Chapter 17: Building Momentum
Back in the Rose Garden, Sean receives several letters from the North.
The first letter came from Lieutenant Colonel Horns, which he wrote back to Sean, in which he first congratulated Sean on becoming a viscount, joking that it gave him the ability to brag about having noble subordinates.
The 21st Infantry Division was reconstituted, and in the face of the struggle against bureaucratic behavior, the personnel were not yet assembled, and he was now a regimental commander and was highly regarded by the division commander, His Excellency Herman. Most of the other robes who remained in the 21st Division became his subordinates, serving as officers at all levels, allowing him to become familiar with the duties of the regiment commander faster than his colleagues.
The second letter came from the arms dealer Bes, in which he congratulated Sean on becoming a nobleman, and spent a lot of time saying that he had won the bid and had received an order to equip ten divisions of rifles, which was a lot of money. He was grateful for Sean's help.
The third letter was ordered by Sean, sent by Professor Victor Bernal, a medical expert at Quds University.
His blood group research was a success, discovering that humans have four basic blood types, and witnessing the success of a blood transfusion to a patient who had suffered a gunshot wound and was bleeding profusely.
It was such a sensational experiment that Emperor Carlos II even personally received him and hosted a banquet for him.
Professor Bernal thanked Sean for his inspiration and gave him such an honor, and praised the new drink that Sean had sent him, saying that it kept his energy and brain flexible during his intense research work.
Bernal has made a strong recommendation of the drink to high society and has already achieved considerable social influence. He predicts that the drink will become popular all over the world.
But none of the three letters had a golden statue to make Sean happy.
It was jointly sent by the wine merchants of the northern Xinjiang province, and it was placed in the living room of the rose garden, and it was golden.
Before Sean came back to see it, the Cleveland butler had wiped it ten times.
"Well, if one day I become a poor ghost, there is still this treasure that can be melted down and exchanged for gold coins. Sean laughed.
"No, my lord, this is not going to happen, I dare say that the Connery family will prosper from now on, and this golden statue is proof of that. Your Excellency, you should write this matter into the family annals at once, it is your honor!"
Cleveland was even more excited than his owner.
Nelson was also excited: "My lord, your butler is right, this is your glory!"
"Thank you!"
But Sean's excitement was only for a moment, and he stopped the butler who was about to wipe the golden statue eleventh, and said:
"Denzel, why hasn't Jensen seen anyone these days?"
"He's busy planting those tea trees, and you've promised him a gold coin for every one he planted, and he's even sleeping there. You know, it's going to be a lot of money, and you're being so generous. Cleveland replied.
"Okay, I know you want to accuse me of spending money. My point of view is that whatever money is spent is the money that really belongs to you. Sean smiled, "It seems that he likes gold coins very much, but I don't know how well his work is done." I'm afraid this season is not suitable for transplanting, right?"
"Why don't I go and see?" Cleveland never asked.
Sean said: "Anyway, I'm idle, let's go and see, that tea garden may become my cash cow in the future." ”
Jensen was not very smart, but he really had a knack for gardening and planting, and he planted all the original orchards by transplanting, and most of them were alive.
He also plans to plant all the nearby barren mountains by sprouting tea seeds and skewering branches in the spring of the next year, which now belong to Sean's mountains anyway.
In less than a month, he had planted 1,500 plants, which was fifteen hundred gold coins for him. For him, that's a lot of money.
Looking at Jensen's eyes, Sean said:
"You're going to get fifteen hundred louis, do you only want fifteen hundred? ”
Jensen obviously still has his own careful thoughts, afraid that he will teach his apprentice to starve to death of his master.
"I will need at least ten tea garden technicians to take care of the tea garden for me in the future, and if you teach one, I will pay you another hundred louis. You know, this cultivation technique is not difficult, it is more difficult than caring for fruit trees?"
"Raj, you need to know who you are. Cleveland couldn't help but reprimand, "There is no nobleman more generous than an adult." ”
"Okay. Jensen nodded.
Sean saw his reluctance and struck him on the head with a horsewhip:
"I kind of regret that I shouldn't have made a promise in the first place. ”
"No, sir, you can't do that. I'll teach you a few technicians for free. Jensen immediately changed his words, and said with a sad face.
Sean scolded: "You guy, you are really a toast and don't eat and drink." The promise I made will not change. ”
"Thank you, sir!" Jensen smiled.
This viscount, still that viscount, is stupid and has a lot of money.
Standing on the hill on the north side of the tea plantation, Sean looked at the Rocky Mountain in the north, and from the gentle slope of the mountain to here, there were at least 300 hectares of hilly and mountainous land. This place now belongs to Sean, because it is not suitable for planting, there are only scattered trees, and in the future this will become its own tea garden.
However, clearing the gravel and thorns that litter the hill will be a labor-intensive undertaking. If it weren't for that, it would have been reclaimed as farmland long ago.
Cleveland was a little worried, and the poor and loyal butler was always worried about his master's wallet:
"My lord, you can see that you value this new drink. Although this drink is very good, it is a new thing after all, and it is not well known, and I am worried that you have invested too much? ”
Sean turned around and said, "Denzel, you're right to be worried. So I need to build momentum and make tea a thing that everyone knows. First of all, it has to be sought after by high society. ”
"Momentum?" Cleveland didn't understand.
"Yes, I'm going to write a novel. ”
Anyway, the tea tree was discovered by itself, so the definition of camellia also belongs to you.
Cleveland feels like he's running out of brains, what does that have to do with fiction?
The latter shrugged, then spread his hands out, indicating that there was nothing he could do.