This bag of gems is all rough stones, which is not a big gift, but it is not too cheap, and it should be worth about 100 gold coins.

Chen Xiansong invited the two of them to sit down, and was about to dismiss the small bag of gems, but Bai Min preemptively put it away, and then walked in the direction of the basement, now she likes to help Chen Xiansong collect money very much, and has more and more potential as a housekeeper, it seems that she has focused on the knowledge of housekeeping in the chip, and repeatedly calculated, it seems that she wants to improve the housekeeping knowledge base.

Chen Guangrong stared at Bai Min's back and swallowed secretly, although he knew that it was impossible for him to get such a woman, but love and possession were inevitable, in his mind, only a heavenly eunuch like his sixth uncle could be immune to the charm of this woman.

"I've heard that Your Excellency has encountered something during your journey." Chen Zeyi drank the milk tea that Balf brought just now, and then he was surprised, it was the first time he had tasted such a thing.

Milk tea is a drink that has only recently been made up by Alice, but it is Bai Qianxin who provides theoretical and experimental data, she is worried that her brother will get tired of drinking fruit wine every day, so she will find a way to get some of the previous things out, she is a combat cyborg, not good at cooking, because this kind of thing relies more on feelings, rather than data.

For example, the Germans, they are very strict when cooking, there are dozens of cooking tools in the kitchen, there are four or five kinds of tools just for beating an egg, seasoning, water, and the weight of the ingredients are exactly according to the cookbook, accurate to the gram, but the result is very sad, they are still recognized as one of the dark cuisine countries in the world, and the first in this regard is said to be the United Kingdom.

Chen Xiansong saw that Chen Zeyi's expression was a little strange, he glanced at his cup, and immediately became happy, picked it up and took a sip. Although it doesn't taste as good as Sister Bai's, it's really good. After Sister Bai adopted Chen Xiansong that year, she knew that the mouth of a natural person was very tricky, so she deliberately went to participate in the cooking practice class held by a natural person, rain or shine, and worked hard for 12 years to learn good cooking skills.

After taking a sip of milk tea, Chen Xiansong replied: "I encountered something, and it's not too uncomfortable to think about it now, anyway, I survived, and I almost went to the Aurora Kingdom." ”

"If Your Excellency arrives in the Kingdom of Aurora. If you have anything in the future, you can ask my Chen family for help. Chen Zeyi said proudly: "We have our Chen family's business houses in all major cities in China, although the scale is not very large, but it is enough to contact and solve some urgent needs." ”

"I thank you in advance." Chen Xiansong raised his glass: "But I don't want such a day." ”

"Hahaha. Indeed it is. I don't want either. Chen Zeyi drank the milk tea in one gulp, and then looked around. "Your Excellency." I heard that some time ago, a beautiful little girl came to your house, who was your new student, and she was also a soul thinker? ”

Chen Xiansong nodded: "Indeed, it's a naughty child, and it's a headache." He didn't understand why the other party would suddenly mention the little one. But think about it. Although the little guy is still young, he is now a little beauty embryo, and he still has a charming temperament that Bai Min does not have, and when he grows up. Its characteristics should not be weaker than Bai Min and Bai Qianxin, so it is normal to be noticed.

"This is my nephew, Chen Guangrong." Chen Zeyi patted his back and asked him to straighten his waist: "Don't look at him as an old man, but in fact, he is only seventeen years old, and he doesn't have a wife yet, although Your Excellency thinks he can still see it, can you let him make a marriage contract with your student first, and then choose a day to complete the marriage when your student grows up." ”

Chen Guangrong's eyes lit up, a month ago, when Catherine and Frances came to this village, he had seen it from afar on the mountain, and he thought it was extremely beautiful and cute, and it was extremely seductive, and then the little guy stood on the hillside every day and waited for Chen Xiansong to come back, just like a Wangfu stone, he occasionally passed by here and bumped into it a few times, and the more and more he felt tempting, although it was not as good as Bai Min and Bai Qianxin, but wherever it was placed, it was a top little beauty.

Hearing this, Chen Xiansong shook his head without hesitation: "Your Excellency Xie Xie Love, Siss, she is still young, it is too early to think about these things, besides, as her teacher, I think she should choose her partner when she grows up, instead of me being the master for him, at most I just play the role of some suggestions." ”

As soon as he heard Chen Xiansong refused, Chen Guangrong was a little anxious, but now he was just a junior and couldn't speak at all.

"The life of the parents, the words of the matchmaker." Chen Zeyi smiled and said, "Your Excellency, you are also a member of our Aurora Kingdom, so you naturally understand this truth. Although that girl is from Kate's kingdom, she has entered the division of our Aurora Kingdom, so she naturally has to act according to the rules of our Aurora Kingdom. ”

"But this is Kate's kingdom." Chen Xiansong was not angry, because he vaguely felt that Chen Zeyi's sudden proposal of marriage did not seem to be his real intention: "If Sith grows up for another five or six years, if she likes this Chen ...... Your Excellency Guangrong, I will not stop it. After hesitating for a while, Chen Xiansong remembered the name of this frivolous young man.

