Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 64 The Academy's Suggestion (2)
Gu Qingmei said with a smile: "As long as the fourth concubine can convince a few ladies from official families to enter the academy, are you afraid that those wealthy households will scramble to send their daughters to the academy? Who wouldn't want to be a lady from an official family? In the eyes of those gentry and wealthy households, those who are concubines are also unattainable. The female students who go out from the academy must be married by various wealthy families. In this way, those wealthy families will I am more enthusiastic about sending my daughter here. I am afraid that even those middle-class families will rush to send their daughters to the academy to receive education."

This is the business philosophy of modern aristocratic schools. Separating nobles and commoners can earn high tuition fees, and it can also provide a space for students at the top of the pyramid to interact with each other and lay a more solid foundation for their future lives.

The fourth prince's concubine stared at Gu Qingmei with a pair of apricot eyes, as if Gu Qingmei was a monster jumping out from somewhere. After a long time, she smiled, "You ghost, wait for me to go back and organize the academy." , I will definitely give you [-]% of the shares."

Gu Qingmei smiled and said: "I don't care if I don't do shares. When the fourth concubine opens the academy, she must pull the empresses in the palace and the royal family and nobles to join the shares. How can I get involved? It's just that I plan to do it next year." Go to the capital to do some small business, and then I have to ask the fourth concubine to take care of me."

The fourth concubine stretched out her hand, held her little hand, and said with a very sincere expression: "Sister Qingmei, I won't say anything else. When you come to the capital, you must come to me to handle the affairs of the academy. I still have to ask you to give me a lot of advice."

Gu Qingmei said: "As long as the fourth concubine doesn't dislike my talkative and random ideas."

"Look at what you said, what are you talking about?" The fourth concubine let go of her hand, and suddenly got a profitable deal, her mood became extremely relaxed, but soon became entangled again. "I just don't know how much money is needed to set up such an academy?"

Gu Qingmei said: "Didn't the fourth concubine have five thousand mu of land? I just don't know where the five thousand mu of land is?"

"Near the capital."

"Since it is near the capital, why not use the [-] mu of land? At the beginning, it can only be used as a test, and the investment should not be too large. First, build a few small two-story buildings and create a hundred or so rooms. There is a room for every two students, and a room for each teaching nun."

"Build a few more spacious classrooms and surround them with high walls. On weekdays, once the gates are closed, all meals are provided by Zhuangzi. The students' clothes are all ordered by tailors to a uniform style, so as not to prevent students from interacting with each other. Comparison. The most important thing is that the fees of the academy must be expensive. Only in this way can the dignity of these girls who have studied in the academy be shown. For a student, the annual fee is at least 2000 taels. "

"Ah?" Hearing the words, the fourth concubine couldn't help but hesitate a little. "But... I heard that the tuition fee of the most famous academy in the capital is only 120 taels a year."

Gu Qingmei said with a smile: "For those rich families, any random servant girl in the family needs two or 30 taels of clothes, and 2000 taels is nothing to them at all. Just order uniform clothes for them , how much does it cost? Moreover, in order to show dignity, the academy must have a limited number of admissions, that is, [-] students, or [-] students. Those who come late will not be allowed to enter, and each person You are limited to one servant girl. Rare things are the most precious, and when the time comes, you will play the banner of teaching and nuns in the palace. Are you afraid that those rich people will bring you money? Even if you don’t care about it, it’s only your fourth concubine. Their identity is something they can't even win over with a lantern, with such an opportunity, who would miss it?"

Hearing this, the Fourth Prince's Concubine couldn't help but let out a heavy breath, "Forget it, I'm really old, and I'm not even half as smart as you."

Gu Qingmei smiled, "The fourth prince's concubine's brains are not as good as mine, but I am an idler, and I have enough time to think wildly every day, unlike the fourth prince's concubine, who is in charge of such a big mess at home."

Tian Xiaomeng next to her pursed her mouth in disbelief, "Fourth princess, you used to only chat with me when you came, but now that you have sister Qingmei, you don't talk to me anymore."

The fourth concubine smiled and said: "I didn't pay attention to you, I just forgot my shape for a while after hearing what sister Qingmei said."

Tian Xiaomeng got up, sat next to her, and hugged her like a twisted candy, "I don't care, if you really want to open such an academy, I will also become a shareholder. It's a hundred taels of silver."

The fourth concubine couldn't help pointing her upturned little nose with her finger and said: "Oh, we Xiaomeng also want to make money, do you want to keep it as a dowry?"

Tian Xiaomeng chuckled: "The Fourth Prince and Concubine know me best!"

The fourth concubine laughed and scolded: "This girl, you are becoming less and less shy!"

After a while, Jiang brought the little maid over to deliver lunch.

Jiang commanded the little maids to put the food on the dining table, and said with a smile: "Fourth prince concubine, we have simple tea and light food here, which is not comparable to your fourth prince's mansion. Fortunately, the cook's skills are not bad, so don't dislike it." .”

"Where did Madam speak? Your cook is good, but everyone knows it." The fourth princess got up, and the maids helped her wash her hands.

A little maid she brought with her tested all the food and wine with a silver braze specially used for drug testing, tried it again, and then withdrew.

Under the service of the maid, Gu Qingmei washed her hands with fragrant dew, rinsed her mouth with tea, and then entered the table under the greeting of the fourth princess.

Jiang Shi said: "Miss Gu, you must not be restrained. Don't look at the noble status of the fourth princess, but when she was a child, she followed my ass and laughed all day long."

The fourth concubine smiled and said: "Miss Qingmei is very fond of me. Even though I just met her for the first time, I would like to have a heart-to-heart relationship with her."

"In this case, then I will thank the Fourth Prince Concubine on her behalf." Jiang Shi was so enthusiastic towards Gu Qingmei that she even helped her prepare vegetables under the pretext that her foot was hurt.

"Your second sister-in-law's cooking skills have been good since she was a child. Originally, after she married your second brother, I should let her go out and let her go home to do housework. But I really can't bear her cooking skills, so Keep her forever."

Gu Qingmei said: "It's the second sister-in-law's blessing that Madam can think highly of her."

Jiang said with a smile: "Look at this girl, she is so sensible and can speak at such a young age. Xiaomeng, you have to learn from your sister Qingmei, the eldest is not young, but she is like a wild girl. At night, I knew to run around and get into trouble.”

Tian Xiaomeng said unhappily: "Mom, I just don't like embroidery. You forced me to embroider last time, and I almost poked my fingers."

(End of this chapter)