Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 778 Negotiation
That night, Qi Muyuan lived in the east wing of Du Jinning's courtyard.

Because of the case of Dong's family, he can stay in Runzhou for another day.However, he didn't have much free time to go to Zhuangzi with Du Jinning on this day. He wanted to finish writing the case file of the Dong family, and hand it over to Dali Temple after returning to the capital.

The plants are growing day by day, and there is work to be done every day. Du Jinning can't let go of her work on the Zhuangzi. She is still busy with the Zhuangzi all day, and only returns to the city in the evening to have dinner with Qi Muyuan.

Although the two are not together during the day, but thinking that the other party is not far away from them, and they will see him (her) the next moment, both of them feel warm and sweet in their hearts.

After dinner, the two sat on the porch, embracing each other and watching the slowly rising moon.

"Jinning, can I tell my grandfather about your matter?" Qi Muyuan asked, "Grandpa will definitely stand by our side."

He and Du Jinning are too young, their time in office is too short, and their foundation is not stable. It is not easy to deal with Du Jinning by themselves.It would be much easier if Qi Bokun's help could be obtained.At least Qi Bokun could speak in front of Zhao Mian.

Du Jinning thought for a while, then shook his head: "Don't talk about it yet. Let's talk about it when I send my mother away and have further plans."

Qi Muyuan nodded.

"Don't worry, there are always more solutions than difficulties. As long as we work hard and have the heart, there will be no difficulties that no one can solve." Du Jinning didn't want Qi Muyuan to be troubled by this matter.

Her term in Runzhou was three years, and now only half a year has passed, and there are still two and a half years left.Now I'm worried, when will it be the end?

She changed the subject angrily, and asked Qi Muyuan, "How is the Emperor Zhang Luode doing about the sailing?"

"It's being discussed recently. I heard from my grandfather that there are quarrels in the court every day. But on this matter, the interests of the family and the emperor are the same. Jean, there is a lot of noise between you and me."

Du Jinning frowned: "This is the first big confrontation between the emperor and the aristocratic family after he ascended the throne. Whether this matter is at the emperor's discretion or under the influence of the aristocratic family, the authority of the Song Dynasty is biased towards which side. Naturally, the struggle for power is fierce."

Qi Muyuan nodded in agreement: "Even if this matter is decided, there will still be quarrels. As long as interests are involved, the situation will become complicated." He looked at Du Jinning, "At that time, your tea garden and tea leaves may be destroyed. It was recorded by people.

There are many tea gardens in Song Dynasty, but Jinning tea has become the synonym for top tea.The recent introduction of jasmine tea, coupled with the rise of the tea ceremony, has pushed Jinning tea to new heights.

Although Qi Bokun and Yuan Xiuzhu partnered with Du Jinning to buy tea gardens, the two old people were not interested in making money, nor did they want to take advantage of Du Jinning too much.Later, when Du Jinning went to the capital city of Guizhou Province to continue to expand the tea garden, they no longer participated in the tea garden business.

In other words, Du Jinning is the largest producer of Jinning tea.With the advent of scented tea, in just a few months, Du Jinning has received more than 2 taels of silver from Zhuang Yue.

Such a situation made the aristocratic family very jealous. Thinking about the next shipping, in addition to silk and porcelain, the most famous commodity is tea.If their tea leaves are not as good as Du Jinning's tea, then they may snatch the secret recipe for roasting Jinning tea from Du Jinning, or simply ask Du Jinning to sell the tea to them at the lowest price.

Du Jinning sighed: "If I have time and energy, I might as well fight wits and courage with them. It's just that I can't take care of so much now."

She squinted her eyes: "It's impossible to eat alone. At that time, whoever buys the secret recipe with money, I will sell it to them. I am afraid that they will be too greedy, so I am only allowed to sell it to them only, and I am not allowed to sell it to others. , The price given is still low, and there is no one to support me when I bully him."

"Sell me the tea garden and the secret recipe." Qi Muyuan said suddenly.

"Ah?" Du Jinning raised his head and looked at Qi Muyuan in surprise.

Qi Muyuan nodded to her: "With my grandfather around, I don't believe they dare to reach out to me."

This is a good idea.Du Jinning can also quickly return the funds before running away, and the good tea gardens will not be cheaper for others, and the fat and water will not flow to outsiders.

She smiled and said, "Are you not afraid that I will run away with 10,000+ taels of silver?"

"Scared, why not afraid, scared to death." Qi Muyuan hugged her tightly, "But if I don't stand up to protect you from the wind and rain, how can I be a man? I want to keep your heart, not your body. As long as your heart is on me, you will not abandon me."

He looked down into her eyes: "Isn't it?"

"Yes." Du Jinning nodded vigorously.

Both laughed.

After laughing, Du Jinning stood up: "I'm going to write a letter to Zhuang Yue."

Watching her walking towards the study, Qi Muyuan suddenly stopped her: "Jin Ning."

Du Jinning turned his head and looked at him.

"I'll... go back to Beijing tomorrow morning." Qi Muyuan said.

Seeing Du Jinning's surprise, he explained: "Now the conflict between the emperor and the aristocratic family has intensified, I want to go back and stay, so I can play it by ear. If you can make a contribution, your chances of winning will be more."

"Okay." Du Jinning agreed, "We will have a long life in Japan."

Hearing the words "the future will last forever", Qi Muyuan was as happy as hearing Du Jinning's pledge of eternal love.

He walked over, pecked Du Jinning's lips, and said softly, "Okay, you can write a letter."

Du Jinning entered the study, rubbed his ink and began to write a letter.

She knew that before she left Beijing, she had distributed all the business she had done in partnership with Liang Xiankuan to her three sisters, and now that she wanted to sell the tea garden, Zhuang Yue would definitely become suspicious.If she didn't explain clearly, Zhuang Yue would never easily agree to sell the tea garden.

After all, the tea garden is now a chicken that lays golden eggs.

Fortunately, there are reasons such as navigation and aristocratic family, it is not difficult to use these as reasons to convince Zhuang Yue.

That night, Qi Muyuan lived in the East Wing.

Early the next morning, he got up and had breakfast with Du Jinning, went to say goodbye to Mrs. Chen, and left Runzhou with Du Jinning's letter to Zhuang Yue.

Sending off Qi Muyuan, Du Jinning was about to go to Zhuangzi, Qingmu came up and said: "Master, Madam told you to go home after sending off Young Master Qi, she has something to ask you."

"..."

Even though he guessed what Chen would ask, Du Jinning went home helplessly.

Sure enough, Mrs. Chen was already waiting for her in Du Jinning's courtyard - this courtyard is better for talking privately.

Seeing her coming in, she confirmed that there was no one around, and she asked Du Jinning in a low voice, "Did you tell Xiao Yuan about that?"

(End of this chapter)