The servants of the Shen family took the plaque and carried it into the mansion carefully and proudly. They were also the ones who had carried the plaque written by the emperor. Rounding it off, they felt like they had touched the emperor's hand and were imbued with dragon energy.
Shen Wan invited Xuanyuan Liuyun, Zhu Zhifu and the people accompanying them to come into the house to drink tea, but Xuanyuan Liuyun wanted to go to Jinshan to have a look, so he politely declined, and Zhu Zhifu also wanted to go with him, so he did not stay.
As soon as the young prince from the imperial city left, the people couldn't help but ask about Jinshan.
"What's going on with Dong Shen's golden mountain?"
"We can no longer call him Mr. Shen's family. We have to call him County Lord." This Mr. Shen's family is very powerful now. They are the ones receiving the salary from the imperial court.
"What's going on with this Jinshan County Lord?"
"Tell us quickly!"
People from the imperial court came to take over Jinshan, and Shen Wan no longer needed to hide it, so she said directly, "Jinshan is the tea mountain in front of Jingou Village. The people from Jingou Village were making trouble on the mountain that day. When I went there, I saw something golden on a stone. I asked people to dig it up afterwards, but I didn't expect that it turned out to be a mountain of gold. Suddenly I found a mountain of gold, which made me feel uneasy. So I told Magistrate Zhu and asked Magistrate Zhu to present the mountain of gold to His Majesty. To the country.”
She did not dare to say that she found something wrong with the grass and suspected that it belonged to Jinshan.
Because if people mistakenly think that she has the ability to detect gold, I'm afraid it will cause trouble again.
"What's there to be upset about? You bought it from me, Master of Chashan County, and everything on the mountain belongs to you." Everything dug from the mountain is mine.
"That's right, if you let me go, I won't be willing to dedicate it to the country anyway." I own a mountain of gold, and I can eat it for several lifetimes without doing anything.
"The County Lord is really willing to give up!"
"Then you have to be able to defend it?" A rather wise middle-aged man said, "Have you ever heard of a saying that no one is guilty of carrying a jade. If you dedicate this golden mountain to the country, no one else will attack it. It’s Chashan’s idea. You can also get a title, a plaque personally mentioned by the emperor, and your family will be filled with honors. It’s a wise move for the county master to do this.”
Perhaps it was for this reason that the emperor designated jasmine tea and black tea as tribute tea, which also benefited their tea farmers in Jiangzhou.
In just half a day, Shen Wan presented the gold mountain and was made the county head by the emperor. Shen Ji's jasmine tea and black tea were designated as tribute tea, and the matter of Yun Mansion's appointment to Shen Wan was blown like a gust of wind. All over Jiangzhou.
Rather than knowing that the girl Yun Luochuan was getting married turned out to be the widow Shen, the people of Jiangzhou were more concerned about the fact that Shen had become the head of the county and Jiangzhou had produced tribute tea.
Many people say that she is a lucky person. Buying a mountain of tea is like a mountain of gold.
The tea mountain was in the hands of its original owner. For hundreds of years, no one discovered that it was a mountain of gold. But when it was in the hands of Mr. Shen, they immediately discovered that it was a mountain of gold.
After dedicating it to the country, not only did he become the head of the county conferred by the emperor, and his family was filled with honors, but his own tea also became tribute tea. The tea was labeled as tribute tea, and the price of the tea rose. He didn't have to worry about selling it, and their Jiangzhou tea also followed. Take advantage of it.
Mr. Jiang, the original owner of the tea mountain, passed away with regret on the spot after hearing the news.
This caused the Jiang family to be in a state of chaos, and relatives of the family came to the door one after another, blaming Mr. Jiang for falling ill due to the stimulation.
Blame him for guarding Jinshan but selling it.
It was said that the tea mountain was passed down from the ancestors, and the family heads of the past generations told them to guard the tea mountain well. However, they saw that growing tea trees was not profitable, so they sold the golden mountain passed down by the ancestors.
If it had not been sold, the Jiang family would be guarding a mountain of gold that they would never be able to finish in a lifetime.
The younger generation also blamed Mr. Jiang. If the Jiang family was the one who presented the tea mountain, maybe the Jiang family could get a title! If the children of the Jiang family want to pursue an official career in the future, it will not be a matter of luck.
But just because he sold the tea mountain, this title, this honor, and this good reputation all belonged to someone else.
Amid the scoldings of the juniors on the side, Mr. Jiang became even more seriously ill.