The next day, Du Shaoqing stopped the recruitment exam, and he made a tacit appointment to the medical hall with his old friend Cheng Division."
Actually, Brother Du, if you don't look for me, I want to come to you too."
As soon as he entered the study, Cheng Chumo said with a big grin."
Oh?
Do you have something to look for me?
”Du Shaoqing asked in surprise.Turning his head and looking at the door, and finding that there was no one, Cheng Chumo hurriedly closed the door of the study and said, "I heard that eldest brother you got a test paper, can you borrow the answer from my brother to take a look?"
”Du Shaoqing, who had just poured the tea, shook his hand: "That thing was recruited by me, what are you going to do?"
Do you want to apply for an apprenticeship too?
”Cheng Chumo slapped his thigh: "Do I still need to take the exam if I want to find your apprentice?"
You don't know, this test paper of yours is already famous in the imperial court, and some people say that if you can answer all of them, it will be amazing, saying that you need to be smart and far beyond the genius of ordinary people, otherwise you can't answer it. ”"Hehe, it's not that exaggerated, it's all ordinary things."
Du Shaoqing shook his head and said."
Don't believe it, it is said that His Majesty sent it to the Sixth Department to show the hundred officials, and the hundred officials were curious, so they each copied a copy and went home to study, even my father was following the trend, and he took the test paper to force me and my two younger brothers to make it, saying that he wanted to rob the name of that genius, which made the three of us brothers miserable."
Cheng Chumo complained.Du Shaoqing was dumbfounded, this Cheng family's father and son are really interesting, the old devil has to make up for any fun, "Okay, anyway, I'm not going to take another assessment and recruitment, I'll talk about business later, and I'll give you an answer." ”Cheng Chumo was overjoyed, although he didn't have the reputation of a genius, but with the answer, at least Daddy could get through this hurdle."
I want to know how much money I have in my account for the two of us to open a winery together?
I've got something to do lately, so I need money. ”Du Shaoqing got down to business."
Hey, that's it?
Big brother, you can just use the money to withdraw it from the account, do you still need to ask?
You must not be able to spend so much money, a month ago my father asked me to check the accounts, I took a cursory look, our spirits sales are very good, at that time your profit was more than 100,000 taels of silver, now there should be 200,000. ”Cheng Chumo drank tea and said.Du Shaoqing choked on the tea, "How much?"
Is it twenty taels, or two hundred thousand taels?
”"Big brother is laughing?
Our spirits, ten taels of silver a catty, that is, one tael of silver and one tael of wine, are equivalent to silver, and the high-end ones are even priceless, this has been half a year, do you think you only earn twenty taels?
”Cheng Chumo said with a smile, it was obvious that he could expect Du Shaoqing's reaction.How much is 200,000 taels of silver?
According to the algorithm that one tael of silver is equal to four thousand soft sister coins, this is 800 million, right, and a net profit of 800 million in half a year?
And is it a purely technical shareholding?
Du Shaoqing is like in a dream.After a long time, he slapped the teacup on the table, "Then, why am I still opening a fart medical hall?"
I can't spend 200,000 taels in my life, just lie down and eat and wait until I die, it's 400,000 taels a year, will I become the richest man in two years?
”Cheng Chumo stood up with a smile, and broke Du Shaoqing's dream with a sentence: "Come on, Brother Du, although our spirits are in short supply, the inferior liquor brewed by people everywhere this year is basically almost bought by us, and many families even sell the drinks used for the New Year to us in order to make money, and you don't want to earn 400,000 taels a year."
Even if you really earn 400,000 taels a year, you can't be the richest man, and you are far from the richest man in Datang. ”Du Shaoqing was surprised: "I think the people of Datang are so poor, why is it that our way of almost grabbing money is not enough to become the richest man?"
”Shaking his head with a wry smile, Cheng Chumo explained the reality to Du Shaoqing, "The people are poor, and they have nothing to do with the aristocracy, the money is in the hands of the nobles, and our drinks are also sold to the nobles in major cities, and the bigger the nobles, the more they buy."
Our wine business does make money very quickly, and even has surpassed the silk business, but you don't know that there is anything faster than this, the salt and iron business will always be the most sought-after, but before the eldest brother changed the salt production method, it is estimated that the profits of the salt industry market will decline in the future, after all, the main salt industry is controlled by the imperial court, and the country does not compete with the people for profit, so it will reduce the price.But iron tools, that is the eldest grandson's family to make the leader, in addition to military equipment, civilian steel, there are a few people in the grandson family, that is the richest man in the Tang Dynasty. ”The eldest grandson's family?
Who?
Eldest grandson Chong?
The eldest grandson Wuji?
Du Shaoqing exclaimed, and Cheng nodded silently."
Of course, it is not necessarily true to say that they are the richest people, but relatively speaking, after all, the Tang Dynasty has only been established for 20 years, and the foundation is very shallow, to say that the real richest man in the world, it is necessary to count the five surnames and seven families, which have been inherited for thousands of years, each of which has a history of thousands of years, occupies more than half of the official positions in the imperial court all the year round, and the family business almost monopolizes all walks of life in the country.Five surnames and seven families?
Well, Du Shaoqing has been in Datang for so long, but he has heard a little of these news next to him, and today is the first time he has heard that the other party is so big-rooted, especially Cheng Chumo whispered: A century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family!
refreshed Du Shaoqing's world view again, it turns out that the emperor is not the strongest in the world?"
Forget it, I'm better to get rich honestly, I don't want to be the richest man, I want you to come over this time, brother, I want you to help with one thing, Changle and I adopted a group of orphans and beggars yesterday, all of them are poor people who are about to freeze to death in winter.Later, I thought that there are not a few such things, so can we see if we can pay for it to find a place for them to settle down, and install a kang in the house, and provide a batch of food for the winter.After all, we are not familiar with Chang'an, so I thought of asking you for help. ”Cheng Chumo pondered for a moment after listening, nodded and said: "Big brother, don't worry, this is a good thing, the younger brother can take someone to do it, but big brother, I want to remind you, if you don't collect beggars regardless of age, let's not talk about the problem of at least tens of thousands of beggars in this Chang'an City, and don't talk about the cost problem, the first thing you need to be cautious about is the problem of reputation. ”In this way, it can be said that it is heart-wrenching, Du Shaoqing nodded gratefully, "Thank you Brother Xian for reminding me, so let's do it, you go first, in the name of Princess Changle, I will take her into the palace to report to Your Majesty later, how can I not let you work in vain, I will ask for credit for you and Your Majesty." ”The two agreed on a plan, Cheng Chumo went out with an answer and smiled, Du Shaoqing looked at his back and said secretly, Lao Cheng's family is thick and thin, this kid is arrogant, although he is not as shrewd as Lao Tzu, but Lao Cheng's education is good, and many taboos are still known.Looking back, Du Shaoqing remembered what Cheng Chumo said, and he also fell into a tangle, he didn't expect that the eldest grandson's family turned out to be the richest man, so it was even more difficult, it seemed that his thinking was right, and it was time to make a move.At this moment, the guy Erhu ran over, "The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, you come out, there's a disturbance outside, our assessment is over, a kid has to break in to take the exam, and he is very arrogant." ”