15 Meeting the Corpse Ghost

"Hurry, hurry, hurry. I woke up late today. The morning class has already started."

"Actually, we're not children anymore. We've already learned everything that we need to learn. There's no need to come to the academy every day."

"We need to leave a good impression on the headmaster."

"That's true. I read the scriptures every morning as revision."

"Indeed."

"By the way, Brother Wang, it's normal for me to be late, you've always been diligent and hardworking. How did you end up late today?"

"I'm ashamed, I had too much fun last night and woke up late. "

"Tsk, tsk. Brother Wang, don't joke around. Didn't your wife return to her hometown to visit her relatives? You didn't go to the brothel yesterday either."

"It's not my wife. The night before yesterday, I was returning home from the brothel and met a lady in front of my house. She came to Tonglin County to seek marriage, but her relatives had long moved away. Now that she has no money on her, she's temporarily staying at my house."

"Oh?"

"Hehe."

"Haha, you are really blessed!"

"Thanks!"

As the two of them spoke, they passed by Lu Zheng and quickly entered the county academy.

The night before yesterday, the girl...

Lu Zheng stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the scholar in the moon- white robe. He felt that his energy was bad.

But...

Lu Zheng heaved a sigh of relief. If it had its eyes on someone else, didn't that mean that he was safe?

Master Mingzhang said that corpse ghosts wouldn't usually stay in one place for long after harming a human.

"Pa!"

Lu Zheng raised his hand and snapped his fingers. He relaxed knowing that it had another target.

Then, he quickly left the place.

When a person was unlucky, it's best for others to stay away from him to avoid being stained with bad luck.

...

Lu Zheng strolled aimlessly on the street, looking left and right. He was actually thinking about where he should start his career in the great Jing dynasty.

He had to cultivate, but he had to live in the great Jing dynasty too. He couldn't just sit around and do nothing, like that old beggar.

The profits from selling stones and weapons were indeed astonishingly high, but they could not be sold frequently.

He didn't want to be targeted.

Even if he had some success in his cultivation, he couldn't be so reckless.

Therefore, he had to have a business that wouldn't attract attention, but with a steady stream of income.

Furthermore, as a noble with high status and property, it was easier for Lu Zheng to sell modern crafts.

They were bought at a low price, and sold at a high price. 

Thinking of Master Mingzhang who still sold amulets and performed rituals, money was also important to cultivators.

Hence, Lu Zheng looked at the shops around him and pondered as he walked...

Selling salt and iron were excluded. Essential to the military and citizens, salt, iron, and most commodities were monopolized by the Imperial Court of the great Jing dynasty.

From this point alone, Lu Zheng could tell that the great Jing dynasty was still far from the end of its reign. It was definitely still at its peak.

Lu Zheng's eyes were on selling fabric.

The profits of cloth and silk were high, and they were mainly produced by small businesses. If Lu Zheng were to take the goods from the modern era, he would definitely become the number one cloth merchant in Tonglin County or even Yi State.

However, the quality of modern fabric was not superior to that of the great Jing dynasty. Lu Zheng did not have to collect goods from all over the country nor open a dye factory to dye the fabric. When business picked up, it would easily attract the attention of people with ulterior motives.

When asked, Lu Zheng wouldn't be able to explain himself.

Therefore, Lu Zheng had his eyes on two industries.

Selling medicine and candies

Although medicine was important, it was not as popular as clothing, food, housing, and transportation. The cost was not cheap, but the quantity produced would not be too large.

The modern era had large-scale plantations of medicinal herbs. The cost of ordinary Chinese medicinal herbs was very low. Lu Zheng could simply purchase them from the modern era and sell them in the great Jing dynasty.

At the same time, he could also purchase the medicinal herbs from farmers in the great Jing dynasty. It was a perfect two-pronged approach.

Although sugar was a commodity, it was not a necessity. It could be considered a luxury.

There were sugar canes in the great Jing dynasty, and there were also ways to make sugar. The price was not considered expensive. One tael of malt sugar was ten wen, and one tael of rock sugar was fifty wen. Even if the price of snacks was slightly higher, ordinary people could still afford it.

To Lu Zheng, it was a good opportunity

He could open a sugar factory and use sugar from the modern era.

It was perfect!

When he gained a foothold in the great Jing dynasty, he would get more capital and use them in the modern era.

At the same time, he could also influence more people and obtain more light of providence.

A virtuous cycle had begun!

Now that the business was set, the only problem was money.

Lu Zheng only had a little more than 100 kan left after he bought the glass lion. This amount of money was not enough to buy a factory and a shop.

Lu Zheng rubbed his chin as he thought about how to earn money. At the same time, he felt that something was not right with the plot. Didn't this book belong to the fantasy and martial arts genre?

...

"Li Niang, this flower suits you. Buy it and put it in the house to add some fragrance."

"Is that so? Thank you, young master."

A clear and familiar voice rang out. Lu Zheng returned to reality in a second.

He looked to his left and saw that he was walking to a flower shop. The man and woman who were talking in front of the shop were the scholar surnamed Wang, whom he had met in the morning.

And the ghost!

"What's going on? Can't it be such a coincidence?"

Lu Zheng had never expected that he would be so unlucky as to bump into it on the street.

Hence, Lu Zheng turned his head and walked away, pretending not to know her.

"It's almost noon. Let's go to the Liu family eatery for lunch. "

"Young Master Du Yi."

In the next moment, the protective amulet in Lu Zheng's arms began to emit a slight warmth. There was also a slight stench that lingered around the tip of Lu Zheng's nose.

"What's going on? Didn't it set its eyes on the scholar? Why is it showing me its evil intentions?" Lu Zheng's mind whirred. "Is it because I ignored it the other day, or is it because it has targeted me?"

The protective amulet in his arms grew hotter and hotter. It was only after Lu Zheng turned the corner of the street and completely disappeared from its sight that the heat from the talisman gradually dissipated.

Lu Zheng took out the protective amulet from his chest pocket and looked at it. The yellow area had become even larger.

Lu Zheng was on high alert. He took a deep breath. He was no longer in the mood to continue shopping. He decided to go home and transmigrate to the modern world.

He hastily ate some braised chicken and rice near his apartment building. Then, Lu Zheng took a taxi to the Hall of Ancient Weapons and retrieved his sword.

After some thought, Lu Zheng went to the security supply store and bought an explosion-proof shield, a net gun, and a gas mask.

It's better to be safe than sorry.