Female-to-male: I live on farming

"Okay, get up."

After a long while, Yang Jingzhi spoke, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

"I heard that you have passed the Tongkat Ali exam, but this is not enough if you want to be my student."

Moreover, compared with most candidates, Lu Youqing's age is no longer an advantage, as students who have been studying since childhood will start taking the exam in their teens.

"Please examine me, Master."

Yang Jingzhi asked a few questions casually.

He stared at Lu Youqing's expression when he answered the questions, which was calm and composed, and his voice was fluent. The following questions became more and more urgent.

The cigarette smoke on the table rose in wisps.

Lu Youqing was in a state of extreme nervousness, and only had time to answer his questions, with a thin layer of sweat on his back.

After a while, Yang Jingzhi looked at her deeply.

A few days ago, a letter came from the capital, asking him to teach this person in his spare time. Although he only taught the eldest princess for two years, she was still his student, and his most proud student.

Although he accepted the offer, he was also curious about what kind of person would make His Highness invite her out of retirement. Seeing her today, although she was not as amazing as the eldest princess in her youth, she was indeed a rare talent.

Thinking of this, there was a hint of regret in his eyes.

She has excellent qualifications, but unfortunately as a woman, her future will be difficult even if she enters the court.

"Take this collection back and read it carefully, and come to my place every day at 11:00 a.m."

Seeing Lu Youqing coming out with a book in his arms, Qin Ke hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Are you okay?"

"The teacher asked me to come here to study tomorrow." Lu Youqing looked at Qin Ke and showed a relaxed smile.

Master Yang, who seldom went out after living in the academy, accepted a student. The students in the academy were extremely surprised. You know, there were countless people who wanted to become Master Yang's students, but no matter how many people submitted visiting cards asking to see him, he refused to see them.

Now he suddenly took in an unknown girl who was said to be from the countryside, which shocked everyone.

The students in the college were curious, jealous and dissatisfied with this person.

So the next day, Lu Youqing changed into a student's green gown and came to the academy. When she walked on the road, other students stared at her.

After the disfigurement, she was able to remain calm in the face of such gazes and walked along the blue brick path with her eyes fixed on it, holding a book in her arms.

The students saw that she was tall and slender, with long flowing hair like silk, and had a delicate face and a cool temperament.

The graceful lady originally attracted the attention of some young and energetic students.

But after a long time, they found that this new student was not only knowledgeable, but also more competitive than them.

Not only does he come early every day, but he also waits until late at night before leaving.

This aroused the desire to win in the others. It would be fine if they lost to others, but it would be too embarrassing to lose to a new woman.

Qin Ke had no idea what the other students in Bailu Academy were thinking. Lu Youqing went out early and came back late, and was too busy every day to have time to talk to him.

He was depressed, but more distressed.

But this is her battle alone. She has to force herself to do better not only for herself but also for the favor of the eldest princess.

All Qin Ke could do was to take better care of her in life. Every night when he went to pick her up at the gate of the academy, Lu Youqing was so tired after getting on the carriage that she didn't want to say a word. She just leaned on Qin Ke and closed her eyes to rest.

The rest of the time, Qin Ke wandered around Jinzhou City. Suddenly, a new idea popped into his mind, so he returned to Lixiangyuan and started writing a plan.

He brought out the same enthusiasm he had in his previous life when doing projects, and spent two days to come up with a good project plan. In fact, it was mainly because he was not familiar with the ancient calligraphy. If he made a few mistakes, he had to rewrite them. It was nothing like changing things on the computer as he wanted.

Qin Ke took the results of the past few days and asked Gu Zhong to report them on his behalf.

This time, Gu Lanxi was free. When Qin Ke came, she was leaning against the railing feeding the fish. When she saw her coming, she clapped her hands and went back to the pavilion.

The maids nearby immediately brought over a pot of hot tea.

"What's the matter? What do you want from me today?" Gu Lanxi picked up the thin teacup, put it to the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently.

Qin Ke pushed the plan in front of her and said, "I have an idea recently. I want to ask Patriarch Gu to see if it is feasible?"

After Gu Lanxi opened it, she first looked at Qin Ke with disdain, and then lowered her head to read the contents carefully.

Qin Ke touched his nose awkwardly. He knew that his handwriting was indeed not that good, but at least it was much better than at the beginning.

The more Gu Lanxi looked at him, the more surprised she was. She had thought that he was good at farming, but she had never imagined that he also had a keen sense for business.

Seeing that she didn't say anything for a while, Qin Ke explained: "The weather is getting colder now. If it is summer, people can bathe and change clothes every day, but in winter, the weather is freezing cold, and firewood and charcoal are expensive. Ordinary people are reluctant to burn firewood to boil soup for bathing. If there is a place to provide bathing, wouldn't it be convenient?"

When he walked down the street recently, he could often smell the stench of sweat on passers-by. Some people's hair was so black and oily that you could tell at a glance that they hadn't been washed for days.

Even though their family is not short of money now, they cannot afford to bathe every day, let alone ordinary families.

"Since you've already said that charcoal is expensive, doesn't that mean that the cost will remain high? Ordinary people will still be reluctant to spend money."

Qin Ke pointed to the last few pages of the plan and said, "So my idea is that we can divide it into VIP area and public area. The target group of the public area is naturally ordinary people, and a mixed hot spring pool will be set up; and for the VIP area, it is a single pool, and different areas have different charging standards."

Lu Youqing also knew that it was actually the easiest to make money from VIPs. No matter if they were aristocratic families or wealthy businessmen, they were all willing to spend money.

The 80/20 rule is applicable at all times: eight out of ten of the world's wealth is in the hands of these people, while the rest is distributed among the vast majority of people.

Lu Youqing turned to the page introducing the VIP area, tapped it with his fingertips, and asked, "What does this mean?"

She knew about Go and dice, but she had never heard of mahjong and table tennis.

"It's just a form of leisure and entertainment. If they just want to take a bath, they can do it at home. If you want to attract them, you have to have something special."

Qin Ke smiled. As long as mahjong is an entertainment activity, it will definitely attract a lot of people. This is true in later generations, and it is even more so in this era when there are no entertainment activities at all in winter.

"Have you designed the drawings?" Gu Lanxi knew that this project was not small as soon as he saw the plan.

When Qin Ke heard this, he knew that the other party was interested, so he immediately took out the design drawings of the bathtub from his arms and explained them carefully to the other party.