139th chapter, Jiuxiangwu City ten miles away, famous for its old spring yellow

It is easy to find a farmhouse account for the Huangtian of Yuzhenguan. Just send an honest and reliable person, it is nothing more than supervising the hired workers to plant tea trees and organizing people to pick tea. However, learning the method of stir-frying tea and controlling the quantity and quality of tea produced must be sent to a capable and capable confidant.

Zhang Guo thought for a long time before saying, "The person in charge of tea frying, inspection and packaging should be the young master's confidant. The sixth brothers of Mei family are the most trustworthy, and they should let them stand in the same way. The eldest brother Mei Dadong is steady and cautious, and the eldest brother Mei Liufa is smart and clever, both of them can do it."

Mei Zhenyi nodded: "Among the six brothers, in terms of qualifications and understanding, there are only these two people who are suitable for cultivation, and they are also talents in charge of affairs. Lao Liu is my favorite. Not only is he smart but also has a good understanding. He can handle everything inside and outside, and he can handle everything well. I have other important responsibilities. Let Mei Dadong take charge of this matter of making tea, as long as it is steady and meticulous."

Zhang Guo echoed: "It's indeed the most suitable Mei Dadong. What important task does the young master have to give Mei Liu?"

Mei Zhenyi blinked: "What I just said was tea and wine."

Zhang Guo said in confusion: "The Mei family does not produce wine."

Mei Zhenyi took out a small jar from under the table like a magic trick. It was less than a foot high and six inches in a radius, about the size of three kilograms of wine. She smiled and said, "This is what I called a craftsman from my own kiln. Does it look familiar?"

"Old Chunhuang! The words burned on it are not Wanjia Hotel... It turns out that you are trying to make it happen." Zhang Guo saw the seven words "Wuzhou Ji Family Old Chunhuang" on the wine jar, and then suddenly realized it.

Mei Zhenyi: "Yes, the wine I want to sell is Lao Chunhuang. I have seen many restaurants along the way to Luoyang, and the wine I sell is of different quality. But they are all quite expensive. If Wuzhou Ji family Lao Chunhuang can be sold to various places and make a name for it, it is not difficult to make money. As the saying goes, the wine is also afraid of deep alleys. The fine wine of Wanjia Hotel is only sold in the suburbs of Wuzhou, which is a pity."

The people were rich in people's livelihood in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the products in various places were also abundant. However, in that era, most of the private consumer goods were mainly processed in scattered handicraft workshops. For example, there may be one or two more well-known varieties in various places, but they were all handed down from generation to generation, and the production of family workshops was not large enough and did not form a cross-regional circulation brand.

Tea and wine, with the historical experience of plum Zhenyi, should be the most profitable commodity in ancient times. If he wanted to do business, he had the idea of ​​this. As long as he formed a scale and brand and had guaranteed quality, it would not be difficult to win social reputation in that era and even save on advertising fees.

There was another advantage in doing business in the Tang Dynasty, that was, there was no large social competition. At that time, wealthy families discriminated against merchants and believed that it was a profit-seeking act. A family business as big as the Mei family was just produced in various fields for their own use. Mei Xiaolang did not have any intention of managing. Although the Liu family was very rich, if it were not for the relationship with the Mei family, its social status was not high.

Zhang Guo reminded again: "Young Master, if you want to manage the old Chunhuang, you have to nod your head. You have to be kind to the Ji family. It is not difficult to ask them to promise you this, but what does the young master want to do?"

Mei Zhenyi stuffed the jar of wine to Zhang Guo again: "Old Zhang, you are my housekeeper. You should also share my worries. You can't let me worry about everything. What do you think you should do?"

He asked Zhang Guo to find a solution, and Zhang Guo really came up with a few things-

The Wanjia Hotel's ancestral cellar production is limited, which is enough for the restaurant's own use. Even if there is surplus wine, Zhang Guo bought it for a while ago, and only asked Mei Zhenyi to accompany her father to drink it in Luoyang for a month. It's not a lot. This is because the Mei family has a big face. Otherwise, the old chamomile in Wanjia Hotel would not be taken out.

Zhongli Quan's joke showed the details of brewing wine in Wanjia Hotel. To increase the output, a new cellar needs to be opened, and it will take at least three to five years to produce new wines that can be marketed. Only the Ji family can do the winemaking process. If Mei Zhenyi wants to operate this wine, she has to cooperate with the Ji family.

