A village chief who does not want to be a village chief is not a good villager

Jian Ping is really busy. After all, the imperial examination is his main goal, and the imperial examination is definitely not a simple matter.But if you want to gain a foothold in the village, you can't just forget it.

So while I have to be busy with the imperial examination... I have to come secretly.On the other side, he still has to figure out how to increase his voice in the village as quickly as possible.

Jian Ping really wanted to break the 24 hours a day into [-] hours.

After the morning training on the first day, what Jian Ping said would be fulfilled after finishing the morning training the next morning. Jian Ping burned the cauldron he had borrowed before in the open space in front of the ancestral hall.A large pot of water was filled with brown rice, diced sweet potatoes and potatoes, diced pig offal and two catties of minced meat prepared by the butcher Zhang.

When it is almost ripe, throw in the chopped green vegetables, add only salt, and a pot of meat porridge with a good color and flavor is ready.

The big bones I bought before boiled up early in the second big pot next to it.Throw some onion, ginger and garlic in it, and then let it boil.

After more than an hour, the boiled bone soup has turned thick white.

For everyone who finished the morning training, a big bowl of meat porridge and a big bowl of bone soup will satisfy everyone.

All of them stared wide-eyed in disbelief, and looked at the things in the pot unconsciously salivating.

Fortunately, everyone is like this, so it doesn't look particularly embarrassing.

The food is so good, Jian Ping will not be polite when he arranges people.Regardless of the meal at night, I still have bone soup.

The training program in the morning, and another set before going to bed, and then everyone is strictly required to cut a bamboo that is more than three years old and put it in their backyard every day, waiting for him to be useful later.

The next day, Tian Wen was still kept at home by Jian Ping.After teaching Jian's family another ten sentences of the Three-Character Classic, Jian Ping began to teach Tian Wen the formulas of multiplication.

It is the multiplication formula that one gets one, one gets two.

Tian Wen also had to run along in the morning, but after the run, Tian Wen and Gou Sheng Niang were responsible for cooking porridge and soup for everyone, so the amount of training was naturally much less than that of ordinary people.

Tian Wen has been doing farm work non-stop over the years, and he has indeed developed patience and resilience.But the loss of the body is also a fact.

So running is nothing, but a little more strenuous exercise can make him lie on the ground and can't move.

As for Jian Ping, he didn't want to see Tian Wen lying on the ground unable to move at all.

Even if he really had to be conscripted for military service in the future, Jian Ping was certain that he would be able to find a job for Tian Wen that didn't require desperate efforts.

So the matter of multiplication formulas seems urgent.

Fortunately, Tian Wen's brain is still good enough, so he can memorize multiplication formulas very quickly.

Not only did Tian Wen need to recite, but the members of Jian's family also had to recite it. For a while, Jian's family was living in dire straits.

After making arrangements at home, Jian Ping went to the town again.After handing over the copied three copies of the "Three Character Classics" to the bookstore owner, Jian Ping took out a bamboo slip book specially made by him.

"This is?"

Wu Yong looked at Jian Ping in surprise, not knowing what this meant.

Jian Ping smiled and spread out the roll of bamboo slips. "Boss, please take a look. This is the "Three Character Classic" that I copied on bamboo slips after I went back."

Jian Ping didn't say much about the rest.Although Wu Yong aspires to be a scholar, he is still a businessman in general.

When Jian Ping has put business opportunities in front of him so directly, if he still can't understand what this means, then he is too sorry for his status as a businessman.

Wu Yong looked at the bamboo slips in his hand, but his mood was not as calm as his face.In Taohua Town, the per capita consumption level can cost one tael of silver a month.

So when it comes to things like buying books, I'm really not stingy.

Coupled with the fact that the imperial court has just quelled the war and is thriving, people's desire for books is even greater.

Don't underestimate the only small bookstore in this Taohua Town, which can make a net profit of hundreds of taels of silver every month just by selling those enlightenment books such as "San Zi Jing".

And Wu Yong can see clearly than anyone else that there are more people in Taohua Town who want to be arty than those who are really studious.

So this kind of bamboo slip book, which is similar to classical books, must have a market in Peach Blossom Town.

The most important thing is that Jian Ping's handwriting is really beautiful, and with this green bamboo slip, it looks like a handicraft.

"Then what does Brother Jian want to do? Consignment or sell it to me?"

Although the two sides only had a few contacts, Wu Yong could tell that Jian Ping was a straightforward person.These two cooperation methods are also the most commonly used methods in bookstores.

Jian Ping can consign the bamboo slips and books in the store, and the store will draw a certain amount of remuneration after the sale.You can also sell the bamboo slips directly to Wu Yong, and then Wu Yong will sell them.

The former may cost a lot of money at one time, while the latter requires a large amount.

Wu Yong looked at Jian Ping with a smile, Jian Ping raised his eyebrows and looked back at him. "If I supply to Boss Wu, what is Boss Wu's monthly demand?"

Wu Yong looked at Jian Ping and stroked his beard with a smile.Looking at Jian Ping's eyes, he was even more satisfied.

It seems that this Jian Ping is really not shallow-skinned.

"Although we have only one small shop in the town, our main family has other branches in other towns and even in the main city. If Brother Jian's goods are good, there will be a lot of demand from us."

Jian Ping also smiled, and then answered Boss Wu's words readily. "I choose the latter."

Hearing this, Wu Yong laughed out loud. "Not bad, brother Jian really has lofty aspirations."

It's so interesting to say this.

Jian Ping tapped the bamboo slips on the table and looked at Boss Wu. "I don't know what price the boss will give for such a book."

Seeing Jian Ping's confident appearance, Wu Yong's eyelids twitched, and he always felt that Jian Ping was even more incomprehensible to himself.

