Chapter 417 Tea Dumping Incident(1/2)
Gao Zunhui from Guangxi was busy drinking and drinking with the toasts.
In the tiles of the Sang family in Bianjing City, Xing Shu was also drinking and exchanging cups with Yeluju.
The contemporary Li Shishi, smiling brightly, sat aside and poured wine for the two of them.
She can be regarded as the fastest Li Shishi to retire in the history of Sangjiawazi.
She had just taken over at the beginning of the year, and within four months, she had been redeemed.
Although people are still here in Sangjia Wazi, they should no longer show off their laughter.
And all of this was brought about by the two men in front of her.
Therefore, she served very diligently.
When Xing Shu and Yelu Ju had almost finished drinking, Xing Shu winked at Master Li, who immediately obediently bowed to him: "Guan Liu (Yelu Ju calls himself Liu), Xing Guan, please go down and get ready first."
, singing for the two officials."
Yeluju looked at this beauty's incomparably beautiful face and body that was so plump that she could squeeze out water. His soul felt a little unstable, and he immediately said: "Let's go, let's go!"
Then they kept looking at each other until the beauty disappeared from sight.
Only then did he reluctantly look back.
Then he took a sip of wine and said, "What a pity, what a pity."
"Such a beautiful woman, I don't know when I will see you again?"
"Brother Liu, why do you sigh?" Xing Shu said with a smile: "Those of my friends have already redeemed themselves for Miss Master."
"We have even prepared a separate courtyard for Brother Liu at Waqiao Pass, thinking that the golden house hides the beauty."
Yeluju cupped his hands and said, "It's very polite of those friends who thanked Brother Xing for me."
"Hey!" Xing Shu laughed: "We are all friends, and it is natural for friends to help each other."
"Perhaps, in the future, my friends here or below will have to rely on Brother Liu when they arrive in Shangjing."
"This is guaranteed by a certain family!" Yeluju made a promise while patting his chest.
Last time, he and the Liao envoy took a cut of 100,000 guan from the Song-Liao trade, and almost 50,000 guan ended up in his pocket.
Yeluju is now rich and powerful, and his voice is a bit higher than before.
Xing Shu smiled and said calmly: "Brother Liu, this time it's one million dollars again!"
"Has your country thought about what it wants to purchase?"
Yeluju knew that the drama was coming, so he smiled and said: "Of course it's silk and satin, fine wine and porcelain."
Recently, many people from Beijing and Nanjing have sent letters.
Everyone was very satisfied with his work in this Southern Dynasty.
In particular, the big shots in the Fifth Academy, the Sixth Academy, and Prince Xi gave thumbs up to him for the goods he sent back, saying that he was loyal to the country.
Even the queen issued an edict and rewarded his mother and wife.
So much so that Yeluju heard the news that someone in the Fifth and Sixth Academy wanted to recommend him to be the privy envoy.
When Yeluju learned about this, he was frightened out of his wits.
Privy Councilor?
If it had happened in the past, he would have danced with joy.
but now……
Privy Councilor? Not even a dog!
How much does a Privy Council member cost?
Can it be compared with how easily you can make tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of coins with your eyes closed in this Southern Dynasty?
Not to mention, this Bianjing city is simply paradise!
Now, Yeluju finally understood why the emperor (Yelühongji) wanted to inscribe the words - 'I wish to be born in China in the next life' on the base of the Buddha statue he enshrined.
Bianjing is already the Western paradise on earth.
However, Xing Shu chuckled and said: "They are all made of silk and satin, fine wine, porcelain, fine tea, and tea sets. Wouldn't your country consider some daily necessities?"
"Huh?" Yeluju didn't quite understand. He looked at Xing Shu and frowned: "Isn't there a border market for everyday things?"
"If the people need it, they can go to the border to trade with your country."
The annual trade volume of Jiaozi is three million guan. When you first came to Beijing, you may have thought about whether you should allocate 1 million guan to purchase daily consumer goods to meet domestic demand?
Now, after tasting the top luxury goods from Bianjing, the powerful people in Beijing have thrown this idea out of the window.
Whether it is the nobles in the North Court or the scholar-bureaucrats in the South Court, few people have such an idea.
According to the envoys from the country, the only ones left now are Yelu Dilie, Xiao Wuna, and Wang Shiru, who are still chattering in front of the emperor.
Others have already expressed that the people's needs can be met by the border market.
And what about these three million strings?
It is Your Majesty's wealth, how can you squander it at will?
Good steel must be used on the blade!
The emperor was very satisfied with this and agreed with the views of his ministers.
Good steel does have to be used on the blade!
As a result, the North Court and the South Court reached an agreement.
Whether it is the herdsmen on the grasslands, the Han people in Youyan and Liaodong, or the Bohai farmers, they are all abandoned now.
Xing Shu calmly poured a glass of wine for Yeluju and said, "To be honest, your envoy, my friends have encountered some troubles."
"Huh?" Yeluju sat up straight and asked, "What kind of trouble is the unknown? Can someone help me?"
Xing Shu sighed and said, "I have a friend whose family is a tea merchant. Now he is in trouble."
“There is a lot of second-hand and old tea squeezed into the house.”
"If we can't sell it, I'm afraid the family business will be ruined. It's really a pity!"
"I was wondering if your envoy could help..."
When Yeluju heard this, he immediately patted his chest and said, "Since I am a friend of Brother Xing, I am also a friend of a certain family!"
"Brother Xing, please speak frankly. How much backlog of secondary and old tea does his family have?"
"How much does it cost per pound? A certain company covers it all!"
Xing Shu looked at Yeluju and remembered that the officials summoned him this afternoon and gave him the tasks assigned to him.
According to reports from the Ministry of Household Affairs, various tea farms in the Song Dynasty found that the backlog of secondary tea and old tea this year reached a terrifying figure of three million kilograms.
Officials asked him to sell these teas to the Liao people.
As long as you promote it, you can get high rebates!
At the same time, as long as he did this well, the official promised to promote him next year.
Let him realize his dream of a bachelor's college and step into the holy land that all scholar-bureaucrats dream of!
This made Xingshu full of energy.
He sighed softly and said to Yeluju: "To be honest, my friend has a lot of old tea in his backlog."
"Maybe as many as millions of pounds!"
Yeluju was stunned. Millions of catties of tea?
This is indeed a terrifying number.
At the same time, he also learned that Backlog was probably not a friend, but the government.
After all, who else but Nanchao himself could accumulate so much tea?
But when doing business, what matters is courtesy.
Others have helped him so much, how could he not express his gratitude?
Anyway, it’s not his money that was spent!
Right?
"How much does it cost per pound?" Yeluju asked tentatively.
Xing Shu smiled and said: "It's very cheap for you to rest assured!"
"For Chencha, your country can just give me a cost price!"
"uh-huh?"
"Twenty dollars per cake is enough!"
Yeluju's eyes widened: "How much?"
To be continued...