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The small courtyard in the north of the city has also been idle in recent days, except for the evening, after the shop in the west of the city is closed, Shen Wuyan and Zheng Yan will return home, but it is just a place to rest.

However, this is only a temporary situation, and now that Zhang Quan has been solved, there is no need to make much movement for the time being, everything will be done according to the established plan, and there will be no problems.

Probably recruited a group of men and shopkeepers, first took over all Zhang Quan's shops in the west of the city, and sent out a group of other shopkeepers who went to Liaodong.

With the support of Shen Weijing's silver, these shops are opened one by one, but in fact, the problem is not very big.

The most important thing is that Shen Wuyan received the remaining tea leaves from Zhang Quan, and then made a decision that made Zhang Quan feel painful when he heard it.

The tea, which was originally worth nearly seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver, although the price was reduced by half by Zhang Quan because of guilt in his heart, Shen Wuyan no longer insisted on the original price, and finally received all the forty thousand taels of silver.

40,000 taels of silver, about nearly 30% of the tea sold in the past half a year in the land of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.

The annual tax of the Ming Dynasty is nearly 7 million taels of silver, but it is also the situation after the opening of the sea ban and the exchange of tea and horses with the Mongolian Ministry of Ota in recent years.

Tea leaves of about 40,000 taels of silver are this concept, and this is not counting the silver that Shen Wuyan borrowed from Shen Weijing and Gu Qingshan Deyuelou before adding up to the rest of his own silver, a total of more than 100,000 taels of silver tea.

Although this is much worse than the scale of Jiangsu and Zhejiang back then, and even the scale of the Zhou family back then, the profit is far from comparable back then.

Back then, selling tea, there was a profit of 30% out of ten, and it was a good thing to be able to drop 20% of the expenses of the guys after removing all aspects of the imperial court, as well as the movement of the shops and the expenses of the guys.

And those tea transactions are really time-consuming, and it often takes months to sell out a batch of tea before moving on to the next one.

But this is not the case in Liaodong today, and the profits are far from being comparable in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Mongolia is in dire need of tea, so that these teas, which can only draw 20% of the profit in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, can reach 40% of the profit here, and the batch is very large each time, and there is no competition.

Earlier, when Zhang Quan had not yet appeared, the people who came to Liaodong to sell tea were all retail investors, and the biggest one could only bring one or two thousand taels of tea over.

What's more is just to bring thousands of taels of silver tea, trek through mountains and rivers, and come to Liaodong, barely sell these teas, earn those high profits, and then bring back fur curiosities by the way, and return to Daming to make a profit.

In this way, in fact, these people are not focused on the tea business, but just the idea of reselling, buying and selling, and if the tea industry does not work, they will turn to other industries.

If all the roads can't go, or if these tea can't make money, then you can't come to Liaodong.

After all, this road is not simple, and there are often bandits along the way, and after all, it is still a hard money.

Now a big tea merchant is willing to accept the tea they sell at a slightly lower price than the original price, and pay off the money at one time, so he is naturally full of joy.

So it was easy to solve these retail tea merchants, and in Liaodong eighty percent, overnight, the remaining seven Xingbake tea houses were quickly built, compared with the small shop in the west of Liaoyang City, but it was shocking.

And all this seemed to be far more surprising to General Li, who remembered the small talk with the other party a few days ago, so he became more and more sure that this person was indeed powerful.

However, all this seemed to be expected for the scholar who was lazily lying on the rocking chair and smirking, so that he was not moved when everyone speculated, and even the one who had already alarmed the Qianqing Palace.

Glancing at the young man who was sitting on the stone bench next to him writing, the scholar chuckled lightly and said lightly: "Mr. Shen would have known four calculations at your age......

The young man's face suddenly turned red, and he smiled bitterly: "But I don't know what's going on...... You can remember at a glance at the subset of scriptures and history, and this number of subjects ...... But I can't remember ...... anyway."

Shen Wuyan raised his eyes and looked at the scribbled rice paper, and sighed slightly: "I also have a student who is very good at mathematics...... However, the history is much worse, and now he is serving in the Shenji Battalion...... Those who study firearms and cannons, are they powerful......"

"Awesome ......" The young man has also heard a lot of things about firearms from scholars these days, although he has not seen the power so far, but he also has a general idea in his heart, compared to the monkey Sun is as powerful.

Looking at the admiration on the young man's face, Shen Wuyan smiled bitterly: "That's it, you have to teach you according to your aptitude...... Everything is inferior, only reading is high......"

The young man blinked his eyes and couldn't help laughing, "Mr. didn't say that before......

"Really?" The scholar couldn't help but smile awkwardly and said curiously: "What did I say about that gentleman." ”

The young man shook his head, then shook his head again, and said softly: "Sir said that the most precious thing for a person is life, and life is only once for everyone......"

