Chapter 1384 of 3096
Chapter 1384: Open a tea garden! (Thanks to the lord Hei Hong Mei Fang for the reward!)
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(Two-in-one chapter)
"Oh? Lord Hou, but you have orders, Zheng must cooperate fully!"
Yunshan Courtyard.
Hearing that Li Zexuan wanted to do tea business, and he needed the help of
others, Zheng Yinhong's expression changed and he quickly bowed his hands.
"I'm willing to help Master Hou!"
Cao Wendong and others also bowed their hands.
Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Okay! With your help, I will be more confident in
doing this tea business! First of all, we must solve the problem of the source
of tea. The dry weather in the north is not suitable for the growth of tea
trees, so this tea It must be picked from the south!"
Speaking of this, Li Zexuan looked at Zheng Yinhong and said: "The Lord sent
this tea to the palace yesterday. After tasting the tea, he liked it very
much. He decided to list the fairy tea as a tribute tea, so the tea needed in
the palace in the future , The owner Zheng needs to be responsible for
collecting in the Jiangnan area!"
"Tribute tea?"
Several people were shocked, and there was a huge wave in their hearts, but
Zheng Yinhong's complexion changed and said: "Hou Ye, Shenxian tea is listed
as tribute tea, which certainly shows that its quality is unparalleled in the
world, but once it is listed as tribute tea , This shouldn’t be sold freely
among the people!"
After hearing this, Cao Wendong nodded his head in agreement and said, "Master
Hou, what the owner Zheng said is right! Once the fairy tea is listed as
tribute tea, how can people enjoy it at will?"
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "You can't say that. Today's
sage loves the people like his son, and likes to have fun with the people the
most. Besides, we can make a batch of top-notch tea for the imperial palace.
Later, it will be sold in the private sector. Then, thanks to the reputation
of tribute tea, Shenxian tea will not be able to sell as much!"
In the Tang Dynasty, there were no strict restrictions on court tribute. As
long as the tribute was handed over to the court on time in various places, it
did not mean that once something was listed as a tribute, it must not be. For
example, cucumbers were sold in the private sector. They were tributes before
and during the Tang Dynasty, but couldn't the civilians eat them? Obviously
not, as long as you have money, you can definitely buy it!
As for the court tribute tea, there is no precedent for this before. Zheng
Yinhong and others are completely out of a foolproof attitude to have this
worry!
"Master Hou is a clever trick. It's just this fairy tea, can it be divided
into three or six or nine grades?"
Feng Zhihua stroked his beard, wondering.
The tea they drank before was all ground and mixed with spices and cooked. How
can there be any concept of tea grading?
Li Zexuan smiled slightly and said: "This tea can of course be divided into
three, six or nine grades. Generally speaking, the shorter and more tender the
buds and leaves, and the smaller the angle between the buds and leaves, the
better the quality of such tea! The top fresh tea leaves must have one bud and
one leaf. The angle between the buds and leaves is small, the buds are longer
than the leaves, the buds and leaves are uniform and strong, and the length of
the buds and leaves should not exceed one inch.
In addition, the method of frying should be exquisite. In my opinion, the tea
leaves after frying should be flat and smooth, nice and sharp, tender and
fresh, even and heavy, and the bud peaks should be revealed. In this way, the
top fresh tea leaves should be topped with top quality. The method of frying,
naturally becomes the top fairy tea!
Using this top-quality fairy tea as a tribute, and selling the other slightly
inferior teas, not only preserves the face of the saint, but also allows
everyone in the world to taste the delicacy of the fairy tea. It can be
described as killing two birds with one stone! "
Hearing this, everyone nodded, thinking that this plan was a good idea!
Zheng Yinhong even more convincingly said: "Hou Ye's research and
accomplishments in tea ceremony can be called a generation of masters. Zheng
used to believe that he had studied tea ceremony quite a bit, but today he
heard what Hou Ye said. It's a frog at the bottom of the well!"
"Eh~! Don't say that. Zhuang Master Zheng, in fact, I learned these things
from his master, and they are not his own skills!"
Li Zexuan smiled, and then said: "Zheng Zhuangzhu, Ben Hou wants to establish
a tea plantation in Jiangnan, but Ben Hou has been in Chang'an for many years,
and there is no time to manage the tea plantation, so..."
"As long as Master Hou can trust Zheng, Zheng is willing to manage the tea
garden for Master Hou!"
As soon as Li Zexuan's voice fell, Zheng Yinhong immediately answered.
Cao Wendong and others are silent at this moment. Although they have business
dealings with the south, they are not southerners after all. Unlike Zheng
Yinhong, who has a huge foundation and extensive network in the south, they go
to the south to help Li Zexuan. Tea garden, they are more than willing but not
enough!
