Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 28 Can you still make inventions?

How can you make money?
Whether it is all the living beings in Chen Yun's previous life or the common people in the current ancient society, they have all considered this issue to a greater or lesser extent.

The world is hilarious, all come for profit.

Everyone in the world is benefiting.

Money is a good thing for most people.

Of course, money is hard to make, shit is hard to eat, and some things can’t be done just by thinking about it.

It is easy to make small money, but difficult to make big money.

If it were in modern society, Chen Yun might not be able to think of any legal way to make a lot of money.

But this is ancient society!
Chen Yun has knowledge that is at least a thousand years ahead of the current society. It is not easy to make a lot of money, at least it is not too difficult.

I think if it weren't for the constraints of Daheishan and family conditions, he would have made that family rich a long time ago. How could it be sold at a low price?
It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and that's what happened to him.

While lying in bed at night, Chen Yun was thinking about this matter in his head.

If a time traveler wanted to make a fortune in ancient times, in addition to normal official career, doing business was often the first choice.

It’s just that doing business requires goods. It’s difficult to make a lot of money with ordinary goods. Only rare things are valuable.

Chen Yun remembered several things that were relatively valuable in ancient society.

Such as glass, cement, distilled spirits, etc.

"Distilled liquor is not good. Ancient people preferred to drink rice wine. Distilled liquor has a hot and rough taste, so I don't think it will be popular."

Chen Yun closed his eyes and thought.

In addition, the glass production process is cumbersome, and the same is true for cement.

So what is better to make?
Suddenly, Chen Yun opened his eyes and smiled on his face, yes!

……

The next day, dawn.

Chen Yun practiced boxing and had breakfast as usual.

It's just that he didn't leave the canteen as usual after finishing his breakfast.

In the kitchen room inside, Senior Brother Ning looked at Chen Yun with a puzzled look on his face, "What do you want the plant ash for?"

Chen Yun blinked, "I can't let you know at the moment."

Senior Brother Ning thought that plant ash was needed to cultivate medicinal materials in the medicine garden.

He didn't think much about it and said casually: "Okay, I will put the plant ash in a bag for you later. Come and get it later."

Chen Yun asked again: "Senior Brother Ning, do you want to go down the mountain to buy groceries later?"

"We have basically everything in the vegetable garden. We need to go down the mountain to buy some fish." Senior Brother Ning nodded slightly and said, "There is not much oil, salt, sauce and vinegar left, so I need to buy some."

Chen Yun showed his fox tail, "When you go down the mountain later, can you help me bring back some salt, honey, lard, vegetable oil, fragrant flowers and spirits?"

Senior Brother Ning is a very kind person, "Okay, how much will it cost?"

Chen Yun had already calculated it before and said smoothly: "Thirty kilograms of lard, seventy kilograms of vegetable oil, ten kilograms of salt, one or two kilograms of honey, and for spirits...one hundred kilograms. As for the more flowers, the better. "

Senior Brother Ning was startled, "How can I bring you so many things? Otherwise, you give me the money, and I'll tell the shopkeepers on your behalf to ask them to bring the things before tonight?"

Chen Yun said hurriedly: "Okay, thank you, Senior Brother Ning, how much does it cost?"

Brother Ning calculated, "Vegetable oil is 47 Wen per catty, lard is 150 Wen, honey is 240 Wen, liquor is 25 Wen per dou, and salt is [-] Wen per dou. The two are converted to about [-] Wen per catty. As for There are flowers all over the mountains and fields, you can pick them yourself later and I will calculate how much they cost."

Well, ancient people had average arithmetic.

Senior Brother Ning is still calculating.

Chen Yundao: "Eleven thousand 650 Wen."

Senior Brother Ning raised his head and said with a smile: "You can do arithmetic well."

"I have an idea." Chen Yun took out an ingot of gold from his pocket, "This is a gold ingot of two taels. After I buy things, I can still have eight taels and three cents and five cents of silver. I will give the three taels and three cents and five cents to Ning." Senior brother, you only have five taels left for your help. See if anyone is willing to help me pick more flowers on the mountain, then give the money to these people."

If you want others to do things for you, how can you do it without giving them some benefits?
Especially going to the mountains to pick flowers is too time-consuming and energy-consuming. Chen Yun doesn't want to do things that can be solved with money.

Senior Brother Ning's eyes widened when he saw the two taels of gold ingots. A smile instantly filled his face and he stammered: "Oh, why are you so embarrassed? Junior Brother Chen, you... oh, okay, I promise to help you with the matter." Beautifully done."

After saying that, he hurriedly took the gold ingot and put it in his arms.

……

Leave the cafeteria.

Chen Yun did not immediately go to the medicine garden to work, but found the magic weapon hall.

As soon as he stepped across the threshold, he saw Zhang Gan squatting on the ground playing with the peach wood.

Wang Zaixi stood aside and watched.

Chen Yun took the initiative to say hello and said: "Senior Brother Wang, Senior Brother Zhang."

"Junior Brother Chen." Zhang Gan said without even raising his head, "Just wait a moment, I'm busy with something here."

Chen Yundao: "You get busy first."

Wang Zaixi looked at him, his face as paralyzed as ever, "Why don't you go to the medicine garden and come here to do anything important?"

For Wang Zaixi, Chen Yun was grateful and respectful from the bottom of his heart, and said truthfully: "Brother Wang, I heard that Senior Brother Zhang is a first-class porcelain maker and carpenter, so I would like to ask him to help make something."

Wang Zixi said: "He has no time. This piece of century-old peach wood alone is enough for him to work for three to five days."

what?
Looks like I have to do it myself.

Chen Yun was quite disappointed.

