A powerful minister of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 46 Entrepreneurship Direction
It is quite difficult to learn something like bookkeeping by stealing.

In particular, some of the tricks cannot be understood clearly and applied smoothly without someone explaining them.

"Yes, I understand everything."

Mr. Lei closed the account book.

Since Song Xuan’s people have already figured it out, there’s no need to rush to learn.

Prepare to get your own money back first and then deal with other things.

Especially since Song Xuan did not show up in person, it means that there is room for negotiation at this time, and it is just a matter of waiting for the right price.

This kid has been like this since he was young. He never wants to show his true abilities all at once, but always keeps you in suspense by showing off a little bit.

Mr. Lei found that he was still too arrogant.

If you learn such a good family tradition, you can at least ensure that your descendants will not be easily fooled by others.

Straight bastard.

A child prodigy is a child prodigy. Even if he is not good at studying, he is still smarter than ordinary people.

When Song Xuan fails to pass the entrance exam to Yingtianfu Academy, and he gives up this idea and concentrates on business, he may become the richest man in the world!
As a major shareholder, how can I lose my money then?
Mr. Lei was really looking forward to Song Xuan failing to get admitted to Yingtianfu Academy.

Then we can study business together and become the richest man in Song Dynasty. It wouldn’t be impossible!

"Mr. Lei, please check carefully. If there is nothing else, I will go to find my young master. We also need to go to that property to take a look and fill out the furniture and other matters."

"Please."

Tao Hong stood up, saluted Mr. Lei, and then walked out of the study.

Mr. Lei stroked his beard and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Master."

Tao Hong was in a very good mood and easily found the loophole in the account book. How could it be possible without closing the gaps at the beginning and end?

"Have you settled the bill?"

Song Xuan put away the Analects in his hand and stood up as well.

Tao Hong chuckled a few times, stretched out his fingers and pinched them before saying:

"This is true~Yi Er!"

"Okay." Song Xuan also smiled: "Then let's go see the house, and tell me what you think after we get out."

"Here."

The two came out of Lei Mansion and strolled on the street.

"Master, I've looked at the Lei family's account books. They cover a wide range of businesses, and the most profitable one is lending money together with the monks from Luohanyuan."

It is normal for monks to lend money.

Both Buddhist scriptures and precepts allow temples and monks to engage in usury capital.

For example, in the Tripitaka:

"Breathe out the breath with the Buddha's pagoda. The Buddha said, listen to it."

In other words, even the Buddha, who has infinite magical powers, allows his disciples to lend money and earn interest.

For this purpose, the Buddha specially compiled a sutra to prove that they were not wrong.

Song Xuan snorted and laughed:
"The temples and monks of the Song Dynasty were lending money at high interest rates under the guise of Buddha's approval, and even collecting money from incense offerings on a regular basis. With no capital required, it was hard not to make money."

Tao Hong nodded and said, "Master, why don't we get involved too? We can just make some of that bald donkey's money."

"There's no rush. Write it down in the notebook first and let me figure out how to do it."

Song Xuan was not in a hurry: "Getting into the academy is my top priority right now, the rest will have to wait."

Tao Hong had already received Song Xuan's unique education.

People want to make money.

That means we will earn money from whoever has money.

If you want to earn money from a poor person, then you definitely have no skills and don’t have much money.

As for Mr. Lei wanting to offer a price to poach him, Tao Hong didn't think he could afford it.

He also doesn't have a stage where he can perform.

When his young master passes the imperial examination and becomes a Jinshi, he will have a big tree to provide shade for him in the future, and he will be able to control more business.

"Master, tea, salt, wine, and silk are secondary."

Song Xuan nodded slightly. This was somewhat different from the account book he was looking at.

He didn't want Song Xuan and the others to see the details of Mr. Lei's account books.

But how could two people who could see through fake accounts not get to know his true identity?

Mr. Lei's business has reached a bottleneck period. Even if he wants to expand his capital, his profits have been swallowed up by others.

"Master, icing sugar is a high-end product, but unfortunately it relies heavily on sugarcane production, so it's not suitable for us here."