Wu Yong stroked his beard and looked at the bamboo slips on the table. "Brother Jian and I hit it off right away, so I won't talk about those nonsense. A copy of "San Zi Jing" costs two taels of silver in my store, and this kind of bamboo slips must be more expensive. So I can give you a copy of one tael of silver The price, what do you think."

Wu Yong really deserved to be a businessman. Although everyone knew about it, he still said it was not ordinary.

How could Jian Ping not know how much a paper version of the "Three Character Classic" costs, just ask anyone in the bookstore.

As for the bamboo slip book, it was originally a light luxury product, so it was naturally more expensive than the paper version.

To be honest, this thing was originally sold to those who have money and are willing to be arty.So the price of this thing will naturally only be higher and not lower.

But to be honest, Wu Yong's purchase price of one tael of silver is really not bad.

After all, when it comes to doing business, buyers want to keep the reserve price to a minimum.

Wu Yong wanted to make a good impression with Jian Ping, and Jian Ping didn't mind a better relationship with Wu Yong.

"Boss Wu, if you have other needs, you can mention them in advance." Jian Ping looked at Wu Yong's curious gaze, chuckled and pointed to the books on the cabinet. "The content, even the pattern, can be customized in advance."

custom made!

All of a sudden, Wu Yong's eyes became brighter.

Rich people not only like to spend money, but also like to spend money that is different from others.No matter how good the same thing is, it may not make those people happy.

But if there is one thing he has that others don't, things will become better.

"You can engrave the name of the customized person, advice, etc. on the bamboo slips. You can also ask for an engraved version or a text version."

As far as Jian Ping is concerned, that's all for now.After all, what was born is what he wants to use to make money.

Jian Ping was willing to tell Boss Wu because this was not something Jian Ping would depend on for the rest of his life, so Jian Ping didn't mind selling Boss Wu a favor.

And I can only be responsible for the bamboo slips and books, but Boss Wu can take this idea back and do other things.

Anyway, it doesn't have much impact on me, and I can sell it well, so why not do it.

Sure enough, I saw Boss Wu's expression stunned for a moment, and after he realized it, he couldn't hide his joy. "Brother Jian is really amazing, a scholar's mind is so fast!"

Jian Ping wanted to say that this has nothing to do with scholars.But thinking about the status of scholars in this imperial court, I swallowed this sentence.

Not only did the two make a verbal agreement, but they also quickly signed a cooperation contract according to what Jian Ping said before.

For example, "San Zi Jing" is purchased for one tael of silver. If it is the Four Books and Five Classics or others, the price will increase again according to the number of words.

If the engraved version of "Three Character Classic" is of the same level, the purchase price will be two taels of silver.

Jian Ping immediately sold the share he took over to Boss Wu, and this time, he actually 'rented' all the Four Books and Five Classics.

That is to say, after paying a deposit, go back and copy.

"The Analects", "Mencius", "University", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "Poetry", "Book", "Li", "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn".Even if there was a little accident in the middle of the change of dynasties, and even wiped out the subsequent dynasties, these nine books are still the basis of the imperial examination.

After Jian Ping negotiated a deal in the bookstore, he went to the grocery store again.In three days, the family produced a total of hundreds of catties of spicy bamboo shoots, and Jian Ping recited them all this time.

One hundred catties of things are only exchanged for one thousand Wen, and one thousand Wen is equal to a guan, which is only one tael of silver.

That is to say, the one hundred catties of spicy bamboo shoots that Jian Ping carried back exhaustedly were only sold for ten taels of silver.If it were replaced by bamboo slips, it would be only ten small volumes.

Moreover, among the ten taels of silver, there are at least four or five taels of cost.

After such a calculation, Jian Ping looked down on the efficiency of making food and making money even more.But Jian Ping also knew that if he told his family members about this, no one in the family would agree with what he said.

You must know that after a year of hard work, you may not be able to make a net profit of five taels of silver.As a result, now, in just a few days, you can earn five taels of silver. In the eyes of Jane's family, it's like getting rich.

Jian Ping could only comfort himself by saying that luckily the family could handle it without his intervention.

After sighing at the door of the store for a while, Jian Ping also knew that this voice could not be repeated in a short time.The sales level of the grocery store is there, and this one hundred catties of spicy bamboo shoots is probably enough for the store to consume for a while.

According to the boss, the next delivery will be in half a month.

However, Jian Ping just felt emotional about this matter, and then turned around and walked towards the vicinity of the academy.

Not to find people, but to inquire about news.

If he said he was going to take the imperial examination, Jian Ping would not give himself an excuse to avoid it.So even if you haven't finished reviewing the Four Books and Five Classics, you must always inquire about the exam time and so on.

Fortunately, the only academy in Taohua Town was not built on the mountain, but in the center of the town.There are many tea houses and restaurants around, so it is easy to inquire about the news.

By the time Jian Ping ate his lunch, he already knew that the time for this year's child test was two months away.

And because of the war and the change of the court, it is now considered the key to the shortage of talents.

Of course, this news was summed up by Jian Ping himself.

Therefore, the imperial court has also relaxed a lot about the examinations under Juren.Of course, it is not the relaxation that allows you to cheat, but the relaxation of qualifications.

In the past, if you wanted to be a scholar, you had to have five people jointly supervise each other, and an old scholar was the guarantee.Now how can there be so many old scholars and scholars who will guarantee you and guarantee you.

Therefore, as long as you want to take the imperial examination, you can get the qualification for reference by registering with the government office.

Of course, when you sign up, you still have to write two strokes and memorize a paragraph to prove that you are a real scholar.

The registration fee is one tael of silver.

Jian Ping felt that the last point was probably the main reason why the imperial court relaxed the guarantee requirements.

After all, how could the imperial court that had just gone through the war not be short of money?