The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Dong Jiu told Li Fu everything he had found out and seen, and Li Fu felt relieved.

He would not just listen to one side of the story after sending people here.

After all, there was so much money involved. Nearly one-third of the family assets of the house were all brought here by Li Fu.

Li Fu was not rich enough to spend money without thinking.

"Tomorrow morning, you continue to find out about these bandits and thieves in Huizhou. Since you are here and have the emperor's handwritten order and military token, you have to do something." Li Fu said, "Before leaving, it is still necessary to clear up the public security in Huizhou."

In this way, after the tea house is built, it will be safer here.

In the future, their caravan will have to transport tea to Chang'an. If they are stopped by robbers in Huizhou, Li Fu will be embarrassed.

"Yes, Sir, rest assured, I will definitely find out their details, but in this case, I may not be able to meet you every day, sometimes I need to go for several days." Dong Jiu said.

"That's fine, but you have to pay attention to your own safety. You also know the address of the tea mountain. If there is anything, find a way to report it. I will let Bai Yunquan go with you." Li Fu said: "You two will act together. If there is anything, you can take care of each other. Don't be stubborn and send the letter in time."

"Yes." Dong Jiu responded.

The next morning, Li Fu took a few people and traveled lightly, followed Manager Qian and the tea farmer to the tea mountain. He wanted to see the situation there in person. After he had a clear idea, he could plan the construction of the tea house.

Most of the other guards were left in the inn by him, and they still had to guard the huge sums of money they brought. Money is tempting.

The group rode on horseback for two and a half hours before arriving at the tea mountain.

"This place is not close to Huizhou City." Li Fu said to Qian, the steward beside him.

"Yes, but the terrain here is relatively flat, and there are mountains in the distance. It is a pretty good place. We have seen some villages along the way, but these villages are not big. The village near the tea mountain is the one I mentioned to you before. It is the largest village in the surrounding area." Steward Qian said: "It will be very convenient to build a tea house or find tea farmers to pick tea leaves. As long as we have enough money, it will be enough to build a tea house of the same scale as our workshop in the village within two months. People here don't have too much land to plant, so most of the time they are doing other things to support their families. If you want to hire people, it is very convenient."

This place is different from Jingyang County. Jingyang County has a lot of land. In the past, the people relied on farming to make a living. Even if they had to go out to work, they would focus on the work in the fields. Other things would be done in their spare time when they were not farming.

Although there are people who work for others to earn money to support their families, the number of such people does not meet Li Fu's requirements.

After arriving at the village under the tea mountain, Li Fu strolled around the village.

The people here live a similar life to those in Jingyang County. You can't tell from where they live, after all, they are all the same. The poor ones live in a mud brick and thatched house, which has a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

The slightly richer ones use more stone and wood in their houses, and they are formal wooden structures.

Wood is abundant here, and wood is not expensive.

"Before you came, I bought a house here, but the house is not very big. It was originally for the future tea house workers to live temporarily. There is no staff yet. However, it can be used as a temporary place for you and the guards who came with you. However, the house is not very big and may be a bit cramped." Manager Qian said.

"Well, you have considered it very carefully." Li Fu nodded in appreciation: "It is already very good to have a place to stay. Everything here starts from scratch. It is understandable that the conditions are a bit difficult. Let's go to the tea mountain first."

While it is still early, Li Fu wants to go to the tea mountain and stay here for one night. Tomorrow, he will go to the local government to determine the ownership of the tea mountain and get the documents.

For such a large tea mountain, no one here should have the strength to take over a piece of mountain forest.

In fact, this place may be unowned land, and Li Fu can take it down.

Mountain forest land is not worth money.

As for those tea trees, if someone deliberately planted them there, it is also a problem that can be solved with money.

Talk slowly, you can always get it. If there are really tea farmers who grow tea trees and are unwilling to cooperate, then when the new tea appears, hisThose tea leaves might not be in demand.

Li Fu was not sure about this, because maybe someone would not give up and buy the original tea to imitate his fried tea.

Of course, no matter whether it succeeds in the end, the tea farmers will not lose much if they sell their own tea.

There will be many people who want to share the profits of fried tea.

Li Fu took people to inspect the tea mountain.

"The tea leaves here are growing well. Is there anyone who grows them specifically?" Li Fu asked.

"There are several families who make a living by growing and picking tea. However, I have already negotiated with them. I will give them a sum of money and let them stay in the mountains to pick tea and work for us." Manager Qian said: "In the past, they picked and sold tea. Whether the market was good or not, they did not have a stable income. Working for us, they can get stable wages all year round."

If they don't suffer losses, they are still willing to do this kind of thing, not to mention that Manager Qian said that he would buy the tea trees they planted with money.

The people of Jingyang Wangzhai still have a conscience. Otherwise, once the documents are signed with the government, the mountain will belong to Jingyang Wangzhai. You planted tea trees on the land of Jingyang Wangzhai privately, and you want to extort money from Jingyang Wangzhai?

Even if you report it to the government, you are still the unreasonable party.

"Well, then it's settled." Li Fu said: "Go to the government tomorrow and get the matter done. Don't make it public first."

"Yes, my lord." Manager Qian responded.

The tea farmers who followed Manager Qian also showed joy on their faces. After the matter was settled, he was relieved. Not only him, but the whole village may become rich because of the words of this noble man in front of him.

No longer have to live a precarious life.

Being able to earn money steadily is the best thing for them.

In the evening, Manager Qian brought Li Fu and others to the house he bought in advance in the village.