Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 869 Seizing the Japanese Benzene Tea Market (Two in One)

In the past, she would have been able to visit Lu Jiuyuan the day after they came back.The friendship between the two parties is also a teacher and a friend, so she doesn't need to worry too much.

But now that she is the eldest princess and a woman, she has more scruples, so she can only post a post to ask them to come to the house.

In fact, posting a post to invite Lu Jiuyuan and the three of them to the princess mansion was already inappropriate in the eyes of those who abide by the rules.But Du Jinning didn't intend to abide by the set of rules that women imprison themselves.

If she is afraid that others will gossip about her, she will abide by that set of rules, and the final result will be to be trapped in a cocoon, and she will be wrapped up in this rule to death.

Therefore, she has to make her own rules and go out of her own way.For the sake of Qi Muyuan, she can abide by the big defense between men and women; but to what extent it is up to her to decide.

The weak are the executors of the rules; the strong have always been the makers of the rules.

She's going to be a rule-maker.

Five days later, in the Princess Mansion, Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, who had time to come out, received Lu Jiuyuan and the others together.

Yes, only Lu Jiuyuan and the three of them.An Shi stayed in Riben and didn't follow her back.

As a person of humble origin in Da Song, An Shi felt that he would never be able to wash away the brand on his body.

Even if one day he relies on his strong piano skills to stand out, when he is recognized by others and reveals his identity, all his efforts will collapse.

After all, in Runzhou before, even if he didn't serve people in person, he still played the piano in public. Many people knew him, and he had served many guests.

In Riben, no one knows his origin and background. Everyone is very fond of him because of his superb piano skills, because of his deep understanding of the tea ceremony, and because of his outstanding appearance.

So when Lu Jiuyuan and the others returned to Song Dynasty, he didn't follow them back.

He didn't say he wasn't coming back, he just said he wanted to live in Japan for a while.If you want to come back in the future, you can come back on a ship of merchants or monks.

Lu Jiuyuan really loves An Shi, a motivated child, and is willing to find a new identity for him, so that he can go back to Song Dynasty to live in peace. When Zhao Wen asked about An Shi, Lu Jiuyuan put An Shi's background and current concerns all He told Zhao He all the truth.

Of course, even Lu Jiuyuan didn't know how An Shi was brought to Du Garden by Du Jinning.What he said to Zhao Huo was the same explanation that Du Jinning gave him at the beginning - because there was a lack of luthiers in the tea ceremony, she heard that An Shi's piano skills were superb, so she redeemed him for him and asked him to be the tea ceremony luthier in the garden.

Du Jinning can understand An Shi's choice.

She expressed a few words about An Shi's affairs, and then asked her most concerned question: "How is the tea plantation in Japan? How big is the area? How many people drink tea? How popular is the tea ceremony in Japan?"

"There is no universal drinking of tea in Japan. When we went, the habit of drinking tea was only popular among monks, so we only planted some in front of and behind the temple. The area is not large, only enough for the monks in the temple to drink. After we went, in the Several tea parties were held in the aristocratic circles, and the custom of drinking tea for the Japanese nobles began to form. In this way, the tea produced in Japan was not enough. Fortunately, when we went, we listened to your advice and carried a batch of tea In the past, this solved the urgent need." Lu Jiuyuan said.

"After all, the tea we shipped was not much, and the tea was not stored, so it was almost exhausted in half a year. Fortunately, the business exchanges between Japan and Song Dynasty were frequent. The merchants of Song Dynasty saw that the tea of ​​Japan was expensive. We also shipped some tea from the Song Dynasty, and this is enough to meet the needs of the nobles."

"The price of tea in Japan is still high now?" Du Jinning asked.

Lu Jiuyuan nodded: "Although Japan and Song Dynasty are just across the sea and not far away, the risk at sea is high, and the ships of merchants are not as wide and strong as ours. The risks are high, and the cost of transportation is high." Naturally, it is high. This kind of price is also maintained by the merchants intentionally, and they do not want it to fall."

"I heard..." Shi Xiu, who had been silent all this time, interjected, "Riben plans to grow tea trees. When we came back, some nobles were scrambling to buy tea from the mountains."

Du Jinning nodded, but did not speak.

"Does the princess want to..." After all, Lu Jiuyuan has been with Du Jinning for a long time. He knows that Du Jinning's situation is very big, and many things start from the overall situation. Du Jinning's thoughts.

Du Jinning nodded and laughed: "I asked the three gentlemen to buy the tea mountain, how is it now?"

