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With Li Su's instructions, coupled with Gao Zhong's ability to do things, he quickly raised a lot of money. As for the tea workshop, there has been a change, because Liu Hu suggested to Li Su: This method of roasting tea is very simple, ordinary people can learn it, if you want to keep it secret, it is better to use the servants in the palace, these people do not have any personal freedom, even their lives belong to Li Su, the master, as long as others are not allowed to get close to the tea workshop, there is no need to worry about the danger of leaking. For good suggestions, Li Su of course immediately adopted them. Afterwards, he asked Wen'er and Hua'er about the slave, and Wen'er explained for a long time, and Li Su figured it out. It turns out that in Datang, in addition to the strict fourteenth chapter of the money-making system, there are also good and low, the so-called good people, including royal nobles, officials, monks and ordinary people, and cheap refers to untouchables, among which slaves are untouchables. Moreover, slaves are also divided into official slaves and private slaves, official slaves are mainly confiscated criminals, while private slaves are mainly civilians who have to be sold into slavery because of their lives.

The servants in the palace of Li Su are all official slaves, and all of them are Li Su, the king of Liang, most of these slaves are assigned by Sinong Temple, and some of the maids are from the Yeting Palace. Without Li Su's permission, these slaves would not be able to leave the Liang Palace's mansion for the rest of their lives, and even their marriage would have to go through Li Su's nod, so it can be said that there is no life safety and personal freedom.

At the end of Wen'er and Hua'er's talk, tears couldn't stop falling, although their status in the palace was relatively high, they were also a kind of slave. Both of them are the daughters of criminal officials, and because of their good looks, they were selected to study music and dance in the Teaching Workshop Division, and they were later taken by Concubine Yang and brought to their side, and they were not given to Li Su until some time ago.

Although Li Su sympathized with the experience of the two women, he had nothing to do, after all, the general environment of the whole society was like this, and it was not something he could change alone. In order to make the two girls happy, Li Su tore up the fourteenth chapter of the two girls' money-making plan contract in front of him, and asked people to help them re-register their household registration, which can be regarded as restoring the freedom of the two girls. This made the two girls grateful to Li Su, through this period of time together, they were also full of good feelings for Li Su, the kind-tempered prince, they came to the palace for almost half a month, but Li Su still never touched their bodies, usually never lost his temper with his subordinates, in private they are often glad to meet such a good master, now Li Su has restored their freedom, won the loyalty of the two women, and made up his mind to follow Li Su with all his heart.

But a few days of hard work, Gao Zhong sent someone to buy a lot of tea, Liu Hu's tea workshop has already started, but the location of the workshop moved from the tea garden to Li Su's Liang Wangfu, the area of Liang Wangfu is very large, accounting for nearly half of the Anxing Fang, in the northeast corner of the palace, that piece is the workshop area of the palace, which has a garment workshop, a winery, a paper mill and so on, before Li Su designed chairs, coffee tables and other furniture is made by the wood workshop, and now there is a tea workshop. This is thanks to Gao Chong's reminder, otherwise Li Su really didn't know that there were so many workshops in his palace. It's a pity that the scale of these workshops is not large, and the products produced can only supply the needs of the palace, and generally do not sell to the outside world, and the tea workshop can be regarded as setting a precedent.

"Lord, according to what you said, the three-pot connected fried tea stove has been built, and now the efficiency has increased several times at once, sixty workers can produce about 120 catties of tea every day, of which 4 catties of raw tea can produce one catty of tea, the output of the tea garden plus the purchased tea, about nearly 10,000 catties, so calculated, about more than a month to make all the tea." Liu Hu happily reported to Li Su the current situation of the tea workshop. Li Su used a pot to fry tea in a pot before, and he had to adjust the temperature in the pot from time to time, but when stir-frying tea on a large scale, this method was inefficient, so Li Su said the method of connecting three pots to fry tea, and Liu Hu implemented it, and the efficiency was increased several times.

"Well, yes, the reward system for workers must be implemented to the letter, and they will be paid five cents for every pound of tea they make, so as to fully mobilize their enthusiasm!" Li Su was very satisfied, but still did not forget to remind Liu Hu not to deduct the rewards of the workers.

