Yang Xuan traveled to this prosperous dynasty three months ago. When he first traveled through it, his head was buzzing.
Although he was a poor student in the past, he also knew that there had never been any great dynasties in history.
After sorting out the memories in his mind, based on his historical knowledge, he could only analyze that this was a feudal dynasty.
He has also read a lot of online novels. People who travel through time are either talented students who can invent and create, or they are born into wealthy families and have no worries about food and clothing.
And the identity he traveled to this world was that of a small vendor selling biscuits.
While walking around the streets selling Hu cakes, I got caught in a drenching rain and contracted the wind and cold. After burning for several days, I became confused. When I woke up again, I became the Yang Xuan I am now.
Yang Xuan in this world has both parents dead. He has an elder brother, Yang Xiao, who was born powerful and majestic. When he was a child, he learned martial arts from a wandering Taoist priest for several years. Now he works as a yamen servant in the Jiangning County Yamen.
There is also a sister-in-law named Zhou Lian'er who gave birth to a daughter who is five years old this year.
Yang Xuan is sixteen this year, has not yet married, and lives with his brother in a small courtyard.
This situation gave Yang Xuan some illusions about Wu Dalang, but this sister-in-law was not as beautiful as Pan Jinlian, and she was quite dissatisfied with Yang Xuan, the brother-in-law who still needed their support.
When Yang Xuan first crossed over, he ate bland food for three days. Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer. He found some mineral salt and made refined salt at home.
Although he was a poor student back then, he still knew basic filtration and analysis. After dozens of experiments, he finally succeeded in producing refined salt.
After frying several dishes with this refined salt, the brother and sister-in-law's family ate with gusto.
However, his eldest brother Yang Xiao reminded him that this refined salt is good, but it must not be spread out. The smuggling of salt will only start in three years. If it is serious, it will be sent to the army and distributed.
The sister-in-law immediately rolled her eyes at him and said, "If you don't ask your uncle to sell salt, are you still going to live by selling Hu biscuits on the streets?"
"What do you, a woman, know?" The eldest brother glared, wanting to show off his family status.
But the sister-in-law slapped her chopsticks on the table, and the elder brother stopped.
Although the eldest brother was a government servant, his salary was only two taels of silver a month. In this prosperous era, he could barely support a family of three with only two taels of silver. Moreover, because he often had to support Yang Xuan, his family also lived in poverty.
Yang Xuan's predecessor had attended a private school for several years, but he couldn't even pass the entrance examination. In the end, he worked as an apprentice for two years and learned the craft of making pancakes. After his eldest brother got married, he made a living from it.
But Hu cakes are sesame seed cakes. They have no technical content and only cost a penny for two. There are many people selling Hu cakes in the streets.
"Brother, don't worry. Although our family is poor, we have always been innocent. I will naturally not do anything illegal. Sister-in-law doesn't have to worry. My younger brother is now sixteen and will no longer be a drag on the family."
Although private salt cannot be sold, how could Yang Xuan possess a treasure and not make use of it?
With rich experience in business, he came up with an idea in a flash: "If salt is put in the food sold in restaurants, it doesn't count as selling private salt."
"Of course that doesn't count."
After getting this relatively official answer from his elder brother, Yang Xuan immediately had a brilliant idea.
But he has no capital, so the first pot of gold still has to come from this Hu Bing.
That’s right, dry pancakes are deep-fried and then wrapped in salt and pepper before being sold.
If you don't have salt, you can't sell private salt. But if I sell a pretzel with some salt and pepper on it, it doesn't count as selling private salt.
Soon, Brother Yang, who used to carry a load and sell Hu cakes through the streets, suddenly transformed into a vendor on Yongning Street.
Two biscuits worth one penny become ten cents each after being dipped in salt and pepper. Although these biscuits are as big as two, they are so big that they can be dipped in more salt and pepper.
Ordinary people are not fools. Everyone has their own account in their mind. What they bought for these ten cents was not biscuits, but salt and pepper.
The total cost of flour, oil, and coal used to make a Hu pancake is less than half a penny, and the pepper powder in the salt and pepper is just a hint.
As for the salt, aside from some work, it's almost free.
