The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty - Chapter 40

The screams outside the shed alarmed Yun Yanhui several people, and he stood up without surprise, “Oh, there is probably a thief.”

The three brothers Zhihe were speechless. Although Yun Yanhui and Shuang Yi hadn’t heard anything before biting their ears, they knew that it must be related to guarding against thieves.

Now that I heard the voices of Yun Beibei and strangers outside, I knew what was going on…

They quickly took the lantern and went out, and according to it, a man in black was pressed by Yun Beibei under his palm.

Yun Yan walked back and shouted at Yun Beibei. Yun Beibei slowly turned around and walked over. Yun Yan was led back into the bamboo fence and then closed.

The man in black probably broke his bones in the film, and he couldn’t move at all. He cried and said, “Please, help me…”

Yun Yan squatted back next to him and tore off the towel on his face. He felt a little familiar, he should be a local.

Zhihe was a little frightened, “Bebe so fierce?”

When he thinks that he usually sits on the terrace and plays with Beibei, he feels a little scared.

“Is it a bear anyway?” Yun Yan replied, “Pangbei is raised by others and is generally not aggressive, but we don’t keep it outside because it can’t control its own strength. Especially when it is still young, and outsiders are still screaming.” He said, and smiled at the man in black, “Bebe just wanted to play with you, but it happened to be very fast and powerful.”

The man in black shook his body, “…”

Zhihe was also surprised that although the chubby guy was very lazy and had a strange coat color, he was also a bear.

“I don’t know what you guys think. Although my family doesn’t have a dog, but there are Shuangyi and a bear, why would I naively want to learn this way?” Yun Yan touched his chin back.

The man in black said painfully: “Can you send me to see the doctor first, I think I’m going to die…”

“No, I have to preach.” Yun Yan smiled back and said, “Do you know why you can’t get ahead? Because you don’t have the power to see! Why don’t others take this order, but you take it desperately Are you smart? Don’t you know how to judge the situation? Obviously, everyone is afraid of our family’s force, so they don’t accept it, and tell you to be a hero. Look, it’s miserable now.”

Man in black: “…”

After cursing the man in black to death, Yun Yan stopped contentedly, “Okay, throw him at the gate of the temple and tell him to crawl to see the doctor by himself.”

Zhisheng asked, “Yan Fei, shall we not report to the official? We should send him to Kaifeng Mansion.”

“Why report to the official,” Yun Yan said with an indifferent face, “will you let others see how miserable he is?”

…

Since the man in black was thrown out of the temple gate, the paper merchants have all retracted their hands, how dare they try again. Even if they wanted to, no one dared to take this job now.

Photo blue paper is popular in Bianliang, and the ones that are currently circulating on the market are the first batch made by Yunyan. At present, if you want it, you can only buy it in the hands of the people who bought it before, and you may not be able to buy it. . Because this is a consumable, the quantity is getting smaller and smaller.

In such a hot and hungry market, there are also many people who want to go through the back door to come up to see if there is any stock in Zhihe here, but the answer is basically no.

There are exceptions, that is, Zhen and Yunyan have a good relationship.

For example, Zhao Yunchu and Zheng Ling.

Zhao Yunchu’s father was famous for his calligraphy and painting when he was young. He has the essence of the calligraphy of the two kings in calligraphy. He is especially good at Feibai, and he is good at line drawing. He naturally pursues pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The prince now claims to be mentally ill, this paper is not easy to make, and he is still inconvenient to come forward on his own, but fortunately, the princess knows that this paper seems to have something to do with Yun Yanhui, and his son has a good relationship with him, so he asks him to get some paper so that he can call him. Dad is happy.

And Zheng Ling praised Haikou in front of his classmates and was able to get blue paper.

In fact, Zhao Yunchu and Zheng Ling didn’t know that Yun Yanhui made this paper. They only thought that he provided the venue for Zhihe, and hoped to tell Zhihe through him.

“I treat you as your own people, tell you, this paper business is actually mine, and Zhihe is my agent.” Yun Yanhui also didn’t want to act with Zhihe in front of them. Isn’t it possible to hide this for a lifetime? , So I said it myself.

Zhao Yunchu and Zheng Ling were shocked, “???

Yun Yanhui dragged out a bamboo basket from under the bed and took two stacks of paper from it. “Now there are only tea paper and crape myrtle paper. Do you think you should take half of each, or choose one separately? Hello? Why don’t you talk? “

Zheng Ling said excitedly: “Brother Yan, this, did you actually make this? How can you make paper!”

Uh, this…

Yun Yanhui really didn’t tell anyone about this question. Zhihe and the others couldn’t ask this kind of question. Zheng Ping tacitly agreed that he made a deal with businessmen who traveled north and south. After all, this is a technical thing and it’s impossible. Know it out of thin air.

At this time, Zhao Yunchu held his face and said, “Don’t you know that there are genius child prodigies in the world? Some things may be unbelievable to you, but for this kind of person, it’s just a change of mind to understand.” While talking, he hugged Yun Yanhui’s waist and blushed and said, “Brother Yan is such a genius.”

