Capital Datang

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With Li Yin's instructions, coupled with Gao Zhong's ability to handle affairs, he quickly raised a large sum of money.As for the tea workshop, there has been a change, because Liu Hu suggested to Li Yin: The method of frying tea is very simple, and most people can learn it. If you want to keep it secret, it is better to use the servants in the palace. These people do not have any personal identity. Freedom, even life belongs to the master Li Yin, as long as no one is allowed to approach the tea workshop, there is no need to worry about the danger of leaking secrets.For good suggestions, Li Yin of course immediately adopted them.Afterwards, he asked Wen'er and Hua'er about the servants, but after Wen'er explained it for a long time, Li Yin finally figured it out.It turns out that in addition to the strict hierarchy system in the Tang Dynasty, there were also good and bad people. The so-called good people included the royal family, officials, monks and ordinary people, and the low people were the untouchables, and the servants were the untouchables.Moreover, slaves are divided into official slaves and private slaves. Official slaves are mainly confiscated criminals, while private slaves are mainly civilians who have to sell themselves as slaves because of life.

The servants in King Li Yin's mansion are all official slaves, and all of them are Li Yin, the King of Liang. Most of these servants are assigned by Si Nong Temple, and some of the maids are from Yeting Palace.Without Li Yin's permission, these servants would not be able to leave the Prince Liang's mansion for the rest of their lives, and even the marriage would have to be approved by Li Yin. It can be said that there would be no safety and personal freedom.

At the end of Wen'er and Hua'er's talk, they couldn't stop crying. Although their status in the palace is relatively high, they can be regarded as a kind of servants.Both of them are the daughters of criminal officials. Because of their good looks, they were selected to study music and dance in the Jiaofang Division.

Regarding what happened to the two women, although Li Yin sympathizes, he has nothing to do. After all, the general environment of the whole society is such that he cannot change it alone.In order to make the two girls happy, Li Yin tore up the contracts of the two girls face to face, and asked someone to help them re-register their household registrations, thus restoring the two girls' freedom.This made the two girls very grateful to Li Yin. After getting along with him during this period, they also had a good impression of Li Yin, a kind-tempered prince. They came to the palace for almost half a month, but Li Yin still hadn't touched him. Their bodies have never lost their temper with their servants. In private, they are often glad to meet such a good master. Now that Li Yin has restored their freedom and won the loyalty of the two women, they are determined to He followed Li Min wholeheartedly.Capital Datang 14

In just a few days, Gao Zhong sent people to buy a lot of tea, and Liu Hu's tea workshop had already started, but the location of the workshop was moved from the tea garden to Li Yin's Prince Liang's Mansion, which was very large. Occupying nearly half of Anxingfang, in the northeast corner of the Wangfu, that area is the workshop area of ​​the Wangfu, where there are many workshops such as clothing workshops, breweries, paper workshops, etc. The chairs, coffee tables and other furniture designed by Li Yin before It was built by one of the woodware workshops, and now there is another tea workshop.Thanks to Gao Zhong for the reminder, otherwise Li Yin really didn't know that there are so many workshops in his palace.It's a pity that these workshops are not large in scale, and the products they produce can only supply the needs of the palace, and are generally not sold to the outside world. The tea workshop has set a precedent.

"My lord, according to what you said, the three-pot tea-frying stove has been built, and now the efficiency has increased several times at once. Sixty workers can produce about 120 catties of tea per day, of which 4 catties of raw tea can produce one catty of tea leaves. The output of the tea garden plus the purchased tea leaves is about [-] jin, so it will take more than a month to finish all the tea." Liu Hu reported the current situation of the tea workshop to Li Yin with joy.In Li Yin's previous demonstration, he used one pot to fry tea, and adjusted the temperature in the pot from time to time. However, when frying tea on a large scale, this method is inefficient, so Li Yin talked about the method of connecting three pots to fry tea. Come out, let Liu Hu implement it, and the efficiency has increased several times.

"Well, yes, the reward system for the workers must be fully implemented. They will be paid five cents for every catty of tea produced, so as to fully mobilize their enthusiasm!" Li Yin was very satisfied, but still Don't forget to remind Liu Hu not to deduct workers' rewards.

