On the day when Feng Bangning led Jin Baoer to buy goods in Rishenglong, Rishenglong also received several special guests. One of them was sixty years old, with gray hair and simple clothes, but his back was straight and his temperament was not angry or intimidating. The other
There were several people wearing rich and noble clothes, but they all surrounded the old man. It was obvious that the old man was the leader.
Entering the Rishenglong Hall, a middle-aged man in his forties stopped a boy and said: "Go and tell your shopkeeper, this boss... I want to go to Tianji Pavilion to see and recommend books.
Here it is." After saying that, he handed over an envelope.
The boy nodded and bowed, ran in through the door of Qiaoqi, and came out after a while and said: "You guys, please come in."
After entering the "Qiaoqi" door, a greeter followed. After passing through the patio, and walking through a passage, the greeter led a few people up the stairs. After walking around twice, there was a "Tianji" hanging on the third floor.
"The door with the plaque stopped, and the greeting greetings to the guests retreated.
At this time, the door of Tianji Pavilion has been opened. A capable man in his thirties stood at the door and bent down to salute: "Your distinguished guest has come from afar, and I am sorry for the delay in greeting you!" Although the words were polite, his body was still inside the door.
, actually did not greet the door.
The leading old man did not feel dissatisfied, nodded and smiled: "I didn't expect that you are actually here, haha, look up and see who I am?!"
The man raised his head with a slight surprise on his face, but not much surprise, and said: "It turns out that Mr. Xinzheng is here to see you. How did you get to Nanjing?" As he said this, he let everyone at the door enter the Tianji Pavilion.
Gao Gong led the people in, and saw that the Tianji Pavilion on the third floor faced the street, and the sun shone in through the glass windows. The room was not dark at all. The capable man brought the tea with his own hands, and seated several people while serving the tea.
Bian smiled and said: "Because there are many secrets here, there is no one to take care of you, so please be more considerate."
Gao Gong nodded and said: "We don't need these empty words. Ying Kui, you have suffered a lot in the past two years! Zhang Jiayin is a thief, if I succeed, I will kill him!" After saying this, his eyes turned red.
The capable man heard the words and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Xinzheng's words are serious. Sir Zhang Jiayin is now in Nanjing and is the minister of Guanglu Temple. What does it have to do with me? There is no need to mention the past."
Gao Gong felt a little unhappy when he saw that he didn't follow his words. He smiled dryly and said, "Because of my failure, you are living in the rivers and lakes. It is my fault."
The man's full name was Shen Yingkui, and his father-in-law was Shao Fang, a famous hero in the Jiajing and Longqing dynasties. Although this Shaofang man was in the wilderness, he had lofty ambitions, generous hands, and friends all over the world.
In the third year of Longqing, both Xu Jie and Gao Gong were idle at home. Shao Fang actually opened the way to the internal eunuch Chen Hong, allowing Gao Gong to recover, which made him famous throughout the world. In the sixth year of Longqing, after Gao Gong was expelled, Shao Fang
He was hunted and killed in Nanjing by Zhang Jiayin, who was then Yingtian Prefecture Yin.
On the day Shao Fang was killed, Shen Yingkui drank with a good friend of his who was a government official in Yingtian Mansion in the middle of the night. He heard about the siege at his father-in-law's house. After waiting for the official to go to bed, Shen Yingkui crossed the city, ran for fifty miles, and jumped over the wall.
Rescued Shao Fang's three-year-old son, Shao Yi. He returned before dawn and still slept in a drinking place. Later, when the government traced the whereabouts of Shao Fang's son, the prosecutor gave him an alibi.
Shen Yingkui later went anonymous and disappeared. Somehow, he was found by Feng Bao and became the shopkeeper of Tianji Pavilion.
Hearing what Gao Gong said, Shen Yingkui's eyes turned red and he said, "You don't have to say this, Mr. Xinzheng. It was because Jia Yue did not know his own abilities in the past and was involved in court disputes. Now Ying Kui just wants to live in peace."
Seeing that he was discouraged, Gao Gong stopped testing him. He smiled and asked, "I'm free to wander the clouds and wild cranes now. I can't stay at home anymore. I want to go to the south of the Yangtze River to meet my old friends."
After he introduced the people around him, he said: "This is Wang Chengyun, one of the great businessmen in Henan. He heard that there are some good hair products in Rishenglong, Nanjing, so he entrusted me with it. How could I have such a way? I still found the local Xu Yuanwai and Li Only those who are outside the membership can enter your Tianji Pavilion."
After saying that, he pointed to the other two people.
Shen Yingkui smiled and said, "Both Yuan Wai Xu and Yuan Wai Li are acquaintances." He looked at Wang Chengyun and said, "I wonder what business Yuan Wai Wang wants to do?" As he spoke, he stood up and pulled down a curtain in front of a bookshelf next to him. Opened, revealing the true appearance of the bookshelf.
When Gao Gong looked up, he saw wooden signs hanging on the top of the bookshelves, which were written about textiles, agricultural machinery, shipping, glass, essence, wine and food, smelting, breeding, etc., and there were more or less small wooden signs underneath. The cards have words written on them.
Xu Yuanwai and Li Yuanwai had seen it before, but this time they sat still. Gao Gong and Wang Chengyun stood up and went to the bookshelf to browse.
