Chapter 70 Opportunities come to those who are prepared
In Fanfang, the Jin people are not as good as Niu Ye Inn.
Ever since the Emperor wrote an inscription for their inn, "Royal: Beef Soup/Noodles with Flower Arrangement, Everyone Says It's Delicious!", the business has been booming. Everyone wants to try what the noodles that the Emperor praised so highly taste like.
Money flowed into their accounts like water, and the three sisters all had smiles on their faces. This meant they had established a firm foothold in Bianliang.
As a result, before the three sisters could be happy for two days, Niu Gao came with Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian, saying that they were his sworn brothers. Although they were not blood relatives, they were often together, and in terms of relationship, they were better than brothers from the same mother.
Well, here come three more big eaters. Let’s plan to open a chain of stores. We have to keep making money.
Niu Gao introduced in detail: "This is my elder brother Yue Fei, personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor to lead the vanguard battalion of the anti-Jin armed forces behind enemy lines. He even performed meritorious service in saving the Emperor a few days ago. Perhaps His Majesty will confer a title on him."
"This is the fourth son, Zhang Xian, and the fifth son, Wang Gui."
Zhang Xian and Wang Gui were stunned. "That's it! You are too heartless, second brother. Big brother has made great contributions in saving the emperor, and we are not idle either. Let's not talk about the title or anything like that. It shouldn't be difficult to be a vanguard officer or something like that."
"That's right, since you won't say more, I'm going to tell you a few more stories about your romantic affairs. The charming sister-in-law is still waiting for you. You can't forget the old one just because you have a new one."
It's really not Zhang Xian and Wang Gui who are causing trouble. The sister-in-law of Black Wind Village is quite good to them brothers. But you, Niu Gao, found three beautiful brides in the capital without saying a word. One more sister-in-law is not too many. People should have a conscience.
As soon as the two finished speaking, the temperature in the room dropped several degrees in an instant.
Zhang Xian and Wang Gui looked at Niu Gao's Shura scene with a smile. If you have the ability to marry her, you should have the ability to coax her well.
As for persuasion, I, Niu Gao, am not good at speaking, so I don’t want to try that. I’d rather just be straightforward and sleep with him.
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Shen Jiaxin, Luan Hongying and Chen Wan'er blushed. "Be serious in front of your brother. Why are you talking nonsense?"
The three sisters looked at each other, with a feeling of sharing a common hatred for a common enemy: Hehehe, if you can convince us to sleep with you, you can do whatever you want.
As they were chatting, a group of people came over, with extraordinary demeanor. Some were wearing purple robes, some were wearing red robes, all of them were important officials of the imperial court.
Niu Gao, Yue Fei and other important court officials also knew him. On the night when he was protecting Zhu Lian, Niu Gao directly pointed Katyusha at Prince Kang Zhao Gou. Everyone was impressed by this brave man.
"Niu Gao, I heard that this store was opened by your three wives." Li Gang said while making faces and emphasizing the three wives.
Everyone around smiled kindly.
Niu Gao was very proud: "Yes, I am really happy to have three wives supporting me."
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"Boss, does Zhao Ding live here?"
"Yes, yes, Lord Zhao is staying here, in room 305 in the backyard. This guest likes quietness, so he lives in the back."
"Madam, I heard that this plaque was written by the current emperor himself. This story must be very interesting. Please tell me about it."
Shen Jiaxin's face flushed instantly. She wanted to run away, but she was afraid that Niu Gao would be too careless with his words and say something embarrassing for a girl, so she had to patiently introduce them to everyone.
Wu Min stared at the symbols on the plaque, studied them carefully, and then asked, "What does His Majesty say about these symbols?"
"Yes, I was curious and asked your Majesty at that time." Shen Jiaxin then repeated what Zhao Huan said.
This is called punctuation, used to separate sentences. Just knowing it's a good thing is enough. If you don't know how to read and understand sentences, and you're confused, reading is too difficult.
Wu Min verified the words of His Majesty and his own guesses one by one, and couldn't help but smile.
Leave your name in history. I have discovered an opportunity to leave your name in history. I won’t eat anymore. What’s the point of eating? I have to hurry up and go back to ask to see His Majesty. If I can’t be the first author, being the second author is also good. It will benefit the present and future generations.
This is a major event that concerns hundreds of millions of people in the entire Song Dynasty.
Why are there so few people who read? Paper is expensive, and people can't afford to buy books.
On the other hand, if you wanted to study, you still had to consult a teacher. Modern people might assume that as long as you could read, you could just study the books. That's just assuming. At the time, there was no punctuation, and the Four Books and Five Classics, all massive works, were written in one go. Even if you could read, you wouldn't understand what they meant.
If you want to study and learn, you have to follow the old teacher who shakes his head and learns from the basics. That's why you feel that you don't know how to read, you can't understand the puzzles, and that studying is too difficult.
Wu Min thought to himself, His Majesty doesn't care about such an important matter at all, and just casually stays in an inn. Your Majesty, this is a treasure boy.
Before Zhao Ding came out, Wu Min couldn't wait to run out of the inn and head straight for the palace.
"Yuanzhong, Yuanzhong, where are you going? Aren't you going to talk to Yuanzhen?"
"I have something urgent to do and can't take care of it. Not to mention Yuan Zhen, even if Zhen Yuan Daxian came today, he couldn't stop me."
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Yuan Zhen, the Great Immortal Zhen Yuan? Not to mention, it's quite funny.
Wu Min entered the Bian Jing Palace and went straight to the Funing Palace to ask for an audience with Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan was reviewing a memorial sent by Lord Ma from the Ministry of Justice. The contents were as follows:
For some reason, there have been a lot more cases in Bianliang City recently. Looking closely, they're all fires in the accounting office and thefts in the warehouse.
Zhao Huan understood it at a glance. Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, at the end of the year, the computers and surveillance cameras in the warehouse always broke down, and most of them were beyond repair.
Zhao Huan wrote down the name of the government office and unit that reported the case, and then asked Shao Chengzhang to collect their account books for the past three years. He had been thinking about checking the accounts before, and now it seemed like someone had given him a pillow.
It's time for double-entry bookkeeping and Benford's law to come into play.
"Yuanzhong, what brings you to the palace in such a hurry? Didn't we just finish court? Do you have something new to report?"
"I dare to bother your majesty. Was the inscription on the Golden Bull Inn in Bianliang City left by your majesty?"
"I wrote this. Have you discovered the use of those punctuation marks?"
Wu Min understood: "Your Majesty really does understand."
"Yes, these punctuation marks are a great boon to the people of the Song Dynasty. They can clearly express ideas. Whether used in articles or imperial edicts, they can greatly improve efficiency and reduce misunderstandings."
"I dare to ask Your Majesty to grant me knowledge."
"Opportunities come to those who are prepared. Zizhong, you are very good."
Zhao Huan pulled out a manuscript from the table, which recorded 16 commonly used punctuation marks:
Period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, semicolon, colon, quotation marks, brackets, dash, ellipsis, emphasis mark, connector mark, space, book title marks, and proper noun marks.
Wu Min was overjoyed and wanted only to go back and study it carefully, make detailed annotations, and then follow His Majesty and leave his name in history.
"Minister, I'm leaving!"
"Go ahead, study hard! Come up with results soon."
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