Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Li Yuan smiled sheepishly, and said, "The old man is playing around with the child."

Concubine Wan Gui cast a glance at Li Yuan, and said: "This child is dedicated to the country, how can he have time to mess around with you, an old man?"

As she said that, she said to Liu Bai: "Liu Bai, if this old guy makes things difficult for you again in the future, just tell me!"

Liu Bai quickly nodded, immediately abandoned Li Yuan, and went to help Old Madam Wan.

After sending Mrs. Wan back to her room, she came out, walked to the front yard, and sat under the gourd vine in the yard.

Li Yuan was carrying a big cattail fan and scratched it with the handle.

The robe on his body has been replaced by a short coat with an open front.

It looked like an old farmer who had just returned from work in the field.

Bu Yunlu didn't wear them anymore, and he stepped on the wooden slats with both feet, shaking his legs and humming a ditty.

Liu Bai looked at Li Yuan curiously.

It is said that the age of 30 is the time when men change the fastest.

The old man is in his sixties now, why did he suddenly change his personality?

Li Yuan smiled casually and said, "Don't look at the old man like that."

He pushed the teapot towards Liu Bai, signaling Liu Bai to pour water for himself.

"I used to be used to prestige in the past, but it's not a bad thing to suffer a little loss now."

Liu Bai took a sip of the old man's tea and found that it tasted really good.

"How is it? This is the good tea that the old man sent someone to find from Jiangnan. It's not inferior to your Liu Yexuan's, right?"

Liu Bai didn't answer Li Yuan's words, but said, "Old man, it's time for us to return to Chang'an."

Li Yuan chuckled and said, "Old man, I know that you can rest assured that those boys in Chang'an City, the property you have worked so hard to earn, is still in your hands."

Liu Bai smiled irrefutably.

He was indeed worried about those brats in Chang'an City.

It's not because he is worried about his own industry, but the plan of the supermarket has already been put on the agenda.

This business is bound to be huge, and if no one sits in charge, troubles will inevitably arise.

Shen Wansan and the others are indeed top experts among merchants.

But their vision is somewhat limited after all.

From purchase, to shipment, to quality inspection, and even accounting, there is a lot of knowledge.

Any kind of cargo failure will bring a lot of losses.

To put it bluntly, Liu Bai intends to personally implement the 'supermarket' plan, because it is related to many follow-up matters, such as maritime trade!

However, after drinking Li Yuan's tea, Liu Bai suddenly thought of a way to make money.

Seeing that Liu Bai stopped talking suddenly, Li Yuan stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Liu Bai's eyes.

"Boy, boy! Are you hysterical?"

Liu Bai opened Li Yuan's hand.

Li Yuan suddenly flew into a rage!

"presumptuous!"

As soon as these two words are uttered, even if Li Er is replaced, I am afraid that he will be very scared.

But Liu Bai has long been used to it.

The old man is used to scaring people, but in fact it is purely to amuse the bored.

"Grandpa, let's talk about something serious."

Li Yuan seemed to have been slapped to get his temper back, and his expression became very fast.

Just now he was full of beard and hair, but in a blink of an eye his face was full of philistines.

"Is there any money to be made?"

Liu Bai raised Erlang's legs and said with a smile: "Twenty-eight."

"Five to five!"

Liu Bai shook his head and said, "Twenty-eight!"

Li Yuan is used to haggling with Liu Bai.

"No, at least four or six!"

"Maximum [-]-[-], or don't talk about it."

"Three sevens, thirty sevens, you wait, the old man will write the contract with pen and ink!"

After finishing speaking, Li Yuan didn't care about finding someone else, so he ran away and quickly brought the pen and ink.

'Shushua' wrote the contract in a few strokes, leaving the space for the title and signature, and then asked expectantly: "What business?"

Chapter 770 This... Isn't this a scam?

When we came out to play before, the whole family would follow Liu Bai around. We had a good time, but we were a little tired.

This time, Liu Bai basically acted alone, and the others almost visited the big cities on Hedong Road.

The two sisters, Liu Wan'er and Liu Rong'er, are a bit addicted to shopping, plus Mrs. Wan who hasn't been out of the palace for many years, the three of them basically bought all the special products of Hedong Road.

When I went back, I bought gifts, bought more belongings, and added seven or eight carriages.

According to news from Chang'an City, today is exactly the day when Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Liang return to court.

It's not that Liu Bai didn't want to greet them, but deliberately avoided it.

Recently, the Liu family is too conspicuous.

Coupled with Xue Rengui and Jin Ridun's illustrious military exploits in Liaodong, it is inevitable that some people in the court will gossip.

Even if it was for the sake of the future of the two of them, Liu Bai didn't want to show his face again.

After this battle, Xue Rengui's title as a marquis is a certainty, and Jin Ridun's size can also be named an earl.

In the battle of destroying the country, the monarch of Goguryeo was captured alive, which can no longer be described as a smashing effort.

When he caught Xieli back then, he was simply giving Li Er a solution to his anger.

But to win Goguryeo is to avenge Datang!

