Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

After the name rectification banquet, as expected, Lin Ze's name set off a whirlwind of frenzy in Nanyang Town.

The so-called "strike while the iron is hot", Lin Ze played it seriously this time, and he is really a master.

In fact, if Lin Ze simply opened a private school and expressed his willingness to accept the children of merchants and specially recruit poor students for free, he might gain everyone's favor, but it is far from the current situation that can be described as fanatical.

To have such a big effect, it is thanks to Mr. Wei, the stepping stone who took the initiative to come to the door.

Mr. Wei is a very face-saving person. It is not an exaggeration to describe his reputation in this place as 'highly respected' after many years of management.

The teaching grades that can be admitted to a private school every year have added countless golden lights to him. Although most of the reasons are due to the students' own efforts, Mr. Wei's teaching ability is average, but outsiders don't know it, which makes Wei Hongyan's reputation steadily rise. high.

This time Lin Ze was forced by Wei Yunying to go to the Yamen to seek justice, and accidentally exposed the scandal of the Wei family, the consequences can be imagined.

Master Wei’s reputation was as good as it was before, but now it’s so bad. Self-interested claims to be sages, accusations of women for honor in bad families, narrow-mindedness, and so on.

On the other hand, 'Lin Ze' has endured humiliation for the reputation of Mr. Bao's daughter for many years. Compared with it, it is simply a stream of clear water in the mudslide, as conspicuous as possible, as rare as it is rare.

With the matter of Chen Shuju's mother and son revealed, Lin Ze is simply the most unlucky, most wronged, and most sympathetic poor child in the world.

The masses are sympathetic to the weak. It is only natural that Lin Ze became a hot topic in Nanyang Town after his reputation was washed, and the trend is positive.

Now that Lin Ze releases the private school news while the iron is hot, the effect is like pouring a bowl of water into a frying pan, causing the crowd to respond and spread.

Under Lin Ze's bright tongue, the profit-seeking that was originally despised by accepting the children of merchants has become a noble morality of "teaching without discrimination"; .

Not only was it favored by merchants in Nanyang Town, but also enthusiastically praised by civilians.

This kind of fanaticism is somewhat beyond Lin Ze's own expectations. He really didn't expect that the technique of "controlling the field by public opinion" would be so effective in ancient times...

But it is not surprising that there are too many people who have not read books in ancient times, and they are easily led by others.

After hearing the rumors outside, Lin Ze forgot about it, and hurriedly continued to chase and beat while the iron was still hot, and quickly completed the reconstruction of the private school, and then the enrollment and start of school would be serious!

Lin Ze had already finished writing the reconstruction plan for the private school.

In fact, there is no need to make major changes to the layout of the house. The main thing is to arrange and divide the various teaching functional areas and teaching facilities of the private school.

Because Lin Ze intends to turn the private school into a "crash course for children's training", the main purpose is to take the imperial examination, so he currently only arranges two types of teaching in the private school, knowledge learning and physical exercise.

The other six arts of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and gentleman are only involved for the time being. Just learn one class a week to understand it. If you are interested, you have time to study it yourself.

After all, he and Fang Shanyuan are the only two gentlemen in the private school now, and they are not all-rounders, how can they teach?

That's why Lin Ze said that his private school is a crash course. If you want to make it as comprehensive as a school, let's talk about it later. It is not so easy to build a serious school.

Calculating the current savings at home, it is no problem to just add some teaching facilities, tables, chairs and benches, which are enough to support.

As for the money owed to Li Guangcai...

Lin Ze said that the debt is too much, and the money should be used wisely. Since Li Guangcai said that he is not in a hurry to be courageous, then continue to owe it. At worst, help Li Guangcai discipline his son to give back, and pay back the debt after earning the money .

Apart from the renovation and layout of the private school, the dessert shop can't be left behind, of course.

Lin Ze originally planned to rent a shop in a busy street, but he changed his mind decisively when he visited the house funded by Li Guangcai last time, and decided to directly open a dessert shop and a private school together.

Anyway, the private school's house is big enough, there will only be 12 students at that time, the backyard is enough to use, and the front yard can be used to open a dessert shop that takes the high-end route for afternoon tea.

Moreover, their own desserts are already expensive, and they are not something that ordinary people can consume frequently, so it is necessary to take the high-end route.

Who makes the best money in this world?Of course they are women and children. There were not many entertainments in ancient times, and there are too few places for the ladies and ladies in the town to relax. A dessert shop with novel characteristics will definitely be popular.

So after discussing with Zhang Yu, I happily made the decision.

There is a dessert leisure house in the front yard of the Liuhe house, and a private school in the back yard. The couple can still work together, perfect!

With a precise goal, Lin Ze and his wife continued to devote themselves to a busy and fulfilling life.

Lin Erbo's two sons, his daughter's younger brother, and the man invited by the He family to work in the dessert shop also started strict training and went to Lin Ze's house to report every day.

Lin Ze is a bit of a perfectionist. Since he wants to do something, he must do one thing to perfection.

