Chapter 300 Trading
Eastern Palace.
Eighty-year-old Pei Ju officially took over Li Gang's class and became the new prince Zhan Shi.
As the chief steward of the East Palace, Pei Ju, who had taken the initiative to remove the word Shi from Pei Shiju to flatter Li Shimin, knew very well that he was actually just here to make a transition, to take over temporarily.
Sitting in front of this old man Pei, Qin Lang felt as if he had no clothes on. It seemed that this old guy had a clear insight into everything.
It's really hard to imagine that this old man is already eighty years old.
Surprisingly, he is so energetic. It is estimated that Pei Ju can ride a horse and play a whole game of polo. I don't know how the old man maintains it. You know, these days, life at seventy is rare, and many people don’t even live to be sixty, so folks regard living to sixty as a major hurdle, and at fifty-nine, one must make a living. Big birthday.
After the age of sixty, life will be consummated.
But this guy actually lived to be eighty years old. According to the fertility of people in this era, there are already six generations under the same roof.
The big news that broke out in the court recently is that Pei Ji was liquidated. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he was the only courtier who had been named a third prince.
Exiled in Jingzhou, comparable to Feng Lun, but his family has been confiscated, his nephews are all exiled, his wife and daughter are all slaves, so it is impossible to come back.
Pei Ju and Pei Ji both belong to the Wenxi Pei family, and they both belong to the same family. In other words, they are not only relatives, but also very close relatives.
It was just Pei Ji's thunderstorm, which didn't affect this person at all.
Although in the Wude Dynasty, Pei Shiju had not been the prime minister for long, and his status was far inferior to Pei Ji, but in the Sui Dynasty, when Pei Shiju was still called Pei Shiju, he was one of the five nobles of the Sui Dynasty.
The old guy who has survived two dynasties and four emperors, is indeed quite capable.
"please!"
Pei Ju personally brewed a pot of tea, using Qin Lang's exclusive kung fu tea technique. Originally, this was just a trick Qin Lang used privately to coerce his close friends into fashion. Unexpectedly, this old guy Pei Ju didn't know where he learned it. Blue out of blue is better than blue.
His actions, his white-haired and childlike face, his immortal demeanor, his flowing beard, and his kind face, Qin Lang can only say that in terms of appearance and temperament, Pei Ju is indeed infinitely better than Pei Ji.
Even Li Gang is completely inferior to Pei Ju.
"I know that Sanlang likes to drink tea, so I prepared some good tea today. This tea is the West Lake Longjing that I bought from Sanlang's tea shop."
Qin Lang knew that this tea was not cheap.
In the past, there were some loose tea and a very small amount of fried tea, but they were not systematic. After Qin Lang came, he drove the fried tea. They bought tea gardens, built tea houses, introduced tea frying techniques, and introduced different varieties of black tea and green tea.
And Qin Lang is a person who is well versed in marketing.
So what West Lake Longjing, Wuyishan Dahongpao, etc., are fried amazingly, and the production process of these teas is really exquisite.
Exquisite production, high quality, luxurious packaging, the result must be expensive.
A box of top-quality West Lake Longjing tea must be packed in a red sandalwood box, one catty per box, divided into 20 small bags, each small bag is worth 2 taels of gold, and a catty of tea is sold for 40 taels of gold.
Exquisite tea box and tea bags, with a tea scripture written by Qin Lang, a set of high-quality purple sand teapots and cups, and even a small red clay stove for making tea, a box of high-quality silver charcoal .
The most important thing is that such expensive tea has also engaged in hunger marketing. As the saying goes, gold is easy to get, but Longjing is hard to find.
The best dragon well this year only weighed nine catties, of which one catty was paid to the Supreme Emperor, one catty to the emperor, one catty to the empress, and one catty to the prince.
So only five catties were left, and Qin Lang reportedly kept one catty.
So there were only four catties left outside.
Many people pretend to want to buy a catty, but they don’t really think how amazing this tea is. The main reason is that it is rare, and buying it can improve the taste.
But it’s only four catties in total, and there are many people with status, status and money, so it’s hard to buy it.
Pei Ju was able to buy a catty, but it was not easy.
"I spent a hundred taels of gold for this catty of tea!" Pei Ju laughed.
In fact, he is already buying and selling on the Nth lot, and the price has more than doubled after passing through a lot of middlemen. But Pei Ju didn't lose money, he spent one hundred taels of gold, but there were twenty bags in a catty, so he gave away ten bags to others, and took five bags and sold them at a high price, which was actually not bad.
"A cup of Longjing tea, three years' food for the common people!"
Pei Ju sighed while holding the small cup of Longjing tea that exudes the fragrance of tea.
"People in the world only know that Sanlang's Guogong wine and Guogong sugar are famous all over the world, and they are famous and profitable, but they don't know that the Guogong tea of Sanlang's family is also very good now. This year's new tea will have such a reputation, and it will be even more famous in the future. Great."
Qin Lang didn't expect that this old fellow knew so much about the Qin family's fried tea business. The Qin family's fried tea business was actually only just beginning. They haven't cultivated much, which is why the Qin family's tea is so popular, but the supply is so small.
