Section 1205 Rumors (1)(1/2)
"Have you heard of it?"
"The curved plow made by Zhang Chiyou seemed to have used some evil method. Wang San from the neighboring village suffered from a strange disease because he used the curved plow..."
In a small village outside Chang'an City, a sneaky man quietly approached an old woman playing with her children under a tree and said.
"Is this impossible?" The old woman frowned and looked at the visitor without much confidence: "Luo Erlang, where did you hear it?"
"I heard from the neighboring village..." The man said firmly: "If the aunt doesn't believe it... I can't do anything..."
The old woman looked at the visitor suspiciously. Luo Erlang was a famous idle man in the village.
Nowadays, as long as he is willing to work hard, he will not worry about not being able to find a job or not filling his stomach, he is one of the few Yu Zi in the village who is still like the past, wandering around all day long, eating and drinking.
Even his brothers were far away from him.
However, because of this, his information channels are always more informative than others.
Most of the villagers’ understanding of the outside world was brought back from outside through this person’s words.
Therefore, the old woman is skeptical.
Out of the women's caution and decades of experience in life, the old woman did not care about distinguishing the authenticity and hurriedly took her children home.
Her family could not afford the crooked plow worth thousands of dollars.
But during the spring plowing this year, her two sons and daughter-in-law spent 100 yuan to rent a bell plow from the five doctors of the village, Luo Sheng, and rented a plowing ox from the government to help with the plowing.
Not to mention, as soon as the Quross plow and the ox were used, the 70 acres of land in the family were plowed in just three days.
The ground was sown deep and long, and the millet and wheat seeds sown in spring were so happy.
It was almost time to harvest. The pavilion chief said that the village land this year can get at least four or five stones of grain per acre.
In the past, the old woman didn't think much about it, but thought it was the emperor's wise and wise ministers who helped her.
But now, after hearing Luo Erlang's words, she couldn't help but feel panic.
There is no way, I would rather believe that there is than that there is nothing, because most old women like her are the philosophy of life.
Carefulness, timidity and cowardice are their common characteristics.
So, the old woman no longer cares about the truth.
She just wanted to go home quickly to sacrifice to the gods and pray for blessings so as to eliminate disasters and solve problems.
This is also the first reaction of an old woman like her.
Luo Erlang looked at the old woman and hurriedly took the child home. He laughed happily, took out a few Wuzhu coins from his pocket, and turned around in his hand: "I finally earned my capital back!"
Then, he clenched his fists and shouted in his heart with great excitement: "Next, it's time for me to get rich!"
He thought about the job he introduced to him as someone he knew.
I felt happy and full of joy: "After I became rich, I must build a big house in the village, just like Dr. Jia's house, and then buy the best silk, and ask the tailor to make a robe and wear it on it, it will be extremely majestic!"
Imagining the beautiful life after wealth, Luo Erlang couldn't help but drool.
There is no way, he can't help but look forward to it.
People like him like this are the jobs that make money the most.
This job was introduced to him by Chen Wan, a Chang'an native whom he was familiar with, and Chen Wan was the younger brother of the Chang'an great hero Chen Jin.
Rounding can also be regarded as a job issued by Chen Jin.
This life is very simple, just ask him to go to various village pavilions outside Chang'an City to spread some words such as "there are evil things in the curved plow, and those who use it will get sick or even die."
Every time someone tells you, you can get a five-zhu coin.
But...
Chen Wan said that to prevent someone from taking on work from being lazy and not doing it, and to ensure credibility.
Therefore, you have to pay a deposit before taking the job.
If someone like him takes up the living people from several nearby village pavilions, he will have to pay a deposit of at least five hundred yuan.
Of course, just spread those words throughout the nearby pavilion.
Then, the deposit will be refunded together with the remuneration.
Chen Wan calculated that as long as he worked hard, he could do this in three or five days.
Then you can get a reward of at least 500 yuan!
His elder brother went to build channels for the government last year. He worked so hard that he was exhausted. After deducting the food expenses, he only got only 400 yuan in wages!
And he can make so much money in just three or five days!
Thinking of this, Luo Erlang suddenly raised his lips happily, and his whole body was full of energy.
So he ran around the village pavilion without stopping, and found an opportunity to speak his words to the old women.
It took only three days to spread the rumor that "there is evil in the Quyuan Plough" throughout the surrounding ten miles and eight villages.
Now, he no longer needs to take the initiative to talk to someone.
The women have already started to talk spontaneously.
Between the village pavilions, people looked at the curved plows, corn and wheat, and their eyes were a little strange.
