Chapter 157 Traveling through the Four Great Inventions
After this time, Yi Xiaochuan's determination to leave was strengthened.
He found that although Zhou Ji is also a modern person, his concepts are extremely pedantic, as if he has been assimilated by this feudal and backward era, and he is not the same as himself at all.
Yi Xiaochuan returned to the room, packed the few luggage, and then remembered that he had just given all the money in his hand to Liu Bang.
Now that you are penniless, you can't beg all the way to Tangwu Mountain, right?
When he was in a dilemma about money, he accidentally passed by the courtyard and heard the conversation between Lu Gong and Lu Zhi.
"What should we do next?" Lu Gong paced back and forth in front of the table with some anxiety, and sighed, "Pheeter, do the math again."
Lu Zhi used his calculations to deduce for a while, and said worriedly, "Even if we reduce the expenditure in the government, the silver we have left will not be able to last for a month."
"Oh, if Mr. Zhou hadn't insisted on giving a large sum of money to the family members of the deceased attendants, the family's finances would not be so embarrassing."
Since knowing that Zhou Ji is married, Duke Lu's attitude towards him has also changed slightly.
"How could father say that?" Hearing Lu Gong's slightly complaining tone, Lu Zhi hurriedly argued, "It's lucky to be able to save my life when I was robbed on the road, not to mention, it is precisely because of Daddy's 'benevolence and righteousness'. It is the best of both worlds to be famous in Pei County."
"That's right." Lu Gong thought back to the merchants and celebrities who had been stuck outside the door all day and wanted to visit him, and he felt a little relieved, but he thought about the imminent finances, so he couldn't help but said distressedly, "It's just... what about the living expenses in the future?" Do it?"
"My sister and I still have some valuables. We can exchange them for some silver taels to help the family spend some time." Lu Zhi flashed the gold silk feather shirt in his mind, suppressing the sadness in his heart, and said taking care of the overall situation.
Gong Lu nodded slightly, and sighed, "Until we come up with a long-term plan, I can only wrong you sisters."
Lu Zhi said with a straight face: "Father, you don't have to worry too much. With my daughter here, I will definitely help the Lu family tide over the difficulties."
After listening to the conversation between the two, Yi Xiaochuan rubbed his chin and thought to himself, "If I cooperate with Mr. Lu and help him figure out a way to make money, won't my travel expenses to the north be covered?"
‘I’m such a genius! On the way back to the room, Yi Xiaochuan thought while walking, "However, the general business is too slow to close the line, I don't want to delay here any longer, I have to think of a way to get money quickly, and the only way is to leave Pei County this morning." . '
After thinking about it all night, Yi Xiaochuan went to meet Lu Gong early the next morning, and when he learned that Yi Xiaochuan wanted to do business with him, Lu Gong subconsciously wanted to refuse.
But thinking of Zhou Ji who is comparable to a fairy, and considering that Yi Xiaochuan is Zhou Ji's fellow villager and is highly valued by Zhou Ji, there must be something strange about it.
After thinking for a while, I still listened to him patiently.
Running a school is beneficial to both oneself and others, but setting up a private school requires a lot of money, which is indeed a bit tricky for the current Lu family.
What's more, Yi Xiaochuan is penniless and only relies on empty words. What kind of cooperation is it?
Seeing that Mr. Lu refused, Yi Xiaochuan hurriedly used his trump card, took out a silk handkerchief from his pocket, and signaled, "Mr. Lu doesn't have to worry about the initial investment. Just watch here."
Yi Xiaochuan shared his thoughts on fundraising for the school and the charity dinner, and pointed to the seat plan on the silk handkerchief, "At that time, we can invite all the big merchants around Pei County to come to the dinner, don't they really want to see you? We will give them this opportunity now, let the one who donated the most money move his seat to the front row, and those who donate less will go to the back row, and then set a threshold so that only some people are allowed to enter the banquet."
"In this way, even the most corner position is a considerable income for us."
After listening to Yi Xiaochuan's words, although Mr. Lu still half-understands this matter, there is indeed some room for manipulation. He stroked his beard and relaxed his original rejection attitude, "But who would be so stupid, obediently It’s not a small amount of money.”
"There's no need to worry about that." Yi Xiaochuan said mysteriously with a smug expression on his face, "We can get a stone tablet and promise them to engrave his name and the money raised for the private school on the stone tablet for future use. The world admires."
"Where are the rich people? When they have more money, they start to pursue 'fame'. The stele will be immortal for thousands of years, and their name will also be engraved on the stele." Yi Xiaochuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "This is a name left in history. Do you think they will still be stingy with the little money in their hands?"
