The place where the ashworms are stocked in Fuguoxi is halfway up the mountain. A simple thatched house is built along the mountain. There is a bamboo forest in front and behind, and a fence is surrounded by a fence in front and behind the house. Not far away, there is a stream, which flows here, blocked by a dike surrounded by rocks, forming a small pond. The water in the pond is extremely clear, and small fishes can be seen swimming happily in the pond.

In addition to the five family of Fu Guoxi, Fu Guoxi's wife and brother-in-law, there are four family members of Fu Guoxi's wife and brother-in-law. Two and nine people live here. The main business is to raise ashworms, and in addition, they are to make medicinal materials. Purchasing medicinal materials is the traditional strength of the Fu family, and Fu Guoxi did not give up this business to start a business.

The reproduction and spitting of waxworms and harvesting wax flowers are between March and August. The busiest thing is between March and April and August to harvest wax wax and boil wax for two or three months. Most of the other time, I don’t need to care about waxworms. I am busy and idle for a while when I collect medicinal materials. But it seems that the two families have no intention of being idle all year round.

In addition to planting a large number of trees that ashworms rely on for parasitism every spring, such as ash trees, privet trees, etc., the two families also reclaimed land on the hillsides, not only planted some vegetables in the four seasons, but also soybeans. To Mao Geng's surprise, they also planted cotton, but they were not called cotton, but Jibei. At this time, Jibei's flowers were in full bloom and they would spit out catkins soon.

Mao Geng felt that it was actually good to be a farmer in such a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers.

Of course, Mao Geng regrets the backward consumption awareness of Fuguoxi's two families. It is said that the collection of white wax wax wax wax was still a profitable industry in this era. The price of white wax wax is several times that of beeswax. Bees are also required to prevent sting. White wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax wax waxy wax

Fu Guoxi is the youngest in Fu family, but he is nearly forty years old. He has two sons and two daughters. The eldest daughter Fuzhi, who is the eldest son Fushan, is already married, his eldest son Fushan is seventeen years old, and his third son Fuzhi is fourteen years old, and his youngest daughter Fuzhen is only ten years old. The four children are all named after the name of medicine, namely Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, angelica, and privet. It is interesting to name Fuguoxi.

Fu Guoxi married Tan's woman from the Han family. Tan Songzhu, the eldest brother of Tan, was nearly fifty years old and had four daughters and one son. The Tan family had a son when they were old. The youngest son Tan Jixue was only nine years old. Three of his four sisters were married. The youngest daughter Tan Wangdi was only thirteen years old.

Both families are kind-hearted. Fu Guoxiu has always been respectful to his elder sister, so he took special care of Mao Geng and specially made a good room to let Mao Geng live. In addition, he also specially ate some wild animals such as hares and deer, which was considered to be a treat for Mao Geng.

The first two nights Mao Geng was very uncomfortable with the house filled with Chinese medicine. In addition, there were barking from time to time. It was said that it was a warning from the conscientious watchdog to various night visitors, including wild boars. This time, Mao Geng was almost sleepless for two consecutive days. Fu Guoxi saw it, so he adjusted the medicine for meditation and sleeping peacefully and took it with Mao Geng. Mao Geng only slept peacefully on the third day.

When I couldn't sleep the first two nights, I tossed and turned around and thought that I would farm well in the mountains. Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, I thought of countless plans. The first plan was to build a house by myself, even if it was a bamboo building. It was not a solution to smell the Chinese medicine every day. In addition, living outside and staying up late at night would not affect the Fu family’s Tan family.

Mao Geng imagined building a bamboo building near the stream, and putting bamboos in front of the door and behind the house, creating a landscape painting of landscape ink painting. This was what he had thought in his dream. It’s a pity that he couldn’t play the piano. If he could play the piano and play the piano in the shade of the bamboo curtain, the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties must be like this.

Then he started to laugh at himself. Now he is just a fugitive. It would be nice to have a place to hide. It is a dream to be able to be artful in such a situation.

It’s better to follow the local customs and not be busy at this moment. Everything will be said after the limelight.

When he was just a little upset, Mao Geng was not the kind of person who could speak eloquently. He was inevitably a little awkward to get along at the beginning. Fu Guoxi was rarely dialect, and Tan Xiuzhu almost didn't see him talking. The two housewives seemed a little more enthusiastic, but they were mostly polite. But Fu Gun, Fu Zhen and Tan Jixue soon became familiar with Mao Geng.

From Fugui, Fuzhen and Tan Jixue, Mao Geng learned that Tan Xiuzhu was originally a doctor, but he accidentally misdiagnosed and killed someone. This incident was common, and it was just a matter of compensation. But the other party was a local tyrant background. He took advantage of the problem and "carried the body" to the house of Tan. He insisted that Tan's life was a big money. This move was of course intended to extort a large amount of money. Unfortunately, Tan's family was already in a downturn and could not cope with such a strong man's opportunity to take the opportunity to blackmail. Later, thanks to Fu Guoxi, who provided herbal medicines for his family, this matter was settled. Tan's girl was grateful to Fu Guoxi for being chivalrous and married Fu Guoxi. Tan's doctor could no longer practice medicine in the local area, so she lived with Fu Guoxi and made some business of purchasing medicinal materials.

Later, Kang Yuliang and Fu Guoxi occasionally talked about the matter of harvesting ash wax worms with free-range ash wax. The two families started to make a living by restocking ash wax wax. The two families joined together to make a fortune. The Tan family was small, accounting for only 20%, while Fu Guoxi accounted for the majority - 80%.

Mao Geng then realized that the shareholding cooperation these days is called "Liancai and Combination". At the same time, he also sighed that everything is not good without asking about politics. In fact, there are many discomforts to be a villain.

