Chapter 191: Provocation
Huang Desheng was busy talking about business, but Xu Jin was not in a hurry to propose to him to send Han Chuang to participate in the black tea business, and after saying hello, he climbed the Nine Lion Mountain with the girls to play.
There is a Buddhist temple called Tianchi Nunnery on Nine Lion Mountain, the incense is very prosperous, after everyone goes up the mountain, all the women will meet to worship Buddha in Tianchi Nunnery and pray for blessings.
Xu Jin was not interested in worshipping the Buddha, but under Xie Xiaowan's resentful gaze, he was suddenly defeated, obediently followed the lady into the nunnery, and kowtowed in front of the Buddha, thanking the Buddha for blessing himself for winning the show, and praying for the Buddha to make persistent efforts to bless himself to continue to be lifted next year......
Xu Jin walked around with the Fei brothers after kowtowing to the Buddha, and Xie Xiaowan and Fei Ruyi and others worshipped the Buddha is not so simple, because they want to worship all the Buddha statues in the temple, there are 108 golden-bodied Arhats alone, and it is not okay to worship for one or two hours.
In fact, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon after the girls worshipped the Buddha, and Xu Jin and the Fei brothers visited the Buddhist temple several times, and waited until their necks were long before they looked forward to the girls.
So, after resting for a while, everyone went down the mountain directly, and there was no time to play at all!
Xu Jin and others went down to Jiushi Mountain, the tea market at the foot of the mountain was nearing the end, and more than half of the tea stalls had been withdrawn, leaving only garbage all over the ground, and the scene was undoubtedly the same as that of later generations.
Huang Desheng was leisurely drinking tea, while chatting with Han Chuang, the two of them were splashing, obviously very speculative.
When Huang Desheng saw Xu Jin and the others, he immediately stood up and said enthusiastically: "Xu Gongzi, Fei Gongzi, after swimming in the mountain, come and come, everyone must be tired of climbing, sit down and drink a cup of tea to rest!" ”
Everyone sat down to rest according to the words, Xu Jin took a sip of tea and said straight to the point: "Boss Huang, I guess Han Shoucheng has already mentioned it to you, right?" I want him to participate in the management of black tea in the tea plantation, what do you think? ”
Huang Desheng said with a smile: "Naturally, there is no problem with this, and Xiao Han's accommodation expenses are all covered." ”
After all, Xu Jin is a shareholder, and it is normal to send someone to supervise the operation, not to mention that he doesn't have to pay his own salary, such free labor should not be in vain, as long as the production process is confidential, he is not afraid that the other party will steal the production method of black tea, so Boss Huang agreed very happily.
In addition, at present, black tea has received orders of 1,000 catties, with a total value of more than 300 taels of silver, which is close to the operating income of Yangmeiling Tea Garden in the past six months. Because black tea is made of old tea leaves, unlike green tea, which can only use the young leaves at the top of the tea tree, so the output is large and the cost is low, and the production cost of 1,000 catties of black tea is less than 50 taels of silver, that is to say, the net profit is 250 taels of silver, five times the profit, it is simply a big profit.
Moreover, the big tea merchant Boss Wan from Xuanfu also said that as long as the black tea sells well at the border, he will choose long-term cooperation to ensure that each order is not less than 1,000 catties, which is a stable big business.
Therefore, Boss Huang simply worshiped Xu Jin as the god of wealth at this time, and naturally would not refuse Xu Jin's small request.
Of course, the reason why Xu Jin appointed Han Chuang to participate in the operation of black tea was not to supervise Huang Desheng, nor to take care of Han Chuang, a classmate, but because he knew the huge potential of the black tea business. If you can open the European market in advance, black tea will definitely bring you a steady stream of huge wealth, and it is very easy to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, so it is necessary to send an agent to take care of it. And Han Chuang, this kid has a flexible mind and a passion for business, so he is naturally a very suitable candidate.
In this way, Han Chuang's father and son became Xu Jin's "wage earners", one helped take care of the car and horse dealership business, and the other helped take care of the tea business. The only difference is that Han Xin gets a dead salary, while Han Chuang gets dividends, which has great potential.
Next, Xu Jin and Huang Desheng downplayed some business matters, advocating that he develop the black tea business to the coast, because then he might be able to meet the Francophone people who came from across the ocean, so as to send the famous Hekou black tea to the Europeans in advance, and make money from foreigners.
