The days without entertainment are miserable. Especially since the end of April, the heavy rain crackling down day and night, crushing the impetuousness, but also making people feel gloomy, this kind of weather can only be locked in the home, and the after-dinner chats cannot be organized.

The upper-class bosses are happy to be clean, and they are not as active as usual, and they usually don't send people down in this kind of weather. Of course, the ordinary people at the bottom who are struggling to survive are much busier than usual. For example, the vegetable farmers outside the city, because of the heavy rain, the housekeepers in charge of buying food in the courtyards of each deep house are reluctant to go out, and they have a temporary "door-to-door" work, and the distance between the vegetable farm and these rich portals can earn ten more dollars.

Chen's house also has a special vegetable farmer responsible for delivery, but unlike the side family, the Chen family is sent by Zhuangzi outside the city, and they don't earn much by sending it. After Chen Ji carried out a more thorough clean-up of Zhuangzi, the "house slaves" who were now invested in the name of the Chen family have been almost cleared, and they have hired a lot of "seasonal short-term workers", and the rent paid by each tenant has also been reduced by 10%. Therefore, the villagers who sent vegetables to the Chen family would not have any complaints about "kindness".

And in a short period of time, the Zhuangzi outside the city has changed a lot. All the fields are carefully divided according to the comprehensive consideration of fertility, planting conditions, etc., and now there are vegetable areas and fruit forest areas in addition to rice cultivation. Moreover, under Chen Ji's personal inquiry, the old master of the crops on the village was selected to be responsible for the specific management, and many new planting management concepts were also written into pamphlets by Chen Ji, and the people in charge of the village had a copy.

In addition, Chen Ji also bought several small charcoal factories near Zhuangzi, and led a group of people to burn charcoal when the weather was clear.

At the same time, the fields around Zhuangzi were also privately investigated by Chen Ji, and the final conclusions were mixed. The good thing is that more than 1,000 acres of land and several villages around the entire Zhuangzi are basically the private property of Qingzhou dignitaries, which is a bit of a gathering area for the rich in later generations. The bad thing is that everyone is a person with a head and a face, and it is not easy for Chen Ji to get hungry if he wants to start other land. Therefore, after doing a situation investigation, he began to lobby people to participate in the "Common Wealth Plan" with a small notebook.

Through the newspaper tentatively named "Qingzhou Seven Days News", Chen Ji was also able to learn a lot of lace news, grievances and hatreds, which he also used as bargaining chips in negotiations. Of course, the conditions at hand are limited for the time being, and he doesn't dare to risk the world's condemnation and mess around. For the time being, I just chose a few that are more familiar, such as Zhu Chenghu and Yang Jingbing.

As a new thing, Qingzhou seven-day news once became the most attractive thing in the first half of the 23rd year of Jokhang, and Chen Ji made a very full preset before the release, such as "the first in Qingzhou", "Qingzhou Mansion Licensed Publication", "Yidu Youth Innovative Bookstore" "slogan background", and the first issue is basically a way to give, ordinary people with the idea of "anyway, it's free, and the toilet can also be used", and it was sold out for a while.

As for the people at other levels, Chen Ji also specially designed the corresponding "needs" for them. For example, for students, a "Selected Literature and Art Section" is set up to provide submission channels, and there is a comment area below the submission; In the face of officials at all levels, the authoritative section "Current News" and the interesting section "A Day of the Big Guy" were designed, the former commented on the current situation and the governance concepts of the big guys, providing some people with evidence of standing in line, and the latter provided channels for latecomers who want to understand the big guys' hobbies...... At the same time, the "advertising" business was also opened to everyone in Qingzhou.

Therefore, in the past month and a half, Chen Ji has really done a lot of things in addition to not studying hard. In cooperation with Song Qingming and others, the "Zhizhi Book Company" issued the "Qingzhou Seven Days News", and after having a certain market base, Chen Ji will inevitably revise all aspects of the newspaper, not to mention a few more supplements, of course, it depends on how the market responds. In addition, the bookstore is also actively seeking cooperation with all parties in Qingzhou, aiming to issue a set of "teaching materials" for examinations at all levels......

Adhering to the concept of not separating style from home, Chen Ji also set up a Keju team, which was temporarily named "Zhizhi Bookstore". Summing up all the businesses on Zhuangzi, the "Da Fule Farming Experience Park" was established, although the "Cultivation Department", "Cultural Creativity and Tourism Department", "Sales Department", "Development Planning Department" and other new and strange institutions have been established, but in the end it is still an empty shell. Everyone involved in the incident thought that this was just something that Chen Ji wanted to make up for the "Zhizhi Bookstore" team to find an opponent. However, I have to say that this "Da Fule Farming Experience Park" is the largest institution under Chen Ji.

