Chapter XXIV Tea Trading

Well, Yan Shi's inscription is the best and most valuable, of course, you have to collect it yourself, you don't need it on weekdays, the words inscribed by a generation of Wen Zong, put it there are more faces. Shizun's words are atmospheric, just give it to Xu Qixian, Xu Qixian's father is also a scholar, he has to leave a handful for him, and he is counting on borrowing his family's channels, so naturally he has to put a point in place, so just give Xu Qixian and his uncle a handful, if I guess correctly, Xu Qixian's uncle is the real controller of the Xu family, and if these things want to be done, he has to let his uncle open his mouth and agree. There are four of them, and the remaining two are picked back and forth, and they pick their favorite content, and they use it on weekdays, and they pick the rest and take a handful, haha, of course, it is for the most sassy people in the academy. Xia Hongsheng muttered in his mouth, and quickly arranged the six folding fans in his hand.

That Bai Jianzhi, dressed in white all day long, thinks he is personable, and he has to bring a book to show his demeanor and talent wherever he goes, this is a living flyer! With his toes, he can imagine that once he gets the folding fan, he will get what kind of Cheng dΓΉ he will get. His family has industries in Luanzhou City and Luoyang City, and there are few guests in the family, and he himself likes to accept his younger brother, and he likes to be complimented by others.

Xia Hongsheng ran to find Bai Jianzhi, Bai Jianzhi was surrounded by his group of followers, sitting in the pavilion behind the academy and talking, as for what he was bragging, he didn't know. From a distance, Bai Jianzhi saw Xia Hongsheng walking towards the pavilion, so he also stood up, took two steps out, and said, "Senior Brother Xia, why do you have time to find a brother today?" By the way, the blacksmith I found for my brother for you a few days ago are you still satisfied? ”

When Bai Jianzhi said this, he deliberately raised his voice so that everyone around him could hear it. Xia Hongsheng smiled in his heart, he was still a young man and naΓ―ve. Xia Hongsheng stepped forward, arched his hand, and said, "Today is to thank Senior Brother Bai, those teas are very good, and the blacksmith's craftsmanship is also very good." Senior Brother Bai also knew that the younger brother's family was poor and there were no good things, so he made this folding fan, and asked Mr. to inscribe it and give it to Senior Brother Bai. ”

As he spoke, Xia Hongsheng took out the folding fan, pushed it with two fingers, opened it with a brush, fanned it a few times, and snapped the folding fan together and handed it forward.

Between this opening and closing, coupled with the calligraphy of the flowing clouds on the fan surface, it becomes a kind of transcendent charm and graceful demeanor.

The students around him all showed a look of fascination, and Bai Jianzhi's eyes were even more scorching, as if he was eager to reach out and grab it immediately.

"Senior Brother Xia, this ...... This is really ......" Bai Jianzhi's eyes were fixed on the folding fan, and he subconsciously made a swallowing motion, exposing his heart.

"Senior Brother Bai helped the younger brother before, please accept this folding fan from Senior Brother Bai, don't shirk." Xia Hongsheng was very opportune, and sent the folding fan to Bai Jianzhi's face again.

Bai Jianzhi looked away with difficulty, smiled at Xia Hongsheng pretending to be calm, and said, "Hehe, since Senior Brother Xia is so resolute, then it would be disrespectful to be a brother." ”

"In this way, Senior Brother Bai, there is still something to do with the master, and the junior brother will leave first." Xia Hongsheng handed the folding fan to Bai Jianzhi, then said goodbye, turned around and left there. As soon as he walked not far away, he heard the sound of Bai Jianzhi unfolding the folding fan behind him, followed by a cheer and compliment. Xia Hongsheng smiled, and when Xu Qixian's family made sense, the folding fan could be sold with the tea.

Leaving from Bai Jianzhi, as soon as he returned to his school, he happened to see Xu Qixian who was wandering outside, and when he saw Xia Hongsheng, he immediately strode over. Xia Hongsheng was about to take out a folding fan and give it to him, but saw Xu Qixian speak first: "Senior brother, I have relayed your words to my father, and my father invited you to the house for a talk." ”

"Okay, I'll go after school." Xia Hongsheng nodded.

But he saw Xu Qixian looking at Xia Hongsheng with a suspicious look as if he had seen a monster, looked left and right, and said, "Senior Brother Jingshi, how do you know that I still have an industry in my family?" When I asked today, my father told me the truth, it turned out that there was really an industry in the family, and my father was running it in the name of Uncle Fu! ”

Xu Qixian looked strange when he said this, and he didn't know if he was annoyed that his father didn't mention that he kept himself in the dark.

"Brother Xu doesn't have to be angry, come to think of it, Uncle Xu just wants you to go to school and not get involved in these things, after all, the scholar is engaged in business, and he can't put it on the table, not to mention that your uncle is also an official, and it won't have a good impact if it goes out." Xia Hongsheng's ability to observe words and emotions has already been exercised, and when he saw Xu Qixian's appearance at this moment, he was relieved.

Xu Qixian nodded, Xia Hongsheng took out a folding fan and gave it to Xu Qixian, Xu Qixian's expression was on par with Bai Jianzhi, he kept pushing open and closing, and stood with his hands in his hands, looking like a master outside the world, but unfortunately he lacked confidence in the end, and it looked a little funny.

There was not much homework in the afternoon, and after school, the two went to Xu Qixian's house together, went down to Kuiqiu Mountain, or the carriage, looked down at the wheels, Xia Hongsheng didn't plan to sit down, the last bumpy experience, the stomach was upside down, and I didn't want to experience it again.

