Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
It has to be said that Zhu Gaosui has extremely strong business capabilities.
As Zhu Gaosui kept spreading gossip, news spread throughout the wealthy business circles of Yangzhou City.
Li Xiaoyao, the developer and founder of Snow White Salt, is currently in Yangzhou City.
The businessmen who got the news were overjoyed.
I tried every possible means to meet him and see if there was any possibility of cooperation.
However, they tried their best to find Li Xiao's whereabouts.
Among this group of businessmen, only Lu Cong of the Suzhou Lu family knew that Li Xiao lived at Fulai Inn.
Of course, he couldn't reveal it to the outside world, but he had first-hand information.
At this moment, Princess Yongan Zhu Ningyun was busy frying tea on the boat.
Originally, Li Xiao didn't want her to be affected, but Zhu Ningyun had to do something, otherwise she would make trouble with Li Xiao.
Li Xiao was told that she had no choice but to give her the job of frying tea.
Of course, Zhu Ningyun will not fry tea by herself. She mainly leads the work and organizes people.
She went to find a master tea fryer, went to the ship, bought tea frying tools, and asked the crew members on the ship to act as workers.
Of course the crew was happy to do so.
Anyway, I get a salary, which is not low. I work very hard for three yuan a day.
Li Xiao was also glad that he was using a merchant ship. The ship had a large area and could be used as a small workshop to make tea on board.
In fact, these Pu'er teas have already been fried, but Li Xiao asked to fry them a little more because he wanted to add some secret spices to make the tea more fragrant.
"That's it for these spices. For every ten pounds of tea, five drops of each of these spices is enough."
Li Xiao took out five bottles and jars and handed them to Zhu Ningyun.
Previously, in order to get the Fengyoujing formula, I kept refreshing the mall, and a lot of messy things came out.
These include various food additives, edible flavors, etc.
I didn't expect it to come in handy now.
These edible flavors come from the future, pure technology and hard work.
There is actually no harm in eating it into a person's stomach, of course. There is no benefit either.
After learning about the thin horse in Yangzhou, Li Xiao had no good impression of these wealthy businessmen.
Anyway, these small green tangerines are sold to rich people, and ordinary people cannot afford them.
"What are these? Why are there so many?" Zhu Ningyun asked.
Li Xiao explained: "These are essences that can make the tea more fragrant."
He pointed to one of the cans: "This is mint flavor, which adds a mint flavor. This is glutinous rice flavor, which gives the tea leaves a glutinous aroma. This is orange flavor, which gives the tea leaves a natural fruit flavor. These flavors are mixed together. It becomes a complex aroma, and our tea becomes a high-end tea!"
In fact, these good tea leaves with these messy flavors have become pure industrial waste.
But Li Xiao doesn't care. No one in this world has ever tasted such a fragrant taste, let alone a rich person who has tasted countless good teas. They will definitely give it nectar and be sought after by everyone.
Zhu Ningyun asked someone to take the essence, but asked very curiously: "With these things added, will there be any good or bad results?"
Li Xiao smiled and said: "It's not a big problem, don't worry, drinking won't kill you."
"Ah That's good."
Zhu Ningyun nodded and said: "Xiaolang, just leave the tea-frying job to me."
"I thought I would have fun with you, but I didn't expect to make you work. I feel a little guilty," Li Xiao said.
Zhu Ningyun shook her head disapprovingly: "Actually, Xiaolang, these things are actually interesting. After we finish this matter, let's go to Suzhou and have a good time."
Li Xiao touched Ningyun's head affectionately, "Thank you for your hard work, madam."
Zhu Ningyun nestled against Li Xiao's chest and nodded obediently.
He thought that he should learn more about these things, and he would definitely help Li Xiao control the family in the future.
"Someone passed out"
At this time a crew member shouted.
Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun followed the sound and found out that He Xiaoqian was frying tea when they bought it. They fainted from exhaustion and fell to the ground, but they got up prostrate and gritted their teeth and continued to fry tea.
Zhu Ningyun felt heartbroken. She originally didn't want He Xiaoqian to make tea because her body was too weak, but the other party said that she didn't want to just have an idle meal and had to do something.