Although no one has publicly discussed or proposed to destroy the crooked plow and shovel the wheat and corn, in private, almost every family has worshipped the gods and prayed for blessings.
Seeing this situation, Luo Erlang was satisfied and happily turned to Chang'an. In a wine shop, he found Chen Wan who was drinking and talking to others.
"Sanlang! Sanlang!" Luo Erlang pulled Chen Wan aside and told him excitedly: "I have done what Sanlang asked me to do the day before yesterday! In the Jia Township, everyone knows that Quyuan Plough is evil, Xinfeng wheat and millet people will get sick if they eat too much!"
Then he rubbed his hands and looked at Chen Wan with anticipation.
Chen Wan smiled and said to him: "Good job! Erlang!"
"I heard that there are thousands of people in the Jia Township!"
"You have made more than 1,000 yuan in these three days! I'm afraid the shopkeepers in Dongcheng City are just like this!"
As he said that, Chen Wan wanted to ask someone to withdraw money to settle the compensation for Luo Erlang. However, he suddenly remembered something and called the servant who went to withdraw money and said to Luo Erlang: "Erlang has to wait... After all, this matter is empty and I have to ask someone to collect evidence... Otherwise, if the noble man who paid the money knew that I had not checked it, he would give it as he pleased, and he would probably kill my elder brother!"
Luo Erlang did not doubt that he was because Chen Wan was Chen Jin's younger brother, and Chen Jin was a great ranger in Chang'an City. He was with him a great merchant with a net worth of tens of millions and a nobleman with a worth over a thousand stones.
There are no millions in the house, but hundreds of thousands in the house.
How could such a person lie to him?
Luo Erlang agreed: "Sanlang just sends someone to verify it!"
"Yeah!" Chen Wan nodded and said, "This matter is not urgent..."
"However, it may take two or three days to verify..."
"Erlang is idle these days?" Chen Wan looked at Luo Erlang and carefully tempted: "Don't you want to take advantage of this time to make more money?"
"Erlang! You have to know that now, I don't know how many people want to take on this life!"
"I also saw Erlang's hard work, so I woke up!"
"Seize this opportunity and make more money. Otherwise, if you miss it, you won't know when and when will it take such a good time to make money next time!"
When Luo Erlang heard this, he felt it was right, so he nodded repeatedly and said, "Thank you for your praise! Thank you for your praise! I will go back now and tell the people of Lintong County that these things will be known to the people of the entire Lintong County!"
There are about 7,000 households in Lintong County, with a population of about 40,000. Even if it is only 10% of them, it will be more than 4,000 yuan, which is more than his elder brother’s income from working hard in a year!
"Erlang goes..." Chen Wan smiled, took Luo Erlang's hand, and said, "But... this deposit is a rule, and the rules cannot be broken!"
"Erlang only paid a deposit of 500 yuan last time and did more than 1,000 yuan. This has already broken the rules!"
"Now, if Erlang wants to take on another job, I'm afraid... this deposit can't break the rules anymore!"
"But I don't know how much deposit Erlang is willing to pay this time?"
Luo Erlang listened, his face was full of confusion. With his IQ and arithmetic level, it was naturally difficult to figure out the logic here as soon as possible.
And he was also blinded by the desire for profit, and his mind was full of the idea of making money easily.
IQ and reason were immediately cut to negative numbers.
So he gritted his teeth and said to Chen Wan: "Sanlang, wait for me for half a day, and wait for me to pay for the money! For the work in Lintong County, please leave at least a thousand households for me!"
However, Luo Erlang started fighting and went home to hide his elder brother in the secret compartment of the cellar at home, intending to pay the deposit for him to marry his wife.
The money was more than 4,000, which was hidden by his elder brother, who spent more than four years saving money from his teeth and hiding it.
In the past, Luo Erlang was even more reluctant to make the money.
But now, in order to make money, to develop, and to make his eldest sister-in-law no longer despise him, Luo Erlang no longer cares about this.
Chen Wan listened, laughing so hard that her mouth was about to tilt, and she said to Luo Erlang: "Erlang goes, go by yourself!"
Luo Erlang naturally bowed his fists and then rushed home regardless of the scorching sun.
Chen Wan looked at Luo Erlang's figure as he walked away, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became even stronger.
At this moment, Chen Wan's eyes looked like an old farmer looking at the leeks in his own leek field again.
"Sanlang..." Someone walked to Chen Wan and whispered: "Madam has an order, tell Saburo to prepare for going to Jiaozhi as soon as possible!"
To be continued...