Lu Jiuyuan didn't ask clearly, and Du Jinning didn't answer, but everyone is a smart person, and they can know the elegance after hearing the string song. When Du Jinning asked this question, everyone understood.

Peng Shicheng smiled and said: "Thanks to the princess' reminder, we sent experienced tea planters to guide tea planting, and even gave them the secret tea making techniques. The tea mountain at home has also made a lot of money selling tea in the past two years."

"Yes." Lu Jiuyuan was very emotional, "I didn't expect that when I was old, I would not only gain fame in Confucianism, enjoy enough respect in the tea ceremony, but also become a fifth-rank official, and even my family's money would become more and more prosperous." Getting richer and richer. All this is thanks to the princess."

As he spoke, he straightened his clothes, stood up, and respectfully bowed to Du Jinning: "Thank you, Princess, for your support."

Shi Xiu and Peng Shicheng also saluted.

Du Jinning sideways avoided, waved his hands and said: "Don't say that quickly. Everything about the three gentlemen is the hard work of the gentlemen themselves, and it has nothing to do with me."

This is Du Jinning's humble resignation.

The three of Lu Jiuyuan are not ungrateful. They don't know that if there is no Du Jinning's leadership, even if they have made a little name in Confucianism, they will definitely not be famous now. "Prosperity Famous News" made them famous. .Not to mention the tea ceremony.Without the tea ceremony, it would be impossible for them to go to Japan, let alone be bestowed by Zhao Yu as a fifth-rank official.

Although the three of them are not too short of money, they are not particularly rich people. Their family is just a few hundred acres of land passed down from their ancestors.Without the house gifted by Du Jinning, it would not be easy for them to buy a house in the capital.

Now, because they followed the right person, everything will come to fruition, fame and fortune, and the three of them are grateful to Du Jinning from the bottom of their hearts.

After the three of them sat down, Du Jinning said, "If you have money, buy more tea mountains. Buying tea mountains is better than buying fields."

"Yes, thank you princess for your suggestion." Lu Jiuyuan said gratefully.

When they went to Japan, they brought their own tea leaves and sold them there at a high price, earning a lot of money.

Even if Du Jinning didn't mention the money, they planned to buy Chashan again.But all three of them felt that they should discuss it with Du Jinning.

Du Jinning is not only a genius in reading, a genius in farming, but also a genius in business.Looking at how much money he earned in a few years of hard work, we can fully see Du Jinning's business talent.

And they listened to Du Jinning's words, bought Chashan, and made a lot of money in a blink of an eye.

So they believed in Du Jinning's vision.

Sending off the three of Lu Jiuyuan, Qi Muyuan had something to do, Du Jinning saw that he had already gone to court, so he took a car to the palace and handed a sign to see Zhao Wei.

Zhao Yu was discussing matters with several courtiers. When he heard that Du Jinning asked to see him, he was overjoyed, and said to the eunuch who came to send the message: "Please hurry up."

"...Yes." The eunuch who came to report wanted to ask Du Jinning where to meet.After all, Du Jinning is a woman, and normally, even if Zhao He wanted to see her, he shouldn't be in this hall for discussion.

Fortunately, he stopped his stupid move in time.

Since the emperor didn't specifically confess, then he is here to meet with him, and there is no need for him to ask.

Those who discussed the matter were Qi Bokun and Hong Huazhong, several confidant veterans.

Hearing that Zhao Yu was going to summon Du Jinning, several veteran officials looked at each other, wondering if they should leave first.

The last time Hong Huazhong was slapped in the face by Du Jinning, Hong Huazhong's face was still a little painful. He didn't want to see Du Jinning, and he took the lead in leaving without waiting for other people's flirtatious discussions: "Since Princess Ning has something to report, I will go to the side hall first. Sit down."

"No, you all have to listen to what she has to say in Ningguo." Zhao Hu vetoed it.

When Zhao He heard that Du Jinning asked to see him, he was very happy, because he guessed what Du Jinning was here for today.

He also understood Du Jinning's temperament. If there were no important government affairs, Du Jinning would not have come to see him on his own initiative.

As for the field, yesterday he summoned an official working under Du Jinning to inquire about the progress and situation. Everything went well there, so it was not a matter of high-yielding rice.

On the contrary, Japan and Du Jinning have repeatedly mentioned the relationship and exchanges between the two countries.Now that Lu Jiuyuan and the others had just returned from Japan, they must have told Du Jinning about the situation there.

