The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"That's right, Uncle Wang, don't look down on us." Li Lizhi also echoed Li Tai's words.

"Okay, okay." Li Fu smiled.

Li Yuan looked at Li Fu.

"These children, you are too partial to them." Li Yuan smiled and said, "There are all kinds of things in the palace, and when they come out, they still like everything they see."

"Children are like this. They feel fresh when they see what they have at home outside, and they want what they don't have at home even more when they see it." Li Fu said, "Who didn't go through childhood before?"

"Let's go, let's go upstairs and don't delay the business here." Li Yuan said.

"Okay." Li Fu nodded and responded.

The servants on the side led them upstairs.

While going upstairs, Li Fu talked to the waiter beside him.

"Let the shopkeeper finish his work for a while, and let others do the work first. Let him come up, I have something to say to him." Li Fu said.

"Yes, master." The waiter responded.

The auction of the tea gift boxes must be publicized by the tea shop.

After this, we must make it clear to the teahouse that the auction venue will be held in the teahouse opposite.

The tea shop does not have the conditions. Even if everything is neatly packed, how many people can it accommodate?

Moreover, the second and third floors here are completely disconnected from the downstairs, and cannot be compared with the venue of the teahouse.

This event must be done more grandly, so that the ten gift boxes can be sold at a high price.

Once the price of the gift box is high, the ten boxes in the hands of the emperor and the emperor will have a higher gold content when they are rewarded to the ministers.

There is also a tea room on the third floor of the tea shop. It was originally reserved for the shopkeeper to discuss business with merchants. Now it is empty. Li Fu asked someone to come and say hello in advance, and it was packed up.

After entering the tea room, everyone sat down.

"Master, do you need to call a tea master?" the waiter asked, bowing.

Li Fu waved his hand: "No, just send some tea and cakes."

"Yes." The waiter replied.

After Li Yuan entered the tea room, he looked around for a few times, and waited until the waiter left before he spoke.

"Your place is not bad." Li Yuan said: "Who would have thought that there is such a quiet place upstairs when there is a bustling downstairs."

"Originally, this was also a place for business. After the tea business was established, some caravans in Chang'an City and merchants from outside wanted to buy goods from here and then sell them elsewhere to make a profit. When people came, there must be a place to entertain them. The shopkeeper cleaned up the third floor like this. When there is a big business, both parties have a place to sit down and chat slowly." Li Fu said.

"Why don't you see merchants now?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

Logically speaking, this shop has such good business, so there should be a constant stream of merchants.

Could it be because of the New Year?

"The prices of tea in the shops in the East Market are quite high, mainly targeting the wealthy families in Chang'an City. These people are not short of money, and they want style, grade, and high-quality goods." Li Fu said: "What about the merchants? Their purpose is to make money, and they certainly can't do unprofitable business. In response to different needs, the shopkeeper also opened a shop in the West Market. The goods there are cheap and large in quantity, which suits the tastes of merchants, so, all the bulk of goods transactions are placed in the West Market."

Li Yuan suddenly realized.

That's true.

"The owner of this shop went to Huizhou half a year ago. He is now busy with the tea shop. I estimate that the scale there has expanded a lot compared to before." Li Fu said: "Half a year has passed, there should be some results. My nephew plans to spread this tea business throughout the Tang Dynasty in the future. In addition to making money, it is also necessary to provide more jobs for the people of the Tang Dynasty."

"Half of this business belongs to your Jingyang Palace, and the other half belongs to the palace." Li Yuan said: "Don't you feel sorry at all?"

Li Fu shook his head.

"No, not at all." Li Fu smiled and said: "In the future, maybe I will give more to the palace. After all, the business is too big, and my nephew is also worried."

"What are you worried about? It's just a business. We are all family members. You can do it. Erlang won't do anything to you. Even if Cheng Qian becomes the emperor in the future, he won't do anything to your Jingyang Palace, right?" Li Yuan smiled.

"No, no, no." Li Fu waved his hands repeatedly: "Uncle, you may not know how big this tea business will be in the future. Do you know how big the tea shop has developed to now?"

Li Yuan shook his head.

How did he know?

"The expansion of the tea house, just to manage the tea farmers in that tea mountain, there are already 3,000 people. "Li Fu said: "Now we don't know how many tea mountains there are, these 3,000 people are responsible for planting, maintenance, and picking."

"There are more than 200 people in the tea house responsible for making tea." Li Fu continued to explain to Li Yuan: "These are only the permanent ones in the tea house, not counting the caravans at the post station over there, and there are more people traveling all over the world."

"Moreover, as the scale of the tea mountain expands in the future, more manpower will be needed."

"Three thousand people are only the scale by the end of this year. The tea mountains in Huizhou have not been fully developed. By then, a large-scale tea area may have tens of thousands of people."

This is just one large tea area.

In the future, according to Li Fu's plan, there will be four large tea areas in the entire Tang Dynasty.

In total, there are at least 40,000 tea farmers.

"So many people. "Li Yuan exclaimed.

"Isn't it?" Li Fu said: "Tens of thousands of people are just tea farmers, but among them, there may be those we recruited ourselves, and there are also other people who grow tea and send raw materials to the tea house. They are all included. This business is too big. In terms of planting, we certainly can't let all of them be done by ourselves.

I don't know if you have a detailed understanding of the situation in Huizhou. There are many mountains there, and there are few grain fields that can be planted. People can't just rely on farming to support themselves.

After the tea house was built there, it expanded to its current scale and attracted many local people to go up the mountain to manage tea trees. Many people who can't support their families by farming now work for the tea house and get wages every month, so their families are well-off. They signed a contract with the tea house instead of a contract to sell themselves, but a contract to work for the tea house. "

"Simply put, the tea house allows more local people to make money. When they make money, their lives will get better. When ordinary people live better, the local area will prosper. "