Li Zexuan smiled slightly, and said: "The kindness of Zhuang Zhuangzhu, Benhou
has received it! It's not that I can’t believe it, but because Zhuang Zhuang
is so troubled, Benhou will feel sorry for him! So Benhou wants to open a
fairy tea garden with Zhuang Zhuang, specifically Picking and frying Shenxian
tea, and Benhou is willing to share the frying method of Shenxian tea. Let's
build the largest, most famous and top tea garden together!"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked!
Everyone did not expect that Li Zexuan was willing to share the fry method of
Shenxian tea. You must know that with the reputation of tribute tea and the
high-quality taste and taste of Shenxian tea itself, as long as Li Zexuan
solves the source of tea, Rely on tea to earn endless wealth! After all, in
the entire Datang, no tea merchant can come up with tea that can compete with
Shenxian tea, so naturally there is no way to compete with Li Zexuan!
Zheng Yinhong is not a person who has never seen the world before, but at this
moment he still can't help showing a touch of movement. He hurriedly bowed and
said, "How can Zheng, and Master Hou be open together? Build a tea plantation?
If Master Hou has the needs, Zheng is willing to help Master Hou with all his
strength, and Master Hou’s tea-frying method, Zheng will definitely not covet
it!"
As a person who has seen the big scene, Zheng Yinhong still kept his heart in
the face of huge interests. He is not stupid. Don't look at him in the
Jiangnan sea of business. But Li Zexuan is a prince of the country and wants
to pinch him to death. It's as easy as squeezing an ant. After all, the
division of the social hierarchy of people, farmers, industry and commerce is
not a joke. Therefore, his thoughts changed sharply, he considered it
seriously, and rejected this attractive proposal!
Seeing this, Li Zexuan couldn't help but nodded secretly in his heart, then he
looked at Zheng Yinhong with a smile but a smile, and said: "Zheng Zhuangzhu,
you are a businessman. We are now talking about business. It is fair to do
business. You free help. It's not like doing business when Benhou opened a tea
garden!
You should know that Benhou is not short of money, and he doesn’t like to
overpower others. So if you are willing to help in this tea garden, Benhou
will divide you 40% of the stock, and the future income of the tea garden will
divide you 40%. If you don't want to help, it doesn't matter, Benhou just find
someone else! "
Faced with such generous conditions offered by Li Zexuan, everyone present was
heartbroken. Cao Wendong and others all cast envy at Zheng Yinhong.
Zheng Yinhong's eyebrows remained silent. From his frowning brows and stern
face, it could be seen that he was struggling violently in his heart. After a
long silence, Zheng Yinhong finally spoke and bowed to Li Zexuan:
"Master Hou is upright and righteous, and has a kind heart, and Zheng admires
it! Since Master Hou treats me sincerely, the old man Zheng Yinhong swears
here today that he will do his best to manage the tea garden for Master Hou
from generation to generation. If there is betrayal, I hope the men of the
Zheng family will be slaves for generations and the women will be prostitutes
for generations!"
He understood that to obtain Li Zexuan's secret method of tea frying, he had
to be loyal to Li Zexuan, and to make Li Zexuan completely believe in him, so
he made this oath!
Everyone was shocked, and Li Zexuan couldn't help his expressions move
slightly. You must know that the ancients attached great importance to the
heavens, the ghosts and the gods, and the oaths. No one dared to swear
casually, and no one would directly take his offspring to Zheng Yinhong.
Future generations swear!
Li Zexuan hurriedly helped Zheng Yinhong up and said: "Zheng Zhuangzhu does
not need to be like this. The Zheng family has been doing business in the
south of the Yangtze River for generations and believes most. Who does not
know the trust of Zheng Zhuangzhu? Who does not?"
To be honest, there are two main reasons why he can share the secret recipe of
fried tea so easily: First, his method of fried tea is not difficult to learn.
Once Shenxian tea is launched, the world’s tea merchants can definitely work
together Within a year, he figured out his method of fried tea. Instead of
keeping the secret of fried tea, it is better to monopolize all the high-
quality tea gardens in Jiangnan when the tea market is still blank. In this
way, Zheng Yinhong is absolutely inseparable. "Snake"
Second, Li Zexuan actually didn’t plan to do tea business at the beginning. At
most, he wanted to fry a small amount of tea for himself and give to people
around him. He is now dedicated to advancing Datang’s basic technology and
does not want to spend time making money. These tea business money! He is not
short of money! However, Li Er listed Shenxian tea as a tribute tea, and let
him be responsible for the tea supply of the palace in the future. Since he
decided to be a "licking dog" yesterday, he had to "lick" it to the end. And
he has no time, so he can only "delegate power" to Zheng Yinhong and the
others!