As the day became more and more westward, the tea stalls under the Nine Lion Mountain had almost been withdrawn, so Xu Jin and others also set off to cross the river and returned to the Fei family manor by carriage, while Han Chuang returned to the Yangmeiling Tea Garden directly with Huang Desheng.
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September 20, Nanchang Ning Wangfu East Courtyard, Ning Wang Shizi's residence.
At this moment, Brother Zhu, the prince of the world, was sitting leisurely on the sour branch chair, his eyes roaming over the two girls.
The two girls in front of them are about fourteen or fifteen years old, although they are dressed shabbyly, they are slender and tall, and their appearance can only be regarded as middle and upper, but they are exactly the same, and they dare to love a pair of twin sisters.
The two girls leaned nervously against each other, their eyes curious and fearful, like two lambs waiting to be slaughtered under the gaze of King Ning's prince.
King Ning's gaze wandered over the two girls for a while before retracting it, and nodded at Steward Mo, who was standing respectfully on the side, and said, "Old Mo, this errand is done well, this prince will greet the Internal Affairs Office, and you will do all the errands for purchasing tea in the future." ”
Don't care about things, he was secretly happy, and hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness Xie Shizi, my subordinates will definitely do their best in the future." ”
Brother Zhu nodded, and ordered someone to take the two twin girls down to freshen up and bathe, change into clean clothes, he wanted to enjoy it tonight, the taste of twin virgins must be good. As soon as he thought of two identical faces crying tactfully under him, Brother Zhu was a little nervous, and his lower abdomen was slightly hot.
Don't worry about things secretly, it seems that the twin sisters I collected this time are very suitable for the taste of the world.
It is said that on the ninth day of the ninth month of September, after Guan Mo participated in the Chongyang Tea Market in Leadshan County, he really got 200 catties of high-grade fine tea (top buds) from the Fang family without spending a penny, and the 500 taels of silver advanced from the palace to buy tea naturally went into his private pocket.
On the way back, Manager Mo accidentally collected the twin sisters, so he spent twenty taels of silver to buy them back and present them to the prince of Ning, and sure enough, he pleased His Royal Highness.
Steward Mo rolled his eyes, presented a bag of tea to Brother Zhu, and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, your subordinates have also brought you a fresh tea this time, which is the first of the top ten famous teas newly evaluated this year." ”
When Brother Zhu heard this, he took the bag of tea and opened it, and immediately frowned and said coldly: "Old Mo, are you a pastime in this world?" Will this black garbage be the first of the top ten famous teas? ”
Mo Guan said with trepidation: "How dare your subordinates entertain His Royal Highness, this is indeed the first of the top ten famous teas newly evaluated by this Chongyang Tea Market, this is a new variety of tea, called black tea, I heard that this name is Xu Jinqi!" ”
When Brother Zhu heard this, he blurted out: "Is it his name?" ”
"It's not, it's said that this Xu Jin really has the ability, he actually participated in the tea battle of Chongyang Tea Market with the three girls of the Fei family, and also won the first place in the tea battle, and recommended this black tea in public, and now this black tea is very popular."
Brother Zhu's face suddenly became gloomy, he threw the bag of black tea on the ground and stepped on it fiercely, and said in a cruel voice: "Xu Jin, this thief, this son will kill him in the future!" ”
A smug smile flashed in Mo Guanshi's eyes, he hated Xu Jin for smashing his job in Shangrao County before, so this time he deliberately used black tea to mention Xu Jin in front of King Ning Shizi, and also deliberately mentioned Fei Ruyi, in order to arouse the anger of King Ning Shizi, and now the goal has been achieved.
In fact, at the beginning of the Tengwang Pavilion, King Ning made up his mind not to let Xu Jin leave Nanchang alive, but then Xu Jin suddenly fled Nanchang under the escort of Sun Sui, and King Ning had no chance to do it at all.
Moreover, his father suddenly ordered to hire Xu Jin as his companion, and King Ning was a little unsure of his father's intentions, so he did not send someone to squat halfway to intercept Xu Jin. Because of this, Xu Jin was able to play all the way to Leadshan County.
Ning Wang Shizi has actually been thinking about Fei Ruyi, and at this time, he heard that Xu Jin actually arrived in Leadshan County, and he and Fei Ruyi "went in and out", so he naturally became angry, and his heart was murderous again.
Of course, Prince Ning did not plan to immediately send someone to Leadshan County to trouble Xu Jin, because his father was going to do a big thing recently, and he had to keep a low profile for the time being to avoid extraneous troubles.