The craftsmen in the palace of Li Su were also official slaves, and theoretically speaking, the slaves were not paid for any work, and their food, clothing, shelter and transportation were provided by their masters. But in fact, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the slaves, the master will generally give them a certain amount of monthly money every month, of course, the amount of monthly money depends on the meaning of the master's family, and the more generous to the subordinates, will give more, and when encountering those who are harsh to the subordinates, the monthly money will be given very little or even nothing.

In the past, Li Su was extremely harsh on his subordinates, and the finances of the Liang Wangfu were not good, so except for the steward level and above in the palace, the other low-level slaves had no monthly money. In order to increase the amount of roasted tea as much as possible and avoid the workers in the workshop from being passive and slacking off, Li Su decided to implement a reward system at that time, giving workers five cents for each pound of tea, and those who work more get more. This immediately fully mobilized the enthusiasm of many people, after all, slaves are also people, and there are places to spend money, there used to be no penny, but now you can get at least 10 wen money if you work hard every day, and there are 300 wen a month, which is also a good income in this era.

"The prince is generous to his subordinates, and the villain admires him very much, and he will never deduct the wages of the workers, please rest assured!" Liu Hu said with a resolute face, as the head of the workshop, Li Su also gave him a salary of two times a month, and he was in charge of the tea garden with a consistent monthly salary, and now with the monthly salary of the workshop, it is calculated three times a month, which is almost the same as the treatment of Gao Zhong.

Liu Hu's performance made Li Su very satisfied, and after a few more words, he let him retreat. After tasting the new tea fried in the tea workshop, I found that it was much better than my own fried tea, which made Li Su even more satisfied. Before he could rest for a while, Gao Zhong asked to see him again.

"Your Highness, the old slave, the merchant of the new tea, has already found it, and I specially brought him to see you today!" Gao Zhong came in and bowed to Li Su, the status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty is very low, 'scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants' are ranked last, and commerce is regarded as a cheap industry, with Li Su's identity, it is impossible to sell tea under the signboard of Liang Wangfu, so he can only find a merchant who has believed in it to sell on behalf of him.

"Oh, you can just call the shots for this kind of trivial matter, you don't need to bring someone to see me!" Li Su is a little strange, it stands to reason that a businessman doesn't need him to meet in person anyway, Gao Chong, as the housekeeper of the palace, shouldn't he make this kind of mistake, right?

"Your Royal Highness, this royal family is the only merchant affiliated under the palace, and ...... And there were some places in the palace that couldn't stand him before, so I still ask His Royal Highness to meet him in person! The look on Gao Chong's face was a little embarrassed, and his speech was a little slurred.

"Holy! Is it another bastard thing that this king did before? Li Su patted his head with a headache, and when he saw Gao Zheng's expression, he guessed a few points, I really don't know if I owe that bastard Li Su, and the previous shit has to be paid by myself.

Sure enough, Gao Zhong nodded very embarrassedly, now this fat eunuch has also figured out Li Su's temper, and he is much bolder, and he has the courage to say what he didn't dare to say before.

After a high-level narration, Li Su finally understood the grievances between the Wang family and 'himself'. As I have said before, the status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty is extremely low, not to mention princes and nobles, even ordinary people are unwilling to engage in business, but the huge profits generated by commerce are very eye-catching, so rich businessmen are in a position of being slaughtered in society, and they are harassed or blackmailed from time to time. In order to get rid of this slaughtered position, various merchants have looked for backers, attached their industries to the name of the wealthy Wang family, and sent a large amount of silver money as a reward every year, and the wealthy Wang family provided shelter for them. In this way, the wealthy Wang family got the money they needed, and the merchants were able to develop their business safely by virtue of the fame of the wealthy Wang family, which was a win-win situation. The Wang family, who came to see Li Su this time, was the only merchant under his Liang Wangfu's name.

The Wang family was originally one of the top ten wealthy merchants in Chang'an City, and the family industry was also one of the best in Chang'an City.

But just last year, Li Su participated in the banquet of the eldest son of Sun Wuji, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhao Guo, and after the banquet, everyone gambled. The businessman paid to attach the property to the wealthy family, and the wealthy family provided shelter but would not touch these industries, which has become a default rule between the businessman and the wealthy family, but Li Su's two hundred and five can not care about this, anyway, he has the right to dispose of it under his name, and all of them lost to Changsun Chong. Later, the eldest grandson family took the contract signed by Li Su to the Wang family to ask for the property, although the Wang family was angry, they did not dare to offend the eldest grandson family, so they could only swallow most of the property.