In other words, Du Jinning is likely to have a new view and plan for Japan.

He wanted these old ministers to see Du Jinning's ability.

Some old ministers are loyal and capable, but they are too proud and always feel that the world cannot function without them.Zhao He just wanted them to see that a young man like Du Jinning with broad vision and flexible thinking was completely different from them.She can open up new avenues for Da Song, which is no worse than them.

Soon, Du Jinning was brought in by the eunuch.

Du Jinning greeted Zhao He, and several veteran officials, including Qi Bokun, had to salute Du Jinning.

Of course, they are all casual bows, and there is no need to salute.

Zhao He gave Du Jinning a seat, and asked: "The imperial sister always goes to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. What good idea do you have for coming this time?"

Du Jinning is such a transparent person, seeing that Zhao Ho didn't send these veterans away, or summoned her in another place, she knew that Zhao Ho had already guessed her reason for coming.

She didn't make any detours, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, my younger sister wants to propose to you to seize the Japanese tea market in time."

"Oh?" Not only Zhao He, but also several old officials were interested.

"How do you say that?" Zhao Wei asked.

Du Jinning repeated what Lu Jiuyuan and the others had said, and said: "The price of Japanese tea leaves is high, and growing tea is profitable. They definitely want to grow tea on a large scale. Once their teas are on the market, the market for Japanese tea will be saturated. Without us What's the matter. Now that there are still few people who have the idea of ​​growing tea, let's quickly transport a large amount of tea to reduce the price of tea. Once the price drops, we find that growing tea is not as cost-effective as buying our Dasong tea directly. Benz's tea market is ours."

No one present was not human sperm, everyone understood when Du Jinning said it.

That's right, the Japanese tea market is still blank. Da Song transported the tea to sell there, and earned money from the Japanese people.Now that Song Dynasty's navigation technology can support them to sail to farther places, there is no risk at all in transporting tea to Japan.

Earning the money of Da Song's own family, how can it be better to earn money from other countries?Besides, if they can slowly infiltrate other aspects through the sale of tea, are they still afraid that Japan Benzene and Da Song will not deal with it?

Since it can invade the Japanese benzene tea market in this way, can it be processed in accordance with the law in Korea?
Everyone thinks a little too much, and their thinking drifts away without knowing it.

Zhao Yu was so happy that he changed his restrained and reserved character, "haha" he laughed loudly: "Sister Huang really has a good idea." As he spoke, he even glanced at the veterans proudly.

This glance left everyone speechless.

What are you so proud of?Is this your own sister?Does someone have half a penny relationship with you?

But this Du Jinning really doesn't look like a woman.Not to mention women, even those ministers in the court are not as broad-sighted and flexible as her.Sure enough, he is worthy of being a god-man who can develop high-yield rice in just one or two years.

Hong Huazhong knew the difference between his granddaughter and Du Jinning last time, and now this feeling is even deeper.

Du Jinning just reminded Zhao He that she didn't care about how to do this matter and how to do it. She used the excuse not to hinder Zhao He and their discussion. Then went home.

She originally transferred the tea garden to Qi Muyuan, but after she came back, Qi Muyuan transferred it back to her name.This is her own dowry. If Qi Muyuan takes a concubine or the two have conflicts in the future, Du Jinning still plans to divorce. Naturally, she will not give these hens that lay golden eggs to Qi Muyuan.

But while taking back the tea garden, she also returned the bank note that Qi Muyuan had given him.

"You take it. What's mine is yours. Isn't it only natural for a wife to manage the family's money?" Qi Muyuan said.

So Du Jinning honestly accepted the money.Of course, she recorded this money in their small public accounts, and it was considered the joint property of the husband and wife.

After returning home, Du Jinning called Yao Shuqi in and asked, "Have you visited the recovered tea mountain? Has the personnel changed?"

Some time ago, she was busy getting married, and then she was busy raising seedlings. After Qi Muyuan returned the tea mountain to her, she didn't have time to take a look at it, so she ordered Yao Shuqi to take a look.She planned to take stock of the affairs of Chashan and hand it over to Zhuang Yue for management.

"I've seen it, and the personnel haven't changed, and the tea trees have been well taken care of," Yao Shuqi said.

Du Jinning nodded: "In the afternoon of the next day, tell the shopkeeper Zhuang to wait on the Zhuangzi, and let's go and see the tea garden together." Thinking of the vast tea market, she decided to buy some more mountain land to grow tea.

　so late again, sorry
　　
　
(End of this chapter)