Speaking of old Yu, things are off to a good start.

For the rest of the day, Yu Ji and Bai Song stayed in the tea mountain to accompany Yu Lao for a day of tea farmer life.

Nothing else, only leisure.

The tea mountain tea rose very well, and Bai Song took a fancy to it.

Bai Song was thinking, if those famous teas were transplanted and planted here, would it be different? Will it cause a sensation like Wuliangye?

It is not difficult to do this, it only needs to be achieved through space exchange.

But Bai Song eventually relented from similar thoughts.

Tea is a thing that has different varieties and different tastes, and it is difficult to compare and distinguish between different teas.

The so-called good or bad is only the difference between the same kind of tea.

In Bai Song's view, the premium of tea lies mostly in packaging and publicity, as well as some historical and cultural heritage.

If you want to sell tea at a high price, the focus is on publicity, not on seed selection.

Not yet, at least.

As far as the eye can see, a tea mountain is enough for Bai Song to be busy for a while.

In addition to the tea pickers, they also need some powerful masters, unify the process, determine the standards, and then compile some stories with connotations and sell them to Dongying people, people like gimmicks such as craftsman spirit.

In the afternoon, Bai Song and Yu Ji traveled to the mountains with Yu Lao.

Yu Lao saw that Bai Song Zhonghui was distracted by a tea mountain, so he stopped and asked, "What's wrong?" Always looking at this piece of mountains in a daze. Is there anything you can't be sure about? ”

What Yu Lao thought, it is estimated that this kid is still hesitant before he says that Qin Lao will be moved, and he will comfort him with kind words: "It is up to people to do things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen, you can't force them, as long as you try your best to do it, the result is not important." ”

Bai Song nodded and said very seriously: "Indeed, the result is not important. Sir, I don't know whose family this tea mountain is? Or is it from which family? ”

Old Yu was stunned for a moment, wondering why this kid suddenly came to the tea mountain?

"What's wrong?"

"The students have some ideas, the tea leaves in the tea mountain are rising very well, but a lot of tea leaves are too late to pick, and they are wasted.

"Contracting?"

It's a neologism.

"It is to buy the tea leaves of the entire tea mountain at a fixed price."

"What are you buying so much tea for?"

"Sir, have you forgotten that the student is also a businessman?"

Yu Shinan frowned, thinking, "What happened to your kid's money bank?" ”

"Nothing else, the students just want to sell the tea here."

"You, you!" Yu Shinan was a little dissatisfied, and pointed to Bai Song's nose, "What is good about you when you are called a teacher?" Nothing was done, and the mind went to other things. ”

"This ...... It's not an idle thing. Such a large tea mountain is a great treasure, and we can't waste it in vain. ”

"Do you really have that in mind?"

"Really."

Yu Shinan saw that Bai Song was talking so seriously, and nodded immediately: "If you really like it, the tea in this mountain should be given to you for the teacher." ”

"What?" Bai Song was taken aback, "These teas are all Mr.'s?" ”

"It's all from the previous generation of the Yu family, and the Yu family used to use this kind of tea, which was a tea supplier appointed by Emperor Taizu. They are all the collateral relatives of the Yu family. Later, the new emperor has not been, and today's emperor is not as obsessed with tea as Emperor Taizu, under its influence, the demand for tea in the Tang Dynasty has decreased, there are too many tea here, and it can't be sold at all. ”

Yu Ji walked up and said to Bai Song: "Grandpa is right, I remember that there were a lot of tea pickers here when I was a child. Later, it was somehow abandoned. ”

"It's nothing here, the Yu family hasn't taken this place to heart for a long time, you are a closed disciple of the teacher, and you are also your own family, if you like it, you can take it and toss, whether it is a profit or a loss, you will take it yourself."

"Thank you, sir!"

Bai Song was overjoyed, and never thought that this was a deal without a book.

Originally, it was estimated that thinking that such a large piece of tea mountain would cost thousands of taels of silver to be contracted.

This is, Yu Shinan pointed to a farther place: "Over this mountain, there are still three tea forests on the mountain bag that are ours." ”

It's a real treasure.

Yu Shinan saw Bai Song's eyes shining, and he was a little curious: "What are you going to do with these teas?" ”

"Sell it to Dongying."

Yu Shinan and Yu Ji were both stunned, they thought that they were going to sell, but they didn't expect Bai Song's idea to be so jumpy, they were actually sold outside the Tang Dynasty, Dongying!

"Can this be done?" Yu Ji was puzzled.

"As long as you do your best, the result doesn't matter."

The three of them walked to the top of the hill.

The mountains here are gentle, the top of the mountain is not high, standing on the top of the mountain, the three of them look into the distance, it is rare to have a feeling of pure leisure.

Looking at the clouds and mist in the distance, Bai Song thought of his original dream.

Breaking away from the world, living in seclusion, the life of the wife and children on the hot kang may be similar to now, right?

But at this moment, Bai Song asked himself, do you really like this kind of life?

The answer in Bai Song's heart became melancholy.

Now Bai Song has been implicated in the whole world, and with too many ties, he is now unable to follow his previous state of mind and withdraw from the world.

"Is the imperial examination really irreversible?"

Suddenly, Yu Shinan beside him read a sentence leisurely.

Bai Song thought for a while, and looked back at Yu Lao.

Yu Shinan continued: "The old man has witnessed the advent of the imperial examination since the previous dynasty, then to the implementation of Emperor Taizu, and then to the improvement of the current emperor, three generations of emperors, without exception, have been using their life's work to promote the imperial examination. Why are these high-ranking people never satisfied, the greater the power, the more they cannot tolerate the slightest threat, even if there is only a slight possibility, they have to block the threat...... Why is that? ”

Bai Song frowned slightly, from Yu Lao's words, Bai Song heard some misunderstandings on the other side.

"Sir, the reason why the emperor is courteous to carry out the imperial examination may have its own purpose, or it may also be out of control of power, as you said. But there is one thing that gentlemen should understand, the imperial examination is indeed a matter that benefits the people. The society needs progress, the probationary system can no longer keep up with the development of the times, the imperial court needs fresh blood, the society needs a new mechanism, the imperial examination is born in accordance with the times, and cannot stand on the opposite side of the times because of the interests of individuals and personal families. Blindly blocking and rejecting will only make individuals and families bear a greater impact. ”

Yu Shinan nodded: "I hope that as you said, the imperial examination is in line with the times." ”

……

Early the next morning, Yu Shinan left the tea mountain where he lived in seclusion, and together with his grandson and Bai Song, quietly got into the carriage and quietly returned to Chang'an City, which he had promised never to set foot in.