The old Chunhuang was passed down by the ancestors of the Ji family. I guess their family would not be willing to sell their ancestral craftsmanship and give up the family's business, because it means "unfilial". It may not be a big deal for modern people, but in that era, this was a very important thing.

Zhang Guo suggested that the Mei family and Ji family join together to dig a new cellar to expand the production. The winemaking process is still under the responsibility of the Ji family. The Mei family can send someone to be responsible for the sales. The profits are distributed according to the shares. The Wanjia Hotel is still owned by the Ji family. The Mei family does not interfere. All investments in digging a new cellar and producing new wine are paid by the Mei family, giving the Ji family 30% of the dry shares. The sign of Ji family's old Chunhuang remains unchanged to show that they still respect the ancestors of Ji family.

With this kind of condition, coupled with the relationship between Mei Zhenyi and Ji family, there will definitely agree. It will take three to five years to achieve results, but Mei Zhenyi has a capital of 500 taels of gold as the foundation, so she can afford it.

After Zhang Guo finished speaking, Mei Zhenyi praised: "Old Zhang, aren't you thinking very carefully? Why do you always praise me just now?"

Zhang Guo replied a little embarrassedly: "Young Master asked, I realized that you are so stupid. The old slave often forgot to think about it in front of the young master."

Mei Zhenyi: "If you need to deal with outsiders, leave it to Mei Liufa. Mr. Zhang, you will take Liufa to talk to the Ji family tomorrow and follow your idea."

The two had decided to discuss it, and Zhang Guo remembered another thing, scratched her head and asked, "You can ask the old slave to arrange things and send Dadong and Liufa to do it, but how do you settle these accounts?"

Mei Zhenyi: "When growing tea and making tea, of course, the imperial field in Yuzhen Temple has to set up a single account, after all, it is Princess Yuzhen's land. In the future, if you open a tea garden in the Meijia Mountain area, you will enter the public account of Jingwu Villa. As for the operation of Lao Chunhuang, it is an independent industry under my name. If you can't see any profit within three or five years, setting up another account has nothing to do with Jingwu Villa."

His implication was that Princess Yuzhen could not let her lose money, and whether she lost money in the business of Chunhuang, it was Mei Zhenyi's private money. Zhang Guo got the idea and temporarily paid 100 taels of gold from the young master. In that era, the head of the family explained that the servants were usually very serious and responsible in doing things, and there was no need for Mei Zhenyi to worry too much.

Zhang Guo had just taken Mei Liushi out, and Mei Ernan, the on-duty place of Qi Yunguan East Courtyard, came to report. Cheng Xuanhu, the new governor of Wuzhou, asked for a meeting.

Mei Xiaolang kept his word and did things very quickly. He had already taken care of the connections in the capital and transferred Cheng Xuanhu to Wuzhou to serve as the governor. As soon as Lord Cheng entered Wuzhou, he did not rush to take office at the prefecture, but ran to Qiyunguan to see Mr. Mei. When he heard that it was Mr. Cheng who was also the former commander, Mei Zhenyi quickly went out in person.

He took Cheng Xuanhu to the hall and sat down. Mei Zhenyi smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng, you are here. Wuzhou is now lacking a general. Mei Yi is not in charge, which has made Zhang Guo very busy. My Mei family still has a lot of things waiting for the housekeeper to do. My whole mansion welcomes Mr. Cheng. Don't rush to leave today. We will hold a banquet to welcome you to the evening."

In recent years, the ups and downs of officialdom have been stained with wind and frost. Cheng Xuanhu's temples have been stained with wind and frost. He smiled bitterly: "I have been involved in the Pei Yanni case. If it weren't for the battle of Wuzhou defending the city, I wouldn't know where I would have been demoted. Thanks to the public relations of Southern Lu, I was transferred to Wuzhou. It was also a relaxing foreign official for several years. Speaking of which, Wuzhou is really my blessed land. I was fortunate to meet Mr. Mei here."

Mei Zhenyi: "It is also my luck to be able to meet Mr. Cheng."

At this time, the servant offered tea. Cheng Xuanhu took the cup and took a sip. He looked surprised and said, "Mr. Mei, this tea in Qi Yunguan is different from other places. Why haven't I drunk it before? Judging from its color and taste, it seems to be freshly cooked with tender buds, but it doesn't look very similar. What kind of tea is it?"

