Chapter 123: Recruiting Students (1)
"Immortal apparitions?" Qingguo rubbed her eyes and muttered to herself, Qingmei moved her arms and disagreed with him.
"It is said that the gods are very arrogant and selfish, looking down on our demons, the old monk just said that the lotus seeds are picked from the lotus pond of Guanyin Bodhisattva, in my opinion, he is the incarnation of the Bodhisattva!"
The nine people looked at each other happily, and others couldn't see it, but they themselves could clearly see that the lotus seeds of the Nine Holes Youlian Lotus quietly fell in their dantian, continuously releasing a faint golden light.
Although goblins can transform into humans, they are not real humans after all, and they are shrouded in a layer of demonic energy, and with demonic energy, they can maintain their human form. And people who have Taoism, such as the monk Xianhe, are aware of the demonic qi and discover their whereabouts.
And now, they have completely shed their demonic energy, and they are no different from ordinary humans, even if they meet a cultivator who is ten times and a hundred times more powerful than Xianhe, they will never discover their true body.
Maybe the gold collars on Xue'er and Heixing also had the same effect, so the two of them stayed in Qingyunxuan's private room that morning, but Monk Xianhe couldn't find out.
Since the nine people can walk in the world openly in the future, Xia Qingyun will divide the labor among them, and Qingmei, Qingzhu, Qinglan, and Qingju will be Xia Qingyun's personal maids and guards, and they can also make tea in the space.
Qinghe is responsible for teaching tea art, Qinglian is responsible for learning 12 sets of women's pot art 'Shangshan is like water', and Qingteng is responsible for learning 18 sets of men's pot art 'Daigo Shen Yun', and after they have mastered it, they will teach it to the apprentices participating in the training.
"Sister Qingyun, what are the two of us doing?" Qingguo and Qingye asked, touching the tip of their frozen red noses.
They are lively and active. Xia Qingyun really didn't worry about leaving them in the river, so he smiled and said, "You just follow me, Xue'er and Black Star are not here, and there are some errands." ā
Qingguo muttered unhappily: "Sister Qingyun is so partial, let them all be masters, and leave us to run errands and do chores." ā
"How can I be biased." Xia Qingyun smiled and coaxed: "It's almost the end of the year, there are a lot of things in the capital of Hejian, how can you do it if you don't have a reassuring and capable support by your side?" It's so cold here, let's hurry back to the teahouse. ā
Hua Jingtian and Yao Xili were still waiting in the teahouse, and saw Xia Qingyun bring back nine young boys and girls. There is something similar to her between the eyebrows. I thought it was a relative from her hometown.
Xia Qingyun pretended to be Mrs. Zhenguo, and briefly introduced everyone to know him, and especially introduced Qinghe, Qinglian, and Qingteng.
"There is still some time before the Chinese New Year, so why don't we start recruiting apprentices now. While I'm in the river. Teach the three of them the art of tea and the art of pots. From now on, they will serve as mentors. ā
Yao Xili wished that Qingyunxuan had launched the performance of the long-spouted pot art earlier, and the atmosphere among the people would at least wait until the Shangyuan Festival in the first lunar month. It is only after the New Year, if you wait until the New Year, you will have to delay for more than a month if you even recruit people for training.
Moreover, at the beginning of February every year, the second dragon raises its head, which is the day when the Qi State holds the palace examination, and as soon as the list of the top three in the new department comes out, Hejian and the capital will gather a large number of students' relatives and officials to take this opportunity to make friends with the new upstarts. At that time, the inns and restaurants of all sizes in the river were full, and it was a good time for merchants to make money.
Now there are two months left before the Chinese New Year, and if you hurry up, you will be in time to train the first batch of pot masters.
Xia Qingyun mentioned yƬ, the first batch of 50 female tea masters, 50 female pot artists, and 50 male pot artists.
"So many people?" Hua Sedum just took a sip of tea, but before she could swallow it, she almost squirted out after listening to the number of people she reported.
For these people alone, the daily consumption of food and drink is not a small expense.
The long-spouted copper teapot is specially made by the Xinglong Copperware Store in Beijing, and it costs thirty taels of silver. In addition, the tea utensils, tea utensils, and tea leaves used by the tea master cannot be taken without five thousand taels of silver.
Xia Qingyun said with a smile: "This is just a preliminary selection, and there will be regular assessments, and in the end, only fifteen people will be left in each major, so we must ensure that everyone who is trained is excellent in character and learning." ā
"The copper kettle can't help bumping, if it's pitted, how can it be used in the future?" Hua Sedum felt distressed, "Can you replace it with another pot first?" ā
"That's not going to work." Xia Qingyun denied it, "There is always some capital in the early stage, and the copper kettle bumping will not affect the practice, and when this batch is used up, it can also be passed on to the followers later." ā
Yao Xili slapped the table and said: "At the beginning, Qingyun girl said that the franchise store had to pay a franchise fee of three thousand taels, and I was too much, so if you look at it this way, it will cost at least five thousand taels!" ā
Xia Qingyun replied with a smile: "That's all for later, we have to complete all aspects of Hejian Qingyunxuan first, build the fruit forest farm, and then start attracting investment." ā
"That's right!" Hua Jingtian put down the teacup and counted with his fingers: "Tea master, pianist, pot artist, storyteller, just cultivating these four types of talents is a lot of money, not to mention the decoration design and management process of the store, and so on in the next year, taking the opportunity of the palace trial list, Qingyunxuan's brand is even louder, so what's right, the brand effect is an intangible asset!" ā
He learned a lot of new words from Xia Qingyun, and he talked about the Tao.
Just do it, Yao Xili immediately drafted a notice, stating that Qing Yunxuan will start recruiting students from now on, and all boys and girls from 12 to 15 years old in Hejian County can sign up, and the training period is three months, and they will be in charge of food and housing. After the assessment, the qualified ones stay as apprentices for three years, and they are also paid ten taels of silver per year for living expenses.
As soon as the notice came out, Hejian County became a sensation. Ordinary people can't save five taels of silver in a year, if their children can be selected, but they add a very good income to the family.
What's more, who doesn't know that behind Qingyunxuan are the two princes, and they can get a job here, but it is a face-saving thing.
Early the next morning, there was a long queue at the entrance of the farm.
Xia Qingyun arranged for Qingzhu, Qingju, Qingguo, and Qingye to serve as primaries at the door, not to mention the correct facial features and sound limbs, the size requirements must be four and a half feet to five feet, too tall, too short or too fat.
After the first level, Qingmei, Qinglan, Qinglian, and Qingteng are responsible for checking whether they are articulate and can read and write.
It was a very cold day, and the sky was overcast, as if it was about to snow at any moment. In the morning, small snow particles drifted up, and soon, the snow particles turned into goose feather snow, and the biting cold wind went straight into people's necks.
Xia Qingyun specially instructed Qingzhu and others, who were in charge of the primary election, to slow down the speed, and only let two or three people go over in a tea time.
Among the teams that came to sign up, many of them were accompanied by their fathers and mothers, and they shivered in the cold wind. Some people who can't bear it can simply stomp their feet and scold and take their children home. (To be continued......)