Shenxi gritted her teeth and agreed, "Okay."

Ge Congshan had been asking for an exorbitant amount, but to his surprise, Shen Xi agreed without hesitation.

"Are you sure you're going to take 30% and I'll take 70%? You can't back out now!"

Shen Xi nodded firmly: "Of course I won't go back on my word. Consider this tea as me making a friend. Surely Lord Ge wouldn't disregard my friendship!"

Ge Congshan was taken aback; the contrast between his current situation and that of making friends with such a young girl was quite striking.

But faced with that kind of aura, who would dare to underestimate them!

Ge Congshan readily agreed: "As expected of their leader, he has guts!"

As for the specific contracts and price splits, Shenxi and Ge Congshan don't need to handle that themselves.

Shen Xi smiled and said to Xing Xiuyan, "Xiuyan, draft a contract and then negotiate with Steward Ge."

Xing Xiuyan was somewhat surprised that Shen Xi would entrust her with such an important task.

But facing Ge Congshan and his men, she couldn't embarrass her superior, so she didn't show any surprise on her face and readily agreed: "Yes, sir."

Xing Xiuyan was not illiterate. When she was young, her mother taught her how to do accounting, manage a household, and run a shop.

Drafting a contract was not difficult for her.

The leader's meaning is already very clear. If we still can't do it well, then we're just too incompetent.

She needs to demonstrate her abilities so that her superiors can see them in order to truly become their subordinate.

Xing Xiuyan stepped aside and bowed to Ge Da: "Manager Ge, please follow me to draft the contract!"

Ge Da was knowledgeable and experienced, and did not look down on the other party just because she was a woman.

Some businesses also have female managers, and some established families will train women to take over the family business, as long as they are capable.

However, few aristocratic families show their faces in public; most operate behind the scenes.

Seeing that his master had nodded in agreement, Ge Da followed Xing Xiuyan to a table to draft the contract and discuss the details.

Ge Congshan took a few more sips of tea and couldn't help but praise again: "I didn't expect that Chief Shen has so many talented people under his command, who can actually produce such good tea."

Shenxi accepted the compliment with a smile.

This isn't the skill of your subordinates, it's clearly the skill of the young woman in front of you!

Qi Xiuwen's lips twitched slightly. Judging from the leader's expression, he knew the leader was pleased.

However, he genuinely admired his superior. At first, he thought the superior was just making it for his own consumption, but he never expected that the superior was doing it to make money.

He knew perfectly well that these tea leaves were made from the most ordinary tea leaves.

The tea leaves that cost a dozen or so coins per pound in large bowls were transformed in the hands of the leader into expensive tea leaves that cost ten taels of silver per pound.

Even though it only accounts for 30% of the profits, Chenxi still takes the lion's share.

You should know that the base price is five taels of silver per catty, and the profit is only five taels.

Shen Xi smiled and personally refilled Ge Congshan's cup of tea: "Lord Ge, actually, besides the tea, there is something else I would like to discuss with you."

Ge Congshan immediately became alert.

He's arrogant, but not stupid.

He was momentarily blinded by the 70% profit margin on the tea, but he quickly realized that after listening to Ge Da and Xing Xiuyan negotiate item by item, the base price was indeed five taels.

With a starting price of five taels, this girl is sure to make a lot of money.

"I wonder if Chief Shen has anything else to discuss? If it's still a deal with a base price of five taels and a selling price of ten taels, I, Ge, will not agree!"

Shenxi laughed: "Even if Lord Ge still wants that kind of deal, I don't have it!"

"Besides, Lord Ge, please don't misunderstand me. The tea is made through a complicated process, and it's made from the best tea gardens. I've already set the price at cost."

Ge Congshan chuckled twice but did not reply.

Shenxi wasn't embarrassed or annoyed; she was thick-skinned. She continued, "Xiaoxi wants a token that allows her to see Lord Ge at any time. If anything happens, my people can see Lord Ge directly."

Even if there were connections related to the tea business, those were purely commercial connections, and their subordinates would handle them.

Seeing Lord Ge whenever you want isn't so easy.

Shenxi won't always be as lucky as this time, with Lord Ge personally delivering himself to her doorstep.

Upon hearing this, Ge Congshan breathed a sigh of relief.

"There's no need to ask for anything. You said that once we become friends, we can naturally see each other anytime if anything happens."

He then called over a guard: "Ge Tian, ​​hand your token to Chief Shen."

Without any hesitation, the guard Ge Tian handed the token to Chen Xi and then withdrew.

Ge Congshan smiled and said, "Don't underestimate this guard's token. It's the token of my twelve personal guards. There are only twelve of them. With this token, someone will inform you."

"Besides, the tokens are all marked, so it's impossible to fool the people around me with other similar tokens."

Shenxi examined the token closely. The design was quite simple, with the character "Ge" engraved on it. The calligraphy was bold and elegant.

Below it is written in small characters: Heaven.

Shen Xi accepted the token with great care: "Thank you, Lord Ge."

In the future, if there is anything that needs to be discussed with Ge Congshan, there will be no need to worry about not being able to meet him.

As for whether they will fall out over the gold mine in Xiahe County in the future, that's a matter for the future; it all depends on who has the greater ability.

More than half of the grain in Chenxi comes from Xianghe Prefecture, which is under the jurisdiction of Ge Congshan.

Xianghe Prefecture was more peaceful than other prefectures, and Ge Congshan had many capable people under his command, making the area he governed relatively prosperous.

Chaos exists everywhere else, but not in Xianghe Prefecture.

Some of the prominent families in the surrounding area fled to the capital, while others settled in Xianghe Prefecture. In addition, many of the existing prominent families in Xianghe Prefecture also needed deep-water well technology.

Ge Congshan acquired the deep well technology relatively late; some prominent families in his territory had already purchased it long ago, but they all kept it to themselves and refused to popularize the technology.

When Ge Congshan began digging deep wells in many villages within the territory, half of the villages had already raised funds for the Shi family, begging them to dig a deep well for them.

The powerful families received a lot of money and grain, and provided people to dig wells, but they refused to share the technical expertise.

The families who were among the first to buy deep-water well technology have long since made their money and used it to irrigate their own land.

Therefore, those who dare to embrace new technologies have already made a fortune.

If it weren't for the fact that Shenxi's influence couldn't reach Xianghe Prefecture, he would have already made money from digging this well.

Having such a stable neighbor is the fundamental reason why Chenxi has no shortage of food and supplies.

After Xing Xiuyan and Ge Da negotiated all the details and wrote the contract, they showed it to Chen Xi and Ge Congshan respectively, and both were satisfied.

Only then was the contract stamped, and the contract became effective.

Shenxi was responsible for providing the tea, and Ge Congshan was responsible for distributing the tea to Xianghe Prefecture.

As for whether Ge Congshan would sell the tea outside of Xianghe Prefecture, Shenxi did not ask. If he could sell it at such a high price, that would be Ge Congshan's skill.

She doesn't have that ability.

It's not that they didn't let Zang Huatian try to sell it, but no one offered that price. The most they could offer was one or two taels of silver per catty, and that was only because of Zang Huatian's influence.

Holding the contract, Shen Xi asked with a smile, "Lord Ge, have you been busy these past few days?"