Chapter 74: Suck Your Yang
The man and Rong Yin all looked towards the place where the sound came from, and saw a young man dressed as a scholar standing aside holding a folding fan with a rather arrogant look on his face. Behind him were several people wearing the same clothes as him, who should be his companions.
Noticing that Rong Yin and the others were looking at him, the young scholar said disdainfully, "Why, do you think what I said is wrong?"
The man who bought the script was not afraid. He looked him up and down and sneered, "Did you say anything just now? Why did I only hear a few dogs barking?"
"you……"
"puff."
The young man's angry voice and Rong Yin's laughter rang out at the same time. The young man's hateful gaze swept over him instantly. Rong Yin drank a sip of fruit tea, not caring about the man's angry glare at all, and said calmly: "What are you looking at? I'm laughing at the dog, not at you."
Being called a dog by two people in a row, the young scholar was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. He pointed at them and said sternly: "Do I have to be so blunt? This fish storybook, from the content to the writing style, is simply vulgar to the extreme. Not to mention compared with the saintly books, it can't even be ranked among the lowest-end storybooks. I don't know why you like it so much."
Rong Yin was not angry when his own story was criticized. Instead, he asked him cheerfully, "What kind of story do you think is high-end?"
The young scholar said, "Anyway, it's not what Yu wrote."
"I understand." Rong Yin nodded, "You are here to cause trouble."
The young scholar sneered: "You think that saying that Yu's book is not good is picking faults? With your ability to understand and your narrow mind, it's no wonder that you like Yu's storybooks."
"Haha." Rong Yin sneered and shot back, "I don't know what kind of parents gave birth to such a rude and disrespectful guy."
The young man was about to get angry when he heard this, but Rong Yin immediately added, "Hey, is someone angry? Your comprehension ability is so poor and your mind is so narrow, no wonder you even want to control whose books others buy. I say, don't be so possessive of other people's eyes and money. It's none of your business what books others like to read."
The young man was so angry that he almost exploded after being scolded by Rong Yin and unable to get a word in. When he heard the last sentence, he was even more excited: "Your words are vulgar, what a mean person."
Rong Yin: "Ah, yes, yes, you are an adult, and your butt is big, right?"
Hearing his words, the young man subconsciously covered his butt, causing the onlookers to laugh, and the shame and anger in the young man's eyes became even stronger.
"I say to you nerds, if you want to find fault, don't act so noble. Just say you don't like this storybook. Why do you have to pretend to be profound and criticize the storybook and the readers? Your purpose is written on your face. Are you afraid that others can't see it?"
The young man's face immediately became flustered when his thoughts were exposed. "I don't know what you are talking about."
At this moment, the man who had just called the young scholar a dog suddenly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, and said "Oh" in a particularly exaggerated way, "I remember now, I have seen you before, you are the son of the Qi family, and the teahouse opposite the Ji family teahouse is yours. I was wondering why you inexplicably called Mr. Yu a vulgar, it turns out you are jealous!"
Passersby said: "Because of Mr. Yu's storybook, the business of Ji's teahouse is getting better and better. The customers of Qi's teahouse have been attracted away. It would be strange if the Qi family didn't hate the Ji family and Mr. Yu."
Someone continued, "But I remember that not long ago, the storyteller at the Qi Family Teahouse also told a story with similar content to Mr. Yu's story, but because the specific plot was too bad, he was scolded by the customers and never mentioned the story again. So now Mr. Qi is just saying that the grapes are sour because he can't eat them?"
"Hahahaha, I'm afraid that's the case."
"You are still a scholar. You are not as good as others, but you don't reflect on yourself. Instead, you come to belittle others. What kind of ability is that?"
"They are wearing the uniforms of Qingshan Academy, right? Qingshan Academy actually has such disciples. No wonder it is inferior to the Imperial College in every way."
There is more than one academy in the capital, there are both official and private ones. They are all in a competitive relationship, but the Imperial College is always the boss and the target of pursuit and envy of other academies.