Mei Zhenyi smiled and handed over a bamboo tube: "This is the method of stir-frying tea that I have learned recently. When drinking, brew it with boiling water. If you take office, you will give you a tube of tea as a meeting gift. I want to market it in various places. Mr. Cheng will see what the prospects will be for me?"

Cheng Xuanhu took the tube of tea and studied it for a long time, and was amazed. The two talked about business. Mei Zhenyi told Mr. Cheng all his plans and even brought out the old Chunhuang wine jar. Cheng Xuanhu was not only a scholar, but also proficient in various folk chores and was very optimistic about Mei Zhenyi's prospects for managing tea. As for Lao Chunhuang, he came up with another idea.

He suggested that Mei Zhenyi be sold in two ways. One is to sell these three kilograms of land in shops everywhere. The other is to use a hundred kilograms of land in wine jars, which are specially used for well-known restaurants in various places. At the same time, a batch of pottery pots for drinking during meals were presented in the restaurant, with the mark of Wuzhou Ji's old spring yellow.

For example, Mei Zhenyi has been to Pengze County. The most famous restaurant in the area is Wanghulou. If Wanghulou provides guests with old chrysanthemum and can win the reputation of merchants, then its reputation will spread all over the city. In this way, other local restaurants will also sell this kind of wine. Mei Zhenyi can give concessions to the restaurant, and the price of the restaurant is of course much more expensive than that of the shops, and the profits are also greater.

A place like Pengze County is easy to handle, just say hello, and Wuzhou is easy to handle. Old Chunhuang is already quite famous. As long as it is promoted step by step, there is no need to worry about no sales. And so on, the best plan in the future is, if you throw this wine into Fengyuan Building in Luoyang, or can serve a white peony flower courtesan banquet, then your value will be different.

No matter how big the new cellar is, compared to the requirements of the Tianxia Restaurant, the output is very limited, so you can only make a fuss about taste. As long as it is really delicious and famous, the price can be increased very high, and the profit is naturally very large. It depends on whether the operator has the ability and whether he can think of these ways.

Talent! What Cheng Xuanhu said is the concept of modern market segmentation and brand marketing. If a modern businessman mentioned these things, it would be a big deal, but as an official in the Tang Dynasty, it would be quite amazing. Mei Zhenyi sighed: "Mr. Cheng, if you are not the governor of Wuzhou, I really want to hire you as the management manager of the Mei family!"

Cheng Xuanhu laughed at himself: "If one day I resigned and refused to work, I would become the management manager of Mr. Mei. It would be much more interesting than being the chief of the state government."

Mei Zhenyi joked: "I remember when you were unemployed, you were determined to enter the ranks. Now you are not young as a governor. Why did you have this idea instead?"

Cheng Xuanhu sighed slightly, "After experiencing it, my thoughts were fading back then. Besides, I am the head of the prefecture, probably the end of my life. Now I just want to make a few days of leisure and be an official, so I will protect the other side...Mr. Mei, if you want to operate the industry in Wuzhou, the governor will fully support it, which is also a helping me."

Mei Zhenyi: "Help you help?"

Cheng Xuanhu nodded seriously: "Although I have not taken office yet, I have a clear understanding of the situation in Wuzhou and do not need to read the account book. I also know that the money and grain of the treasury are empty. In ancient times, wise men often said, 'The big province should prepare money and grain for three years to provide relief for famines from time to time'. Wuzhou is a hometown of fish and rice, and there is naturally no shortage of daily expenses, but the money and grain of the treasury are insufficient to deal with unexpected changes. Mei Gongzi wanted to operate the industry, and both officials and the people could make profits."

Some time ago, he organized civil war to defend the city and fight against the rebels. Afterwards, he was given a pension and reward. Then he was ordered to build Yuzhen Temple. Now he is still building Jiulin Zen Temple. In name, the court paid the money, but it was paid by Wuzhou Prefecture and then deducted the tribute taxes in the next few years. After this struggle, the Wuzhou Prefecture Treasury was really short of money and food, so Cheng Xuanhu also supported Mei Zhenyi to operate the private industry, so that the people of Wuzhou could make more money and make more tax income.

