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This bag of gems is all rough stones, which is not a big gift, but it is not too cheap either, the value should be around a hundred gold coins.

Chen Xiansong asked the two to sit down, and was about to reject the small bag of gems, but Bai Min put it away first, and then walked towards the basement. Now she likes to help Chen Xiansong collect money, She has more and more potential as a housekeeper. It seems that she has highlighted the knowledge about housekeeping in the chip, and after repeated calculations, it seems that she wants to improve the housekeeping knowledge base.

Chen Guangrong stared at Bai Min's back and swallowed secretly. Although he knew that he could not get such a woman, his admiration and possessiveness were inevitable. In his mind, only a eunuch like his sixth uncle could be immune The charm of this woman.

"I heard that your Excellency encountered something during the journey." Chen Zeyi drank the milk tea that Balfe brought just now, and was surprised, it was the first time he had tasted such a thing.

Milk tea is a drink that was only recently made by Alice, but it was Bai Qianxin who provided the theoretical and experimental data. She was worried that her younger brother would get tired of drinking fruit wine every day, so she tried to get some old things out. She is a combat cyborg, Not good at cooking, because this kind of thing relies more on feeling than data.

For example, the Germans are very strict when cooking. There are dozens of cooking tools in the kitchen. There are four or five tools for just cracking an egg. The seasoning, water, and weight of ingredients are exactly as stated in the cookbook. , Accurate to gram for deployment, but the result is very sad, they are still recognized as one of the dark cooking countries in the world, and the number one in this respect is said to be Britain.

Seeing Chen Zeyi's strange expression, Chen Xiansong glanced into his cup, immediately became happy, and took a sip.Although the taste is not as good as that made by Bai Jie, it is really good.After adopting Chen Xiansong, Sister Bai knew that the natural person had a tricky mouth, so she specially participated in the cooking class organized by the natural person. Rain or shine, she worked hard for 12 years to learn good cooking skills.

After taking a sip of milk tea, Chen Xiansong replied: "Some things have happened to me. Now that I think about it, it's not too uncomfortable. Anyway, I got through it. I almost went to the Cathay Kingdom."

"If your Excellency arrives in the Kingdom of Cathay, you can ask my Chen family for help in the future." Chen Zeyi said proudly: "Our Chen family's business firms are located in every major city in Cathay. It is enough for contacting and solving some urgent needs."

"I thank you in advance." Chen Xiansong raised his glass: "But I don't hope there will be such a day."

"Hahaha. That's true. I don't want it either." Chen Zeyi drank the milk tea in one gulp, and then looked around.Asked: "Your Excellency. I heard that some time ago, a beautiful little girl came to your home. She is your new student, and she is also a soul thinker?"

Chen Xiansong nodded: "Indeed, he is a naughty child, which is very troublesome." He didn't understand why the other party would suddenly mention the little guy.But think about it.Although the little guy is still young, he is already a little beauty embryo, and he still has a charming temperament that Bai Min doesn't have, when he grows up.Its characteristics should not be weaker than those of Bai Min and Bai Qianxin, so it is normal to be noticed.

"This is my nephew, Chen Guangrong." Chen Zeyi patted him on the back and told him to straighten his back: "Don't look at him as an old man, but he is only 17 years old and has no wife yet. It's a good idea to let him make a marriage contract with the noble student first, and then choose a date to get married after the noble student grows up, that would be great."

Chen Guangrong's eyes lit up. A month ago, when Catherine and Frances came to this village, he had seen them from a distance on the mountain. When Chen Xiansong came back, he looked like a husband-watching stone. He occasionally ran into it a few times and found it more and more attractive. Although it was not as good as Bai Min and Bai Qianxin, it was a top-notch little beauty anywhere. .

Hearing this, Chen Xiansong shook his head without hesitation: "Thank you for your love, Sis is still young, it's too early to think about these things now, and as her teacher, I think she should grow up Choosing a partner, not letting me decide for him, I can only play the role of advice."

As soon as Chen Xiansong refused, Chen Guangrong became a little anxious, but now he is just a junior and can't speak at all.

"The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker." Chen Zeyi said with a chuckle: "Your Excellency, you are also a member of our Cathay Kingdom, so you naturally understand this truth. Although the girl is from the Kate Kingdom, she entered our Cathay Kingdom The sect of my teacher naturally has to act according to the rules of our Kingdom of Cathay."

"But this is the Kingdom of Kate." Chen Xiansong was not angry, because he vaguely felt that Chen Zeyi's sudden marriage proposal did not seem to be his real intention: "If Sisi grows up another five or six years, if she likes this Chen Zeyi ...Your Excellency Guangrong, I will not stop it." After hesitating for a while, Chen Xiansong remembered the name of this frivolous boy.

