A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 35 Erlang Shen (Please add to your favorites and vote with monthly tickets!)
"Sanlang, what do you need the silver shop for?"

After Zhou Kejin left satisfied, Li Delong asked, puzzled.

Li Weizhou naturally couldn't say that he planned to use modern handicrafts to disrupt the Daqian Silver Shop market in the future.

It has a tenfold advantage in cost alone, not to mention the advantages in technology and production efficiency.

It's no different from dumping.

Handmade gold and silver jewelry that you find online also has a good market on the other side of the world.

Find more skilled artisans; you'll make a lot of money in the future.

Li Weizhou felt that he had underestimated the discerning eye of the wealthy. Although his gold shop did not do well at first, the jewelry delivered to the shop quickly became in short supply after it was first discovered by someone by chance and quickly bought.

While Li Weizhou thought the difference was minimal, and even felt that the handcrafted ornaments from Daqian were not as exquisite as those made by machines on Earth, wealthy people had long recognized the quality of the goods.

It is said to be an extremely exquisite and authentic ancient gold-making technique!
It should be noted that the gold in the Daqian region is at most 23K, and usually only up to 22K, which is far inferior to the 24K pure gold there. It has a reddish color, so it is called red gold.

Even so, it remains a hot commodity.

It's not that they don't use traditional gold-making techniques on the other side of the world; jewelry made using these techniques costs ten times more to process than jewelry made using ordinary techniques.

However, according to those high-end clients, Baibaolou's ancient gold craftsmanship is unique and possesses a great deal of ancient charm.

Although Li Weizhou couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he looked...

But he believed that the exquisite craftsmanship of industrial gold and silver jewelry from Earth, polished by high-end machine tools, would definitely sell well in Daqian.

The wealthy people on both sides have good taste!
Therefore, a jewelry store is quite necessary. Li Weizhou had already opened a jewelry store on Guanyinqiao Pedestrian Street and was planning to open one here as well, but unexpectedly, this happened...

However, when asked by Li Delong, Li Weizhou hesitated for a moment before saying, "This is my mother's last wish."

Li Delong: "..."

In short, it shuts down all possible angles of inquiry.

Li Chang'an was concerned about: "Do you have that much money to manage? A jewelry store probably requires a lot of capital."

The answer was simple: "Before Sister Qi left, she gave me a sum of money."

The three members of the Li family suddenly felt a little short of breath and almost simultaneously tugged at their collars.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Is there really such a big difference between men?

Looking at the long line of homeless people waiting for porridge not far away, I suddenly felt a little better...

Fortunately, they weren't the worst off.

Li Weizhou changed the subject, asking, "Brother, what kind of license do I need if I want to sell alcohol?"

Li Changping carefully inquired, "Is it brewing wine or selling wine?"

Li Weizhou pondered for a moment and then said, "We brew wine and sell wine."

Li Changping said, "To brew wine, you have to buy government-issued yeast, and when selling the wine, you have to take two percent of it."

That's simple...

However, Li Delong reminded Li Weizhou, "Wait a bit. There are many disaster victims now, and food is scarce everywhere. Nobody knows if the drought will continue next year, so we dare not open the granaries casually. Running out of food too early will cause a big mess. If you buy a large amount of grain to brew wine now, it will not only attract attention, but also make people covet it."

Li Chang'an chuckled and said, "It's also bad for one's karma."

Li Weizhou thought for a moment and said, "No, I won't buy any grain. My sister Qi has already stored up a lot of grain."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the three members of the Li family lit up. In a year of great disaster, grain was more precious than gold!

Li Chang'an lowered his voice and asked, "How much? Is it enough to feed two hundred people for a year?"

Their voices even began to stir with barely suppressed excitement.

Seeing his reaction, Li Weizhou asked in surprise, "What's wrong? It's enough, but it's not..."

Li Chang'an grabbed his shoulder and asked again, "Where are the three hundred men?"

Li Weizhou nodded and said, "That's enough. Sister Qi bought a lot in advance and stored it all up. It's enough to feed five hundred people, enough for a year."

At worst, he could work hard all night and fill a few rooms in the house that Qi Erniang left him with wheat.

Upon hearing this, Li Delong took a deep breath and, without saying another word, went back to talk to Zhou Kejin.

Coincidentally, Zhou Kejin was the clerk of the household registration office, and he was responsible for dividing and managing the displaced people.

Five hundred people is too many, it's risky. Li Delong only needs three hundred people!

Three hundred servants! And they're private slaves, exempt from taxes and corvée labor, the kind you can kill and control at will. That's enough to make Li Weizhou a top-tier powerful family in Qingzhou City! What glory it would be if the two Li families of Qingzhou Prefecture were to rival each other!
Who can rival us?

Li Chang'an was also excited. It seemed that Qingzhou City was really going to belong to the Li family!
……

Mountain city, outside Sichuan.

School of English.

That's quite interesting. Sichuan University of Foreign Languages ​​is located in Chongqing.