Now Master Qi not only lost his own face, but also implicated Qingshan Academy. The students behind him quietly distanced themselves from him and pretended not to know him.
Rong Yin had not expected that so many people would help speak up. Now he didn't even need to say a word. Master Qi, who had been exposed, was so ashamed that he wanted to dig a hole in the ground and bury himself.
But since this concerns his own reputation and that of the academy, he could not allow these people to continue to slander him, so he forced himself to speak loudly, "It's just that I personally think Yu's story is not good. What does it have to do with my family background and the academy?"
In fact, there were quite a few readers of Yu's novels among the crowd, but they didn't dare to say anything because they thought Mr. Qi was a scholar.
Ordinary people always have a natural filter towards scholars, thinking that they know a lot and what they say is right, just like modern people easily believe the so-called "expert opinions."
Therefore, even though they were angry at Master Qi for scolding them and the stories they liked, they did not dare to speak out and refute him as boldly as Rong Yin did.
Now that they have discovered Master Qi's true identity, how could they let him go so easily? Of course they let out the anger in their hearts.
"Mr. Yu's script is not good, so why is your teahouse imitating it?"
"Not only is it an imitation, but it's a very weird imitation. I think the low-end one should be the story of your teahouse."
"That's right, I've never seen anyone so shameless. Instead of slandering Mr. Yu here, you might as well go back and read some more books by sages, so that you don't end up with an empty head and not understanding the truth."
Everyone was talking at once, leaving Master Qi speechless.
He kept saying “you you you” for a long time but couldn't say a word to refute.
"You know you are wrong, but you don't know how to refute it, right?"
"Hahahaha, students from Qingshan Academy are just like this."
"Why don't you leave now? Do you want to stay here and embarrass your teacher?"
Amid the laughter of the crowd, Master Qi ran away in shame with a few classmates.
After they left, Rong Yin clasped his fists to everyone and said loudly, "Thank you all for your kind words. I am the owner of Yunduo Bakery and Milk Tea Shop, and I am also a fan of Mr. Yu's stories. If you don't mind, please accept these coupons. With these coupons, you can enjoy a variety of discounts when shopping in my two stores."
While Rong Yin was speaking, the guard next to him had already taken out a few coupons from his sleeves and distributed them to the people who had just confronted Master Qi.
Coupons are an idea that Rong Yin came up with recently. On the one hand, it is to stimulate consumption, and on the other hand, it is also a way to reward customers who spend a lot in the store.
The paper used to draw the coupons is a special paper made by the Ministry of Industry. It has not yet been circulated on the market and is a unique anti-counterfeiting design.
In addition, the coupons are beautifully painted, and most of the customers who get the coupons are not short of money, so many customers do not use the coupons, but keep them as collections.
What's even more outrageous is that they spend money buying coupons everywhere in the hope of collecting a complete set.
As expected, rich people have different preferences.
This news has spread throughout the capital. It can be said that the price of the coupon now exceeds its value itself.
The customers in the bookstore can just turn around and sell the coupons to the wealthy. It's no different from picking up money on the street, especially a huge amount of money.
Those who had not spoken up to help just now regretted it. If they had known there would be such benefits, they would have cursed along as well!
The person who got the coupon smiled so hard that his teeth showed: "So you are the owner of the bakery and the milk tea shop, you are really a handsome man."
This is not just a compliment for the sake of complimenting, Rong Yin's appearance is indeed the most eye-catching in the crowd.
Another person holding a coupon also said, "Even you, the boss, like Mr. Yu's storybooks. This shows that Mr. Yu's writing is good. How can it be vulgar?"
Rong Yin boasted without blushing, "Mr. Yu's story is the best story I have read in recent years."
Someone laughed and said, "Hey, do you think reading Mr. Yu's novels will improve our luck? Look, we just got a coupon from our boss."
Everyone laughed: "That's the truth."
Rong Yin just smiled when he heard it and didn't take it seriously, but what he didn't know was that not long after, what happened in the bookstore was spread out.
