Chapter 643 No business, no wealth
"My lady, shall I take it?"
"This is the first batch of tea leaves in Chang'an City. I don't worry about anyone taking them."
A group of prostitutes stole the limelight today, they were grateful to Master Jia, and then flaunted away.
"This is tea... at Difan Tea House in Dongshi!"
Everyone couldn't help but make a noise.
"Go and see."
Du He excitedly said: "Lang Jun, wake up!"
When will I not get up?
Jia Pingan said flatly: "This is just the beginning, believe me, even foreigners will be crazy about it."
The Ancient Tea-Horse Road in later generations was dedicated to delivering tea to the Western Regions!
As for the prairie...
Eating dairy products, eating beef and mutton... Panic? Can't pull it out?
Come on, brother, here is something good. Drink a cup to warm your body, help digestion, and make you not constipated.
Will those rich and powerful be tempted?
"Xiao Jia!"
Goyang and Xincheng are here.
Gao Yang said reservedly: "This business will definitely make money."
"Of course." Jia Ping'an felt that if Gao Yang kept such a reserved attitude, it would have a special charm.
"How did you come up with such means?" Gao Yang's restraint could not be maintained for a second, and instantly disintegrated.
Xincheng is also quite curious.
"Everyone has vanity." Jia Pingan stood in the middle, with Gaoyang on the left, Xincheng on the right, and Qiao Sheng walking slowly in front of him.
"I position tea as high-end, what is high-end? Many people buy goods not just for the goods, but also for..."
Jia Pingan thought for a while, and said it was a pretense, they didn't understand, "It's just to make people envy themselves, so they don't buy the right ones, only the expensive ones. The prostitutes travel together, and Chang'an is a sensation, and those people will naturally flock to it. Guess what I'm trying to do..."
"This is the introduction." Jia Ping'an continued: "When the crowd gathers, we must create momentum. Let the maid play the piano, everyone will feel...very elegant."
In fact, it is very compelling!
"Afterwards, the brewing of the tea leaves is even more elegant. The tea soup is clear and fragrant, which is refined... The water in the Qujiang Pond is long, the guzheng is blowing, and the fragrance of the tea is overflowing... What do you want to do now?"
Jia Pingan looked at the two sisters.
"I want to be in a daze."
Gao Yang is very straightforward.
What about hairtail?
Xincheng said weakly: "I want to hold a book and drink a cup of tea... Half a day has passed, and I feel satisfied."
This girl is a little young!
"But it's not enough to be here." Jia Pingan said: "At this time, everyone is pleasantly surprised by the tea, but how can we move people's hearts and let them buy it..."
"Did you send tea?"
Hairtail's IQ is really good.
"That's right, in Chang'an, apart from a few places, these prostitutes were the first to get the tea, and the pots were carefully prepared. Tell me...they just feel that they are full of glory at the moment, what will happen when they go back Create momentum for tea?"
The high-end consumption area of Datang is located in the brothel.
"When the winter solstice takes out a cup of tea, what will happen to those men?"
"They will feel that they are outdated and feel ashamed, so they can't wait to buy tea, and then when entertaining friends, they will show off the tea... People will show off, which is naturally unnatural. One pass ten, ten pass one hundred ..."
Xincheng stared at him blankly, "You...you have figured out the heart of the heart."
"Small idea!"
Jia Pingan walked over.
Qiao Sheng stopped.
Laugh!
Smile!
A friendly smile!
There is no trace of reserve and arrogance anymore!
No!
With a strand of plea.
"Marquis Wuyang, my family has raised dozens of beautiful women, all of whom are virgins..."
"Are you going to open a brothel?" Jia Pingan was like a turtle facing a brothel, with a relaxed posture.
Qiao Sheng's smile remained unchanged, "I'm willing to invest money in this tea business. How much do you want, how much will I give?"
You are so beautiful!
Jia Pingan said flatly: "I heard that you are very rich."
Are you finally tempted?
Qiao Sheng nodded, regaining his reserve, "It's just a small amount of money, but it's enough to do many things."
"Soon I'll be richer than you."
Qiao Sheng's complexion changed slightly.
"Do you know why I didn't do business before? It's just because I think it's too easy to make money, and I sell it when I need money. But you, an idiot, came to provoke you, well, you said that your business is invincible... Sitting in a well and watching the sky, the frog at the bottom of the well is talking about you."
Qiao Sheng's eyes were full of gloom.
Jia Pingan felt that he needed a cigarette, and shook the ashes on Qiao Sheng's face.
"So I just came up with an idea. Look, there are many famous prostitutes today, and tomorrow I will make a lot of money from tea, and you can only envy and hate on the sidelines."
Du He served a cup of tea just right.
This dog-legged...
Thumbs up!
Jia Pingan took a sip of tea and praised: "It really is fragrant."