Cheng Xuanhu and Mei Zhenyi met again and had a very close relationship. They went to pay homage to Master Chiying again. They set up a table in Qiyun Temple that night, drank a lot of wine and stayed overnight. The next day, they rushed to Wuzhou City to take office. Mei Yi got the news and had been waiting for the delivery of the seal.

After sending Gu'er and Sui'er to his uncle's house, Mei Zhenyi had nothing to worry about, but he did a lot of things himself. He practiced with Ti Liuzhu every night, thought about doing business during the day, and made plans for three or five years. Fortunately, Cheng Xuanhu was here. Mei Yi and Zhang Guo were relaxed, and there was no need to make the eldest master worry about the worldly affairs.

The tree wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop. Mei Zhenyi really had no life. A few days after Cheng Xuanhu arrived in Wuzhou, another guest came to Qi Yunguan. This person was a young woman wearing Taoist clothes. She looked ten years old, tall and tall, and beautiful and dignified. She had met Mei Zhenyi once, and was Li Lan, a proud disciple of Jiyuan, the head of Donghuamen.

Li Lan had never been to Wuzhou before, and only knew that Mei Zhenyi lived in Qiyunguan, but she didn't know the particularity of Guan, so she directly asked to see the host of Guan, and Qu Zhensheng came forward to receive it. It happened that Mei Zhenyi was not there on that day, and Qu Zhensheng accompanied Li Lan to meet Jihai Protector and other disciples, and arranged dinner and residence.

If Li Lan came to Mei's house as a guest, she would arrange a female guest room in the East Cross Courtyard. However, Qu Zhensheng learned that Li Lan not only went to Wuzhou to find Mei Zhenyi, but also stayed in Qiyun Temple under the orders of his master. How to place her? Qiyun Temple was full of male Taoist priests. After thinking for a long time, she gave Li Lan the bedroom of her own in the backyard. This was the best place in the temple, independent and undisturbed residence.

Li Lan came here to send the jade slips refined by Jiyuan, and stayed here at the same time to assist Mei Zhenyi in building the cave in the future. Li Lan was good at cultivating spiritual medicines and designing pavilions, and made a lot of efforts in the early stage of the Tailao Spirit Realm. She also had a temporary mission to bring a message to Mei Zhenyi and Jihai Realm. Donghuamen was chasing two masters who violated the rules.

How could a sect of the Donghua Sect, a sect who was a Qing sect, pursue such a killing move? The matter is related to the "Danxia Peak Establishing a Precept".

At that time, Donghua and the heads of the two sects of Miaofa accompanied Mei Zhenyi to the Danxia sect, and concluded the grudges of the three sons of Danxia taking hostages in Jingwu Villa, and finally established a new rule to abide by the common rules. The struggle between practitioners cannot threaten the safety of the other party with no concern for the safety of ordinary family members. Later, the precept established by the three sects spread throughout the world and received wide responses. Many sects also jointly established a letter to express their willingness to abide by this precept.

Less than half a year has passed, and someone has really violated the rules. The person who violated the rules is a couple, and two famous wandering cultivators in the martial arts world. The male name is Henxian Sanren, and the female name is Henxian Madam, collectively known as Henxian dual cultivation. He has traveled all over the world for a hundred years and has made friends with the predecessors of various sects. He is a pair of flying masters with very profound magic power.

Why did they violate this newly established worldly precepts and be hunted down by the Donghuamen command? The cause and effect are long-lasting—

A while ago, the double-cultivation of the Hate and Virtue went to Kunlun Fairyland, but did not visit the temples of the major sects, nor did they stay in the blessed place where the cultivators stayed for thousands of years to build huts and practice, but went deep into the unpredictable vast mountains. Kunlun Fairyland was very big and large. Not only were there practitioners, but there were also various rare beasts in the boundless mountains and fields, and there were also demon kings who occupied the caves to practice. These races and practitioners were usually at peace, but practitioners could not break freely.

This couple may have the spirit of adventure, and they also respected that the pair of swords in their hands were extremely magical, so they went to the mountains where strange beasts gathered. Maybe they wanted to collect spiritual medicine and various treasures of heaven and earth, or wanted to find a dangerous cave to settle down. While walking in the deep mountains, they disturbed a resting beast and were attacked by the other party.
Chapter completed!