What is the concept of sixty taels of silver? An ordinary person would have to work for about ten years to earn so much, which is not a small sum.
Now, as far as Chen Mu is concerned, he has completely escaped from the poor class with one word and one painting.
Yelang County was quite lively that day, especially the literati group.
When the government sent someone to announce that the pen and ink had been found and there was no need to come back, it didn't cause too much trouble. After all, there were people outside, and these people were convinced.
When they learned from people that the name of the person who received the silver reward was Chen Mu, everyone was first curious about who this person was. After all, there were only a few talented people in the county, but they had never heard of Chen Mu.
Of course, except for Hu Tuo from Bi Mo Bookstore, even if he hears this name, he would rather believe that the person who received the bounty is another person.
If Chen Mu, who had even passed the child examination, really won the first prize in one fell swoop, where would they be able to put their reputations as talented scholars?
But just as he was standing in front of the shop door, shaking his head in denial, Chen Muhao happened to pass by.
Before Hu Tuo could get distracted, Chen Mu walked up to him with a half-smiling smile, and the next moment he heard his "Ouch" sound.
He placed the box on the ground dramatically, opened it, and patted his shoes.
"There's so much dust on the shoes."
After saying that, he closed the box and walked away, leaving behind only the skin that was burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
Looking at Chen Mu's back, Hu Tuo was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.
Chen Mu may be able to deceive people, but the money in the box is not. It is unimaginable... that the bounty that everyone else missed out on was actually taken away by this poor scholar!
Hu Tuo felt that his world view was instantly overturned. He also went to pick up rewards, but was invited out halfway through.
If I can't do it myself, why can this guy?
Chen Muchai could guess Hu Tuo's mood at this time. He knew human nature very well.
If he admires someone whose status is higher than his, he will admire him; if he has the same status, he will envy him.
But if it is a person whose status is far lower than him, he will never agree with it and will only find various excuses to excuse himself.
For example, the young master of the Qi family is also a mediocre person who cannot recognize the real thing.
The more he thinks like this, the more comfortable he will feel. If he wants to feel more comfortable, he has to seek the approval of more people. As for other people's psychology, it is exactly the same as him.
One pass to ten, ten to one hundred, and in less than half a day, everyone from the top to the bottom knew it, and they were all chatting and ridiculing Chen Mu for his bad luck to meet such an ignorant dandy from the Qi family.
Children.
The whole city was scolded, and the literati in the city suddenly felt balanced. Because of this, Chen Mu became completely famous in Yelang City.
Of course, this is exactly what Chen Mu wants. Otherwise, there is no need to deliberately show off to Hu Tuo.
Just like those Internet celebrities in previous lives, no matter whether they are playing tricks or playing cheap, as long as they become famous, profits will follow.
Next, if you open your own bookstore and run it a little bit, you are at least 80% sure that you will make money, and everything is under control.
On this day, Chen Mu walked around the entire Yelang City, not just for wandering around, but mainly to look at the shops. In ancient times, there was only a real economy, so the location of the storefront was extremely important.
The rent, size, location, flow of people, population consumption level, etc. are all important.
Today, the biggest competitor in the city is Wang Zimo's Bi Mo Bookstore, which has two stores, located in the west and south of the city.
Chen Mu's current strength is limited, so he doesn't dare to go head-to-head with the industry bosses. It's okay to hide in the cracks to survive. Once he becomes the leader one day, he will definitely be suppressed.
Therefore, Chen Mu mainly focused on two places in the east and north of the city.
The northeastern part of the city is where civilians live. Compared with the courtyard buildings in the southwest part of the city, it looks like a poor area and a rich area.
Therefore, high-end stores like Bi Mo Bookstore would not look down on this place at all.
This also gave Chen Mu an opportunity. In his business blueprint, the core idea was to build a sinking economy and focus on the low-end, so that the poor could afford to buy books and study for the money of renting books.
This is the case for most businesses, where high-end and low-end coexist, such as Pinduoduo, JD.com, Erguotou Moutai, and Shaoxiancao Mixue Bingcheng.
It's just that printing has not yet been invented. The cost of copying by hand is too high and it cannot be low-end, but Chen Mu can.
It was not until the afternoon that Chen Mu found a shop at a cross street in the east of the city. However, the price was cheap, so Chen Mu bought it for ten taels of silver that day.
Now that I have money, I am so willful. I like that when I first went there, I was looked down upon with squinting eyes and thought I was a poor loser, and when I gave money, I was so respectful that I almost gave it to myself.
By the time the Yamen completed the house title deed formalities, it was already approaching dusk.
Thinking that he would be renovating a house and hosting a banquet for the folks tomorrow, Chen Mu went to buy a few more kilograms of meat, and then walked towards a clothing shop.
This is how people are, once they have the ability, desire will slowly grow. Although it is just buying a piece of clothing, you can tell the autumn by a leaf, but it is the beginning of desire.
Chen Mu bought a few men's rough clothes, and carefully selected a Zen suit of good quality for Liu Si. After all, living in the village, it would be out of place to buy something too flashy.
At this point, we walked leisurely out of the city towards the sunset.
Even though it was almost dark, the Chen family was very lively at the moment.
If you look towards this place from the top of the hill outside the village, you can see the shadows of people in the fenced courtyard, dozens of people holding torches, and the noise and shouting can be heard throughout the village.
"Pah! Pah!"
Several rounds of applause resounded throughout the courtyard.
"Damn widow! Wasn't she very fierce last time? Where did that little beast Chen Mu go?!"
In the center of the hospital, Liu Si stood there gingerly, his face already blushing from the slaps he received one after another.
The person who pinched her neck was none other than shopkeeper Liu who was beaten away by Chen Mu that day.
Although this man was just an old coffin maker in the village, when he was young he was a well-known gangster in eight villages. If he hadn't been older, he would not be engaged in such a serious life.
The dozen or so people behind him are all around 40 or 50 years old, probably all of them were his close friends when he was young.
Even though he is now in his fifties or sixties, it seems that his appeal is still there. He brought so many people here today, naturally they are here to find Chen Muchou.
Seeing that Liu Si kept silent, shopkeeper Liu yelled and cursed, and the next moment he was ready to slap him again.
"What's the point of hitting a woman? Come on, come on!"
The one who yelled and cursed was none other than Chen Jianghe, but at this time he was also pinned to the ground by several people.
After shouting like this, shopkeeper Liu actually stopped, walked up to Chen Jianghe expressionlessly, and then stepped on his face firmly.
Just like crushing a bug, Chen Jianghe rubbed it hard. It happened that Chen Jianghe's other face was pressed against a convex rock. He screamed and screamed after these few kicks, and his skin was inevitably scratched.
"It's a good thing that you've been in the street for a long time, so you haven't brought harm to your family. You don't care about the ethics of the world. No wonder you're still making coffins at this age."