Of course, he wouldn't make a lot of salt and put it at home. After all, the government couldn't tell the origin when they came to investigate, so he sold a hundred pretzels a day and cooked one pot every day.
In these nearly three months, Yang Xuan earned the same salary as his elder brother Yang Xiao in three years.
A total of seventy-five taels of silver.
In the Dasheng Dynasty, one thousand Wen was equal to one tael of silver, which was seventy-five thousand Wen.
Yang Xuan would go to the bank to exchange every five thousand coins into five taels of silver ingots, otherwise there would be no place to put so many copper coins.
He had already made a plan. When he saved up one hundred taels, he would go to Yingtian Mansion to rent a shop.
Before time travel, he had reached the position of a senior executive. Now he wants to start his own business again.
Building a brand is the foundation of entrepreneurship.
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While Yang Xuan was counting the money, in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, in Prince Chun's Palace, during the day the young master was sitting opposite an old man drinking tea in the study.
This young master is His Majesty the current Emperor's third prince, His Royal Highness Prince Chun, Lu Chenghong, and the old man sitting opposite him is Taifu Kong Wei.
Taifu is the emperor's teacher. Taifu Kong is here overnight today to convey a message to His Majesty the Emperor.
After the greetings, Taifu Kong got straight to the point and said: "Your Highness, at the small court meeting this afternoon, His Majesty the Emperor proposed that all the princes go to the six divisions to practice. I wonder what your Highness wants?"
His Royal Highness King Chun was startled. It felt a bit strange that Taifu Kong asked him what he wanted. Although Taifu Kong usually valued himself, he didn't go to this extent. This question seemed a bit probing.
So he replied calmly: "Since it is my father's order, as a minister alone, I should obey it."
Then he asked again: "I wonder what the elder brother Chengyou's arrangements are?"
"His Royal Highness is naturally assisting the Emperor in the East Palace."
After hearing this, His Royal Highness Prince Chun felt a sense of disappointment. Although the Emperor already knew that the Emperor had already determined the successor to the throne when he was appointed as the crown prince, His Majesty the Emperor's arrangement today is a real statement of attitude.
The prince is the prince, so you guys should stop trying to get the throne.
His Royal Highness Prince Chun sighed inwardly, it seems that he should just settle down and be an idle prince.
Taifu Kong stared at His Royal Highness Prince Chun for a long time, as if he wanted to see something from his expression, but found nothing.
After picking up the teacup and taking a sip, he tried another sentence: "His Royal Highness understands the Sacred Heart and is worthy of being a role model for all princes. However, His Highness has great ambitions, but is he unwilling to do so?"
This is a bit taboo to say. What does it mean to be ambitious and what does it mean to be unwilling?
Even if I feel unwilling to do so, can I tell you?
Is it possible that you think I should compete for the throne?
Who doesn’t know that you, Taifu Kong, are a staunch royalist?
In response to such an obvious test by Master Kong, His Royal Highness Prince Chun remained calm and said sincerely: "As a prince, my eldest brother Chengyou is generous to others and accepts advice humbly. He is the best candidate to inherit the throne in the future. If you join the six tribes alone, it will be the same."
If I can serve the imperial court and bring benefits to the people, why would I be unwilling to do so?"
Concerning His Highness King Chun's remarks, Taifu Kong did not comment. He just drank the tea in his cup, stood up and said goodbye.
There are a total of six princes in the current emperor. Although Lu Chenghong dare not say that he is the most suitable to inherit the throne, he is much stronger than the prince Lu Chengyou.
He just said that the prince is generous to others and accepts advice humbly. In fact, he is just saying that he is a good person and doesn't have any opinions.
On the surface, the six princes are brothers and respectful brothers, but when it comes to the throne, it's hard to tell.
At least the fourth prince Lu Chengtai is not a peaceful master.
Taifu Kong came to deliver a message. Although it was not a decree, it was basically equivalent to informing them on behalf of the emperor. He also observed the attitudes of the princes.
His Royal Highness King Chun is not as good as the other princes. His biological mother died early, and his mother's family has no foundation. If he wants to compete for the throne, he has no chance at all. It is better to be free and easy and stay away from right and wrong.
It's just that he needs to plan carefully before going to the Sixth Division for training. After all, the battle for the throne is often a matter of life and death, and he doesn't want to get involved.
