Bachelor

Chapter 36 The Way to Make Money
Surprisingly, just a few steps away from the school with a big bag of steamed buns, I saw Sun Hao and his bad friends and younger brothers sitting in a small boat by the mill, smiling and shouting: "Brother Dan, you Are you okay?"

Sun Dan saw these dandies dressed brightly, with tired faces, angry and funny, and cupped his hands: "Brother Hao, haven't you guys gone home? Once the test is handed in, you guys run faster than the wind." Hurry up, but throw me to misery with sir."

Sun Hao grinned dumbly: "I finally passed the exam, so naturally I want to go home and announce the good news to my mother, so that her old man will be happy. After I report the good news, I will come to see you. Heaven and earth, master, and then It’s you, my friend, and I’m right. Back then Song Jiang Song Gongming was nicknamed Xiaoyi Heishanlang, and the word filial piety was ranked before the word righteous.”

"Hehe, I can't tell, Brother Hao is sensible." Sun Dan didn't expect this kid to say such a truth. It seems that reading idle books is not without benefits: "By the way, I am in a hurry to go home to visit relatives. I don't have time to spend time with you guys." Looking up at the sky, it was already noon, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"Don't worry, we're going to the city too. We finally got a vacation, and just now I got another two taels of silver as a reward from my mother. Naturally, I want to go to the city to have fun." Sun Hao proudly took out a piece of silver and threw it in his hand. : "No, I want a boat. How slow are you walking home, come on board."

Sun Dan was very pleasantly surprised: "That's a good relationship, don't bother me." He jumped on the boat.

Sun Hao supported Sun Dan, and asked with concern: "Brother Dan, what did you ask you to do just now, is there any trouble?"

Sun Dan said indifferently: "Mr. said that I have just entered the school for a few days, and there are some mistakes and omissions in the articles I wrote. I was detained for a while, but there was no trouble. Besides, if I am punished by Mr. Sun Hao, you can't do anything about it." .”

"That's right." Sun Hao was a little angry: "Mr. usually doesn't care about us, but when he meets the exam, he seems to be a different person. Once he fails the exam, he will be ruthless when he beats someone up." He Thinking of Sun Gui's butt that had been opened, although he felt a burst of joy in his heart, he couldn't help shivering.Unconsciously said: "Young Sun Gui has suffered a misfortune this time, that kid is only thinking of harming others, and he should be rewarded."

Sun Dan said seriously: "Brother Dan, it's not that I said something disappointing. Although Sun Gui's intentions were not right, you did it too dangerously this time. If you cheated in the examination room, once you were caught by your husband, you would be beaten up. If you have a bad reputation, how can you still take the imperial examinations in the future? A person lives in this world on his face. You are the son of Sun’s family, and your words and deeds can represent the Sun family!”

Thinking back to the scene where Sun Gui framed him in the examination room, Sun Dan felt a chill in his heart.If it was Sun Hao, he would be caught cheating in the examination room, and at most he would be beaten severely.Considering the dignity of the Sun family, this matter will probably be concealed.

But I am just a poor boy, ordinary people.If you are really caught, you will be kicked out of the school immediately, and you will never want to take the imperial examination in this life.

Touching his nose, Sun Dan regretted greatly: Sun Dan, Sun Dan, you are still immature in doing things!

Sun Hao was a little unhappy when he heard this, and yelled: "Brother Dan, I treat you as a brother when you are angry with me. But now you say this, I feel very upset. Look at What's the difference between you and that guy Sun Yue like you are now. Not happy, not happy!"

Sun Dan also felt that it was inappropriate for him to preach with a stern face just now, so he calmed down and persuaded: "Brother Hao, it was my brother who said this. Think about it, why you came to study. Isn't it just for the exam?" You are a talented scholar, so you can inherit the title of your family and live in peace in the future? If it gets out, you will not be able to take the imperial examination. How will you gain a foothold in the family in the future? The Sun family is a big family. In the future, you will have no title and no fame. Surely you can't be the head of the family. Don't tell me you want to stay in the mansion for the rest of your life watching other people wink at you?"

When Sun Hao was in a daze, he ate, drank and played all day long. He was a well-known overlord in his family. In fact, he was a very simple person, and he didn't think about what would happen in the future.Now that Sun Dan breaks through this layer, when he thinks about the life he will lead in the future, he can't help being really confused.Rarely scratching my head: "I didn't think about anything else at the time, I was afraid of being punished by my husband. Besides, I wanted to get some rewards from my mother. Although my grandson's family is rich, the monthly income is not very high. It was spent within two days after I got it."

So this is ah!Sun Dan was amused in his heart, he was afraid that Mr.'s board was one of the reasons, probably this idiot was thinking more about making money.As he said, although the Sun family is a wealthy family, but the family is very strict, and the monthly income is not very high.Young masters like Sun Hao and Sun Yue cost only two taels of silver, first-class maids one tael a month, and ordinary maids seven taels of silver.Sun Haoyou is used to being the boss outside, and a group of little brothers under him spend money naturally like flowing water.

"Let's start a small business and find a way to get some pocket money." Sun Dan said.

"Business?" Sun Hao was a little confused: "What kind of business?"

