rebirth first official

Another year passed in a blink of an eye, the weather warmed up, and spring began.

Early in the morning, Gao Zhanming woke up from his sleep, pushed away the arms on his body, kicked off the legs resting on his waist, and yawned: "Get up."

Li Jingruo turned over lazily, but remained motionless under the quilt.

In the past few months, Li Dadu took every step of the way, conquering the city and conquering the territory, subtly, and finally forced the poor Gao Zhanming's bottom line to retreat again and again.He sneaked into Gao Zhanming's room while Gao Zhanming was asleep for a month in a row, and woke up with him the next day. Even if Gao Zhanming changed the iron lock door, he could still climb in through the window, just barely under Gao Zhanming's bed. Open a tunnel.When Gao Zhanming finally gave up his resistance, Governor Li went a step further, entered the room openly and climbed onto Gao Zhanming's bed before going to bed.Gradually, Gao Zhanming got used to having a warm chest behind him when he woke up.

Gao Zhanming put on his clothes, turned around, saw that Li Jingruo was still sleeping, and immediately lifted his quilt: "Today is the day to collect money!"

In the early morning of spring, when it was still cold, Li Jingruo was only wearing a thin layer of spring shirt, and when the quilt was lifted, he naturally woke up from the cold.He rubbed his eyes and sat up, seeing Gao Zhanming walking back and forth putting on clothes and shoes, so he stretched out his hand: "Give me the clothes."

Gao Zhanming picked up the clothes he put on the chair and handed them to him, but Li Jingruo didn't pick up the clothes, took advantage of the situation and grabbed his hand, and pulled him onto the bed.Gao Zhanming suddenly fell into Li Jingruo's arms. Before he recovered, Li Jingruo grabbed the quilt and covered his face. In the darkness, he felt a fiery lips kissing him, and Li Jingruo's warm breath sprayed on him. Itchy face.

Gao Zhanming pushed angrily, trying to push Li Jingruo away, but Li Jingruo clamped him tightly and couldn't move.It wasn't until Li Jingruo had enjoyed himself that he let go of Gao Zhanming, and lazily lifted the quilt to get up.

Gao Zhanming gritted his teeth and said eagerly: "Didn't you hear what I said, you can collect money today! I will pay you back! No more interest!"

Li Jingruo put on his overcoat, loosely rolled up his messy hair, turned around, and the lazy and dazed look, and the resentful and arrogant look of being woken up just now disappeared completely, and he was a handsome young man again: "Ma'am , I was just teaching you the correct way to get Wei Fu to wake up. In this cold weather, the only thing that can drag Wei Fu out of the warm bed is Mrs. Geng's warm, fragrant and soft jade body."

Gao Zhanming looked at his well-dressed appearance, and snorted disdainfully: "What are you pretending to be, who hasn't seen your hair messy and drooling in sleep!"

Li Jingruo splashed the clear water on the bedside onto his face, and said refreshingly, "What are you staring at me for?"

Gao Zhanming pursed his lips: "Dudu Li is really a different person off the bed."

Li Jingruo raised his eyebrows: "Two people? Do you want to try three people tonight?"

Gao Zhanming used to think that Li Jingruo was just a little slippery, and he didn't care how much he teased, but now Li Jingruo is not only talking, but Gao Zhanming also feels a little afraid of his action, so he dared not say any more, quickly opened the door, and said hello Person: "Get some hot water and comb our hair for Dudu Li and me."

Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo packed up properly and left the house in a carriage.

The first wave of spring harvest has been completed, and the government has opened its doors to collect debts. The loans issued last autumn have begun to be recovered today with interest.

Gao Zhanming personally sat down to collect the bill.Last year, the common people had not recovered from the natural disaster. Many people could not afford the money to farm, so they had to borrow money from the government.

Old man Wang carried two baskets of rice into the loan department of the government. When he saw Gao Zhanming, he hurriedly put down the rice and saluted Gao Zhanming: "Master Gao!"

Gao Zhanming helped him up: "There's no need to be too polite. Are you here to repay the loan?"

Old man Wang grabbed Gao Zhanming's hand and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Mr. Gao, thanks to you asking the government to lend me money last year, otherwise, old man, I would have jumped into the Minjiang River!"

Gao Zhanming laughed and said, "Why do you want to jump into the Minjiang River every now and then? Come on, how is the harvest in the field this year?"

"Okay, good! Very good!" Old man Wang smiled wrinkled his face, pointing to two loads of rice and said, "This is to pay off the debt, and my youngest son still has two loads of rice. Thanks to Mr. Gao , since Mr. Gao came to our Jiazhou mansion, the weather in Jiazhou has been good, and the harvest in the fields has increased, Gao Zhanming is a living Bodhisattva!" He said and gave Gao Zhanming a thumbs up.

Gao Zhanming smiled and shook his head: "It's not so exaggerated." Turning around, he told the little official, "Weigh the rice, and if the quantity matches, the account will be canceled."

Afterwards, several loan repayers came in, and they were flattered to see Gao Zhanming sitting in charge to collect the debts in person. They grabbed Gao Zhanming's hand and thanked Mr. Gao for his merits, and thanked Mr. Gao for saving his life.

In just one morning, the government collected a warehouse of grain and almost couldn't put it down.

Gao Zhanming looked at the checkout items that had been sold out, and felt very emotional.It's really not easy to earn some money!