Afterwards, apart from the fact that Master Qi was ridiculed for a long time and was almost kicked out of Qingshan Academy, the most widely spread piece of news was that Mr. Yu's books would bring good luck to people.
Some people bought a book with a try-it attitude and found that things really went much more smoothly during that period of time, and some difficulties they encountered were easily solved.
As a result, the news spread more and more outrageous, attracting many people who did not read the storybooks to rush to buy them, making the storybooks, which were already hard to buy, even harder to come by.
But these are all stories for the past. Now the atmosphere in the bookstore is peaceful and the clerk has taken over the three storybooks that the man wanted.
The man held three storybooks and the discount coupon given by Rong Yin in his hand. After saying goodbye to Zong Zhengxiao and Rong Yin, he turned around and left.
But he had just walked a short distance when the bookstore clerk caught up with him, handed him a new book, and whispered to him, "This is a gift from a customer in the store, thanking you for your support."
After saying this, the waiter hurried back without waiting for the man to react.
The man didn't understand, but when he opened the cover of the book and saw the words "Yu Mou" written in beautiful ink that was not yet completely dry on the title page, his heart skipped a beat.
The author of the story, Mr. Yu, was just in the store!
Rong Yin's scripts would occasionally include a few illustrations he drew himself, which would often have annotations on them.
印刷的字體和戎音的字跡不同，但插畫和标注的字體是原模原樣的，算是給讀者的一個驚喜，所以男人第一眼就認出了這是魚某的字跡。
他并沒有懷疑這是有人刻意模仿魚某先生的筆跡給他寫的，因為他有一種感覺，他方才在店裏肯定已經見到魚某先生本人了，只是他不知道而已。
男人沒有回身去找夥計問給他書的人是誰，既然魚某先生不願表明身份，他又何必去叨擾，平白毀了魚某先生待他的一片真心。
書店裏，宗政逍低聲問戎音：“不怕他回來找你？”
戎音笑道：“我看得出來，他不是那種人。”
方才男人走後，夥計從書架後面翻出了一本不小心掉到縫隙裏的話本，戎音花錢買了下來，并借用筆墨，給自己的那位書粉送了個親筆簽名。
夥計是老實人，讓他送書傳話他就只送書傳話，沒有偷看戎音寫了什麽，是以他并不知道戎音就是話本的作者。
等了一會兒，書店的掌櫃才姍姍來遲，其實戎音今天是來找他的。
