After driving back to the Gao University Scholar's Mansion, Gao Mo carefully woke up Gao Jingshi. The half-asleep Gao Jingshi returned to the backyard of the mansion and walked to his own courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Shangyue coming towards him, holding several letters in his hand, and said with a smile: "Young Master, there is a letter from Xinzheng."
After all, Gao Pingshi has the body of a child. He was a little sleepy at this time, but he still managed to cheer up. He nodded and said, "Send it to my study." Then he walked directly towards the study, only took two steps, and stopped again. , added: "And make another cup of strong tea."
Seeing that he didn't want to talk much, Shangyue didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she answered and hurriedly followed him.
After entering the study, Gao pragmatically picked up the letter and read it. While watching the moon, he went to make tea and listened to the piano but was not in the yard. He thought he had other things to do.
The first letter was written by his mother, Mrs. Zhang. In addition to various routine instructions, it mainly told Gao Jingshi that he wanted to find a few people in the capital. The people in Xinzheng had already been dealt with, and when the letter was sent out, they were also I have already started to pack my belongings and belongings, and I expect to arrive in Beijing five or six days later than the letter.
In addition, I praised the soap made by my son as a good thing and asked him if he planned to make more and sell it. If he sold it, the profit should be good. Zhang even said that if her son felt that the Gao family was not suitable to get involved in these business affairs, she could ask her third brother - Gao's pragmatic third uncle Zhang Sijiao - to borrow some people to take care of it.
Gao pragmatically couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it. He said to himself that my cheap mother is indeed from the Zhang family in Puzhou. The first thing she thought about after seeing the soap was that it could make money. However, Zhu Yijun only remembered that this thing could be mixed with water and blown into bubbles. Bubble……
However, it is not okay to leave this matter to my mother, because if I leave it to my mother now, it is equivalent to leaving it to the Zhang family. After all, my mother does not have many business talents available, so she must borrow it from her third uncle.
Gao Jingshi was very clear about the close relationship between his third uncle and his mother, and it was unlikely that he would cheat his own sister, but Gao Jingshi had no intention of tying his prototype business empire so closely to the Zhang family now. This is not because he doesn't trust his uncle's family, but because he is still too weak. If the two parties are combined, Zhang Qiang will definitely be the stronger one - this is not in line with Gao's pragmatic thoughts, and it is not in line with his original intention of building his own business territory. .
If Gao Pragmatic just wants to make money and make a lot of money, then it is undoubtedly a good thing to cooperate with the Zhang family now: the capital has already started operations. After meeting Li Guifei today, the soap royal tribute plan is mostly completed. All that was left was the emperor's final nod, and it was impossible for the emperor not to nod - the price offered by Gao Pragmatic was to supply 10,000 pieces of soap to the palace for free every year, and the proportion of specific styles was determined by the palace.
The price of these soaps is, of course, based on the calculated value of one tael of silver per piece as previously thought. With Long Qing's style, ten thousand taels of silver can be saved directly, so why not? No fool would want it!
Besides, the conditions required by Gao Jingshi were simple, that is, the emperor allowed Gao Jingshi to divide these soaps for men and women, calling them "Yu Gong·Supreme" and "Yu Gong·Guo Se", and from now on, the soaps used in the palace would be exclusively owned by Gao Jingshi. Royal tribute. At the same time, Gao Pragmatic guarantees that the best soaps will be used as tribute, and only second-class or inferior products will be sold, and the words "Yu Gong·Supreme" and "Yu Gong·National Color" will never be used. .
How could the emperor, who had gained all the benefits and face, not agree? Besides, this thing is an exclusive product in itself. If he is pragmatic and doesn't supply it, who should I ask to get it?
It’s not that businessmen these days aren’t savvy and their business thinking isn’t meticulous, it’s just that we’re still in the era of farming civilization after all, and everyone hasn’t realized much about the importance of brands, let alone the importance of “spokesmen.”
As a time traveler, Gao Pragmatic is different. He knows the importance of these two things very clearly. In a "feudal dynasty" like the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful brand is the "Emperor", and of course the most domineering spokesperson Also "Emperor".
The emperor uses it, the emperor says yes...what else do you have to worry about? Buy it quickly!
Therefore, he is very optimistic about the future of the soap business - or the future of the soap business. As long as this business is started and promoted, I dare not say that it will be comparable to the business of Zhangjiajialu Salt Farm, but at least it can His reputation is so great that the Zhang family dare not underestimate him, and it will not be too late to talk about an alliance by then.
Gao pragmatically responded to the letter casually, saying that he had other ideas about the matter and asked his mother not to worry too much. He then thanked her for recruiting talents for him and asked her to pay more attention to her health.
The other letters were written by specific people who came to thank the young master of the sixth house for his trust. Most of them were clichés. Since everyone was almost here, Gao Pragmatic didn't bother to reply.
He originally planned to sleep for a while before going, but after answering the letter and having lunch, the effect of the cup of strong tea took effect and he couldn't sleep. After thinking about it, he simply went out early and went to Chengen Temple where Liu Xian was temporarily staying in Beijing. And go.
Chengen Temple is a very magical temple. The magical thing is that it has "three no's": no incense, no dojo, and no temple.
The gate of this temple has been closed all year round. Since the temple was built in the fifth year of Zhengde, it has never been opened to the public for decades, and it is still the same now. This has always shrouded the temple in a veil of mystery.
It stands to reason that temples generally open their doors to accept incense, because temples also need financial resources to maintain daily operations, and monks also have to live. Without the income from incense, what kind of business can they do? But Cheng'en Temple is different. It really doesn't open its doors or offer incense at ordinary times.
The five characters "Emperor Chengen Temple" in front of the temple are the inscription of the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao. From south to north, there are four palaces including Shanmen Hall, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, and Dharma Hall. There are dozens of auxiliary halls and wing rooms on both sides of the main hall. The strange thing is that this temple is surrounded by four stone watchtowers, which is really rare for domestic temples.
Although the temple is not open to the public and does not accept incense, the monks inside have no worries about food and drink, which shows that they have other sources of income. Gao Pragmatic's carriage stopped not far from the entrance of the temple. He got out of the carriage and walked, not because he was a devout Buddhist, but because there were a pair of dismounting stones in front of the Cheng'en Temple.
The dismounting stone is usually only found in royal palaces and palaces, and has no connection with ordinary people. The presence of this thing at the entrance of Chengen Temple shows that it is not an ordinary temple.
That’s right, Chengen Temple was built with the approval of Emperor Zhengde and under the supervision of the eunuch Wen Xiang. It was originally used as a peripheral stronghold of the East Factory and was also used for school training. Later, after Jiajing succeeded to the throne, because he was a powerful emperor who could suppress hundreds of officials without relying on eunuchs, the eunuchs suffered a serious loss of power. The Chengen Temple was transferred to Brother Nai and Jinyi Wei Da, who were extremely favored by Jiajing. The governor, Lu Bing, became the outer stronghold of Jinyiwei.
However, due to Lu Bing's weight, Jinyiwei actually did not lack this small stronghold, which was not very large, so it was later suspended for some years. Later, for the sake of reputation, Lu Bing used some of his villas as temporary residences for officials visiting Beijing. When he thought of Cheng'en Temple, he also used them.
However, due to organizational problems, this place was a fortress, a tower, and a school ground. Most civil servants were unwilling to come and live there. With a wave of his hand, the governor of mainland China made a favor and temporarily accommodated the military ministers who came to Beijing.
Gao pragmatic arrived in advance. Although Liu Xian was a little surprised, he was still very happy and went out to greet him in person.
