The tea plants he had given to the workers were refined and sold back to him. He wanted the labourers to use the plants for themselves or sell them at a good price by themselves, but they all sold it to him at a very low price.
Although he initially refused, seeing their eagerness to sell, he could only helplessly buy the tea from them.
And thus, he had now acquired a huge supply of tea leaves, enough to last for a whole year.
Evan stayed back to oversee things a bit.
He didn't want to dump everything on Ryan right away. Though the loyalty contract mitigated the concerns about any kind of betrayal, Evan still needed to make sure that Ryan could do the work properly.
Also, not to forget, he was the only who had full knowledge of cultivation of Spirit Vitalizing Tea.
