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Chapter 137 Bai Jingzhou’s original intention

Bai Jingzhou pursed his lips, and after a moment he bowed to Mu Hanzhi, "Brother Mu, I'll have to trouble you to help me buy the cotton seeds and lotus seeds. If you buy them, please be sure to send them before Grain Rain to avoid missing the farming season."

Lotus roots should be planted from April to May, and cotton should be planted at about the same time. According to the solar terms, the planting of these two crops must be completed around the time of Grain Rain.

Bai Jingzhou was persuaded by Gu Wenxuan, so Mu Hanzhi didn't need to waste any more words. He nodded slightly to Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou, "Don't worry, I will definitely not let you miss the farming season."

After a pause, he continued, "If you really succeed in planting it, I will definitely not miss out on your share of the credit."

Bai Jingzhou smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Mu."

What he didn't say was that if Mu Hanzhi was willing to share the credit with him, he would not refuse, and if he was unwilling to share it with him, he would not force it.

He wanted to grow cotton, actually at the beginning it was just because Gu Wenxuan wanted to wear cotton clothes.

Just like he got up early and went to bed late to accompany Gu Wenxuan into the mountains and fight bandits, just because Gu Wenxuan wanted to do so.

When she first came here, Gu Wenxuan once lamented that "we are too poor, too cold, and too hungry", and she was determined to make money, to have normal meals, and to replace the quilts and winter clothes of the whole family with those filled with new cotton, instead of those filled with poplar, willow, and reed fluff as before.

Perhaps Gu Wenxuan herself had forgotten the ambitions she had made when she was inspired, but Bai Jingzhou had remembered them all in his heart.

He wanted to help her realize her wish and give her better living conditions to the best of his ability.

Thinking of this, Bai Jingzhou subconsciously turned his head to look at Gu Wenxuan, who closed her mouth again and continued to sit next to him as a background board.

Gu Wenxuan didn't understand why he was looking at her again, but she subconsciously smiled back at him.

Bai Jingzhou raised his lips slightly, "Then we will take our leave first, Brother Mu, you should also go to bed early."

Mu Hanzhi raised his hand and pointed at the big box, "Take the silver ingots back with you. I won't charge you for the cotton seeds and lotus seeds."

Bai Jingzhou shook his head, "We are not completely sure, and any attempt may result in a total loss."

Mu Hanzhi smiled, "Then I can't take your money. Don't worry, the Mu family's business will never stop running because of this little money."

He also offered to give Bai Jingzhou a farm as a gift. "Don't be so quick to refuse. Planting cotton on the farm is more hidden than planting it outside. You don't want to bring disaster to yourself and your family because of this, right?"

Bai Jingzhou certainly didn't want to, but he didn't accept Mu Hanzhi's gift. He said, "We have already bought two farms, which are enough for growing cotton and lotus roots."

Not to mention that he and Gu Wenxuan have their own farm, even if they don’t, they will not use the Mu family’s farm.

The Mu family had been forced to become the money bags of certain officials more than a decade ago. Given the Mu family's current embarrassing situation, Bai Jingzhou did not think that the Mu family's manor was more convenient or more hidden than their own manor.

He expressed his true thoughts in a not very tactful way, "The Mu family is a wealthy family, and there are many more eyes on the Mu family than on ordinary people like us. I think using the Mu family's farm will increase the risk of exposure."

Mu Hanzhi couldn't refute. Indeed, there were far more people staring at their Mu family than at Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan.

Although if he provided the farm to Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan, he would definitely not let the farm fall into the name of the Mu family, but would change hands several times so that it would fall into the name of Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan. But even so, someone with ulterior motives would definitely be able to find it by following the clues.

Mu Hanzhi sighed, "Okay, thank you for taking care of this matter."

After a pause, he continued, "If this is done well, it will be possible for you to become an official based on this achievement."

Bai Jingzhou smiled and stood up with Gu Wenxuan, "We will do our best."

He and Gu Wenxuan were both very calm, and appeared to be unperturbed by fame or disgrace. They did not show any shock or ecstasy at Mu Hanzhi's words "get an official position", which made Mu Hanzhi look up to these two people even more.

Mu Hanzhi stood up to see the guests off. "If there is anything I can help you with in the future, just go to the county town and find the owners of my two shops. They will have someone send a letter to me as soon as possible."

When he came to Baijia Village to express his gratitude, Mu Hanzhi gave Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan two contact addresses, one was the restaurant opened by their Mu family, and the other was the pastry shop that his stepmother brought as a dowry.

The restaurant is still officially owned by the Mu family, but the pastry shop changed hands several times before being bought back by Mu Hanzhi through someone else.

Mu Hanzhi's stepmother was weak and timid. When Mu Hanzhi was not at home, she dared not even leave the Buddhist hall.

But even so, those officials' families who wanted to seize her property still gradually pried away a lot of her property, including some shops and farms she brought from her mother's home.

Although Mu Hanzhi was troubled by his stepmother's character that anyone could take a bite of her, considering that she had always treated him and his sister wholeheartedly since she got married, Mu Hanzhi not only never blamed her for incompetence, but also kept subsidizing her with public assets.

Mu Hanzhi helped his stepmother buy back all the shops and farms he could, but those shops and farms were now owned by other businessmen who had no apparent connection with the Mu family.

Mu Hanzhi kept all the deeds in a safe place and saved all the annual income in the form of silver. He only showed the account book to his stepmother for review regularly.

In this way, those officials' wives would have nothing to worry about, and his stepmother's life would be more peaceful. He could use those shops and farms as secret bases and use them to do things that were not suitable for the Mu family's open businesses.

There was no conversation that night. Early the next morning, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan once again came together to the house where Mu Hanzhi and his friends were staying temporarily.

Today is the day when Mu Hanzhi leads his team to leave Liulin Town. He wants to secretly transport the wine to other places and sell it to dignitaries at a high price.

After sending Mu Hanzhi and the others away, Gu Wenxuan turned her head and looked at Bai Jingzhou, "Jingzhou."

"Ok?"

"You don't have to give me a share of the credit you've earned with your knowledge and experience." Gu Wenxuan patted his shoulder. "This is different from when we went into the mountains together or fought bandits. At that time, I thought I contributed a lot, but I know very little about lotus root and cotton planting. Even if I can help in the future, my contribution will definitely be far less than yours."

Adhering to the principle of fairness and distribution according to work is Gu Wenxuan's basic principle in dealing with people.