They were not fools.
On the contrary.
To be able to get to the position of Duke.
How could they not know these things?
But Zhang Feng did not know their identities. If he knew, he would not dare to say so.
The key problem was that the boy did not know yet!
From the perspective of a businessman, Zhang Feng was really maximizing his own safety and their safety by doing so. He did not want them to become the target of the aristocratic families' anger.
But it was different this time.
This time.
They only needed to think for a moment to realize that Paper's interests were not something that a few Confucian scholars could handle.
But Zhang Feng was just minimizing the risk.
As for whether Zhang Feng had a backup plan, they did not know yet.
But after talking for so long, this boy did not seem to give them anything!
Zhangsun Wuji narrowed his eyes, the chopsticks in his hand knocked on the plate, and said, "Fengzi, you have talked for so long. Even if you give us a little of this paper, it will be easy for us, right? Such a good thing, do you think we should give it to you or not? We want to take some back now. "
While speaking, Zhangsun Wuji sighed and said with a bitter smile, "To be honest, last night, my wife was angry because of Paper Blank. That was why we quarreled for the whole night. She asked me to take some back!"
"You also know that women have nothing to do, so all they do is follow the people in the market and compete with each other. Previously, when Jia Chongzi came to the mountain, all the neighbors knew about it. Now, there's Paper Bai, but we didn't know about it. This has made my wife lose face. If I can't bring her back today, I …"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.
They all came up with the trick of injuring themselves.
"That's right, Fengzi. My wife is a famous tigress. Last night, I was drinking with Lao Li and the others. That guy rushed in, twisted my ear, and dragged me home. Look at my ear, look, how red is it?"
Cheng Yaojin pointed at his blackened earlobe and twisted it before saying.
Zhang Feng was so embarrassed that his cancer was acting up.
"Isn't that so? Look, all of us were drinking together last night. Ever since Old Chen's shrew came, almost everyone came. This made us lose face! "
Zhang Feng pursed his lips as he listened to their bitter drama.
He said in a speechless manner, "Everyone, now that I've distributed the profits of the paper mill, why don't you all just take it yourselves?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Then, he stood up and ran away in ecstasy.
Zhang Feng hurriedly called out to the few people and said, "However, the paper for these four great scholars every month has to be provided by you all!"
"Why?"
"Didn't you just say that it would come from your share? How did it become … "
Everyone was instantly displeased.
Two hundred pounds of paper per person per month. Although it wasn't much, it was still money.
But Zhang Feng didn't care.
If he had to pay for everything, wouldn't he suffer a huge loss?
"I don't care about that. You've all seen it for yourselves. What little I have is only enough for the daily expenses of the academy. How can I have any more? You don't want the reputation of the academy to be tarnished because there's no paper to use, right? If outsiders know that I, Zhang Feng, only care about selling paper to make money and don't care about the use of the academy, what will the world think of me? "
Everyone heard this and pondered for a moment. Wei Zheng asked, "Why do you need so much paper?"
"Printing textbooks, students' daily writing practice, homework, which one doesn't need paper?"
Wei Zheng opened his mouth.
He really didn't understand what this academy was teaching.
It was completely different from what was taught in any academy in the Great Tang.
What kind of academy would need so much paper?
And such white paper?
Wasn't that cheap straw paper good to use?
Wasn't wooden planks good to use?
Why did they have to use such good white paper? If they weren't prodigal, what were they?
Wei Zheng sighed. "Well, since that's the case, the paper for the four of them can be counted as ours. Let's go take the paper home now. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if we get back late."
As they spoke, they hurried off again.
Li Chengqian and the others also took the opportunity to slip away.
They had no choice. If they didn't go, these masters probably wouldn't even be able to enter the door of the paper mill. How could the old village chief personally guard the door, who valued paper more than their lives?
If they went like this, it would be strange if their legs weren't broken.
Zhang Feng looked at them in a hurry and was speechless.
But at this moment.
Yuchi Gong seemed to have thought of something.
He hurried back again.
"Fengzi, I have something to discuss with you. What do you think?"
Zhang Feng stared at Yuchi Gong with some vigilance. After observing for a long time and finding nothing unusual, he said, "Tell me about it."
"Well, don't worry about anything. I just think that my son is in the academy, right? I want him to follow you. What do you think? In this way, if anyone wants to bully you, they can guarantee that they will beat up whoever you point at. There's also a boy surnamed Niu. That boy is not bad. He's a good fighter! "
So, you're treating my place as a thug concentration camp?
You beat up whoever you don't like?
Then can I let your son beat you up?
Without waiting for Zhang Feng's reply.
Yuchi Gong had already rushed off to chase after Wei Zheng and the others. He said from afar, "It's settled then! Tonight, I'll let them stand guard for you! "
"Go, go, go, go away. Lao Tzu, this is the academy! The academy! It's not a thug concentration camp, nor is it a bandit den. If you dare to get it, I'll pack it up and send it back to you! You're not allowed to take half a step into the academy! "
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