After a bustling opening day, the mountain pavilion finally closed at nightfall. Wen Ya locked the door, Zhufeng held a booklet in one hand and a lantern in the other. They hired a carriage and returned to Jiuquli.
At home, Xu Lan has already prepared the meal, and Qingyu Shi'an and Hongtao are serving tea, pouring water, and setting the dishes and chopsticks, welcoming Zhufeng and Wen Ya comfortably through the door after a busy day.
After dinner, everyone did not rush to sleep, but discussed matters in the main room. Qingyu took out the previous account books and listened to Zhufeng and Hongtao selecting Shange disciples.
"...The He family and the Si family must be chosen." Zhufeng circled their names.
Hongtao flipped through the names on the booklet, and after a while, he pointed to a name and said, "This one has to be chosen. This is also a rich owner. His family's status among the wealthy families in Yinzhou is second only to the He family and the Si family.
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Zhufeng circled the name again.
Hearts were looked at next to each other again. She knew the addresses of the wealthy households in the inner circle very well, so she was very fast. She pointed at one at a time and then at another, and the twenty people were quickly selected.
In the end, with a sad face, she wrote a booklet of more than ten pages with trembling words: "These are all children from rich families. If we had known, we should have collected more. Now we are just leaving money without making any money."
"Twenty people are enough. Their qualifications are too ordinary. They have to be taught step by step. No matter how many people there are, I don't have that much energy to keep an eye on them. The difference in the level of the teachers will be too big. On the contrary, it will discredit Shange." Wen Ya
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If it weren't for the need to focus on money right now, these people wouldn't even be qualified to be the outer disciples of her mountain pavilion. I couldn't help but sigh, people will inevitably bow before money.
Hong Tao hugged the booklet and kept shouting "It's a pity".
Shi'an kindly comforted: "Twenty people also have six hundred taels."
When the people in the room heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up. Qingyu smiled slightly and wrote down something in the book,
"In the previous one hundred and thirty-seven taels, the eldest brother earned ten taels from fortune-telling, and the second sister earned another fifty taels from looking at the ghost house. In addition, the opening of the mountain pavilion cost 48 taels and 70 copper coins. Recently, the expenses have been twenty taels.
Four coins and twelve coppers..."
"There are also medicinal seeds. The silver is ninety-six taels and three cents." Zhufeng added: "All the medicinal seeds can be sent to the countryside tomorrow."
Qingyu wrote down the medicine species Wei Yin again in the book, and then said: "Now I have fifty taels and fourteen coins left on hand."
"Added tomorrow's six hundred taels, it's six hundred and fifty-four taels and eighteen coppers." Hong Tao spoke excitedly.
The faces of everyone in the room lit up.
Zhufeng covered his face and sighed: "Now I finally have some bulge in my pocket."
Wen Ya was even more happy and said, "In the coming year, when the mountain pavilion matures and becomes more famous, we will increase the number of Shuxiu and accept each of them fifty taels."
"In the coming year, these first batch of disciples can also take care of their junior brothers, which will save a lot of effort." Shi'an said with a smile.
Xu Lan listened to the family talking and laughing, surprised and happy, "I used to wonder what a big family should be like in the mountains, but now I understand."
Qingyu couldn't help but smile. If Xu Lan knew their respective identities, she would be shocked.
"Treat this place as your home from now on." Wen Ya advised, and then said to the others:
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back to the house first. Those brats have never been exposed to the Qi of the True One. I still have to find out more about it and tell them from the source."
Qingyu also got up and said, "Go to bed early, we will be busy tomorrow."
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The next day, the family had breakfast and set off separately. Zhufeng went to the countryside, Wen Ya and Xu Lan went to Shange, while Qingyu Shian and Hongtao were responsible for notifying the people selected by Shange.
The three of them arrived at the first door of the He Family Courtyard early in the morning. Shi'an handed over the post from Shange. The gatekeeper had already learned from He Yunshen that he should pay attention to his words, so he did not dare to neglect and immediately posted the post. Sent in.
Not long after, He Yunshen ran out happily, with a natural and proud look on his face, and said to the young servant: "With my qualifications, young master, I will definitely be able to join the cabinet."
I saw three children at the door again, each smaller than the other, a little strange, "Who are you?"
Shi'an stepped forward and said, "We are here to inform the Third Young Master that you have been selected by the Shange. Please report to the Shange at midnight tomorrow."
"Chenshi..." He Yunshen frowned and pursed his lips, "Okay, I know, then should I bring this bunch of repair silver tomorrow or give it to you now?"
"Give it now." Hongtao stretched out his hands.
The chief attendant handed the purse containing thirty taels of silver to Hongtao, and then retreated behind He Yunshen.
"The master of the pavilion has always made clear rewards and punishments. I hope the young master will not be late." Shi'an reminded him one last time, but he didn't expect He Yunshen but had already turned his back and walked through the door.
Shi'an shook his head helplessly. Hongtao looked at He Yunshen's back like a fool, "He really thinks he has good qualifications, tsk tsk." He handed the money to Qingyu.
Qingyu put the money into Xuannv Hall with a flick of her hand, and then took out the registration booklet, "The next family will go to Si's house, in..."
"I know, it's on the street behind He's house." Hong Tao quickly led the way.
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Although the people chosen were all famous and wealthy families, and these families lived in concentrated areas, it still took nearly three hours to get all twenty families down.
However, it only took three hours to get the six hundred taels, and everyone was happy with it.
After collecting the money, Qingyu Shian and Hongtao had a late lunch out, and then came to the mountain pavilion together.
Yesterday's opening was noisy. Although many people still came to inquire or watch today, it was much quieter than yesterday.
The three of them entered the pavilion. Wen Ya was sorting out the content to be taught tomorrow. Xu Lan greeted the guests who came to inquire or watch. During the interval, he saw Qingyu and the others, smiled, said a few words to the guests in front of him, and then came Go to Qingyu and the others.
"There are still many people who want to sign up today." She looked at the people visiting the cabinet with some regret.
Wen Ya's hearing power was already beyond ordinary people's. He kept moving his hands and said: "Starting from tomorrow, these people will not be allowed in during the teaching period."
Xu Lan responded. Qingyu walked over and sat down next to Wen Ya, "The money has been collected. In two days it will be time to pay the rent. I want to buy the house before then to avoid another month of rent."
"What about today? There will be a delay at Shange starting tomorrow, so I'm afraid there won't be much time." Wen Ya said.
Qingyu nodded: "I am also thinking about today."
Wen Ya put down what she was doing and stood up, "Let's go now. We don't know where Qian Laoer is at this point. If it's too late, I'm afraid the Yamen will be closed and we won't be able to get the seal."
Calling Xu Lan to the front, Wen Ya explained a few things about the mountain pavilion, and asked Xu Lan to close the door and go back after the hour, and then went to find Qian Laoer with Qingyu Shi'an and Hong Tao.
Qian Laoer was invisible. He was always running around looking for people to look at houses. The four of them really had to ask around for a long time before they found someone.