Listening to this sentence that had inspired him countless times, Shen Wuyan couldn't help but be stunned, and after a long time, he patted the young man's forehead and said with a smile: "Then you should also know the importance of reading......

"This is a natural ......" The young man nodded heavily and said, "Only by studying can you become a big official...... Only then can we establish a heart for heaven and earth, a life for the people, and a ...... for the saints."

"Okay." Shen Wuyan interrupted the young man's immature voice with a word, shook his head and said, "How can being an official be as simple as you imagined...... All these officials I know are too tired......"

Saying this, Shen Wuyan suddenly thought of another person, and hurriedly added: "But don't die in everything...... Actually, it's good to be an official, but unfortunately I'm not suitable. ”

While groaning, Shen Wuyan couldn't help but think of Hai Rui back then, since he was impeached and removed from office by Gao Gong, and now he has gone into hiding, and there will probably be a comeback in the future, but the future has been decided.

Looking at the scholar with a slightly lonely gaze, the young man said: "My mother also said that Mr. is not suitable to be an official ......"

Shen Wuyan smiled and said, "Your mother is probably the smartest woman my husband has ever seen...... But you have to learn more from her. ”

"My mother wants me to learn more ......from Mr. Shen," the young man sighed, and suddenly said: "By the way, when I came today, my mother said that since she took Mr.'s silver, she had to do something......

"Do things ......" Shen Wuyan pondered for a while, but he also figured out what was going on, how strong Liu Hanyan was, the reason why he was willing to accept the hundreds of taels of silver before was probably because he couldn't get by.

Now that he came to his senses, he wouldn't have taken the silver for nothing, so he sighed secretly in his heart, and suddenly nodded and responded: "It just so happens that the shop lacks a cook...... Let your mother go there to cook...... You can also go to the west of the city to take classes with me in the future. ”

"But that's not bad...... the young man said calmly.

Shen Wuyan hurriedly smiled and scolded: "If you are happy, you will show it, why bother with it...... If you are allowed to go to the west of the city, you will already be very happy in your heart. ”

Hearing Shen Wuyan say this, the young man showed a sweet smile and said loudly: "It's been a long time since I went to the street last time...... I heard that there were many Mongols on the west side of the city...... Isn't it very vicious...... Wrestling must be great......"

Shen Wuyan frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "Those are all merchants...... But...... I haven't seen this before...... Why don't you try a weaker one in a few days? ”

Saying this, the young man suddenly became interested, and said curiously: "I heard that the horses of the Mongols are not quite the same as the horses of my Daming...... I haven't ridden a horse yet......"

"It's not easy to ride a horse, the donkey in the yard ......" Shen Wuyan pointed to the neighing donkey in the mill in the yard next door, and said with a smile: "If you want, you can ride a donkey......"

The young man immediately pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "How can there be a ...... of a big hero riding a donkey?"

"You're not a big hero." Shen Wuyan smiled bitterly.

The young man suddenly got up and said loudly: "I'm young now, so naturally I can't be a big hero, but when I grow up, I can definitely ......."

Shen Wuyan didn't smile this time, he looked at the young man's resolute gaze, just nodded lightly, and then said, "If your father hears this, I'm afraid that Le's mouth will be crooked." ”

……

It was already evening when Song Siqian was sent away, and Zheng Yan had some cold dishes casually, and the two of them lay in the courtyard to enjoy the coolness.

Looking at the blood-red sky on the horizon, Shen Wuyan said softly, "I know you're homesick...... It's just that it's not going to work in the past few days, you also know the Liangzi on Erlong Mountain, and now in the city, they don't dare to mess around, but what if they get out of the city? ”

Zheng Yan, who was lying down, didn't have too many expressions, but just responded softly: "I really wanted to ...... at first But hectic these days...... It won't be ......"

"I also want to take revenge...... Shen Wuyan smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't show you that food box that day...... It contained the body of a friend...... Cooked by the earth dragon......"

Listening to this calm voice, Zheng Yan's heart sank, and then he smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that the earth dragon has a lot of hatred with Mr......"

Shen Wuyan sighed lightly and said, "It's probably not shallow...... He almost killed me with his men...... He also returned his favor...... I think this grudge is also a life-and-death situation for you......"

Zheng Yan nodded and said, "Everything is up to Mr.'s arrangement...... Just a little bit of a doubt......"

"Why did you say that the 40,000 taels of silver tea were given away for nothing......" Shen Wuyan smiled in his eyes and said softly: "Anyway, it's all some waste tea...... Now with 40,000 taels of silver, he has won over Mongolian merchants...... The money will soon be earned, so give them a sweetener...... It's also called bait......"

"This is what Zhang Quan didn't expect......"

"After a while, he was even more unexpected......