He handed the tea cup back, and when he passed by, he said lightly: "Your arrogance is worthless in my eyes!"
Qiao Sheng's cheeks trembled slightly.
He has never been humiliated like this before!
The key is that he has no power to resist.
Jia Ping'an's marketing methods completely destroyed his confidence in doing business.
It turns out that business can still do this?
He breathed and his lips moved.
"Go, go and ask the price of this tea, buy some."
Hand down, come back later...
In a panic.
"Lang Jun, there are too many people who bought it, so I didn't get it."
Boom!
The water glass fell to the ground.
"Extremely useless!"
Qian Erniang came in, "Why do you have to be angry with your servants, what should you buy? Let me ask you as a concubine."
Qiao Sheng looked at her, "Bitch! Do you know that Jia Ping'an has managed such a huge business, but I can't get involved. If it wasn't for you... Get lost!"
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In the palace, Zhou Shanxiang came in with a cup of tea.
"Queen."
Wu Mei raised her head, "What is this?"
Zhou Shanxiang smiled and said, "It was offered by the Marquis of Wuyang, who said it was tea."
"Tea soup?"
Wu Mei took a look at the teacup, "There is no seasoning, it's bitter and hard to swallow, how can I drink it?"
She waved her hand, "Ping An has become more and more nonsense."
Zhou Shanxiang thought of what the servant said about the poison test earlier, "Queen, the taste is quite different."
"oh!"
Wu Mei reluctantly took a sip, lowered her head and continued to read the memorial, "Take it away..."
Huh!
A burst of fragrance, followed by a slight bitterness, followed by sweetness.
Wu Mei raised her head, "Wait a minute."
Zhou Shanxiang put down the water glass.
Wu Mei took another sip.
Huh!
"This taste... is actually quite good?"
"Queen!"
Shao Peng came in, took a look at Zhou Shanxiang, and couldn't help but think of a cold water bath, "Previously, Qujiang Lake was crowded with hundreds of famous prostitutes, and the onlookers didn't count. What kind of tea did the Marquis of Wuyang make, and then the famous prostitutes tasted it and praised it. They can’t stop talking. Countless people are pouring into Dongshi at this moment, all of them are going to buy tea.”
That profiteer!
Wu Meifeng's eyes were filled with evil spirits, "He made such a big noise, but it's just to sell tea?"
It’s like advertising in later generations. I watched the plot like a movie before, but I couldn’t perceive the elements of the advertisement at all, and finally revealed the mystery.
Wu Mei took another sip, "This tea... the previous ones are for nothing."
You can have soup anytime you want, but this elegant tea is unforgettable.
Brother can make such a good thing...
Wu Mei thought of Jia Pingan's asking her to invest in ginseng wine.
"Go ask Duke Lu's family, Mrs. Cui is shrewd, and see how big the business is."
Shao Peng went.
Come back later.
"Queen, Mrs. Cui said it is... very big!"
Wu Mei covered her forehead, "Will His Majesty be annoyed?"
Such a good thing is regarded as poison.
"Your Majesty is coming."
Li Zhi was helped in, Wu Mei stood up, "Your Majesty."
"Head is much better."
Li Zhi sat down, "Prince Teng reported the situation found during this trip, Mei Niang, there is not enough land, I am afraid that when you and I are still there, there will be more and more people and less and less land. I have heard that After that, I didn’t feel dizzy anymore.”
Wu Mei got up and went over to him, gently rubbing his temples, "When Professor Ping An said that the fields were not enough, I was still thinking that it would take another hundred years to say nothing...I didn't expect it to be like this."
Li Zhi closed his eyes, "I heard that at the time, I was sweating all over my body, and I felt relieved immediately. This matter is urgent... But the land annexation is not easy to restrain. Once forced to do it, Datang will be in a mess and mess up. Not bad, the tragedy of the former Sui Dynasty is just around the corner.”
Wu Mei stood up, "Your Majesty, this concubine remembers what Ping An said last time, and there are other ways."
Li Zhi shook his head, "The only way is to emigrate. Where can I move?"
"The concubine went to have a look."
"Where to?"
Li Zhi asked casually.
"Go to Daodefang."
Wu Mei action full value.
Li Zhi looked up, "I'm pregnant, how can I go? Let him enter the palace for questioning."
Wu Mei sighed: "Your Majesty, you don't know... Ping'an is a cow, stubborn, if you really want to ask him to enter the palace, he will probably have thought of a countermeasure on the way, and he won't hear what's on his mind."
"I'm here, can he... You! Come back!"
Wu Mei has gone out.
Wang Zhongliang looked at the emperor with pity, thinking that the queen was becoming more and more domineering.
Li Zhi patted the table, "Shret!"
