Since Guo An and his friends arrived in Xipo Village, they have lived in the village. Both the master and servant have no airs, and they have gotten along very well with the people in the village.

After Guo An paid for a piece of Luo Sanlang's cake for the children in the village, the villagers were even more enthusiastic about him. Especially those children, they wished they could wander around Guo Shiwulang all day long. If the other party asked something, they would definitely know everything.

On this day, Luo Yong went to the village to carry water. He heard a few children surrounding Guo An bragging, saying that Luo Sanlang was also a scholar and read very well. The adults in the village said that if his family had not suffered that disaster, he might have become an official now.

When Guo An saw Luo use it, he was not embarrassed. He smiled and greeted him. The attitude seemed to be saying: It was not that Guo was interested in inquiring, but the children in your village were too enthusiastic and always took the initiative to talk about these things to me.

Luo Yong also greeted him with a smile, and his expression fully conveyed his meaning to the other party: If you ask about you, I don’t care.

The children in the village knew what they knew and thought they told the other party that Luo Sanlang was a scholar and was a person who could take the imperial examination and become an official. The other party would be more respectful, but they didn't know the current situation in the world.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the aristocratic class has dominated the world for five or six hundred years. The promotion of the imperial examination system is no different from the digging of the ancestral tombs of these aristocratic families.

Those officials who passed the imperial examination all listened to the emperor and did things for the emperor. If this trend was allowed to grow and grow, then what would happen to the aristocratic family in the world in the future? What ability would they have to restrict the royal power? How could they prosper for generations? I think we know what these people have about the imperial examination.

The demise of the previous dynasty was more than ten years ago. When Emperor Yang of Sui fought against Goguryeo in the east, he suffered three defeats and many people in the rear base camp destroyed him. In the end, chaos broke out and the Sui Dynasty was destroyed.

The rise and fall of a dynasty, the right time, place, people, various factors, and the competition between many forces among them cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.

The imperial examination system began in the Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Yang of Sui even set up the Jinshi exam, which increased the promotion of this system. In this case, if the gentry members had no idea, they would not believe it.

Although I don’t know how much storm this incident could cause under the circumstances at that time, it will never be unaffected. The people of the gentry were not fools, and they all became enlightened at a young age, and they were all smart.

Those who later generations who say classics, history, and collections of books are pedantic, should I read those books a few times first. It is also a matter of foolish people. It is not popular at this time. There are not many people who know the words in the people, and they have nowhere to start if they think foolish people.

In short, the Sui Dynasty was destroyed and the Tang Dynasty was born, but when the emperor was now aware of the benefits of the imperial examination system, the system was still implemented, but under various resistances, it was still a little unsupported until now.

In this case, what are the attitudes of clans like Guo An towards imperial examination students?

hehe.

Even if the Guo family in Taiyuan is not considered a first-class family, it will not affect their united front with the entire aristocratic group.

Listening to the children in the village bragging about the imperial examinations and officials, Luo Yongzhen was worried for them. He really didn't know if Guo Shiwulang would be willing to buy them cakes when he was on the next five.

It seems that when the next five is on the next five, their cake can be steamed one less pot.

Luo Yong carried a load of water and walked towards his yard while tidying up his thoughts.

Guo An seemed very interested in the tofu method in Xipo Village. However, although the villagers treated him enthusiastically, they refused to tell him about this secret that was related to his own economic lifeline. As for the ignorant little babies in the village, the adults would not let them know these things at all, so they had no way to leak the secrets.

Speaking of which, when Luo Yong first came through, he thought that their place was remote, so the method of making tofu was not spread here. Now it seems that Guo An’s family does not have this recipe for making tofu.

People in the world say that tofu was created by Liu An, the king of Huainan, and Li Shizhen also wrote this statement in "Compendium of Materia Medica".

However, Luo Yong has memorized many Tang poems since he was a child, but he has never seen any of them appear in any poems. From this, it can be guessed that in the Tang Dynasty, tofu should not have become a daily dish for the people. As for the people of the gentry, it is hard to say. Logically speaking, many poets are also from the gentry, but no one has ever mentioned tofu.

Now it seems that Guo’s family in Taiyuan does not have this prescription at all. If Guo An wants to learn how to make fermented bean curd from Luo Yong, he has to learn to make tofu first. This is probably the reason why he has been lingering in the village recently.

