Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

Zhong Yunfeng returned to Wanshou County on the night two days before the Winter Solstice Festival.

The shopkeeper Quan Youfang reported to Zhong Yunfeng on the operation of Yunfeng Tower in recent days. Zhong Yunfeng was very satisfied. It seemed that he could safely hand over the Yunfeng Tower in Wanshou County to Quan Youfang for management. He should adjust his focus to outward expansion.

After resting for a night in the county town, Zhong Yunfeng went straight to Shanglin Village early the next morning.

Accompanied by Wang Shun, Zhong Yunfeng inspected the completed cattle farm. Seeing that the wall of the small yard for Veterinarian Sun was already being built, he nodded with satisfaction.

Then I went to the construction site of the milk processing workshop and saw the craftsmen were nailing wooden boards on the roof. The next step would be to cover the tiles. It seemed that it would not take long to be completed.

Finally, Wang Shun took Zhong Yunfeng to the construction site of the Ye family courtyard next to the processing workshop. In the past few days, the foundation has been almost dug. There are many blue stones piled next to it, and several craftsmen have begun to lay the foundation with blue stones.

This progress is faster than Zhong Yunfeng had imagined. It seems that it shouldn't be a big problem for the processing workshop to go into production in early December.

Zhong Yunfeng left the construction site and went to see Veterinarian Sun to learn about the villagers' cattle breeding situation.

Upon learning that the villagers have gradually gotten the hang of it, the villagers have voluntarily contributed the milk they have squeezed out during this period to the craftsmen on the construction site and the villagers who volunteered to help.

Zhong Yunfeng nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with what he learned. Then he said goodbye to Veterinarian Sun and went up to Ye’s farm.

When I arrived at Ye’s farm, I smelled a faint floral scent before even entering the door.

Zhong Yunfeng knocked on the door, and seeing that it was not locked, he pushed it open and walked in.

After entering the room, I saw Wulang and Erniu looking at me from the kitchen. After they simply greeted me, the brother and sister continued with their work.

"Wu Lang, what are you doing?"

Zhong Yunfeng walked towards the kitchen and saw a strange device on each of the two stoves. The closer he got to the kitchen, the stronger the floral scent became, so he asked Wulang curiously.

"Brother Zhong, we are making wintersweet flower hydrosol."

Wu Lang said to Zhong Yunfeng while adding firewood into the stove.

"What is this wintersweet flower pure dew?"

Zhong Yunfeng was sure that he had never heard of such a thing and was a little confused.

"I can't really explain it, but it's a good thing anyway. You can ask my brother for details. He's in the room."

Zhong Yunfeng knocked on Ye Changyan's door, and heard Ye Changyan's voice from inside.

"come in."

Zhong Yunfeng pushed open the door and saw Ye Changyan sitting at the desk in front of the window, writing and drawing. Ye Changyan turned around and saw that it was Zhong Yunfeng, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Go outside and bring in a stool. I have something to discuss with you."

Zhong Yunfeng brought a stool and sat down in front of the desk. Ye Changyan pushed two porcelain bottles of different sizes towards Zhong Yunfeng.

"what is this?"

Zhong Yunfeng picked up the porcelain bottle curiously and looked at it. He couldn't figure out what it was for a moment, so he asked.

"Did you see Wulang and Erniu busy outside?"

Seeing Zhong Yunfeng nodded, Ye Changyan continued.

"This is the result of their hard work. This larger white porcelain bottle contains wintersweet flower pure water, and this smaller green porcelain bottle contains wintersweet flower perfume."

Zhong Yunfeng looked confused. The literal meaning of this perfume was easy to understand, but what was this pure dew?

Seeing Zhong Yunfeng's confused look, Ye Changyan briefly introduced the pure dew and perfume to Zhong Yunfeng.

“Is it really that useful?”

After hearing Ye Changyan's introduction to the pure dew, Zhong Yunfeng was eager to try it.

"Open it and try it, and you'll know."

As he spoke, under the guidance of Ye Changyan, Zhong Yunfeng tried some of the wintersweet flower pure dew.

Sure enough, this wintersweet flower pure water is very easy to use. I just applied some of it lightly on my face, and my originally dry skin became moisturized and smooth. After using it, my skin felt clear and refreshed. The key is that there is a faint wintersweet fragrance lingering around, which makes the whole person feel refreshed.

“This is really a good thing!”

Then Zhong Yunfeng stared at the small celadon bottle, picked it up and removed the cork. A rich fragrance wafted out. The rich and intoxicating scent of wintersweet was mixed with some indescribable wonderful fragrance. Zhong Yunfeng could not help but pick up the porcelain bottle, bring it close to his nose, sniff it, close his eyes and savor it carefully. He was intoxicated by it for a moment.

It took Zhong Yunfeng a long time to come back to his senses from the intoxication of the wintersweet perfume.

"This perfume is so intoxicating. When I was a child, my aunt used a kind of perfume that my father brought back from Shengjing City. My aunt loved it. She applied some on her wrists and it gave off a faint fragrance for a long time."

Zhong Yunfeng covered the small green-glazed porcelain bottle with a cork, placed it carefully on the desk, and continued.

"Compared with this perfume, that kind of ointment is really a world of difference. As soon as you open the bottle of this perfume, it will emit an intoxicating fragrance. I can't imagine how much my aunt would like it if she had a bottle of perfume like this."

Seeing Zhong Yunfeng's face mixed with excitement and intoxication, Ye Changyan smiled and shook his head.

"Would you be willing to spend money to buy your aunt a bottle of perfume like this?"

Zhong Yunfeng nodded repeatedly, and Ye Changyan nodded with satisfaction.

"The flowering period of wintersweet flowers is about one month, so it is impossible to produce wintersweet flower perfume and pure water in large quantities for a long time. Are you interested in cooperating with me?"

Zhong Yunfeng's eyes lit up. As a young man, he seldom liked the wintersweet hydrosol, let alone the intoxicating wintersweet perfume. If the wintersweet hydrosol and perfume were put on the market, they would surely be very popular, and the limited supply would surely lead to a frenzy of buying.

"How do you plan to cooperate?"

"I don't manage sales, we split the profits 70% to 30%."

"You three and I seven?"

"What sweet dream are you having?"

"Then you are too cruel!"

"I believe you have already given a price in your mind, but I want to remind you that the purchasing power of the ladies of this wealthy family may be far beyond your imagination. Take a look at the account book of the food delivered outside Yunfeng Building. I don't need to say more, right?"

Ye Changyan gave Zhong Yunfeng a sly smile, and Zhong Yunfeng rolled his eyes.

“How much can you take out?”

"This white-glazed porcelain bottle contains half a pound of wintersweet pure water. Currently, nearly a hundred bottles have been packaged. The green-glazed porcelain bottle contains one or two ounces of wintersweet perfume. Currently, more than fifty bottles have been packaged. According to the current situation, this winter, we can supply at most about a thousand bottles of pure water and about six hundred bottles of perfume."

Originally, Zhong Yunfeng had already set a price for the hydrosol and perfume in his mind, but Ye Changyan reminded himself to open his mind. Considering the quantity Ye Changyan could supply, Zhong Yunfeng silently raised the selling price by two levels in his mind. If it was really as Ye Changyan expected, this would be a considerable deal. Even if the Zhong family only accounted for 30%, it would still be a very generous return.