來到裏間，掌櫃的拿出一本空白封面的圖冊，笑眯眯地遞給戎音：“最近這批貨質量特別好，我專門留了一本給你，方才發生的事夥計都跟我說了，魚某先生可是我最尊敬的人之一，你維護了他，這書我給你打個八折。”
魚某的話本爆火，給書店帶來了不少的收益，掌櫃的自然尊重他。
戎音也不跟他客氣，笑着道：“那就謝謝掌櫃了。”
見他付完錢拿着畫冊就要走，掌櫃的問：“小公子不驗驗貨？”
戎音擺手：“不用了，我信得過掌櫃你。”
掌櫃的道：“放心，絕對符合您的要求。”
等戎音離開後，掌櫃的才想起了什麽：“欸，跟在小公子身邊那個男人是誰啊？長得還挺俊，就是不愛說話，果然，好看的人只跟好看的人做朋友。”
馬車上，好看的宗政逍問好看的戎音：“還特地親自過來一趟，你買的究竟是什麽好東西？”
戎音一臉神秘地沖他眨了眨眼：“晚上咱倆一起看。”
宗政逍：“……”
他好像有點猜到那是什麽了。
之後兩人又去巡視了自家售賣紙張的店鋪，看着生意還行，但因為不像面包店和奶茶店一樣具有獨特性，再加上紙張消耗得不如食品快，客人自然也不如那兩家店多。
宗政逍這邊的紙雖然質量好，但崔家的紙更便宜些，所以大部分貧窮學子的第一選擇依舊是崔家紙。
不過對紙張要求高一些的學子，還是會到宗政逍這邊的店鋪來。
看見自己生意不如崔家，宗政逍不但不氣餒，反而還欣慰地笑了起來。
“這就是我想要的結果，讓貧寒讀書人能用得起紙，讓紙張不再成為桎梏我的枷鎖，至于收益，有就是錦上添花，沒有也無妨。”
戎音道：“不怕，就算紙張生意入不敷出，還有我呢，我養陛下你。”
宗政逍故作柔軟地靠在戎音肩上：“那阿音可得努力賺錢，養我可是很費錢的。”
“啊？”戎音苦惱地道：“我可以棄養嗎？”
“你敢。”宗政逍冷冰冰道：“你要是敢抛下我，我做鬼都不會放過你。”
戎音：“你變成鬼後報複我的方式會是吸幹我的陽氣嗎？”
宗政逍起身，捏住戎音的下巴，凝視着他的眼睛，“要不要現在就試試？”
“好啊。”戎音摟住宗政逍的脖子，湊到他耳邊低聲道：“不吸幹不許下馬車。”
宗政逍重重地吻了上去：“遵命，我的阿音。”
等到回到宮內，下馬車時，戎音是雙手捂着臉躲着駕車的侍衛走的。
他嘴都被親腫了，臉也紅撲撲的，一看就知道他和宗政逍在馬車裏做了什麽。
唉，口嗨一時爽，社死火葬場。
侍衛也很識趣，沒敢往戎音那邊看一眼，其實他們這些人接受過專業的訓練，眼力耳力都很出衆，所以兩位主子做了什麽，他們其實一清二楚。
這事兒陛下也知道，唯一被蒙在鼓裏的只有小主子，不過沒有陛下允許，侍衛是絕對不會多嘴告訴小主子的。
夜晚，洗漱完畢，宮人退出去以後，兩人一起窩到床上，看起了戎音白天買的那本畫冊。
“其實我買了什麽，你已經猜到了吧。”翻開前，戎音看向宗政逍。
宗政逍沒否認：“很好猜，因為你當時的表情很……”
戎音瞥他：“很什麽？”
宗政逍挑眉，含笑：“很可愛。”
“你最好真是這麽覺得的。”戎音攥拳，“不然定要讓你嘗嘗我沙包大的拳頭是什麽滋味。”
宗政逍接道：“甜的，又不是沒嘗過。”
想起宗政逍經常親自己的手，戎音有點不好意思了，哼哼道：“不跟你說這些了，看畫冊看畫冊。”
在完成第一次結合後，宗政逍和戎音就把宮裏藏的畫冊和戎音買的那本都仔細研究了一遍，并且親身複刻了裏面的大部分內容。
不過那些畫冊整體來說比較保守，姿勢都不算出格，戎音看了幾遍就覺得有點膩了，這才請書店掌櫃重新幫他尋一本新的。
翻開畫冊不到十分鐘，戎音就明白掌櫃的果然并無虛言，這批貨的質量是真的好，沒白費他那幾十兩銀子。
光是一個秋千就有那麽多玩法，都能出一個系列了，特別是攻方站着受方蕩秋千過來那個姿勢，看得戎音臉皮爆紅，緊張得止不住咽口水。
他慢慢合上了畫冊。
宗政逍聲音低啞地問：“不是才看了幾頁嗎？怎麽就合上了？”
戎音看向他：“真要繼續看？要看的話你能讓你大兄弟消停點嗎？頂到我了。”
宗政逍聞言也不忍了，搶過畫冊丢到旁邊，摟着戎音的腰就将人給撲倒了。
趁着戎音歡愉得神志不清時，宗政逍想趁機說服他在屋裏也弄個秋千，但戎音還沒色令智昏，狠狠拒絕了。
其它的可以試試，唯獨這個不行，不然他以後還怎麽正兒八經地坐秋千。
宗政逍表示失望，為了填補這份遺憾，他今晚做得有點兇，戎音第二天走路都得扶着腰。
或許是日子過得順遂的時候，時間流速就會變快，轉眼春季過去，夏季也從指尖飛速溜走了一半。
七月，嫩玉米已經可以吃了，戎音要了皇莊六分之一的玉米，用來制作玉米澱粉。
澱粉曬幹後，又一批奶油被制作出來，衆人期待已久的奶油蛋糕終于新鮮出爐了。
之前預定的幾位，包括季家在內，是最先收到蛋糕的。
剛好其中一位家裏有老人過壽，當天便咬牙把蛋糕拿出來招待客人。
蛋糕上有用植物色素染色的仙桃，還有各種漂亮的裱花，在一桌各色各樣的菜肴中顯得鶴立雞群，剛端出來就把所有人的目光都吸引了過去。
