"Is this what you call the golden rice bowl?" Yun Zhongyue asked.
"Exactly!" Hua Yitang said.
Yun Zhongyue rolled her eyes with an expression: I believed your ghost!
After returning from the Yamen Prison, Hua Yitang convened several heavyweight guests to the County Yamen Hall without stopping, claiming that he would show everyone the "golden rice bowl" that could help Cheng County "eliminate poverty and become rich".
At this moment, Lin Sui'an, the secret censor, Ling Zhiyan, the director of Dali Temple, Fang Ke, the disciple of Dali Temple, Jin Ruo, the acting master of the Jingmen, Yun Zhongyue, the best thief in the world, Qiu Liang, the magistrate of Cheng County, Zhu Dachang, the chief secretary, are all here. Sitting in front of the case, they stared eagerly at a bunch of flower tea placed in a white porcelain plate.
Although it is Baihua tea, it is different from the previous Baihua tea. The Baihua tea sold by Xiaoyu before was simply drying wild camellia tea, and the production process was very rough. However, the Baihua tea at this time has curled tea buds and tight strings. The color is bright, clear and clean, no debris or impurities, and smells faintly of tea and flowers. Both the shape and color are very different from the tea cakes that were popular in the Tang Dynasty.
Ling Zhiyan: "Is this - tea?"
Yun Zhongyue: "It's probably rough loose tea."
Jin Ruo picked up one and rubbed it, "It doesn't look like loose tea."
This is tea! Lin Sui'an shouted in his heart, this is genuine tea!
Qiu Liang's eyes filled with tears, probably thinking of his younger brother Qiu Wen.
Hua Yitang looked at Lin Sui'an's expression, his eyes curled up, "Want to try it?"
Lin Sui'an was as tough as garlic.
Ita and Mucha came in with trays and put down the tea cups and tea cauldrons on the trays one by one. There was only a clean white porcelain tea cup in front of everyone. The water in the tea cauldron was steaming. Other than that, there were no spices. , and there were no tea grinders, tea leaves and other commonly used things for making tea. Muxia used mahogany tea tweezers to pick up a few tea leaves in each of the teacups. Muxia scooped up the boiling water and poured it in one by one.
The curly tea buds rolled in the water and slowly unfolded, gracefully like a dancer's flying ribbon. The leaves became brighter and brighter, as if they were alive in the water. After a while, the tea soup in the white porcelain cup gradually showed color, Transparent and bright, like a pool of clear amber.
Everyone's eyes widened at the same time, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to try.
Lin Sui'an couldn't wait to pick up the tea cup and took a sip. His nose became sour and he almost shed tears.
There is a slight bitterness in the entrance, and a hint of sweetness in the throat. Take another sip, and it is mellow and fragrant, with a refreshing taste. The most important thing is that there is no pepper, garlic, green onion, peel, fat intestine, duck tongue, chestnut shell, Persian spices. The taste is not sweet, not salty, not sour, not spicy. When you put down the lamp, your mind will be open, your mind will be happy, and all the pores in your body will be relaxed.
"How does it taste?" Hua Yitang asked.
Lin Sui'an gave a thumbs up: "Absolutely awesome!"
Hua Yitang smiled as brightly as a flower.
Ita's big blue eyes were full of eyes, "Pigman's first time, I like it, I'm happy."
Zhu Dachang's eyes lit up and he drank another drink. Fang Ke made a long face and was determined not to take a second sip. It was obvious that Dr. Fang, who had a strong taste, could not appreciate it.
Ling Zhiyan: "Very good!"
Yun Zhongyue: "It's okay to drink."
Jin Ruo: "It's much better than the weird catechu soup before!"
Qiu Liang looked in disbelief and took several sips carefully, "Is this really our Cheng County Baihua Tea? It tastes completely different. It actually tastes better than Guangdu's spring tea. How did Hua County Lieutenant do it?"
Hua Yitang waved his small fan proudly, "This has nothing to do with me, it's all the result of my Eta!"
As he said that, he put the fan behind Eta's back and shook it twice, like a peacock's feathers spread out.
Ita stood up, raised his finger and said, "Five."
