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"Oh, there are so many distinguished guests. The second young lady of the Dong family and the aunt of the Dong family have a humble house. The old woman has neglected the distinguished guests. Please take a seat...and serve tea!"

A woman in her fifties or sixties, with a wrinkled face and seven or eight patches on her clothes, but the clothes were washed and washed fairly well. She was wearing a wooden crutch and was in good spirits. She smiled and greeted Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen.

When she sat down, she looked like a kind and dignified old woman.

This is Yan Po.

"Mr. Yan was too polite, and her rash visit almost caused a misunderstanding. But it's our fault..."

Zhu Xiuyuan greeted politely, took Dong Shuzhen's hand, and sat down on the guest chair. Butler Dong Yun, as well as the tea garden steward, etc. also walked into the living room and sat down one by one.

Dong Shuzhen turned her little head, looked around, and widened her eyes. She didn't expect that the living room could be so simple. When Granny Yan said "a humble house is simple", it was really not a modest word...

Mrs. Yan was very good at talking. Zhu Xiuyuan, housekeeper Dong Yun, tea garden manager and other three people took turns chatting with her. Mrs. Yan was able to deal with it with ease and was eloquent. She was indeed the "chief helmsman" of the nearby tea gardens of Shili and Baxiang.

During the greeting process, someone brought a bowl of "tea porridge". Zhu Xiuyuan tasted a little and then put it down. This thing was really not to his liking.

"Mr. Yan, we don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing. If people don't talk secretly, let's open up the skylight and talk openly." Zhu Xiuyuan rubbed his hands and called out names, otherwise he would use Mrs. Yan's talkative ability.

, they could spend the entire day chatting here.

"Haha, the Dong family's aunt is quite cheerful. The old lady is all ears." Granny Yan laughed. She was a mature person. After such a long time of greetings, Yan Pozi had understood that among this group of people, the Dong family's aunt was the leader.

Sure enough, after Zhu Xiuyuan spoke, the housekeeper Dong Yun and the tea garden manager fell silent. As for the second young lady of the Dong family, she looked around curiously since she entered the door and said nothing at all.

Mrs. Yan straightened her sitting posture, her cloudy eyes slightly narrowed, and listened carefully to what Zhu Xiuyuan was going to say next.

"I took the liberty of visiting here because I actually want to cooperate with Granny Yan on a business venture."

"what business?"

"Po Yan, please look at it, can you recognize this thing?" Zhu Xiuyuan took out something from his sleeve. It was small and green. It was the tip of a tea tree bud, with a young leaf attached.

Zhu Xiuyuan picked this on the way here.

After placing it on the coffee table, besides Yan Po squinting her eyes to examine it carefully, Dong Shuzhen also came to join in the fun, passing her little head over Zhu Xiuyuan and coming over.

Zhu Xiuyuan's face darkened, and he lightly patted Dong Shuzhen. She turned back blankly, stuck out her tongue under Zhu Xiuyuan's burning gaze, and retreated silently.

"Of course I recognize it, old woman." After taking a closer look, Mrs. Yan raised her head and stared at Zhu Xiuyuan in confusion.

"What about this one? Please see, Granny Yan, what's the difference between the two." Zhu Xiuyuan took out another thing from his sleeve, which was also a tea tree bud, but it had many young leaves.

"This? It's just an ordinary tea leaf. The old woman really can't see any difference, but this..." Mrs. Yan pointed at the tip of the bud with only one young leaf, and then said: "Like this

Picking is too time-consuming." After Mrs. Yan finished speaking, she suddenly paused and asked: "Is the business that the Dong family's uncle mentioned related to these two picking methods?"

"That's right!" Zhu Xiuyuan pinched the tip of the bud with only one young leaf on it, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Our Dong family buys this kind of bud tip in large quantities. The ones with only one young leaf don't need the rest. The price is good.

discuss."

"What!" Mrs. Yan jumped up from the chair. She forgot about the crutches. Her slightly old body was trembling and seemed to fall down at any time. However, Mrs. Yan's face showed excitement and she didn't dare to

He asked believingly: "Aunt Dong...is it true? Does your house really want to buy this leaf?"

"You heard that right."

"This...this..." Mrs. Yan sat down and stood up again, going back and forth several times. It was obvious that Mrs. Yan fell into a state of ecstasy.

With a smile on his lips, Zhu Xiuyuan said in his heart: "The mother-in-law is indeed worthy of being the 'chief rudder'. She figured out the key almost instantly and sold the young shoot tips to the Dong family, which is equivalent to an extra income. And

If you press it into tea cakes, after deducting the cost, and then go through the tea dealer to lower the price, wet out, short weigh, wipe off the tail, and make a board, if you are lucky, you can still make two yuan, but if you are not lucky, you may even have to pay more.

Flip it... In short, for Yanpo and the tea gardens, no matter how you calculate it, this is a great thing!"

"Your distinguished guest is laughing, old woman... I feel so excited, but it's rude! Please don't be surprised, distinguished guest." After Yan Yan calmed down a little, she immediately realized that her behavior was inappropriate.

"No problem!" Zhu Xiuyuan smiled.

Mrs. Yan apologized for a while, and her usual shrewdness returned. With a smile on her face, she asked: "I wonder what the purpose of your house's acquisition of this small leaf is?"

"Well, it's not convenient to disclose this for the time being. Well, now that Yan Po has understood this business, I wonder what Yan Po wants? Can we cooperate?"

"Well...please allow me to think about this carefully." Madam Yan looked thoughtful and fell silent for a moment.

Also, this business seems to be a success, but in practice, there may be many problems. Let’s not talk about the price and transportation. For Mrs. Yan’s tea garden, if the young shoot tips are sold to the Dong family alone, it will inevitably

This led to a reduction in tea production... The tributes submitted by the tea gardens to the imperial court were fixed. The tea sold to the tea horse merchants and engaged in the tea horse trade was also fixed. Only the tea sold to other tea merchants could be more or less... Then

It is necessary to consider, if we cooperate with the Dong family, after the reduction of tea production, can the amount of tea supplied to the imperial court be satisfied? And can the amount sold to the Tea Horse Company be satisfied? Obviously, the amount of tea supplied and the amount sold to the Tea Horse Company

, it is definitely enough. So if we only need to reduce the amount sold to other tea merchants, how can we make more profits?

There are too many things that need to be planned here, and it cannot be figured out in a short while.

The living room suddenly became quiet, Mrs. Yan frowned and thought hard, the housekeeper Dong Yun and the tea garden steward drank "tea porridge" very calmly, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen looked at each other from time to time, secretly playing a game called "eyebrows"

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"I don't know..." Mrs. Yan finally spoke, but it was obvious that she was a little embarrassed, "I wonder what price your house will pay for it?"

"Mr. Yan, please rest assured. We, the Dong family, have a long history of passing down poetry and etiquette to our family. We are based on sincerity. We will never resort to fraud, use our power to oppress others, or harm tea farmers. Our sincerity is very high."

"That's natural. I still admire your style. The manager of your tea garden has helped me more than once. I remember it in my heart... It's just that for such a big matter, I need to think carefully and not be negligent.
Chapter completed!