The School of English was formed by merging the original Department of English and the Department of English Language and Culture. Although the school has always claimed that although AI can perform language translation, it still cannot compare with humans in terms of in-depth understanding of language and grasp of cultural connotations.

Because foreign language professionals, through systematic learning, are able to gain a deep understanding of the grammar, semantics, and pragmatics of different languages, and accurately grasp the cultural, historical, and social background behind the language.

But the reality is that the job market for language majors is beyond difficult; it's downright hellish...

After all, even someone who doesn't know a single word can scan a QR code with their phone and then accurately translate a passage of English text.

Simultaneous interpretation services from companies like iFlytek have left countless language students feeling utterly hopeless...

In March, a professor majoring in language at a prestigious 985 university in East China urgently sought help because the employment rate for graduates of that major was only seven percent...

The difficulties involved are self-evident.

Therefore, a high-paying job is quite precious when it comes along.

Even if this job has some outrageous requirements...

"Xiao Rui, are you really going? Changzhou is so far away. We're taking the high-speed rail to do tutoring... and it's a man in his twenties, what if..."

Inside the dormitory, a girl with shoulder-length, slightly wavy hair, which added a touch of femininity, spoke with concern.

Xiao Rui is a short-haired girl. Unlike long-haired girls who appear petite, Xiao Rui's stature can be described as "strong" among girls. At 1.72 meters tall, she is not very tall, but her broad chest makes her look a size larger than girls her age.

But this kind of "strength" is not fat or bulky, but rather a kind of maturity.

Her short, ear-length hair was meticulously cut, and her face was very fair. She had an oval face that didn't quite fit the trend of internet celebrities, with natural and soft lines.

The eyebrows should have been simply trimmed; they're not willow-leaf eyebrows, but rather beautiful eyebrows with a natural look.

What stands out most are her bright, large eyes; it's not just the beauty of her eyes, but also the expression in them.

Beautiful women usually have cold, guarded eyes, but Xiao Rui's eyes were different. Her eyes always held a warm, sincere kindness that made her likable.

It's obvious that she comes from a very wealthy family.

Hearing her friend's words, Xiao Rui laughed nonchalantly, "He gave Lao Zheng his ID card, phone number, and home address, and asked him to make the arrangements. Lao Zheng also said he knows this person; he's the owner of the Baibaolou Gold Shop near Guanyinqiao. Rich people can be silly sometimes, but not this silly. Don't worry, Song Jia, besides, I also prepared this." She took out a pepper spray.

Old Zheng was their counselor. He was honest and kind, and quite lucky. He married a local rich girl, and they didn't have to worry about a house or a car.

I bought my wedding gold jewelry at Baibaolou. I happened to run into Li Weizhou, who was delivering goods that day. We chatted for a bit, and that's how we got to know each other...

The long-haired girl, named Song Jia, still asked suspiciously, "With such a high salary, how can one not worry..." But her expression quickly became interesting again, and she chuckled, "Could it be that you know about our school beauty Xiao's reputation, so you're looking for an excuse to get close to her?"

Xiao Rui laughed and said, "Didn't you see that others require overseas experience, familiarity with the customs and culture of America, Canada, and Australia, and the ability to be a guide? That alone eliminates so many people. Besides, the quality of business English instruction is already quite high." She glanced at her watch and added, "Let's go, the high-speed train is about to leave. If you're too scared to go, I can go by myself."

Song Jia cursed, "Damn it, what nonsense are you spouting!" As she spoke, she picked up a bag from the side, but then began to make a wish: "Maybe it's a super handsome guy, you be the big one, and I'll be the small one!"

Xiao Rui wasn't annoyed at all, and even laughed and said, "Hey, what's big or small? Let's discuss it! I'll count to two, you count to three!"

Song Jia chuckled.

……

Inside the villa in Changzhou, Li Weizhou sat in front of his computer. On the screen was an Excel spreadsheet with rows of numbers listed in detail.

Outsiders naturally couldn't understand what these numbers represented, but only Li Weizhou knew that each number represented the blood he had drunk that day.

There are further distinctions, such as the percentage of pig blood, cow blood, sheep blood, and the blood of chicken, duck, goose, and pigeon...

But what puzzled him was that the amount of blood he had "swallowed" was increasing day by day. It was not just a sea, but almost a lake of blood. Why was it like a bottomless pit that accepted everything?
How can I drink my fill as quickly as possible?

Sigh, drinking alone is too slow. If only I could be in a clone...

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Li Weizhou suddenly felt a tremor in his brow... no, not his brow, but somewhere in his mind. Then his brow felt itchy. After a while, Li Weizhou suddenly stood up, took two steps to the sink, and saw a "Erlang Shen" standing there in the mirror.

A bright red, bloodshot eye grows between the eyebrows!

A strong aura of evil...

At the same time, the doorbell rang at the villa's gate, and his phone also rang...

……

(End of this chapter)