Translation expert Mu Xia came online: "There are five steps required to make this kind of flower tea."
Ita raised her orchid fingers and made a tea-picking gesture, "Little fish pick the leaves, and the leaves must be tender."
Mu Xia: "The little fish is responsible for picking the tea and the tenderest buds."
Ita spread his arms and said, "Dry the sun evenly," and slapped his arms twice more, "I feel aggrieved."
Mu Xia: "The picked buds must be spread evenly under the sun to make the stems and leaves wilting and remove the grassy smell."
Eta's double palms | Flip it twice in a wave motion, "Stir fry."
Mu Xia: "After drying, put the tea leaves in a hot pot and stir-fry them with your hands to eliminate the astringency of the tea leaves."
Ita made fists with both hands and brought them to her cheeks, washing her face like a cat's paw, "knead it, rub it."
Mu Xia: "Rub the tea leaves with your hands to make them curl. The squeezed leaf juice will adhere to the surface of the tea leaves, making the tea more flavorful when brewing."
Eta clasped her hands together and put her head next to her ears, "Bake in the sun and take a nap."
Mu Xia: "The rolled tea leaves are spread flat again in the sun to dry for about twenty-four hours."
Ita imitated Lin Sui'an's gesture and raised his right thumb, "Okay."
Mu Xia raised her left thumb and said, "That's it, good tea is ready!"
A handsome boy with blond hair and blue eyes, and a young boy with fine features. After the two sang and performed, Lin Sui'an's heart melted.
So cute!
Not only Lin Sui'an, but everyone had starry eyes and applauded in unison.
Only Yun Zhongyue poured cold water on it, "What's so strange? Apart from not mashing the tea leaves, it's not much different from tea cakes."
Eta got angry when he heard it, "What a big difference! In the past, you had to boil it with a simmer, and the pigs didn't like it. Now you just have to soak it with water, and the pigs like it. It's so powerful!"
Yun Zhongyue couldn't laugh or cry, "Who is this so-called pig man?"
Lin Sui'an gave a majestic cold look, "It's me. Do you have any objections?"
Yun Zhongyue hurriedly gave a thumbs up, "Good tea! What a name! What a pig!"
Fang Ke and Jin Ruo laughed at the same time, "Come on."
Ling Zhiyan gently shook the tea cup, "Although this tea is good, it is still inferior to many famous teas from the Tang Dynasty. Why does Hanashiro think this tea can become the golden rice bowl of Cheng County?"
Hua Yitang's smile couldn't be more proud, "Because Lin Sui'an likes her."
Ling Zhiyan ducked her waist, and everyone rolled their eyes: That's enough for you!
Lin Sui'an, however, didn't think about anything else at all. She immediately understood what Hua Yitang meant and asked with interest, "How do you plan to sell this tea?"
Hua Yitang raised a finger and said, "One, two or four cents."
Everyone: "Ehhhhh?!!"
Jin Ruo: "Hua, are you crazy? The most common low-grade tea cake on the market costs one hundred and eighty yuan per side. Even the finely chopped low-grade loose tea costs one or two dozen yuan. You are selling it for four Wen, who are you going to sell such cheap tea to—" At this point, Jin Ruo suddenly took a breath of cold air, "Could it be—"
"Ah, Xiao Jinruo is indeed very quick-witted. He can reveal everything at once." Hua Yitang lifted up his robe and sat next to Lin Sui'an. He made himself a cup of flower tea, took a sip, and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, like The large Samoyed that only dries its fur in the sun, "The people I want to sell are not the arty literati and nobles who cook tea and listen to music, but the common people in the fields and streets."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. After a long while, Qiu Liang finally said, "But poor people don't drink tea."
"Don't poor people deserve to drink tea?" Hua Yitang's eyes darkened, "Why?!"
There was a sudden silence in the flower hall.
Lin Sui'an's eyes widened. This sentence sounded familiar. It seemed to be the question she raised when she saw loose tea in Dongdu.
Unexpectedly, Hua Yitang remembered it so clearly.