The direct consequence of this incident was that Li Su's Liang Wang's mansion was discredited, and no businessman dared to attach himself to his mansion again. The Wang family suffered heavy losses, all the major industries went to the Changsun family, and the Wang family only had a few small workshops and stores left to barely survive, and from the top ten wealthy merchants in Chang'an suddenly fell to a small businessman who barely made ends meet. The housekeeper of the Liang Wangfu at that time felt that he couldn't go, and kept letting the Wang family be attached to the Liang Wangfu, and he didn't need them to pay the money every year, which was a little compensation for them.

"Bastard!" Li Su scolded in a low voice, he not only scolded the previous Li Su, but also scolded the eldest grandson's family, it was obvious that Li Su, a stupid person, was put on the side by the eldest grandson's family, not only discredited himself, but also gave the other party a large amount of property, which was simply a loss to his wife and soldiers. Remembering that the last time he was in elementary school, the eldest grandson Wuji had a hand in his hands, Li Su couldn't help but be secretly vigilant in his heart, it seems that he will have to be more careful with this insidious eldest grandson Wuji in the future.

"Let him in!" Li Su commanded Gao Zhong weakly, he understood Gao Chong's deep meaning of letting him meet the Wang family, and if he wanted to solve the financial problems of Liang Wangfu, he must start from business, which inevitably required someone to be the agent of Liang Wangfu, after all, he could not directly do business. But his Liang Wangfu has a bad reputation in the business world, and no businessman dares to cooperate with them at all, the only choice is the Wang family who is still attached to the palace, but last time he lost most of the family's property, although the Wang family didn't dare to say anything, but behind his back, it is estimated that he has hated him to death, the king of Liang. So now it is necessary to meet and communicate, and it is best to let the Wang family eliminate their resentment, so that they can cooperate better. But this is not an easy task, after all, it is a family property that has been worked hard for several generations, so that Li Su once lost cleanly, and no one can easily forgive him.

"Villain Prince Hao, participate in His Royal Highness King Liang!" As soon as the person came in with Gao Chonggang, he immediately knelt on the ground and saluted. Li Su looked at the principal of the Wang family and found that he was about thirty years old, with a square face and long beard that looked very elegant, and he didn't look like a businessman at all, but like a scholar who came to Chang'an to take the exam. Although this prince is respectful, his expression has always been calm, his eyes are fixed on the ground and he never looks at Li Su, making it impossible to know what he is thinking.

"Hehe, Mr. Wang is polite, please get up quickly! Wen'er, serve tea to Mr. Wang! Li Su's face was like a flower, and he quickly helped the person up, and the newly brewed tea was also served.

Wang Zihao was obviously taken aback by Li Su's enthusiastic attitude, and sat down at a loss and didn't dare to move, not knowing what tricks Li Su was going to play. Li Su always felt a little indebted to the other party, and couldn't remember what to say, and the scene was a little embarrassing for a while.

"Mr. Wang, I guess Gao Zhong has already told you the reason why he invited you here, right?" Li Su took a sip of tea and thought about it, and then spoke.

"The prince has killed the villain, the villain of the word Mr. is ashamed, and the prince calls a certain Zihao is!" As soon as Wang Zihao heard Li Su ask, he immediately stood up and bowed and replied, "Before I came, Mr. Gao had already told the villain that the palace had made a batch of new tea and wanted to hand it over to the villain for sale!" ”

"Well, yes, the one next to you is the freshly made tea, can you taste it and see how it tastes?" Li Su raised his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and then began to speak.

Wang Zihao sat down honestly, picked up the teacup and looked at the tea, then put it on the end of his nose and smelled it, then took a small sip, then closed his eyes and tasted it, suddenly opened his eyes, and praised loudly: "Good tea!" Your Royal Highness, this tea soup is green and transparent, the tea fragrance is deep and pleasant, the taste is slightly bitter and then sweet, it is a rare good tea! ”

"Hehe, Zihao is really a person who knows tea, with your understanding of the market, how should this tea be priced?" For the price of tea, Li Su has not been set, one is that he does not understand the Datang tea industry, and he does not know how much demand there is in the market, and it is not appropriate to set it high or low.

