Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 90 Business War Begins

Chapter 093 The Business War Begins

"Lang Jun! Why are you here!" Mrs. Li came outside the kitchen early in the morning to prepare breakfast for Ran Ming.At this time, Mrs. Li already knew that Ran Ming was not as big as he looked, and now was the time to grow his body.

Mrs. Ran Li said apologetically, "It's all my fault at my family's fault. If I hadn't slept too much, I would have gotten up half an hour earlier, and my meals should be ready by now!"

Ran Ming waved his hand and said, "I'm not hungry, I just have something to do!"

Seeing Ran Ming walking into the kitchen with a sullen head, Li said anxiously: "Husband, this is the kitchen, get out quickly!"

"What! Can't I go in yet?"

"The gentleman stays away from the kitchen!" Li said timidly.

Ran Ming laughed. In fact, Wang Meng also said the same question to Ran Ming. It seems that the concept of a gentleman far away from the kitchen is deeply rooted in the hearts of people of this era!

Ran Ming had no choice but to explain: "A gentleman stays away from the kitchen, but he just can't bear to see the mentality of slaughtering chickens and ducks in the kitchen. I have also been battle-tested, and I have killed countless people. I think that benevolence is just On the contrary, when it is time to kill, you must not be benevolent as a woman, how can you show the heart of a Bodhisattva without the method of thunder!"

Seeing that Ran Ming insisted on entering, Mrs. Li didn't dare to stop her, so she let the door open and invited Ran Ming in!
Behind Ran Ming are two peasant-looking people, both of them are carrying a big basket with blue and yellow leaves inside.Seeing Ran Ming enter the kitchen with leaves, Li was very surprised!After careful observation, it turns out that these leaves look like tea leaves.

This is also a helpless move for Ran Ming. Only when he came to this time and space did Ran Ming know that although people still have the habit of drinking tea at this time.But it is very different from the later generations. At this time, people used to steam the tea leaves in a pot, and after steaming, they smashed the tea leaves into fine foam.

Before drinking, put these tea foams in a pot and cook them together with seasonings such as onion, ginger, orange peel, mint, mutton oil, dates and salt.Of course, you can imagine how it tastes!
Another method is to make tea foam into a paste and eat it directly, which is called drinking tea.For the ancient tea art, Ran Ming really did not dare to compliment it.

He didn't have time before, but now that he has time, Ran Ming starts to prepare fried tea!
Most Chinese people have a certain amount of research on tea, except for those non-mainstream post-[-]s who are used to drinking coffee, cola, milk tea or bottled tea beverages. There are too few people who understand traditional tea art!

In fact, when it comes to fried tea, spring tea is the best, followed by winter tea, and then summer tea and autumn tea.It's autumn now, and Ran Ming couldn't find spring tea, so he had to use autumn tea leaves for frying!

Roasting tea requires a lot of attention, and it is also a skill. Fortunately, Ran Ming has done a lot of research on the tea ceremony in later generations, so he had to make it himself. He kneaded the tea with his hands in the pot to quickly evaporate the water in the tea, blocking the fermentation process of the tea. , so that the tea leaves are all made into rice-sized granules.

At this time, Mrs. Li suddenly smelled the strong fragrance of tea, and she said: "Mr. Lord, if you want to drink tea, you can just order my servant to do it. Why do you need to come here yourself? You are a person who does big things, how can you be so polite because of such trivial things?" Distracted by trifles!"

Ran Ming said: "Do it yourself, and have enough food and clothing!"

Ran Ming taught the two cooks in the kitchen, and then left the kitchen!

After working hard for a long time, Ran Ming produced more than a catty of fried tea, and Ran Ming did not enjoy it to himself.Instead, half of the fried tea leaves were sent to the palace.Ran Ming just brewed a pot of tea and studied his oiran competition!
Speaking of prostitution, it has a long history in China.No matter how sluggish the business in Yecheng is, the prostitution industry is thriving.Ran Ming made a general survey and found that Yecheng has a population of more than 30 people. There are more than two hundred brothels and brothels, and there are as many as six to seven thousand prostitutes.