"Poor people don't drink tea because they have three difficulties. The first is that the tea is too expensive. The second is that the tea is too complicated. The third is that they can't drink it." Hua Yitang's fan rattled, "One side of high-quality tea cakes costs two hundred coins, and one bucket of corn costs four. Ten coins, three eggs for one penny, one square tea cake can buy five bushels of corn and six hundred eggs. The standard ration for a strong man in the Tang Dynasty is two liters per day, six bushels per month. In other words, one square tea cake is almost equivalent to one for a strong male. The monthly income, coupled with the dozens of matching tea sets for making tea, is a huge expense. After all, ordinary people cannot afford it."
"Secondly, the current method of making tea is too cumbersome. It takes at least half an hour to cook a pot of tea and as long as an hour. Ordinary people are busy with their daily lives and naturally do not have such leisure time to go around the tea pot all the time. Third - "Hua Yitang looked around at everyone, blinking his big eyes, "Do you really think the tea you are making now tastes good?"
Qiu Liang raised his head, looking at the moon in the clouds. Lin Sui'an, Jin Ruo and Zhu Dachang shook their heads like rattles.
Ling Zhiyan touched her nose and said, "Everyone likes to drink it, so naturally it tastes good -" At the end of the sentence, she felt a little guilty.
Only Fang Ke was the most determined, "It tastes good!"
It's a pity that everyone really can't agree with Dr. Fang's bizarre aesthetics.
Hua Yitang showed his big white teeth and said, "But our Baihua tea is different. It costs one or two or four cents, or ten or forty cents. The price of a bushel of corn is enough for a family to drink for half a year. The method of making tea is simple, just boiling water." You can just brew it. There is no need to pay attention to the tea set. An earthenware pot, a thick bowl or a wooden ladle will do. Brewing a pot and taking it to the field is more fun. The most important thing is that this tea is refreshing, sweet and tastes very good! Such a wonderful tea with good quality and low price. , how can it not be exciting?”
Everyone swallowed their saliva.
Lin Sui'an: I don't know if others are excited or not, but she can't wait to book a year now. Heaven and earth, she was finally getting rid of the bitter tea soup that deceived her in this era.
"Lieutenant Huaxian, please forgive me for being stupid, but I still have a question," Qiu Liang raised his hand, "Can you make money by selling this tea so cheaply?"
Hua Yitang closed the fan with a snap, "That's a good question! Do you know how many tea cakes Yangduhua's tea shop sells in a year?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
Hua Yitang was about to say something, but suddenly he got excited and swallowed it back.
What a risk, I was so excited about chatting that I almost exposed Hua's business secrets. If my eldest brother knew about it, he would be torn apart and exposed to the wilderness.
"Ahem, this is not important. What is important is, do you know the proportion of the Tang Dynasty's powerful nobles who like to drink tea and the common people who do not drink tea?"
Everyone continued to shake their heads.
Ling Zhiyan: "The gap is huge, one in ten thousand."
"Ling Liulang is right! This is where the market for Baihua Tea is!" Hua Yitang's eyes lit up with excitement, "The tea cakes used to sell for one, but now the Baihua Tea sells for ten thousand!"
Everyone gasped at the same time.
"Although our tea is cheap, the sales volume will be a hundred and a thousand times that of tea cakes. Although the profit from one or two teas is small, small profits but quick turnover. Hua has done a simple calculation. With such a huge sales volume, the profits are immeasurable!"
Zhu Dachang swallowed his saliva, "Did it really be that easy?"
Hua Yitang grinned, "Of course it's not that easy."
After saying that, he threw out a scroll book from his sleeve. Mu Xia quickly cleared the table and spread out the scroll book flatly. Everyone looked at it intently, but they saw that the scroll book had hundreds of pages, and the dense handwriting was interspersed with many words. Maps, tables and line patterns with unknown meanings, when the wind blows, become colorful, like countless colorful butterflies flapping their wings, with a few large characters written on the cover: "A Brief Note on Hundred Flowers and Tea Resources in Chengxian County".
The more people watched, the more shocked they became. Unknowingly, their mouths opened. Their eyes changed when they looked at Hua Yitang. It was as if the guy in front of them was no longer the most ignorant and idle playboy in Yangdu, but a living and breathing man. God of Wealth.
