He sighed softly.

He forced a smile and said, "It's my honor. Mr. Cheng, please go first!"

He followed Cheng Lao Er nervously into a teahouse, his mind in a mess, and he didn't dare to resist at all.

It’s not that he is cowardly, but he is really afraid of the group of strong men in Chengjia Village.

An hour later, he came out of the teahouse alone, stepping slowly and still not recovering from the conversation.

Looking at the contract in black and white in his hand, with their fingerprints on it, he finally believed that the conversation he had just had was not a dream.

The Cheng family actually built a paper mill quietly and mastered several methods of making paper. What he was holding in his hand was the Xuan paper they made themselves.

It has a soft and tough texture, is white and dense, tough but moist, and has strong ink-absorbing properties. It is excellent for both painting and writing.

The purchase price is only one hundred and fifty cents per knife.

One cut of paper is equal to one hundred sheets, which means that such good paper only costs one and a half cents per sheet.

You should know that the cheapest jute paper he sold cost five hundred wen.

The purchase price alone is 450 Wen.

Not only was paper cheap at the Cheng family's expense, but books were also ridiculously cheap. The most in-demand copy of "Three Character Classic" only cost fifty cents.

Other books are also cheap, and the price is based on thickness and the number of words.

The most expensive item is the medical book, which would not cost more than two hundred coins.

During the entire negotiation process, Shopkeeper Zeng was in shock. If the price had not been clearly stated in the contract, he would not even know what Cheng Lao Er had said to him.

The only thing I remember him saying was.

I want to ensure that every child in the world can afford to go to school.

What a great goal! Just hearing about it makes our blood boil.

He took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

Today he left Cangwu Town willingly.

Although Cheng Lao Er gave him a low purchase price, it was not without conditions.

The condition is that the selling price cannot exceed the price they set.

These are all minor problems. There are countless readers in the world. As long as he transports these books outside Yinzhou, he can make money by selling them at a low profit and in large quantities.

He paid a deposit of one thousand and two taels of silver on the spot and agreed to deliver the goods three days later.

As soon as he got home, he started looking for an escort agency and hiring people, wanting to start something big.

As for his wife and children, they naturally stayed in Cangwu Town, a place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery, and the children were sent to study in the Cheng family's school.

The people in Chengjia Village heard that Shopkeeper Zeng had placed a large order and the goods would be delivered in three days.

They were so happy that they didn't even have time to eat. They were so motivated that if Cheng Zeli hadn't said they were afraid of making mistakes after dark, they would have wanted to work all night long.

Old Man Cheng and his group of old men also temporarily put down their furniture work. They couldn't do the printing work that strained the eyes, but they were better than anyone else at making brushes.

So three days later, Shopkeeper Zeng left Cangwu Town contentedly, pulling several carts of pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

Chengjia Village also received the balance of one thousand taels.

Even though every household had more savings, everyone was still very excited holding two silver notes with a face value of one thousand taels. After all, this was their first business in pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and it was a good start.

In the past, we provided paper and pens to workers' children for free, but some people still felt bad about it.

Now the investment has been recovered directly, and everyone praised Cheng Zeli for his vision and broad perspective.

Little Mo Junyi was also happy for them, feeling sad that the Cheng family could have sold the products at several times higher prices and made more money, but they didn't do that.

How come there are so many pure and kind people in the world?

While I was impressed by their kindness and righteousness, I also felt that the burden on my shoulders was even heavier.

He has been living a fulfilling life recently, spending the whole day in the study room in Cheng Xingwan's space, immersed in the ocean of knowledge and unable to extricate himself.

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

After a month of getting along with each other, the students and teachers in the school gradually adapted to the new environment.

During this period, Shopkeeper Zeng came back once again. After the news was released, the goods he brought last time were sold out in an instant.

He also made a lot of money, and he was completely bold.

This time he came back and placed an order for 10,000 taels directly. The next day he left again with a large fleet of cars.

His wife, the shopkeeper, was so angry that she suspected he had someone else outside.

As winter goes and spring comes, the gentle spring breeze blows across the endless rapeseed fields, and large expanses of golden color spread across the fields.

Oh, the rape flowers are blooming!

Under the scorching sun, rape flowers bloomed enthusiastically, attracting a group of cute little bees to diligently collect nectar.

Everyone in Cangwu Town participated in this visual feast.

Because at this moment they were just like the group of little bees, singing while working on the mountain.

After the New Year, Chengjia Village burned all the grass and trees below the halfway point of the mountain.

Now the wind is blowing, everything is coming back to life, and the dead grass that was burned in the winter is sprouting new buds again.

So they asked people to dig up tree roots and grass roots, and everyone was allowed to dig.

Each person’s wages are calculated based on the size of the tree roots they dig.

A strong man can earn hundreds of coins a day.

Even the elderly and children who have little strength can earn as little as eight or nine cents a day.

After digging out the tree roots, you have to dig a tree pit.

Each person marked out an area and dug pits at the specified intervals. After the pits were inspected and accepted, they were charged three cents each.

Because the trees planted are small, the pits required do not need to be too deep, so this job is not difficult.

Anyone can do it.

Even the hunchbacked Mrs. Deng and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Qiu, were there.

Mrs. Deng dug a shallow pit with a hoe.

Mrs. Qiu carried her son on her back and shoveled the soil with a shovel.

With the tacit cooperation between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, they can dig at least ten pits a day.

They were already very satisfied with earning thirty cents. Before and after the New Year, they earned several hundred cents by selling tree bark to the Cheng family.

Because of that money, they had a good New Year. They bought half a pound of meat and a pound of flour, made buns and dumplings, and ate delicious food.

The Cheng family is still collecting tree bark, but the bark that can be sold in nearby trees has been stripped off, and it takes half a day to go back and forth to distant places, which is inconvenient for her because she has to take care of the children.

Although digging tree pits earns less money than selling tree bark, this job can be done for half a month. After digging the tree pits, you have to plant trees, and then you can earn another half a month's money.

She had to save money and send her son Huzi to Cheng's school when he grew up. Her life would become more and more hopeful.

Cheng Zeli received an invitation from the Confucius Academy in Yinzhou and went to Yinzhou with Cheng Bingwen.

Cheng Bingwen went with him as his servant.

He could have stayed in Cangwu Town or Pingyang County to study, but he felt that he could learn more from Cheng Zeli. Not only could he learn book knowledge, but he could also learn how to behave in society from him, so he asked Cheng Zeli to take him with him.

Naturally, he was not qualified to enter the Confucius Academy and could only enter as Cheng Zeli's servant.

Li and Cheng Xingwan did not go with them.

First, Li is interested in clothing design. She has been trying to open a clothing store with Shen. The supermarket in the town is about to be built, and her clothes will be sold on the second floor. Now she needs to rush to deliver the goods.

She has already recruited a group of embroiderers to work overtime to complete the work.

She is now a working woman and has no time to take care of her husband's daily life.

Second, Mo Junyi is not suitable to appear in front of people, and it is safest to stay in the valley.

He, Cheng Xingwan and Cheng Jinchen were left in the valley, taken care of by Zhang and Old Man Cheng, and became left-behind children.

After solving the enrollment problem in Cangwu Town, Cheng Laoer went to Pingyang County without stopping and copied the model of Cangwu Town verbatim. Although the school in Pingyang County was bigger than that in Cangwu Town, it was also overcrowded.

People are busy digging holes and planting trees at the foot of the mountain.

A group of well-dressed outsiders suddenly came to Cangwu Town and were asking around about where the head of the Cheng family was.

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