Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 143 Chapter 140 Two To sell tea, you must learn how to package and tell stories!Little green orange!

The screen returns to Li Xiao's big boat.

When they wiped out Feng Wen last time, when they left, they suddenly discovered that there were still many tea leaves in the cabin that had not been removed.

Roughly counting, there are actually 5 catties of tea leaves!

It's not what they're here to stay.

It was due to the negligence of Lu Zhen and others when they carried the stolen goods, and they did not find the tea stored in the corner.

What a surprise!

Li Xiao and his team discussed it and decided to take it privately.
This trip just happened to come to Yangzhou.

Simply sell the tea in Yangzhou.

Tea was sold in the Ming Dynasty, so it was not considered a smuggling crime, and of course the profits were not as high as smuggling.

However, 5 catties of high-quality tea can definitely fetch a good price.

After some discussion, Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun shared [-]%, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui shared [-]%.

Everyone has no opinion.

After all, Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun did the most to capture Feng Wen this time.

Flowers fly in March, catkins fly in May.

Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March.

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed.

Li Xiao and others boarded a ship in Dezhou to purchase enough living supplies, and they sailed all the way south to Yangzhou.

Before arriving in Yangzhou, I saw the scenery and prosperity on both sides of the strait.

Yangzhou is the hub of water transport and the center of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The salt merchants from all over the world gathered together, making one rich.

The scenery on both sides of the strait is beautiful, with dense vegetation and lush greenery. Under the cover of the blue sky and white clouds, the water surface of the Yangzhou Canal is shining with light and shadow, and birds are passing by leisurely. Surrounded by green trees on both sides of the strait, it is like a picture scroll.

This canal is more spacious, and merchant ships are constantly coming and going, bustling, and there are countless flower boats on the river, singing and singing day and night.

"What a prosperous scene!"

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help exclaiming: "This is much more prosperous than Beiping."

A group of people grew up in Beiping. When they came to the south, they realized that the south is much richer than the north.

Moreover, the temperature is suitable and the scenery is good, and many beautiful women from Yangzhou can be seen walking together on both sides of the strait.

There are so many beauties in Yangzhou, and the prosperity is really prosperous.

Zhu Ningyun smiled and said: "The south is richer than the north, and the food in the north has to be provided by the south."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but sighed: "It would be great if we lived in the south forever!"

Li Xiao said in his heart, as long as you are honest, Zhu Di will seal you in Yunnan in the future, it is indeed very southern
But Zhu Gaosui hastily reminded: "Second brother, don't talk nonsense, you want to live in the south? Do you want to die?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu realized that he had indeed made a slip of the tongue.

If they can live in the south, unless there is a possibility, the father will become the emperor.

Is this possible?

This is impossible.

And it cannot be heard by outsiders.
"The third reminds us that we must be careful when we come here."

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly patted his mouth and said: "This place is no better than Beiping. After all, it is closer to Nanjing. Maybe there are Jin Yiwei around to check our whereabouts. It's not a joke."

The king of the county cannot leave the fief, and it would be a big deal if he was discovered.

"Let's have fun here in Yangzhou, and sell this batch of tea in Yangzhou, then we will go to Suzhou and then return to Beiping." Zhu Gaoxu said.

"it is good."

Everyone agrees.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Third brother, I will leave it to you to find a buyer."

Zhu Gaosui nodded: "Second brother, don't worry, I promise it will be done properly."

"No hurry, the tea is not in a hurry to sell."

Li Xiao waved his hand.

What a joke, just sell it directly, how low is the profit? ?
It must be packaged and sold at a good price.

Zhu Gaoxu asked puzzledly: "Why? Wouldn't it be better to get rid of it earlier, after all, the origin of this batch of goods is not correct."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "It is precisely because the origin is not correct that we have to package the tea before selling it! And if we sell it directly, it won't sell much silver taels."

"How many silver taels can't you sell?"

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback, and said: "Brother-in-law, this is 5 catties of high-quality Pu'er tea, and it sells for a tael of silver per catty, so [-] catties is [-] taels!"

When I heard 5 taels, everyone thought it was quite a lot!
Divided among four people, it is 1 taels for Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaoxu!

The corners of Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but twitched, he spent his money on food all the way, and he didn't expect to make money.

"5 taels? It's small, and the layout is small."

Li Xiao chuckled and said, "How much can Feng Wen earn from selling this tea to other countries?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: "Of course the price of smuggling is high, 5 catties of tea can earn 30 taels."

