Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 368 Let's go together

Lu Xiaobei suddenly became happy.

He wanted to do his own thing, but he was worried that Du Jinning didn't have anyone suitable to help her.If Zhuang Yue could come to Du Jinning's side and assist Du Jinning wholeheartedly, he would be able to do his own thing with peace of mind.

"You write a letter to ask Wang Lusheng to come back. Even if Uncle Zhuang comes over by then, it is impossible to continue to be the shopkeeper of the teahouse. Wang Lusheng has almost experienced it now, let him come back and work with Uncle Zhuang for a while, so that he can rest assured when Uncle Zhuang is here. , he happened to take over the job." Du Jinning said.

"Okay." Seeing that Du Jinning could understand what he meant without much effort, and quickly arrange things, Lu Xiaobei was very happy.

In order not to let others gossip about Du Jinning, Lu Xiaobei and Zhuang Yue were very careful, and decided to take this matter slowly, planning to do it when Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze went to take the college exam.

Wang Lusheng came back a few days later, and after he came back, he worked with Zhuang Yue, and by the way helped Lu Xiaobei make arrangements for his engagement.

From betrothal engagement to marriage is a long process, and it has to go through three media and six recruitments, and the battle line is very long.Now that he has been hired, there is nothing else to do in a short period of time, so Lu Xiaobei began to busy himself with preparations.

The first is the approval of Chayin.

Because tea has many medicinal effects, such as aiding digestion, dispelling greasy and reducing fat, and providing vitamins, the herding people in Northwest China are indispensable to tea. "It is better not to eat food for three days than to drink tea for one day."Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the rulers have controlled tea and exchanged tea for horses to strengthen their own troops and prevent and control the "horseback nation" in the frontier.Therefore, tea cannot be bought and sold among the people at will, and the government needs to buy tea tea and pay heavy taxes to the court.

Although Qin Lao Liu is in charge of the tea garden under Du Jinning's name, Lu Xiaobei handles all the tea buying and selling by himself, so he has a close relationship with the stewards of the Qi and Yuan mansions.He is also a person who is very good at sociability, so he didn't need to disturb Qi Bokun and Yuan Xiuzhu, and he got the tea invitation he wanted only through the stewards of the two houses.

With Chayin, he began to buy tea leaves.

Since he intends to work alone instead of helping Du Jinning, he naturally has to follow the rules.Not all the tea produced in the three tea gardens of Qi, Yuan and Du was transported to the capital. Some of the average quality tea would be retailed in Lishui County and Fucheng, and some would be purchased by tea merchants and shipped to other places for sale.

Doing tea business is not just about buying and selling, but also about brand management.If you want to promote the brand of fried green tea, you can't just focus on the immediate interests.Casting a wide net, allowing merchants to transport tea to all parts of the country, expanding the reputation of fried green tea and enhancing the influence of fried green tea is the long-term plan and the best choice.

This is also Du Jinning's sales strategy.

Therefore, even though it was the connections and connections of the Qi and Yuan families to transport the tea to the capital for sale, the managers of the Qi and Yuan families did not dare to complain or despise Du Jinning's hitchhiking behavior in the slightest.They have been in business for a lifetime, and they are very accurate in judging people.Du Jinning has such a business acumen and long-term vision, even if he does not take the imperial examination, he can make a fortune in the business world.

Selling a little favor to such a person, and helping them out, will benefit the Qi and Yuan families.They are not so short-sighted.

Du Jinning, in addition to gaining the respect of Qi and Yuan's two stewards, also gained the right to name the brand.

Although most of the famous and high-quality teas are named after regions, their tea gardens are not only in Lishui County, so Du Jinning shamelessly gave his name to the tea brand, directly calling it "Jinning Green Tea" ".

The method of making this green tea was brought by her from later generations, so it is understandable to name it after her.

Later, when high-yield rice was bred, she would call it "Jinning rice".

You have to be so shameless to earn reputation points.

She was also charged with the crime of beheading and ransacking her house. It would not be a bad thing to earn more reputation points, and it might save her life at a critical time.

Lu Xiaobei got the tea quotation, bought tea from three tea shops as a tea merchant, came to Du's house to say goodbye, met Du Fangling, and hurriedly followed the stewards of Qi and Yuan's two houses, and embarked on the development of the capital. the road.

Now that he decided to go to Fucheng, Du Jinning also wrote a letter to Yao Shuqi, asking him to buy a two- to three-entry house in Fucheng.

She now has more than a dozen teahouses and bookstores in Fucheng and counties under her name, earning a lot of money every day; although the tea production in the tea gardens is not much, the tea gardens that she and Qi Yuan bought in Huizhou are large. Quite abundant. At present, the only fried green tea in the country is "Jinning Green Tea". Qi and Yuan's two families have very capable shopkeepers, and the price is extremely high in the capital. The remaining taels of silver.Apart from buying two small yards in Fucheng, she had no other investment in the past six months.In this way, she has accumulated 5000 taels of bank notes.

In just two years, he went from having nothing to a huge sum of money, and he has many properties under his name. He has also changed from an illiterate farm boy to a child and a quasi-scholar. If he speaks out, it will probably cause an uproar in the county.

How much property she has under her name, only Lu Xiaobei knows, even the Chen family is not very clear.Yao Shuqi only knew teahouses and bookstores, but not the tea gardens in Anhui; the Qi and Yuan families only knew that she had tea gardens, but did not know the teahouses and bookstores in Fucheng and other counties.Neither Lu Xiaobei nor Chen shi knew how much savings she had.

Du Jinning didn't use a cashier, and with her math skills, it wasn't difficult to handle these things.Although it will take some time and energy, but she has no power now, and she decides not to reveal her wealth, keep her accounts in the hands of people, and not let anyone know how much money she has.

When she becomes powerful and her family business becomes richer and richer, she will hire an accountant to manage the accounts.

Although it is easy to do things with money, Du Jinning has a lot of demands. It took Yao Shuqi more than [-] days to write a letter, reporting the three houses he was looking forward to.

After reading Yao Shuqi's letter, Du Jinning decided to go to Fucheng.

Mrs. Chen didn't stop her, but said: "You and Wang Fulai will go together, I don't feel relieved. Well, it would be great if Lu Xiaobei was still at home."

Du Jinning rubbed his chin, and went to Qi Mansion to borrow money from Qi Muyuan: "I want to borrow money from my master and his senior brother for a few days, and I will pay them for their hard work."

Qi Muyuan glanced at her: "What are you doing in Fucheng?"

Du Jinning didn't hide his plan, and confessed frankly: "After the college exam, the head of the mountain and Guan Jiaze went to the capital, and you went to Fucheng too. I don't want to stay here, so I decided to go to Fucheng to study. Even if I can't get into Fucheng, I will I'm looking for an academy near Fucheng to study. So I want to go to Fucheng to buy a house. Shopkeeper Yao sent a message saying that there are a few houses that are not bad, and I plan to take a look."

"I'll go with you." Qi Muyuan said.

(End of this chapter)