The craftsmen in Prince Li Yin's mansion are also official slaves. In theory, the slaves don't get any remuneration for their work, and all the basic necessities of life are provided by the master.But in fact, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the servants, the master will still give them a certain amount of monthly money every month. Of course, the amount of the monthly money depends on the master’s wishes. To those masters who are harsh to their servants, the monthly money is given little or no.

In the past, Li Yin was extremely harsh on his servants, and the finances of Prince Liang's mansion were not good, so except for those above the mansion's stewardship level, other low-level servants had no monthly salary.Li Yin discovered this situation when he opened the tea workshop. The tea picking period is very short. In order to increase the amount of roasted tea as much as possible and prevent the workers in the workshop from being passive and slow down, Li Yin decided to implement a reward system at that time. A catty of tea is given to the workers five cents, and those who work harder get more.This immediately fully mobilized the enthusiasm of many people. After all, servants are also human beings, and they have places to spend money. They used to have no penny, but now they can get at least 10 coins if they work hard every day. After a month, they can get 300 coins. , which is considered a good income in this era.

"The lord is generous to his servants, and the villain admires him very much. He will never deduct the wages of the workers. Please rest assured!" Liu Hu said with a firm face. As the owner of the workshop, Li Yin also gave him a daily The salary of two guan a month, he is in charge of the tea garden and has the usual monthly salary every month, now adding the two guan salary of the workshop, it is calculated as three guan salary a month, which is almost the same as the high salary.

Li Yin was very satisfied with Liu Hu's performance, and after a few more confessions, he was asked to step down.After tasting the new tea roasted by Pintea Tea Workshop, he found that it was much better than his own roasted tea, which made Li Yin even more satisfied.Before he could rest for a while, Gao Zhong begged to see him again.

"Your Highness, Lao Nu has already found the seller of the new tea, and I specially brought him to see you today!" Gao Zhong came in and bowed to Li Yin. The status of merchants in Datang is extremely low. 'Ranking at the bottom, business is regarded as a cheap business. With Li Min's identity, it is impossible to sell tea under the signboard of Prince Liang's Mansion, so he can only find trustworthy merchants to sell it on his behalf.

"Oh, this kind of trivial matter is up to you, you don't need to bring anyone to see me!" Li Yin was a little strange. It stands to reason that a businessman would not need him to meet him in person anyway. As the housekeeper of the palace, Gao Zhong should not make such a mistake. It's a mistake, right?

"Your Highness, this Wang's family is the only business affiliated to the Wang's Mansion, and...and there are some places in the Wang's Mansion that have offended him, so please ask His Highness to meet him in person!" Gao Zhong's expression was a little awkward, and his speech was a little hesitant.

"Damn it! Is it another bastard thing I did before?" Li Yin slapped his head with a headache, and he guessed a little bit when he saw Gao Zhong's expression. He really didn't know if he owed that bastard Li Yin Damn, I have to pay for all the bad things in the past.

Sure enough, Gao Zhong nodded in embarrassment. Now that the fat eunuch has figured out Li Yin's temper, he has grown a lot more courageous, and now he has the courage to say what he dared not say before.

After a high-level narration, Li Yin finally understood the grievances between the Wang family and 'myself'.As I said before, the status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was extremely low. Not to mention princes and nobles, even ordinary people were unwilling to engage in business, but the huge profits generated by business made people very jealous. In the position of being slaughtered, he was made things difficult or blackmailed from time to time.In order to get rid of this position of being slaughtered, various merchants have sought backers, put their properties under the name of the wealthy Wang family, and sent a large amount of money every year as a gift, and the wealthy Wang family provided them with shelter.In this way, the wealthy Wang family got the money they needed, and the merchants were able to develop their business safely by virtue of the reputation of the wealthy Wang family. It was a win-win situation.The Wang family who came to see Li Yin this time is the only business affiliated with him under the name of Liang Wangfu.

The Wang family was originally one of the top ten wealthy merchants in Chang'an City, and the family business was also one of the best in Chang'an City. It was originally affiliated with Ying Guogong, Warrior Yu, who was originally one of Li Yuan's most trusted ministers, but after Li Shimin ascended the throne, , Ying Guogong's power is declining day by day, and the business of the Wang family is also affected. Until a few years ago, the Wang family found a way to be affiliated with Li Yin's family, and offered thousands of guns every year for Li Yin to squander. .

