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"Ah, well, I don't know what you all sell." The middle-aged man said.

"For building materials, there are cement, bricks, sand, lime, and for lighting, there are matches and candles." Yuan Shan said fluently.

"Oh, it turns out that matches are sold here, and candles are also sold here. You must know that beeswax is very rare." The man said suddenly.

"Well, that's right. Beeswax is very rare. What I sell here is not beeswax but paraffin. Anyway, they are candles. Is it impossible to buy candles objectively?" Yuan Shan asked.

"It's really impossible to have candles." Zheng Qi asked.

"Open the door to do business. Could it be that Master Ben will deceive you?" Yuan Shan said immediately, he felt that this person named Zheng Qi felt a little weird.

"Hou Ye?" Zheng Qi was a little confused, this Hou Ye opened a shop and became the shopkeeper so openly, who would believe it.

"Little San, tell him the identity of Lord Ben." Yuan Shan didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly handed over this matter to Xiao San, the servant at the side.

This junior was the third in the family, and his name was Zhang San, but his brothers had been separated a long time ago. He was the servant who was dragged away by Peng Dehai and others when the match store opened.

These days, he is in charge of the sales of the store, mainly selling matches. Today is just in time for the opening, otherwise he would still be counting matches at the moment.

"Listen well, my young master is..." Zhang San has practiced his eloquence very well during this time, and he introduced it so vividly that even Yuan Shan felt that he was a good-looking Marquis.

"It turns out that the baron of Lantian County has long admired his name, changed Zhili to Qu Yuanli, developed Wuji Baifeng Pills, checkers, tricycles, cement and other inventors, founder of Hepingfang Building Materials Store, Match Store, Candle Store, music and dance A master-level character with unique attainments, the owner of the Yuan Family Manor..."

Zheng Qi finally repeated what Zhang San said in general, and he also became curious about Yuan Shan in his heart, how did this person have such an experience, and he still looks great.

"You're welcome." Yuan Shan said.

"I'm Zheng Qi, just came back from Luoyang, my father Chang'an Zheng Fengchi, it's a great honor to meet Lord Hou today." Zheng Qi said.

Usually Zheng Qi is very low-key in his life, and he usually doesn't say his father's name, but today he saw a baron and was despised by his servants, he couldn't bear it.

Zheng Qi was waiting for Yuan Shan's surprised expression, but there was no movement for a long time, and he repeated: "Master Hou, I am Zheng Qi, and my father is Zheng Fengchi."

"Master Ben Hou knows, do you want to buy candles or not?" Yuan Shan looked at the middle-aged man very strangely, thinking that there is a generation gap in communication, so there is no way for me to be young.

"Don't you know my father's name, Chang'an Zheng family, Zheng family." Zheng Qi called out again like an old boy.

"I know, Zheng Fengchi, the name is quite individual, but do you want to buy candles or not?" Yuan Shan said patiently.

"That's right, it's Zheng Fengchi." Zheng Qi was going crazy, and it's not normal that the other party didn't respond at all after talking for a long time.

Looking at Zheng Qi's weird expression, he felt hopeless and hopeful, but Yuan Shan looked at it for a while and then said directly: "Crazy man, Xiaosan asked someone to throw this man out to Lord Benhou, and it's unreasonable for a bad guest to come to your door. "

"Ah, ah~" Then there was a scream from outside the door.

"Uncle Qin, what are you laughing at?" Yuan Shan wondered.

"Zheng Fengchi, you don't even know that he is a rich man in Chang'an. He once told His Majesty that his family's silk can hang all the trees in Zhongnan Mountain and there is still plenty to spare." Qin Qiong said.

"What, you're bragging, Uncle Qin, are you kidding me?" Yuan Shan said casually.

"Although it's a little exaggerated, the Zheng family is indeed the richest man in Chang'an, with mansions all over the Tang Dynasty." Qin Qiong said slowly.

"Really, isn't that one word to describe, rich, two words to describe, very rich, three words to describe, very rich!" Yuan Shan said seriously.

"Hahaha, it's very interesting for you, Shanzhi." Qin Qiong laughed loudly as he spoke.

But Yuan Shan has really become serious, just now it is obvious that the real rich second generation, it will be troublesome if he holds grudges, don't look at the other party as a businessman, but he knows what money can make ghosts turn around, but let If he chooses again, he will still throw the opponent again.

There is no discussion about throwing it away, and there is another sentence to give to the other party, which is to pretend to be nothing but get caught.

