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Xiao'er nodded, Du Yijin indeed appeared to have an excellent business sense.

"I will have the village chief plant some walnut trees right away. He mentioned recently that many peach trees have grown old and are not yielding as much, so those trees were cut down. We might as well replace them with walnut trees."

"You can buy barren mountains and wastelands to plant the trees, the first three years would be the most profitable. As more people follow suit, the price will drop." Xiao'er put forward her suggestion.

"I don't have silver." Du Yijin sighed regretfully. This was indeed a great opportunity.

It felt like discovering a gold mine but being unable to mine it.

"I can prepay two years of rent for the hot spring in advance." Lending to her? She probably wouldn't accept.

Two years would amount to 240 taels, which would be enough to buy a few dozen acres of barren land or wasteland.

"But..." This didn't seem quite right.