The next day.
"Boss Wang? What did you say? The fairy tea is on sale? Can we merchants buy it too?"
"Of course it's true! This is the latest news I got. As long as you are a merchant in Lantian County, you can go to Zuixian Tower to buy a pound of fairy tea with the store deed! That is a pound of fairy tea! Even if there are more in the past I can’t even buy a tael with my money. If you don’t hurry up, Brother Bai, you won’t be able to buy it in a while~!”
"What? A pound of fairy tea!! Brother Wang, wait for me, I'm going to get the store deed, eh! Wait! How much does a pound of fairy tea cost?"
"It's not expensive! It's only sixty Tang Yuan! Brother, hurry up!"
"...Okay, okay! I'm coming~!"
If in normal times, someone said that a pound of tea was sold for 60 guan, the merchant named Bai would definitely slap the person to death. But now, although he also thinks it is expensive, it is only 60 guan for a pound of tea, and one tael of tea. It's six guan, and one tael of tea leaves can make about ten cups. If you are stingy, you can make about 12 cups. In other words, a cup of fairy tea only costs 300 wen at most (constantly equals 800 wen), and at least 10 cups can be made. To more than 200 articles! !
This is totally free!
Previously, Zuixianlou launched a limited edition event where you could taste a cup of fairy tea for free if you spent ten dollars in the store, which attracted numerous tea-loving "tycoons" to rush into the store to grab it. Boss Bai also went to Zuixianlou to taste it, although he was a little distressed at the time. But after tasting the fairy tea, he felt that it was worth it and very satisfying!
Only after you have truly tasted the fairy tea will you understand that the rest of the tea is garbage!
And once you drink fairy tea, it is easy to become addicted, especially for those who love tea ceremony. If you can't drink fairy tea for a day, it will be as uncomfortable as a cat's claw scratching your heart. Unfortunately, this boss Bai is Belong to this type of person!
For this reason, he went to Zuixianlou five times. In the end, he felt that if he continued to drink like this, the profits of his store for several months would be wiped out, so he had no choice but to give up. After all, every time he went to Zuixianlou, he would drink up all the profits. It would cost at least ten dollars. Even if he had little wealth, he couldn't help but waste it like this!
Now that I heard that Zuixianlou was going to sell fairy tea, and it only cost 60 guan per pound, how could Boss Bai not be tempted? After he buys it, he can still make some money even if he resells it directly to businessmen in other states and counties. If he directly sets up a high-end teahouse in the store to sell the brewed fairy tea, he will make even more money!
After all, with the current popularity of fairy tea and the reputation of tribute tea, as long as a teahouse offers fairy tea, even if it costs 500 coins a cup, there will definitely be many people coming to grab it!
This is a sure-fire deal!
"Shopkeeper Liu, why can't we buy it? Are you worried that we won't give you the money?"
"That's right! Why can only businessmen from Lantian County buy it? Everyone is giving money, so what's the difference?"
"Yes! Shopkeeper Liu! If you think sixty pounds per catty is too cheap, you can definitely raise the price. Why do you want to limit the purchase to only merchants in Lantian County?"
Outside the Zuixianlou branch in Lantian County, today in addition to the endless stream of diners, there are also noisy businessmen from all walks of life. Many of these businessmen are not businessmen in Lantian County, they are just in Lantian. When I was watching a football match in the county, I happened to hear the news that the Zuixian Tower here was going to sell fairy tea, so I rushed over immediately.
Obviously, there are many tea ceremony enthusiasts like Boss Bai who have tasted the fairy tea and are crazy about the fairy tea!
But who would have thought that Zuixianlou would actually stipulate that tea would be given priority to local merchants in Lantian County. How could those foreign merchants who came over to grab the tea tolerate this? So they all started arguing with Shopkeeper Liu of Zuixianlou!
This shopkeeper Liu is the shopkeeper Liu of Zuixianlou in Chang'an City. Now, not only has Zuixianlou opened many branches, but Li Zexuan has also become a Marquis of Wanhu, with a fiefdom of Lantian. Shopkeeper Liu is the "headquarters" of Zuixianlou. The shopkeeper, however, voluntarily requested to be transferred to the "branch" here in Lantian County. As for Zuixianlou in Chang'an City, a branch shopkeeper recommended by shopkeeper Liu took over!
In fact, this is where Shopkeeper Liu is smart. He knows very well that the place where Li Zexuan is can be called the Zuixianlou Headquarters. Now that Li Zexuan has lived in Lantian County for a long time, the name of the Zuixianlou Headquarters in Chang'an City is It’s basically gone in name only!
Besides, Lantian County has now completely become Li Zexuan’s own territory, and Shopkeeper Liu feels more at ease staying here!