Compared with the current teas such as Tuancha, the fried tea of the Qin family is unique, and it has begun to rise among the upper-class aristocrats.
"Pei Gong also wants to build a tea house to grow tea?"
Pei Ji shook his head with a smile, "I don't have the tea-making skills either. If I really want to say that I'm arty and follow the planting of tea, it can only be green tea for you, Saburo, unless you are willing to teach you some tea-frying techniques. .”
"Pei Gong was joking, the Pei family in Hedong has a big business, how do you think it is such a small business?"
Pei Ju sighed, "The big tree attracts the wind. I persuaded Xuanzhen several times before, but he just didn't listen. Now that Xuanzhen's branch has been uprooted, Wenxi Pei's family's vitality is also seriously injured."
"Xingjian's kid does well in his studies, maybe he's my future hope in the Pei family."
Pei Xingjian also belonged to the Pei family in Hedong, but it was not as prosperous as Pei Ju and Pei Ji. After the death of Pei Renji and his son, Pei Xingjian was also lonely.
But Pei Ji didn't work so hard to rise back then. When Pei Ji was young, it was also because of his father's early death that his family fell into poverty.
"Sanlang, because of Xingjian, we have a relationship." Pei Ju finally stopped hiding it, "I am eighty, and His Majesty asked me to do the work of Prince Zhan, but he just asked me to replace the young man. Check it out, maybe three to five years, maybe one or two years, I will retire even if I don't die, then the East Palace will still be handed over to you, a young and promising Qin Sanlang."
Pei Ju invited Qin Lang to drink tea today, in fact, to show an attitude.
Although he has taken up the position of Prince Zhan of the East Palace, from now on, Qin Lang, the prince's junior master, will have the final say in the East Palace, and he will fully cooperate.
Pei Ju didn't ask much, he just hoped that Qin Lang, the emperor's favored minister, could take care of the Pei family. When Pei Ji happened, Pei said it was impossible not to be affected.
Pei Ju is the prime minister of the two dynasties, but he is old after all.
Pei's family is young and old, and now there is a lack of headmen. At this time, they can only find someone with status in the court to rely on temporarily.
"I know Saburo that you plan to practice justice in the Five Classics, and also plan to make bamboo paper, ink, and study engraving and printing. Other families who have mastered these skills probably won't let their own craftsmen flow out."
"My Pei family also has paper-making, ink-making, pen-making workshops, etc. There are quite a few related craftsmen, and the skills are not bad. I can still be the head of the Pei family now, and I am willing to borrow a group of craftsmen from Saburo."
Qin Lang smiled.
"Pei Gong is very courageous, so what does Pei Gong want in return for paying so much?"
"The Pei family hopes that after Sanlang's printing technique is really successful, the Pei family will also have a part in the future."
"Printing is led by the prince."
Pei Ju chuckled, and the old man's gentle and benevolent smile contained a bit of cunning, "No accident, Sanlang may be the master of the East Palace in the next twenty years, so our Pei family is also willing to follow Sanlang to follow the East Palace. .”
"Why are you so sure that I can take care of the Pei family? My Qin family doesn't have the foundation of the Pei family for hundreds of years."
"In terms of background, the Qin family is indeed inferior to the Pei family, but now, the Pei family dare not argue with the Qin family."
Qin Lang didn't know whether Pei Ju really believed in him, Qin Lang, the Qin family, and the Crown Prince Chengqian, or whether it was just a bet made by the old man.
But no matter what, Pei Ju showed good sincerity.
The background of the Pei family made him suffer a serious setback, but his strength should not be underestimated. It is indeed a good thing that the Pei family is willing to join the big ship of the East Palace at the helm of Qin Lang.
"Why is Saburo hesitating? Do you doubt Pei, or are you afraid of Pei's family?"
Qin Lang chuckled.
"Pei Gong loves the junior so much, then I will be disrespectful."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and raised their teacups together.
A deal was concluded. Although there was no black and white letter, this red mouth and white teeth were better than everything.
The basis of cooperation between the two parties is trust and strength.
It's not that one party takes over the other, but cooperates with each other. Both parties have the strength to turn the table, but they are combined based on the same goal.
How long can such cooperation last?
Actually, Qin Lang didn't know too well, but he also knew that if you have many friends, you will have few enemies.
Even a temporary friend is better than an immediate enemy.
Talking about things with an old slicker like Pei Ju is actually easier and more enjoyable than talking with Li Gang. Everyone is an exchange of interests, and there are not so many ways in the world.
The matter was settled, and both of them relaxed a lot.
"Sanlang, your tea is really worthy of forty taels of gold a catty. It's really good." Pei Ju looked at Qin Lang with a smile, "Look, if you teach some tea-making skills, the old man will let people Go buy some tea gardens and make a few Zhuangzi, and next year you can also eat some home-made tea."
"Pei Gong wants to drink tea, he can just send someone to my house to get it, why bother!" Qin Lang also replied cheerfully.
(end of this chapter)