Ancient promotion routine

Although the tea industry is apparently controlled by their gentry with the Zhou surname, in essence it is their Ruiguo Duke Zhou's family who have benefited the most. Otherwise, why would they use a mere salary to maintain the glory of the Ruiguo Duke's mansion?

Rao still has the fields allotted by the emperor to collect grain every year, but how can those people get more money from selling tea with them?

In terms of business, he did not dare to underestimate Zhang Yanjin at all. From the fact that Zhang Yanjin produced coal and amber wine and dumped them all over the country, he could predict the future prospects of Xinyang Maojian.

The tea they sell and Zhang Yanjin's Xinyang Maojian are both beverages. If Xinyang Maojian sells well, it will definitely squeeze their family's business. This is something he will never allow to see!But at this time in the court, he is not easy to get angry, so he can only silently calculate the countermeasures.

Zhang Yanjin didn't consider the potential problems behind this at all. He has already started to calculate how much money he can make for Zhongzhou by relying on Xinyang Maojian.

He does not intend to take Xinyang Maojian as his own, after all, it is impossible for him to take it for himself, the tree is so big, and if he swallows such a big piece of cake all by himself, the emperor will have to deal with him first if no one else does it.

Therefore, he intends to make Xinyang and Nanyang suitable for planting tea farmers in Xinyang Maojian, and plant all the land there into tea trees, which will be purchased by him to make tea, and then sold to various places, even overseas.

After coming down to court, Chen Derang held Zhang Zhongqian back. Before he could speak, Zhang Zhongqian said, "Derang, would you like some tea? I have some here."

Seeing that Chen Derang's face was pale, Zhang Zhongqian said in a low voice again: "Brother Derang, I have prepared a can of tea leaves for you. Erlang came back in a hurry last night, and I also tasted the taste of Xinyang Maojian in a hurry. That's all."

Zhang Yanjin listened to the conversation between Zhang Zhongqian and Chen Derang, and couldn't help laughing. Adults are only adults in front of the juniors, and they are not always as serious among adults as they are in front of the juniors.

After the three of them returned to Ning Guogong's mansion, Zhang Zhongqian took Chen Derang to the lobby, and Zhang Yanjin, as a junior, made tea for the two of them.

This tea is the clear spring water brought by Zhang Yanjin from the mountains. The spring water is clear and sweet, and it collides with the fragrance and slightly bitter taste of Xinyang Maojian, which makes the tea a bit more refreshing in the bitter and slightly sweet, and it is even more memorable.

After Chen Derang sipped a cup of tea to the end, he put down the teacup with a lot of satisfaction.

Seeing this, Zhang Yanjin picked up the teapot and poured him another cup of tea.

Chen Derang let out a long sigh: "It's really wonderful! It's really like what Erlang said, you can only get the true meaning after tasting it!"

Zhang Zhongqian was also drinking tea at the side. He leisurely blew on the emerald green tea, taking a sip from time to time, very contented.

"This Xinyang Maojian is indeed a good thing. What Erlang did today is to use the emperor's reputation to sell Xinyang Maojian everywhere?" Chen Derang looked at Zhang Yanjin.

Zhang Yanjin nodded directly without hiding it.He knew what he was doing, and Chen Derang and Zhang Zhongqian had seen through it long ago.

In fact, the purpose of his offering tea today was also seen through by the emperor, otherwise the emperor would not have asked for nothing after praising Xinyang Maojian.If not, the emperor could regard Xinyang Maojian as a tribute from Zhongzhou, and let all the tea grown in Xinyang and Nanyang become the property of the imperial palace.

The emperor didn't do it precisely because he saw that he wanted to sell Xinyang Maojian to various places to make money for Zhongzhou.

Of course, these need not be pointed out.

Therefore, he really had nothing to hide about Chen Derang and Zhang Zhongqian.

"Erlang, do you know who sold the official tea in the past?" Chen Derang said looking at Zhang Yanjin who was sitting beside him.

Zhang Yanjin paused slightly. In the Wei Dynasty, there was a "Tea Discussion Law". This code was specifically for official tea. That is to say, only the places and people specified by the government can grow and sell tea, and then pay taxes to the government. That is, the tea horse market in history.

This is also the reason why the ancient tea-horse road was specially opened up in the Bashan area of ​​the Qinling Mountains in the Shaanxi-Gansu area, and the branch of the Zhou family and Zhou Wenyu is called the Great Jia of the Western Qin Dynasty.

And the common people can't sell it privately or miss it. That's why, the tea in the Great Wei Dynasty didn't develop much at all, because ordinary people couldn't grow tea trees at all.In other words, the industry of selling tea has always been monopolized, so naturally there will be no major development.

Now the people who specialize in planting tea trees, picking tea, and selling tea are the Zhou family gentry located in the south of the city. This Zhou family gentry is a side branch of the Duke of Rui Zhou Qin's family. It is not difficult to imagine the benefits that the Zhou Qin family has gained from it. .

Before he started mining coal and selling coal to make money, Duke Rui Zhou's family was one of the most prosperous and wealthy in Chang'an City, as can be seen from his son Zhou Qihui's behavior of spending money like water.

