Chapter 64: Next plan!
"There is such an operation?!"
In the Qiling space, Zhang Jiao looked at the simulated text in the book, stood up suddenly, and muttered to himself in disbelief: "This novel he wrote can actually make this stone monkey be born earlier?"
"Born from the immortal stone, it is neither a human nor a demon nor a devil, but a natural body of the Holy Spirit."
"Whose deity is behind this? The Great Emperor Shenwu? Although there is a connection, it doesn't seem like it..."
"It seems that this Journey to the West is not a random novel. It is so well matched with the stone monkey that even the Emperor Shenwu was impressed. Shouldn't the stone monkey come first and then the novel?"
"Could it be the Ming Dynasty's Journey to the West? But how did he know about it?"
Zhang Jue frowned, but saw that the words on the main table were still evolving:
[You promised the stone monkey that you would finish writing it, and at the same time stated your ambition to make the world free of typhoid fever, and hoped that the Monkey King could help you.]
[After hearing this, the stone monkey smiled bitterly and said: I am not the great sage in the book who can do everything. I may be able to use my magic power to cure one, two, hundreds, or thousands of people, but there are more than tens of millions of people in the world. How can I cure them all? This is not something I can accomplish alone. It is really a great wish.]
[You remained silent, and the stone monkey said: If you have any ideas, just go ahead and do it. I will definitely stay by your side and protect you, and won't let others take your life! ]
[You ask in surprise: As long as I don't rebel , why would anyone want my life? ]
[The stone monkey was shocked: Good fellow, are you still planning to rebel? ]
[Then the stone monkey explained to you the whole story, saying that he was not born or raised, but was just a pawn in the hands of others. He should have been born thousands of years later, but under the influence of your novel, he broke out of his cage and was born early. He must have upset those big shots, and his life was probably in danger.]
[The stone monkey said again: But since you are my benefactor, I will protect you and help you fulfill your great wish! I will never let anyone hurt you.]
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Su Che communicated with the stone monkey and was filled with emotion for a moment.
After this conversation, Su Che got a glimpse of the higher-level things in this world. Since the myth of Sun Wukong can come true, what about other myths?
Su Che had always been curious about what kind of existence the "Holy Spirit" above the mythical Heroic Spirit was. Now he had some ideas. Perhaps it was the group of people who used Sun Wukong as a pawn? Perhaps they were even more powerful than the Holy Spirit?
Sun Wukong's early birth gave him an extra bodyguard, so he didn't have to be too timid and could do some things with ease.
There is still a lot of time before the outbreak of the typhoid plague, and Su Che has enough time to prepare to prevent the plague caused by the arrival of the Little Ice Age!
The tens of thousands of taels of silver earned from writing books were enough for Su Che to carry out his next plan.
The next step is to start a business and continue to expand capital...
He is not ready to use the big move of selling glass for the time being.
Instead, I plan to sell ice cubes!
In a few months, it will be midsummer, and things like ice cubes that can cool you down will be selling like hot cakes.
There are practitioners in this world who can use magic power to make ice, but this is something only the top dignitaries can enjoy. It is not as practical as storing ice in cellars, which does not require consuming spiritual power and only requires sending slaves to do it.
But even so, ice is still not something that ordinary people can enjoy.
This presents a business opportunity.
Su Che used saltpeter to make ice. Saltpeter is calcium nitrate. When it dissolves in water, the temperature of the water will drop, thereby creating a heat difference, causing the water in the small basin to slowly freeze.
Su Che first got a large vat and filled half of it with water. Then he placed a small vat full of water into it, and then put raw saltpeter into the large vat. After a while, the water temperature gradually dropped, and soon a layer of ice formed.
As for the raw saltpeter dissolved in water, it can be refined and reused by cooling crystallization or evaporation crystallization.
When Su Che took out a piece of ice , Zhang Ying came over and was surprised to see what Su Che was holding: "What is this? Ice? How can there be ice in this weather?"
"This was extracted by me." Su Che smiled.
"This can also be refined? How is it done?" Zhang Ying asked in surprise: "What is the use of refining this?"
"Of course it's for selling." Su Che then put down the ice.
"But the question is, who would buy this?" Zhang Ying was a little puzzled.
Su Che shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course no one will buy it now, but in a few months, when it is midsummer and the heat is unbearable, people will buy it. Now we need to prepare in advance and spread the business channels, and then we can open the store."
"So that's how it is." Zhang Ying nodded thoughtfully: "Is this a business? How much money did you invest?"
"All the tens of thousands of taels you earned from writing novels should be invested in this." Su Che said calmly.
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Ying's eyes widened and she said in shock : "What? So many! This risk is too big. What if no one buys? Wouldn't all the money be lost?"
Su Che smiled and said, "Isn't this how business is done? Do you still expect there to be no risk?"
Zhang Ying looked at Su Che's indifferent expression and was shocked for a moment. This was not a small amount of money, but tens of thousands of taels of silver. He took it all out to do business? This was too bold!
There is no doubt that Su Che had a huge impact on Zhang Ying's young mind.
Zhang Ying was originally thinking that if she could marry the man in front of her and have tens of thousands of taels of silver, she would never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of her life and wouldn't have to worry about daily expenses at all. Not to mention tens of thousands of taels, even a few thousand taels would be enough and would also benefit her descendants.
However, in the blink of an eye, Su Che spent all the tens of thousands of taels! He directly used it all to do business!
This kind of courage and these methods are really not something that ordinary people can do or learn.
Seeing that Zhang Ying seemed very worried, Su Che patted her head and said, "Don't worry, you won't lose money. You may not make a lot, but you will definitely not lose too much."
"Okay..." Zhang Ying nodded, then she remembered why she came to see Su Che, and quickly said, "Oh, right! The people from the official newspaper came to see you, and asked for the latest manuscript! By the way, you seem to have been writing a lot faster recently?"
"Yeah." Su Che nodded and said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. Someone has personally urged me to update."
"Who is it?" Zhang Ying asked curiously, thinking that since he could ask Su Che to urge him to speed up the progress, he must be some important person! Could it be the county governor or something?
"It's the monkey in the book." Su Che said.
"Ah?" Zhang Ying was stunned when she heard this, then she said with a smile: "This joke is not funny!"
Su Che didn't say anything. He went straight back to his study and gave the manuscript to the clerk who was reporting on the court.
This official newspaper was affiliated with Zhengyi Dao. Su Che remembered that in the last simulation, it was them who published his story of Fenglangjuxu, so this time when he wrote the novel, he submitted it to them.
The clerk of the court newspaper took the manuscript, looked around, and then whispered to Su Che: "Sir, a big thing happened recently. The novel you wrote actually came true..."
Su Che nodded: "I know."
"Ah?" The clerk was a little surprised and said dumbfoundedly, "You know everything?"
At that moment, the official had more guesses in his mind. He smiled and said, "It's really hard for a small person like me to guess the affairs of big shots like you."
Su Che also knew that the official had probably misunderstood something, so he didn't say anything.
