Now Du Jinning is not without money, the flower shop business described by Zhuang Yue just now is so prosperous, and there are many people who make money; What's more, due to the appearance of "Farming", the daily turnover of the newly opened bookstore may have to catch up with the flower shop. After those people bought "The Story of Farming", they would also buy a lot of books in the store. Zhuang Yue followed the ideas given by Du Jinning, and trained a lot of down-and-out scholars to write scripts. With a monthly salary and a direction of guidance, the books written by those scholars are very popular with readers.

Originally, it was just a few small bookstores, and the area was not as large as half of other bookstores, but the ability to make money every day was very scary.

Not to mention the benefits of tea, as well as the garden and furniture business in cooperation with the Liang family.

So Du Jinning should have a lot of spare money on hand.

If he has spare money to buy more mountain tea plantations, but asks him to buy them, how can he not be afraid?

He wasn't worried that Du Jinning would harm him, but he was worried that Du Jinning wouldn't do the money-making business by himself, but he gave it to himself to make up for the loss of Champa rice seeds this time - but this Champa rice was originally proposed by Du Jinning herself, even if she didn't say it, she couldn't blame her.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiaobei was very uneasy in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Jinning's own business, why should you give it to me?" Although my net worth is not as good as that of those rich businessmen, I can still have a surplus of fine clothes and food. If Jin Ning takes care of me again, won't he treat me as an outsider? How can I live in peace? ”

Lu Xiaobei's panic, Zhuang Yue can also feel it.

He looked left and right, and saw that the subordinates of the Lu family were standing not far away, waiting, although they might not be able to hear their conversation, but it didn't hurt to be cautious.

Lu Xiaobei is a clever person, looking at Zhuang Yue's demeanor, he knows that some words are inconvenient for people to know.

He stood up and said, "When early spring comes, some flowers have bloomed in my garden, and the scenery is not bad, why don't we go outside for a walk?" ”

Zhuang Yue understood and followed him out of the door.

Lu Xiaobei didn't want anyone to follow, and took Zhuang Yue to the pavilion in the middle of the pond. It is surrounded by water on all sides, and only one side is connected by a winding wooden bridge. Talking here, there will be no eavesdropping at all.

Zhuang Yue said: "The young master said that the emperor intends to make a sea voyage, and when the time comes, he will find a new country, and he will definitely conduct a lot of trade; And the trade between Silla and Daeshoku will also be strengthened. In addition to porcelain and satin, the most famous thing in our Great Song Dynasty is tea. Now the planting area of tea can barely meet domestic demand, and trade with Western Xia and other countries; If you want to meet the seafaring trade, it will be difficult in a short time. ”

"And as you know, it takes three years to pick a lot of tea leaves. When everyone knows the news of the voyage and the need for a large amount of tea to go to sea for trade, it is too late to plant again. The young master said that this is called the time difference. Not everyone has the qualifications to participate in navigation, we have little power, and we can't compete with others, so we can only earn the time difference. When the time comes, those big families want to do tea business but have no tea to sell, so we have an opportunity. Once you are involved in the nautical business for the first time, you will be qualified to compete with others for the second time. One step first, step by step, this is called seizing business opportunities. ”

When Lu Xiaobei heard this, his blood boiled.

After a few years of traveling north and south, he also knows that the most profitable is not at home, but abroad. Therefore, despite knowing that the frontier was not peaceful, there were still many merchants who transported tea and other commodities to the nomadic peoples of the southwest and northwest in order to seek huge profits. Wealth and danger are sought, and that's it.

For the nomadic people in the southwest and northwest, because they were often restless, the Great Song Dynasty set up a tea and horse exchange market in the frontier, and also set up a special agency such as the "Implementation of the Whistleblowing Tea Supervision Department" to manage the tea and horse trade. Due to the many restrictions and heavy taxes, the profits are not particularly high.

But if you open up overseas markets, it's different. Because those countries did not border the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty would only trade with them without suppressing them, although they had to take some risks in maritime shipping, but the profits were huge.

Lu Xiaobei's net worth is not even a rich businessman in the capital, at most he is a rich family with a little money. But if he could participate in overseas trade, he would have become a wealthy businessman.

How could this not make Lu Xiaobei's heart pound?

"Then you're going to buy mountain land too, right?" He asked.

Zhuang Yue nodded: "Yes." However, this has to be done secretly. It's a bit late to plant tea trees this year, so you don't have to rush, buy them in several batches during the year, and plant them in the winter, so that they are not so noticeable. ”

Worried that Lu Xiaobei would misunderstand, he said again: "This matter was guessed by the young master from the emperor's questioning. Later, when he was the champion, it attracted too much attention, and the incident of Shen Langzhong also happened, so the young master put this matter aside for the time being. Now that he has entered the Hanlin Academy, he asked me to mention it to you. But you still have to be careful not to get into trouble. After all, you are related to the young master, and someone may be eyeing you. Do something when you buy and sell the land, and you have no place to reason for your losses. ”

"I see." Lu Xiaobei nodded, "If it's inconvenient for you there, I can come forward to buy it, and when the wind is not so tight, I will transfer it to Jinning or my mother-in-law." ”

Zhuang Yue thought for a while and said, "It's okay." ”

There is no shortage of smart people in the court, Du Jinning can guess that the emperor is going to open up overseas markets, and others can also guess that when the time comes, everyone will rob the mountains, and the price of this land will be high.

Instead of waiting for a while, it's better to strike first.

In fact, some time ago, Du Jinning asked Zhuang Yue to buy land. But at that time, there was not much spare money, and there was not much land to replace. Having made so much money during this time, it is neither safe nor cost-effective to sit idle and leave a field. Therefore, the fields must be bought more, and they can be bought as much as they can.

"Then you look at it first, and if you fancy any piece of land, you will send someone to tell me, and I will eat it directly." Lu Xiaobei Road.

"The land near the capital is expensive, and there are many wealthy families, and someone sells the land and is bought at once. It's better to go to Huizhou and buy it. The eldest aunt will soon go over there to do the county order, and the young master asked me to go to Huizhou to buy some mountain land, do you want to join us? ”

"Okay, okay, let's go together." Lu Xiaobei's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed.

The two made an appointment, and Zhuang Yue took his leave.

Xu Chengyuan took office for a period of one month. Huizhou is not far from the capital, and Xu Chengyuan will have time to leave after half a month.

Therefore, Zhuang Yue and Lu Xiaobei planned to make a time difference and buy land before Xu Chengyuan took office, so as not to be criticized in the future, saying that Du Jinning and Lu Xiaobei relied on Xu Chengyuan's relatives to forcibly seize and force others to sell land. There is the time and person certificate registered in the yamen when buying the land, and the time when Xu Chengyuan took office, even if these people want to make a fuss about it, there is nothing they can do.

Of course, in order to avoid this, Zhuang Yue did not plan to buy it all in Xu Chengyuan's county, but to buy it wherever there was a suitable mountainous area. Du Jinning is compiling in the Hanlin Academy, no matter where the county order or the governor is, he has to give some face. As long as the family is not given the opportunity to attack Du Jinning, it makes no difference where to buy land.

Here, Zhuang Yue followed Du Jinning's instructions and planned to go to Huizhou to buy land; But Du Jinning was busy with another matter, that is, the whereabouts of the children cultivated by Qin Laoliu.