often!" Wang Xiu laughed and said, "I'm full with wine and food, I'm going to go to the venue first, Brother Zhi How about going together?"

"Of course." Mo Mo didn't mention anything else, it's not the time yet!

Satisfied with wine and food, they came to the warehouse next to the county school together, where ten roller sugarcane presses were neatly arranged in the house.

Not only was it silent, but it was also the first time for He Laodao to see him. There were only three or four servants working with one machine and two cows.However, as the two continued to refill the sugarcane, the sugarcane juice flowed into the big vat, and one person continued to send the sugarcane juice to the other big vat to boil sugar. The four of them just formed a team and were orderly.

"This is the roller sugarcane press?" Shen Mo observed carefully for a while, and sighed: "The sugar cane does not need to be cut into small pieces, it is washed and put directly into it. It does not require much manpower, but it is driven by the machine and the force of the cow." Falling on Wang Xiu's face, he said seriously: "My brother is really a man!"

He Laodao was shocked. He is an old man, and he can see the business opportunities at a glance. The key is the improvement of efficiency. Cattle replace manpower, and there is no need to cut sugar cane into small pieces, and there is a lot of time left.

"One machine, two people at most, it's too extravagant!" After all, Mo Mo is a family of merchants, and he has been nurtured since childhood to minimize the price and maximize the benefits, which is more treacherous than He Laodao's vision.

Wang Xiu smiled lightly, and said happily: "Brother Zhi has good vision, but it's a pity that there is a lack of manpower. Otherwise, the ten machines will go all out to supply brown sugar for decolorization. If it is in a place with convenient water conservancy, two people will do."

Shen Mo nodded, and said playfully: "It seems that my brother doesn't care about these things."

"Together with the decolorization technology, it will be promoted sooner or later, and I will leave it to my elder sister to take care of it." Wang Xiu said very flatly, as if she didn't care at all.

Damn!White sugar was sold by him for [-] yuan, Wang Xiu didn't care about it, He Laodao's eyelids twitched for a while, and he didn't shy from being silent, and hurriedly said: "My branch can be united, and they will mass-produce before they are ready."

Silently glanced at He Laodao, but did not speak.

Wang Xiu said relaxedly: "Since shopkeeper He said it, that's fine! But we need to stock up on sugarcane and recruit manpower. I still have sixty or seventy machines that can be assembled. You can go to my elder sister to discuss. When the time comes Let’s decolorize together to make white sugar.”

He Laodao was overjoyed, silent but frowned, knowing that Wang Xiu was showing sincerity, but his intuition told him that Wang Xiu no longer looked down on sugar-making technology, and there must be better ones in his hand, so he prepared sixty or seventy machines, It can be seen that seizing market opportunities is not a technical secret. If you want to live in some things, then mass-produce them to capture the largest share and then make money from other places.

"Store all these white sugars, and then transport them to Kaifeng when they are enough for 350 catties. Wanshixing buys them at [-] yuan per catty." Mo Mo decided to invest in advance.

Wang Xiu smiled meaningfully: "Then brother Xie Shi, if there are interesting miscellaneous skills, my eldest sister will naturally cooperate with Wanshixing."

He Laodao was overjoyed, but also a little sad. With the words of silence, he had an equal trading status with the Wang family, and he was reduced to the role of a liaison.

The two of them were about to walk back when they left the scene, but they happened to meet Zhong Liqiu, still in white robes, carrying a jar of wine, walking slowly towards the county school.

Wang Xiu rushed to meet him, bowed and said, "Student has seen Mr."

Zhong Liqiu glanced at the crowd, and then said calmly: "There is no need to be polite, your shop will not be open, so I have to go to other places to buy blue and white flowers to burn the spring."

Wang Xiu was amazed for a while, this county school teacher was really humorous, before he could speak, he walked up silently, with a somewhat perturbed expression, but he saluted respectfully, and said, "Student, I have met you sir."

Wang Xiu was taken aback, he didn't expect Mo Mo to be respectful and polite to Zhong Liqiu, he couldn't help being a little more curious about Zhong Liqiu's identity, if Zhong Liqiu asked the big households in the county to respect him, that's fine, even Wanshixing young proprietor also respected him Addition, this becomes a problem, the other party does not have any reputation among the great scholars!
Zhong Liqiu glanced at Shen Mo indifferently, as if he didn't recognize him, his eyes swept over He Laodao, and said: "You don't need to be polite, I'm only a county down here to learn and teach."

He Laodao helplessly shook his head and cupped his hands. With the young proprietor around, it was not his turn to speak.

Mo Mo smiled awkwardly, and still said respectfully: "A few years ago, the students listened to the teachings of the master, and my father also respected the master."

"Oh, look at my memory, the petty officials should be the descendants of all things prosperous and old, so there is no need to be too polite." Zhong Liqiu seemed to have remembered something, and his tone was a little gentle, but his attitude was still keeping a distance.

Silently heaved a sigh of relief, it's uncomfortable to put a hot face on a cold ass, but fortunately the other party finally recognized him, and said with a smile: "I came too hastily, no, the student has just arrived in Shangshui and hasn't visited yet, so I hope you will forgive me."

Zhong Liqiu didn't seem to care, nodded his head, but looked at Wang Xiu, and said playfully: "Darang has been doing a lot of things in the past few months, I didn't realize that you have such ability."

Wang Xiu was embarrassed for a while, licked her face and said with a smile: "This is just a small way of reading some miscellaneous books and pondering it occasionally, it really doesn't catch the attention of Mr."

"Don't underestimate miscellaneous learning. The so-called miscellaneous learning in your mouth is a serious way to benefit the people, far better than those pedantic high-level theories." Zhong Liqiu seemed a little interested.

"The student has been taught." Wang Xiu bowed respectfully, and suddenly, he had a thought, and said: "The student and Brother Zhi jointly wrote the book 'Theory of Mind and Learning', and when the book is published in a volume, I also hope that Mr. Advise."

Zhong Liqiu was taken aback, looked at Wang Xiu meaningfully, then at Shen Mo and He Laodao, seemed to understand why Wang Xiu asked him to teach, and smiled meaningfully: "Da Lang has achieved today, and he is indeed a man." Don’t judge by appearances, every word, deed, and action in the world is nothing more than the result of the good and evil of the human heart, and applying what you learn is great good.”

Seeing Zhong Liqiu's playful smile, Wang Xiu knew that he knew his intentions, and with a slight old face, she said humbly: "Mr. Xie for your advice."

(End of this chapter)