This is a very frightening number, and prostitutes account for a very large proportion of the female population.The prosperity of the prostitution industry is a good thing for Wei's economy that is facing bankruptcy, and it is a blessing for men. Compared with those women who rely on red to sell their laughter, this is their great misfortune!
Yihongyuan is a relatively large-scale brothel in Yecheng, with nearly four to five hundred prostitutes.At this time, Yihong Han Yan received an invitation, he opened it, and it said the invitation letter for the first oiran competition in Yecheng.

Han Yan asked the procuress who was standing there in confusion, "What's the matter with this oiran contest?"

"This oiran competition is said to invite all the red card girls from brothels in Yecheng to participate in the competition. It is divided into three rounds: preliminaries, semi-finals and finals. The preliminaries are held by each brothel itself, and the top three in each brothel can enter the semi-finals. There will be more than one round of matches. The top ten in the rematch can enter the final to determine the final ranking, divided into the top three, the second place, and the top three!"

The old bustard said respectfully, "According to the Mulan Pavilion, the organizer, the top oiran can get a thousand gold rewards, the second place is [-] gold, and the first prize is [-] gold. The top ten in the final will also get [-] gold!"

Han Yan showed a thoughtful look, and after a while he said: "I've never heard of this Mulan Pavilion, what's going on?"

The old bustard said: "The proprietor of the Mulan Pavilion was opened by Chen Ying, Qimen County, Xinhui County. However, he is the official temple of the Prince of Chu's mansion. I think it is just a deception. The real proprietor is the King of Chu!"

Although Han Yan respects Ran Ming from the bottom of his heart, since ancient times, there have been no fathers and sons in the shopping mall. No matter how powerful you are in fighting, this shopping mall is not a battlefield, and no matter how powerful you are, you can't use it!

Seeing that Han Yan didn't respond for a long time, the old bustard said timidly: "Dong Weng, shall we participate in this oiran competition in Yihong Courtyard?" "

"Participate, why not?" Han Yan said: "This is a good opportunity for us to build a reputation in the Red Academy!"

In almost the same situation as Yihongyuan, Chen Yan also received the invitation letter.Chen Yan also owns a brothel called Qingfenglou. On the surface, Qingfenglou is opened by his nephew, but in fact he is the real boss behind the scenes.

The leading prostitute in Qingfenglou is named Xiaowan.Xiaowan also has a lot of background. She was the daughter of a criminal official in the Later Zhao Dynasty. She was born in a scholarly family.

Chen Yan handed the invitation letter in his hand to Xiaowan and said: "It is rumored that the king of Chu won a princess from the former Zhao. He played the qin well. The King of Chu even announced that this Oiran Competition should be won by this person!"

Xiaowan was quite dissatisfied when she heard Chen Yan say this, she said: "Slaves are no worse than others!"

"You mean to participate?"

"Of course, Wen Wu is the first, and Wu Wu is the second. We prostitutes have to fight for one or two!"

"Okay!" Chen Yan said happily: "If Xiao Wan participates, if she can win the top prize, besides the one thousand gold in the oiran competition, the Lord will also reward you with a manor outside the house!"

Xiao Tan's eyes lit up when he heard that Chen Yan's house in Nancheng was actually a farm with thousands of acres of fertile land, it was where he usually went when he was out and about!Not only the atmosphere, but also the value!

The news of the Oiran Contest is staged in various theaters in turn. Although people are a little bit against the unknown, but among other things, the prize money for the top oiran is enough to attract people!Even if the boss doesn't want to participate, but the girl below won't be happy. This is a huge bonus. If you win, you will not only gain fame, but also gain benefits!

Mrs. Li looked at Ran Ming who was very busy, and was a little worried, "Your Highness, how can we have so much money to pay bonuses? This time we will lose a lot!"

Fatty Chen said with a disapproving smile: "The wool comes from the sheep, no matter how much the bonus is, you can earn it back ten times and a hundred times!"

Ran Mingdao: "Not only do we have no money in the Chu Palace, but our father's treasury also doesn't have much money. Although a lot was captured in the Anxi battle this time, we need to reward the generals who have made great contributions. Build water conservancy, build roads, and repair the city. Salaries are distributed to the officials, and there are also armors, the national treasury has already bottomed out, and even the imperial father's internal treasury may not even reach [-] gold at this time!"

