Chapter 15 Making the Game
After carefully collecting the picture "worth 40,000 to 50,000 yuan", Wu Haogu felt a little hungry in his stomach, so he ordered Liu Wuji to go to the "Burning Pig Garden" to have dinner together, and then brush his teeth and wash his face first.
That’s right, I’m going to brush my teeth and brush it with a toothbrush!
The Northern Song Dynasty not only had toothbrushes but also toothpaste! Toothbrushes are called "tooth brushing", and are made of ponytails and small wooden sticks with holes. Toothpaste is a ointment made of Chinese medicine. In addition, there is tooth powder, which is crushed with Chinese medicine, and then sifted out fine powder to put it in bag.
The main tooth powder sold on Kaifeng market is "Su's tooth powder" and "Shen's tooth powder". The former is said to be Su Dongpo's invention (Su Dongpo is the inventor), the latter is Shen Kuo's invention, and Wu Dalang now uses "Shen's tooth powder".
In addition to toothbrush, toothpaste and tooth powder, Wu Haogu also found a crystal-ground "magnifying glass" in his own painting camp. In addition, he had seen someone wearing glasses in the Panlou market.
After washing up, he changed into a moon-white Confucian robe, put on a white scholar's towel, took a folding fan, and took another piece of money. Wu Haogu left the monk's room and walked out of the monk's room.
When he arrived outside the monk's room, Wu Haogu discovered that today was the day when Xiangguo Temple was open for the transactions of thousands of people. Outside the monk's room, there were temporary colorful curtains, hidden houses and charity shops everywhere, selling all kinds of items that Wu Haogu wanted or unexpected. Various hawking and shouting were endless. In the place close to the nave, Wu Haogu also saw many stalls selling cold drinks.
The Song Dynasty had a developed business, and all kinds of business that could be thought of and done were all done by someone, including the cold drink industry.
Although the weather is not very hot now, you can still get a lot of heat after staying under the sun for a long time. Cold drinks that quench thirst and cool down naturally have a market.
There are more than one cold drinks sold in Daxiangguo Temple. Wu Haogu alone saw "ice and snow" cold drinks similar to "smoothies" or "shaved ice" in later generations, as well as juices or herbal teas called "thirsty water" and "ripe water".
Wu Haogu has not dripped in from late last night. When he saw the thirsty water, he felt dry mouth. He spent a copper plate to buy a bowl of bayberry thirsty water (bayberry juice, pure natural, without any chemical additives) to drink it. It felt sour and sweet, and it was very quenching. After drinking it, he strided to the "Burry Pig Garden" restaurant outside Daxiangguo Temple.
"Dalang, here, here."
As soon as he walked into the "Rao Pig Garden", he heard the voice of Monk Fu. Wu Haogu followed the sound and found that at the entrance of the stairs on the second floor of the "Rao Pig Garden" restaurant, Monk Fu was holding a steamer in one hand and catching him with the other.
Wu Dalang hurried to the second floor. Seeing Monk Fu smiling and holding a steamed bun in his hand, he immediately understood what was going on.
"Monk, is it made of grout buns?"
"It's done, it's done!" Fu said with a smile, "Master was still talking about you just now... If you really have some obstacles that you can't get through, just come to Daxiangguo Temple. If it really doesn't work, just shave your hair and don't be afraid. With Dalang's ability, you will always have a day to make a comeback in the future."
If you shave your hair, you will naturally become a monk! The monks of the Song Dynasty also had officials. The highest monk institution is called "Left Street Monk Lusi". The ranks of monks and monks in the ranks are set up in the ranks of monks, monks and chiefs, deputy monks, first seats of lectures, first seats of lectures, and appraisals.
Because Daxiangguo Temple is the royal temple No. 1 in Kaifeng Prefecture, the abbots of all dynasties have the title of monks, and the abbots often serve as monks. Therefore, in Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo, monks of Daxiangguo Temple are considered people with some status.
If Wu Dalang had his hair done his job in Daxiangguo Temple, then those who were punishing the Wu family would indeed have some concerns...
"That's really thankful to your master." Wu Dalang thanked repeatedly.
In the Song Dynasty, it was easy to shave your hair, but it was not easy to be a monk with a essay and backer. Not to mention how much money it costs to buy a slaughter - there were some money for buying a slaughter - it was difficult to enter the mountain gate of Daxiangguo Temple, even if you broke your head, it was difficult to enter.