Fugui took Mao Geng to see the ash waxworm. At this time, the ash waxworm had already started spitting wax. The ash waxworm was as small as a flea. Hundreds of small ash waxworms could live on the branches that were long with one finger. The ash waxworm sucked the sap and spit out the ash wax silk, bit by bit until the entire branch was spitting wax. The branch looked like a layer of white frost from a distance, but it was not yet that level. When the wax flowers were harvested in August, it would be full of "white frost", which was a unique scene.

On the fourth day, the fat man Fuguo Iron brought a horse team to the mountains and transported soot and carbon and white mud. In addition, he also brought a surprise to Mao Geng.

Fu Guotie wiped the sweat from his face, and handed it to Mao Geng a bunch of questions in front of Fu Guoxi, saying:

"Mr. Mao, this is the funeral that my elder sister brought to you. It looks like a hundred coins. This is what you deserve. You should accept it first. My elder sister said that you will get 7. This is the money in advance, and you should be able to get more after you have settled the accounts. That's right, Magistrate Xu had to order 108 sets of wax paper engraved in one go, of which eight were required by the county. It is said that twenty sets would be given to Shaozhou Prefecture, thirty sets would be given to Changsha, and fifty sets would be given to Lin'an wax paper,

Ink, steel plate stencil and mimeograph must be equipped. A set of wax paper costs 100 pieces and two boxes of ink. I will pay a high price according to your wishes, nine guan coins! I originally thought that it would be good to give a maximum of six or seven guan coins at most. Unexpectedly, the magistrate Xu immediately ordered his brother-in-law to give his brother-in-law 972 guan coins without saying a word. This is a good deal! It only takes 108 sets to be paid within ten days. It is necessary to make the goods tight. Mr. Mao must plan together."

When Mao Geng heard this, he thought that good things came as soon as he said that. County Magistrate Xu was really a big deal. This person’s future is limitless! He is really good at investing! - Well, it can also be called speculation. If the Song Dynasty officials do not value such considerate ministers, it would be unreasonable.

Fu Guoxi was particularly surprised when he heard this. Others didn’t know how to engrave wax paper, but Fu Guoxi could not know much about it. According to the prices of the Song Dynasty at this time, the cost of a brick and tile house was ten cents of coins. A stone of rice in Xinhua was less than two cents of coins, and Lin'an was only more expensive than four cents of coins. Haha, a set of wax paper engraving tools and materials cost nine cents of coins, and only a few things, among which wax paper can be made by themselves, but it actually costs nine cents of coins. It’s really unreasonable!

"Jiuguan! This is too expensive!" Fu Guoxi, a person who rarely expresses his opinions, couldn't help but sigh.

Mao Gengxin said that it was better to show mercy! He originally wanted to quote more than ten cents of money according to his original intention, but later he thought about it, so he should take it easy. After all, the wax paper engraving and printing is not technically high, so it would be bad for everyone to copy it.

Fuguo Railway hurriedly settled the accounts for Fuguoxi:

"It's a little expensive, and it's a lot of money to make a price of seven guan. However, if you want to print a book with a 160-page book, the carving fee will be at least 150 guan. If you print a thick book, it's not uncommon to buy a set of wax paper engraving and printing items. If you want to print a few books, you can print a few books. At most, you can buy more wax paper and ink. If you compare this, where is the price of nine guan?!"

Mao Geng smiled and said:

"The price of Jiuguan is a little higher, but this is the beginning. Of course, the price will be higher - a little higher, and it will gradually drop. The steel plate now costs three guan per piece, so you can try it, or you can reduce the cost to - half, or the usual appearance, and then it will be reduced to seven guan or even six guan, which will be profitable."

Although iron smelting in the Song Dynasty was popular at this time, most of the iron tools had to be made by blacksmiths, rather than the mass production model of later generations. Once blacksmiths' work was put on, and the price would naturally not be lower. If we follow the mass production method of later generations, the cost of a piece of engraving steel plate would not cost a hundred pieces of text, and there would be room for reducing the cost of steel plates.

Fu Guoxiu took his fat fingers and settled the accounts and said:

"It is difficult to reduce the cost of wax paper. A good page of velvet paper costs two cents, and a grid is printed and wax is soaked. One hundred pieces have to be sold at least once a day! There is also a mimeograph that needs to be sold for two jin, and two boxes of ink have to be sold for one jin, which can be sold for up to six jin."

When Mao Geng saw Fu Guoxiu's appearance of bargaining, he couldn't help but find it funny and reminded him:

"That's the future, so let's do it first--that one hundred and eight sets are serious!"

Fuguo Tie nodded repeatedly, and he was here for this.

Finally, Fu Guoxi assigned the task of making wax paper here. The original wax-making workshop was upgraded to a wax paper workshop.

Mao Geng believes that the mimeograph dedicated to the Song Dynasty court should be a bit particular, so Mao Geng had to come up with an upgraded mimeograph design, but he had to find a carpenter with superb skills to go up the mountain to cooperate. Of course, it is best to have a blacksmith, and various materials are also required.

I easily earned 100 guan and got my first pot of gold! 100 guan is equivalent to one-quarter of the annual income of County Magistrate Xu. If you want to build a house, you can build ten brick and tile houses. Finally, you have entered the Song Dynasty’s petty bourgeoisie, which is a gratifying congratulation!

Mao Geng felt that the routine of making money through farming is normal, and relying on technology to improve his economic strength can be called honest. While feeling very satisfied, Mao Geng decided from now on, he must stick to the high-quality route, make high-quality products, and make the best quality products in the Song Dynasty.

[Note: For paper, see "Embroidery, Sales Price and Market of Song and Yuan Books", details are included]

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