Regarding his dividend proposal was strongly opposed by the two, Gu Yunji was a little helpless: "Don't worry, listen to me first." It seems that what I provide is the key technology, but it only plays a big role in the early stage, as long as the chili pepper is promoted, the chili sauce recipe and chili pepper planting I can give are not worth much. ”

"And I'm a court official, I don't know how long I can stay in the position of general judge, once I am transferred out of Xuzhou Mansion, I can't do anything else except get dividends on time every year, and I have to rely on you to support me in vain at that time."

"From start to finish, buy raw materials, make chili sauce, and open a shop...... It is up to you to worry about it, and you are the one who has the most credit and hard work. I'm just sitting on the profits, and taking a bonus is enough. ”

Gu Yunji is a child of a family, and although his family is not as wealthy as a big businessman like Fan Li, he is not short of money. What's more, he doesn't live a luxurious life on weekdays, and asking for too much money is useless, but it may even cause disaster, and people will misunderstand him for embezzlement and bribery.

said so, but Zhang Cuiying was still very hesitant: "If you don't ...... it"

"There is another important point why I will pay dividends like this." Without waiting for Zhang Cuiying to continue refusing, Gu Yunji made a gesture to signal her to stop, "The two of you have helped me a lot in the promotion of artichoke planting, especially Fan Yuanwai, who even gave a full 5,000 taels of silver to buy improved seeds." ”

"Although the promotion of artichoke is beneficial to the people, it is my primary responsibility as a general judge, as a member of the people, the two of them took the initiative to take on the righteousness, selflessly gave so much, and deserved to be rewarded."

Gu Yunji looked at Fan Li and Zhang Cuiying, and said sincerely: "However, the artichoke seeds I bought will be distributed to the people for free in the future, and the government will not collect taxes on the harvest income in the short term. ”

"I, Gu Yunji, don't think I'm an ungrateful person, the two of you helped me, if I don't give anything in return, my conscience will be disturbed. I don't have anything else to do, and the dividends of this business should be a way to express my gratitude, please accept them. ”

As he spoke, Gu Yunji bowed and bowed to the two of them.

There is a muddy identity gap between the government and the people, and Gu Yunji is worried that Zhang Cuiying and Fan Li will not dare to accept it, so he does not give too much courtesy.

Rao is like this, Gu Yunji's move still scared the two of them, especially Zhang Cuiying, who was so frightened that she almost knelt down on the spot: "How can Lord Gu be like this!" You are an official master, I am just a grass people, I should kowtow to you! Master Gu's exemption from me is a promotion to me, how dare I accept your courtesy? Doesn't that torment me! ”

Gu Yunji held her arm to prevent her from kneeling, insisted on bowing and saluting, and simply said: "The two of you refuse to accept such a dividend, I don't know how to reciprocate, my conscience is really uneasy, don't say that if you do this salute, it will be difficult to sleep at night!" ”

Fan Li had no choice, while holding his hand, he turned sideways to avoid being saluted, and said anxiously: "Okay, okay, I promise, I promise!" Master Gu, don't do this! ”

Gu Yunji heard this, so he straightened up and stopped insisting.

Zhang Cuiying didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "Master Gu, why are you like this, isn't it good to take more money if you take more dividends?" You deserve it. ”

Gu Yunji said calmly: "There is nothing that should be deserved, only what should be done and should not be done." Yu Gong is the general judge of the Xuzhou government, and I should do a good job in the promotion of potatoes and peppers. You have helped me and given me a lot of support, even if I can't give you a reward on behalf of the government, I should give you what I can in my own name. ”

Saying that, he joked again: "What's more, this is a dividend and not cash, don't act like I have suffered a big loss." If this chili pepper business is not successful, I will not only have to repay it in another way, but also think of how to make up for the shortfall. If you really think about me, you should try your best to run a good business, and don't let me put money into it! ”

Fan Li looked at Gu Yunji with complicated eyes, and he stopped talking for a long time, but finally sighed and sighed: "Master Gu, it's a blessing to meet you." ”

Fan Li traveled north and south and dealt with many officials, but he really had never seen an official like Gu Yunji. Not only is he knowledgeable and knowledgeable, he understands artichoke, pepper and other Fanbang crops, but also can take the initiative to make profits when he has key knowledge and core technologies, not to mention that he is dedicated to the people, and the sage is afraid that he can only do this.

Gu Yunji is not a saint, he is just from a previous life, and he has a little more perspective on the development of history than contemporary people.

After seeing the advanced social system and science and technology in the previous life, as long as he is not an extremely selfish person, he can more or less cultivate some vision of "the world is for the public", and compared with the development of mankind and the well-being of the people, it is really difficult to deceive his eyes with worldly interests such as gold and silver.

If you do a little more, you can save one more person and live one more person, with such an idea and a sense of foresight from modern times, it is difficult for others to imagine how much energy and motivation Gu Yunji has in his heart.

Speaking of which, it is still the same sentence - in its position to seek its own government.

After discussing the dividends and various specific matters, the next thing to do is to purchase chili peppers and prepare to open a store.

Zhang Cuiying is in charge of the business of the shop and the workers, Fan Li is busy going to the coast to buy chili peppers and open up transportation channels, Gu Yunji is not idle, even if he doesn't have to worry about the chili business, the daily official business of the government is also so busy that his feet don't touch the ground.

The dull days passed day by day, and Xu Zhenzhi was ready to continue his journey after living at home for half a month. Gu Zhaoxi was bored at home every day, her father was busy with official business, and her mother was busy with housework.

Knowing that Xu Zhenzhi was leaving, Gu Zhaoxi was very reluctant, but in the end, he was a little older than when Su Qi left, and he no longer cried emotionally. just looked at each other with red eyes, their mouths were deflated, and they didn't say a word, but the tears were falling down with a click.

Xu Zhenzhi's heart was pinched when he saw it, and he immediately put down his burden and decided to stay for two more days. However, he still had to leave for two more days, and on the day of farewell, Xu Zhenzhi ruthlessly didn't look at Gu Zhaoxi's tears, and finally left.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Cuiying planted the 300 catties of potatoes reserved in the spring, and more than a month later, when the late rice was harvested, the potatoes also broke the ground and emerged.

Zhang Cuiying found all the shop workers, and only needed to make the raw materials for chili sauce. Fan Li also bought chili peppers along the coast, and although others had not returned, he first sent back some chili seeds, ready to try to cultivate and plant them in Xuzhou Mansion.

However, not long after Zhang Cuiying planted the peppers, there was an emergency: the natives came down the mountain to make trouble again.