Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

Lan Yuer is 28 years old. Concubine Wei had long wanted to arrange a marriage for Lan Yuer, and Li Shen had even prepared a dowry. But Lan Yuer was unwilling, saying that she wanted to serve Li Shen.

Now Lan Yu'er is a female official in the palace, responsible for Li Shen's food, clothing, housing and transportation as well as the management of the maids. Li Shen, an outsider, is not at ease. There are many maids in the palace, otherwise such a big house would not be able to be cleaned every day.

Shitou was responsible for the chores and foreign affairs of the entire inner court, as well as the management of the eunuchs. Chunxiang Dongmei serves Li Shen personally, and the division of labor is very clear.

"Shen'er, I just went to Wei Ting's house. He actually..." Concubine Wei briefly told what happened at Wei Ting's house, including the fact that Wei Ting asked Li Shen to contribute the method of making tea.

"Mother, do you think this old man is out of his mind and crazy? The Wei family is only a second-rate family, so far behind the fifth surname and Qi Wang. Yet he dares to steal something from a prince like me. Is he suffering from a brain disease?" Li Shen All laughed.

"They are used to being arrogant and domineering in Jingzhaoyin." Concubine Wei sighed and continued: "I won't talk about them anymore. There is one more thing I need your help with.

I was born in the Webster family. Your maternal grandfather had three brothers, but they are all gone now. There are only a few of our brothers and sisters left.

Nowadays, although they are all officials in the court, their positions are not high, and the population is not prosperous. Many industries have been taken over by other tribesmen.

Now your new tea has a great influence on your uncles' families. They don't have the strength to do big business like salt, iron and paper, so tea is an important input for them. I hope you can help your uncles. "

"Mother, what's the big deal? Can you just give them some tea and sell it?" Li Shen readily agreed. As long as mother is happy. A little money is nothing.

"Don't worry, mother and concubine. You can ask them to find Wang Hongfu, and I will say hello and give them more shares. But Chang'an cannot sell it, and I still have to deal with the Wei family tea house."

"Don't worry, Shen'er. Chang'an Weijia Tea House is not our Xun Gongfang's property. They are all in other places in Jingzhao." said Concubine Wei.

"Then there is no problem. As long as the mother and concubine are happy, I can sell it to anyone." Li Shen said

"One more thing. Your uncles have bought a batch of spring tea cakes. There are as many as 90 dans, and they can't sell them now. They want your help to give you some ideas to see if they can sell them. Yes. Otherwise, it will only become moldy. The total loss is more than [-] yuan, which is a huge loss." After speaking, Concubine Wei looked at Li Shen expectantly.

Li Shen looked at Concubine Wei's expectant eyes and smiled and said, "Concubine, you tell your uncles that I bought it, and you have them transport it to Huangzhuang. I have a big warehouse over there. I have 100 million yuan." All of them."

"Shen'er, aren't you losing money by doing this? My mother-in-law doesn't want you to lose so much because of my mother-in-law."

"Don't worry, Concubine. When will I do a loss-making business? Of course I have my own ideas. Concubine must be hungry after being out for so long. Shitou will inform you to have a meal later and cook some of my concubine's favorite dishes. Go quickly!"

Soon the mother and son had a warm meal, and Li Shen chatted with Concubine Wei until Concubine Wei returned to the palace in the evening.

When Li Shen got up the next day, he summoned Wang Hongfu and explained the matter of giving the Wei brothers a share of tea. Li Shen remembered what Concubine Wei told him yesterday about what happened at Wei Ting's house. Although Concubine Wei didn't say anything else, the maid next to Concubine Wei told Lan Yuer about it when Lan Yu'er was teaching the method of milk tea. .

How could Li Shen allow someone to treat his mother like this? He had to add more fire to them.

Li Shen found Yirenju's madam, who was very enthusiastic.

"How are you doing with what I asked you to ask?" Li Shen asked while drinking tea.

"Back to Your Highness, our prince said that we are not planning to sell it. But as long as your Highness wants to use our place, we will support it for free." The old madam said with a flattering face.

"Not selling? What a pity. But tell Fifth Brother, when you change your mind, let me know. Maybe I can help him a little. If that doesn't work, I'll leave first. We have to find another way. .”

"His Royal Highness Prince Ji. If you need anything, we at Yirenju can help." said the old bustard.

"No need, this is my way to make money. Let me tell you how I can make money in the future." After saying that, Li Shen left Yirenju. The madam looked at Li Shen's back and said to herself that it was a pity. All the methods proposed by King Ji were ways to make money.

Li Shen came out of Yirenju and went directly to Dongshi. He still has many vacant shops in his possession, and there is one on the second floor next to the flavor restaurant. It used to be a cloth shop, so Li Shen asked Wang Hongfu to find someone to decorate it and turn it into private rooms.

The room in the back yard was turned into a high-end private room. A rockery and flowing water were built in the middle of the downstairs, and the surrounding walls were blocked by screens. It could be as elegant as possible, and the sooner the better, regardless of the cost.

Under Li Shen's money offensive, hundreds of craftsmen worked together to complete the construction in just five days. There are paintings and ink paintings inside, with small bridges and flowing water. Poetic. Li Shen also gave it an elegant name: Scholar Yajing.

Li Shen wanted to make drinking new tea a symbol of a sophisticated society. Li Shen even placed an advertisement in the newspaper. It was an elegant place for literati, a gathering place for literati, where three or five friends would meet, recite poems, and talk about life and death.

All of a sudden, the literati and elegant realm became completely popular, and it was always full every day. The literati and elegant realm is divided into several modes. You can make tea with your friends, or ask a special maid to help you make tea.

These maids are all the maids that Li Shen asked to come out of the palace soon. After being trained, they work here, which not only solves Li Shen's employment problem, but also solves the life problems of these maids.

There was also a special tea art performance in the hall, and Li Shen even let some big businessmen come in to watch. He also suggested that they open a teahouse in their hometown. Of course, it should not be called a literati and elegant place.

For a time, Boutique Pavilion's sales of tea and tea sets and tea sets surged, while Chang'an Weijia Tea House was empty. Not only the Wei family's teahouse, but other teahouses were also severely affected.

Li Shen's tea business has taken off all over the country. He has sent people to various tea-producing prefectures and counties to order autumn tea at high prices. There was an endless stream of merchants buying tea, and many people began to contact Wang Hongfu through their connections, hoping to get the goods in advance.

Chang'an Manfulou is a teahouse opened by a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan, and its business has always been very good. But now it is getting sluggish. The [-] tons of spring tea cakes that had just arrived in the first period could not be sold at all. The owner, Liu Zude, immediately set off for Chang'an after learning about the new tea.

These are mid-to-high-end tea cakes, worth 50 million yuan. If he really couldn't sell it, he would really lose all his money. This batch of goods was all his property. At first, he thought that if he finished it, he would be sitting on millions of dollars in assets. He became one of the best businessmen in Lingzhou. But who would have thought that Li Shen would release new tea.

Just when he was worried, the clerk came to report that he was Wang Hongfu, the shopkeeper of Boutique Pavilion, asking to see him. Liu Zude calmed down and went to the front hall of Manfu Building.

"Shopkeeper Wang is welcome from afar, so come and sit down. Someone is here to serve you tea."