Li Xiao said to himself: "Believe it or not, I can earn 5 taels for my 30 catties of tea?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was slightly taken aback.

However, the strength of brother-in-law has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

They have to believe, they just don't know how.

"Brother-in-law, can you sell tea at such a high price in Yangzhou? This is not smuggling."

Zhu Gaosui said.

"hey-hey."

Li Xiao smiled brightly: "Let me ask you, has the price of the same dish doubled in high-end hotels?"

"It seems to be." Zhu Gaosui nodded.

"why?"

"Because the culinary skills in high-end restaurants are better?"

Li Xiao nodded: "That's almost what it means. The same piece of rope is worthless. You can tie the rope to a crab, and the rope can be sold for the price of the crab! In the same way, to do business, you must learn to tell stories and make money." Packaging, improve the grade of goods, so as to increase profits."

"It makes sense."

Everyone nodded.

"Well, you don't need to know so much for now."

Li Xiao ordered: "When we arrive in Yangzhou, Gao Xu is in charge of going to the fruit merchant to buy a batch of small oranges. Gao Sui, you are in charge of finding out all the tea merchants in Yangzhou City."

Li Xiao already had a plan in mind.

In the last life, there was a kind of tea that sold very well, and the price was also high.

It is to make a new model of tea and new packaging, which looks taller.

One is called Xiaoguancha, and the other is called Xiaoqinggan.

What Li Xiao wants to do is this little green mandarin orange. The Pu'er tea is wrapped in orange peel, which looks high-grade, and the tea has the fragrance of oranges, adding to the charm.

There are also artificial food flavors in the warehouse of our own system.

At that time, add some flavor, the fragrance will be out of print and good tea!

"Ok."

The two nodded.

Zhu Gaoxu was a little puzzled and said: "It's strange, we sell tea, why do we buy oranges from fruit merchants?"

Before Li Xiao could speak, Zhu Gaosui said contemptuously: "Second brother, don't you know what your brother-in-law is capable of? If you are told to go, go. Why are there so many?"

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help scolding at the youngest, "I think you're itchy again, you deserve a beating."

"Second brother, I was wrong."

Zhu Gaosui slipped away immediately.

One of them ran away, the other chased.

In a blink of an eye, he disappeared.

Looking at the two funny brothers, Zhu Ningyun and Li Xiao looked at each other and smiled.

Along the way, everyone's relationship has become more and more harmonious.

"Ningyun, drink a pot of tea, we will almost arrive in Yangzhou."

"Xiaolang, let me make you some tea."

With that said, Zhu Ningyun stood up and skillfully made tea.

【Ding!Your sweetheart makes tea for you intimately, and both parties are very happy.Get sweet points: 30 points.Trigger 50 times crit, get sweet points: 1500 points. 】

【Current points: 452000 points】

Seeing the abundant points, Li Xiao almost laughed out loud.

"Xiaolang, why are you so happy?"

After the tea was finished, Zhu Ningyun poured tea for Li Xiao herself, without any pretensions of a princess.

"It's nothing." Li Xiao hurriedly covered it up: "It's not about making money right away, happy, we have more money."

Zhu Ningyun said: "Xiaolang, do you think you can really sell this batch of tea at such a high price?

Li Xiao said: "I'm not very sure, you can give it a try."

"Well, there is no cost for our batch of tea leaves. In fact, we can sell more or less."

Zhu Ningyun said so.

Li Xiao smiled slightly: "Ningyun, it seems that you don't believe it?"

Zhu Ningyun hurriedly shook her head and said: "It's not that I don't believe it, I naturally believe in my husband, I mean it doesn't matter even if I fail."

"I still don't believe it. Then let's make a bet?"

"bet?"

"Yes, bet."

Li Xiao took a sip of tea and said, "Just bet on whether this batch of tea can be sold for 30 taels. If I win, I have to kiss you."

Zhu Ningyun smiled and said, "What if you lose."

Li Xiao: "Then I'll let you kiss me."

Zhu Ningyun: "You are good or bad"

【Ding!You flirt with Zhu Ningyun, you flirt with each other, the two parties are very happy.Get sweet points: 40 points.Trigger 50 times crit, get sweet points: 2000 points. 】

After half an hour.

The boat stopped at Yangzhou Wharf, and Li Xiao and others disembarked.

Thoroughly see the prosperity of Yangzhou city.

Just this pier, super big.

There are many shirtless men on the pier.