"Wonderful~! Wonderful!" Mr. Lu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the eyes he looked at Yi Xiaochuan gradually became appreciative. Zhou Jizhuyu was in front of him, but he didn't expect that Yi Xiaochuan was also a hidden master ah.
Since knowing that Zhou Ji has a family, Lu Gong has always felt sorry. He himself does not want his daughter to be a concubine.
Now seeing Yi Xiaochuan's talent, his small thoughts were extinguished, but rekindled, he can't marry a fairy, and it's not bad to marry a fairy friend.
Thinking of this, Mr. Lu decided to investigate Yi Xiaochuan further, so he entrusted this matter to Yi Xiaochuan, and promised him that his eldest daughter would assist him.
Bringing the name of Lu Gong, the matter of running a private school is considered to be more than half.
"Speaking of which, where did Zhou Ji go? I haven't seen him since early in the morning." Yi Xiaochuan left briskly from the front hall, thinking of discussing with Zhou Ji about how to charge the battery of the mobile phone, he searched around the courtyard , not only did not find Zhou Ji's figure, but almost
bumped into Lu Zhi and Susu who were about to go out.
At this moment, they were walking out of the room with two wooden boxes in their hands. They were startled by Yi Xiaochuan who suddenly appeared, and almost dropped the wooden boxes in their hands.
Yi Xiaochuan had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and hurriedly caught the wooden box, and apologized to the two of them repeatedly.
Lu Zhi stood firmly on his feet and hurriedly supported Susu. Just when he was about to say something, he found Yi Xiaochuan froze in place suddenly, staring at a golden hairpin in the wooden box in a daze.
"Stator, rotor, magnet, copper pillar, copper wire." Yi Xiaochuan murmured in his mouth, glanced at the golden hairpin in one wooden box, and then at the corner of the gold thread exposed in the other wooden box, his eyes became more and more Lai Yueliang suddenly raised his head and said, "Why didn't I think of that!"
Lu Zhi felt slightly displeased, and when he was about to take Susu to leave, he saw Zhou Ji coming from the door.
Yi Xiaochuan noticed the change in the eyes of the two people on the opposite side, glanced back subconsciously, and said happily, "Hey, Lao Zhou, come here quickly, I found two good things!"
"What good thing?" Zhou Ji was curious at first, but when he got closer, he realized that Yi Xiaochuan wanted to tinker with the generator to charge his mobile phone.
To be honest, it is not difficult to rub the generator by hand, but the difficulty is that the generator can just charge the mobile phone.
Maybe Zhou Jizhang gave birth.
After all, with the ability of some keyboard warriors, they can make processors by giving them a handful of sand.
"Really? You are amazing." Zhou Ji said perfunctorily.
"Miss Lu, can you lend me your golden hairpin and these gold threads!" Yi Xiaochuan ignored the 'lemon essence' beside him, turned his head to look at Lu Zhi, and asked expectantly.
As a grown-up, these small things are for pawning out to maintain the family's expenses; as far as she is concerned, the gold silk feather jacket is her carefully embroidered dowry, so how can she lend it to others.
Lu Zhi was about to refuse subconsciously, but before he spoke, he looked at Zhou Ji in a strange way, and saw that he looked indifferent, the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, and he said angrily, "Female"
Just halfway through the word 'good', Zhou Ji next to him interrupted, "This gold silk feather shirt has exquisite patterns and exquisite embroidery. It seems that my daughter's family has put a lot of thought into it. You rashly asked Miss Lu for it. It is a bit inappropriate to plan to dismantle it."
"how do you know?"
Yi Xiaochuan was taken aback when he heard the words, because the wooden box was closed, only a piece of gold thread was exposed at the corner, and when he opened the wooden box, he found that this corner of the gold thread was exactly the dress Lu Zhi wore when dancing a few days ago. No matter how frivolous he was, he realized the recklessness of his behavior and hurriedly apologized to Lu Zhi.
‘So he still remembers. '
Even though he only wore it once, Zhou Ji still recognized the feather shirt from a trace of gold thread exposed from the gap in the wooden box.
Lu's pheasant's heart seemed to melt like a ball of honey, and besides the sweetness, there was also an indiscernible bitterness.
So what if you recognize it. Mr. Zhou already has a family, and his father will definitely not allow him to be a concubine.
To be honest, after going through several worlds, his premonition of feelings has become more and more acute. Although he blocked Lu Gong's mouth in advance with the reason of having a family, he can still feel Lu Zhi's feelings during this period of time. There was something wrong with the way he looked at himself.
