Chapter 8: Stable and Harmonious, Steady Start(1/2)
After returning to the city, it was still early, and Luo Yongsheng had no idea of taking a break. After buying some steamed buns on the street, he simply filled his stomach. He couldn't bear to drink even the tea shop's white water, and everyone could drink raw water.
Fortunately, except for Luo Yongsheng, everyone grew up drinking raw water from childhood and was not afraid of getting sick. Even Luo Yongsheng, who lived on raw water in the first few days of this time and space, was also a habit of living on raw water.
It's strange that this time travel not only made Luo Yongsheng's body much younger, but also became much stronger and healthier. The corrupt belly that was pampered and refined was gone. This is also the most novel thing that made Luo Yongsheng feel the most. Sometimes he looked at himself from the water surface, which looked like he was in his early twenties. However, decades passed, and his memory was a little blurry. Luo Yongsheng himself could hardly remember what he looked like when he was young.
However, since even such a magical thing that travels through time has happened, it is not a bizarre thing that he has just become younger and stronger. Luo Yongsheng is not a scientist, and he is not in the mood to explore this fantasy field.
Let's just be busy making money first.
After finishing the work of Mr. Qian's house, Luo Yongsheng took everyone to the other houses. He worked for the afternoon and walked back and forth three times, earning more than 160 cents.
When we finished work in the evening, with Luo Yongsheng, eight or nine people, led by Old Man Li, found a deserted house near the north corner of Yangzhou City, and had a happy meal.
It was just a full meal, with only two side dishes. Luo Yongsheng didn't eat a bite, and they all ate it tightly, otherwise there would be no enough dividends.
"There are more than two hundred folks left."
After deducting the meal money and counting the income surplus for a day, the figures reported by Luo Yongsheng made Old Man Li’s eyes shine. He stretched out his hand and wanted to touch the stack of copper plates in front of Luo Yongsheng, but was opened by Luo Yongjie on the side.
"Brother didn't say anything, why are you touching?"
This kid is really hard for Luo Yongsheng to be his elder brother and a relative.
Old Man Li sat awkwardly on the side, but his eyes didn't move. He stared at the stack of copper plates all the time, and his Adam's apple couldn't stop rolling and swallowing his saliva.
He has never seen so much money.
Not only Old Man Li, but also the other little beggars were staring at them.
Luo Yongsheng doesn't like this atmosphere very much. Since ancient times, wealth has moved people's hearts. If you have a beggar who is brave enough to rob money, you will definitely not be able to keep the money.
The group of people in front of me are all beggars. If you haven’t seen Qian before, it is easy for money to do the risky thing because of money.
"Look, look at you guys who are not promising!"
With a bang, Luo Yongsheng slapped the table suddenly. I don’t know if it was his strong hands or the age of the table was too high, Mu Xin had broken down. Luo Yongsheng slapped it and the copper plates on the table scattered all over the floor.
But at this moment, no one dared to look at the copper coins again. They were so scared that they turned their necks off and carefully aimed at Luo Yongsheng.
The latter's loud voice just now scared them.
"How much is this?" Luo Yongsheng did not bend down to pick up the money, but stepped on the copper plate on the ground, holding his head up, and arrogantly said: "It's only more than 200 cents, enough for you to get a talent amount, less than thirty cents, you can't afford to eat meat or drink wine, and women can't afford to touch it. These are just things that are straight and have no future.
I'll go to bed early and have a good energy. I'll take you to earn more tomorrow. How can you get thirty cents? We'll divide it into three hundred, three stakes, and thirty cents in the future. This is what I promise you, and you will definitely be able to do it. How do you take it yourself!"
Luo Yongsheng's posture scared everyone. No one dared to look around anymore. They all looked for an open space in the deserted house and fell asleep with their clothes.
On this side, Luo Yongjie picked up all the money on the ground and handed it to Luo Yongsheng. The latter put it up, found a corner of the wall and sat in it, closed his eyes and rested.
I'm afraid I can't even sleep tonight.