This is especially true for Lin Sui'an. She also knows a thing or two about modern business strategic planning. The transformation of Hua Yitang's scroll book into a modern concept is the "Cheng County Baihua Tea Product Plan (Five-Year Plan Edition)". From Baihua Plans have been made for tea production, storage, packaging, logistics, sales channels, target market analysis, feasibility analysis, after-sales service, etc. The plans are detailed and the details are precise, which is enough to put a modern person like her to shame.
What's even more frightening is that this ambitious and meticulous plan is by no means just a piece of paper, but is operable and executable. According to this plan, Cheng County will not only get rid of poverty and become rich, but also be on the wealth list of the Tang Dynasty. No wonder Hua Yitang ridiculed Qiu Hong for "begging for food with a golden bowl". According to Lin Sui'an's understanding, this is not a golden bowl. , it is clearly Jinshan!
Looking around the world, only Shiro Huajia, who has the abundant financial resources of the Hua family and has been exposed to countless practical business cases since childhood, can create such a thing.
For example, in the production process of flower tea, Hua Yitang selected dozens of areas suitable for planting flower tea in Chengxian County and even Qingzhou based on factors such as climate, temperature, vegetation distribution, etc., proposed the idea of artificial tea gardens, and standardized tea picking, production and production. The standard process of tea especially emphasizes the strict confidentiality of the secret method of making tea. If it were not for the limitations of the times, I would have wanted to apply for a patent. I think Hua Shi is quite experienced in this aspect; in the logistics process, taking into account the special geographical location of Cheng County, It was proposed to build two new transportation official roads, and the person responsible for building the roads was the Bai family of Qingzhou.
Not only that, Hua Yitang has even thought about the brand image and packaging: Baihua tea comes from the legend of the flower god in heaven defeating the evil dragon god. Baihua tea is said to have the effects of clearing the brain, refreshing the mind, and strengthening the body. Drinking it regularly will It can remove evil poisons and prolong life. At first glance, it sounds a bit exaggerated, but if you take a closer look, hey, every sentence is actually the truth.
The sales channels are also new. In order to minimize costs, in addition to being sold in Hua's existing teahouses and tea shops, the main sales channel of Baihua Tea turns out to be Jingmen.
Jin Ruo: "You let the disciples of Jingmen sell hundred-flower tea?"
Hua Yitang: "Most of the Jingmen disciples are street vendors and salesmen who walk around the streets. They are most familiar with the common people. The sales made by Jingmen disciples, on the one hand, are low-cost, and on the other hand, the Jingmen will make more money." Considerable additional income, killing two birds with one stone, win-win cooperation, why not?”
Jin Ruo looked in disbelief and looked Hua Yitang up and down, "You suddenly treated me so well, I was a little scared. Could it be that some bad guy wants to trick me?"
"Ah, little Jin Ruo, where do you start talking about this?" Hua Yitang shouted, "You are Lin Sui'an's direct disciple, so naturally you are Hua's junior." (Jin Ruo roared: "Who is yours?" Junior!), this is just a small gift from the elder to the junior, not worth mentioning."
Everyone raised eyebrows: Is this a "little" gift? ? ?
Jin Ruo's eyes rolled, but he still couldn't believe it, so he pulled Lin Sui'an and asked, "Master, is this person named Hua really so kind?"
Lin Sui'an was also a little surprised. She knew that what Hua Yitang gave Jingmen would be the exclusive sales franchise rights that countless Tang businessmen would dream of in the future. This was not just a matter of selling tea, but gave Jingmen a place where he could gain a foothold. The powerful fulcrum of the Tang State. With this fulcrum, Jingmen will become bigger and stronger just around the corner.
And is all this really just because Jin Ruo is her disciple?
Hua Yitang noticed Lin Sui'an's eyes and smiled softly, his eyes suddenly sharp, "Hua just wants to open the eyes of those maggots in the gutter and let them see who is the real Jingmen." !”
Lin Sui'an suddenly understood and was convinced: Good guy, the situation is big!
Jin Ruo: It’s over, I have an ominous feeling. :,,