As for Lin Jianwen, who has not come back for the time being, there are three township exams, each of which takes three days, plus the round-trip journey, the students will not be able to come back within half a month, so I don't care for now.

But as the saying goes, some people are happy and others are sad.

When Lin Ze was actively investing in private schools and dessert shops, the owner of Xianleju, who sent Lin Dakun back to the village to find him a prescription, was not in a good mood.

The owner of Xianleju, Luofu.

"Snapped!"

Master Luo, who heard the young man came back from outside to inquire about Lin Ze's news, was so angry that he threw the teacup on the ground.

Then he stared at Lin Dakun who was kneeling next to him with an ugly face, very angry and blamed,

"Lin Dakun! Didn't you say that they are relatives of yours, Fang Zi's affairs are sure? Now Lin Ze is going to open some dessert shop, what do you say!"

As a businessman, especially in the pastry business, Mr. Luo is extremely optimistic about the profit potential of Lin Ze's bread and cakes.

It's just that Lin Ze's action was too fast. When he found out, he had already put out the sign of "love at first sight" in just one month, which made him unable to react in time.

Later, in view of Lin Ze's status as a talented man, he dared not to intimidate and lure other ordinary people as usual. At that time, Lin Ze was only selling bread, and the profit was not enough to offend people at all costs.

Who knew that just after such a hesitation, Lin Ze launched the cake in a hurry, and even used the "Wei Aipika" to completely promote the brand.

Although the production of cakes is very difficult, the relative profit is far higher than that of bread by more than a star and a half. A cake sells for more than ten taels, which is unimaginable for ordinary pastry shops, unless it is placed in a big restaurant in a big city!

With such a profit, Xianleju, which specializes in cakes, is naturally greedy, and with the cake Fangzi, Xianleju's business will be promoted to a higher level.

Lin Ze's development was so fast that Master Luo didn't dare to hesitate any more. After knowing that Lin Dakun and Lin Ze were related, he immediately sent Lin Dakun to discuss the purchase of prescriptions.

But what Master Luo didn't expect was that Lin Dakun didn't have a good relationship with the Lin family in the village, and he always looked down upon and resented that the old Lin family didn't clear up his work at the beginning. How could he be willing to go back and beg for help in a low voice?

Furthermore, Master Luo made a miscalculation and regarded Lin Ze as an ordinary commoner who was easy to pass away in the past. It is no wonder that Lin Ze is willing to buy out Lin Ze’s prescription with unlimited potential for 200 taels of silver.

Now that Lin Ze has turned around, the dessert shop is about to open, and he is about to compete with Xianleju's business. It's no wonder that Master Luo is not angry. It's impossible not to find someone to vent his anger on.

Lin Dakun, who was unfavorable in handling affairs, naturally bore the brunt of the disaster.

Lin Dakun, who already had resentment in his heart and was scolded again, hated the Lin family in the village to the extreme. He felt that the old Lin family was sorry for him for not helping him with work, and now he was scolded by the master for not cooperating with him.

"Master, my third brother's family is full of bullshit, and they never know good from bad. But it doesn't matter, Lin Ze is a scholar, and he dares to do business even with his fame. Isn't this just looking for death..."

Lin Dakun has no love for the Lin family in the village. In order to keep his job, he doesn't care about his relatives at all. Anyway, he has become a stranger if he hasn't seen each other for more than ten years.

Besides, how can relatives live a life of delicious food and spicy food at home?It was not easy for him to sneak into the shopkeeper of Xianleju. Since the relationship with the Lin family could not be eased, it was natural that he did it anyway.

"My lord, people who are famous and famous are not allowed to do business. Linze used to be a street peddler, but now he wants to open a shop because he wants to become a merchant. When his shop opens, we will go to the yamen to report him. When the time comes, he won't be famous, he won't be able to open a private school, and other members will not pursue him, so it's not easy for the master to ask for his prescription?"

"Easy? It would be useless for him to write the shop on his husband's head and report it!"

Master Luo didn't accept it, and his expression was not very good.

Reporting Lin Ze to do business would not work at all. Lin Ze cannot do business because of his reputation. Once he opened a shop, he would change his business status.

Otherwise, what about those scholars who have achieved fame and want to do some side jobs to make money?You can't live a good life just relying on rice and selling calligraphy and paintings.

That's why Lin Ze dared to do some business without fear.

Master Luo pondered for a while,

"This Lin Ze was famous for his knowledge before. Now that he opened a private school and is willing to accept the children of merchants, he has won over all the old masters in Nanyang Town. He can't move easily. You can talk to the Lin family again. This time the price of the recipe has increased to 1000 taels, if he is willing, we can also be in-laws..."

For the cake, Fangzi Luo's family has spent a lot of money this time, and they are going to even pay for their daughter.

However, for a master with three wives and four concubines and children, sacrificing an unimportant daughter for the benefit of the family is no big deal.

"Yes, sir."

Although Lin Dakun was not reconciled, he had no choice but to follow suit.