"Sanlang, have you gone to carry the water again? Everyone said they wanted to carry the water and call us."

When Luo Yong was carrying a load of water and was about to walk to the entrance of his yard, he happened to meet a villager who was working at his house. At this moment, the other party was carrying a mold in the direction of the village, and he should be going to return the mold to others.

These days, they took off the blanks and built a house together with the Luo family. The few blanks and molds that Luo Yong and the Lin family borrowed were not enough. In addition, they borrowed a few from other villagers. Now that they have used up, they will naturally have to pay them back.

Judging from the current progress, the adobe houses in the Luo family’s backyard will definitely be built without the tenth day of the lunar month.

Now they have prepared the tools needed to make tofu at home. Those tofu baskets are of the same specification as the Luo family. The tofu baskets in their entire Xipo Village are basically of this specification. The length, width and size of the cut tofu are similar. The difference is the thickness of the tofu blocks and the amount of moisture.

"It's okay, I can just carry these two buckets of water myself." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"I'll do it, I'll do it." The man put the mold on his shoulder to the side of the road without saying a word, and reached out to pick up the load on Luo Yong's shoulder.

Luo Yong suddenly felt relieved when the load of water was taken away by the other party. Born in this era, people like them were diving and chopping firewood were all daily. Luo Yong didn't want to push all the work to Er Niang and the others, so he had to take it on his own.

If you have to pick up water, you have to chop firewood, you have to eat pasta, and you have to push the grinding noodles by yourself. The bluestone grinder is really hard to push around and round.

The load of water was poured into the water tank, and the bottom of the tank was accumulated in a low position. The man carried the load and went to the village to help Luo Yong carry the water.

These days, his family has two children who are also in the Luo family's yard every day. At noon, Luo used them to arrange food for the helpers, and the two children would eat together. Although they could also help pick wool, in the eyes of the villagers, Luo's wool trading probably wouldn't earn much money. The little work that his children helped the Luo family do was not worth much.

If you want to say that this trend was brought by Tian Chonghu, he brought Tian Xiang'er to the Luo family yard first. Later, other children in the village followed suit when they saw it. Now there are six or seven people who come to the Luo family yard to help pick up wool every day, most of them are girls, and there are also a boy as big as Luo Wulang.

The boy was also a pitiful person. After his father died, his mother remarried, and there was only one grandmother on top. After his son died, his grandmother became a little unhappy. The grandmother and grandson were hungry and full all day long. There was a kind-hearted person in the village who was afraid that they would starve to death at home and sometimes they would be helped.

Recently, that kid has been here at Luo's yard every day, and he can make a living at noon. To be honest, no one teaches or cares about such a older child, and he dresses sloppyly, and looks duller than other children. Just like him, he can help with what work he can do, that is, Luo Sanlang and the others are kind-hearted and don't drive him away. They cook at noon every day, and they don't miss his portion.

Luo Yong had no idea about these children. Anyway, since he was here, no matter whether he could help or not, he would make more food for them. No matter how expensive it is, no matter how good it is. If his family is better than the Luo family, he can eat better than the Luo family at home, so he doesn't have to come to them.

In Luo Yong's opinion, there is nothing to be proud of when a child is well-dressed and well-dressed, because they are all given by their parents, and they are not something great that they have done themselves.

Similarly, if a child is dressed in a mess and eats badly, there is nothing to be ashamed of, but he is not lucky enough to meet a good family and a good parents, nor is he doing anything wrong by himself.

A few days passed, and early this morning, Guo An finally came to talk to Luo Yong, expressing that he wanted to learn how to make fermented bean curd from him.

"Shiwulang has been walking around the village recently, and I must have seen clearly that the method of making tofu and fermented bean curd can not be easily abandoned to others in this Xipo Village." Luo Yong did not politely go around and said bluntly.

Guo An looked at Luo Sanlang opposite the low table, and saw that the young man sitting upright on the kang, wearing a white cloth and a short brown collar, his face and figure were everywhere, and his expression and tone of his words seemed to have no room for a turnaround.

Guo An even had a strange illusion for a moment. When he looked at the boy, he seemed to be looking at a mountain that could not be crossed.

"It's not without compromise." Guo An said unyieldingly.

"If you were me, would you use those compromise methods?" With Luo's current status and stating a compromise with these gentry children is tantamount to seeking a skin from a tiger.