In the former Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo was conquered three times. I don’t know how many good men from the Tang Dynasty buried their loyal bones in foreign countries.

The landscape outside the Great King City is a thorn in the hearts of all Tang people.

The victory of this battle instantly turned Xue Rengui and Jin Ridun into popular national heroes.

Now that they are all national heroes, there can be no stains.

Liu Bai planned to remove Xue Rengui and Jin Ridun from the Liu family completely.

No matter how it is in private, at least on the surface, they want to become another force in the court.

Otherwise, their future would stop at the Marquis and Earl.

It will take at least eight days for the large group of people to return to Chang'an from Hedong Road.

If there are fewer people, the time can be saved in half.

However, Liu Bai ordered to go down, slow down the schedule, and return to Chang'an within eight days is enough.

At that time, the celebration of the triumphant return of the army was over, and the popularity of Xue Rengui and Jin Ridun should also decrease a little.

Li Yuan's carriage was full of bottles and cans bought by Concubine Wan Gui, and when she got up, she rattled and rattled, which made the old man tireless.

However, Concubine Wan Gui liked these things so much that she insisted on seeing them with her own eyes, as if she was afraid that others would steal them.

As soon as he left the boundary of Bingzhou, Li Yuan ran to Liu Bai's carriage to hide.

It was originally a very enjoyable thing for a family of three to whisper happily.

Suddenly a skinless and faceless old man with a white beard squeezed up, and everyone was upset.

"Children, go sit in the carriage in front, the old man has something to tell your husband."

Li Yuan sensed Liu Bai's resentment, and said to Liu Wan'er and Liu Rong'er in embarrassment.

Liu Wan'er pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't say much.

Poured a cup of tea for the old man, led Liu Rong'er to Li Yuan's carriage, and went to accompany Concubine Wan Gui.

Seeing Liu Bai's ugly face, Li Yuan gave a coy smile.

Seniority belongs to seniority, high status belongs to high status, the current him cannot afford to offend Liu Bai.

Seniority and status, in front of Yinzi, is as humble as you can be

"Is it all arranged?"

Li Yuan was talking about the new deal.

Liu Bai sighed, and made up his mind that if he came out to play in the future, he would definitely not bring so many burdens.

The husband and wife are chatting happily, what are you meddling with, a stinky old man?

He said helplessly: "In Chang'an City, there are thousands of idlers. There is no need to send someone from around. When we go back, there should be some results."

Li Yuan chuckled, rubbed his hands together, and said, "I still think it's a bit inappropriate, why don't we discuss it again?"

Liu Bai rolled his eyes.

"Old man, I, Liu Bai, have never done any business at a loss."

Li Yuan nodded quickly and said, "Yes, what you said is correct, but the old man still hasn't figured out what you mean by the brand effect."

Originally, Liu Bai didn't plan to reveal all the secrets to Li Yuan.

Anyway, when the time comes, it will be enough to take the silver as a dividend. What's the use of knowing so much?

Seeing the old man's eyes full of thirst for knowledge, Liu Bai couldn't bear it.

Looking at his appearance, if he didn't explain it clearly, he probably wouldn't get out of his carriage today.

After thinking for a while, Liu Bai picked up the teapot and placed it in front of Li Yuan.

"This is the tea produced by Liu Yexuan."

He took two teacups from the side.

"This is wild tea that someone picked from the mountains."

"This is the tea you ordered someone to make, old man."

Li Yuan nodded repeatedly.

Liu Bai said again: "Three cups of tea are all sold for ten Wen, old man, which cup would you buy?"

Li Yuan said as a matter of course: "Of course it belongs to Liu Yexuan! Since the price is the same, why not buy the highest quality one?"

Liu Bai smiled, and said: "This is the brand effect. Buyers think that the tea produced by Liu Yexuan is of the best quality and taste, but they don't know that these three kinds of tea are actually produced in the same place. , even picked from the same tree!"

Li Yuan frowned and thought for a long time.

"Isn't this a scam?"

Liu Bai chuckled, and said: "Old man, what kind of business do you think as long as you are in business, you don't rely on defrauding people to make money? Only when things come in and out will there be profits. It's just that it's a matter of making a wish and making a wish." Just take it."

Li Yuan frowned again and thought for a long time, then said: "So, you plan to combine the wine and tea in the hands of the old man, plus drinks such as fruit juice fermented glutinous rice produced by your Liu family, and open a shop like Liu Yexuan ?”

Liu Bai shook his head and said: "This is related to the issue of product positioning. To put it bluntly, Liu Yexuan is targeting rich people. After all, the price of a pot of tea is tens or hundreds of guan, not everyone can afford it. Now They may lose a little in a short period of time, but after a long time, once the sales increase, the profits will definitely be much higher than Liu Yexuan!"

Li Yuan couldn't accept the concept of small profits but quick turnover.

In his opinion, the more expensive you buy, the more money you make.

"So this brand effect is to increase sales?"

Liu Bai clapped his hands.

The old man finally came to his senses.