"Hehe, that's a shame." After being rejected, Chen Zeyi didn't have any other emotions, but it was better to say that everything seemed to be expected by him: "In that case, let's talk about other things." Your Excellency, our Chen family spent a lot of money to buy a piece of land on the other side of the mountain, but now the construction progress is very slow, because of the lack of manpower, so I would like to ask your Excellency to come out from the village and help us, of course we will pay the salary. ”

"Oh, that's easy, how many people do you need." Chen Xiansong naturally will not refuse to seek benefits for his villagers: "I don't know how much the salary is, I don't know how easy it is to tell, in this case, I can explain it to the villagers." ”

"A hundred young men are enough." Chen Zeyi tapped his fingers lightly on the table for a while, and then continued: "Regarding the commission, each person has two copper coins a day, and we have three meals a day, three black bread for each meal. The period is about a year. ”

In this dark age, because of the relationship of low productivity, food was extremely scarce, and the poor often starved to death. Therefore, grain is the most valuable and valuable thing. The real big businessmen almost all started by selling grain. Refined grains are expensive, even coarse grains are not cheap, and a piece of black bread costs a copper coin. Especially during the famine and war, sometimes no amount of money can buy food, like the global famine more than 200 years ago, there were many small nobles who starved to death with hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and the ordinary life and death were countless, but fortunately, the Sun Temple intervened in the world, and I don't know where the huge amount of food was obtained from the road, and it was distributed everywhere, which expanded the hunger.

Since then, the aristocracy's habit of hoarding grain has been ingrained to the point of madness.

Chen Xiansong thought for a while and said: "It's the farming season, if they help you, it will delay the farming time, can you increase the price more." ”

This is Chen Xiansong talking nonsense, it is already the beginning of summer, it is already past the busiest spring ploughing period, and because there are two water wheels to help irrigate day and night, the villagers of Gray Stone Village have not worked hard at all today. However, it has always been the case that nobles speak among themselves, whether it is reasonable or not, as long as you throw out a reason, the other party must consider the meaning of your words.

Chen Zeyi thought for a while and said, "How about two copper coins a day per person and five black breads." ”

Chen Xiansong now has a very full understanding of the prices in this world, and in the eyes of other nobles, this is indeed a rare high-priced labor. He understood the principle of accepting it when he saw it, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, it's decided." I think the villagers will be happy. ”

"Then I'll wait for them to come over tomorrow to help out." Chen Zeyi stood up and clenched his fists and said, "Your Excellency has just come back, so I won't disturb Your Excellency to reunite with your relatives." After a few days, if I have free time, I will come back to disturb you, and you can also come to my place as a guest, and you will be greeted by sweeping the couch. ”

Chen Xiansong also got up and changed his fist and said, "It must be." ”

Then Chen Zeyi left with Chen Guangrong, who was a little unwilling. After going down the hill, the two got into the carriage, Chen Guangrong sat on the chair, and said angrily: "That Chen Xiansong is really ignorant, we have all given gems, and he still doesn't agree to give that little girl to me as a wife, it's a wife, not a concubine, where can he find such a good thing in the future." ”

"Do you really not understand, or do you not understand?" Chen Zeyi snorted: "I know that I am beautiful when I am born, that girl is a soul thinker, I just said that, do you think you can really marry a female soul thinker, and you are so beautiful!" If I am Chen Xiansong, wouldn't it be better for me to keep the students for myself, why do I need to be cheap outsiders, anyway, the Kate Kingdom is not against the teacher-student relationship. ”

"In that case, why do you still mention this matter for the sixth uncle, it will make me happy." Chen Guangrong was a little distracted.

"This is the way to negotiate and deal with things, if you want to do one thing, if you first propose something that the other party will never agree to, and after he refuses, then mention something that he may agree, so that the chance of the second thing being successful should be higher."

Chen Guangrong finally understood: "Sixth uncle, you are afraid that he will not agree to lend us a hundred young people." ”

Chen Zeyi nodded: "Two copper coins a day, plus five black breads, if such a job is placed in other places, it is easy to recruit hundreds of people, but Gray Stone Village has been run by Chen Xiansong for a year, and now everyone has surplus food in their homes, if there is no lord's approval, other people will not dare to come, and you should also understand that the tenant farmers of the Kate Kingdom go out to make money and return to the territory, but they have to hand over thirty percent of their income to the lord, so that the villagers do not get much." ”

"The lords of Kate's kingdom are all poor ghosts, and they have to be taxed on that little money." Chen Guangrong snorted, very sarcastic.

"Do you think our Chen family doesn't accept it? Keep it in secret. Chen Zeyi snorted: "Why didn't the eldest brother teach you anything, our family has more than 6,000 tenant farmers in several cities and fields, and last year collected a total of more than 100 gold coins in foreign taxes, don't be too little, money is accumulated little by little, our Chen family has been operating for hundreds of years, and it has today's status, relying on the prestige of a copper coin praise, you should remember that if you are lucky enough to inherit the position of the head of the family one day, you can not forget this." ”

Chen Guangrong nodded and was taught. (To be continued......)