Anyway, he relied on his current position, Zheng Yinhong did not dare to
betray him, he believed that Zheng Yinhong was a smart man!
Now, Zheng Yinhong made this heavy oath to make him more certain that his
judgment was correct!
Cao Wendong, who was on the side, also nodded at this moment, and echoed: "The
Zheng family is the most trustworthy in the business field, and everyone knows
this!"
Zheng Yinhong glanced at Cao Wendong with gratitude, and then handed over to
Li Zexuan: "Master Hou is so sincere, but Zheng can't help but praise him.
Zheng can only take 30% of the shares of the gods tea garden. If Master Hou is
unwilling, then Zheng You can only forgive the hardship! But Zheng has an
unrelenting request, I hope Master Hou can agree!"
"Oh? Villa Master Zheng, please say!"
Li Zexuan's expression moved slightly, and he said curiously.
Zheng Yinhong said solemnly: "Zheng knows that Lord Hou has established a
Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, and he has been fascinated. I wonder if Lord Hou
can also let Zheng join this Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce?"
After 10% of the shares of Shenxian Tea Garden, exchange for a member of
Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, in the long run, he is still a bit at a loss.
After all, the future potential of Shenxian Tea Garden is infinite! However,
the reason why he made this suggestion is mainly because the dry shares of 40%
of the gods tea garden are too hot, and 10% is divided out to ask for a member
of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, which can not only protect the life
clearly, but also broaden the way for the Zheng family!
Li Zexuan pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "Ben Hou has no opinion,
but I have an idea here. Ben Hou takes out 10% of the shares of the gods’ tea
garden. You can discuss it with Mr. Cao, Mr. Lin and Mr. Feng. In total, I
took out 10% of the original stocks of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce and
distributed them to the owner of Zheng Zheng. As a reward, you would split the
stocks of the gods tea garden equally according to the corresponding
proportion. How about?"
The first batch of members of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce were determined
by auction. The proportion of dry shares held by each person was determined
according to the proportion of the money they paid, and the amount of goods
they would receive from the workshop later , Is directly linked to the dry
shares of the Chamber of Commerce held by them.
To put it simply, Li Zexuan is now using 10% of the dry shares of the gods tea
garden that Zheng Yinhong gave up to exchange 10% of the dry shares of the
Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce with Cao Wendong and others. Anyway, this wave of
exchanges, he will definitely not lose, he still controls the six. Into the
tea garden dry shares!
Cao Wendong and others looked at each other, nodded to each other, and said
one after another: "I wish to follow the arrangements of Lord Hou!"
They are not stupid either. The goods Zheng Yinhong distributed from the
Qiquge Workshop are to be transported to the south of the Yangtze River for
sale, which does not conflict with their business at all! On the contrary,
they can get involved in the tea business after they own the dry shares of tea
gardens, and they could not get the dry shares of tea gardens, because their
connections can't help Li Zexuan build a tea garden, but now Li Zexuan Give
them a chance, how could they better seize it?
Li Zexuan nodded with satisfaction, and said, "This way, everyone will be
happy! Later, I will mark some of the best tea gardens on the map. At that
time, Mr. Zheng will help open tea gardens in these places, as for the
construction of tea gardens. The cost of this will be borne by us!"
Zheng Yinhong said: "Yes! Lord Hou!"
Li Zexuan smiled, then picked up the tea cup, and said, "Come on, everyone
uses tea instead of wine to celebrate our Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce has
added a new member today!"
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After discussing the construction of the tea garden, Zheng Yinhong took the
map that Li Zexuan gave him that afternoon and set off for Jiangnan and
Chang'an City. He asked Zheng Qianjun to stay and look after the team.
The map given to him by Li Zexuan ~www.mtlnovel.com~ marked the best tea
plantation sites. These locations are almost all places where Longjing tea is
rich in previous life, such as Shifeng Mountain, Longjing Mountain, Qipan
Mountain, Shangtianzhu, Wengjiashan , Yangmeiling, Manjuelong, Baihe Peak and
dozens of peaks. Li Zexuan wanted to rely on the memory of his previous life
to quickly monopolize the producing areas of these high-quality teas. Even if
someone later finds out a high-quality tea-frying method, the quality of the
tea will be far inferior to the fairy tea!
Of course, in addition to the task of building tea gardens, Zheng Yinhong
returned to Jiangnan this time. The top priority is to go to the existing tea
mountains and send people to pick a batch of fresh tea as soon as possible to
make tribute tea. As for the fairy tea gardens, it is estimated that they will
have to wait until they want to produce tea. Next year, after all, we have to
transplant tea trees!
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First!
Two chapters in one!
Thanks to the lord Heihong Meifang for the reward (March 8)
No more today!
(End of this chapter)