"This~?" Wang Zihao pondered for a moment, "The villain dares to ask the prince, how is the yield of this tea?" ”

"Huh? Does this have anything to do with production? Li Suqi said.

"Yes, if the production of this tea is very small, then take the high-end route, and the price is not too much, but if the output is very large, the villain suggests that the price may be lower, so as not to sell all the tea!" An expert is an expert, and he thinks more thoroughly than Li Su, a layman.

"Well, this year's spring tea is only two thousand catties of output because of insufficient preparation, if the sales are good this time, I am ready to expand the scale of the workshop when the summer tea comes down, and it is estimated that the output will increase several times." Li Su thought for a while and replied that tea can be picked all year round, and it can be divided into spring tea, summer tea, autumn tea and winter tea according to different seasons.

"In this way, the output of this tea is not small, it is not suitable for high-end sales, and now the best tea is only 800 Wen per catty, this tea is better than the tea on the market, and the price is best set between 1000 and 1500 Wen, and it must not exceed twice the highest price." Wang Zihao replied respectfully.

"Well, okay, if I wholesale it to you at a price of 900 wen per catty, would you like to take this business?" Li Su smiled in his heart, he didn't expect Wang Zihao to set such a high price, the cost of materials consumed per catty of roasted tea is about 250 Wen, even if the cost of labor and site is removed, it is only 300 Wen cost per catty, and it is sold at a price of 900 Wen, making a net profit of 600 Wen, and two thousand catties is 1200 yuan, and this is still the first season, and when the output of the next season doubles a few times, that is, three or four thousand yuan, and at least 10,000 yuan of income a year, which is simply incredible!

Hearing that Li Su wholesaled tea to him at a price of 900 Wen, Wang Zihao was shocked, and looked at Li Su with an incredible expression on his face, this was the first time he had carefully looked at His Royal Highness King Liang. Wholesale to himself at such a low price, then he can at least have a price difference of two or three hundred wen to earn, according to the output Li Su said, the annual income of four or five thousand yuan, although it is not comparable to the income of their Wang family in its heyday, but there are not many merchants in Chang'an who can have such income.

"This ...... This ......, thanks to King Liang's love, but ...... "Even though he is used to seeing the big scene in the mall, Wang Zihao is now at a loss, if he takes over this business, although his Wang family will not be able to recover in a short time, but it can get rid of the current predicament, and can also accumulate capital for a comeback." But he was worried that there was some conspiracy in this, after all, he was the king of Liang, even if he didn't make money to sell, he had nothing to say, but now he gave such a big profit to himself, which made him have to doubt.

"Zihao, you don't have to doubt this matter, this king used to mess around, did a lot of wrong things, and owed a little to your Wang family, this tea business can be regarded as a little compensation for you!" Li Su stepped forward and patted Wang Zihao's shoulder and sighed.

"But this is just the beginning, as long as you follow this king to do a good job, there will be more and more such businesses in the future, and the property that your royal family loses, this king will compensate you a thousand times over!" Li Su saw that Wang Zihao was still in a daze, and continued to pat him on the shoulder and said.

It's a pity that now Wang Zihao is completely stupid, and His Royal Highness King Liang is humble to himself, and he also promised himself that he will return the property lost by their Wang family thousands of times. It's not a dream, is it? waited until Wang Zihao left the Liang Palace, and he didn't wake up from that sluggish state.

Just when Li Su was making money in the house, his name had already caused a sensation in the entire Chang'an City, and the word two poems spread through Li Yong and others, especially the poem "Will Enter the Wine", Chang'an scholars were vying to recite it, and it has become a must-read work on the banquet of literati and bachelors, and for a time his name of Li Liulang's poetry spread all over Chang'an.

Some good deeds turned out the matter of Li Su's judgment before and after amnesia, which added a lot of legend to Li Su's body, and even half of the three-character scripture he recited in elementary school was also sung by people with hearts, which further confirmed Li Su's name, and even the woman to be married in the boudoir heard of King Liang's name!!