Coming and going to unload merchant ships, it feels like a pier on the beach.

"Do you want to unload the cargo, sir?"

As soon as I got off the pier, someone came to ask after a while.

"Need not."

Li Xiao and his party left the pier and rode towards Yangzhou City.

After entering Yangzhou City, everyone was shocked.

This place is almost as lively as the Shangyuan Festival in Beiping.

The rumbling carriages, the peddlers carrying goods, the passers-by in a hurry, and the row upon row of shops constitute a vivid picture of the ancient market.

Along the way, everyone was like Grandma Liu entering a big manor, looking left and right, full of freshness everywhere, so happy.

Li Xiao wandered around with Zhu Ningyun on his arm, bought a bunch of candied haws, watched the juggling sound well, threw a piece of silver to win the crowd
It is worth mentioning that there are a lot of students in green shirts here. The status of scholars in the Ming Dynasty was very high, but there was no compulsory education in the Ming Dynasty, and studying was a very expensive thing.

In this affluent place, there are naturally many scholars.

And they don't have to do any labor, just read sage books.

Therefore, candidates from the north will never be able to pass candidates from the south.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi are at the dinner table, they haven't discussed this matter yet.
Li Xiao also found out that many shops in Yangzhou City had already sold Snowflake White Salt.

The source of these white salts is naturally from Li Xiao, from Beiping.

Although this snowflake silver is produced in Beiping, not many people in Beiping can afford it.

On the contrary, luxury is common in a rich place like Yangzhou, and only the rich can afford it.

"How much is this salt?"

On a whim, Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun went to a store to ask the price.

The waiter said: "The best snowflake white salt, ten taels of silver a catty."

They obtained the salt through the Chinese law, so it is a legitimate business, but the price is too exaggerated!

Snow white salt in Yangzhou, has such a high price been fried?
Hearing this, Li Xiao and the others were shocked.

What a good guy!
The salt that these merchants bought with grain equivalent to 2 taels of silver can be sold at a high price of 10 taels of silver in a blink of an eye.

Li Xiao never expected that the snowflake white salt he developed would become exclusive to the rich.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang has obtained the formula of snowflake white salt, and the price will come down after a while, and the common people will be able to afford snowflake white salt.

Li Xiao deliberately asked: "Can this salt be cheaper?"

"No counter-offering."

The waiter in the shop waved his hand and said with a smile: "If you don't buy it again, the price will have to increase after a while. Beiping's snowflake white salt is no longer open to the public."

It can be seen that although the snowflake white salt is expensive, they don't have to worry about selling it!

Li Xiao smiled and shook his head, then left.

"This gang of profiteers actually sold this snowflake white salt for ten taels of silver."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help scolding.

"It's okay, the salt merchants in Yangzhou are rich, so what we harvest is the salt merchants! The leeks of these big profiteers!"

Li Xiao smiled faintly.

At the same time, he came up with a plan to make his tea more sellable.

This Yangzhou is famous for its many salt merchants and is full of wealthy salt merchants.

And now, the founder of Snowflake White Salt is here.

May I ask, do you want to meet these salt merchants?
I'm afraid I'm going to smash my head and want to see each other!

At that time, a business promotion meeting will be held, saying that he has developed a new tea, and these businessmen are not begging to buy it?
Li Xiao looked at Zhu Gaosui and said, "Gao Sui, spread the news that the founder of Snowflake White Salt is in Yangzhou, but don't reveal my location, let's create an atmosphere first."

"Okay. Huh."

Zhu Gaosui's head was bright, and he suddenly understood what his brother-in-law was up to.

What a trick!

My brother-in-law is the founder of this Snowflake White Salt!

For these salt merchants, they are like gods!

When my brother-in-law launches a high-end tea, will these salt merchants buy it? ?
Zhu Ningyun also figured this out, and looked at Li Xiao in surprise: "Xiao Lang, so everything is under your control."

Li Xiao laughed, very proud.

In fact, he just thought of it.
"Ningyun, the silk in this shop is so beautiful, I'm going to buy some ready-made clothes for you."

"Well, I'll pick a few for you too."

The whole morning quickly passed by, Li Xiao went shopping with Ning Yun, bought a lot of clothes, specialty products, and earned a lot of sweet points along the way.

It wasn't until noon that I stayed in the hotel, and I found the best, most expensive and most luxurious inn to live in.

With so many people staying in such a luxurious inn, it costs 100 taels of silver a night!

