"Chief, you write a letter and send it to the King of Qin later, asking him to send it in quickly. Tell your Majesty that if you trade horses with the Tibetan people, you will give at most fifty pounds of tea each."
Zhu Wentian was worried, it was all money! The loss cannot be in vain.
The data record says: In the early days of the system, merchants from Changhe West and other places used horses to enter Yazhou to make tea, and then arrived in Lizhou from Yanzhouwei in Sichuan. The tea and horse department set a price for one horse and one thousand eight hundred catties of tea, which was given to the Diaomen tea department.
When this horse-changing process first started, some foreign merchants went to Yazhou with their horses to sell them. One horse was exchanged for 1,800 kilograms of tea, and then it was given to them.
This is not a joke! What horse is worth 1,800 catties of tea?
Why should I sell it to you? I can't sell it domestically. Drinking a little tea occasionally is good for your health.
It’s so expensive for people to buy tea, so you just agreed to it casually?
"Length: fifty pounds for a good horse, forty pounds for a medium horse, and thirty pounds for a colt.
Now that we have conquered Beiyuan, there are many places to raise livestock, and there is no shortage of horses, but they cannot do without tea.
We are in a seller's market, do they still dare to fight us? Just as the army finished fighting, Bei Yuan went over to fight them. "
Zhu Wentian fixed the price, that's all, and when Ming Dynasty has more, it will be lowered.
Horses are different from tea leaves. If the Ming Dynasty does not change horses, it can still survive. If the foreigners do not change tea leaves, they will die.
"Oh! I'll write it right now." The chief put down his chopsticks and looked for the Four Treasures of the Study. After finishing writing, he went to find Zhu Ping again.
"Your Highness, King Qin, there is something urgent and you need to deliver a letter to the palace. You... you need to help me after you finish eating."
The head of the village saw King Qin Zhu Ping eating a box lunch, so he couldn't help but urge him to leave now.
Zhu Xi threw away his chopsticks: "I don't want any more food. I'm going to go now. Get me some cooked food. I'll come back and have a drink with you."
He even took the letter and ran away with his escort.
The chief went upstairs: "He wants cooked food and wine."
Zhu Wentian put down his chopsticks: "Then let's throw away this meal! It's hard to give it to others. It doesn't hurt to throw away a three-cent lunch box."
"Throw it away! Take it back to the village to feed the dogs. I'll go to the deli to pick up something. Open an extra store so we can eat more conveniently!"
The manager didn't feel bad at all, so he turned around and went downstairs to get something from the store over there.
Zhu Xi ran across Xuanjin Bridge, entered Xihua Gate, got into a car, and escorted him quickly to the Prince's Mansion.
When we arrived at the place, Ming people announced it, and Zhu Biao came out to greet him: "Have you eaten, second brother?"
"I'm eating right now! The chief asked me to deliver the message, and I'll go back to meet him and have a drink with Hanhan."
Zhu Xi took out the letter, handed it over, turned around and left.
"Hey..." Zhu Biao looked at his brother's hurried look, shook his head, and went in with the letter.
He went to the study first, took out the letter, read it, and stood up: "Quick, go find Father."
Zhu Biao ran to the palace. Zhu Yuanzhang did not go to the harem for lunch today, but ate in his office.
"Biao'er is here? What are you..." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son and asked.
"Dad, please read the letter from the village chief." Zhu Biao didn't waste any words.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he read the letter, and then slapped the table: "How unreasonable, eighteen hundred kilograms of tea leaves for one horse? We can't do this even if we have horse bones in the market.
Quickly, give an order and draft an edict. According to Xiaqiu Village, fifty pounds is not bad, and it must be a good horse.
Be quick. If you delay for one more day, you don't know how much you will lose.
If people from outside Tibet refuse to exchange, they will lower the price to forty pounds for one horse. If they refuse, the price will be thirty pounds for one horse.
Do you want to change or not? If you don't change, you will be defeated. Do you think we are short of their horses?