Wu Mei went all the way to Daodefang. Jiang Rong just wanted to ask a question, but when he saw that Shao Peng led a team to wait on the side, he couldn't help being shocked.
Yes, good eyesight.
After seeing Jiang Rong struggling to breathe in, Zhou Shanxiang asked in surprise, "Is he going to cry?"
Shaopeng's cheeks twitched, "Almost."
"Fiendish, Chen Dong, come!"
The door opened, Chen Dong smiled and said, "It's Li Langjun."
Du He smiled like an old hen that just laid eggs, "I've seen Li Langjun."
Li Jingye turned to greet him.
There are stools and cloths under the carriage.
Du He thought to himself who is this?
Princess?
But the princess came to Jia's house as if she was visiting, so how could she make such a fuss.
Moreover, the princess cannot let Qianniuwei **** her.
"Queen, slow down."
Du He trembled all over, "Stand back! Everyone back off!"
Chen Dong had already retreated to the side, Du He tremblingly said: "Quick! Go to the backyard and report to Mrs. Langjun, go!"
"Where to?"
After getting off the ground, Wu Mei broke free from the support and came in slowly.
羃 didn’t even wear it!
Everyone lowered their heads, as if they would go blind if they looked at it one more time.
Wu Mei slowly went to the backyard.
Du He hurriedly followed behind, whispering: "Queen, let me report..."
"What is Ping An doing?"
Well!
Lang Jun should go to court today!
Jia Pingan asked for a vacation in a blatant manner. After returning from Qujiangchi, he didn't say that he was going to sell the vacation, but played at home.
"Lang Jun...Lang Jun is compiling new studies."
"Really?" Wu Mei asked lightly.
Du He smiled like a dandelion in the wind, "That's right! Mr. Lang racked his brains for this..."
"Look at him."
Shaopeng turned around and pointed at Du He, "Don't let him shout!"
Du He was aggrieved, "Don't dare, don't dare!"
He was driven to the side and squatted, surrounded by guards.
Wang Lao Er and Xu Xiaoyu were muttering, and Chen Dong and the others were also muttering, but Duan Chuliang still had dull eyes.
Wu Mei entered the backyard.
The maid at the gate covered her mouth, her eyes were like two bird eggs hanging on a cliff, precariously.
"Emperor..."
"shut up!"
Shao Peng had a cold face.
As soon as you enter, you can see the yard at a glance.
A quilt was spread on the floor, and Jia Yu stood in front, with a wooden knife at his waist and a cloak, with a dignified expression on his face.
Front, Jia Ping'an was lucky and waved his palm slowly.
"Look at my devastating and invincible magic!"
Boom!
This palm stopped in front of Jia Yu's chest.
Jia Yu let out a cry, and then lay down on the quilt.
"Aye! Aye!"
There is a big wooden basin on the other side, wearing thin clothes, impatiently stomping, "Come on!"
"I'm coming!"
Before leaving, Jia Pingan warned, "Lie down and don't open your eyes."
He went over and picked up Doudou, stretched out his hands to support her chest and abdomen, and carefully put her into the water basin.
"Swipe hands and feet, row!"
"Yes, don't worry."
"Let go, hahahaha, Aye let go!"
DouDou panicked and shouted, "Help!"
"Aye, are you ready?"
Jia Yu closed his eyes, thinking that his serious injury should be healed.
"etc!"
Jia Pingan held the little padded jacket and circled in the basin.
"Don't drink water! Hold your head up slightly."
"Look at my daughter, she's a swimming genius. Aye will teach you butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle... let you swim freely!"
Huh!
What about the sun?
"Is it cloudy?"
Jia Pingan looked up and saw Wu Mei.
"Ah... Sister?"
Wu Mei said indifferently: "For so many years, I have never seen any man who takes care of a child like this, just you. You don't want the majesty of a father, and play with the child... Don't worry that the child won't listen to what you say? "
Jia Pingan hugged Doudou, took the towel, wiped her, and said, "Sister, children are not puppets. When they were young, they also wanted someone to play with them..."
"But childish talk, how can we play together?"
Jia Pingan said in surprise: "Now they talk childishly, but when I get old, I will be confused... Now that I don't accompany them, why should they accompany me when I am old?"
Wu Mei: "..."
"And children are the most innocent during these years. Parents are not with them, and in a blink of an eye...the children have grown up and sensible, and it is very gratifying to watch them respectfully every day...but they are not father and son, but superiors and subordinates. "
"Ahem!"
Shaopeng felt that what Jia Pingan said was really deviant.
"Old Shao, don't believe me."
Jia Ping'an said: "Look at the prince, my sister and His Majesty spend time with him every day. Look at his current appearance. How close is he to his parents? How filial? How much affection do those who are estranged from their children have?"
Great nephew, uncle gave you another assist!
