Xiangye

Chapter 21
There are even some people who are proud of being poor. If I am poor, I am naturally righteous, and if I am poor, I have a noble character.If you have money, you are rich and unkind.This is not only because the reading is roundabout, but also probably influenced by the plot of the poor scholar in the Cihua novels, right?
Ordinarily speaking, Gao Wen's words tampered with the sage's scriptures, and meant to ridicule the Master, which is simply outrageous.Any famous teacher has the responsibility to severely reprimand.Gao Wen was just a lowly subordinate official, and being beaten by Yu Xingyan, a talented scholar, was still a beating.

However, as soon as the hand was raised in the air, it could not be lowered.

Boss Yu was not an idiot. He knew that with this slap, he would completely ruin Gao Wen's face, and the manuscript of "Journey to the West" never came to an end.That's a profit of tens of thousands of taels of silver. A slap of tens of thousands of taels of silver is already an unbearable burden in his life.

Besides, there is no one else here except them.If Gao Wen refused to be humiliated, he fought back vigorously.Judging by his strong and straight appearance, he probably will suffer a lot.Even Huang Wei's niece and son-in-law and his own officials dared to do it.

Gao Wen sat there leisurely, with a faint smile on his face, he had expected that Yu Xingyan would not dare to move, he didn't even make a move to hide: "Old man, don't worry, just listen to me and finish."

Yu Xingyan withdrew his hand and sat on the chair angrily: "Say it."

Gao Wen: "My sentence that benevolence regards money as beautiful is also a joke with you, old man. However, Guanzi has said: the warehouse knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are sufficient to know the honor and disgrace. Yasheng also said: it is the product of the Ming emperor's rule of the people. , it will make people look up enough to serve their parents, bow down enough to raise their wives, live happily in happy years, and avoid death in unlucky years. Then drive those who are good, and the people will follow them lightly. It can be seen that if the people have no money at hand, the world will Chaos. The so-called hunger and cold stealing heart, evil people are not born with evil intentions, many times because of poverty, forced by life, can not do it. We naturally hope that the neighbors around us are rich and well-off families, not food and clothing A homeless refugee."

From a modern point of view, the phrase "clarity and granary know etiquette, food and clothing know honor and disgrace" is completely in line with materialist views that matter determines consciousness, economic base determines superstructure, and material civilization determines spiritual civilization.

From this point of view, Guan Zhong's meaning is very advanced.This man is an economical expert. When he was the prime minister of Qi State, he skillfully used economic means to bring Qi to great rule and assist Duke Huan of Qi to achieve hegemony.

However, sometimes this person is too limitless in what he does. In order to make money, he will do everything he can to open a state-run brothel in Qi State and collect taxes.Because of this, he is revered as the Patriarch of Fengyue Realm.Today, many brothels still enshrine the statue of Guan Zi.

Hearing Gao Wen's seemingly irrefutable words, Yu Xingyan was dumbfounded: "Heretics, heresies..."

However, now that Gao Wen mentioned Guan Zhong, an economic animal who dares to do anything for money, Boss Yu's eyes lit up: Gao Wen admired Guan Zi so much, so he presumably also loves money.That's right, as a subordinate, no matter how talented he is, his future is cut off, so he can only focus on Kong Fang.Besides, why did you become an official in the imperial examination for studying, and why don't you plan to be a magistrate for ten years, with a hundred thousand snowflakes.If it was like the Hongwu Dynasty, an official would have to wear ripped trousers, and if he embezzled two taels of silver, he would have to peel day lilies.In fact, during the Hongwu Dynasty, because the risk of being an official was too great and there was no real benefit, everyone did not take the imperial examination.In the end, the imperial court was forced to send soldiers directly to escort all the scholars into the examination room.With a big knife on your neck, you have to do this official if you don't want to.

Hey, it looks like this is going to happen.

Thinking of this, he calmed down, immediately changed his expression, and praised: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Gao also dabbled in the scholars of the pre-Qin period. Although his remarks are extreme, there is some truth in them."

