Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 159: The Secret Tome Acknowledges Its Master - Picking Flowers and Flying Leaves (2)
"Young Master Zhang, who is this lady beside you?" Kang Weisan’s eyes lit up instantly at the sight of Feng Xuxu’s beauty, scanning her from top to bottom.
"Kang Sanshao, she is my honored guest. I don’t care about others, but if you set your sights on her, I, Zhang Junyao, will not stand for it." His eagle-like eyes swept towards Kang Weisan.
"Ah. Hahaha, Brother Zhang, look at you. How dare I covet your honored guest?" While he spoke, his eyes still wandered toward Feng Xuxu from time to time.
"Young Master Zhang, you all chat; I will go downstairs first to wait," she said, turning around to lead Baihe and Yingsu downstairs, avoiding the disgusting gazes. If she looked any longer, she would have felt like gouging out those eyes herself.
"Best so. If I find out, I think your Kang family will not be able to withstand my fury," he said, flinging his sleeves and departing without regarding the malicious eyes behind him.
He quickly caught up with Feng Xuxu, and they arrived at the study in the Zhang Residence.
"Miss Feng, this is the contract I drafted yesterday. Please take a look," he said, handing her the contract.
Feng Xuxu carefully examined the contract, which detailed the cooperation matter, clear and straightforward.
"Young Master Zhang, isn’t the fifty-fifty split here a bit too little?" She put down the contract, her eyes intently looking at Zhang Junyao across from her.
"Then how should it be divided so it’s not too little?"
"Sixty-forty."
"Miss Feng, I provide the land and labor and take care of sales. You just bring technology. I feel a fifty-fifty split is still very reasonable," he said, spreading his hands while his brows furrowed, looking at Feng Xuxu across from him.
"Young Master Zhang, without my technology, your land would lie idle in winter. I have bought hundreds of acres of land in Zhangzhou Prefecture. I can plant in greenhouses too. Acquiring the surrounding villages is just a matter of time," Feng Xuxu said, equally fixated on Zhang Junyao, determined not to concede a portion of the profit.
"Without my land, you would earn years less of silver. Besides, I could hire someone to study your Dapeng vegetables."
"Silver can’t be earned in a lifetime. Without your land, I can transport from Longgang Town. Now, relying on ships, it only takes two days to arrive. I’d still be making money. Regarding your study of the greenhouses, by the time you succeed, this territory will already be mine," she said with a tilt of the eyebrow, a slight curve at the corner of her lips, and a restrained smile.
Zhang Junyao pondered for a while before eventually bursting into laughter, "I never thought that besides farming well, Miss Feng’s eloquence is also notable. I, Zhang, concede to you." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
"You flatter me, Young Master Zhang; it’s merely that I have the advantage of my technology," she replied with a reassuring smile, uncertain whether she could have held her ground if the standoff had continued.
"Good. Then let’s make it sixty-forty, sixty for you and forty for me. Let us use tea in place of wine to toast to our successful partnership," Zhang Junyao said, raising his tea cup to Feng Xuxu and drained it in one gulp.
Feng Xuxu also raised her tea cup and finished it in one drink.
"Miss Feng, I am quite curious. Since you can brew alcohol, why not sell it beyond Yunzhou Prefecture?" Zhang Junyao had been curious ever since he learned that Feng Xuxu was a fruit wine brewer.
Upon hearing this, Feng Xuxu smiled, "I would like to as well. Every month, I produce ten thousand jin of fruit wine, just enough for the taverns within Yunzhou Prefecture. Firstly, that’s one issue. Secondly, the source of fruit is also a problem; we use freshly-picked mountain fruit, so I can guarantee the quality. Additionally, there is a labor issue. I have acquired most of the land within Yunzhou Prefecture and have developed a lot of wasteland. Labor is scarce; ten thousand jin a month is already the limit."
"Haven’t you considered looking for a partner?" Zhang Junyao was inwardly astonished. He had thought she was merely engaged in minor agricultural endeavors, not expecting that she controlled over half of the lands within Yunzhou Prefecture and that she had done so discretely that his subordinates hadn’t noticed.