Song Xuan had read in the court newspapers that the tribute of white sugar was praised, but the white sugar at that time had not reached the level of later generations.

However, he had also seen videos using the traditional yellow mud water decolorization method, but none of them were successful. He still used the mud sealing method as a reference, and it took him a month to succeed.

"Songcheng is a big city after all, and many businesses are already occupied. It will be very difficult for us to catch up with the latecomers."

Song Xuan fanned himself with a folding fan: "Let me think of a new business, preferably one that can catch people's attention and make a big profit with a small investment."

Tao Hong has always known that Song Xuan has many ideas and he can learn a lot from him.

Let's wait and see.

Once the young master is admitted to Yingtianfu Academy, perhaps he will be able to focus on business without distraction.

"Master, Mr. Lei wanted to learn the Dragon Gate Accounting method, so I gave him a hint."

"No rush." ​​Song Xuan chuckled.
"Even though I've known him for so many years, he may not think highly of us. He's always been polite and wants us to be his servants."

"He's quite calculating."

Tao Hong also chuckled.

This place is more prosperous than Lema Town, but people of all kinds are also more rampant.

To put it bluntly, there are only so many resources, and we have to rely on others wherever we go.

Song Xuan walked along the commercial street, where he could buy things at many stalls.

From food, animals (daily necessities), fruits, firewood, jewelry, headwear, clothes, flowers, etc.

Song Xuan really wants to open a lottery shop.

In particular, last year the imperial court openly used the Jiaozi in Shu for state use.

However, as more and more Jiaozi were issued, its credit collapsed and it became extremely worthless.

But Jiaozi’s anti-counterfeiting measures are still pretty good.

and many more.

Song Xuan had some thoughts about opening a lottery shop. After all, the Song Dynasty did not allow public gambling.

But I can exploit loopholes in the laws of the Song Dynasty!

For example, you might give away lottery tickets when you sell something, but these tickets only have a chance of winning.

When it comes to lottery, no matter whether you win or not, the platform will make a profit, which can be said to be a huge profit.

It’s no use for a monk to lend money at high interest rates!

Song Xuan felt that this could make more money than theirs.

Thinking of this, Song Xuan decided that in addition to reading books, he must carefully study the laws of the Song Dynasty to ensure that he could implement this plan.

Even if it is banned in the future, you can still make a profit.

Tao Hong was watching a grown man putting flowers in his ears and choosing the flowers.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a sentiment that there was one less person wearing dogwood branches, but it was not popular.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that wearing flowers in the hair became a common custom among scholars and commoners.

During national ceremonies, festivals, annual sacrifices and other festive occasions, the rulers and ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty would wear flowers in their hair.

According to custom, the emperor would host the "Wenxi Banquet" in the Qionglin Garden to entertain the newly-appointed Jinshi and grant them famous flowers.

These flowers brought by the successful scholars would be snatched away by beggars, prostitutes and poor people on their way home. These flowers were mainly taken away by people at the bottom of society who wanted to share in the good fortune and hoped to live a better life.

But there is one kind of Jinshi flower that will not be snatched away by others, that is if you are too old to pass the imperial examination.

Especially when the hair turns gray, people think it is bad luck.

No one wants to be involved in such bad luck!
Song Xuan watched Tao Hong watching a man wearing a hairpin and couldn't help but say:

"If you like it, just buy it!"

"I'm not that thick-skinned."

Tao Hong waved his hand, indicating that he would never wear flowers in his hair.

This is not what a man should do.

There are not many men with hairpins in Lema Town, but the surgeon is one of them.

Thinking of this, Song Xuan reminded again:
"By the way, tell the brothers to keep an eye out. The knife-wielding ghost has escaped. If he dares to cause trouble for us, just kill him."

"clear."

Tao Hong nodded naturally. When the young master said he would kill people, he was definitely not lying.

The two chatted for a while and then walked to the house they wanted to buy.

Several people were moving things in and out.

A female dog was licking her puppy in a straw nest and was reluctant to leave.

Song Xuan looked at the litter of puppies and pointed at them:
"Tao Hong, ask the seller if he still wants these six puppies. We have such a big place and we're short of guards, so they're perfect for us."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)