Wu Mei was shocked.
Yes!
Goro is so filial...Looking at other people's children, the respect between father and son, and even between mother and son is greater than family affection.
It is necessary to re-examine how to bring up children.
"Doudou, I have seen the queen!"
Jia Pingan hugged Doudou, with her left hand supporting her soles, and her right hand hugging her waist.
Doudou throws his hands back, bows his head...
"The queen...saw the queen."
"smart kid."
Wu Mei praised, and Zhou Shanxiang handed over the gift.
The gift is very nice!
Jia Pingan waved, "Da Lang!"
Jia Yu stood up, "Aye, you are lying!"
Ahem!
Shaopeng couldn't help laughing.
Jia Pingan said seriously: "Aye is wrong."
A father who admits his mistakes to an ignorant son?
Shaopeng glanced at Jia Pingan, "Marquis Wuyang, the majesty is gone, in the future..."
In the future, the house will be exposed to roof tiles.
Wu Mei frowned, "Ping An, don't indulge too much."
Wei Wushuang and Su Ho came out, wondering if they had just practiced together, and hurriedly saluted when they saw the queen.
"Although the child is ignorant, there is one thing that is not ignorant. What is right and wrong? What should I do if I do something wrong?" Jia Pingan glanced at Su Ho, and the woman seemed to be practicing. For the sake of the majesty of the father, if he refuses to admit it, or even uses strong words, what will happen to the child when he grows up?"
Jia Ping'an dropped the question, "Sister, let's go outside and sit in the sun."
Wu Mei shook her head, "Your words are quite deviant, but you have always been like this. I came here to ask, when you casually said that the matter of land annexation could be resolved, how should it be resolved?"
Scumvine's report worked.
Am I cutting **** across the board, or should I be more tactful?
"Stand back."
Wu Mei said softly.
Shao Peng led the people back.
Jia Pingan said: "Sister, land and people, this is a contradiction that has lasted for a long time. In the last years of the former Han Dynasty, the population was large and the fields were not enough. A natural disaster swept the entire Han Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is now a prosperous scene, and the population is also large. There will be more and more, but there is only so much land, what should I do?"
"The terrible thing is that the Tang Dynasty has a government army system. Where there is land, there will be government soldiers. Once the land is divided... Sister, where are the government soldiers?"
"Then it can only be changed to recruitment!"
Wu Mei hit the nail on the head.
"Yes! Recruitment system..."
To be honest, in this era of inconvenient transportation and inconvenient communication, troops stationed thousands of miles away, generals known as Jiedu envoys, a large number of talented people under their command, and a large number of troops gathered... This special thing is to make people go back and forth between rebellion and non-rebellion Jump.
As for what you said about being loyal...Come on, being loyal is just because there is not enough temptation and grasp.
"The recruiting system, those generals will become vassals, and they will obey Chang'an's orders. It's even... unbearable."
Wu Mei looked at him, nodded slightly, "You have grown more and more."
Jia Pingan lowered his head subconsciously, then laughed.
How old are they, and they still come to touch their heads to kill them.
Wu Mei also habitually touched the top of his head.
"Sister, land annexation is not a cure."
Wu Mei nodded, "Unless all the rich and powerful are killed, the land annexation will be unstoppable."
"But I have a few ideas."
Jia Pingan stretched out three fingers and flexed his index finger, "First, encourage commerce, collect commercial taxes, and use commercial taxes to reduce farmers' taxes."
"Secondly, eliminate the hermits. The hermits are a cancer of the Tang Dynasty. If they are not eliminated... they will become a factor of instability in the future. Without the hermits, those merged lands can only be barren."
"Third, immigration..."
Wu Mei shook her head, "Where do the immigrants go? There is nowhere to go."
Why can't I see the south?
"This is my third idea, to gradually develop the south. Fifty years later, the south will be fertile and wild!"
Wu Mei sighed: "Commercial tax... just a drop in the bucket."
That's because you haven't seen how to make a lot of money.
"Sister, those people earn a lot of money, why don't the court collect taxes?"
Jia Pingan, a salt and iron tea monopoly, disagrees, because it will increase the burden on the people.
But what is the annual trade volume of the East and West markets in Chang’an City?
Looking at the entire Datang, how many are there?
At this moment, Datang is the center of the world, and merchants from foreign domains traveled thousands of miles to trade... Those Hu merchants lived in a large scale in the later period.
Those businessmen made a lot of money, but the court never thought of collecting business taxes in a serious way.
The land equalization system cannot be changed abruptly at this moment, and can only be gradually implemented after the general environment changes.
When the business tax can offset the harmony in the rent adjustment!
This Tang Dynasty will be stronger than ever!
Jia Ping'an's mood inevitably became excited.
"Sister, you can't get rich without business!"
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(end of this chapter)