"Hehe, that's a pity." After being rejected, Chen Zeyi didn't have any other emotions. Rather, everything seemed to be as he expected: "If this is the case, let's talk about other things. Your Excellency, we Chen Jiahua I bought a piece of land on the other side of the mountain with a lot of money, but the construction progress is very slow now because of the lack of manpower, so I would like to ask you to get some people from the village to help us, and of course we will pay the salary."

"Oh, this is easy to handle. How many people do you need?" Naturally, Chen Xiansong would not refuse to seek benefits for his villagers: "And the approximate salary. let's explain."

"100 young and strong people are enough." Chen Zeyi tapped his finger on the table for a while, and then continued: "As for the commission, each person gets two copper coins a day, and we provide three meals a day, three black bread for each meal." The period will be about a year."

In this dark age, due to low productivity, food is extremely scarce, and poor people often starve to death.Therefore, food is the most valuable and the most valuable thing.Almost all real big businessmen started their business by selling grain.Refined grains are expensive, and even coarse grains are not cheap. A piece of black bread costs a copper coin.Especially in times of famine and war, sometimes no amount of money can buy food. Like the global famine more than 200 years ago, many nobles starved to death with 10,000+ gold coins, and ordinary people died even more. There were countless, but fortunately later the Temple of the Sun intervened in the secular world, and it did not know where to get a huge amount of food, and distributed it everywhere, which expanded the hunger.

Since then, the nobles' habit of hoarding food has been ingrained to a point of insanity.

Chen Xiansong thought for a while and said, "Now is the farming season. If they help you, it will delay the farming time. Can you increase the price?"

This is Chen Xiansong talking nonsense. It is already the beginning of summer, the busiest spring plowing period has already passed, and because there are two water trucks helping to irrigate day and night, the villagers of Huishi Village have not worked hard today at all.However, it has always been the case among nobles and high-ranking people. No matter whether it is reasonable or not, as long as you give a reason, the other party will consider the meaning of your words.

Chen Zeyi thought for a while and said, "How about two copper coins and five black bread per person per day."

Chen Xiansong now has a full understanding of the prices in this world. In the eyes of other nobles, this is indeed a rare and expensive labor force.He understood the principle of accepting as soon as it is good, so he nodded and said, "Okay, that's it. I think the villagers will be very happy."

"Then I'll wait for them to come over to help with work tomorrow." Chen Zeyi stood up and cupped his fists, and said, "Your Excellency has just come back, so I won't disturb your reunion with your relatives. Wait a few days, if I have free time, I will definitely come again Excuse me, in addition, you can also come to my place as a guest, and I promise to sweep the bed to welcome you."

Chen Xiansong also got up and changed his fists and said, "Definitely."

Then Chen Zeyi left with Chen Guangrong, who was somewhat unwilling.After halfway down the hill, the two got into the carriage. Chen Guangrong sat down on the chair and said angrily: "That Chen Xiansong is really ignorant. We have all given gems, but he still hasn't agreed to send that The little girl was given to me as a wife, she is a wife, not a concubine, how will he find such a good thing in the future."

"Do you really don't understand, or do you pretend not to understand." Chen Zeyi snorted: "I always know the beauty of dying, that girl is a deep thinker, that's all I'm saying, you think you can I have married a female soul thinker, and she is so beautiful! If I were Chen Xiansong, wouldn't it be better for me to keep the student for myself, why should I be cheap for outsiders, anyway, the Kingdom of Kate does not object to the relationship between teachers and students."

"Since that's the case, why do you still bring up this matter, Uncle Six, and make me happy for nothing." Chen Guangrong was a little offended.

"This is the way of negotiating and dealing with things. If you want to accomplish something, if you first propose something that the other party will never agree to, after he refuses, then propose something that he may agree to, like this After that, the second thing should have a higher chance of being successful.”

Chen Guangrong finally understood: "Uncle Six, you are afraid that he won't agree to lend us a hundred young men."

Chen Zeyi nodded: "Two copper coins a day, plus five black breads, if this kind of work is placed in other places, it is easy to recruit hundreds of people, but Huishi Village has been run by Chen Xiansong for a year, and now everyone has surplus food. Without the approval of the lord, other people would not dare to come. Besides, you should also understand that the tenant farmers in the Kate Kingdom go out to make money and return to the territory, but they have to hand over [-]% of the income to the lord. In this way, the income of the villagers is not too much. "

"The lords of the Kate Kingdom are all poor ghosts, and they have to pay taxes on that little money." Chen Guangrong snorted, sarcastically.

"Do you think our Chen family doesn't accept it? We keep it in secret." Chen Zeyi snorted, "Why didn't you teach me anything? Our family has more than 100 tenant farmers in several cities and fields. Last year, we collected more than [-] gold coins." Don’t think it’s too little when it comes to foreign taxes. Money is accumulated little by little. Our Chen family has been in business for hundreds of years, and we have achieved today’s status. Please remember well, if one day you are lucky enough to inherit the position of Patriarch, you must not forget this point."

Chen Guangrong nodded his head in resignation. (To be continued..)