Guo An’s so-called compromise method is nothing more than asking Luo Yong to teach him the method. In the future, Xipo Village will do the business of Xipo Village, and their Guo family will do the business of the Guo family. If the market is so big, there may not be any conflict of interest.

Luo Yong is not stupid either. He has taught them everything. What else can he do in the future? Even if Guo An is a man of integrity, it is difficult to guarantee that there are no one or two cruel and ruthless people in their family. Since he has learned the method, keeping Luo Yong this person becomes a hidden danger. If he teaches a few more people in the future, how will he end up?

This kind of thing is scary, but reality is often so cruel. As much as the benefits are, the dark side of human nature can be magnified to as much.

In this era of extremely closed information, who will know a few people in a corner? Even if they know, who will really care. Only when the public anger really breaks out and causes turmoil will a few notes be recorded in the history books. Why did those public anger arise? What kind of tragic things are behind this? Who will really care about it?

Before he truly possesses the power to protect himself, Luo Yong will not make such so-called transactions with any force.

If you want to teach, just let go of the teaching. If you don’t teach, then no one will be taught. As long as he said that he refused to teach, even if others twisted his head, they would not be able to pry out a word from him.

Guo An persuaded him again, and saw that Luo Yong was really unwilling to give up, so he had to give up.

"In this way, let's talk about a deal." Regret is regretful, but this result is not beyond Guo An's expectations. After all, the name of the Luo Coffin Board is not in vain.

"Okay." Luo Yong agreed readily, if he wanted to negotiate a business, there would be no problem. His fermented bean curd was originally made to sell it for money.

"If I exchange beans for you for fermented beans, how many beans should be exchanged for fermented beans?" Guo An asked.

"Swap three beans for a can of fermented bean curd." Luo Yong said.

The kind of clay pots he used to install fermented beans can be filled with more than one liter, while the price of a can of fermented beans costs about 5 cents. The price of beans is about two cents now, but the sales of this thing is not as good as rice and wheat. For example, it is not too much for Luo Yong to sell three beans for him to make five cents for five cents.

"I'll give you six hundred hu of beans, and you'll give me two thousand two hundred cans of fermented beans." Guo An bargained.

"There are too many. For the first transaction, I can only give you 550 cans of fermented beans, and as you said, beans are counted as 150 hu." Luo Yong thought the order placed by the other party was too big and he couldn't complete it, so he opened his mouth and gave him two half-folds.

"Sanlang doesn't believe me?" Guo An asked.

"I am really strong. If Shiwulang really needs to be anxious, he can transport the six hundred hu of beans first. At that time, I can hand over the 2,200 cans of fermented beans in four batches." Luo Sanlang's implication: I really can't believe you. If you can trust me, you might as well give me the beans first.

When he was still living in the 21st century, Luo Yong once watched a plot in film and television programs: A big man fell in love with an emerging factory and wanted to take it for himself, so he placed a big order for the factory, drew a big pie for the factory owner, and made the factory overload production at all costs, and even went to a loan to buy raw materials.

Then when the delivery was made, the boss deliberately made things difficult for the factory to fail to ship successfully and the funds could not be recovered. In the end, the factory will change its ownership.

Two thousand two hundred cans of fermented beans can be completed now, not the amount that Luo Yong can do now, not mentioning beans and manual labor. Just the salt and rice wine used to make fermented beans is a considerable investment. How much is Luo Yong’s current financial resources?

Five hundred and fifty cans are already the limit. At this time, he will have to go to credit. If it weren't for the fact that he had confidence in his own fermented bean curd and could sell it to other companies if he didn't sell it, Luo Yong wouldn't accept such a large order.

"So, Shiwulang will give some deposit first." Seeing that the other party no longer objected to the size of the order, Luo Yun said again. Although they have gotten along well these days, the business is business.

"This is a permanent money." Guo An was also prepared and asked his servant to withdraw his permanent money on the spot: "When the beans are paid, you must pay my deposit." I don't know if it was influenced by Luo Yong or why, Guo An also became stingy at this time. If he had changed his usual routine and was with others, he would never have said this directly just now.

"That's natural." Luo accepted the money with a happy expression. The money was a thousand ounces, and it was very heavy, with a total of six or seven pounds.
Chapter completed!