The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The person sitting next to Wang Fuzhi looked at him.

"Brother, have you ever heard of this special tea?" asked the son of the Lu family.

Wang Fuzhi nodded.

"I have heard of it. When my grandfather entered the palace to accompany the emperor, he had the honor of tasting it from the emperor. This special tea is not sold outside. The annual output is scarce and only available in the palace." Wang Fuzhi said.

Therefore, their Wang family was the first to know that the tea trade was related to the palace.

It is said that the tea business belongs to King Jingyang.

But in fact, I am afraid that King Jingyang is just such a person pushed out by His Majesty in the palace.

King Jingyang was called back by the emperor halfway. Whether it was the title of king or the title of official, it was the favor of the two majesties.

Once, King Jingyang Li Fu was just a casual official who did not have to do anything, but just took a salary from the court. The palace wanted to find something for King Jingyang to do, so it was estimated that the tea business was left to King Jingyang.

The title belongs to the King of Jingyang, but the actual benefits may belong to the palace.

Many people in Chang'an City have witnessed that the money from the King of Jingyang's house was pulled into the palace in carts, and each time it was a grand event. The carriages in the palace went to the King of Jingyang's house empty and returned full.

In this way, money was pulled into the palace three times in half a year.

Isn't this the business of the palace?

If this was just the property of the King of Jingyang, how could the King of Jingyang, who was poor and suddenly rich, be so generous and give all the money he earned to the palace?

He has only lived a rich life for a few days?

In addition, if this business was just the property of the King of Jingyang, then other wealthy families in Chang'an City would have secretly wanted to take action long ago, and would not wait any longer.

The business of the tea shop is obvious to all. This is a hen that lays golden eggs.

Now the noble families are secretly trying to do tea business. In autumn, they even sent servants to Huizhou to see the tea houses there.

Some are even more active and have planned to find tea mountains next year.

Although they don’t know how to make this tea, they can get the raw materials first and then slowly study it. If they can study it, it will be a huge profit. Compared with the previous investment, what is it?

I heard that the tea house in Huizhou has already been very large, with 4,000 tea farmers and workers.

Although I don’t know how much money the tea shop in Chang’an City made in the first year, from the money they sent to the palace, including the daily coming and going in the shop, and the grand occasions during festivals, I know that the money earned is more than enough.

How many people are jealous of this!

But jealousy is jealousy, they are concerned about the palace and the royal family for the time being, and dare not act rashly.

Wang Fuzhi thought about this in his heart.

The people at the same table with him became more interested in this special tea after hearing Wang Fuzhi say that this thing was only in the palace and had never appeared in the outside world.

They all called themselves elegant people. Since the tea came out, they have tasted it carefully, whether it was good or bad.

It can only be said that you get what you pay for. This is true. Good tea, even if it is brewed, is pleasing to the eye to appreciate the brewed tea leaves.

And those inferior teas, whether from the taste or the appearance, are not in their eyes.

If the first-grade tea is so good, then the special-grade tea that is only available in the palace must be better than the first-grade tea?

Moreover, the production is scarce!

Scarcity makes things valuable! ! !

"Now there are ten sets of this special tea to be sold publicly. This is really a good opportunity."

"Do you think this is the intention of the palace?"

"Of course, after all, this thing was originally only in the palace. If His Majesty in the palace disagrees, how dare the King of Jingyang do this?" said the son of the Lu family.

"No, I have to take this news home quickly and tell my elders at home that this special tea event is really worth participating in."

"Who said it's not? Scarcity makes things valuable. Now in the entire Tang Dynasty, there are only these ten sets of tea flowing out. Don't miss this opportunity."

"Don't leave in a hurry. I just heard the shopkeeper say that you need an invitation to participate in the auction. Where can you get this invitation?"

Everyone came back to their senses, ended the whispering with the people around them, and began to ask the shopkeeper of the teahouse where to get the invitation.

"Boss, you said so much, what about the invitation?"

"Yes, boss, we are all regular customers of your teahouse, we should be able to get an invitation, right?"

"Yes, yes."

The people in the hall started to make a fuss and asked for invitations.

The boss bowed repeatedly, smiled apologetically, and said to everyone: "As for the money and invitations, we really don't have them right now."

"No? Shopkeeper, don't fool us, how could we not have them?"

Some people in the audience got excited and stood up to argue with the shopkeeper.

That was a gift box of special tea. The tea had been out for such a long time, but they had never heard of it, let alone seen or tasted it.

Now that the teahouse is going to hold such a grand event, since the venue is in the teahouse, how could the shopkeeper of the teahouse not have invitations?

"That's right, the matter is being handled by you, how could you not have them?"

The hall was in a mess, and everyone was thinking about the invitations.

The shopkeeper kept apologizing.

"Everyone, everyone, listen to me, don't be anxious. "The shopkeeper calmed the situation.

"I am not lying to you. I really don't have any invitations. This morning, I received news that we will close next afternoon and start to set up the venue. I really don't know anything else. We are just a teahouse, a place for people to drink tea, and we don't sell tea to the public. It can be seen that for this auction, the teahouse is just a venue. The teahouse can't really control too much related matters. "

"However, I do know some other news about this auction, because it is held by the teahouse next door, so the invitations should be distributed by them. It's better for you to go to the teahouse next door to ask, maybe you can get some information. "The shopkeeper said.

When everyone heard this, they also agreed with what the teahouse shopkeeper said.

Yes, selling tea is the business of the tea shop opposite, and has nothing to do with the teahouse.

Then just go over there and ask.

After listening to what the shopkeeper said, some people stood up directly and told the servants beside them to pay the bill. Then they hurriedly left the teahouse and went to the tea shop opposite.

It was the same in the tea shop at this time. The shopkeeper told those who came to buy tea that there would be such a grand event on the 28th.