"Didn't I say earlier that I would borrow the Sun family's printing shop?" Sun Dan said, "I plan to print that <Journey to the West> into a book for sale. Jiang Ruoying's handwritten copy has tens of thousands of words, and it happens to be printed for sale. In the future , I talk about 22 words a day, Jiang Ruoying recorded it, and I just made up one book in a month. I calculated, a book sells for [-] Wen, each book costs [-] Wen, and there are [-] Wen to earn. The whole There are so many counties in Shandong, as long as [-] copies are sold in each county, it will be a huge sum in a month. In addition to the whole of Hebei and the capital, how many people have to buy my books. After a year, wait a year Once the whole set of "Journey to the West" comes out, we will get rich."

Sun Dan knows that there is no such thing as copyright these days, anyway, he doesn't plan to make much money from this book, as long as he can earn this year's living expenses.As long as you win a Jinshi and become an official, will you still be short of money?

Publishing is nothing but petty profits.However, it is not without small help to myself who is currently poor and uncomfortable.

Sun Hao didn't speak, just scratched his head and looked at Sun Dan.

The little brothers around him are all children, and they don't have any ideas.

Sun Dan smiled lightly: "Why, you don't want to make money?"

Sun Hao patted the back of his head with his hand; "Of course I want money, but I didn't quite understand what you just said. I don't know how to do business, but I trust you, you are a person with ideas. In this way, what you say to do, I will do."

"You can learn if you don't understand!" Sun Dan shook his head, and he was indeed a child: "Brother Hao, if this is the case, we will split this business into two shares. I have no capital. You pay for ink, paper, and labor. Use the sales channels of Sun's printing shop to sell books. I am responsible for telling stories and writing manuscripts. When we make money, we will share half of each of us. Don't you like reading novels? You should know that "Journey to the West" is a good book, and it will definitely sell away."

The Sun family was already in business, such as farms, wine houses, and bookstores. Otherwise, such a large family would not be able to support it with just the harvest in the field.Among them, Sunjia Bookstore has branches in various counties in Shandong, and can sell a lot of books every year.The reason why Sun Dan talked about this with Sun Hao was because he fell in love with the sales network of the Sun family.

"Well, Sun Monkey's story is very exciting, and it's easy to sell. It's easy to handle, I just need to talk to the people in the printing shop." Sun Hao said: "But there is one thing, the cost of paper and ink has to be paid by myself. How many copies do you want to publish in the first batch, and how much money do I need to spend?"

Sun Dan calculated and quickly gave a figure: "Let's print 44 copies in the first issue, so we can also have a profit of 44 Wen, which is [-] taels."

"Ah!" Sun Hao opened his mouth wide and said ecstatically, "So, you and I each have 20 taels a month? We're getting rich, we're getting rich!" times, it caused a buzzing in his head, and he couldn't control it.

Several of his younger brothers also said one after another: "Congratulations Brother Hao, congratulations Brother Dan."

But Sun Dan's next words gave Sun Hao a bucket of cold water: "According to the calculation, you should have to spend 32 taels of silver as the capital."

"Ah, so much, I only have two or two months of money every month, and I spend it all when I get it, and I have no savings at all." Sun Hao felt frustrated.

Sun Dan was slightly disappointed: "Then there's no other way, I didn't say anything about it." He had a lot of business ideas in his mind, but he couldn't implement them because he didn't have the capital.Of course, he didn't know anything about business, so he wanted to take advantage of the Sun family's advantage and use their business channels.

It seems that this matter has to be considered in the long run.

"Brother Hao, why don't you borrow some." A child suddenly came up with an idea: "Sister Ruoying likes to read books and listen to stories, and we get along well. Why don't you ask her if there is any way to borrow some? I'll pay her back when the time comes." .”

"You are stupid, although Ruoying is easy to talk to. But her family is not well-off, and she came to Shandong from Suzhou to visit relatives, and she has no money at all." Sun Hao gave the little brother a disdainful look.Then he said distressedly: "Sun Yue probably has some money, but that guy talked in a strange way, and he was humiliated when he asked him. As for Sun Gui, he can think of a way, the worst is to beat him up and rob him of the money." Yes. But, that guy is poorer than me, only one tael a month, and his aunt confiscated the money as soon as he got it. But..."

Sun Hao used his brain in a rare way, frowned, and immediately had an idea.He patted himself on the back of the head loudly again: "I'm stupid, Sun Jia must be the one to find someone for this matter. This woman is very scheming. She has been saving money since she was a child. After more than ten years, the monthly money plus the monthly money The rewards I got during the New Year’s Eve, I have accumulated four or fifty taels on hand, and I am very rich. I was short of money a while ago, and I asked her to borrow money because I saw it.”

Sun Dan smiled: "Brother Hao, you just made fun of Sun Jia's younger brother Sun Gui, and now you are borrowing money again, aren't you afraid of being rejected?"

"No, no. Although Sun Jia and Sun Gui were born of the same mother, they want to get closer to me. She will give me this little face." Sun Hao said proudly: "Sun Gui cheated today and was beaten. We are all thrown away. When we go back, we will definitely bite us back. However, he has no evidence for this, and no one believes him. Sun Jia will not think that we are responsible. Hehe, Brother Dan, you are wrong. , Sun Gui is Sun Jia's younger brother, isn't he my younger brother? I'll go right away." After saying that, he jumped ashore excitedly.

Sun Dan was speechless.

(End of this chapter)