But just last year, Li Yin participated in the banquet held by Zhao Guogong's eldest son, Sun Wuji's eldest son, Sun Chong. After the banquet, everyone gathered to gamble. The restaurant shop under his name was used as mortgage.The businessman pays money to anchor the property with the wealthy family, and the wealthy family provides protection but will not touch these properties. This has become the default rule between the businessman and the wealthy family, but Li Yin's two hundred and five don't care about this, anyway, he has the property under his name. In the end, they all lost to Chang Sun Chong.Later, the Changsun family took the contract signed by Li Yin and went to the Wang family to ask for property. Although the Wang family was angry, they did not dare to offend the Changsun family, so they could only swallow most of the property.

The direct consequence of this incident was that Li Yin's Prince Liang's mansion was discredited, and no businessman dared to be affiliated with his mansion anymore.However, the Wang family suffered heavy losses. All major industries belonged to the eldest grandson's family, and the Wang family only had a few small workshops and stores to survive.The housekeeper of Prince Liang's mansion at that time felt very sorry, and kept the Wang family attached to Prince Liang's mansion, and they didn't need them to hand over money every year, which was a little compensation for them.

"Bastard!" Li Yin cursed in a low voice. He was not only scolding Li Yin before him, but also the eldest grandson's family. Sending a large amount of property to the other party is like losing his wife and losing his army.Thinking back to the last time when he was in elementary school, Changsun Wuji gave him a bad hand, Li Yin couldn't help but secretly vigilant. It seemed that he had to be more careful with this sinister Changsun Wuji in the future.

"Let him come in!" Li Min ordered Gao Zhong weakly. He understood Gao Zhong's deep meaning in allowing him to meet the Wang family. As the agent of Liang Wangfu, after all, it is impossible for him to do business directly.However, Liang Wang Mansion is already notorious in the business world, and no businessman dares to cooperate with them. The only choice is the Wang family who is still attached to the Wang Mansion, but last time they lost most of their family property. Although the Wang family did not dare to say What, but secretly probably hated him, the King of Liang, to death.So now it is very necessary to meet and communicate. It is best to let the Wang family eliminate their resentment, so that they can cooperate better.But this is not an easy task. After all, it is the family property that has been worked hard by several generations. Once Li Yin lost completely, no one would be able to forgive him easily.

"Villain Wang Zihao, join His Royal Highness Liang Wang!" The visitor immediately knelt down on the ground and saluted as soon as Gao Zhong came in.Li Yin looked at the head of the Wang family, and found that he was about 30 years old, with a square face and long beard, and looked very elegant. He didn't look like a businessman at all, but like a scholar who came to Chang'an to take the exam.Although this Prince Hao was respectful, his expression was always calm, his eyes were fixed on the ground and he never looked at Li Yin, making it impossible for people to know what he was thinking.Capital Datang 14

"Hehe, Mr. Wang is too polite, please get up quickly! Wen'er, quickly serve tea to Mr. Wang!" Li Min smiled like a flower, and quickly helped him up, and also served the newly brewed tea.

Wang Zihao was obviously taken aback by Li Yin's enthusiastic attitude, he sat down at a loss and did not dare to move, wondering what tricks Li Yin was going to play.Li Yin always felt a little indebted to the other party, and couldn't think of what to say, and the scene was a little awkward for a while.

"Mr. Wang, Gao Zhong must have told you the reason for inviting you here, right?" Li Yin took a sip of tea and thought about it before he spoke.

"My lord killed the villain. I'm ashamed to be a villain, sir. My lord calls me Zihao!" When Wang Zihao heard Li Yin's question, he immediately stood up and bowed back, "Mr. Gao told the villain before he came here." , Said that the palace has made a batch of new tea, and wants to hand it over to the villain for sale!"

"Well, yes, the one next to you is the newly made tea, you can taste it and see how it tastes?" Li Yin raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and then he began to talk.

Wang Zihao sat down obediently, picked up the teacup to look at the color of the tea, then put it to his nose and smelled it, then took a small sip, then closed his eyes to reflect on it, suddenly opened his eyes, and said loudly Praise: "Good tea! Your Highness, this tea soup is green and transparent, with a deep and pleasant tea aroma. It is slightly bitter at first and then sweet. It is a rare good tea!"

