Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 221 Buying a Tea Plantation

"There is also the matter of the tea garden." Guan Lehe said again, "Because I have to write letters to Beijing and other places to discuss with other adults, so it has been delayed until now to make a decision. Because the mountain behind the academy is relatively barren, the county The price you asked for here is not high, so we pooled our money to buy it, and we plan to plant tea leaves according to your suggestion."

After a pause, he looked at Du Jinning with apologetic eyes: "It was I who praised your fried tea before they agreed. That is to say, if the academy planted tea trees, you had to use your fried tea recipe But don't worry, we can't take your benefits for nothing, everyone decided to spend money to buy it, 700 taels, what do you think?"

Speaking of this, the apology in his eyes became even stronger: "Of course, 700 taels of silver to buy a secret tea recipe is indeed too little, but because the tea mountain was bought by everyone for the academy, not for the family to make profits, so I really can’t give you much. But I also helped you fight for it. If these families grow their own tea and want to use this fried tea recipe, each family needs to give you another 700 taels of silver.”

Because of Du Jinning's cleverness and maturity, as well as his business acumen when he opened the teahouse, he didn't treat Du Jinning as a child, and explained: "Originally, if the tea gardens of the academy and the tea gardens of those families are asked to contribute one or two For you, your income will be higher.

But we protect you for a while, but we cannot protect you forever.In the beginning they will give it to you for the sake of face, but later on the profits will increase, and the money for one or two cents will be quite a lot. At that time, they will do something to save this money. "

There is no need for the women and children of your family to put themselves in danger for that little money.Since you have a recipe for making tea, and you spend money to buy hilltops and plant tea trees, wouldn’t it be good to make money yourself?That's why what I fight for you is silver instead of share. "

He looked into Du Jinning's eyes: "Do you understand what I mean by that?"

Du Jinning nodded, and made a deep bow to Guan Lehe: "I understand, thank you teacher for being so considerate for my student. I am very grateful."

Seeing that Du Jinning understood his good intentions, Guan Lehe was very pleased: "In a few days, I will give you the money when I get it."

"Teacher, if it's convenient, can you ask your housekeeper to help me buy a hillside outside the city with the money? While planting tea in the academy, I might as well plant tea trees." Du Jinning rubbed his head in embarrassment asked.

She didn't want to bother the Guan family, but she had no connections or connections, so it was really not easy to find a suitable place.But the Guan family is different. They know exactly where there are fields and mountains for sale in Lishui County, and there are foreign stewards raised in the mansion who specialize in this.

"Okay." Guan Lehe said with a smile, "It happens that our Guan Mansion also plans to buy mountain tea, so you can buy it with us. But do you really want to buy mountain land for 400 taels of silver?"

"No need, just buy 600 taels." Du Jinning said.

She's not that careless.Although Lishui County has many mountains and little land, it is difficult to buy good fields, but it is easy to buy hillsides.But the academy was established by a joint venture of aristocratic families in Lishui County. Now that she has this tea recipe, the huge profits from tea sales are in sight. How can these aristocratic families let it go?I will definitely rush to buy tea trees planted in mountainous areas.With her small arms and legs, does she dare to compete with a pack of wolves for food?I didn't grab the food I didn't have, and I was hated by others.

Although she is Guan Lehe's disciple, she is not Guan's family member.Guan Lehe is not the head of the Guan family either.Once she has a major conflict of interest with those aristocratic families, the Guan family may not necessarily tear themselves apart with other families for her.So it's better to be sensible and don't be so greedy.

Furthermore, the mountains are not expensive, and the silver is valuable. 600 taels of silver can buy half a hillside.She doesn't have much manpower, let alone someone to manage the tea garden. If she buys too much area, she will only cause trouble for herself.

Doing what you can is the smart way.

"Even if your family wants to buy tea trees to grow tea, it will only produce a small amount next year. Don't rush to give me the 700 taels of silver. It won't be too late when you ask me to teach tea making." Du Jinning said again.

Guan Lehe nodded, but did not insist.The tea hasn't been grown yet, let alone made, and the family won't give Du Jinning 700 taels right now.When he said that just now, he also planned to put the money on his own first.But since his little disciple is like a mirror in everything, he doesn't need to do anything unnecessary.Anyway, it's time to urge the family to give Du Jinning the money.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Du Jinning said goodbye: "If you have nothing to do, sir, I will go back first."

"Go." Guan Lehe looked at the sky outside and thought about Yan Cen's incident, but he was still worried and called a servant to escort Du Jinning back.

During the break the next day, Du Jinning went to Yuan Xiuzhu's place.Yuan Xiuzhu was getting old, and apart from giving some guidance to these students before the county examination, he seldom attended classes in the academy.But he took the county test in February, and he has spent a lot of time in the academy recently.No, right now he is sitting in the yard basking in the sun while looking at the homework written by the students in Class A.

"Mr. Yuan." Du Jinning stepped forward and called softly, seeing him looking towards him, he quickly saluted.

"Hey, you kid." When Yuan Xiuzhu saw Du Jinning, he beckoned her over and asked her, "What are you doing hiding in class B? Your head Guan Shan also told you to study for two more years before joining the county class. Try. According to me, you have to be famous as soon as possible. You sign up quickly, and this year you will go to the scientific examination with Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze."

"Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze are going to take the county exam?" Du Jinning asked in surprise.

She is now dawdling in class B, and after school, her mind is full of business skills, she really never thought about Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze's participation in the county examination.She didn't ask, and those two didn't even say anything, it's really unreasonable.

"Guan Jiaze originally planned to give it a try this year. Qi Muyuan was still young, and his grandfather wanted him to study for two years before taking the exam, but Qi Muyuan didn't know what stimulated him and said he wanted to give it a try this year. His homework It's better than Guan Jiaze, it's no problem to be a scholar. At first, he was worried that he would become famous early and be killed by others. But since he has such a heart, it's not good to stop him, so his grandfather agreed."

After Yuan Xiuzhu finished speaking, he looked at Du Jinning jokingly: "How is it? Your little friends have all passed the science exam, and they will be scholars by then. You are still dressed in white, and walking with them is like a dwarf. How about you? You can go to the exam together. Based on your performance in the entrance exam that day, it is no problem to bring back a scholar. With the status of a scholar, Yan Cen and others dare not do anything to you."

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