In the afternoon, Gao Zhanming couldn't stay in the government office anymore.When the common people heard that Gao Zhanming personally collected the bills, they all came to watch and surrounded the government.When the ordinary people who came to pay the bills saw Gao Zhanming, they also dragged him to talk about his family's short stories, which greatly affected the speed of collecting the bills.So Gao Zhanming hurriedly handed over the matter of collecting the accounts to the subordinate staff, found a free time and sneaked out of the government to find Li Jingruo.

Li Jingruo went to inspect the water conservancy facilities in the field in the morning. Gao Zhanming and the officials from Zhongsinong decided on a plan after discussion. They dug a ditch in the field directly to the river bank, diverted the river water into the field, and then irrigated it with water trucks, which greatly reduced the water consumption. Human power enriches the soil.Now it has begun to bear fruit.

Gao Zhanming asked Li Jingruo: "How do ordinary people evaluate the new facilities?"

Li Jingruo didn't say anything, and gave him a thumbs up with a smile.

Gao Zhanming couldn't help being overjoyed.

Li Jingruo said: "Let's go up the mountain to see how the tea fields are doing."

Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo climbed up the mountainside to inspect the tea fields.The government took over the tea business as an official operation, and Li Jingruo has collected all the tea fields in several prefectures under Li Jingruo. Now he has two kinds of tea fields in his hands, one is directly collected from the former tea farmers, The other is his own newly opened pilot tea field.The newly planted tea has not germinated so quickly, but the harvested old tea fields have already ripened a batch of tea.

Li Jingruo and Gao Zhanming sat down on a big rock on the mountainside, and the tea farmer handed over two bowls of hot new tea: "Taste the tea brewed with dew just picked this morning, two adults, it smells delicious."

Gao Zhanming glanced at the tender green tea tip in the bowl: "Is this just picked?"

The tea farmer said with a smile: "I just picked it yesterday. Don't worry, Mr. Gao, it's raw tea, just drink it like this, so it's fine."

Li Jingruo in that room had already drank, and after drinking, he frowned, and immediately stretched out: "Good tea."

Gao Zhanming also took a sip.Raw tea is extremely bitter, but there is a refreshing fragrance in the bitterness, bitter but not astringent. When the tea is drunk, the bitterness in the mouth disappears, and the sweetness remains on the tip of the tongue.He couldn't help but praise: "It's really good."

The tea farmer said with a simple and honest smile: "Our tea in Jiazhou is very good. There is plenty of rain and mist on the mountain. It's a pity that it is not famous. It can't compare with Longjing in West Lake."

Gao Zhanming put the tea bowl aside, and said, "The Longjing in West Lake is naturally excellent, but we don't need to compare with them. Ours is Zhuyeqing, and the taste of Longjing is of course different."

Li Jingruo nodded to the old farmer: "You go back first, thank you very much."

The old farmer took the two empty tea bowls, bowed and left.

Li Jingruo asked Gao Zhanming, "What do you think?"

Gao Zhanming said: "I think it's very good. The tribute tea I drank in the palace is not necessarily better than this Zhuyeqing. The tea farmer is right, it is indeed a little less famous, but because of the rugged mountains and rocks in Shu, The terrain is steep, it has always been closed, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to be famous all over the world."

Li Jingruo asked him: "Do you think we can make a fortune with this tea?"

Gao Zhanming smiled and said: "Yes, why not, don't underestimate a businessman, as long as you have the ability, even a handful of dry grass can sell for a good tea price, not to mention, this tea is really good."

Li Jingruo said: "Except for the part that is given to the imperial court as a tribute every year, the tea in Shu has always been sold in Shu County, and it is rarely spread outside."

Gao Zhanming said: "We have to send him outside. If you sell it in Sichuan, the price is too low, and you won't make much money. Send it outside. Rare things are more expensive. There is no bamboo leaf green outside. Maybe you can sell them well." Price. That’s what merchants are for. No matter how good West Lake Longjing is, if no merchants take him out of Hangzhou, who in the world will know him well? Doing business is nothing more than two points. The first point is the goods, which we already have, and the second point The second point is gimmicks. I am good at making gimmicks. I will write a memorial, hand it to the palace, and then send someone to make a golden sedan chair to carry hundreds of catties of tea to Beijing. I am not afraid that people in the world will not know about our Sichuan Bamboo leaf green."

Li Jingruo looked at him with great interest: "It seems that brother Gao has a lot of experience in business? Have you ever done business?"

Gao Zhanming was startled, and hurriedly said: "Brother Li, doesn't he know a little bit about everything? People who live in this world always have some special interests."

Li Jingruo said: "Well, I'll let you handle this matter. Find a way to earn back the money you spent."

After inspecting the tea fields, the two came down from the mountain. It was getting late, and they walked side by side in the countryside.It has been a year and a half since Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo came to Jiazhou. When they first came, Jiazhou was a world infested by locusts. There were no grains left in the fields, and the locusts were in the dark. The scene was miserable and it was like a hell on earth.But now, the land is fertile, and children are laughing and playing on the ridges of the fields, and farmers and women are carrying burdens and singing songs and walking back affectionately. It is a happy scene.

Gao Zhanming couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Dudu Li really manages well."

Li Jingruo smiled and said, "Congratulations."

Gao Zhanming glanced at the vast farmland, and couldn't help but smile on his face.The satisfaction of being able to watch the city I ruled from barrenness to prosperity with my own eyes is really inflated.After expanding, it will become empty again.He wants more, more!