After molesting Yu Xingyan for a long time, Gao Wen let go of his anger and didn't bother to go around with him, "Boss Yu, this visit is for the manuscript of "Journey to the West". The old man even likes this kind of street-reading book. Gao Wen is really flattered, but I don't know how much you pay for finishing the manuscript?"

Bringing up the old incident again, Yu Xingyan was so ashamed that his forehead sweated.Just want to walk away.However, I have something to ask for from others, and my father and mother are not as good as Yin Zi, so I can only bear it secretly.

He hastily stretched out his right hand and put his five fingers in the middle: "Mr. Gao, what do you think of this number?" Yinzi is a well-educated person anyway, talking about numbers is an insult to others.

"A five-two book, the old man really likes to invite someone Gao." Gao Wen smiled lightly.

"What five taels, it's..." Hearing this, Yu Xingyan was about to refute, but when he saw the ironic smile on the corner of Gao Wen's mouth, he immediately understood, let alone five taels, even five taels of silver might not be liked by his own family .

In fact, before coming here, Yu Xingyan was still full of confidence, and felt that five coins for a book was already the price of conscience.This is how the current book market is going. If you are not famous, you may not even be able to get half of this price.Not to mention those who sell fashion, you can get it for a few tens of pennies, or even no money.

Gao Wen originally thought that Yu Xingyan gave Wuliang, and he was dissatisfied in his heart, but now looking at his situation, it turned out to be Wuliang.That's more than 300 yuan in later generations. I'm going to suck you up, and I'm almost [-] words in this episode.Counting it down, it's only three yuan for a thousand words, hehe, it's rare to suck blood like you.

I really wanted to punch him on the nose and swell that wrinkled old face flat.

Although he was extremely angry in his heart, Gao Wen was still smiling, with a meaningful smile.Suddenly, a thought came to his mind, and he said: "Mr., although I am a petty official, I have studied for a few years. You are also a refined person. You and I hit it off immediately. What do you say about these dumb things? It hurts my mood." Talking about money hurts feelings!
"No money..." Boss Yu was stunned, and immediately understood that Gao Wen must have other intentions next.This kid is so poor, how could he just give the manuscript to himself: "Brother Gao, let's go on."

"Divided into."

"Divided?"

Gao Wen explained patiently for a long time, and said: "In a nutshell, I don't want your remuneration for the manuscript, just a commission. A book is two taels of silver, and I will raise [-]% for each book sold, which is two cents and five cents." .”

"What, one copy is two cents and five cents, this... definitely impossible!" Yu Xingyan stood up suddenly: "Since Brother Gao is not sincere, you and I are not speculating, I will leave." Just kidding, print a copy of the book, Don't engraving, labor, and materials cost money?If the book sells well, it's fine, but if it hits the hand, his surname Gao will not suffer any damage, but he will have to pay a large sum of money.For two cents and five cents, you can buy a manuscript.

You little bastard, this is no longer a sale of manuscripts, but a shareholding and cooperation... It's purely asking for sky-high prices, whether it is tolerable or unbearable.

As soon as he cupped his hands, he strode towards the door.

The moment his right foot just fell out of the threshold, Gao Wenlang's reading sound came from behind him: "It means that the Monkey King got his name, and he was happy and enthusiastic, and thanked Bodhisattva in advance. The patriarch ordered the public to lead Monkey King out Outside the second gate, teach him to clean up and deal with it. The festival of advancing and retreating, all the immortals follow and come out. Wukong went outside the gate, and worshiped the brothers of the public, and arranged a sleeping place between the verandahs. The next morning, he learned language with the brothers. Be polite, talk about scriptures, practice calligraphy and burn incense every day. In your free time, you will sweep the ground and garden, plant flowers and trees, find firewood and light a fire, and carry water and slurry. Everything you use is prepared. You don’t feel it in the cave. It's been six or seven years."

"One day, the Patriarch sat on the altar, summoned all the immortals, and gave a lecture on the Dao. It's really—"

This is the opening paragraph of Chapter 2 of Journey to the West.

Immediately, Yu Xingyan felt like a thunderbolt went off in his head, and his whole body was shaken, unable to move.

(End of this chapter)