Li Shi was even more puzzled about Ran Ming's intentions, but she was a smart woman, and she didn't ask if Ran Ming didn't tell.

In fact, Ran Ming knew it very well.The methods used by the gentry to make money are nothing more than three things, land, business, and lending.Ran Ming is just trying to raise money and food.Land is the lifeblood of the gentry, and it can't be moved for the time being, not to mention that Wei Guo is not short of land right now, and because the population is too small, there is no need to worry about land for the time being.

However, the state of Wei desperately needed money and food.

Ran Ming has no capital for the time being, so he opened a bank and competed with the aristocrats in the field of lending. He chose to build the Mulan Pavilion, using his rich knowledge of later generations to crush the prostitution under the name of the aristocrats.

Ran Ming held the Oiran Contest not only as a marketing tool, but once fame was created, those guests who came here for fame would spend in Mulan Pavilion. Anyway, the guests who can come to Mulan Pavilion are either rich or expensive, they are fat sheep, If you don't kill them, who will you kill?

Ran Ming will increase the prices of tea, wine, and delicacies in Mulange by ten or even dozens of times.

Moreover, you can also sell tickets, advertise, solicit sponsorship and other aspects.

I saw Ran Ming writing the rules of the Oiran Contest on the paper. Tickets are divided into three classes. There are special seats, VIP seats and ordinary seats. The highest special seat is as high as 66 gold, and the first class seat is [-] gold. Ordinary seats are the cheapest, only six gold!
In this era, one piece of gold is worth 60 yuan, and even the cheapest seat costs 250 yuan, which is equivalent to the entire income of [-] mu in a bumper harvest year.

Ran Ming used the price to directly exclude ordinary people, so as to prevent ignorant people from going to consume.In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the children of the gentry liked to compare, and the most famous one was the fight for wealth between Shi Chong and Wang Kai in the Western Jin Dynasty.The children of these aristocratic families usually don't have any entertainment activities, at most they drink together and knock five stones together.As long as Ran Ming proposes tickets with different prices, the children of these aristocratic families will definitely compare with each other, unwilling to be left behind.

In the same way, Ran Ming also divided the tea and wine in Mulan Pavilion into five grades.The most expensive is as high as a hundred gold, and the cheapest is only one gold.Ran Ming's fried tea, a pot of about a catty and a half of water, is as high as a hundred gold, drinking tea is like drinking gold.

Watching Ran Ming stir-fry the tea leaves in a pot, wash them with boiling water, and the price was priced at [-] gold, which stunned Li Shi. She asked in a voice, "Mr. Sir, is there anyone drinking such expensive tea?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "My young master doesn't know, in the world of rich people, they don't drink tea, they just want to show off!"

As a businessman, Chen Ying had already investigated the situation of the noble families in the north.Since the clothes were moved to the south, the gentry family split the family into two, and the one that moved to the south was called the direct branch, while the remaining ones were called the Liubei branch. In fact, they were some unpopular sons or offspring Mainly.

These people were poor in the first half of their lives, and suddenly they have huge power and wealth, and they have all grown rapidly.As long as they can demonstrate their financial resources and status, even if it is a cup of horse urine, they will buy it even if it is said that it is hard to find.

Rich people have one thing in common, they only buy expensive ones, not the right ones.

At the same time, Chen Ying came to a gold shop with an invitation, and said directly to the shopkeeper, "I have a business worth thousands of dollars. I wonder if your owner is interested?"

Chen Ying's big belly will make people feel ugly and indecent in later generations, but in this era, it is a status symbol. In this era of scarcity of supplies, it is really not easy to eat Chen Ying's body.

Hearing that Chen Ying actually said that it was a daughter's business, he couldn't make the decision and hurriedly said: "I'll invite Dong Weng to come here, honored guest, wait a moment!"

PS: I'm a little sorry, everyone, there are more than 30 words, and the collection has just broken through [-]. Lao Cheng wants to wait for Sanjiang, and it will be updated every day during this period.The shelves are fully fired!

(End of this chapter)