He is highly pragmatic and always pays attention to efficiency, but his so-called efficiency is not the kind of "vigorous and resolute" that ordinary people understand. Rather than jumping into action immediately when an idea comes to his mind, he prefers to plan carefully and move from point to point, striving to connect one thing to another and do it well, or to do one thing and drive another thing at the same time.
This is his efficiency theory, because to a certain extent, he believes in the saying that sharpening the knife will not waste time chopping wood.
He also adheres to this concept when it comes to inviting a group of distinguished disciples for a spring outing.
The cause of this incident needs to go back a few days to explain: after he entered the palace that day to show the magical effects of soap to Concubine Li and the prince, Concubine Li told Emperor Longqing about the soap that day. The emperor also personally tried the soap donated by Gao Jingshi. He was very satisfied with the effect. He had no objection at all to the conditions given by Gao Jingshi. He even felt that he had taken a big advantage - he The price obtained is of course high pragmatically speaking.
Long Qing was not an idiot emperor who had been raised in a deep palace since he was a child and didn't know the sufferings of the people. He had gone through a lot of "hard times" back then.
"Yes, he knows the value of two taels of silver very well.
Selling a piece of soap for two taels of silver is of course very expensive. Many people in Beijing only have half a month's income to cover this amount. But there are two problems here: First, the effect of soap is indeed very obvious, but Long Qing knows nothing about the technical content, cost and price. In his opinion, to have such a magical function, it must be made from very precious materials - isn't good rouge and gouache quite expensive? So looking at it this way, two taels of silver is still a good deal.
This kind of thinking is just like some people taking medicine when they are sick. It is only a minor illness that can be solved by two slices of angelica, but they always want to eat ginseng. Because in the minds of many people, it is expensive for a reason, and they even ignore whether the medicine is symptomatic. In later generations, cold medicines are available everywhere. Many people buy them and eat them casually after catching a cold, without even knowing that they have taken wind-cold and cold-heat. Medicines for colds, or conversely, medicines for colds and colds never work in the end, and they think the medicines they bought are not good enough.
Gao Pingshi made perfect use of Long Qing, Li Guifei and others' ignorance of technology here, and sold it at a reasonable high price.
As for the second point, no matter how expensive this thing is, according to the exchange terms proposed by Gao Pragmatic, no matter how much money it is, you don't have to pay it yourself. It doesn't matter, even if you sell it for a hundred taels, I won't feel bad! Anyway, it’s you who loses money.
In fact, this is also the reason why Gao Pragmatic insists on paying tribute for free: no matter how high you set the price, how much can you get from the emperor's money? You must know that the amount used by the palace is actually just that much. Although he has decided to cover things like soap from top to bottom, they must be popular after all, and popular products can only truly guarantee profits if they are sold in large quantities - the price is expensive How to measure? If the volume is not good, no matter how high the profit per block is, it will be in vain.
The emperor's agreement to Gao Jingjing's contribution and hierarchical monopoly was equivalent to granting Gao Jingjing the power to monopolize the soap industry. Needless to say, the power of monopoly.
Not only that, after thinking about it, Long Qing still felt that he had taken advantage of it a bit, and that spreading the word might hinder his holy name. So Long Qing discussed with Concubine Li to see if Gao Pragmatic could be given any reward.
A few days ago, Concubine Li was complained by her younger brother that the house she was given was not as good as other people's. Then she said casually: "Then just give him a house. The high ministers on the left and right have no place to live in Beijing."
However, Long Qing was a little reluctant to part with the house in Beijing, so he found an excuse, saying that Gao Shidu was taken by Mr. Gao to teach him personally. If he was given a house alone, he would definitely have to live there. Wouldn't that be right? Does it seem that I deliberately want to alienate their uncle and nephew?
But that being said, granting a house is indeed a good way, so Long Qing changed the topic and said that the late emperor built several villas in the suburbs of Beijing, among which there was a Jianxinzhai in Xiangshan. Although it was not big, it was more exquisite. , it would be better to give it to Gao Shi to read as a reward for offering soap.
Concubine Li had nothing to do with this. Anyway, the reward was proposed by the emperor himself. She had never been to see Xinzhai. Whether it was suitable or not was the emperor's own consideration, so she agreed.
Therefore, Gao pragmatically got another villa in Xiangshan, which was Jianxinzhai.
Of course, Jianxinzhai is completely different from Sanshenyuan. This courtyard is really not big. The construction area is only about six acres. Including the attached land outside, it is only a dozen acres. It is a veritable small house. Other courtyard.
But Gao Pragmatic was still very happy when he got the news, because this time he had "a house in Beijing," and he also lived directly in Xiangshan Park...
So Gao Pragmatic urgently sent someone to buy a dozen maids and slaves to send over to clean and tidy up. He also adjusted his original plan of hosting a restaurant to entertain those noble children and instead invited them to go on a spring outing in Fragrant Hills.
The reason for this adjustment is that he has other purposes: firstly, to show his holy family; secondly, Xiangshan is leaving the capital at this time, and gathering here for an outing can avoid unnecessary attention; thirdly, he also wants to take the opportunity to The story of the soap spreads even more through the mouths of these people, thereby further increasing publicity and expectations before the soap is "launched".
For his first wave of "original products", Gao Pragmatic really put a lot of thought into it.
Jianxinzhai is located on the north side of Xiangshan Mountain. The terrain here is relatively open, with mountains to the east. The Zhaomiao Temple of later generations has not yet been built. A valley separates Jianxinzhai. Not far to the north is Biyun Temple.
Jianxinzhai is a circular courtyard-style building with unique shape and quiet environment. There is a semicircular pool in the courtyard. There is a fish-knowing pavilion built beside the pool. The water in the pool is clear and there are many fish swimming in it. There are semicircular corridors built along the east, south and north sides of the pool, connecting the three waterside pavilions on the front - this is the "main" building of Jianxinzhai.
Jian Xin Zhai occupies a small area, but the layout of pavilions, platforms, corridors and pavilions is exquisite and unique. There is a teahouse in the courtyard and koi in the pond.
The terrain here is higher in the west and lower in the east. The garden is surrounded by mountain streams on the east, south and north sides. The garden walls naturally meander along with the direction of the mountains and mountain streams, meandering up and down. The overall layout of the garden follows the terrain and is divided into east and west parts. The eastern half is centered on the water surface, with the waterscape enclosed by buildings as the main body. The western half is on higher ground, and the main body is the courtyard mountain view with buildings combined with rocks. The mountains and rivers form a contrast, and most of the buildings face west and east.
The water surface in the eastern half is oval-shaped, and a ruler-shaped water mouth extends from the northwest corner, just like the endless water flowing from the source. The verandah along the wall surrounds the pool, and the whitewashed wall has leaky windows, which is full of the sentiment of a Jiangnan water garden.
In the main hall, Jianxinzhai faces west and faces east, with a surrounding corridor. On its northwest side, a curved verandah connects a small building. Facing north and facing south, it is a transportation hub for climbing the western half of the mountainous area. A square pavilion was built on the east bank of the pool, named Zhiyu Pavilion, which corresponds to Jianxinzhai across the water, but is slightly northward to facilitate viewing of the panoramic view of the west bank.
As soon as Xu arrived on that day, a team of no less than 200 people came outside Xinzhai - it was Gao pragmatism and the group of noble disciples and their entourage.
