This bag of gemstones is all raw stones, which are not worthy of gifts, but they are not too cheap. They should be worth about a hundred gold coins.

Chen Xiansong asked the two to sit down and was about to refuse the small bag of gems, but Bai Min took it away first and then walked towards the basement. Now she liked to help Chen Xiansong collect money and had the potential to be a housekeeper. It seemed that she had marked out the knowledge about housekeeping in the chip and repeatedly calculated it, as if she wanted to improve the housekeeping knowledge base.

Chen Guangrong stared at Bai Min's back and swallowed secretly. Although he knew that he could not get such a woman, admiration and possession were inevitable. In his opinion, only a eunuch like his sixth uncle could be immune to the charm of this woman.

"I heard that you encountered something during your trip." Chen Zeyi drank the milk tea that Balff had just brought, and then was surprised. It was the first time he had tasted something like this.

Milk tea is a drink that Alice has just made recently, but the theoretical and experimental data is Bai Qianxin. She is worried that her younger brother will get tired of drinking fruit wine every day, so she finds ways to get some things from the past. She is a fighting biochemical person and is not good at cooking because this kind of thing relies more on feelings than data.

For example, the Germans are very rigorous when cooking. There are dozens of cooking tools in the kitchen. There are four or five tools just by making an egg. The seasonings, moisture and the weight of ingredients are exactly as stated in the cookbook, and they are precisely prepared to gram. However, the result is very sad. They are still one of the world's recognized dark cuisine countries. The number one in this regard is said to be the UK.

Seeing that Chen Zeyi's expression was a little strange, Chen Xiansong looked into his cup, and immediately became happy, picked it up and took a sip. Although it was not as good as Sister Bai's cooking, it was indeed good. After Sister Bai adopted Chen Xiansong, she knew that natural persons were very clever, so she went to attend a cooking exercise class organized by natural persons. She worked hard for twelve years before she learned a good cooking skills.

After taking a sip of milk tea, Chen Xiansong replied: "I encountered some things. Now I don't feel too uncomfortable. Anyway, I've been through it and I almost went to Zhendan Kingdom."

"If you arrive at the Zhendan Kingdom, you can ask my Chen family for help in the future." Chen Zeyi said proudly: "We have our Chen family's business in major cities in Zhendan. Although the scale is not very large, it is enough to use it as a contact and solve some urgent needs."

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

"Hahaha. It's true. I don't want it either." Chen Zeyi finished drinking the milk tea in one sip, then looked around and asked, "Your Excellency, I heard that some time ago, a beautiful little girl came to your house. She was your newly recruited student, and she was also a soul-thinking person?"

Chen Xiansong nodded: "It's true that he is a naughty child, which is a headache." He didn't understand why the other party suddenly mentioned the little guy. But if you think about it carefully, although the little guy is still young, he is now a little beauty, and he has a charming temperament that Bai Min does not have. When he grows up, his traits should not be weaker than those of 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 his old look, he is actually only seventeen years old and has no wife yet. Although you think he is still past the eye, can he make a marriage contract with his students first, and then choose a date to get married when the students grow up."

Chen Guangrong's eyes lit up. A month ago, when Catherine and Frances came to this village, he had seen it far away on the hillside. At that time, he thought it was very beautiful and cute, and extremely seductive. Later, the little guy stood on the hillside every day waiting for Chen Xiansong to come back, just like a husband-looking stone. He occasionally bumped into it here a few times, and he felt more and more attractive. Although he was not as good as Bai Min and Bai Qianxin, he was a top little beauties everywhere.

Hearing this, Chen Xiansong shook his head without hesitation: "Thank you for your kindness. Xis is still young, and it is too early to think about these things now. Moreover, as her teacher, I think she should choose her own partner when she grows up, rather than letting me take charge of him. At most, I will only play some suggestions."

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

"The orders of parents are the words of the matchmaker." Chen Zeyi laughed and said, "Your Excellency, you are also from our Zhendan Kingdom, so you naturally understand this. Although the girl is from the Kate Kingdom, after entering our Zhendan Kingdom, she naturally has to act according to the rules of our Zhendan Kingdom."

"But this is the Kingdom of Kate." Chen Xiansong was not angry either, because he vaguely felt that Chen Zeyi's sudden proposal for marriage seemed not his real purpose: "If Xis had been growing up for another five or six years, if she liked this Chen... Lord Guangrong, I would not stop it." After hesitating for a while, Chen Xiansong remembered the name of this frivolous boy.

"Haha, that's a pity." After being rejected, Chen Zeyi had no other emotions. It would be better to say that everything seemed to be within his expectations: "Since that's the 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 the construction progress is very slow now, because of insufficient staff, so I would like to ask you to get some people out of the village and help us. Of course we will pay our salary."

