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

After hearing Ye Changyan's words, the crowd quickly quieted down.

"I, Ye Changyan, was born and raised in Wanshou County. Thanks to the care of all the local elders, I lived up to everyone's expectations and finally passed the examination to become a scholar."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan bowed and saluted to the people present. Most of those present were servants and managers, so it was inconvenient for them to accept a salute from this scholar, so they all turned slightly to the side.

"After hearing that the boy had passed the exam, the elders from all over the town sent him gifts to celebrate. Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away before he heard the news of his grandson's passing."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan's eyes turned red and tears welled up in his eyes, and everyone at the scene was moved.

"Now, I am in mourning, but I have received such generous gifts from the elders. I and my family feel deeply ashamed. I have no way to repay you, so I want to give you a gift in return. After I am done with mourning, I will prepare a banquet and invite you to drink."

The villagers and many servants and managers present all nodded their heads after hearing this.

"As you can see, my financial resources are limited, so my whole family carefully prepared these canned wild delicacies as a return gift to the virtuous and virtuous people in Wanshou County. Unfortunately, these wild delicacies are hard to come by and it is difficult to produce them in large quantities in a short period of time. So I went around the village and town to buy some chickens and gave them to my relatives and neighbors as a return gift."

Then I heard the villagers nearby starting to discuss how many chickens Mr. Ye had bought for his family, and everyone present nodded repeatedly.

"Thanks to all the noble folks for their kindness, the canned food made by my whole family has lived up to your expectations and won your favor. On behalf of my family, I would like to express my gratitude here."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan bowed to everyone again, and everyone dodged.

"I am very sorry to hear your intentions. The ingredients used to make these delicacies are produced in the mountains, but they are seasonal and scattered. I am afraid that it will be difficult to supply them in large quantities this year. I hope you will report to the local nobles and worthy people. If you get more delicacies next year, I will give them priority to thank you for your kindness."

The steward and servant of the wealthy country gentry got the answer. Although they did not get the canned delicacies as they wished, they all knew that their master also wanted to make friends with Ye Changyan. So they all said goodbye and planned to go back to report as soon as possible.

After seeing off these visitors, the villagers who were watching went back home to cook.

Lian and Erniu then came back carrying the backpacks.

"Dad, Mom, it seems that our mountain delicacies are quite popular. While the weather is still here, there are still some Alpha-Agaricus and Chanterelles left in the mountains. We must pick them as soon as possible. Once the weather turns cold, we will have to wait until next year."

After hearing what Ye Changyan said, the whole family nodded repeatedly.

Erniu then went to cook, planning to go look for it in the mountains in the afternoon.

After lunch, Lian took her two children into the mountains, while Ye Changyan prepared to go to the county town to buy some rapeseed oil, and then go to the pottery shop to buy some more pottery jars.

When Ye Changyan arrived in the county town, he went straight to Yang's Oil Shop. Although Yang Ruotai was not there, the shopkeeper still greeted Ye Changyan warmly. Ye Changyan bought 50 kilograms of rapeseed oil as usual. The shopkeeper still calculated the preferential price from last time and asked the same clerk from last time to drive the ox cart to deliver the goods to Ye Changyan.

Ye Changyan got on the carriage and said that he had to go to the pottery shop. The waiter drove towards the pottery shop with ease.

The owner of the pottery shop, who was sitting in a daze at the door of the shop, heard the sound of an ox cart. He looked up and found that the young man sitting on the ox cart seemed somewhat familiar.

The boss raised his sleeves, wiped his eyes, looked over again, and recognized Ye Changyan in the car at a glance.

The boss hurried forward and greeted loudly.

"Brother, come and sit down."

Seeing that the carriage was indeed heading towards his shop, the boss became even more enthusiastic and hurriedly called out to the driver to park the carriage aside.

When Ye Changyan came to the shop, the boss hurriedly poured tea for him.

The boss hasn't opened the shop today and hasn't sold a single jar. Thinking back to the time when Ye Changyan bought fifty jars in one go, although the price he gave was relatively cheap and he didn't make much profit, he couldn't help but buy so many jars at once.

The boss was still thinking about what Ye Changyan said, that he would need a lot more jars in the future. It seems today that this is indeed a potential big customer.

"Boss, I need fifty more of those small jars that hold one jin. In addition, I need ten open-mouthed small pots that hold ten jin, ten narrow-mouthed jars that hold fifty jin, and two narrow-mouthed jars that hold a hundred jin. All of these jars, pots, and jars must be equipped with matching ceramic lids.

When the boss heard this, he was overjoyed. He thought that this young man was indeed a potential big customer, and then he listened to what Ye Changyan continued to say.

"I want it to be delivered to Shanglin Village in Qingshan Town tomorrow. Boss, what price can you give me?"

The boss had already been calculating in his mind, and he pondered for a while.

"Young man, you are an old customer of our store, so we will naturally give you a fair price."

"Boss, you are just kidding. What I want is your preferential price."

As he said this, the corners of his mouth curled up, and the boss beside him saw it and quickly responded with a chuckle.

The boss took out an abacus in a pretentious manner and started typing away.

"Young man, I'll keep the same price as last time for this little jar. I'll charge you twenty cents each."

Hearing what the boss said, Ye Changyan frowned. Seeing this, the boss quickly added.

"The price is still the same as before. We will deliver the goods this time, but we will still give you five as a bonus. What do you think, little brother?"

Seeing Ye Changyan's brows relax slightly and nod, the boss continued.

"A small open-mouthed jar weighing 10 jin costs 50 wen each. I'll charge you 45 wen today, and I'll give you another one. A narrow-mouthed jar weighing 50 jin costs 100 wen each. I'll charge you 90 wen today, and I'll give you another one."

Seeing that Ye Changyan didn't say anything, the boss didn't know what this young man was thinking, so he continued speaking.

"A large jar weighing 100 jin costs 180 wen each. I'll charge you 160 wen today. What do you think, little brother?"

After the boss quoted the price, he asked tentatively while secretly observing Ye Changyan's reaction.

"This is two thousand six hundred and seventy coins in total. Boss, if you give me another 20% profit, we can still have a next time. Next time, I will have special requirements for this pottery jar. I guarantee that you can continue to make money from me."

Ye Changyan quoted the total price in one breath. When the boss heard it, he was shocked by Ye Changyan's next words before he could even marvel at the young man's strong mental arithmetic ability.

This guy is really ruthless. If he gives another 20% profit, that means he will directly cut off more than 500 coins. This way, he will not have much profit left, in case there is a bump or something during delivery.

Seeing that the boss was thinking with his head down and not in a hurry to answer, Ye Changyan spoke again.

"If the boss agrees, I will pay him two taels of silver directly."

Ye Changyan had just hit the other party with a stick when he immediately stuffed a sweet date into his pocket. If these two taels of silver were converted into copper coins, it would be at least two thousand two hundred coins. If he accepted the silver directly, he could avoid the exchange loss of converting copper coins into silver.

The boss naturally understood this. Ye Changyan had just said that if he had special requirements for the jars next time, they would have to be custom-made. The price for custom-made jars would be different. Thinking of this, the boss agreed.

After receiving the deposit paid by Ye Changyan, the boss smiled and sent Ye Changyan out the door.

Soon, the servant drove the carriage out of the city gate and headed straight towards Shanglin Village.

"Brother Ye, wait!"

The carriage was shaking along the way, and Ye Changyan, who was dozing off, suddenly heard someone calling him.