Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Do you need me to tell Mr. Li the answer?"
"No, I will come to Boyuan Academy to teach according to my bet, but my time is limited and I can only teach here for one hour at most every day." Li Chunfeng did not think that he could not solve this problem. The charm of mathematics lies here.
, it would be meaningless if Lin Xuan told him the answer.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Thank you, Mr. Li, we can discuss difficult problems in arithmetic together in the future."
He didn't think that Li Chunfeng could not solve this problem, which was why he only gave Li Chunfeng one hour.
Once time passes, Li Chunfeng will definitely be able to react.
Lin Xuan continued to teach them arithmetic textbooks.
With Lin Xuan's half-knowledge in arithmetic, it was okay to teach those who had just learned arithmetic, but teaching Xu Geng and the others was completely embarrassing.
Fortunately, he wrote the arithmetic textbook, and he only had to teach them Arabic numerals and the use of some arithmetic symbols.
After the explanation some time ago, I have almost covered it. It took me half a day to finish the rest today.
At noon, Lin Xuan left Li Chunfeng to have lunch in the college cafeteria.
Lin Xuan didn't ask anyone to prepare it, and he completely followed the usual standards of the canteen.
The cafeteria of Boyuan Academy is free. The dishes are limited, but the rice is unlimited. The only requirement is that it cannot be wasted.
The meals for teachers and students are not the same. The meals for teachers are better, but the meals for students are not bad either.
Li Chunfeng looked at the food on the students' plates and asked with some disbelief: "Is this really free?"
The college's dinner plates were made from wood by Lin Xuan based on the dinner plates of later generations.
One larger compartment is for rice, three smaller compartments are for vegetables, and there is a place for soup bowls.
The dishes are one meat and two vegetarian, and the staple food is steamed buns.
Xu Geng smiled and said: "Of course it doesn't cost money."
"The food in the Imperial College is nothing more than this, but the Imperial College charges a fee." Li Chunfeng sighed.
Although Li Chunfeng came from an aristocratic family, his family was just a small aristocratic family. Compared with some poorer families, it was just that the books passed down by the family were still there, and there was no shortage of books.
Therefore, he could understand the hardships of studying for a child from a poor family. He had some complaints against Lin Xuan for letting him teach at Boyuan Academy through a bet, but now he has disappeared.
Lin Xuan noticed this change in Li Chunfeng and smiled on his face.
He knew that Li Chunfeng was a person who kept his promises, but wouldn't it be better if he could do it willingly?
After dinner, Li Chun said goodbye and went back. Lin Xuan wanted to leave, but was stopped by Xu Geng.
"Master Hou, this is last month. Rewards have been distributed to the gentlemen and students who have performed well as Master Hou said." Xu Geng took out a piece of paper with the name of the person and the corresponding reward written on it.
Lin Xuan finally looked at it and said, "Is there not enough money?"
Xu Geng nodded and said: "There is not much money left in the college's account."
"I understand, I will send someone to send you a thousand guan later." Lin Xuan said.
When the college first opened, he put 500 guan into the college's account. Including the tuition fees he had, it was just over 500 guan.
Lin Xuan is already very good at being able to use it for such a long time in addition to the daily expenses of teachers and students in the college, plus the rewards.
After listening to Xu Geng's report about the college's chores, Lin Xuan left the college.
Although Lin Xuan likes to be the hands-off shopkeeper, he can't just ignore everything, otherwise problems will definitely arise over time.
After leaving the college, Lin Xuan went to the vegetable greenhouse to take a look.
"I've seen Mr. Hou." People working in the greenhouse saluted when they saw Lin Xuan.
These people are the most difficult people for Lin Xuan to ask Zhou Mancang to select from Zhouzhuang for their families.
At this time, ordinary people had nothing to do. They helped the Lin family grow vegetables, but they had a good income. How could they not be grateful to Lin Xuan.
Zhou Mancang was patrolling around. Hearing Lin Xuan's arrival, he hurriedly greeted him: "I've seen the Marquis."
Lin Xuan waved his hand and asked: "Is there no problem?"
Zhou Mancang said: "Don't worry, Mr. Hou, everything is normal. There are some short-term dishes that can be eaten by the end of this month."
Lin Xuan nodded. The weather is getting colder and colder now. It may snow at the end of the month. By then, the vegetables from Lingnan will not be shipped. By then, the vegetables from the greenhouse can be picked up.
Lin Xuan pondered for a while and then said: "I need to train some sailors to go to sea with merchant ships. You choose fifty strong men in the village who are good at water. You tell them that they will earn ten guan a year, and there will be rewards for good performance.
.However, there are certain dangers in going to sea. Only children in the family will not be allowed to go. You have to make it clear to them."
"Don't worry, Mr. Hou, I will definitely comply with Mr. Hou's request." Zhou Mancang said.
Although due to constant natural disasters in recent years, Zhouzhuang has also been resettled by some refugees by the imperial court, most people in Zhouzhuang are named Zhou.
Ten guan a year is very tempting for ordinary people like them who only earn one or two guan a year.
Not to mention the reward, Zhou Mancang didn't care at all about being the only son in the family and being in danger.
In this era, it can be said that there are very few only children in the family.
Is it dangerous to go to the battlefield? Not that many people are willing to join the army.
As long as you can make money, the risk is nothing.
…
The next day, Lin Xuan was lying on the rocking chair doing nothing, basking in the sun in the yard.
Lin Xuan has no ambitions, this kind of life is what he wants.
"Sir, I would like to see the shopkeeper," Chunyue came over and said.
"Shopkeeper He? Which shopkeeper He?" Lin Xuan was a little confused.
"That's the shopkeeper He from Mo Xuan Zhai." Chunyue said.
Lin Xuan patted his forehead. He was used to being undisciplined during this period and had forgotten all business matters.
"Let him come in." Lin Xuan said.
Not long after, Chunyue led He Xinmin in.
"Young man, I have met Mr. Marquis." He Xinmin saluted.
Lin Xuan had no intention of getting up. He waved his hand and asked, "What do you want to do here?"
"Back to the Marquis, the Cui family has not followed up since the last time they took the five million pieces of paper. I sent people to ask a few questions, but the Cui family kept evading, saying that the previous paper had not been sold out, but
It’s been almost a month,” He Xinmin said.
Lin Xuan's heart moved. It seemed that the Cui family did not intend to do the paper business.
Otherwise, after all this time, there is no way that five million sheets of paper have not been sold out.
"If they don't want it, just don't want it. There's no need to worry about selling it anyway." Lin Xuan said lightly.
"But Chang'an simply can't digest that much paper, and now the warehouse can no longer store it," He Xinmin said.
"The amount of paper used for printing books at Boyuan Academy will gradually increase, don't worry." Lin Xuan said.
Although he said this, Lin Xuan knew that he still had to open up sales channels.
It would be too expensive to open up a sales channel all over Datang.
Each city needs to have a shop and hire some people.
Ordinary servants can be hired locally, but the shopkeeper must arrange someone he can trust.
Even if you only set up sales points in some big cities, it will still require dozens of shopkeepers, plus the store cost, it is not cost-effective at all.
"Contact some traveling businessmen to see if they are willing to sell paper. If they are willing to sell paper, the conditions can be more relaxed," Lin Xuan said.
"Yes!" He Xinmin responded.
Lin Xuan felt that since the Cui family refused, it would be unlikely that other businessmen would participate.
Although he shocked the aristocratic family and made the aristocratic family dare not take action against him, it is certain that the aristocratic family hated him. If they united against him, how could those businessmen dare to offend them.