Datang first village

The patriarch of the Cui clan, Cui Junsu's father, is also Cui Yingying's grandfather.When he came to Prince Qin's mansion, he did not represent the Cui family of Qinghe, but the Seventh Family, who came to ask for a betrothal gift.

The patriarch of the Li family in Longyou expressed his position before he came, that the dowry prepared now is only a mere 2 guan, but the follow-up preparation is [-] guan.As long as His Royal Highness King Qin can afford it, they can afford it.

The Boling Cui family even said that there is no limit.

Transactions, since it is a political marriage, there must be transactions.The sincerity of the Seventh Family is enough, and they did not discuss the dowry until two days before accepting the recruitment. Even if Qin Wangzhuang has no money, the base of the Seventh Family’s betrothal gifts has already been placed there, and there will only be more, not more. few.

In Li Yuanxing's small living room, Li Yuanxing ordered someone to prepare a sea of ​​root carving tea.

It is said that it is a small living room, if calculated according to the area of ​​later modern times, it is close to [-] square meters, and there are four small rooms for dressing and rest.The area of ​​the main hall is divided into several areas, some have a large round table for eating, some have tea, there is a small study room, and there is a waiting area for distinguished guests outside.

Speaking of the conference hall, if you really want to describe it, it is an auditorium.

The area of ​​the hall is more than three acres.

Sitting down face to face, Li Yuanxing took out a box of later generations of Wuyi Mountain black tea, which can be regarded as the peak variety of Jin Junmei.I got it from the master of the cabinet, I don't know that it was the filial piety of that young junior.

"Wuyi Mountain in Fujian is at its peak again!" Li Yuanxing made tea with warm water himself.

The patriarch of the Cui clan got up and saluted: "It's an honor to be able to drink the tea from His Highness!"

While waiting for the water to boil, Li Yuanxing took out a few sheets of paper equivalent to the size of A2 from under the table and put them on the table: "Originally, this object was intended to be shown to the storekeepers in charge of the two studies, and Mr. Cui also looked at it when he came. This thing is not very beneficial, but it is like a sharp knife, this king and Mr. Cui don't talk about those circles, this thing is only authorized to three families!"

What did Li Yuanxing take out?

It's two newspapers!One uses the method of commercial newspapers of later generations, and the front page is naturally the important news in Chang'an City. The first news on the first page of this one is the case of Changle Wang Li Youliang. The copy of Li Daozong's seal is the one used by the government to force the people to rebel.

Since Datang's paper and printing techniques were not yet able to achieve the effect of double-sided printing, the newspapers were all single-sided, and the accompanying pictures were also extremely simple.The five characters at the top of the newspaper, Chang'an News, were written by Yu Shinan.

The second edition contains some news about Chang'an City. The wedding of the King of Qin is naturally the headline of the second edition.

Cui Changshi has an article on it, as well as a congratulatory message from Empress Changsun in the palace, and a compliment from Du Ruhui!In this page, the most surprising thing to the Patriarch of the Cui clan was the congratulations from the Bashu Silk Chamber of Commerce. The Qin King's wedding dress was a small square provided by the Bashu Silk Chamber of Commerce.

The next edition will be some anecdotes about the market. That square city is on fire, and that street is full of congestion because a certain store has released a new product.In other words, a good person has done a good deed or something like that.

On this edition, the small square that surprised the patriarch of the Cui clan has become four.

There are two restaurant opening notices, and the other is the Changan Qinwang Jiuzhao agency, an OEM winery.The last one is a gold shop in Chang'an with the slogan of the shop, full of real gold, the latest style of very obvious small squares for publicity.

Scrolling down, there are short and interesting stories about the parents in Chang'an City, especially the tea party in Qinwangzhuang, which occupies almost half of the page.

Naturally, there is also a serialized story in this edition, and the serialized content is the masterpiece "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that has been circulated in the Tang Palace but is strictly forbidden to be circulated outside.

On another page, there are trivia and anecdotes, and then the number of those small squares accounts for almost half.

"This newsletter is extremely interesting!" After flipping through it quickly, the patriarch of the Cui clan was ready to read it from the beginning again, especially those few articles, which were really masterpieces.

Li Yuanxing poured tea for the chief of the Cui clan: "Please!"

"Good tea!" The patriarch of the Cui family only took a sip, and then praised: "This tea tastes sweet and refreshing when you swallow it in your throat. In the deep valley of the forest, there is a real fairy tea!"

"Elder Cui praises it highly! This method of making tea, I believe tea merchants will be able to master it within three years. Tea trees are not easy, but tea is even more difficult!"

"This kind of fairy tea, how can you take it easy!" The Cui clan leader smiled and drank another cup.

When Li Yuanxing brewed again, he pointed to another one: "The other one is for the government. Naturally, it is to speak for the Tang court, and the other two can be run by the private sector, talking about all the world's affairs and reading the world's articles. This newspaper Counting from six sheets per copy, the minimum printing cost is [-] copies, and with silk screen printing, the cost is no more than three renminbi, plus the cost of embellishment pens, etc., the cost of one copy is no more than five renminbi.”

This price is already extremely low. The patriarch of the Cui clan is not the kind of person who does not eat fireworks in the world, and he understands the market price.

Li Yuanxing also said: "One copy is sold for three articles, the seller can get one article, and the newspaper can get two articles. Thirty thousand copies can make a net profit of about [-] yuan. The greater the circulation in the future, the greater the profit will naturally be."

The patriarch of the Cui clan said in his heart that His Royal Highness Qin Wang must have made a mistake, the income is lower than the cost, how to make money.

