It is undoubtedly wonderful to lie in the yard, bathe in the evening breeze, and count the stars.
Hu Changan has been lying in bed for almost a month. He is either staring at the ceiling in a daze every day, or listening to some books and reading some stories. His life is really boring.
It happened that the weather was fine today, so Hu Changan ordered people to set up a low couch in the yard, and he lay on the couch and looked at the stars.
The night sky at this time did not suffer from the serious light pollution of later generations. The stars were dotted like pearls in the dark night sky, which was quite fascinating.
Hu Changan was looking at the stars leisurely, when suddenly a crisp system sound came from his mind.
[Ding, your worship value has reached 100 points and can be exchanged for items in the mall.]
Great! Goldfinger can finally shine!
Ever since he taught the shopkeepers Arabic numerals and double-entry accounting, Hu Changan's admiration points have been slowly rising, and now he has finally reached the minimum purchase standard in the system mall!
Hu Changan's eyes shone with excitement, the corners of his mouth raised, and he chose from the system mall with satisfaction...
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Three days later, Hu Mansion.
As soon as the sky cleared, shopkeeper Chen of the grocery store led a dark-skinned craftsman to wait quietly in the yard of the east wing.
The day before yesterday, Dian He, the maid of Master Hu, suddenly ordered Shopkeeper Chen to go to Yingtian City to find some skilled pastry craftsmen, and they must be reliable.
Pancreas is an ancient cleaning tool made from pig pancreas, similar to soap in later generations.
However, the cleaning ability of soap is far inferior to that of soap, and the cost is relatively high. In the Ming Dynasty, only high-ranking officials could afford it.
Shopkeeper Chen heard that Master Hu wanted to find a pasta maker, so he naturally accepted the order happily.
Today, shopkeeper Chen really admires Hu Changan.
The grocery store run by shopkeeper Chen sells many and miscellaneous items, making accounting quite difficult.
Generally, during the peak period of passenger flow, there will be a huge queue. Customers often become impatient and leave their things behind.
Since using the Arabic numerals taught by Master Hu, Shopkeeper Chen's time for settling accounts has been greatly shortened. There is no longer a queue in the store, and it has also attracted a large number of customers who are unwilling to wait.
The double-entry bookkeeping method also greatly improved the accuracy of shopkeeper Chen's accounting, saving shopkeeper Chen a lot of time in checking his inventory of copper coins every day. Even his old wife laughed and said that shopkeeper Chen returned home earlier every day.
Hearing that Mr. Hu wanted to recruit a reliable soy sauce craftsman, shopkeeper Chen naturally tried his best and mobilized all the people he knew, and finally found a craftsman who met the conditions.
This pasta craftsman is called Zhou Yi. His ancestors have been engaged in this trade for generations since the Yuan Dynasty. Zhou Yi himself has worked hard in the best pasta workshop in Yingtian City for more than thirty years and accumulated a lot of experience.
Recently, Zhou Yi's daughter was seriously ill. Zhou Yi had no choice but to quit his job in the workshop. He wanted to find a gentry family to take shelter and work as a domestic servant to make money.
After going back and forth, he was spotted by shopkeeper Chen this Monday and brought to the Hu Mansion.
After waiting for a short time, the door to the east wing opened.
Hu Changan was lying on the bed, wearing a loose dark green brocade robe, and looked at the visitor quietly.
When shopkeeper Chen saw Master Hu, he quickly bowed his head and bowed.
When he saw this on Monday, he followed Shopkeeper Chen and gave him a nondescript salute.
In the Ming Dynasty, the status of craftsmen has always been low, only slightly better than that of merchants.
On Monday, this was the first time in my life that I saw the son of a wealthy family. My nervous palms were all sweaty.
Hu Changan didn't take it seriously. He just waved his hand casually and asked Zhou Yiyi: "Have you brought the soap you asked me to bring?"
"Bring it, bring it." Zhou Yi responded repeatedly, carefully took out an oil paper bag from his arms and handed it to Hu Changan.
Hu Changan waved his hand, and the boy beside him quickly brought a small cup of vegetable oil and a basin of water.
Hu Changan stretched out his hand and dipped it in a little vegetable oil, then took the soap that was presented on Monday and washed it in a copper basin.
Don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, just be afraid of comparing goods.
Compared to the soaps of later generations, soap is simply garbage.
Hu Changan rubbed soap left and right, and washed it many times before he could barely wash away the oil stains on his hands.
And after washing, the feeling of soap is not as refreshing as soap.
Hu Changan changed several basins of water to rinse, but his hands still felt oily.
But this Monday’s craftsmanship was pretty good.
Although poor people cannot afford to use soap, rich families like the Hu family can still afford it, and there is no limit to it.
Compared with the soap that the Hu family bought at a high price in Yingtian City, the quality of the noodles made on Monday was not that good.
While Hu Changan picked up the hand towel hanging on the copper basin and wiped it, he asked Zhou Yiyi: "I wonder how much this piece of soap costs?"
"In reply to Master Hu, a piece of ordinary soap is half a tael of silver, and a piece with flower petals or milk is one tael of silver." Zhou Yiyi replied respectfully.
Half a tael of silver?
Hu Changan's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at the ordinary piece of pancake in his hand.
You know, a seventh-grade county official in the Ming Dynasty only had a monthly salary of four taels of silver.
A county official could only buy eight pieces of soap with his monthly salary!
This pancake is so expensive!
However, a mere Hu family can actually afford such expensive soap, and there is no limit.
It seems that my father is really greedy. I need to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson. Hu Changan thought to himself.
Wiping off the water droplets on his hands, Hu Changan looked at Zhou Yi and said solemnly: "Monday, now I am going to teach you a skill in making pancake. You must not teach it to others, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences."
After hearing this on Zhou Yi, he hurriedly knelt down and said respectfully: "Master Hu, I have received your grace and saved the life of my little girl. Now I don't dare to have any different intentions."
After hearing this, Hu Changan was also very satisfied.
In business, top-secret technology cannot be passed on to others. Otherwise, if everyone gets involved together, there will be absolutely no money to be made.
Now that the Hu family has given Zhou Yi a life-saving grace and also holds the contract of betrayal for Yi Yi, Hu Changan is not worried about Yi Yi's sudden betrayal.
Hu Changan took out a stack of rice paper from his arms and handed it to Zhou Yiyi.
It records in detail the soap making methods that Hu Changan bought from the system mall.
This system is also intelligent. It can automatically generate prescriptions that match the background of the times based on existing raw materials. This saves Hu Changan a lot of time.
However, Zhou Yi did not take the stack of rice paper. He just blushed and hesitated and said, "Ignorant, I am illiterate and can't understand."
Hu Changan slapped his head and forgot about this problem.
In ancient times, people who could read were people of high status. Craftsmen like Zhou Yi would naturally not be able to read.
So Hu Changan turned around and handed the prescription to shopkeeper Chen.
Shopkeeper Chen also signed a deed of sale in Hu Mansion, and he is honest and trustworthy.
Upon seeing this, shopkeeper Chen quickly took the rice paper and read it aloud.