Lu Xuan said angrily: "What do you mean?"

Humiliating Gu Wuyou means humiliating this time traveler. Although he, a native, has had a miserable life, he is currently being protected by me, okay?

Middle-aged man: "Those who are qualified to cooperate with the Shangguan family are all reputable families. Do you think that inexplicable cats and dogs can negotiate cooperation with us? So your only choice is to sell the secret recipe to the Shangguan family."

Lu Xuan: "It's really clever and plundering."

Middle-aged man: "Wrong. Stealing directly is called plundering. Our Shangguan family doesn't even bother to do that. Just give us a price and we'll buy the secret recipe."

Yes, this is similar to what Qiu Guofu meant before.

Lu Xuan looked at Gu Wuyou.

To be honest, Lu Xuan really didn't have much interest in getting rich. She just wanted to improve her life and get rid of the bad luck of sleeping on the floor. But she drank some chicken soup and persuaded Gu Wuyou, who really wanted to get rich so as not to be laughed at when he went home.

I'm afraid you won't be able to make a fortune by selling the secret recipe all at once.

Gu Wuyou pondered.

The middle-aged man decided to increase the stakes: "If you are interested, as the general manager of the Shangguan family, I, Xu Qing, can take the initiative to open a soap workshop for you. You will be the owner of the workshop and be responsible for the production of soap. The wages will be similar to Shopkeeper Qiu."

Lu Xuan curled his lips and ignored him.

Gu Wuyou: "They won't even spare our people if they co-author."

"Wrong again." The middle-aged man, Xu Qing, the general manager of the Shangguan family, calmly clarified, "She was the one I invited. It's nothing to do with you."

Gu Wuyou: "Why?"

Xu Qing: "Excuse me, is the secret soap recipe yours?"

Gu Wuyou: "We are sworn brothers and sisters."

Xu Qing: "I'm not interested in the relationship between the two of you. What I care about is the secret recipe of soap, and this secret recipe is passed down from ancestors and has nothing to do with you. She is willing to support you after she has made the decision. That is her freedom."

Gu Wuyou looked at Lu Xuan and said, "Let us discuss it."

"Okay, just give me the answer before I leave." Xu Qing turned to Qiu Guofu, "Shopkeeper Qiu, are the accounts ready?"

Xu Qing is here to check the accounts.

Before, the clerk was busy in the backyard, and the shopkeeper was looking at the store. Because today is the day of reconciliation, the goods must be sorted out for the convenience of the general manager.

As for Miss Sun coming with her, Qiu Guofu didn't expect it in advance.

The head of the family, Shangguan Yun, who is also the Taoist Taoist leader, has always intended to train his granddaughter Shangguan Yi to take over the family affairs. But this Miss Sun, who is more than 20 years old, works very fast and is too restless, and the rest of the family

Neither agrees.

Of course, no one dares to comment on the family head's decision.

Gu Wuyou stood up and led Lu Xuan to a corner.

Gu Wuyou: "Why don't you be in charge? According to my observation, the Shangguan family shouldn't be that bad, and they won't give up all the time... No, what I mean is that even if they master the method of making soap, they won't be able to make soap all the time.

Kick you away. Since you are suffering with me, the person in charge is a cadre, right?"

Lu Xuan: "What about your plan to make a fortune?"

Gu Wuyou smiled bitterly: "After drinking the chicken soup, people still have to face reality. In fact, even I don't believe that I can get rich..."

Lu Xuan: "If this adventurer helps you, you will be able to do it."

Gu Wuyou: "You and I are not relatives, so why do you have to suffer with me?"

Lu Xuan: "Isn't it my pleasure?"

Gu Wuyou: "Pindao has been accustomed to hardship since he was a child. You haven't been able to sleep well all night. Do you really think I didn't notice it? You yourself said that you came with me because you needed a guide. Now that you can gain a foothold in Yujing City,

You don’t have to endure hardship, but you can also gradually become familiar with our world. It’s the best of both worlds.”

Lu Xuan hesitated for a moment: "I hate that Shangguan Yi, does that count as a reason?"

Gu Wuyou: "Don't act like a child, okay?"

Lu Xuan: "But I'm just a child."

Gu Wuyou: "We agreed to more than twenty, but you're older than me?"

Lu Xuan: "As my body becomes smaller, my psychology will of course be affected. Besides, how cheap am I to work for Shangguan Yi?"

Gu Wuyou: "She is not the head of the Shangguan family."

Lu Xuan waved his hand: "No need to persuade me. In short, it is impossible to work part-time. It is impossible to work part-time in this life. I just need to invent some soap and glass to maintain this kind of life."

Lu Xuan is not making excuses.

