Chapter 67: Different from other places

Zhao Tingyuan also walked in. He was two years older than Shen Shiqian. He was a bit careless and generous, but he also had his own cleverness.

As soon as he came in, he gave Lu Chenyang a bright smile.

Lu Chenyang looked at his injured eye and said helplessly: "Okay, stop laughing, just tell me what's going on."

The two of them were very familiar with each other, after all, Zhao Tingyuan had also invested a lot of money.

Zhao Tingyuan rubbed his hands and smiled at Lu Chenyang: "Sir, what did Shen Shiqian tell you?" After a pause, he hurriedly explained: "Sir Lu, I'm not prying, I just want to say that no matter what Shen Shiqian said to you, our Zhao family can do it too! If you haven't made up your mind, why not consider our Zhao family as well? Or, let the two families compare and then you decide?"

Zhao Tingyuan didn't know what Shen Shiqian said to Lu Chenyang alone, but experience told him that following Shen Shiqian's footsteps was the right thing to do. Whatever their Shen family wanted to do, their Zhao family could do too!

Lu Chenyang: “…”

I have to say that there is nothing wrong with Zhao Tingyuan's plan to copy Shen Shiqian's homework.

But Lu Chenyang had an idea and thought, you know what, this is actually a good idea.

So Lu Chenyang adopted Shen Shiqian's suggestion, but he divided the patent medicine business into three parts, with the Shen family and the Zhao family each taking 40%, and the remaining 20% Lu Chenyang gave to a reputable medical clinic in the county.

The medicinal materials in the hands of the people were sold to three companies in relative proportions. Some were made into finished medicines, and the others were sold as individual herbs.

The profits from the finished medicines are then distributed among the people according to the proportion of their contributions.

Lu Chenyang joined the partnership in the name of the government office, and the profits he got also belonged to the government office, not to Lu Chenyang himself.

This decision surprised Shen Shiqian and Zhao Tingyuan, and they admired it very much.

The decision on the herbal medicine business has been made. The next step is to wait for the goods to be shipped, and then the whole county will start growing herbs.

What matters now is to divide the money between the two villages.

The herbs they planted were divided up before they were ripe. No one dared to default on paying Lu Chenyang, so the silver had been prepared long ago and distributed to the people on the same day.

Unexpectedly, they could really get the silver. The dozens of farmers who had thrown away their seeds because of Chen Shiqian's threats and instigations regretted it so much that their intestines turned green.

Not only were they punished, but they also left a bad impression in front of Lu Chenyang. After several families made a plan, they ran to find Shen Shiqian and asked him to take responsibility.

Shen Shiqian ignored them and had them driven out.

But they were not afraid, they decided to go to Lu Chenyang to complain. They felt that they were extremely innocent, and they were originally coerced by Shen Shiqian, otherwise why would they oppose Lu Chenyang?

They obviously love Lu Chenyang so much.

After hearing this, Shen Shiqian had no choice but to compensate them for a portion of the silver, which was considered to make up for the loss caused by Lu Chenyang's fine. Only then did they not go to Lu Chenyang to make trouble.

In fact, Lu Chenyang also knew it, but since Shen Shiqian had already solved it, he pretended not to know. After this incident, I believe they have all learned a lesson.

The silver just received was given to the people. Of course, the government also made a little money. After all, their seeds were provided by it for free. Now the profit has to be withheld, but most of it is still given to the people.

Now that the people have money, they can buy things and are waiting for Wang Zhong to bring more merchants to Yanquan County.

At this time, the market that Lu Chenyang advocated to build had also been completed. Shen Shiqian was the first to buy several shops with excellent locations and was also the first to move there.

Zhao Tingyuan was the second one, and the other merchants came a little later. However, after they went back and found out that the Shen family and the Zhao family had both taken action, they also went to subscribe to several.

Most of the shops in the huge market were sold out, and the rest were prepared by Lu Chenyang for external merchants such as Wang Zhong.

Lu Chenyang decided to concentrate the shops in the market and slowly renovate other places.

Now we just have to wait for Wang Zhong to bring his men over.