He knew how much he weighed.

Those things couldn't be done well, so I came to see Zhang Qian, a professional.

I never thought that the other party was unavailable.

Just when he was about to leave with a few vague words, something unexpected happened.

Wang Zaixi continued: "I know how to make porcelain and carpenter. What do you want to make?"

Chen Yun's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said: "Carpentry work is relatively simple. You only need to make some pattern models. As for firing porcelain, it is a bit difficult..."

Wang Zaixi said expressionlessly: "It's okay, just tell me."

Chen Yun thought for a while, "I don't know the details. How about I draw it for you?"

Wang Zaixi pointed to the desk not far away, "There are pens, ink, paper and inkstones over there. Let me look at the drawings."

Chen Yundao: "Okay."

The two walked towards the desk.Zhang Qian seemed to be quite curious as well, secretly watching while working.

Come to the desk.

Chen Yun picked up the brush and dipped it in ink, then took a piece of white paper and started drawing on it.

Soon a simple still image appeared on the white paper.

Wang Zaixi looked a little confused, "What is the purpose of this instrument?"

If it were anyone else, Chen Yun would definitely not say it, but the other person was Wang Zaixi.

He explained in detail: "This device is used to help me evaporate wine and obtain alcohol."

"Alcohol?" Wang Zaixi asked doubtfully, "What is that?"

In ancient times when technological conditions were limited, the wine people drank was mainly fermented wine. It was not uncommon to not know about alcohol.

Chen Yun briefly explained what alcohol is and what it does.

Wang Zaixi was amazed after hearing this, "So alcohol is so magical. It can not only be used as fuel, but also used to disinfect wounds?"

Zhang Gan raised his head and said with a smile: "Junior brother Chen, you can figure out things like alcohol. This guy may not be too smart, right?"

Wang Zaixi nodded and said, "You are indeed very wise, but there is something I don't understand. What do you want alcohol for?"

This time Chen Yun did not reveal it, but said mysteriously: "You will know the secret when I make it. I will give you some by then. I think you will like it."

Zhang Qian was the first to thank him: "Although I don't know what you want to make, I would like to thank you in advance."

Wang Zaixi didn't say thank you. He didn't seem to be very interested in whether Chen Yun had anything to send. He just asked in detail about the requirements for making equipment.

Chen Yun told them one by one, nothing more than the sealing size and so on.

Finally, Wang Zaixi promised to make a simple distiller by night, and Chen Yun took his leave.

……

in the afternoon.

Chen Yun, who was reading in the Talisman Hall, was called out by Senior Brother Ning.

Cai Rujin did not make things difficult this time. Instead, he seemed very curious after hearing that Chen Yun had purchased a large amount of cooking oil, spirits and other supplies.

Chen Yun asked the three or four delivery boys to move the things to the kitchen.

Afterwards, he returned to the Talisman Making Hall and continued reading quietly.

Cai Rujin didn't understand why he bought so many things, but he couldn't help but ask proactively, so he had to sit there and keep looking at them.

Around evening, all the more than 100 kilograms of flowers that Brother Ning had collected were delivered.

During this period, Chen Yun went out again.

After returning, Cai Rujin's eyes became more curious.

Until just before dinner.

Wang Zaixi personally sent a simple distiller.

This completely ignited Cai Rujin's curiosity.

The simple still made by Wang Zaixi seems not to have been fired normally.

Because the normal firing speed is not that fast, and it cannot be completely natural.

Chen Yun estimated that it was made using magic.

The specific method of making it is still unknown as he has not yet practiced magic.

Cai Rujin couldn't lose face and asked Chen Yun, but he and Wang Zaixi had a good relationship.

He immediately pointed to the simple distiller and asked, "Junior brother Wang, what is this?"

Wang Zaixi said, "This is the equipment that Junior Brother Chen is going to use to make alcohol."

"Alcohol? What is that?" Cai Rujin asked very curiously: "I also like to take a sip of wine on weekdays, but I have never heard of alcohol."

Wang Zaixi probably repeated what Chen Yun said before.

After saying this, he said goodbye to Cai Rujin.

As soon as they left, Cai Rujin looked surprised and took the initiative to talk to Chen Yun for the first time, saying, "Junior brother Chen, you can actually invent something? Alcohol? It's interesting."

The sun was setting in the west, and Chen Yun closed the book.

He didn't know that Cai Rujin had some grudge against him, but he just said modestly as always: "The discovery of something like alcohol by chance is not an invention."

Cai Rujin stroked his goatee and asked, "What is the purpose of making alcohol?"

Chen Yun looked at the time and it was almost time to have dinner, so he stood up and said, "Reply to my brother, let's make money."

After that, he and Cai Rujin said goodbye and went to the cafeteria for dinner.

Cai Rujin didn't move, just stared at Chen Yun's back in confusion.

make money?

Can you make money from alcohol?

This stuff sounds pretty good.

But Cai Rujin really didn't expect how much money Chen Yun could make from alcohol.

But for the first time, he changed his mind about Chen Yun.

This young man seems to have considerable wisdom.

Can you invent something like alcohol?

This little guy is interesting.

Of course Cai Rujin knew why Chen Yun wanted to make money. He just wanted to buy Hongxue lychee fruits.

He offered Chen Yun 100 taels of silver each.

This price is definitely extremely expensive for ordinary people.

Although alcohol sounds magical, it doesn't seem to have many uses.

It seems unrealistic to want to earn 100 taels of silver through this.

Just now, Chen Yun looked confident, as if he was sure to make that much money.

This made Cai Rujin suddenly interested.

He wanted to see how Chen Yun earned 100 taels of silver with alcohol.

(End of this chapter)