因為蛋糕尺寸不算大，所以只有跟老壽星一桌的貴客，還有幾個孩子分得了一份。
嘗過的人就沒有說不好的，這蛋糕的滋味實在是勾人，客人們各種誇贊恭維的話聽得老壽星眉開眼笑，好似瞬間就年輕了十幾歲。
這場壽宴在京城貴人圈裏出了名，之後但凡誰家辦壽宴，席面上要是沒有雲朵面包店的奶油蛋糕，仿佛就默認格調比別人矮了一截似的。
奶油蛋糕的價格是普通面包的好幾倍，可這些人家不缺錢，所以前往雲朵面包店預定蛋糕的人絡繹不絕。
可壞就壞在，這奶油蛋糕不是有錢就能買到的，面包店一天只出售一個蛋糕，還需要提前預定，為了這一個名額，有人豪擲千金，有人争着争着差點打破頭。
後來有人通過走後門，也就是巴結功臣集團的人，成功以僅高出原價兩倍的價格就搶到了名額。
消息傳出來後，功臣集團的人再次城了達官貴人圈裏的香饽饽，就連世家那邊的人，也曾厚着臉皮前來求過。
功臣集團的人有了面子，平時出門走路都帶風。
但其實只有他們知道，預定的名額要給誰是戎音在做主，之前那個便宜的名額，是戎音好心，拿出來給他們造勢的。
不過看着功臣集團的人地位逐漸水漲船高，宗政逍也沒忘了敲打他們，別太過得意忘形，做下什麽不該做的事，省得被人家算計了，到時候哭都沒地方哭去。
衆人也明白，如今世家還在旁邊虎視眈眈，宗政逍幫他們提升地位，但他們要是中了世家的陰謀詭計連累了宗政逍，那才是真正的對不起他。
所以功臣集團的人高興的同時，也不忘記對家人耳提面命，絕不可借着自己的身份為非作歹，做出危害百姓社稷的壞事。
在奶油蛋糕在京城上流圈子大火的同時，宗政逍的聲望在百姓間繼賣低價紙後，又攀升了一個高度。
因為肥料的作用顯現出來了。
The winter wheat has been harvested, and the spring wheat and rice are also growing remarkably well. The ears are dense and full, and each grain is full of juice. You can tell at a glance that the yield will not be low after it matures.
When the winter wheat was harvested, the villagers found that even the relatively poor fields had doubled their yield per mu.
Those villagers who had applied fertilizer to all their fields were grinning from ear to ear, while those who had used little or even no fertilizer at all due to doubts were regretting their decision to the point of bitterness.
Because there had been cases in the past where people were jealous of other people’s good crops and destroyed other people’s crops in the middle of the night, so those who had good crops at home asked their children to watch over them during the day and let an adult sleep in the fields at night. In short, they did not want the family’s hard work for a year to go to waste at the last stage.
The estates of various powerful and wealthy families also achieved a good harvest, except for the Li family who had argued with Zong Zhengxiao in the past.
What's even more unfortunate is that this year the Li family not only did not have a good grain harvest, but the output was even lower than last year.