"Hehe, Zihao really knows tea. Based on your knowledge of the market, how should this tea be priced?" As for the price of tea, Li Yin has not yet decided on the price. I understand, and I don't know how much demand there is in the market. It is not appropriate to set a high or low price.

"This~?" Wang Zihao pondered for a moment, "I dare to ask my lord, what is the production volume of this tea?"

"Huh? Does this have something to do with production?" Li Yin wondered.

"Yes, if the production of this tea is very small, then go for the high-end route, and the price is not too much, but if the production is large, the villain suggests that the price should be lower, so as not to sell all the tea!" Expert He is an expert, and he is more considerate than a layman like Li Yin.

"Well, this year's spring tea is not prepared enough, so the output is only [-] catties. If the sales volume is good this time, I plan to expand the scale of the workshop when the summer tea comes out. I estimate that the output will increase several times." Li Yin replied after thinking for a while. , tea can be picked all year round, according to different seasons can be divided into spring tea, summer tea, autumn tea and winter tea.

"From this point of view, the output of this tea is not small, so it is not suitable for high-end sales. The best tea is only 800 Wen per catty. This tea is better than the tea on the market. It is best to set the price between 1000 and 1500 Wen. It must not exceed twice the highest price." Wang Zihao replied respectfully.

"Well, okay, if I wholesale it to you at a price of 900 yuan per catty, would you be willing to take this business?" Li Yin burst into laughter in his heart. He didn't expect Wang Zihao to set such a high price. The material cost of tea is about 250 Wen. Even if the cost of labor and space is removed, the cost per catty is only 300 Wen. If you sell it at 900 Wen, you will make a net profit of 600 Wen. Two thousand catties is 1200 Guan. In the first season, when the output doubles in the next season, it will be three to four thousand guan, and the income will be at least [-] guan in a year, which is unbelievable!

Hearing that Li Yin wholesaled tea to him at a price of 900 wen, Wang Zihao was shocked, and looked at Li Yin with an incredulous expression on his face. This was the first time he had carefully looked at His Royal Highness Liang Wang.Wholesale to himself at such a low price, then he can at least earn a difference of two or three hundred coins. Calculated according to the output Li Yin said, the annual income of four to five thousand coins is not as good as that of their royal family in its heyday. income, but there are not many businesses in Chang'an that can earn such an income.

"This... this..., thank you King Liang for your kindness, but..." Even though he is used to the big scenes in the mall, Wang Zihao is at a loss now. If he accepts this business, although his Wang family will not be able to recover in a short time, But it can get rid of the current predicament, and it can also accumulate capital for a comeback.But he was also worried that there was some kind of conspiracy in it. After all, he was the king of Liang. .

"Zihao, you don't have to doubt this matter. I have messed around and done a lot of wrong things in the past, and I owe you a little debt to the Wang family. This tea business can be regarded as a little compensation for you!" Li Yin stepped forward to pat Looking at Wang Zihao's shoulder, he sighed.

"But this is just the beginning, as long as you work hard with this king, there will be more and more business like this in the future, and this king will compensate you thousands of times for the property lost by your Wang family!" In a daze, he continued to pat him on the shoulder and said.

It's a pity that Wang Zihao is completely stupid now, the majestic His Royal Highness Liang Wang actually humbled himself, and even promised himself that he would return the lost property of their royal family a thousand times.This is not a dream, is it?Until Wang Zihao left Prince Liang's mansion, he didn't wake up from that sluggish state.

Just when Li Yin was planning to make money in the mansion, his name had already caused a sensation in the whole Chang'an city. The words of the two poems were spread through Li Yong and others, especially the song "Will Enter the Wine", which was written by Chang'an scholars. It has been scrambled to be recited, and it has become a must-recited work at the banquet of literati and bachelors. For a while, the name of Li Liulang's poetic talent spread throughout Chang'an.

Someone with good deeds revealed the fact that Li Yin was different before and after his amnesia, which added a lot of legend to Li Yin. Even half of the three-character scriptures he recited in elementary school were also sung by caring people, which made Li Yin even more solid. Even the women waiting to be married in the deep boudoir have heard of King Liang's talent and name. . ..