This Daxiangguo Temple is now the most wealthy temple in the world!
Following Monk Fu, Wu Dalang walked into a private room on the second floor. His two good brothers, Guo Jing and Liu Wuji, were already sitting inside, but they did not order wine and food, only a few bowls of tea were placed on the table.
"Let's have a few soup buns to eat first." Monk Fu entered the door, placed the cage in his hand on the table, and opened the cover. There were four white, fat, steaming big buns inside. Unlike the small dumplings from later generations, soup buns, they were like big meat buns sold at breakfast stalls without any meat.
Wu Haogu was so hungry that he didn't care that the bun was hot, so he picked up one and didn't dare to bite it. He just took a small bite and then gently sucked the soup inside.
The soup is very fresh, mixed with pork and mutton. Because this is a frozen mutton bun made of pork skin and pork bones, the taste is a bit strange, but it is still very delicious. The only disadvantage is that it is too big, and if you chew a bun, you will be able to hold on if you have a smaller appetite.
"The buns are pretty good," Wu Haogu commented, "It's just too big... If it can be made smaller." He gestured with his hands, it was about the size of a small bun in later generations. "It would be even better if you taste one."
"So young?" Monk Fu shook his head, "It's not easy to do."
"Why is it hard to make?" Wu Dalang looked at the half-chewed bun in his hand and smiled, "This is a bun... If it is made small, it is not necessary to make noodles. It is a thin layer of skin, and it is full of soup and meatballs."
Monk Fu thought for a while and suddenly clapped his hands, "Dalang, you really have... This bun can do this! If the master knew, he would probably really want to accept you as an apprentice."
Wu Haogu smiled and said, "If there really is one day when the monk is the senior brother, I must take good care of me, the junior brother."
"Hahaha..." Everyone in the private room laughed.
"Don't tell jokes." Wu Haogu finished eating the buns, burped gently, and started talking about serious matters.
The three people sitting around the square table in the private room looked at him. Wu Haogu said, "The powder book (referring to the work I completed last night) is already available. The silk book can be made within a few days. Now it's how to sell it at a high price."
"There are good dealers who have high prices," Liu Wuji, who often works on Panlou Street, took over the question and said, "But those good dealers buy things on Panlou Street, and rarely go to Guishi... they are all experts in the process."
Guo Jing also said: "In the eyes of experts, how real can Dalang's paintings make?"
Wu Haogu said: "There are always eight points."
Liu Wuji frowned and said, "Why do you make a few more?"
"Make more?" Wu Haogu slapped the table and said, "Yes, you need to make more!" He looked at Guo Jing and Liu Wuji, "I copied ten, no, I copied twenty copies!"
"Copy the "Drunk Arhat Picture"?" Guo Jing asked
"Yes!" Wu Haogu nodded, "There is no need to be used to copy twenty volumes of paper. Just write the "Diagnostic Picture of Wu Daozi of Tang Dynasty's Drunken Arhat" on the scroll."
Liu Wuji asked: "What's the use?"
"I'm going to sell it myself," said Wu Dalang.
“Where to sell it?”
"Ghost Market!" Wuhao Ancient Road, "All the big experts in Kaifeng Prefecture have sent people to watch Guizhou... They can make decisions about three or five hundred pieces of things. It is better to ask them to buy Xiao Yi's copy first, so that those big experts can pass by first. Then set aside their days and sing and sell the originals in Guizhou."
"Singing and selling" is an auction, and it is also a commonly used method of buying and selling in Kaifeng's calligraphy and painting businesses. However, most of the things sold in Guishi are intimidating, so there are very few that are used for singing and selling.
"Sing and selling?" Guo Jing frowned, "If the big experts read the copy first, they would come and take a look... Is it not right to sing and selling in Guishi? "
"What are the rules for Guishizi?" Wu Haogu smiled and looked at Guo Jing and Liu Wuji, "Third brother, Xiao Yi, what are the ideas?"
The counterfeiting gang led by Wu Haogu has a certain division of labor. Wu Haogu is the one who paints, and the one who cares about the family is the monk Fu, while Guo Jing and Liu Wuji are the one who do the game in Guishi.
Guo Jing and Liu Wuji looked at each other, and both nodded at the same time and said, "Yes!"
Guo Jing said: "Sha family and Liu Wu have discussed it a long time ago, and they will set up a game in Guishizi!"
Chapter completed!