Even if she didn't hate Shangguan Yi - the latter was actually very innocent, and it was not her fault that he had the information - Lu Xuan would not be able to be the owner of a workshop.

You are both an adventurer and a time traveler, so you will lose a lot of money by working part-time.

If he could really calm down and live an honest life, how could Lu Xuan secretly max out his father's credit card, buy a spaceship and go to heaven?

This is actually similar to Gu Wuyou's master and apprentice.

The old Taoist and Gu Wuyou knew that the Shenxu Sect was completely ruined and that the world didn't even recognize Taoist priests, but they clung to their status as Taoist priests and refused to live a down-to-earth life. This is how euphemistically called cultivators should be.

Similarly, as an adventurer, Lu Xuan also hates work.

No matter how miserable you are, you must keep the last bit of dignity.

On the other hand, Shangguan Yi also had some objections to the decision made by Manager Xu.

"Manager Xu, why did you let that firewood stick take charge?"

Xu Qing: "Miss Sun doesn't like her. She just doesn't interact with her. Besides, being in charge is not cooperation. She is tantamount to becoming a vassal of the Shangguan family. A person you hate has to be under your jurisdiction from now on. Wouldn't it be nice?"

Shangguan Yi was stunned: "What you said...seems to make sense!"

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his mood instantly became comfortable.

…

"We have discussed it." Gu Wuyou looked at Xu Qing, "She doesn't want to work for the Shangguan family, and she won't sell the secret recipe."

Xu Qing was very calm: "It's a bit regretful, but I respect your choice."

"No!" Shangguan Yi was anxious. If Chai Huo Stick doesn't take charge, how can he be under her jurisdiction? The fun of scolding him every now and then is gone. "You can refuse the Shangguan family's decision if you want to?"

Lu Xuan opened his mouth to refute Shangguan Yi.

Gu Wuyou waved his hand to signal her to stop talking.

"I would like to ask out of curiosity, are your Shangguan family members of the royal family?"

Shangguan Yi: "What do you mean?"

Gu Wuyou: "His Majesty, the Emperor, cannot force others to do anything. Could it be that the Shangguan family is better than the Emperor? Doing business is a matter of mutual consent. We don't want to sell the secret recipe to you. What kind of law have we broken?"

Shangguan Yi replied no.

This is the truth, but in Shangguan Yi's memory, no one dares to reject the Shangguan family - at least ordinary people don't dare.

Of course, the premise is that the Shangguan family's proposal is relatively reasonable.

For example, in today's incident, Xu Qing was not just trying to steal the secret recipe. He was not only willing to spend money to buy the secret recipe, but also provided Lu Xuan with a position as the head of the workshop. For the common people, the secret recipe can make a lot of money and benefit in the long term.

Good deal.

Well, it's definitely not as cost-effective as cooperation.

But as Xu Qing said, not everyone can cooperate with wealthy families.

The most important thing for wealthy families is face. Relatively speaking, they don't pay much attention to wealth, because on top of gold, silver and jewelry, there are more precious things, such as magic weapons and elixirs.

In a sense, wealth serves face. If you cooperate with ordinary people who don't know what you mean, other wealthy families will be laughed at if they find out.

Xu Qing: "It doesn't taste sweet if you force yourself to do it, and my Shangguan family will never force anyone to do anything. Since you don't want to betray the secret recipe, you two can leave."

Shangguan Yi looked angry, but said nothing.

"excuse me."

Gu Wuyou cupped his hands and asked Lu Xuan to leave.

Qiu Guofu was very disappointed, but Xu Qing was the general manager of the Shangguan family, and he had to accept any decision made by his direct leader. In fact, a shopkeeper like him, who was in charge, was not qualified to meet the head of the family.

After watching Gu Wuyou and Gu Wuyou disappear, Xu Qing slowly said: "Shopkeeper Qiu, have you ever watched the process of making soap by those two people?"

"Uh... my subordinates didn't watch." Qiu Guofu thought for a while and said tentatively, "But the list of raw materials they wrote at that time only had a few ingredients, including fat meat, wine, and, yes, plant ash."

"In other words, can you deduce the production method?"

"What the steward means is..."

Xu Qing: "Lard is not a rare thing, but no one has found that it can clean dirt. Obviously, plant ash is the key. The general context has been clearly understood. They don't sell the secret recipe, so we can study it ourselves."

Qiu Guofu hesitated: "Isn't this bad?"

Although there is no patent law in China, plagiarizing other people's secret recipes is not a glorious thing after all.

Qiu Guofu never thought about plagiarism, otherwise he would not have been angry when Lu Xuan said that. But now that Manager Xu wanted to ask him to deduce and experiment with making soap, Qiu Guofu felt very bad.

Shangguan Yi didn't say anything, but the expression on her face showed that she didn't agree either.
To be continued...