"Xiaoqian, you should go down and rest first. Making tea is too hard for a girl."
Zhu Ningyun walked over and ordered.
He Xiaoqian shook her head: "Madam, I can do it. It is really a blessing given to me by God that I can get such an opportunity now."
As he spoke, He Xiaoqian knelt down and said, "Madam, I, Xiaoqian, am willing to work as a cow and horse for you in my next life to repay your kindness, just...just"
Zhu Ningyun said: "Just what?"
He Xiaoqian hesitated and said: "Xiaoqian knows that this request is a bit excessive. I have a sister. He Xiaoyun is still in dire straits. Madam, if you buy her back, she will definitely remember your kindness."
After saying that, He Xiaoqian kowtowed three times.
Although she knew it was a luxury, she wanted to give it a try.
Zhu Ningyun said distressedly: "You still have a younger sister? Are you three sisters who were sold to the dental shop at the same time?"
"Um."
He Xiaoqian nodded and choked up: "Later I learned about the situation at home. Our family is actually an ordinary farmer. Because the eldest sister looked so good, she was targeted by this dental shop. Originally, the family was doing well, and they would not sell us out. The dental shop The businessmen colluded with the government and increased taxes on our land, so we lost our way of living. My parents sold the three of us sisters together."
"Damn it, the world is declining, and something like this happens."
Zhu Ningyun was very angry and said: "Are there many girls like you?"
He Xiaoqian said: "There are more than 200 of us skinny horses in one dental clinic alone. I don't know about other dental clinics. Everyone doesn't want to be a skinny horse, but there is no other way. This is fate."
Zhu Ningyun helped her up: "I know what happened to you. Go down and rest first. Only by taking good care of yourself can you help me work better."
He Xiaoqian: "Thank you, madam. I can still work."
Zhu Ningyun ordered: "This is an order."
"Thank you, Madam."
He Xiaoqian then bowed and made a Wanfu gift. In fact, they have been trained to be very well-educated since they were young, so that they can better sell to wealthy families.
Looking at He Xiaoqian's leaving figure, Zhu Ningyun shouted: "Don't worry about your sister, I have my own opinion."
He Xiaoqian's eyebrows twitched, as if she had returned to heaven from hell. A warm current flowed through her heart. Her footsteps stopped, she turned around and bowed deeply towards Zhu Ningyun before leaving.
"Ningyun, I understand."
Li Xiao looked at Ningyun and smiled and said: "After the tea leaves are sold, we will directly rob them. We will drag these poor girls to Peking to make textiles or raise silkworms. They can settle down well."
Before Zhu Ningyun could speak, Li Xiao smiled lightly and said, "Well, let's not say any polite words between us. I'll leave this to you. I have to go to Gao Xu's place to get a batch of fruits. I'm leaving now. See you later. .”
After saying that, Li Xiao turned around and left, leaving behind a handsome figure.
Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao's back, as if he was extremely tall.
Li Xiao has always been laughing and joking, but when he encounters injustice, he will also get angry and resist!
This is the man, this is the person I, Zhu Ningyun, deserve to be entrusted to.
In this way, her love for Li Xiao became even stronger
"Brother-in-law, this is the fruit dealer I'm looking for. These oranges are not in season right now. I searched all over Yangzhou City, but I couldn't find any oranges. The fruit in this village is not in good quality. They were not sold last year. They are all last year's old ones. Guo, do you still want to watch this?"
Zhu Gaoxu took Li Xiao to a village.
In addition to planting fields, this village also planted orchards.
"Let's take a look first and then talk."
"OK."
Zhu Gaoxu walked into the village, and then the village chief came to greet him from a distance.
"Two distinguished guests, please come and sit inside the room."
The patriarch is an old man with wrinkles on his face, and he is obviously not rich. The whole village looks very shabby.
The orange market has not been good in the past two years, and too many villages are growing oranges.
In their village, the oranges from last year and the year before were piled up in the cellar without being sold. They were piled up in mountains, and some of them were a little moldy.
"Take out your oranges and show them to my brother-in-law."
Zhu Gaoxu got straight to the point and spoke directly.