Later, Chen Ji rented Zhu Chenghu's field around Zhuangzi and built a huge square to serve as a training ground for the two teams. In order to achieve this goal, he also personally went to the door to fight with Zhu Chenghu's father for a night of wine, and he really came out standing and going in. As a result, Zhu Qianhu, who learned that his land had caused trouble to his son, readily agreed to Chen Ji's rent, saying that his brother and brother had reached the point of forcing Zhu Chenghu to call Uncle Chen Ji.

Zhu Chenghu was depressed, but he was full of slander. Even a "disciple of the general" like him doesn't dislike the self-proclaimed "scholar" Chen Dagongzi at all......

In any case, in May, the things on the table, let's not forget that, after erecting a huge empty shell, what Chen Ji does every day is just racking his brains and grinding his face on the major money banks in the city and other businesses that will look at the money, and pull sponsors to fill the "treasure swallowing boat" he has made.

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Chen Mansion, the main courtyard of the backyard, there is a small pavilion named "Yun" by Chen Xiujie, and now Lin Yunyi sent someone to call Xiao Ran from the West Chamber, listening to her report on Chen Ji's recent glorious deeds, and occasionally interrupted to ask a few words if she was not sure of the prescription, but did not express any opinions.

After Xiao Ran said everything, Lin Yunyi nodded and said solemnly: "You have been with the young master for the longest time, do you feel that since you woke up in the first month, what is the difference between the young master and before?" ”

Xiao Ran was stunned and said, "Young master...... Not as playful as it used to be. ”

Lin Yunyi smiled, it was indeed a little embarrassing for her to ask this question, so she would leave it to Chen Xiujie to deal with it after she came back, and then changed the topic, "In a few days, Brother Ji will be eighteen years old, this matter still has to be explained, and the old lady also needs to be lively......

Xiao Ran nodded and responded.

"Calling you over, I also asked Brother Ji what his preferences are on weekdays, and I should also back up the gift here."

Xiao Ran thought about it and said something, most of which were related to reading. Lin Yunyi's face changed, and she said tentatively: "Sending these will really not be misunderstood?" ”

Xiao Ran pursed his lips and said, "The young master has been reading since this year. I've gone through a lot of books on the shelves. Shen Qiudu said that the young master only knew so many things after reading so many books, and then did these things now. ”

Lin Yunyi thought for a moment, then said, "Well, I know." Go down. ”

Xiao Dye blessed his body and turned around to leave.

Lin Yunyi took a deep breath, finally made up her mind to get up, stopped Xiao Ran, and got closer, it seemed that there was another battle between heaven and man, and then she asked in a suppressed voice: "Those that have been sent since January...... Decoction? What exactly does it do? ”

Xiao Ran opened her big watery eyes and froze in place.

Lin Yunyi thought that Xiao Ran had misunderstood, and then explained: "I just feel that supplements shouldn't be made up like this, and they have been ...... recently." Gained some weight......"

Xiao Ran came back to his senses, pursed his lips and said, "Madam, the young master didn't tell us about this, he only ordered us to send it over on time!" ”

Lin Yunyi came to her senses, and she also felt that it was inappropriate for her to ask such a question. I didn't ask anymore at the moment, but I vaguely explained this matter and didn't tell Chen Ji, Xiao Ran should retreat.

Lin Yunyi exhaled, in the past three months of "decoction and warm supplement", the whole person is actually a lot plump, and she herself feels that it seems to be more flavorful.

Hey, it makes people blush.

Suppressing these messy thoughts, thinking about Chen Xiujie's letter a few days ago, the day of returning home is not far away.

Later, Chen Ji came back from outside, stepping on the slightly wet ground, and the heavy rain that had been going on for seven days had stopped in the morning, but before it cleared, he had to go out to solicit sponsorship. Because these things can only be handed over to Gui Chun to do, he will bring people with him when he goes out, which can be regarded as "hand-in-hand teaching".

As soon as he returned to the West Chamber, Xiao Ran asked a few words about being called over for questioning during the day, but Chen Ji was noncommittal, did not explain or inquire about the conversation process, but only explained that the amount could be reduced later.

In fact, in order to avoid misunderstanding, Chen Ji also sent it to the old lady and Chen Wenxuan, but the recipe was slightly different, and it was not as attentive as Lin Yunyi here. After all, it is a major matter related to whether he can be freed from the Chen family, and he must not be sloppy.

After a simple change, the people in the house gathered in the study, Chen Ji listened to the report of Shen Qiu who came back from the bookstore, and a few people chatted briefly, Chen Ji and talked about the topic of today's things, first let Gui Chun make a summary of today's itinerary.

Outside the house, thunder roared from time to time, rolling up a trace of coldness, Chen Ji got up and closed the door, muttering: "I'm afraid there will still be a heavy rain tonight." ”

Turning around, he covered his mouth and coughed.