Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 460 Doing something again?
Seeing Du Jinning and Zhuang Yue coming in, Lu Xiaobei stood up in surprise and called out, "Master, Uncle Zhuang."

"Why are you called Young Master? You should be called Jin Ning." Chen said angrily.

"Haha, I forgot." Lu Xiaobei laughed heartily, showing his white teeth.

Everyone bowed to each other and sat down, Du Jinning asked Lu Xiaobei, "Why do you want to come back?"

Although we haven't seen each other for half a year, we have been communicating with each other.Both Du Jinning and Zhuang Yue knew about Lu Xiaobei's situation in the capital.

Lu Xiaobei didn't set up a shop in the capital to do business, but like a salesman in the later generations, he walked through the streets and alleys, and went in to recommend tea when he saw a tea shop.After accumulating the next batch of orders, he wrote to ask Zhuang Yue to deliver the goods here.

So in just half a year, the tea in Du Jinning's hands changed from being sold through Qi Bokun and Yuan Xiuzhu's channels, to gradually no longer relying on Qi and Yuan's two, and went alone through Lu Xiaobei's sales route.Because the amount of tea produced is small, the supply is in short supply.And the price of the tea sold, the profit to Lu Xiaobei is higher than that of Qi Bokun and the others.

Lu Xiaobei has strong social skills, he can talk to all kinds of people and gain the favor of others.Therefore, in the past six months, he has also accumulated a lot of contacts in the capital.At the same time, after deducting the profits for Du Jinning from the tea sold, he also made a fortune himself.

"I came back this time to set up a shop in Fucheng, specializing in silk and satin. In this way, when the goods are delivered and come back, they will not run out of space, and at the same time, I can make some profits." Lu Xiaobei said.

When it comes to silk and satin, Du Jinning has to feel that although time and space have changed, some things remain the same, such as the capital city in this fictional era.

The capitals of the Northern Song Dynasty were called Bianliang, Bianjing, and Tokyo, namely Kaifeng in later generations. Later, Bianliang was captured by the Jin Dynasty, and the Hui and Qin emperors were taken captive. Kang Wang Zhao Gou fled to Hangzhou after Yingtian proclaimed himself emperor, and renamed Hangzhou Lin'an , as the capital, this is the Southern Song Dynasty in the history of Du Jinning's previous life.

But this time and space history turned a corner. The Liao, Jin and Xixia did not become powerful, and the "Jingkang Change" did not happen. However, due to the prosperity of maritime trade that affected the economy of the entire country, the capital of the Song Dynasty was moved to Hangzhou.But Hangzhou is no longer called Lin'an, it is still called Tokyo.

Du Jinning looked through the books in the entire library of the Boyue Academy. He was already familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty. He did not find traces of traversers in the records. However, history has changed, wars have disappeared, and the economy has developed. The current Song Dynasty continues. With the grand occasion of "all nations came to Korea" in the Tang Dynasty, sea trade was frequent, and new crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, peanuts and other places native to America in the middle and late Ming Dynasty were introduced to China; the inland transportation was developed, from the capital city of Guangxi Province to Tokyo , there is a very spacious road, and you can go to the seaside through the canal and then take a boat up, the traffic is very convenient.

Although the Jiangnan area has been the main tea-producing area in China since the Tang Dynasty, there is no shortage of tea, but the tea in this era is all steamed green tea, and the taste is naturally not as good as "Jinning green tea" such as fried green tea.That's why the tea transported by Lu Xiaobei is very popular and priceless.And Jiangnan is rich in silk and satin, and Lu Xiaobei transports silk and satin back to sell, and the profit in the middle is quite considerable.

"The silk business is very good." Du Jinning said, "You can arrange the shop yourself if you have time. If you don't have time, ask Uncle Zhuang to help you."

After thinking for a while, she said again, "If the price of the tea garden over there is right, you can buy some for me." Du Jinning said, "We'll talk about the details when you leave."

"Okay." Lu Xiaobei nodded.

Everyone chatted about the surrounding area, Du Jinning saw Lu Xiaobei kept looking at the third sister, felt relieved, stood up and said to Chen Shi: "Have you asked someone to cook? I have to go back after dinner." Go to school."

Knowing what she meant, Mrs. Chen also stood up: "I ordered the kitchen, but I have to go and have a look." She said to Zhuang Yue, "Master Zhuang is eating here, and I will have a good drink with Butler Yao and Xiaobei later. .Jin Ning is young, and will have to go back to school in a while, so she can't drink."

"Okay." Zhuang Yue was not polite, he responded with all his mouth, stood up again, and said to Yao Shuqi, "I want to take a stroll in this garden every time I come back, why don't you walk around with me?"

Everyone came here when they were young, how could they not understand the reason behind Lu Xiaobei's thoughts?Seeing that Chen Shi and Du Jinning were planning to avoid it at this time, Yao Shuqi naturally wouldn't stay here to be an eyesore, and went out with Zhuang Yue after apologizing to everyone.

After leaving like this, only Lu Xiaobei and Du Fangling were left in the room.

Lu Xiaobei opened a bundle on the table, took out a brocade box from it, opened it, and found gold and jade jewelry inside.He pushed it in front of Du Fangling, and opened the bag completely, inside were several bright silks and satins.He pushed it together and said: "I brought this back from the capital, do you like it or not?"

Du Fangling was usually quite aggressive, but at this time she also blushed.

She looked at the jewelry, then at the silk and satin, and said angrily, "You ask for money for the shop, why are you spending so much money? Hurry up and take it back as capital, and you don't need to buy anything for me in the future."

Lu Xiaobei insisted, "Why do I make money? It's not for you. If you don't accept what I buy, what's the point of making money?"

All women in the world love to listen to love stories.Du Fangling knew that this was not the only reason why Lu Xiaobei made money, so when he heard this, he still felt sweet in his heart.

"If you like what I buy, I will be more motivated to make money." Lu Xiaobei said again.

Du Fangling no longer refused, said: "I made some clothes for you, and I will let the servants bring them to you later."

During the meal, Zhuang Yue talked about someone spreading rumors about Du Jinning in the teahouse.

Yao Shuqi asked Du Jinning: "Did Qi Siyu and Du Zheyan do it?"

"When I came to Fucheng, who else could I have but to make enemies with them? They saw that they couldn't deal with me in the Fucheng, so they wanted to do these crooked ways." Du Jinning snorted coldly.

"What are you going to do, young master?"

All three looked at Du Jinning.

"The main reason why they deal with me is because I have no reliance, and I'm picking up the soft ones. If Qi Muyuan won the first case of the court, and he won the No. 1 at yesterday's poetry meeting, he probably won't even have a fart." Don't dare to let it go." Du Jinning said, "So I don't play with them childish tricks like you hit me and I hit you, if you want to do it, make it big."

When Yao Shuqi and Lu Xiaobei heard this, their eyes suddenly became bright.

They followed Du Jinning to get Zhou Dongping down, so when they heard that Du Jinning wanted to make trouble, the two were very excited.

"Jin Ning, if you need me, just tell me." Lu Xiaobei said.

"You still have a lot to do yourself, and you are not needed." Du Jinning shook his head.

(End of this chapter)