"Okay, please wait a moment."
The village chief waved his hand and told a villager: "Daniu, go to the cellar and bring two baskets of oranges. There is a buyer."
The villager named Danniu didn't dare to neglect and immediately asked people to move it to the cellar.
Li Xiao looked at Zhu Gaoxu and asked, "Is this the only place where you can buy oranges in Yangzhou?"
Zhu Gaoxu said: "Yes, I heard that there were many people selling oranges last year. Many villages did not sell the oranges. Other villages used them to feed pigs. This village is strange, they are still stored in the cellar."
Hearing this, the village chief complained: "Hey, it's my fault too. In the past few years, oranges were easy to sell, so he tried to get the villagers to plant less land and grow more oranges. As a result, oranges were not easy to sell, and our village was poor. I couldn't bear to throw it away, and I couldn't bear to feed it to the pigs, so I kept it in the cellar."
Li Xiao asked: "How many pounds?"
The village chief said: "It's about 100,000 catties. If you want to buy it, we'll sell it cheaply."
Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said, "Why are you so anxious? Let's see how good it is first."
Hearing this, the village chief looked bitter.
The quality of the oranges was so bad that they were almost moldy.
I finally met someone who bought oranges, and they had to check the quality. It seems that these oranges can only be fed to pigs.
Not long after.
The villagers brought two baskets of oranges over.
They were very thieves and picked out the best oranges.
Zhu Gaoxu walked over and took a look. He saw that the oranges had dried to a bad shape and were soaked in water. He picked up an orange and saw that the peel was hard.
"What kind of crap is this? Feeding it to pigs will make your teeth rot."
Zhu Gaoxu said with disdain.
The village chief looked bitter and felt very uncomfortable.
"Two adults, please do me a favor and just buy it. Our village is almost in trouble."
The village chief begged, and other villagers wearing ragged clothes looked at the two of them expectantly.
There are many rich people in Yangzhou, but the poor are also really poor. The whole village planted oranges hoping to make some money to improve their lives, but ended up losing money.
Li Xiao walked over, picked up the orange and played with it.
Immediately I felt overjoyed.
nice one!
These oranges are just right for making tangerines. There is no need to use fresh oranges.
The older the orange, the more flavorful it is! ! !
This is the taste I want!
However, Li Xiao was happy in his heart, but on the surface he looked at the village chief calmly and said, "These oranges are indeed not that good."
"Why"
The village chief sighed, full of sadness, and the wrinkles on his face knitted together.
“But so be it”
Li Xiao changed the subject: "I am a kind-hearted person. Seeing that your village is also poor, I will help the poor."
The words fell.
The village chief's originally sullen face became even more stern, then relaxed, and said happily: "You mean you want to buy it?"
Li Xiao nodded: "I bought it. How many oranges of this color are there?"
It is another village with a bright future. The village chief said happily: "Excluding the moldy oranges, there are 30,000 kilograms."
Li Xiao thought about it for a while. One of these dried oranges is 2 taels. Thirty thousand kilograms is equivalent to 150,000 oranges. It's a bit too much. It doesn't matter if you buy more. It's probably not worth a lot of money.
Li Xiaodao: "Then I'll take it all, but as for the first thing, I am here to help the poor. If you are a lion, then let's not discuss how much it will cost."
Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu asked in confusion: "Brother-in-law, why should we buy this crappy orange?"
Li Xiao gently patted Zhu Gaoxu on the shoulder: "We businessmen must be kind-hearted and cannot just make money. Sometimes we must also do good deeds and accumulate virtue, so that our business can go smoothly."
Zhu Gaoxu nodded as if he understood. He didn't know what kind of medicine Li Xiao was selling in his gourd.
Seeing this, the village chief became cautious, and the price should be carefully considered.
The business you finally got is not allowed to go haywire.
The patriarch discussed with the villagers with a serious look on his face, and it took almost a stick of incense to reach an agreement.
The patriarch rubbed his hands and said with a flattering smile: "I'll sell you 30,000 catties of oranges for 200 taels. Do you think that's okay?"
Two hundred taels is not expensive, as Li Xiao expected, so he nodded and said: "This price is quite fair, but I have a request."