But Li Xiao didn't feel bad at all.

Because along the way, Li Xiao won 1000 taels of silver from Zhu Gaoxu
Directly squeezed Zhu Gaoxu dry.

Zhu Gaosui was almost exhausted, because he paid for the meals along the way.

Just because Li Xiao gave him the coquettish nickname of Yuhuatian
I have to say, the brothers' money is really easy to cheat!
Li Xiao said that luxury prospered in Ming Dynasty.

We don't have so much psychological burden when we are extravagant.

And it's Li Xiao's money, so there's no burden.
After settling down, everyone had new activities.

When you arrive in Yangzhou, the first thing to do is to experience the local food!
Li Xiao, Zhu Ningyun, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui, Wei Jiangxue, and Zhang Cuicui went together to find the best restaurant.

"Zuixianlou is the most famous restaurant in Yangzhou?"

Zhu Gaosui asked a gorgeously dressed man who looked like a student on the street.

"Of course, the dishes there are the best in the world!"

This Yangzhou local talent said proudly: "Come to Yangzhou without going to Zuixianlou. It's a visit. The famous chef Ba Dasho has superb cooking skills. Many people travel thousands of miles just to taste his cooking. Especially Na Dong Pork meat, just thinking about it makes people salivate and salivate!"

This talented man also looks at the dishes and eats, and talks to people.

If it was an ordinary person, he wouldn't bother to talk to him.

Where can ordinary people afford Zuixianlou?

However, Li Xiao and his group are luxuriously dressed and have an extraordinary temperament, so they must be either rich or expensive.

Zhu Gaoxu said excitedly: "Let's go to the Zuixian Tower. I want to see if it is so magical, and if the Tianfeng Restaurant in Beiping tastes good."

In ancient times, leisure and entertainment were rare, and rich people had few hobbies, nothing more than food, wine, and beautiful women.
Although Zhu Gaoxu is not as greedy as Zhu Gaochi, he also likes food. He has tasted all the food in Beiping, and became interested in the food in Yangzhou.

In this way, a group of people headed towards Zuixian Tower with great interest.

The location of this Zuixian Tower is excellent, with luxurious decoration. Li Xiao and the others entered and found the best location on the third floor, where they could see the beautiful scenery of the canal and the whole city.

There are many diners inside, and it can be seen that most of them are wealthy businessmen.

No wonder it is said that Yangzhou is rich and prosperous. The food here is expensive, but so many people can afford it.

"What would you like to eat, officer?"

Xiao Er warmly came up to greet her.

"Bring me the best and most expensive dishes in your store."

Zhu Gaoxu patted the table directly and said.

"Okay, guest officer." Seeing these people's unfamiliar faces, the waiter in the shop said, "Guest officer, our best famous chef Ba Dasho is very expensive."

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said, "Afraid we won't be able to pay?"

The waiter hurriedly said with a flattering smile: "No, no, guest officer, I just want to let you know, do you want eight shovels to cook?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "Yes, it's the eight big shovels, and the best dishes will be served to you."

The waiter in the shop reminded softly: "If Badasho makes it himself, the most famous eight dishes. 1000 taels of silver, do you think it is acceptable?"

what!
Even though Li Xiao and the others were rich, they were also shocked by the exorbitant price.

Eight dishes, 1000 taels of silver!

too exaggerated!

This is simply stealing money, and it's not so fast, okay?
Zhu Gaosui touched his pocket, damn it, there is not enough money
All the money in the purse was wiped out along the way, so I had to make money quickly.

"Eight dishes, 1000 taels of silver? Are you sure you're right?"

Zhu Gaoxu stood up in disbelief.

He has eaten all kinds of delicious food, and this is the first time he has eaten such an expensive meal.

The waiter's expression was a little subtle, and his tone was a little flatter, and said: "Our Zuixian Tower is famous far and wide, and the price is clearly marked. If you don't believe me, you can ask the diners around."

The voice fell.

The rich businessmen and diners around the third floor laughed and whispered:

"What a fuss, menacing. I thought it was rich, silver gun candle head."

"Yeah, who in Yangzhou doesn't know that if you want the Eight Great Shovels, that's the price."

"Some people just like to slap swollen faces to pretend to be fat, and they obviously have no strength."

"Is 1000 taels of silver expensive for eight dishes? I think it's okay. Haha"

These voices came.

Zhu Gaoxu's face changed a little, feeling that he was insulted.

Damn, how are these people so rich?