When he arrived at Xu Qixian's house, Xu Qixian took Xia Hongsheng directly to the study, where his father was already waiting.

"The little nephew has seen Uncle Xu." When he arrived at the study, Xia Hongsheng respectfully bowed to Xu Qixian's father.

"Virtuous nephews don't need to be polite, sit." Father Xu smiled and waved his hand, beckoned Xia Hongsheng to sit down, and then coughed lightly outside, and immediately a maid came in with a pot of hot water. Father Xu took out a small pinch of tea leaves from the wooden box and put them in the cup, and the maid brewed two cups and put them in front of the two. Waiting for the maid to go out, I heard Xu's father sigh again, and said: "Jingshi Xian's nephew, the old man really can't see you through, at a young age, but he has such a clever mind, if it is said that the previous poems are only talented and intelligent, then it can be said." But this is called turning chicken, oily noodles, and rice wine, and the old man has walked thousands of miles, and he has seen a lot, but he has never seen the same. Not to mention the snack cart, folding table and Mazha stool, the family saw it in the bazaar, and when they came back, they all said that it was very clever and convenient, and your senior brother Xu played with it himself, and came back to say that there was the material of the ancient Luban. Listening to Qi Xian, you also plan to create a Gewu interest group in the academy? …… Well, that's a weird name...... The way of things, the old man has not seen it, the most important experience, but you are young, how do you get these experiences? ”

Xia Hongsheng arched his hand and said with a smile: "Uncle Xu, the way of Gewu is the interest of the little nephew, and the creation of the interest group is nothing more than thinking that I can find a few classmates who have the same hobby as the little nephew." Uncle Xu, there is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to use your brain, you can always come up with a way. The little nephew's sister-in-law went to the market every day to sell things, and there were too many things to bring, and the little nephew saw the carriage pulling people and the ox cart carrying goods, so he thought, can we make the carriage of the carriage bigger, lower, put it on the ox cart, and then put all the materials in it and pull it away. I don't have any cattle at home, so I thought about getting a handle to push instead, and people pulled and walked in front, which was not enough. Later, there were more and more guests, and I needed a place to sit down, and my sister-in-law was alone, and I couldn't bring more than a dozen tables, what should I do? The little nephew thought, if those tables and stools could be stacked and put in the snack cart, wouldn't it be solved? That's how these things came about, Uncle Xu, in fact, there are not many doorways in them, they all come from very simple and common things, but the key is that some people think of it, and some people can't. You see, I don't know the craft of a carpenter, but I just had this idea, and as soon as I told Uncle Zhang, Uncle Zhang made things. But what if I didn't have that idea? I'm afraid that in a few decades, no one will be able to make this thing. So ideas and ideas are actually very important, Uncle Xu, many times, if you don't have ideas, this thing can't be done. Therefore, Uncle Xu, the little nephew thinks that the little nephew provides the idea of tea, which is a great contribution, not to mention that the little nephew also provides the technology, so the little nephew feels that he can account for fifty percent. What do you think? ”

Father Xu was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly, and raised his finger to point at Xia Hongsheng: "What a sharp mouth." ”

"Uncle Xu, the little nephew can ensure that this roasted tea technology is only provided to the Xu family, and the tea is divided into three, five, nine and so on, and the same is true for the fried tea, so the market is very large, from high-ranking officials to ordinary people, it is a fragment of tea foam, which can also be pressed into tea bricks and sold in the army. Ordinary tea can be sold piecemeal, and those above the top grade have to take the high-end route and work packaging and style. No matter how good it is, it will not be sold again, with a limited time limit, and it will only sell as much as it says it will sell in a year, and the price will be more expensive, and a pound of tea will open three or five hundred times, so that drinking tea is not only drinking tea, but also a symbol of status. The best of the best, let them not be able to buy it even if they have money, and if they can get a handful of a thousand times, it is a chance, and they will definitely have face. This is not counted, the service should also be different, buy the top grade, is a bronze buyer, corresponding to a set of service treatment, buy the best is different, is considered a gold buyer, buy the best of the best, that is the diamond buyer, just waiting, if he wants, clothes to reach out to eat to open the mouth is not impossible. In short, the more money you spend, the more face he has. Uncle Xu, those ordinary tea and ordinary people can't make money, they don't have and won't spend a lot of money to buy face. These high-grade teas are where the profits lie, don't underestimate those people, they can spend how much money they can spend in order to compare and face, only buy expensive ones and don't buy the right ones is their attitude, don't look down on them, these are our financial resources! Xia Hongsheng's tongue is like a lotus, and the route of high-end luxury goods pops out of his mouth.

Xu Qixian's father was just smiling and listening at first, but the more he listened, the more he lost his smile, and in the end, only shock remained. Can the business still do this? He faintly had a hint of enlightenment in his heart, and he was suddenly full of confidence in the prospect of tea, and he couldn't wait to immediately implement this "high-end route".

Xia Hongsheng took a sip of the tea in front of him, these are commonly used techniques in later generations, and countless merchants have tried and tested, just like moon cakes, a box of four moon cakes, some can be sold for tens of thousands, how many dollars can the cost of moon cakes? It's all expensive in packaging and forced grid. People's psychology is the same, and this kind of method will only be better if it is put in the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at Xia Hongsheng's calm and leisurely appearance, Xu Qixian's father suddenly shed a sweat, this child, isn't it a monster from Laojun Mountain, who ate the original Xia Hongsheng, and then became, right? !