The patriarch asked with some anxiety: "Tell me."
Li Xiao picked up an orange at random, took a knife, and made a small opening on one end of the stem of the orange.
Then the orange flesh inside was taken out, forming the shape of an empty orange peel.
"I need you to do this with me. Get the orange flesh out, just the complete orange peel, and then use the stove to dry it to remove the moisture. It is already very dry. You can do it with a little roasting."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Two hundred taels are given, and I will add another hundred taels as wages. If it can be completed within one day, I will add another hundred taels."
"no problem!"
The patriarch happily agreed.
I thought it was a very harsh condition, but I didn't expect it to be so simple.
Even more silver was added, and it was completed in one day. An extra hundred taels?
There are more than 600 people in their village, men, women, old and young, doing this together.
It can definitely be done in one day.
Each person can get three pieces of silver, which is a big profit!
"Then do you still want this pulp?" the village chief asked.
Li Xiao said: "I don't want the pulp. You can handle it yourself."
Hearing this, the village chief became even more happy.
The pulp can also be white, which is good for feeding pigs or as fertilizer.
"No problem! Delivery will definitely happen within one day."
The clan leader agreed wholeheartedly.
"This is a deposit of one hundred taels."
Li Xiao didn't waste any time and slapped the one hundred taels of silver notes on the table, "I'll pick up the goods at this time tomorrow."
"Okay! You two adults, walk slowly."
The village chief sent Li Xiao out of the village politely.
After returning to the village, he immediately gathered the whole village and started processing oranges.
"Tonight, the whole village will not rest, let's get oranges together."
That's it.
Li Xiao's goal was achieved without any effort and just spent some money.
But Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand.
"Brother-in-law, what are you doing? The pigs won't eat those broken oranges, so why should we buy them?"
Li Xiao laughed: "Pigs don't eat it, but people like to drink it. Don't be an arty rich man. Just wait and see."
Fast forward to the next day.
Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu came with carriages to pull goods.
As soon as I entered the village, I found that everyone in the village had panda eyes, and they were so emotional that they didn't rest all night.
The patriarch placed baskets of orange peels with the pulp removed on the ground.
"My lord, are you satisfied?"
The clan leader asked anxiously.
Although I don’t know why the other party wants orange peels, as long as the money is given, it doesn’t matter.
Li Xiao inspected the goods and found that the pulp of the oranges was dug out very clean, and the roasting was very dry, and all the moisture was gone. It seemed that they had put a lot of effort into it.
"well done."
Li Xiao didn't bother to order any more, and directly handed over the remaining three hundred taels of silver notes.
The patriarch took the banknote tremblingly and kept bowing to thank him.
This really saved the lives of the people in the village.
"Load the goods and return to the ship!"
With a shout, the batch of orange peels was pulled back to the cargo ship.
On the other side, Zhu Ningyun also fried all 50,000 kilograms of tea leaves, and the entire cargo ship was filled with the aroma of essence.
"Xiaolang, the essence you gave me is so fragrant after I use it to make tea. I want to taste the tea."
Zhu Ningyun saw Li Xiao coming back and hurried over to greet him.
Zhu Gaoxu also sniffed his nose and felt the fragrance overflowing, and his whole body was surrounded by the fragrance of flowers.
Li Xiao smiled awkwardly: "Ningyun, I won't drink this tea."
Zhu Ningyun didn't understand: "Why?"
Li Xiao chuckled and said, "It's not very healthy."
Zhu Ningyun: "."
Zhu Gaoxu: "."
Baskets of orange peels arrived on the ship.
Zhu Ningyun frowned and thought, taking an orange peel and looking at it in his hand.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "Xiaolang, are you going to put tea leaves into these orange peels?"
"Ningyun is really smart as ice and snow!"
Li Xiao nodded and said: "That's it. Combining tea leaves with tangerine peel has both a tea aroma and a fruity aroma, with a stronger flavor. I call this tea 'Little Green Orange'."
Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized that he had never understood why the orange peels were harvested before, but now he understood. It was the eldest sister who was so good at guessing it at a glance.
"Little Green Orange."
