After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Xie Boyuan called Mingjun and Mingjia to sit next to him, and patiently told the brother and sister how to do this.

"We are officials, the Zhou family is citizens, and the Zhou family is also a merchant. The current situation of the Zhou family in Qu County is not very good, and he used this shop to show his goodwill. The shop is his certificate of investment, and we can just take it. With this relationship, the situation of the Zhou family in Qu County will be much better."

It was just a small building in a border town, and Xie Boyuan didn't take it seriously. In the capital, the luxuriously decorated Dazhuangzi, countless people came to give it to him.

The Zhou family would be very happy if they bought this small building for 200 taels, but they would not be so happy if they bought it for 300 taels. And if they bought it for 310 taels, neither the Zhou family nor the Huang family would be happy.

Ming Jia has never been an official, and he doesn't understand how those powerful families get along with the vassal forces. However, since Uncle Yuan said that he could buy the bookstore for 200 taels. Of course she was happy to spend less.

So the remaining question is how to raise money? Forehead. . . . . Ming Jia felt that it would be better for Uncle Yuan to provide the money instead of bothering the two masters.

"Uncle Yuan, how about you come forward to buy the shop with 200 taels of silver, and I can rent the shop with you as the owner of the bookstore?" Mingjia told Xie Boyuan the idea he had thought of.

Xie Boyuan couldn't even guess that Ming Jia had come up with this solution. He had no idea of ​​buying a property in Qu County! But it's not impossible for his apprentice.

Xie Boyuan looked at Mingjia with a smile, as if you can continue to convince me. He really wanted to know what else the little girl could say.

Maybe I had really been trying to thank Boyuan for his favor before, and I always felt a little guilty. But this time she really felt that buying this shop was a good investment and a sure profit.

Ming Jia raised her head and looked at Xie Boyuan, with even some affection in her eyes. Finally, I thought helplessly: He is indeed a stubborn scholar who does not understand investment and financial management.

"That building is well preserved. It is said that it was worth a thousand taels before. Even the current price of 200 taels is far lower than the market price. My father has been a county magistrate in Qu County for at least 3 years, and he can recover 180 taels in rent alone. .

Three years from now, Quxian's economic development will definitely be much better than it is now.

Even if you sell the shop before leaving Qu County, I estimate that you can earn at least 350 taels. It only takes three years for you to recover 200 taels of 530 taels of silver. This does not include the income from your bookstore. And dividends?”

Ming Jia explained to Xie Boyuan with a heartbroken look. To be honest, if she had money, she would definitely buy it herself. Then rent it to a bookstore, and personal property and collective property must be distinguished.

Xie Boyuan was confused. This reason was something he had never thought of at all. He had never worried about money. He thought the little girl would tell him about the future of the bookstore or act coquettishly with him.

But okay! I have to say that what the little girl said moved him very much. More than any ideal bookstore, Xie Boyuan knew for the first time that he would also be tempted by money and silk.

The matter in the library was settled. Mingjia saw that Xie Boyuan seemed to be in good condition and seemed to have begun to adapt to the current intensity of work in Qu County.

She wondered if she could ask Xie Boyuan for a little help.

"Uncle Yuan, you have traveled to many places before and met many people, right?" Suddenly Mingjia looked at Xie Boyuan as if he admired him very much.

The alarm bell rang loudly in Xie Boyuan's heart: This little girl must have something for me to do again.

Ming Jia feels that there are too few books currently. Xie Boyuan said before that he still has many books that will be shipped over in the future. But it is still very different from Mingjia's idea.

Because they want to accumulate fame and money quickly, they need educational supplementary books for the imperial examination the most. However, compared to teaching aid books, Mingjia feels that past papers are definitely more popular.

The three examination question books they have in their hands now have limited appeal to students in Qu County. The county examination question book, the college examination question book and the township examination question book are more attractive and will attract more people.

Moreover, since the founding of the Liang Dynasty, the purpose of preventing fraud in the imperial examinations was also to study and exchange. At the end of every imperial examination, high-scoring articles will be posted for everyone to appreciate.

In a simple sentence, she wants many real exam questions and excellent answer sheets from different regions and years. Compared with the preciousness of imperial examination teaching aids, this kind of copied articles are easy to buy. But it all needs to be done locally.

It would not cost much money to buy the question book, but in ancient times it was really difficult to do it without some connections and means.

After hearing Ming Jia's thoughts, Xie Boyuan had only one thought: She is indeed a little girl, how dare you think about it!

Mingjia also thought it was a bit difficult, but she didn't need all the test questions in the country. So, he counted with Xie Boyuan on his fingers.

People in Chuanzhou City just need to send someone to buy it, or they can exchange it as before, without spending any money.

Chen Shaoang, whom they rescued in Jinzhou City, is now an official in Ningzhou, but he is from Yuezhou and studied in Jinzhou. Therefore, in these three states, at least several county college examination questions can be obtained through him.

We are from Sichuan, and dad can also write letters back to the academy. Ask the gentleman at the academy if there is anyone who collects articles for county examinations and college examinations.

It may not be easy to collect the test questions and articles for the provincial examination, especially those from her father's class last year. However, it is basically not difficult to test children and scholars.

Of course, you have to pay something, so it depends on the other party's requirements. The bookstore charges money, so readers may just exchange books. It might be a little time-consuming, but she also needs to decorate the bookstore!

One month is enough time to collect test articles from Chuanzhou and Ningzhou. Even if there are enough manpower, it is not impossible to go back to Jinzhou again. The rest can be updated every month or at irregular intervals.

Xie Boyuan promised to sign a contract with the Zhou family early tomorrow morning and handle the transfer of the library. So he sent Mingjun brother and sister away. He needed some quiet time to think.

It is said that the family has good resources, not just books and good teachers. In fact, another point is that children from aristocratic families are exposed to current affairs in the court early, and even the elders in the family can talk about them.

These are things that children from poor families will never have access to. The emperor wanted to support poor students and fight against the aristocratic family's monopoly in the imperial examinations. He even used his status as emperor to help poor students cheat in the provincial examination last year.

He and the emperor had discussed many times how to quickly support poor students, but neither of them had thought of a good way.

He didn't know if Mingjia's bookstore was a good idea, but even if it only benefited Chuanzhou, Ningzhou and Jinzhou, the imperial examination scores of students in these three states would improve in three years.

Xie Boyuan took out the letter paper and grinded it slowly. He wanted to write a letter to the capital. He had been away from the capital for several months, and it was time for him to write a letter back. He believed that the emperor would be very interested in this big bookstore project.

The girder was too big and the plan required more hands. Who in the world has more manpower than the Emperor?