Wang Zhong was indeed trustworthy (Lu Chenyang felt that Yan Xing also made a lot of efforts), and this time Wang Zhong brought a lot of merchants.

When he returned, he praised Yanquan County to the skies, saying that it was full of business opportunities and the county magistrate was particularly powerful.

The number one scholar who scored six first place in the imperial examination was still very impressive. Everyone was skeptical, but they were also very curious about what changes had taken place in Yanquan County.

So many merchants came to Yanquan County with their goods.

The road was really difficult to walk on, but fortunately, as soon as we reached the foot of the mountain, we met a patrol of garrisons. Seeing how hard they were walking, we asked the garrison for help. They carried all the things on the difficult road.

The merchants were extremely touched. They could not get such treatment anywhere else. They were lucky enough not to be robbed when they encountered the army. How could they get such help?

A soldier said with a smile: "You can come as you please. We garrison troops do not assault or rob people. If Lord Lu finds out, he will punish you by military law."

The merchants looked at each other. It seemed that Lord Lu, the county magistrate, had considerable prestige in the army.

A soldier quickly rushed back to the city to report, and Lu Chenyang arranged people to check on people at the city gate.

The goods they brought were so numerous that they needed to be inspected before entering the city.

People could go in first, and some shopkeepers left a few servants to watch over the goods and wait for inspection, while they entered the city first.

Wang Zhong brought his men to see Lu Chenyang. Lu Chenyang had already prepared food and wine. He stood up with a smile and said, "Thank you for your hard work, please take a seat."

Everyone was flattered. Lu Chenyang's attitude was indeed as Wang Zhong said, very friendly.

After some greetings, Lu Chenyang also allocated shops to them.

One of the shop owners, noticing Lu Chenyang's gentle demeanor, said, "Sir Lu, I've only met you once and I'm convinced. If you stay in Yanquan County, I'll definitely open this shop."

Lu Chenyang smiled modestly and said, "You all travel all over the country to make a living."

"Yes, the world is difficult now. We are still doing well in Lingnan, but the situation in Shu is already in chaos." Wang Zhong said with a sigh.

If business in Shu wasn't so difficult, he wouldn't have brought so many people.

Lu Chenyang's expression froze. When he first passed through Shu, the people there were already having a hard time. More than a year had passed. Could the situation there be even worse?

"What happened in Shu?" Lu Chenyang asked hurriedly.

Wang Zhong said, "Master Lu, do you still remember Magistrate Sun? He exploited the people too much, and some of them finally couldn't stand it anymore and rebelled. Magistrate Sun killed many people, which fueled the people's resentment. They stormed the county government office and killed Magistrate Sun."

Lu Chenyang was shocked. A commoner killing an official? This was a serious matter.

Wang Zhong quickly tried to appease him, saying, "That Sun man exploits the people and takes their lives lightly. Lord Lu loves the people like his own children and would never do that."

Lu Chenyang: “…” Thank you so much for comforting him.

"Then what?" Lu Chenyang asked.

"Those people killed the county magistrate and were probably frightened, so they decided to go all out and raised the flag to rebel against King Nanyang. The people in several nearby counties could not survive and joined the rebels. King Nanyang was furious and was trying to put down the rebellion everywhere." Wang Zhong continued.

Lu Chenyang frowned. He didn't know these things.

"When did this happen?" Lu Chenyang asked.

"It only happened about half a month ago."

Lu Chenyang seemed to be thinking about something.

The merchants walked around the streets again and found that the people of Yanquan County had an overall different feeling.

Well, vitality is a state of mind that cannot be faked.

There is a kind of anticipation and vitality for the future on everyone's face. They are people who live seriously.

This is almost impossible in today's world, especially since we have traveled to many places and met too many numb people.

What's more, they also saw the terrible cruelty in Shu, and the people in Lingnan really lived well.

Moreover, the purchasing power is not bad. Anyway, the small vendors on the street are doing good business, and even those selling snacks for children are doing a booming business.

You know, people nowadays are reluctant to spend money indiscriminately, and they want to spend their money wisely.

But the people in Lingnan are actually willing to spend money to buy candy for the children, which shows that they have surplus money.

This proves that they have purchasing power.