While walking, Chen Che silently thought about ways to make money.
With his previous life experience as a basis, he is actually very confident that he can make money in this world.
First of all, there is no doubt that money must be made from rich people.
Stone Fire City is divided into two cities: the inner and outer cities. Most of the outer cities are poor people. It is difficult to make big money from these people.
There was money to be made in the inner city, but the commercial trade in the inner city was almost monopolized by large families, and the entanglements of interests involved were complicated and difficult to understand, and it was not something that he, a poor scholar, could meddle in at will.
If you want to make money in the inner city, you must find a middleman as an intermediary.
After thinking about it, he thought of his classmate Zhang Ruoyuan.
Zhang Ruoyuan was born into a wealthy family in the inner city. He and the original owner of this body studied under the Confucian King Jingming of Stone Fire City for three years.
This person doesn't like reading, and most of his homework is done with the help of the original owner of this body.
As time passed, the two became good friends.
Judging from some memories of the original owner of the body, Zhang Ruoyuan is a person with a bold personality and is worth making friends with.
"I have no choice but to go find him..."
Chen Che secretly made up his mind.
There was no way around it. The original owner of this body had a very narrow social circle. Among them, the only person who could potentially become a medium for him to make money was Zhang Ruoyuan.
…
Half an hour later, Chen Che arrived at the gate of the Zhang family in the inner city.
He had been to this mansion several times before, so the concierge had some impressions of him.
Before he could speak, the concierge went in and announced.
After a while, a cheerful voice came from inside the house.
"Brother Chen! It's great that you can come and see me! You don't know, I've been grounded at home these past few days, and I'm almost suffocated!"
Before he finished speaking, a young man wearing white brocade clothes with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked out of the Zhang family mansion quickly.
"Brother Zhang..."
Before Chen Che could speak, he was interrupted by Zhang Ruoyuan.
"Brother Chen, this is not the place to talk. Come on, follow me to Yunhe Tower. I'll be the host and we brothers can have a good chat."
After saying this, he couldn't help but pull Chen Che away.
The concierge behind him reminded in a low voice: "Third Young Master... I told you that you can't go out at will."
Zhang Ruoyuan didn't look back, just waved his hand and said: "A friend's visit does not count as a casual outing."
…
Half an hour later.
The window seat on the second floor of Yunhe Tower in the inner city.
After the two chatted and drank for a while, Zhang Ruoyuan's expression suddenly became serious.
"Brother Chen, I am usually ignorant and incompetent, so it is understandable that I failed.
But you are a Jinshi scholar, how could you fail in the county examination?"
Chen Che shook his head slightly.
That was the cause and effect left by the original owner of the body, and he didn't have a deep obsession with it.
Moreover, someone who can manipulate the county examination to cheat is definitely not an ordinary person. With his current ability, if he is pursued rashly, it will only lead to disaster.
Zhang Ruoyuan sneered at this.
"Hmph! Brother Chen, I know even if you don't tell me, there is something wrong with this county exam!
Forget about others, that idiot from the Yang family could actually be admitted as a scholar. Isn’t that nonsense?
Don’t worry, after the teacher comes back from his study tour, I will go to the teacher with you and ask him to seek justice for you!”
Chen Che did not answer the question.
Today he came to Zhang Ruoyuan to seek ways to make money, not to seek justice.
After pondering for a moment, he tentatively asked: "Brother Zhang, what are your plans for the future?"
Zhang Ruoyuan's face fell instantly when he heard this, he shook his head helplessly and said:
"Oh, I have no plans.
You don't know, yesterday the family suddenly divided two shabby shops for me to take care of... If nothing else, they must have decided that I am not good at studying.
From now on, my task will probably be to guard these two shops, get a wife and have children... and then see if I can give birth to a promising son for the family."
"Shop...what shop?"
Chen Che's eyes lit up.
"A small restaurant and a teahouse can earn more than ten or twenty taels a month. What's wrong?"
Zhang Ruoyuan asked.
Chen Che did not rush to answer, but pondered for a moment, and then said: "Brother Zhang, I have read a miscellaneous book before, which introduced many unique dishes, as well as some methods of running restaurants and teahouses...
If you run a restaurant according to the method described in the book, I think there will be a lot of potential!"
Zhang Ruoyuan was quite surprised when he heard this.
In his impression, Chen Che only knew how to read and was indifferent to other things. Why did he seem to be a different person today and actually talked about running a restaurant?
After thinking for a moment, he reacted.
"I understand, Brother Chen! I will pay ten taels of silver for your book!"
As he spoke, he took out his purse and placed it directly in front of Chen Che.
"I only took eight taels with me when I went out today. I will make up for the remaining two taels for you tomorrow."
In fact, he didn't expect to get any recipes or useful business tips from Chen Che.
In his opinion, if a scholar with a proud temperament like Chen Che suddenly talks about how to do business, it is most likely because he is short of money.
As a good friend of Chen Che, he naturally cannot remain indifferent.
Chen Che looked at the money bag on the table and pushed it back without thinking.
"Brother Zhang, I appreciate your kindness.
I am indeed short of money now, but if my things are of no use to you, then I will not take your money."
As he spoke, he began to introduce to Zhang Ruoyuan several recipes for special dishes in his previous life and some experience in the operation and management of hotel restaurants in his previous life.
Zhang Ruoyuan didn't care much at first, but as Chen Che explained in depth, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he couldn't help but sigh in admiration from time to time.
…
A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Ruoyuan took a deep breath and looked like he had benefited a lot.
"Brother Chen, that miscellaneous book you read is really a strange book. I was a bit presumptuous when I paid ten taels of silver just now."
"Brother Zhang is laughing."
Chen Che smiled faintly.
Putting aside extraordinary power, the world's level of development remains at the stage of feudal society.
He used the business methods he learned in his previous life in this world, which was simply a dimensionality reduction attack.
Of course, he still had reservations about Zhang Ruoyuan.
And what he wants is a stable way to make money, not a one-time deal.
Seeing Zhang Ruoyuan's eagerness to try, he struck while the iron was hot: "Brother Zhang, you and I are both frustrated people now, but should we never recover from this?
I feel that success in this world is not just about studying and gaining fame.
Although now the family does not value you and has even given up on you.
But what if you could run those two stores successfully?
No one in this world would mind having too much money.
When the time comes, the elders in the family will definitely look at you with admiration!
You can also raise your head again in the family, don’t you think?”
Chen Che painted cakes and made Zhang Ruoyuan's blood boil.
"Brother Chen, you are right! Anyway, there is still one year until the next county exam, why don't you come and help me?
We brothers are of the same mind, and our strength is as powerful as gold!
Don’t worry, if we can really run these two shops well, I will definitely not treat you badly!”
In excitement, Zhang Ruoyuan directly grabbed Chen Che's hand.
Chen Che nodded heavily, then the two of them looked at each other, smiled, and started drinking again.