After some minor twists and turns, the meeting returned to normal.
After the court meeting ended, Guo Tianyang squinted his eyes and approached Fang Zhengyi with a mysterious expression.
"My dear brother, Your Majesty has summoned me to meet you in the Imperial Study."
"Oh, thank you, Brother Guo!" Fang Zheng unknowingly took out a banknote and stuffed it into Guo Tianyang's sleeve.
Guo Tianyang nodded with satisfaction and whispered: "Maybe I'm asking some questions about tea."
"okay."
Looking at Fang Zhengyi's leaving figure, Guo Tianyang couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Apart from being a bit mean-mouthed, this guy is very polite, but why is he so ignorant sometimes?
Do we have to ask for our godson in person?
...
Entering the imperial study, Emperor Jing had already placed seats in the room.
When he saw Fang Zheng arriving, he said directly: "No need to be formal, just sit down."
Seeing this, Fang Zheng felt happy. It seemed like nothing happened today.
Emperor Jing was reviewing the memorial and said without raising his head: "Tell me, how did you beat that Zhang Chang?"
"...."
"Why did your Majesty say this?" Fang Zheng became alert. Could it be that he sent someone to follow me?
Emperor Jing sneered: "Oh, don't I know what kind of person you are, Fang Zhengyi? A squabble? What good fruits can be gained by those who have a quarrel with you!"
Fang Zheng scoffed and laughed...it depends on the situation, the boss wants to protect me.
"I feel ashamed. I just had a brief sparring session...but I didn't do anything cruel. After beating me, I even asked him to take a bath."
Emperor Jing slowly raised his head and pointed at Fang Zhengyi with his brush: "Zhang Chang is the son of the Minister of Hubu, you don't know that, right?"
"The capital city is different from Taoyuan County. Don't be reckless in the future. You keep making noises all day long, and you don't look like a minister at all!"
Seeing that the boss was concerned, Fang Zheng smiled shyly and said, "Why does your Majesty want to see me?"
Emperor Jing's expression became serious: "Tea... can't be sold anymore!"
"Although the sales of the last batch of tea imported from Taoyuan County were good, the sales of tea have been declining day by day since then."
"In the past two days, it has become somewhat unsaleable, and similar categories have appeared on the market."
"So, I want to ask you how to solve this problem."
Fang Zheng was not surprised to hear this. Those things were originally inferior.
Everyone just wants to try something new and catch up with the trend, not to mention that Emperor Jing has set the price so high that no one with money can be taken advantage of every day.
"Your Majesty, these are normal circumstances."
“The quality of Dapin Tianxian tea is not of the highest quality, and the category is single and the price is too high.”
"It is not difficult to solve this problem. We only need to import other types of tea from Taoyuan County to segment and reposition the market."
"This tea can be divided into longevity tea, beauty tea, fattening tea, aphrodisiac tea...etc."
"The packaging must be exquisite, and it is best to have the effect of buying a casket and returning it to a pearl, and a short story should be written inside to introduce the long historical background of this tea."
"The counters set up in the store should also be divided into categories and carefully planned. For example, longevity tea is best sold by some immortal old people, and beauty tea is best sold by beauties..."
"For aphrodisiac tea, you can find people like Eunuch Guo. When you meet everyone, you will say that you are good again! Just imagine, which man can resist such a temptation?"
Recently, this old guy Guo Tianyang has been looking at Fang Zhengyi with strange eyes, but he remembers it!
Hearing him teasing Guo Tianyang, Emperor Jing wanted to laugh, but he immediately straightened his face and said, "Say it nicely!"
"Well......"
"Secondly, the existing sales model is too rough just selling over the counter."
"It is better to sign a long-term cooperation agreement with other restaurants or brothels, supply large quantities at a lower price than the sales price, and let them be promoted in the market."
"The most important thing is the price! Please forgive me, the price of the tea your Majesty sells is too high!"
"These leeks have to be cut in waves. If the ground is dug up, the gain outweighs the loss!"
Emperor Jing looked at Fang Zhengyi with strange eyes: "Then the things in your Taoyuan County are not cheap at all?"
Fang Zhengyi said awkwardly: "This capital city is different from Taoyuan County. Taoyuan County uses the tourist attraction model."
"Tourist attraction model?"
"Yes, there are very few outsiders coming to Taoyuan County, and the merchants who come to buy goods have to buy goods from Taoyuan County, so...hehe!"
Emperor Jing laughed dumbly: "What if I leave the sales of tea to you?"
Fang Zheng shook his head quickly: "No, no, no, I can't do it. I'm already a little tired of teaching the prince. Now I have a headache when I get up and go to the ground. If I still run the tea business part-time, I'm afraid... it will have the opposite effect."
Are you kidding me? I buy goods from Taoyuan County and work two jobs for the same money? When will Mr. Fang suffer such a loss! ?
"You will receive 10% of the profit."
"Done!"
Fang Zheng blurted out the words without thinking, and regretted it after he said it.
Emperor Jing stared at Fang Zheng and said, "You are still the first one who can bargain with me. Do you know why I prefer you so much?"
These words sounded awkward, and Fang Zhengyi's face looked a little unnatural: "Because I can make money?"
Emperor Jing said slowly: "Yes, last year the national treasury's annual revenue totaled more than 22 million taels, and you were able to help me earn more than 100,000 taels with just one method. It is your ability that I am interested in."
"Now the national treasury is empty and we are struggling. We are short of both food and money. I have a headache."
Fang Zheng nodded and said: "In fact, in the final analysis, there is still a lack of food. If there is enough food, a large amount of manpower will be released, and wealth will be created and flow accordingly."
"Huh? That's interesting. I've seen your ability to make money. What about... producing grain? Do you have any method?"
Emperor Jing's eyes were full of hope, hoping to hear the answer he wanted from Fang Zheng.
But I soon became disappointed.
"I can't help it."
Fang Zhengyi was also helpless. People in Jingguo had never heard of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. He also sent people out to inquire about them.
In the end, nothing was found, and the hope was so slim. Fang Zhengyi did not want to waste manpower and money on this, so he could only stop the search.
In the end, we could only send special personnel to breed existing major crops in Taoyuan County, but the scale was too small and there was little progress.
There are some efficient farming tools, but in this era, manpower is extremely low, and these tools seem insignificant in the overall situation.
Emperor Jing waved his hands regretfully: "That's all, it's hard for you. This kind of thing cannot be solved by one person."
"Okay, that's it for today, the prince is still waiting for you."
As soon as Emperor Jing finished speaking, Guo Tianyang rushed in.
He was sweating profusely and said with a frightened look on his face: "Your Majesty! Dr. Hu said that the fifth princess is not alive. Go and have a look!"
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