Compared with Duke Ningguo's mansion, it is much more shabby, except that the big mansion given by the emperor looks more ostentatious, the number and cost of servants in the family are very shabby, and it cannot be compared with Duke Rui's mansion at all.

Even Zhu Chigong, Zhao Guogong, who is also a relative of the emperor because his wife and sister is Concubine Liu Shu, can't compare.

Just as Zhang Yanjin was thinking, he heard Chen Derang say: "The emperor loved the empress back then, so he gave the business of growing and selling tea to the Zhou family. After that, Zhou Qin handed over the business of selling tea to Zhou Wenyu's branch. , although this is the case in name, it is the Zhou family who will benefit."

Zhang Zhongqian pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "Erlang, this time Xinyang Maojian is showing great style, how do you plan to arrange it?"

"Uncle, Uncle Chen, to tell the truth, this tea is actually the same thing as the tea in the pharmacy. It is only because of the different regions and different climates that Xinyang Maojian is better than fresh leaves from other places, and after my nephew collected it The treatment process of the two teas is different, which makes the two teas look so different."

Zhang Yanjin said very sincerely: "Xinyang Maojian is produced in Xinyang and Nanyang. It is a gift from heaven to the people of Zhongzhou. My nephew can't be greedy, so my nephew plans to divide the land there when rebuilding Zhongzhou. Arrange for the common people there to grow tea, and then my nephew will buy it every year, process it, and then sell it.”

"Not bad, good for the common people." Chen Derang nodded in approval.

Just as he was talking, he looked at Zhang Zhongqian who was still in deep thought, and said, "I think the emperor also meant the same thing, that's why he praised him so much today."

"My nephew plans to invest the money from selling tea this year into the reconstruction of Zhongzhou, so that the reconstruction of Zhongzhou can save the court a lot of money." Zhang Yanjin added.

Chen Derang glanced at Zhang Yanjin approvingly, nodded slightly, and took another sip of tea from his teacup.

"Once Xinyang Maojian is implemented, the benefits of the Zhou family's tea sales will definitely be squeezed out, and the Zhou family may not give up."

Zhang Zhongqian and Zhou Qin, as well as Chen Derang and Zhou Qin, have known each other for a long time. They all know what kind of old guy Zhou Qin is, and he is a little worried when he thinks that Zhou Qin will definitely do something in it.

On the contrary, Chen Derang said with a smile on his face: "Under the whole world, is it the king's land? As long as the emperor's heart is with the people of Zhongzhou, there will be no big waves."

Zhang Zhongqian stared at the green tea in front of him, and said silently for a while: "I'm afraid he will be bad for Erlang."

Chen Derang didn't refute this time, but he turned his head to look at Zhang Yanjin and said, "Erlang, are you afraid?"

Zhang Yanjin smiled faintly, shook her head and said, "I'm not afraid."

Although Duke Rui Zhou Qin's lineage is powerful, it is not lawless and unfettered.What's more, he followed Jun Xin in selling tea. Would an old fox like Zhou Qin not be able to see it?

Furthermore, he didn't believe that Zhou Qin, a scheming old fox, would risk the world's displeasure to bring about the bad luck of Zhongzhou's reconstruction.

"You really deserve to be a good son of the Zhang family!" Chen Derang patted Zhang Yanjin on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Erlang, how about I arrange someone beside you?"

Zhang Yanjin was stunned for a moment, and then remembered Chen Derang's son, Chen Su. After all, he hadn't seen Chen Su for a long time.

"But Chen Su?" Zhang Yanjin suddenly didn't understand. Since Chen Derang already knew that the incident in Xinyang Maojian would affect Zhou Qin's interests, and Zhou Qin was likely to be a hindrance, why did he arrange Chen Su to Go to Zhongzhou?Furthermore, Zhongzhou is being rebuilt. Not to mention the hard work, the environment is really unbearable.

Now when he thinks of Zhongzhou, he thinks of the sound of mosquitoes buzzing in his ears every night.Will Chen Su's skinny skin and tender flesh look better after he passes away?

Chen Derang stroked his beard and nodded, "Is Erlang willing?"

"If Chen Su is willing, I don't have a problem. It's just that the environment in Zhongzhou is harsh, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done. I don't know if Chen Su can bear it." Zhang Yanjin didn't have any resistance to taking Chen Su there, and was even a little happy. Chen Su Although he is also ignorant, but he is righteous and has a lot of crooked ideas, and he hit it off with him. He has not forgotten the time when they punished Wang Jianting together.

"Okay, then I'll arrange him by your side and let him exercise with you." Chen Derang said with a smile, as if he had wanted to do this for a long time.

Zhang Yanjin knew that Chen Derang was just being modest when he said this. He, a member of the household department, said in front of the emperor that he wanted to let his son go to exercise. The emperor would definitely give him face and arrange an official position for Chen Su.

For some reason, Zhang Yanjin suddenly thought of Chen Su being bitten by mosquitoes in Zhongzhou and screaming.