Fortunately, Luo Yongsheng's worry about stealing money did not appear that night. Perhaps the table that was smashed by himself was a deterrent. All the beggars spent the night with steadfastness and sanity. When they woke up, they followed Luo Yongsheng to work.
"You take this money to Wadong Lane in the west of the city and find a carpenter named Ge, and ask him to make two more carts and twelve wooden barrels. We will pick them up in a few days, and then go to the farm of Hu landlord outside the city and wait for us."
After leaving the deserted house, Luo Yongsheng gave the money to Luo Yongjie, who responded and put the money in place and left quickly.
"Let's go, stop watching, hurry up and get out of life."
Seeing Old Man Li and others staring at Luo Yongjie's back in a daze, Luo Yongsheng said angrily, bringing everyone's mind back.
Luo Yongsheng is now determined to carry forward his current career.
Although it is bitter and dirty, the money is really not slow.
God will favor those who work harder, but will never favor those who only know how to pull the cart.
There are two types of people who are willing to endure hardships and can endure hardships. Luo Yongsheng and the little beggars brought by Mr. Li are two types of people.
Each of the latter is more willing to endure hardship than Luo Yongsheng and is very hardworking. Only Luo Yongsheng can endure hardships and knows that the kind of hardship can be eaten, but that kind of hardship cannot be eaten.
That is, I know that I first look up and look at the road, and then try harder to pull the cart.
Yangzhou is a blessed land. Luo Yongsheng always believed that after he came to this world, he unconsciously compared himself with a person with a legendary history, and based on the latter's achievements, he made corresponding life plans for himself.
How to survive is always written in the most prominent position of this life plan.
And after living, how to live better and better is what Luo Yongsheng needs to improve every night.
How can I say this feeling? It’s a bit like playing dungeons when I was in college, and I passed one level after another. I saw the character’s combat effectiveness getting higher and higher, starting from leaving the novice village, until I finally draw my sword against the big boss.
Entering Yangzhou City alive and entering an orderly, economical and safe city with a large population living together is Luo Yongsheng's first plan, which has been completed at present.
Then he gained a foothold in Yangzhou City, which is a relatively difficult goal. At least Luo Yongsheng couldn't think of any good way on the first day he entered Yangzhou City.
He had no choice but to beg.
Should I join a craftsmanship as an apprentice, and then move out a few small techniques from later generations to sensation the market and quickly accumulate a large amount of wealth?
This idea disappeared the day after coming to this world, because before entering Yangzhou City, several corpses encountered by chance on the roadside gave Luo Yongsheng a strong spiritual impact.
This is an era of feudal dynasty in ancient times, which seemed to be orderly but was essentially a barbaric and naked feudal dynasty, an era in which powerful power can arbitrarily exploit power and life.
Therefore, taking a step forward is easy to fall into the abyss and die without burial.
As for finding a school, being a copywriter, posting several forward-looking articles that span the time and space, focusing on the overall situation, and making a big splash. From then on, the emperor was caught by a glance, and asked to go to the temple to be prime minister, and finally Sima usurped the country?
Wake up, it’s better to try it out how to return to the original time and space with that skill.
Wang Jinggong had a greater vision and his reforms had a greater step, which made the world angry and the world boil, and in the end he could not even keep the emperor.
If you really write a essay about "On the Intra-Political Translation" or "Regional Economic and Investigation", Luo Yongsheng thought about it and asked the best lawsuit in the country to win the death penalty of five horses to dismember him, and his body would not be divided into too many pieces.
It is impossible to make money by using technology to make money and farming, and it is impossible to write articles and become officials. The only things that can be placed in front of Luo Yongsheng are left to survive and to fall into the country directly.
The latter was ignored by Luo Yongsheng. His first plan was to enter Yangzhou City and have a natural conflict with the fallen grass. Then living is the only way to survive.
Fortunately, this path is currently quite stable.
He stayed in Yangzhou City smoothly, and thanks to the water supply of Wu Yuanwai's mansion, Luo Yongsheng also saw the next three and five steps.