"Everyone! Be quiet! Liu has a few words to say!"
Faced with the siege of many "foreign" merchants, shopkeeper Liu had to come out to maintain order. He first shouted, and after everyone calmed down, he quickly put on a smile and said with cupped hands:
"Dear guests, our Zuixian Tower does not have much stock of this batch of fairy tea, so we only give priority to supplying it to shop owners in Lantian County. This can be regarded as my Lord's care for the merchants in Lantian County. Liu knows that you I feel unhappy, but the amount of fairy tea is still too small. My Marquis just wants to give some favors to the people of the fief. Whether they are farmers, craftsmen, or merchants, they are all the people of my Marquis' fief, and the Marquis will treat them equally.
Recently, the Marquis has been building canals and water carts for the common people. Now the Marquis just wants to use the fairy tea to bring some benefits to the merchants in the fiefdom. I hope you can understand! Liu knows that all guests love fairy tea, but please wait patiently. Soon, when the production of fairy tea increases, Qiquge in various places will begin to fully supply it! At that time, you can buy as much as you want~! "
Ahem, shopkeeper Liu’s words contain a lot of private information, many of which were taught to him by Li Zexuan!
After Shopkeeper Liu said this, the merchants below suddenly looked annoyed.
"Ah? So that's it! We are really impressed that the Marquis treats the merchants in the fief so well!"
"Oh! So there are such benefits for opening a shop in Lantian County? If I had known, I would have bought two shops in Lantian County last year!"
"Hey! Brother Sun, isn't it too late to buy it now?"
"It's too late, it's too late! The prices of shops in Lantian County have risen so high now that I can't even afford it!"
The merchants from other places sighed and were upset, but the "indigenous" merchants in Lantian County couldn't help but want to clap their hands and rejoice:
"Haha! Lord Hou Renyi! Fortunately, I had the foresight! At the beginning of the year, I came to Lantian County to open a shop~!"
"Haha! That's right! It's so rare that the Marquis can treat me and others equally like he treats the common people! I will stay in Lantian County to do business from now on, and I won't go anywhere~!"
"That's right! I just hope that good things like this can happen more often!"
"I will, I will!"
"It would be best if the Marquis could drive away all the ruffians in the market!"
Since Shopkeeper Liu has spoken out for this reason, and there are many shop owners in Lantian County here who are fully supporting Shopkeeper Liu, those businessmen from other places, although they are unwilling to do so, cannot say anything more and can only remain silent. He retreated behind the crowd!
The local merchants in Lantian County happily lined up in a long line to prepare the "big red envelopes" that Li Zexuan would distribute to merchants across the county!
Of course, there are also many smart out-of-town merchants who stay at the back of the queue. After the people in front finish buying the fairy tea, they go directly up to ask for a higher price!
In other words, after the local merchants in Lantian County buy the fairy tea, they don’t have to go to other states and counties to resell it. They can directly sell it to the foreign merchants who are watching around and make a small profit!
In this world, there is simply no easier way to make money than this~!
However, there is no free lunch in this world. Gains and losses are often balanced with each other. Where there are gains, there must be losses!
While the businessmen in Lantian County were enjoying this "red envelope feast" to the fullest, they unknowingly fell into the "gentle trap" set by Li Zexuan. When they discovered it, they were completely reluctant to come out and would rather Staying in the "trap" and being tricked, you don't want to come out!
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Due to the large amount of fairy tea sold by Zuixianlou in Lantian County, there are many temporary teahouses in the county. The so-called temporary teahouses are temporary small rooms in the original shops, specially used to invite such distinguished guests. Tea tasting and tea drinking!
Well, there are tea rooms in silk shops, tea rooms in porcelain shops, and even a coffin shop, which even went so crazy as to set up a temporary tea room!
As for the price at which they sell fairy tea, a "conscience" boss will usually sell a cup of tea for more than 400 pennies, while those "cruel" bosses will directly raise the price of fairy tea to around 500 to 600 pennies.
Because these people know very well that even if Zuixianlou sold a lot of fairy tea today, they will definitely not be able to sell so much more in the short term! In other words, the market stock of fairy tea is only so small. When the fairy tea with a slightly lower price is sold out, customers will have to buy the "high-priced" fairy tea in their store!
Whether it costs 400 cents a cup or 500 or 600 cents a cup, it is much more direct and affordable than the "spend ten dollars to get a cup of fairy tea" event in Zuixianlou!
Moreover, the fairy tea is a rare palace tribute tea among the people. Is four hundred coins a cup really expensive? Last year, a plate of chicken at Zuixianlou cost a lot of money!
At least this price is completely affordable for those "petty bourgeoisie" families!