But after thinking about it, is it possible that His Royal Highness King Qin made a mistake?

"Please enlighten me, Your Highness!"

"Don't dare to teach me." Li Yuanxing pointed to the piece of the Bashu Silk Chamber of Commerce: "This small piece, the Bashu Silk Chamber of Commerce will contract for a whole year, and it will issue ten copies per month, 30 copies per month. He invested [-] guan ! If there are [-] copies per issue, he will issue [-] copies every year, this is called Guanger Advertisement!"

The patriarch of the Cui clan immediately calculated in his mind, this is equivalent to the Bashu Silk Chamber of Commerce paying one penny for each share, ten months in a row, and the newspaper gave him two months.Since the Bashu Chamber of Commerce has it, there will be other small cubes as well.Whether there are many or not, if the design is reasonable, even if the newspaper is given out for free for this item alone, there will be money to be made.

Only Chang'an City, if you add Luoyang, and the surrounding counties and counties, based on a three-day period, at least [-] copies per period.

It really is a huge profit.

"That's a good one to tell you! His Royal Highness the King of Qin is really wise." The Cui Clan Chief naturally knows the power of the world.This newspaper is well used and can guide the world's scholars.So Qin Wang Li Yuanxing mentioned at the beginning that there is still an official job, which naturally speaks for the court.

I can't accept it.

"The Cui family and the Lu family were originally grateful to His Highness for the matter of the study, and with this thing, our Cui family's dowry seems to be light!" Cui's patriarch said the truth. For a person like Li Yuanxing, gossiping in circles is meaningless, it would be more sincere to speak out.

"They're all one family. It's too clear, but it seems extravagant. However, there is a small matter, please help me, Mr. Cui!"

The patriarch of the Cui clan was only slightly stunned for a moment, and immediately understood: "If His Highness thinks that the Buddhist sects around Chang'an are too rampant, this old man will not like them!"

"At that time, please ask Mr. Cui to help me!"

Having said that, there is no need to say any more.

Buddhism can be said to be the common enemy of Li Yuanxing and the Seventh Family. Buddhism has already hurt the interests of the family, so it must be suppressed.Even if Li Yuanxing didn't make a move, when the conflict reached a limit, the aristocratic family would still make a move.It's just that the aristocratic family also used the power of the imperial court.

At this time, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty took action, and if the aristocratic family helped, the effect would be twice the result with half the effort.

Li Yuanxing poured tea again: "The matter of tea, what this king means is that the head of the Seventh Family should not participate. No matter how many tea merchant associations there are, they must set a unified rule."

"Everything has its own rules!"

Li Yuanxing said again: "This is the interests of the Tang Dynasty, not the interests of a certain family. To put it more bluntly, tea farmers are not allowed to forcefully buy and sell tea when they grow tea. Dedicated to planting good tea. Talking about profit, tea farmers will see the real profit, and then there will be peak high-quality tea, otherwise there will only be ordinary tea that is not popular."

"His Royal Highness!" The patriarch of the Cui clan agreed with Li Yuanxing's words.

Everyone is different, everyone is wise, and profit, who in the entire Tang Dynasty would dare to say that King Qin of the Tang Dynasty did not understand profit!

"In May next year, this king is going to hold another tea party and invite celebrities from all over the world to compete for tea!"

"Fight! Good!" The chief of the Cui clan responded loudly.

This fight, for tea merchants, is the fight of tea quality.

For celebrities, what they are fighting for is etiquette, morality, Taoism, and realm!

In addition to them, an emerging industry has been added to the tea industry right now, and that is tea utensils.Whether pottery, porcelain, bamboo, wood, stone.In addition to utensils of various materials, there will naturally be sculptures, paintings and other high-quality goods.

Twelve bubbles of Jin Junmei, the tea is tasteless.

The patriarch of the Cui clan asked himself to choose a kind of tea to taste again at His Highness King Qin's place. Such a request was indeed a way to bring the relationship closer. Li Yuanxing was also willing to ask the patriarch of the Cui clan to choose by himself.

When the patriarch of the Cui clan went to choose tea, Li Yuanxing also went to get a wooden box from the bookshelf.

"This tea is known as Shuiyue tea. This old man has read the article by Cui Changshi of Prince Qin's Palace, and has a very high opinion of this tea!"

Shuiyue tea is later known as Biluochun, which belongs to the green tea category.Li Yuanxing took two tall glass cups and put them on the table. The patriarch of the Cui clan praised: "The tea is good, the tea utensils are really crystal cups, extremely good!"

Li Yuanxing shook his head: "In the first issue of the study newspaper, an article was added. This kind of object, the king will teach the method of making it. It is cheap, but the process is more complicated. To put it simply, it is to use special It is made of high-quality stone, and within three years, after the craftsman has mastered the skills, this thing is not as valuable as fine porcelain."

"Okay, don't let the fan merchants in the Western Regions cheat Datang's money again!"

The patriarch of the Cui clan also has some big nation theory, he can compete for money from foreign countries, but he cannot allow foreign countries to compete for money from the Tang Dynasty in large quantities.

"What Cui Lao said is that such a cup is considered the ultimate craftsmanship. But it is only worth ten buckets of rice, so the value of this thing must be suppressed, otherwise such a cup would be exchanged for ten horses from Tang Dynasty. Fine silk, of course, is unreasonable!"

"Extremely unreasonable!"

"Mr. Cui will look at this thing again. The king intends to let the Longxi Li family be responsible for the raw material of this thing!" Li Yuanxing opened the wooden box. (To be continued.)