"And the tea plantation." Guan Lehe said, "Because I have to write a letter to Beijing and discuss with other adults in other places, it has not been until now that the matter has been decided." The mountain behind the academy was relatively barren, and the price in the county was not high, so we pooled the money to buy it and prepared to plant tea as you proposed. ”

After a pause, he looked at Du Jinning, with some apologies in his eyes: "It was also because I praised the tea you fried that they agreed." In other words, if the academy planted tea trees, you have to use your roasted tea recipe. But don't worry, we can't take your benefits in vain, everyone decided to take out the money to buy, seven hundred taels, what do you think? ”

Speaking of this, the apology in his eyes became even greater: "Of course, seven hundred taels of silver to buy a secret recipe for making tea is indeed less, but because the tea mountain was bought by everyone to buy it for the academy, not for the family to make profits, so I really can't give too much." But I also helped you fight for it, if these families grow their own tea, if they want to use this roasted tea recipe, they need to give you another seven hundred taels of silver from each family. ”

Because of Du Jinning's intelligence and maturity, as well as his business acumen when he opened the teahouse, he didn't treat Du Jinning as a child, and explained: "Originally, if you let the tea garden of the academy and those family tea gardens give you one or two components, your income will be higher."

But we will protect you for a while, and we will not be able to protect you for a lifetime. At the beginning, they will give it to you because of their face, but later on, they will make a lot of money, and they will have a lot of money for one or two components, and when the time comes, they will do something to save this money. ”

There is no need for the women and children of your family to put themselves in danger for that little bit of money. Wouldn't it be good for you to make your own money if you have a recipe for making tea, and you have taken the money to buy a mountain and plant tea trees? That's why I'm fighting for you for the silver, not the share. ”

He looked at Du Jinning's eyes: "What do I mean by this, do you understand?" ”

Du Jinning nodded, and made a deep gesture to Guan Lehe: "The disciple understands, thank you for being so thoughtful for the disciple." The disciple was grateful. ”

Seeing that Du Jinning understood his good intentions, Guan Lehe was very pleased: "In a few days, I will give you the money when I get it." ”

"Teacher, if it's convenient, can you ask your housekeeper to help me use that money to buy a hillside outside the city? Taking advantage of the academy to grow tea, I simply planted tea trees as well. Du Jinning touched his head and asked a little embarrassed.

She didn't want to trouble the Guan family, but she had no connections and no relationship, and it was really not easy to find a suitable place. But the Guan family is different, where there are fields and mountains for sale in Lishui County, they are all clear, and there are foreign managers in the house who specialize in this.

"Okay." Guan Lehe said with a smile, "It just so happens that our Guan Mansion is also going to buy mountain tea, so you can buy it with us." But do you really want to buy a mountain land for 1,400 taels of silver? ”

"No, no, you can buy six hundred taels." Du Jinning said.

She's not the kind of person who lacks the heart. Although there are many mountains and few lands in Lishui County, it is difficult to buy good fields, but it is easy to buy hillsides. But the academy was built as a joint venture by the families of Lishui County, and now with her tea-making recipe, the huge profits from selling tea in the future are just around the corner, where will these families let go? Will definitely swarm to buy mountain land to grow tea trees. With her little arms and legs, do you dare to compete with a pack of wolves for food? I didn't grab any food, and I was hated by others.

Although she is a disciple of Guan Lehe, she is not a member of the Guan family after all. Guan Lehe is not the head of the Guan family. Once she has a big conflict of interest with those big families, the Guan family will not necessarily tear her face with other families for her. So it's better to be interesting and not be so greedy.

Moreover, the mountains are not expensive, and the silver is worth a lot, and six hundred taels of silver can buy half a hillside. She doesn't have much manpower, let alone anyone to manage the tea garden, and buying too much area will only cause trouble for herself.

It's smart to do what you can.

"Even if you want to buy tea trees and grow tea, you will have to produce a small amount next year, and you don't have to rush to give me the seven hundred taels of silver, and it's not too late to ask me to teach tea making when the time comes." Du Jinning said again.

Guan Lehe nodded, but did not insist. The tea has not been planted yet, let alone made tea, and the family will not give seven hundred taels to Du Jinning now. When he said that just now, he also planned to advance the money himself. But since his little disciple is like a mirror in everything, he doesn't do much more. Anyway, when the time comes, urge the family to give the money to Du Jinning.

Seeing that the sky was dark, Du Jinning said goodbye: "If you are okay, sir, I will go back first." ”

"Go ahead." Guan Lehe looked at the sky outside, thinking about Yan Cen's incident, but he was still not at ease, and called a small servant to escort Du Jinning back.

The next day, between classes, Du Jinning ran to Yuan Xiuzhu. Yuan Xiuzhu is old, except for giving some guidance to these students before the county exam, he rarely takes classes in the academy. But he took the county test in February, and he has been coming to the academy for a lot of time recently. No, at this moment, he was sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun while watching the homework written by the students in Class A.

"Mr. Yuan." Du Jinning stepped forward and called softly, and when he saw him looking towards him, he hurriedly saluted.

"Hey, you kid." As soon as Yuan Xiuzhu saw Du Jinning, he beckoned her over and asked her, "What are you doing hiding in Class B?" Your Guan Shanchang also said that you should study for another two years and then take the county exam. According to me, it's better to be famous as soon as possible. You hurry up and sign up, and go on a scientific expedition with Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze this year. ”

"Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze want to take the county exam?" Du Jinning asked in surprise.

She is now living in Class B, and she is full of business experience after she has finished studying, and she really hasn't thought about Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze participating in the county exam. She didn't ask, and the two of them didn't even say anything, which was really unreasonable.

Guan Jiaze originally planned to give it a try this year, Qi Muyuan was still young, and his grandfather wanted him to study for two years and take the exam again, but Qi Muyuan didn't know what stimulated him, and said that he wanted to give it a try this year. His homework is better than Guan Jiaze, and it's no problem to take a show. Originally, I was worried that he would become famous early and be killed. But since he had such a heart, it was not good to stop him, and his grandfather agreed. ”

After Yuan Xiuzhu finished speaking, he looked at Du Jinning playfully: "How is it?" Your friends have all taken the scientific examination, and when the time comes, you will be a showman, and you are still dressed in white, and you are dwarf when you walk with them. Why don't you go down and take the test together? With your performance in the admission exam that day, it's no problem to come back with a show. With Xiucai's body, Yan Cen and others don't dare to do anything to you. ”