Guard the passes and alleys for us. Anyone who dares to smuggle a pound of tea will be killed! "
Zhu Yuanzhang was also anxious, my God! Is it easy to make some money from your own hard work? He was just tricked away.
Then……
Within a quarter of an hour, just a quarter of an hour, the official documents from the court were sent out, and a group of people rode fast horses and rushed to Sichuan, not using water at all.
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"It's not bad to eat here. There are many people shopping." Zhu Ping came to the upper floor of the deli and sat down to eat.
The manager wanted to get cooked food, but found that there were too many kinds to choose from, so he had to come back empty-handed.
When Zhu Ping arrived at the store, he was pulled over and asked to choose.
There were many people in the delicatessen, and they were choosing various kinds of delicatessen.
There are meat and vegetables, and there are foods processed in various ways such as braised, sauced, smoked, steamed, pan-fried, deep-fried, grilled, roasted, and mixed.
The food is not mixed and left alone, but there are many dishes for guests to choose from, and they are mixed after the selection.
Sausages, stuffed seeds, eggplant boxes, lotus root boxes, breaded chicken legs, chicken wings, small fish, etc.
As for other ducks, pigs, sheep, and cows, they are all available. The cows depend on luck.
There are more mixed vegetables, bamboo shoots, Qianzhang shreds, cold skin, mung bean powder, duck blood, kelp shreds, Gelidium...
The key is to choose salty, spicy, sour and sweet ones. The spicy ones naturally include cornel oil, which is expensive.
Generally, scallion oil is added when mixing soy products, but the taste is different.
It's a pity that there is no spicy oil, but there is garlic juice, oyster sauce, shrimp oil, etc.
Zhu Xiang was dazzled by what he saw. He wanted to eat everything, but he was afraid that he would not finish it and waste it.
Finally, I chose some mixed dishes, including pig ears mixed with cucumber and thousands of shredded scallions.
Cut another half of the sausage, because someone bought half of it, so he asked for half of it, and sold it, leaving half of it. He was afraid that no one would buy it, so he ate it himself.
The main dish is the mixed mutton tendons and fried fish, while Zhu Wentian wants the sauced pork ribs.
The three of us ate what we chose together when we went up to the top. We didn’t choose much, and if we didn’t have enough, we came back down to get it.
Other customers buy a package in oil paper, put flowers on hemp rope, and carry it away.
Now Zhu Xi was watching others entering and exiting the store, and found that this business could be done.
"The more types of goods there are, the better they sell. Some people come here looking for one thing, but when they see something else, they want to eat it again." The director talked about consumer psychology.
"What to do with the items that were not sold out yesterday?" Zhu Xi saw that the store opened yesterday, but he didn't know where the leftovers went.
“There is basically no leftover fried food because you don’t fry so many at once.
Sauce, braised, and smoked can be kept for two more days. Today I will sell some of yesterday's. If I can't sell it today, I will eat it myself.
In the beginning, there must be waste, but this is calculated into the sales price.
After waiting for a few more days to sell, the demand for various commodities can be calculated, and the loss will be smaller.
The biggest advantage of us opening a cooked food restaurant is internal consumption. If there are many people, we can eat leftovers. "
Li Chang has a relaxed expression, unlike others who would be worried if they can't sell the goods. He has nothing to worry about, he can only eat by himself.
"Yes! My Qin Prince's Mansion can also help with the food. Anyway, we can rest assured that Xiaqiu Village cooks food. Drink!"
Zhu Xi expressed his willingness to help digest some of the remaining products for free.
The chief and Hanhan both held glasses and took a sip of beer.
The chief put down the cup and filled Zhu Chong with wine: "Your Highness, King Qin, we have a business to do, which is to collect the seeds of the tea tree.
Usually after autumn, when the seeds are mature, we harvest them and then press the seeds into oil to remove the bitter taste.
In this way, seeds that others don’t want can be planted in our hands and turned into good things. "
The head of the district decided to mention it now and send people to various places to promote it. It will also take time. It is agreed first and others will accept it when the time comes.
(End of chapter)
