Farming and reading family

She just wanted to have a house in Qinzhou City, even a small one would be fine, so that she would feel at ease and feel that she could live there at any time.

Gao E thought Jin Ruyi was superstitious: "How much does it cost?"

"If it's a little off and smaller, it will cost about five or six hundred taels." Jin Ruyi estimated.

Gao E looked at Jin Ruyi's expression and thought that it must be too small: "I go there at most three or four times a year. It's not worth it."

It takes several days to get to Qinzhou City, and the round trip time is too long.

"That was in the past. When your business grows bigger, more people will come here." Jin Ruyi still used the same rhetoric.

"We'll talk about it later." Gao E suddenly remembered, "You're talking about this. I just happen to have some money waiting to be spent here."

"Waiting to spend money?" Jin Ruyi wondered what Gao E was going to buy next.

"Well, Mr. Du has agreed to preside over the construction of the academy. Once he chooses a place, he will at least have to build a private school first. Money will be needed everywhere." Gao E sighed.

Jin Ruyi looked at Gao E in confusion.

Build a college?

Did she think she was building a brick kiln?

Even the Jin family didn't dare to think about building an academy. Even if Gao E bought so much land in this area, it would probably not be enough to support an academy.

"There's also a paper mill." Gao E ignored Jin Ruyi's surprise and said, "The academy consumes a lot of paper. We can make it ourselves. If we make too much, we can sell some to subsidize the academy."

"Papermaking?" Jin Ruyi thought Gao E was too fanciful.

"Well, there are zelkova trees growing in this area. We can plant zelkova trees in places that are not suitable for growing crops. It can also be a long-term livelihood." Gao E said calmly.

"If the strange stone business in Ghost Crying Mountain can be opened up, we won't have to worry about money in the early stages." Gao E has already thought about it. "Take advantage of the fact that we don't have to pay taxes in the past two years to save some money."

Even Jin Ruyi didn't dare to think so: "Let's talk about going to Qinzhou City to buy fur."

Gao E stayed at home for two days, and she felt relieved only when Wei Rongbo's condition stabilized.

Now when I go to Qinzhou City, I don’t have to worry about family matters. Chen Ke is at home, and Du Weiqing will not sit idly by no matter what happens. They won’t encounter any masters in a place like this.

Just when Gao E was about to leave, Tao Meiyu sent someone to deliver a book to Gao E, saying that it was left for her by Yunshuang.

Gao E opened the book and looked at the beautiful handwriting on it. It was the Yun family's secret recipe for forestry and charcoal making. It clearly stated that different trees would produce different charcoal, and that great emphasis was placed on forest protection.

She looked through it for a while, but there was no Ji Gu Xiang that Du Weiqing mentioned. It seemed that the Yun family did not think that Ji Gu Xiang was a secret recipe that should be passed down.

After reading it, he put it away and planned to give it to Yun Zhou later. After all, it belonged to the Yun family.

After Yunshuang left, he didn't know whether the siblings would meet again. This book was a memory for Yunzhou.

It was Chen Ke who suggested buying furs for the family, so Gao E said that Chen Ke was very supportive of going to Qinzhou City to buy them, and he also encouraged her to buy more in both explicit and implicit ways.

Gao E wanted to laugh, thinking that even if the price of fur increased tenfold, there would not be much of a market for it in a place like He County.

After everything was ready, Gao E set off with her men.

"Didn't Yunshuang say goodbye to you?" Jin Ruyi leaned against the carriage and played with a small piece of black bone stone in his hand.

"I don't like saying goodbye." Gao E checked her booklet and reconfirmed what she wanted to buy.

Jin Ruyi sneered: "When Yunshuang becomes a prominent figure in the future, don't regret it."

"I have nothing to regret for doing my own thing." Gao E said, looking at Jin Ruyi, "Why don't you worry about her?"

"I think she can become noble." Jin Ruyi thought that this way she wouldn't have to worry.

When they were looking for a place to rest after walking for a day, they heard the sound of horse hooves stopping beside their carriage.

"Brother Luo." Yu Zhao clasped his fists.

Luo Dagang nodded and then looked at the carriage.

Since Yu Zhao is here, Sister Gao should be here too.

Gao E lifted the car curtain and looked at Luo Dagang in surprise: "Why did you take so long to come back?"

Luo Dagang looked around and saw that they were all his own people: "Master Fan was assassinated, I escorted him back to the capital."

"Assassinated?" Gao E was surprised. "Is it related to what we did in Qinzhou City?"

The address Fan Shiping left was not in the capital, but in Yingcheng.

Yingcheng is already outside the territory of Qinzhou and is the largest city close to Qinzhou.

Luo Dagang shook his head: "It seems to be because of something else."

Gao E breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that it was not about the Qinzhou City incident.

If Fan Shiping was assassinated because of the Qinzhou City incident, she would feel guilty, and more importantly, she would be in danger.

"That's good. You should go back earlier so that you can take care of yourself if anything happens at home." Gao E reminded.

Luo Dagang hesitated to speak, nodded, and rode away.

After Luo Dagang left, Jin Ruyi was curious about how Gao E knew Fan Shiping.

Gao E recounted how she met Fan Shiping: "We didn't have a very close relationship, but I didn't expect him to help me."

"By chance, he saved my life." Jin Ruyi felt that good people would be rewarded.

Gao E didn't think so. She felt that Fan Shiping's life trajectory might have changed, after all, he had met them twice.

I wonder if Fan Shiping had such an experience in his previous life.

Jin Ruyi saw Gao E was silent and said, "Actually, it's normal for someone like him, with no power but a lot of money, to get into trouble."

Gao E thought about it and nodded. She was the same. It was impossible for Chen Ke to hold a high position and power, so she could only accumulate reputation locally.

In this era when imperial power does not extend below the county level, if you are supported locally and know a few powerful people who can speak up when encountering problems, you should be able to live a good life.

It was two days after they arrived in Qinzhou City. Jin Ruyi took Gao E to visit the businesses in Qinzhou City. Gao E was dazzled by the dazzling array of goods.

"We are late." Jin Ruyi felt a little discouraged after asking.

"What's wrong?" Gao E wondered why she was late.

"All the furs shipped to Qinzhou City this year were soaked in water and ruined. Now the amount of furs in Qinzhou City has doubled." Jin Ruyi was a little discouraged.

Gao E suddenly realized that the reason why fur was expensive this year was not only because it was cold in winter, but also because something had happened to the fur.

"Just ship another batch, why double the price at this time?" Gao E was puzzled.

Jin Ruyi looked at Gao E helplessly. "The amount of fur shipped from Xise to Dachang doesn't vary much each year. Once they arrive in Dachang, they're divided up by various trading companies and shipped to various locations."

"It doesn't take long to go to Xisai and back at this time. Even if they do go, the price of fur there will be higher, so it won't be cost-effective for them."

“If other places knew about the situation in Qinzhou City, they would sell it to us at a higher price. But the price is already high, and the price will be even higher if the company sells it again.” Jin Ruyi spread his hands.

Only then did Gao E realize that this was not an era of oversupply, and that transportation was inconvenient. If there was a problem one year, she would have to endure the whole year.

Suddenly, she looked at Jin Ruyi excitedly: "What do you do with the water-soaked fur?"