On the day 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 authoritative. The others were dressed in rich 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: "You guys, please come in."
After entering the "Qiaoqi" door, guests were greeted. After passing through the patio and walking through a narrow passage, a welcoming person led several people up the stairs. After walking around twice, he stopped at the door with the "Tianji" plaque on the third floor, greeted the guests and stepped back.
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. I am sorry for the delay in greeting you!" Although the words were polite, his body was still inside the door. , but didn’t even greet him.
The leading old man did not feel dissatisfied, nodded and smiled: "I really didn't expect that you are actually here, haha, look up and see who I am?!"
The man looked up, with a slight surprise on his face, but not much surprise, and said, "It turns out that it's Duke Xinzheng who is in front of me. How did you get to Nanjing?" As he said this, he let everyone at the door enter Tianji Pavilion.
Gao Gong led people in and saw that the Tianji Pavilion on the third floor faced the street. Sunlight shone in through the glass windows, and the room was not dark at all. The capable man served the tea with his own hands and seated several people. While serving the tea, he smiled and said: "This place is very secretive, so there is no one to serve you. 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, 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 all 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 have been exiled 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 from the Jiajing and Longqing dynasties. Although this Shaofang man is in the wild, he has lofty ambitions and generous resources, and has friends all over the world.
In the third year of Longqing's reign, both Xu Jie and Gao Gong were idle at home. Shao Fang actually opened the way to the inner prisoner Chen Hong and allowed Gao Gong to recover, which made him famous all over the world. In the sixth year of Longqing's reign, after Gao Gong was expelled, Shao Fang was hunted down in Nanjing by Zhang Jiayin, then Yingtian Prefecture Yin.
On the day Shao Fang was killed, Shen Yingkui drank with a friend of his who was a government official in Yingtian Mansion in the middle of the night and heard about the siege at his father-in-law's house. He waited for the pushing officer to go to sleep, then crossed the city, ran for fifty miles, jumped over the wall, and 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 official gave him an alibi.
Shen Yingkui later became 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 good at intervening in court disputes, which is why this happened. Now Ying Kui just wants to live in peace."
Gao Gong saw that he was disheartened and stopped testing him. He smiled and asked: "I am currently idle and can't stay at home. 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 many big businessmen in Henan. He heard that there are some good 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 speaking, he pointed at 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 opened a curtain in front of a bookshelf next to him. The true appearance of the bookshelf is revealed.
When Gao Gong looked up, he saw wooden signs hanging on the top of the bookshelves. They were written about textiles, agricultural machinery, shipping, glass, flavors, wine and food, smelting, breeding, etc., and there were more or less small wooden signs at the bottom. The cards have words written on them.
Xu Yuanwai and Li Yuanwai had seen it before, but they could not sit still this time. 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. 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 and wheat grains is one-tenth of the current threshing method manually. 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 will not deceive you with the reputation of Rishenglong."
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 owner's design. This is to encourage invention."
Then he said: "Xinzheng Gong, if you think about it, if someone worked hard to invent this thing, why should it be presented to the court? What is the benefit 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 it is half and half with my proprietor, it is indispensable for a well-off person."
Gao Gong was dumbfounded after hearing this. If you think about it carefully, it really makes sense. Wang Chengyun said from the side: "If I spend money to buy this method and someone learns it, wouldn't it be a big loss?"
Shen Yingkui added: "That's why the price is five hundred taels. It's just to let the buyer make a quick buck. If you can produce more before this method spreads, all the money you make will be yours. If someone is Once you learn it, you can only recognize it. - Of course, given the size of the world, this method will spread in I don’t know how many years.”
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, it is normal to earn 100,000, 80,000 taels or even hundreds of thousands. "
Wang Chengyun was surprised and said: "Can this pearl be cultured?" Shen Yingkui nodded in agreement.
Wang Chengyun opened it out of curiosity and saw the words on the back of the pearl culture wooden sign: "Pearl culture method: The color of cultured pearls is not as good as wild, but the difference is similar. 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.
Gao Gongjian saw that there was a wooden sign in the 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, they can be planted on the high slopes of the river bank without any maintenance. Food is nourishing." Human beings are similar to rice and wheat, and the yield per mu of dry land is as low as four shi, while on riverbank fertile land it may be as high as eight shi.”
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 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 a kind-hearted rich man can buy them, If we go back and test it, it can speed up the promotion."
After hearing this, Gao Gong said: "I'll buy some and plant some back!" After saying that, he was about to take out the money. Shen Yingkui held his hand and said: "Since Mr. Xinzheng is coming from afar, Ying Kui cannot entertain guests. I don't have many fine varieties here. I bought a few and gave them to Mr. Xinzheng to express my feelings." After saying that, he pulled down the bookshelf. Bells on the side.
After a while, someone knocked on the door outside, and Shen Yingkui went to the door to give a few instructions. He came back and said, "I just took it with me when Mr. Xinzheng 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 wait for the harvest. For new beads, pay the remaining nine thousand taels. 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 do resell it, you may be wiped out!"
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 in the world." Deal No. 1!”