Zhu Ningyun said happily: "This name sounds really nice. Try it?"
"Just try it."
Soon, Li Xiao put the tea leaves into the orange peel without the pulp, then took a piece of gray kraft paper that he had purchased a long time ago to wrap it up, and then put a red label with "Little Green Orange" written on it. One post.
A small green orange comes out of the oven.
The simple packaging in gray with red takes advantage of the minimalist design style of the Internet and is extremely high-end.
Li Xiao waved Xiaoqinggan in front of everyone, "This is a high-end tea. It's finally done. It's worth the three days of hard work we all worked on together."
When everyone took a look, this little green tangerine tea was really unique.
It is small and exquisite, it should be a fruit and a cup of tea.
It is completely in line with the rich people’s curiosity and pursuit of novelty.
Zhu Gaoxu was filled with emotion, brother-in-law, in addition to composing poetry, making salt, sugar, medicine, firearms, and blacksmithing, you can now also make tea!
Brother-in-law, just tell me, is there anything in this world that you don’t know?
"Taste it?"
Zhu Gaoxu asked curiously.
Li Xiao smiled awkwardly: "Well, I want to try it. Ningyun, don't try it. This tea is not healthy. Gao Xu and I are in good health and can handle it!"
Ever since.
Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu sat down at a table facing each other and soaked the little green mandarin oranges.
As soon as the hot water is brewed, the aroma immediately wafts out. It is so fragrant, it still matches the fragrance, and the fruity tea aroma is mixed together.
Li Xiaoxin said, the fragrance is really strong, it doesn't feel like high-end tea without this fragrance.
Pour two cups of tea respectively.
Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu picked up their teacups, blew on them to cool them down, and took a sip.
When you enter the tea soup, the fruity aroma explodes in your mouth.
The fragrance flows everywhere, sweet in the mouth, and lingering on the lips and teeth!
This is an unprecedented new experience!
It is the taste of happiness!
It feels like flying!
"What a tea! What a tea!"
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the tea in front of him in disbelief: "I have never tasted such delicious tea. Even the tribute tea in the palace cannot compare to this small green orange!"
Zhu Gaoxu was completely captured by the taste of Xiaoqinggan.
No. To be precise.
I was captured by the food additives and flavors in Xiaoqinggan.
Li Xiao also didn't expect that with so many ingredients, the green mandarin orange would taste so good. How can I say it has a complex taste and aroma?
The taste is far beyond ordinary Pu'er tea, a unique experience.
"Brother-in-law, I want to drink this tea every day, and I want to offer it to my father."
Zhu Gaoxu's face was full of excitement. How could he forget his father with such a good thing?
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Li Xiao immediately stopped, "No, I've already told you that this tea is unhealthy. Don't spread this to anyone, but our family won't drink it."
"Not healthy, why?"
Zhu Gaoxu was puzzled: "This tastes pretty good."
Li Xiao whispered: "There are a lot of ingredients added in it."
"Ah this."
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "Then stop drinking and poison those businessmen to death."
Li Xiao smiled noncommittally, of course it's not poisonous, but at most it's a little unhealthy, well, unhealthy.
At this time, Zhu Gaosui, who had been busy outside, returned to the boat.
"Brother-in-law, you are here. I was just about to look for you. That person, Lu Cong, who went to the inn to look for you but didn't see you, is waiting for you."
Zhu Gaosui said as he walked over.
Then, he saw his brother-in-law and second brother enjoying tea, and he felt a little jealous: "Okay, I'm exhausted outside, you guys are enjoying tea here."
As he spoke, Zhu Gaosui picked up the teapot and took a sip, "Oh my God, this tea is so delicious. I have never tasted such delicious tea!"
Zhu Gaosui was completely defeated. He picked up the teapot and drank all the remaining tea.
Li Xiao, Zhu Gaoxu: "."
Seeing Zhu Gaosui's performance, Li Xiaoxin thought that this tea is stable!
Li Xiao scratched his butt, stood up and said, "Since Lu Cong is here, let's go meet him, take Xiao Qinggan with us, and let him spread the news about Xiao Qinggan."
(End of chapter)
