Traveling through books to ancient times, I provoke the love of villains and powerful ministers

Zheng Shusheng smiled wryly: "It's just the first time for Xiaosheng to go to Beijing to rush for the exam. I never thought that the journey will cost a lot, and the money on my body is not enough. Fortunately, I went out early, and when I had no money on the way, I could go to the market to help others copy the paper. Write letters to earn some money. With the remaining money in hand, eat less for one meal, and it should be able to last until the exam is over."

Qi Qingxi listened to what Zheng Shusheng said, no wonder, although Zheng Shusheng was talking about his own situation, it should be the situation of most poor students.

Just like Liu Jin and his wife, while looking for a job that can make money, they also take care of reading.

Qi Qingxi thought that she would need the help of these scholars for the things she would do in the future, and she planned to repay the favor of these scholars first.

Qi Qingxi called Wang Lang, and discussed with him whether he could supply a batch of special buns every morning, which could be regarded as a benefit for this group of students who were taking the exam.

Another one is that when this group of scholars eat in restaurants, they will all cut down the price, which will be converted into [-]% of the total price.

The former benefit is to help these poor candidates sincerely, and the latter is for business. Of course, such a good business opportunity must be seized. She can fully guarantee that the food in her restaurant will not cause safety problems after the group of scholars eat it.

Sure enough, these scholars thanked him again and again, and kept praising Qi Qingxi for his kindness.

Qi Qingxi had a few polite words with them, and then drove them back to study hard.

Fan Qingshan has already returned, and she still has important matters to discuss with Fan Qingshan, so she really doesn't have much time to chat with them.

Fan Qingshan has been back for half a day, and when he came back, he heard that Qi Dong's family said that they would provide a batch of special buns to the students who took the exam.

Although he knew that Qi Dong's family had good intentions, he actually did not approve of this approach.

The biggest problem is that there is no guarantee that all the people who come to buy steamed buns are candidates.

What's more, even if you are a candidate for the exam, if you encounter some unscrupulous people, buy a dozen or twenty at a time, and then sell them to others at a high price to make a profit, the store will suffer a big loss.

After the group of scholars left, Fan Qingshan asked about his worries.

Qi Qingxi has already thought about this problem first, but she is very pleased that Fan Qingshan can raise these problems first, and she is also willing to share her own solution.

"These candidates who went to Beijing to rush for the exam all have a certificate that can prove their identity and appearance. We can only ask the guys in our shop to spend more time checking. Then there are those unscrupulous people, but we don't need to spend more time to do it. something."

"What not to do?"

Don't do anything, can't we see you and let them take advantage?Fan Qingshan didn't understand what it meant.

"Yes, we don't need to do anything. There are only so many buns. If he buys more, many people will buy less or can't buy them at all. He has violated the interests of the public, and there will naturally be a group of people whose interests have been violated by him." people to deal with him."

Fan Qingshan suddenly realized that this was indeed an excellent way, and it would be better to let them manage each other by letting them do this thankless task.

In this way, although their restaurants have to invest a sum of money in the short term, in the long run they will gain both fame and fortune.

Fan Qingshan couldn't help giving Qi Qingxi a thumbs up: "Your trick is really good."

"Okay, stop flattering me." Qi Qingxi said, "I've already made an agreement with shopkeeper Wang. From now on, you will be his deputy and help him take care of the restaurant. What's your problem?"

Fan Qingshan was overjoyed, he kept shaking his head and said: "No, no, no problem at all."

Finally, he passed the test of the master and Qi Dong's family. He didn't care about the deputy shopkeeper, the main reason was that he could have the opportunity to stay.

Speaking of which, he would also like to thank Mr. Qi for giving him the opportunity to get such a good master. He will definitely help Mr. Qi's work well in the future and will never think of anything else.

Speaking of which, he went out today precisely to do what Mr. Qi's family had told him before.

It's just that there are too many people here, so it's not a good place to talk.

Fan Qingshan said: "Boss, can I borrow a step to speak?"

Seeing Fan Qingshan's expression, Qi Qingxi also guessed the reason why he wanted to take a step to speak. Most likely, she had some clues about the businessman from the Western Regions that she had asked Fan Qingshan to investigate.

She and Fan Qingshan moved upstairs to the private room to talk.

"Boss, I have made friends with many merchants from the Western Regions in the name of doing business with them these days. I really found that those merchants from the Western Regions have some strange spices and herbs in their hands, and basically everyone has them."

"Everyone has it?"

This was beyond Qi Qingxi's expectation, she thought that only merchants from the Western Regions who specialized in selling spices would have these in their hands.

"Yes, according to the illness you mentioned, I pretended to test those merchants from the Western Regions. What kind of medicine did they take to have such symptoms..." Fan Qingshan suddenly smiled triumphantly, "I really tested it out, It is said that it is the diamond powder that dignitaries on Europa like to eat."

Diamond powder, that is, diamond ground powder.

It was this thing that killed Emperor Qitai, Qi Qingxi was very surprised.

She had read in the books of her time that during the Renaissance, diamond powder was widely circulated among Italian nobles.

The stomach can't digest this thing at all, and once swallowed, it will stick to the stomach wall.

Taking a small amount can slowly be excreted through other foods, but if taking too much, it will slowly wear down the stomach, resulting in massive stomach bleeding and death.

Moreover, this thing is colorless and tasteless, and it is extremely difficult for people to find the powder added to food.

No wonder the cause of Emperor Qitai's death was difficult to find out.

After all, this era pays attention to the body, hair, skin and parents, and the emperor's dragon body can't even be touched easily, let alone an autopsy.

Qi Qingxi said: "Is this thing also in the hands of merchants from the Western Regions?"

Fan Qingshan shook his head: "That's not true, this thing is quite rare, only a few big merchants have these things in their hands."

"Have you ever asked them if this thing is easy to sell? How many people buy it?" Qi Qingxi asked.

Fan Qingshan is really intelligent, he has asked those businessmen these questions.

But he still shook his head and said, "Not much, mainly because it's expensive, and it's ridiculously expensive. It costs two or thirty taels for a penny of powder, how can ordinary people afford it."

There is no need for Qi Qingxi to ask again, Fan Qingshan took the initiative to say: "There are two or three buyers, but it is difficult for those merchants from the Western Regions to distinguish the appearance of our Dayu Dynasty people, but from the clothes and fabrics, we can infer that they are all maids. Servant, no master would come forward to buy these things in person."

"In my opinion, I'm afraid that Dong Chuang's incident will be found out, and then it can be directly pushed to those maids and servants." Fan Qingshan added.