The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"You played this trick well, dragging me and the emperor into this, which saved you a lot of effort." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"But it also made you profit, second brother." Li Fu said: "In the future, the tea shop's business will gradually stabilize, and the money will not be made so quickly. One hundred and eighty-eight strings of cash can buy a box of tea. Although it is only eight taels, if you drink it yourself, even if you drink it every day, you will have to drink it for a long time, and it will not be consumed so quickly."

"Then according to what you said, your tea business may be ignored for a period of time?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Fu shook his head.

"That's not the case. There's not much stock in the shop now. Even if we sell it, we can't make much money. We have to transfer the goods from Huizhou quickly." Li Fu said, "When the new batch of tea arrives, we can still make money. Isn't the Dragon Boat Festival coming soon? If time is fast, we can get the goods to Chang'an before the Dragon Boat Festival. We can make another wave of money during the Dragon Boat Festival."

Now the tea shop has one-fifth of the goods left, temporarily pressed in the warehouse, not sold to the outside, in order to prevent the goods from Huizhou from coming by the Dragon Boat Festival, and the shop has no goods to sell. Wouldn't that be embarrassing?

These two days, Zhao Fu was worried about the problem of transferring goods and manpower in the shop, and his hair was about to fall off.

Today, Li Fu went to the palace and just solved all these things.

"Are you thinking that during the Dragon Boat Festival, the purchases of various households in Chang'an will include tea in the purchase list?" Li Shimin asked.

"There will definitely be some." Li Fu said, "Don't you think this thing is a good gift for visiting relatives and friends, or during festivals?"

"There are so many officials and wealthy families in Chang'an City. The interpersonal relationships between them are not just a few words. If you want to ask someone to do something, you can't just go there with your hands. You have to bring something and visit them?"

"When colleagues visit each other, when teachers and students visit each other, or when you ask someone to do something, you have to show your attitude, right? What should you use? Gifts." Li Fu said, "Giving money directly? It's tacky."

"But giving tea is not necessarily the same. This thing is the favorite of all the wealthy families, rich men, and rich children in Chang'an City now." Li Fu said, "In addition to the fact that tea is a good gift, it is mainly a matter of face."

Face is very important.

Loyalty, integrity, backbone, reputation, to sum it up, there are two words, face.

Lu Xiufu carried the emperor and jumped into the sea, saving the face of the Song Dynasty. Chongzhen hanged himself on Coal Hill, saving the face of the Ming Dynasty.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your life to protect your face, and some people still sacrifice their lives for it.

But in normal times, it is not so serious. It is nothing more than others giving enough face to them, making them feel comfortable and proud.

"For gifts." Li Shimin thought about it and nodded in agreement: "This idea is indeed right, and it can indeed make the tea business better."

"Yes, so, tea will not worry about sales on weekdays, but during festivals, you have to prepare well, because it is the most profitable time." Li Fu said: "No matter how good the shop's business is now, it is only in Chang'an City. It may develop outside Chang'an City in the future, but second brother, the Tang Dynasty is very large, and other places are not yet there. They are still waiting for us to use tea to benefit the local rich families. How much wealth is there here?

Fifty percent will return to the palace. Second brother, your inner treasury will accumulate little by little. When the time comes, you can even use the inner treasury to subsidize the national treasury, or, if you want to do something yourself and use the inner treasury, you don't have to look at the faces of those officials in the Ministry of Households."

"I have to say, what you said is very tempting." Li Shimin sighed.

He had no doubt that Li Fu's words would be false. Just based on the achievement of earning 340,000 strings of cash in three days, what Li Fu said would not be false.

"How can it not be tempting? This is all money." Li Fu said: "But now there is a problem, which has caused some obstacles to our business."

Li Fu pretended to be embarrassed, sat there, and sighed secretly.

"Okay, don't pretend to be nonsense in front of me, just talk about it." Li Shimin said.

"That's right, Huizhou is not close to Chang'an City. If you want to transfer goods to Chang'an, it is such a long way, and someone must accompany you to take care of it." Li Fu said: "But at present, where can I find so many people in my Wangzhai? Moreover, if the tea business grows in the future, I am afraid that more and more people will be needed. Recruiting people is easy, but if you want to form a caravan, the most important core personnel must be trustworthy, and we must have a certain's ability. "

"After all, you came to me today to ask for someone." Li Shimin said with a smile: "Although there are many guards in the palace, they are also good, but they can't form a caravan for you. These are all real Qianniu guards. "

"There is no need to ask for the Qianniu Guards in the palace. What I mean is that when my second brother led the army to fight, the old soldiers in the army stopped fighting later, and some of them were disbanded. First, some of them were old, and you couldn't bear to see them continue to suffer in the barracks, so after the war, you let them go back home to recuperate. Secondly, some of them were injured and were not suitable for fighting on the battlefield again. After these people returned home, I don't know how they make a living. If my second brother agrees, you can find some old soldiers and arrange them in the caravan of Jingyang Wang's house. The caravan will provide them with all the necessary treatment to ensure that they can make money and live a good life. Of course, this is the grace of your majesty. These people are good at fighting. They followed my second brother to fight in the south and the north, and they have experience. As members of the caravan, it is perfect for them to travel around. "Li Fu said: "In this way, their livelihood problems are solved, and I have people to use here. In addition, let them know that although they should go back to their hometown, you, the second brother, have not forgotten them and still think of them when there are good things."

"This is a good thing that kills three birds with one stone."

Li Fu added another sentence.

If nothing else, it is the last sentence that touched Li Shimin.

In the army, experienced veterans are very rare, but when they are old, they are really not suitable for going to the battlefield again, or after being injured, they can't completely recover and can't fight again. They can only receive a sum of money and return to their hometown to recuperate.

But after all, they have followed him to fight all the way, and he also hopes that they can live a good life.

Now that Li Fu has such a proposal, it is a good idea.