Therefore, on the first day alone, nearly a thousand diners tasted the legendary fairy tea!
And everyone who has drunk the fairy tea will say good things about it! Word of mouth spread, the reputation of the fairy tea exploded, and a fairy tea storm quickly blew up in Lantian County. Diners from Chang'an City and other surrounding counties also came for the tea, just to taste a cup of the fairy tea. Tea!
Because currently in the entire Tang Dynasty, only Lantian County has the largest stock of fairy tea, and even Chang'an City is far behind!
However, no matter how much inventory there is, if it can only be taken out and cannot be taken in, sooner or later the inventory will be used up.
Five days! Only five days have passed!
Thanks to the crazy "consumption" of tens of thousands of diners in Chang'an City and more than 20 surrounding counties, it only took five days for the Lantian County merchants' stocks of fairy tea to be sold out. All the Lantian County merchants of Fairy Tea have made a lot of money!
After consuming all the fairy tea, they also went to Zuixianlou to find shopkeeper Liu and wanted to buy fairy tea again. However, shopkeeper Liu had no stock at all, so naturally they couldn't get any extra fairy tea, but shopkeeper Liu promised them When the next batch of fairy tea arrives, merchants like Lantian County will still be given priority!
The merchants were naturally grateful to Shopkeeper Liu and Li Zexuan, but they didn't notice that after they left, Shopkeeper Liu had a sweet smile on his lips!
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The next day.
Police officers from the Lantian County government were dispatched, and notices about the upcoming establishment of a commerce department in Lantian County were posted at prominent intersections and city gates in Lantian County.
"From today on, all merchants, farmers, and craftsmen in Lantian County will be classified as civilians, and the government will treat them equally! From now on, there will only be civilians and scholars in Lantian County! Children of merchants can also enter the county school and pass the Yanhuang Academy .In order to allow businessmen to receive fair and just treatment, the Lantian County Government formally established the Department of Commerce today in compliance with the Yongan Marquis Order.
The Department of Commerce specializes in disputes between merchants and aims to protect the private and legal property of merchants from infringement and create a good business environment for merchants in Lantian County. All merchants can go to Lantian County when their own interests are endangered by others. Report to the Commerce Department of Lantian County, and the officials of the Commerce Department will definitely handle the matter impartially!
In addition, the Department of Commerce is also responsible for the government's efforts to obtain commercial taxes from merchants in the future. Starting from next month, the commercial tax ratio in Lantian County will be changed from 1 in 30 to 1 in 6. All merchants in Lantian County must submit the tax before the end of each month. , report the profit for the month to the Department of Commerce, and one-sixth of the total profit will be treated as business tax!
In order to prevent merchants from under-declaring taxes or even evading taxes, the Department of Commerce will organize personnel at the beginning of each month to conduct spot checks on the accounts of shops in the county. Once found, they will be punished at five times the total amount of tax evasion and tax evasion, and will be listed as key points. The target of attention, any merchant who has tax evasion or tax evasion for three times in total, will be directly expelled from Lantian County and will never be allowed to return to Lantian County to open a shop! "
"His~!"
After reading the county government's announcement, the merchants in Lantian County suddenly gasped, and then the merchants couldn't help but talk about it:
"What? Change the commercial tax ratio to one out of six? Such a heavy commercial tax is extremely rare in history books! Why did County Magistrate He want to kill all the merchants like us?"
"Yes! When I saw the beginning, I thought the county government was thinking about us merchants, but when I saw the end, I realized that the government wanted to suck our blood!"
"Isn't that right! One-sixth of the total profit for the month is used as business tax. How can people live with this?"
"Well... you can't say that, can you? At least in Lantian County, the status of our merchants has become higher, and our sons can still go to the county school! You know, in this county school, occasionally there will be teachers from Yanhuang Academy to give lectures Ah! We can’t even get this kind of opportunity in other states and counties!”
"Hey! That's right! But the one-in-six business tax ratio is still too heavy!"
"I don't take it seriously! Didn't you see the notice that says that as long as someone endangers our own interests, we can report it to the Department of Commerce, and the officials of the Department of Commerce will deal with it impartially! Based on this alone, it is much better than elsewhere. Yes! In the future, if someone goes to the store to cause trouble or collect protection fees, we can directly go to the officials of the Department of Commerce to help solve the problem. In this way, the monthly expenses may be less than before!"
"Yes! That's true! I just don't know if the Commerce Department is willing to completely deal with those ruffians in the market!"
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First update!
Two chapters in one!
Thank you Hans for the 50,000 yuan reward! (April 6)
Thank you for the 10,000-dollar reward from Xiaokanfusheng today!
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