"Bang!" The moment Zheng Qi was kicked out of the shop, an explosive rod exploded, instantly startling him.

Zheng Qi stabilized his mind and just calmed down, then stopped until there was a bang, and was affected by the sound of the exploding pole, and immediately shouted: "I feel cold from the mud."

"Convincing people with virtue, you must convince people with virtue." Zheng Qi forced himself to remain calm, smiled and walked into the shop again.

"Master Hou just misunderstood, this candle is very popular, I wonder if Zheng can take a look at this candle first." Zheng Qi said with a smile.

I go to this old boy, it's awesome, as expected of a wealthy family, this level of thick-skinned is definitely the first in Chang'an.

"You should tell me earlier when buying candles, so I'm worried. These candles only cost [-] Wen each." Yuan Shan said again with a smile on his face.

"I'll take a look, but I don't know how well the lighting effect of this candle is." Zheng Qizai checked the candle carefully and repeatedly, and said while looking at it.

Yuan Shan saw that this old boy was not so simple, and he didn't seem to be looking for faults on purpose, because that kind of focused eyes almost melted the candles, and the eyes of businessmen were very sharp. No, after all, he was desperate for money and not a real businessman. After looking at the difference, he put a candle on the table, and then took out a match to light it.

The small flame lit the candle, and the candle was lit instantly. Although it was broad daylight, the candle was still very bright. It would definitely be a good lighting item at night, and what Zheng Qi cared about was the candle. Black smoke coming out.

He has never seen so little black smoke before, let me explain first, the beeswax produced by his Zheng family is only for the court, but even candles made of beeswax produce much more black smoke than this No, now his mind is full of thinking about how this is done, and a greedy desire wells up in his heart.

But in an instant, he hid the longing look in his eyes, and then said: "Your candle is very good, I will buy one first and go back to try it out."

"Of course it's fine, five hundred wen, money and goods are two things, I'll go with you." Yuan Shan said with a smile.

After Zheng Qi bought a candle, he trotted away quickly all the way. Now he is going back to find the craftsmen at home to study the formula of this candle. If it can be added to the beeswax to reduce the black smoke, what is the price of the beeswax? will double.

Chapter 99 Buy ten get one free

As for the black smoke from the candle, it is extremely difficult to change. Yuan Shan just added some animal fat to the paraffin. Moreover, as for Zheng Qi wanting to get the formula, it is absolutely nonsense, because the point is that he produces So what about smokeless candles, the price of candles made of paraffin wax is not going to be impacted by that little output.

In the building materials store, the hustle and bustle ended, and the servants stood at the door of the store with a candle in each hand to promote.

In broad daylight, you can only see the flames on the candles and can't play the role of lighting. This day is really tossing.

When Qin Qiong left, he also sent ten candles on New Year's Day, and then asked someone to send ten candles to Prince Qin's mansion. That's all he knew about it.

This night, lanterns were hung in front of the building materials store in Hepingfang. The inside of the workshop was different from the main street. People could come out of the workshop after the curfew, but there were not many people in Hepingfang, but tonight was different.

Yuan Shan asked someone to light twenty lanterns at a time in front of the building material store, so this night the Heping Square was very bright, and even the soldiers patrolling the city came over several times in a row, who made this place bright.

Yuan Family Manor, study in the outer courtyard.

Yuan Shan was planning something with Zhou Zhou, Yan Bei and the others while talking, Qin Si was recording in the notebook, and Qi Meng was scribbling and drawing on the paper.

"Young master, I want to make porcelain, but it's all handicrafts inherited from masters, so it's hard to find someone."

Yuan Shan was still fantasizing about which beautiful woman he would have a ghostly affair with, but he was immediately pulled back to reality when he heard the housekeeper's words.

Making embryos really requires a skilled master, but the reality is that as the housekeeper said, the master and apprentice all work together, which is a professional technical job, and there are some inexplicable rules. It is difficult to find someone, so go to someone's place Processing customization is more reliable.

"It doesn't matter, we will build a small kiln, and we will naturally make the clay embryos ourselves. The Marquis will not only produce ceramics, but also develop ceramics into a hobby. At that time, each of you will participate in the production." Yuan Shan said with some expectation .

"——!" Everyone felt that something special was about to happen.

"Everyone has worked hard during this time. Steward Zhou and Yan Bei each gave ten guan as a bonus, and the three servants who were on business trips each gave [-] Wen, and the workers in the kiln factory doubled their wages this month. A set of new summer clothes." Yuan Shan said.

"Yes, young master and old servant will do it now." Butler Zhou said immediately.