“…” Yun Yan turned back with a black line. Although he was so touched, he was very moving, but did he blow his head too much?

Zheng Ling said suspiciously, “Really?” Didn’t he believe that Yan Ge is a genius, of course Yan Ge is a genius, but can this kind of thing really come out of thinking?

“Of course it’s impossible!” Yun Yan picked Zhao Yunchu aside, “I learned it from others, so please don’t close your eyes and blow. Okay, you choose the paper.”

Zhao Yunchu had to split the paper with Zheng Ling angrily, and they still chose to get half of each of them.

Zhao Yunchu took the paper back and gave it to his father. After trying it, the prince said that the quality of the paper is actually average, but it’s rare to be ingenious, and it’s also a pleasure to use it.

On Zheng Ling’s side, he took the paper and went back to his home first, but his father saw the paper and said that this is not the blue paper that many people are blowing recently. .

If the paper was really wise, Zheng Ling would give it to his father, but Ge Yan made it, so Zheng Ling refused to give it to Zheng Xun.

Zheng Xun was so angry that he scolded him for being unfilial, and Zheng Ling held the paper and ran away.

Paper is a trivial matter, and no matter how it is, it is just paper. It doesn’t sound good to defy your father for this. Zheng Xun only felt strange, and after a little investigation, he found that the paper-making monk’s man-made workshop was returning home in Yunyan, and he immediately had some conjectures.

If, as he expected, this paper is actually Yunyanhui’s property, then this kid is really better than blue, and Zheng Xun can’t help feeling that it is a pity.

It would be great if Yun Yan returned to the Zheng family’s child, she was early and wise, much better than Zheng Ling. Unfortunately, he is not willing to get involved with the Zheng family anymore.

…

The photo blue paper has been in short supply in Bianliang for three months, and then other paper shops have cracked the practice, and have produced finished products that are sold throughout the country, including Bianliang. The quality is even better than the original. , And there are more tricks, such as the Huajian mentioned by Zhisheng, and special wrapping paper, and so on.

Although the price is more expensive, it meets the market demand somehow. From then on, the sales volume of the photo blue paper from Yunyanhui has dropped sharply. Fortunately, Yunyanhui was observing the market at the moment and quickly dealt with the stock when he found signs. , And no longer produce, even the tools are sold out, neatly stopped.

Those paper merchants can’t tell what it’s like, because they didn’t want to expand, they just wanted to make a fortune during this time.

Because the government regulates prices, it is impossible for them to sell paper too expensive and the production volume cannot increase, so the money earned during this period is quite satisfactory to Yun Yanhui, but for these paper merchants, in fact, It’s nothing.

This is the end of paper selling. Although paper is sold in every household, it is still called photo blue paper because of its origin. It is conceivable that people will mention it a few years later, and they will say that this piece of paper was invented by a monk at Daxiangguo Temple.

No matter what other people’s tastes are, Yun Yan happily took the money out to celebrate his achievements. The past few months have been really exhausted and have been rushing to work.

The final result is very good, can be regarded as full of water. Excluding various costs and business taxes, the net profit is nearly 200 tans, even slightly higher than the average profit of the merchants of this era, not to mention how long it will take for a farmer to earn 200 tans.

Of course, they only earn three months, which is the peak period, and they are not open at other times. This is not easy to compare with other merchants.

Yun Yan asked Zhi to have a big meal with them, and the fake monks ate their mouths greasy. I bought gifts for Zhang Shanren, the abbot and others. They all helped a lot this time.

For the abbot, he is willing to sell this face to Yun Yanhui, so that Yun Yanhui can borrow the reputation of Daxiangguo Temple to make a fortune (at the same time, because of the reputation of Daxiangguo Temple, he also promoted Daxiangguo Temple), That’s because he valued Yun Yanhui’s ability and knew that Yun Yanhui would reciprocate things and bring more to Daxiangguo Temple.

Sure enough, this was confirmed at the internal meeting of Daxiangguo Temple half a month later.

There was a lot of rain this year, and the bridges in some surrounding towns and villages had problems. The government ordered Daxiangguo Temple to repair it. In addition, water conservancy projects have been building for the past two years, which cost a lot of money.

Therefore, the abbot convened a meeting of the senior monks of the management, hoping that there would be a way to increase the income. Daxiangguo Temple, like a company, cooperates with the government to do charity, and it must control profits and losses and expand its scale.

Yun Yanhui also participated in this meeting as a non-staff person. Although he hadn’t been shaved, he was only short of shaved. It seems that the whole temple is his own by default.

Yun Yan heard a monk’s suggestion to buy more land. Although there were not enough monks in the temple, he could hire someone to grow the land.

This is a conventional method, but the more land is bought, the larger the site is, and it is also a challenge to the management of the temple.

At this time, Yun Yan raised his hand and said, “I think we can dig a little bit from the existing resources to see if we can add output. For example, aren’t there dozens of acres of rice fields in the suburbs?”

When the abbot heard the word “superimposition”, he felt as if he had touched something, “Brother Yan, please elaborate.”