Wang Chengyun casually took out a wooden sign from the row of farm machinery and saw the words "Quick Threshing" written on it. He asked, "What is this for?"
Shen Yingkui said: "Please ask the king to look at the back." Wang Chengyun turned over the wooden sign and saw it said: "The method of quickly threshing rice grains and wheat grains is one-tenth of the current method of threshing rice grains manually. The inventor :Anonymous. The price is five hundred taels."
Wang Chengyun looked at it and asked: "How is this possible?" Shen Yingkui smiled and said: "This has been verified by Tianji Pavilion. I guarantee the reputation of Rishenglong and I will not deceive you."
Gao Gong asked curiously from the side: "What kind of business is this Tianji Pavilion doing? If there is such a good method, why not offer it to the court to benefit the world?"
Shen Yingkui smiled and said: "This is the ingenuity of my boss's design. This is to encourage invention."
Then he said: "Xinzheng Gong, if you think about it, if someone worked hard and invented this thing, why would he offer it to the court? What good would it do to him? How many five hundred taels can the court reward him? If it is sold in Tianji Pavilion, a king will give it to five hundred taels." One hundred taels, if there are ten kings in the world, wouldn't it be five thousand taels? Even if we split it half and half with my proprietor, it is indispensable for a well-off person."
Gao Gong was dumbfounded after hearing this. Thinking about it carefully, it really makes sense. Wang Chengyun said at the side: "If I spent money to buy this method and someone else learns it, wouldn't it be a huge loss?"
Shen Yingkui added: "That's why the price is five hundred taels. It just allows the buyer to make a quick buck. If you can produce more before this method spreads, all the money you make will be yours. If Once people learn it, they can only recognize it. Of course, given the size of the world, it will take who knows how many years for this method to spread."
Pointing to the culture column, he said: "There is a method of cultivating pearls here. If you spend 10,000 taels to buy it, as long as you can keep the secret and your own business, you can earn 100,000, 80,000 taels or even hundreds of thousands. It is normal. "
Wang Chengyun was surprised and said: "How can this pearl be cultured?" Shen Yingkui nodded in agreement.
Wang Chengyun curiously opened it and saw the words on the back of the pearl culture wooden sign: "Pearl culture method: cultured pearls are not as colorful as wild ones, but they are almost the same. Inventor: Anonymous. Price is 10,000 taels."
Out of curiosity, he and Gao Gong looked through dozens of wooden signs and found that the prices ranged from tens of thousands to dozens of taels. Most of them were inventions and creations, and the profits were ten times or several times higher.
There was actually a wooden sign in Gao Gongjian’s breeding row that said high-yielding crops. When he opened it, he saw that it read: “High-yielding coarse grain crops, no need to pick the land, any planting on the high slopes of the river bank, no need for maintenance. Food is nourishing. Human beings are similar to rice and wheat. The yield of dry land is as low as four dan per mu, while on river bank fertile land it may be as high as eight dan."
Gao Gong saw this and said angrily: "This is an excellent seed that can survive countless times. How can we not immediately offer this method to the imperial court to promote planting?"
Shen Yingkui replied: "My proprietor of this thing only bought the actual seeds from Guangzhou in the first month of this year. It is said that he has presented them to the imperial court. But I am afraid that the ignorant people will not dare to cultivate them, so I put them here. The price is only fifty taels. If you are kind-hearted, If the rich man buys it back and tests it, it will accelerate its promotion."
After hearing this, Gao Gong said: "I'll buy some and plant one!" After saying that, he was about to take out the money. Shen Yingkui held his hand and said: "The Duke of Xinzheng is far away, and Yingkui can't entertain guests. I'll give you this good seed." There are not many places, so I bought a few and gave them to Mr. Xinzheng to express my feelings." After saying that, he tugged on the bell on the edge of the bookshelf.
After a while, someone knocked on the door outside. Shen Yingkui went to the door to give some instructions. He came back and said, "I just took it with me when I left. It only weighs five kilograms. I also have a method of breeding."
Gao Gong was intrigued by the various methods of Tianji Pavilion and asked: "If I spend ten thousand taels to buy the method of cultivating pearls, how can you guarantee that I can grow pearls?"
Shen Yingkui said: "In Tianji Pavilion, if the price exceeds one thousand taels, I don't know the details. Xinzheng Gong wants to buy this method. According to the proprietor, someone will guide the planting. You only need to pay a deposit of one thousand taels first, and then wait. If new pearls are picked, the remaining nine thousand taels will be paid. If the seeds cannot be planted, the one thousand taels will be returned and a fine of one thousand taels will be returned."
Gao Gong said again: "If I buy this method and sell it for five thousand taels, what can you do to me?"
Shen Yingkui laughed after hearing this and said: "My boss is not afraid of this. When you sign the contract, you must sign a confidentiality clause and promise not to resell it. If you really resell it, you may suffer the disaster of annihilation!"
Gao Gong listened and sneered: "There are rumors in the market that the rising sun is the emperor's business. I heard you say so, and it turns out to be true?!"
After hearing this, Shen Yingkui laughed and said: "My proprietor is very mysterious. I don't know who he is. There are many people who came to my Tianji Pavilion to ask about this matter. I really don't know. I only know that the rising sun is The best business in the world!"