1000 taels of silver for eight dishes, still take it for granted?

This made Zhu Gaoxu, the son of King Yan, feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

The waiter at the shop said at this time: "Guest officer, if you think it is expensive, you can ask the apprentice of Ba Dasho to help. The same eight dishes only cost 100 taels of silver, and the taste is only worse."

"Am I short of money?"

Zhu Gaoxu patted the table and said, "Let Bada Shovel cook and serve us!"

They are the children of King Yan, so how could they lose face in front of these businessmen?
And my beloved Wei Jiangxue is still by my side, so it's too embarrassing to just leave in such a despondent way!
I could only grit my teeth and swallow it.
It's more expensive, it's not that you can't afford it, just don't come next time.

"Guest officer."

The waiter in the shop said softly: "Because you are out-of-towners and meeting for the first time, so we have to"

The implication is to give money first.

After all, the price is expensive, and it also prevents others from eating overlord meals.

There are too many people who want to eat Ba Dasho's overlord meal, so we have to guard against it.

"Hmph." Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly and then sat down, looking at Gao Sui: "Yuhuatian, why are you standing there, give me the money."

"I?"

Zhu Gaosui pointed to his nose, dazed.

1000 taels of silver, do you think my money came from floods?

When Zhu Gaosui went out, he only brought 1000 taels of silver bills with him, and he had almost enough to eat and drink along the way, so how can he still have so much money now?

Zhu Gaosui could only look at Li Xiao.

Li Xiao didn't have that much money, he paid for the hotel stays along the way.
The tea leaves haven't been sold yet, so I can only look at Zhu Ningyun.
Zhu Ningyun was straightforward, and directly took out 1000 taels of silver and put it on the table.

The wife is still rich!
"Okay! Ladies and gentlemen, please wait a moment."

The shop clerk picked up the bank note with a smile on his face, and his address changed from Guest Officer to Lord.

I have to say, money is still useful.

Li Xiao felt a pain in his heart, he ate 1000 taels of silver for a meal, which is too extravagant!
This simply contributes to Yangzhou's GDP!

Like the theory I said before.

Although it is a public good, it is a personal sin
guilt guilt
After this meal, I must take a good harvest of the wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou.

I have to say, money is easy to do.

"Everyone, your dishes are here—"

After half an hour, with a shout, eight dishes were served on the table.

Yangzhou cuisine belongs to Huaiyang cuisine. The main characteristics are: strict selection of ingredients, fine knife skills, outstanding main ingredients, attention to original taste, emphasis on firework, good at stewing, clear and mellow soup, thick but not greasy.
Yangzhou chef is good at carving melon and fruit food.

Huaiyang cuisine is as famous as Beijing, Sichuan, and Cantonese cuisine, and is known as "the best food in the southeast".

The eight dishes are:

Eight-treasure gourd, Liangxi crispy eel, colorful butterfly flying, pipa prawns, chrysanthemum conch, Dongpo meat, crab meat lion head, squirrel squid.

have to say,

Badasho is worthy of being a famous chef, and the taste of the dishes he cooks is indeed one-of-a-kind.

The taste is indeed good, each dish has its own characteristics, and it is delicious in color, fragrance, nothing to say.

until
When several people ate Dongpo meat, they found something was wrong.

This Dongpo pork tastes okay.

But not as good as Li Xiao
Zhu Gaoxu said contemptuously: "No, no, this Dongpo meat tastes a little worse, not as good as brother-in-law's. Is this a famous chef?"

Zhu Gaosui also smiled and said: "Don't talk about brother-in-law, it's not as good as the Dongpo meat I made."

The voice fell.

All the diners on the third floor were stunned. How could anyone dare to say that the Dongpo pork they cooked was better than the famous chef Badasho?
The signboard of Zuixianlou is unquestionable, and it depends on this taste.

The little one at the side said: "Gentlemen, are you here to find fault? This Dongpo pork is Badasho's signature dish. It's not a good idea to talk about it. Take back what you just said."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was not happy, he slammed the table and said angrily: "What's the matter? Why don't you let others tell you if you can't do it?"

The anxious atmosphere soon spread to the back kitchen.

When someone questioned his craftsmanship, the chef, who is proud of his cooking skills, took a kitchen knife and slammed it on the sticky board, penetrating three points.

"Who doesn't have a good eye to say that my eight shovels of Dongpo meat are not as good as others? Take me to a meeting!"

(End of this chapter)