"Oh, this is easy to deal with, how many people do you need." Chen Xiansong naturally would not refuse to make profits for his villagers: "There is also a roughly salary, I don't know how much it is, so I can tell the villagers in this way."

"One hundred people are enough to be young and strong." Chen Zeyi pointed his finger and gently tapped the table for a while, and then continued: "About commissions, we packed two copper coins per day, three meals a day, and three black bread per meal. The period will take about a year."

In this dark age, due to low productivity, the food was extremely insufficient, and poor people often starved to death. Therefore, food was the most valuable and the most valuable thing. Real big merchants almost all started by selling grain. Essential grain was expensive, and even coarse grains were not cheap. A black bread cost a copper coin. Especially during the famine and war, sometimes no matter how much money was, they could not buy food. For example, in the global famine more than two hundred years ago, many small nobles starved to death with tens of thousands of gold coins, and countless ordinary people died. Fortunately, the Temple of the Sun intervened in the secular world and found that they had obtained huge amounts of food from somewhere and distributed it everywhere, which expanded the hunger.

Since then, the nobles' habit of hoarding grain has become deeply rooted to a point of being crazy.

Chen Xiansong thought for a while and said, "It's the farming season now. If they help you, it will delay the farming season. Can you add more prices?"

This is Chen Xiansong talking nonsense. It was already early summer, and the busiest spring plowing period was already past. Moreover, because two water trucks helped irrigate day and night, the villagers of Graystone Village did not work much today. However, speaking among the nobles and superiors has always been like this. No matter whether it is reasonable or not, as long as you give a reason, the other party must consider the meaning of your words.

Chen Zeyi thought for a while and said, "Then how about two copper coins per person a day and five black bread?"

Chen Xiansong now has a full understanding of the prices in this world. In the eyes of other nobles, this is indeed a rare high-priced labor force. He understood the principle of closing when he was about to get better, and nodded and agreed: "Okay, that's it. I think the villagers will be very happy."

"Then I will wait for them to come and help with the work tomorrow." Chen Zeyi stood up and clasped his fists, saying, "You have just returned, and I will not disturb you and your relatives. After a few days, if I have free time, I will definitely disturb you again. In addition, you can also come to my place as a guest, and you will definitely welcome you to the bed."

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

Then Chen Zeyi left with Chen Guangrong who was a little unwilling to accept it. After going down the hillside, 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. He didn't even agree to give the little girl to me as his wife. She is a wife, not a concubine. Where can he find such a good thing in the future?"

"Do you really don't understand, or do you don't understand." Chen Zeyi snorted: "I know the beauty of my life. That girl is a soul-thought-hearted person. I just said that. Do you think you can really marry a female soul-thought-hearted person, and she is so beautiful! If I were Chen Xiansong, wouldn't it be better for me to keep my student to enjoy myself? Why should I be cheaper for outsiders? Anyway, the Kingdom of Kate does not oppose teacher-student relationship."

"Since that's the case, why do you want to mention this matter, and I'm so happy." Chen Guangrong was a little unresolved.

"This is the way to negotiate and deal with things. If you want to accomplish something, if you first propose something that the other party will never agree to, and after he refuses, then mention something that he may agree to. In this way, the chances of the second thing being done should be relatively high."

Chen Guangrong finally understood: "Uncle Six, you are afraid that he will not agree to lend a hundred young and strong people for us."

Chen Zeyi nodded: "Two copper coins a day, plus five black bread. If such a job is placed in another place, it will be easy to recruit hundreds of people. However, the Graystone Village was run by Chen Xiansong for a year. Now everyone has surplus grain in their homes. If the lord does not agree, others will definitely not dare to come. Besides, you should also understand that the tenant farmers in the Kingdom of Kate went out to make money and return to the territory, but they have to hand over 30% of the income to the lord. In this way, the villagers' income is not much."

"The lords of the Kate Kingdom are all poor people, and they have to collect taxes for the little money." Chen Guangrong snorted, very sarcastic.

"Do you think our Chen family doesn't collect it? They are secretly collecting it." Chen Zeyi snorted: "Why didn't you teach you anything? There are more than 6,000 tenant farmers in our country in several cities. Last year, we collected more than 100 gold coins for foreign taxes. Don't think it's too little. Money is accumulated bit by bit. Our Chen family has been operating for hundreds of years to get its status today, relying on the majesty of each copper coins. Remember it carefully. If you are lucky enough to inherit the position of the head of the family one by one, you must not forget this."

Chen Guangrong nodded and received teaching. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!