Zhou Ji coughed lightly, picked out a slightly plain gold hairpin from the jewelry box, and asked, "Can you sell this gold hairpin to us?"
As soon as the voice fell, there was no response for a long time.
Zhou Ji looked at Lu Zhi suspiciously, but heard a soft and weak voice from the side saying, "If you want it, you can give it to you."
Uh. Oolong?
Zhou Ji turned around, only to see Susu lowered her head, using drooping bangs to block her shy eyes, her hair fluttering gently, and even her earlobes were transparent and about to bleed.
"I'll give it to you." Before Zhou Ji finished speaking, Yi Xiaochuan pulled out the golden hairpin from his hand and said happily, "Then thank you Miss Susu."
Lu Zhi, who was beside him, was not to be outdone, found another golden hairpin from the jewelry box and handed it to Zhou Ji, and said with a smile, "Should I give this one to you too?"
"That's really great!" Yi Xiaochuan reached out to take it, but Lu Zhi raised his hand to avoid it. Zhou Ji looked at Susu and then at Lu Zhi, and reached out to take it resignedly.
It is hardest to bear beauty's grace.
Zhou Ji let out a long sigh from the bottom of his heart, and looked at the two of them with more complicated emotions than the usual alienation.
Putting away the golden hairpin, Yi Xiaochuan casually asked why the two of them went out with the wooden box in their arms. When he learned that they wanted to sell the soft goods to subsidize the family, he hurriedly told them the news that he and Mr. Lu had cooperated to open a private school, and glanced at them from time to time while talking To Zhou Ji, the meaning of showing off is beyond words.
Zhou Ji listened to Yi Xiaochuan showing off in front of him with a half-smile, then yawned and said that he saw a workshop in the city this morning and planned to buy it for a paper-making workshop.
"You can also make paper!"
Lu Zhi and Susu don't understand the importance of paper, so how could Yi Xiaochuan not know?
This is a great weapon to travel through ancient times!
Together with purified sea salt, distilled wine, and black gunpowder, it is called the "Four Great Inventions of Starting Point".
Ordinary people can tinker with the last three things, but the invention of papermaking is like a mountain apart. It can only be improved with the original technology of the current world, and it cannot be hand-made from scratch.
Zhou Ji smiled, slowly took the golden hairpin from Yi Xiaochuan's hand, and walked away.
"Hey~ you take the gold hairpin away, what about my generator?" Yi Xiaochuan hurriedly chased after him, leaving only Lu Zhi and Su Su looking at each other and smiling, with a little more relaxed meaning in their smiles.
In the end, Zhou Ji still did not destroy the two gold hairpins, but paid out of his own pocket, and performed gold cake drawing and hand rubbing gold bars in front of Yi Xiaochuan.
Having obtained these two things, it was as if he had turned on the hook. He fiddled with a rather crude generator overnight. When he shook the handle to make the phone screen light up again, Zhou Ji called it unscientific.
But even time travel has happened, so there is nothing scientific or unscientific.
A few days passed, and the charity banquet organized by Yi Xiaochuan was finally about to start. During the period, he even disguised himself in disguise and mixed in places like restaurants, making a big hype on the grounds that Mr. Lu wanted to use the banquet to recruit a son-in-law.
For a while, even Liu Bang found him, wanting to get an inner seat.
To this, Yi Xiaochuan agreed wholeheartedly.
In the history he knows, Liu Bang is the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty who overthrew the Qin Dynasty, and Lu Zhi is his wife.
The general trend is the general trend, and if he is a favor from it, there must be only advantages and no disadvantages.
On the other hand, the workshop bought by Zhou Ji also started to make the first batch of base paper. Due to the cumbersome process and the fact that this group of craftsmen was also making paper for the first time, during the period from pulp to paper, Zhou Ji almost every day They have to go to the workshop to supervise and direct.
Lu Zhi is also quite curious about this, and often brings Susu to visit the workshop.
Didn't notice at all that due to their frequent going out of the house these days, they have fallen into the sight of many people in the city.
Zhou Ji had heard about the rumors now, when he informed the two, Susu was anxious and annoyed, she was introverted and didn't know how to explain to Zhou Ji, and she was about to be wronged and cried for a while; Lu Zhi quickly calmed down and told Zhou Ji Ji explained that she and Susu didn't know about it in advance, and even if it was true or not, they had to go back and ask their father to know.
Of course Zhou Ji knew that this matter was written by Yi Xiaochuan, and he was a little more dissatisfied with this giant baby who didn't care about other people's feelings and acted recklessly.
(end of this chapter)