How to gain a foothold has found the most practical and low-key path.
Get into the water and collect shit and drown.
No matter which dynasty or era, it is the least eye-catching job in society, because shit drowning smells like it. The smell is a natural protective layer, which makes people disgusted with the nose and retreats.
But this job is very profitable!
Luo Yongsheng, who tasted the sweetness at Mr. Qian's mansion, quickly formed a team in Yangzhou. He was looking for beggars, all the lowest and lowest groups in this society, a group that could not be looked at by anyone more.
Old Man Li jokingly said that this was the Beggars' Sect, maybe it was, but Luo Yongsheng prefers to call everyone a manure collection team.
Twenty people were divided into five teams by Luo Yongsheng, and a few obedient children were selected. Luo Yongsheng named them one by one, namely Chengwen, Chengwu, Chengying, Chengjie, and Cheng Jun, and all recognized their adopted sons.
They are all little beggars without fathers and mothers. Luo Yongsheng is willing to recognize them, and these children are willing to worship them.
Recognizing relatives is the oldest and most convenient and effective way to quickly bind and form a bond of interests. Luo Yongsheng will not let go of this, he is very familiar with it.
The five brothers Luo Chengwen led a team, each with three people, pushing a cart and holding tools, and began to clean up the shit and drowning for people from door to door in Yangzhou City.
Many times, I start to work at dawn, and sometimes I encounter police officers from the yamen, who are also supportive of the new manure-taking team in the city.
It is of course a good thing for someone to clean up the filth of feces and urine in the city for free. It saves the smoke and willows and Jiangnan Yangzhou City smells bad all day long and is not elegant.
No one knows how much money Luo Yongsheng can make in this job, except for the brothers Luo Yongsheng and Luo Yongjie.
"The five teams ran more than twenty times today, and they pulled 143 barrels and sold 1,144 cents. In addition to the total 165 cents paid for the tariffs on entering the city, there were still 979 cents left."
Luo Yongjie counted the money and took a small piece of gravel to draw strange symbols on the ground.
Those were Arabic numerals. Luo Yongsheng taught him these days, but he was changed to Luo Yongsheng's name, Luo Shu, and his surname was given.
"Brother, we're rich."
Finally, he counted again and confirmed that the number was correct. Luo Yongjie, who was squatting on the ground, was very excited. He looked up at Luo Yongsheng, and his face turned red with excitement.
"Nine hundred and seventy-nine, that's almost enough money."
Luo Yongsheng did not rush to be happy, but asked back: "How much is the difference enough money."
This question made Luo Yongjie confused for a while. He did not understand it after he thought it was done. So he took the stone and wrote a 1,000 first, and then wrote 979 below.
"Ten minus nine equals one, ten minus seven equals three, brother, thirty-one penny is enough for a consistent amount."
It's nothing wrong with this!
Luo Yongsheng smiled angrily and kicked Luo Yongjie on the butt: "Idiot, where did you get the number of 9? The number of digits is not enough to retreat in the front position. If you retreat, how many tens are reduced to seven. It is nine to reduce seven. Nine to reduce seven equals."
"Two." Luo Yongjie slapped his forehead: "Yes, it should be a 21-month difference."
After saying that, he started to smile foolishly again.
"Okay, okay, forget it, get up and share the money."
Speaking of dividing money, that was really the happiest thing about Luo Yongjie now. He immediately got up excitedly, came to the table full of copper plates, and looked at Luo Yongsheng with his eyes.
"These money, five brothers Chengwen, you will send fifty pennies to each of you, and the remaining fifteen brothers will send thirty pennies to each of you, and you and Old Man Li will take one hundred pennies."
It seemed that the money was quite good, but with just one point, Luo Yongsheng had only 79 cents left, which was less than what Luo Yongjie and Old Man Li got.
This account is not difficult to calculate, and Luo Yongjie quickly figured it out, and he looked at Luo Yongsheng in shock.
"We've all divided this, brother, what about you."
To be continued...