Mingmen Family

Chapter 232 Ye Yaxiu
It is not easy to transport tea from here to the border. Lin'an is okay, most of the road can be carried by horses; and some roads are rugged, and they have to be carried by hand.If there are road bandits or some special circumstances, the tea or the tea transporter will be lost.This has to be factored into the cost.

"Of course, if we don't have to transport them to the border, but the imperial court buys them in a unified way and transports them to the border by itself, it will be [-] cents cheaper."

Qi Ji's eyes widened: "So cheap?"

Ye Chongming frowned.

You must know that tea in this era is still quite expensive.

Although tea is grown on tea mountains and does not occupy arable land, ordinary people will grow crops instead of tea when they open up wasteland.If the stomach is not full, no one will think about growing tea.

In addition, if it weren't for the famous tea mountains in Baiteng County, there would be no local affairs department, and even if you planted tea, you would have no place to sell it.It is impossible to pick tea and sell it hundreds of miles away, and the money earned is not enough to pay for a car.

Furthermore, there are no chemical fertilizers and pesticides in this era. Originally, the yield of arbor and small arbor tea trees is not high. When the weather is warm, insects will grow, and the fertilizer cannot keep up. The yield of an acre of tea garden is extremely low.

All kinds of things lead to extremely high tea prices.Even the worst coarse tea costs several hundred renminbi a catty.When ordinary people want to buy tea to entertain guests, they buy it in twos and twos.Not to mention good tea.

Now this tea brick tastes so good, it is a world of difference compared to coarse tea.Ye Chongming felt that it would be too much of a loss if he didn't sell it for more than a dozen taels of silver a catty.

In the end, Ye Yaming only asked for three to five hundred cash, which is too low, isn't it?You know they still have to pay taxes.

"Of course, this has not included the cost of taxes." Ye Yaming added.

If the imperial court buys them uniformly and transports them to the border, then the tax will not be paid by them, so she didn't count the tax money into the capital.

"The reason why I asked for such a low price is that this matter is related to the border war. In view of the good taste and cheapness of this tea, Dajin should make concessions in other places; Two hundred coins, that's a considerable profit. If the asking price is high, the profit will be too generous. At that time, people may be targeted and take away the deal. Appropriate concessions to the court will be of great benefit to us. "

In this business, Lu Guanyi and Qi Ji are hidden behind, and it is the Ye family who come forward.The Ye family and the imperial court do such a large amount of business every year, and the name of an imperial merchant cannot escape.

"Think about our many tea mountains, how much spring tea is produced every year? This is enough for us to make a lot of money, why bother to compete with the court for profit on this point?"

Qi Ji and Ye Chongming looked at each other, feeling a little ashamed.

As men, their vision and mind are not as good as Ye Yaming's.

Especially Qi Ji, at first he thought of transporting the tea to the border for the benefit of Dajin, but after Ye Yaming really offered such a cheap price, he felt that it was too cheap, and they couldn't make any money.

"Okay, I will do as you say." Qi Ji's tone was extremely firm.

He pointed to the tea brick on the table: "Then I took it?"

Since this tea brick was given to Lu Guanyi, naturally the sooner the better.

"Take it away." Ye Yaming nodded.

When Qi Ji hurried away with the tea, Ye Chongming asked Ye Yaming: "Except for that time, did you make black tea later?"

Ye Yaming nodded: "I made another one hundred catties last spring."

She understood Ye Chongming's meaning, and couldn't help smiling: "I'll send you a few yuan later, and your tea is indispensable."

Ye Chongming couldn't help laughing when his mind was hit.

Ye Yaming said again: "However, the longer this tea is stored, the better it tastes. It will taste better after a few years."

After hearing Ye Yaming say that the tea was made the year before last, Ye Chongming had doubts: "Isn't it bad for the tea to become old tea after a year? What do you mean by what you say? it is good?"

"Black tea is different from green tea. It will slowly transform over time. The longer the time, the more mellow, sweet and smooth the soup will be, and the redder the color will be."

After hearing this, Ye Chongming wished that Ye Yaming would teach his disciples how to make this black tea right away.

It is late spring and early summer, and there are many old leaves and old stalks left after picking the tea buds.It is better to make black tea than to waste the unpalatable rough tea.At that time, regardless of whether they sell it to the border or not, their Jixianglou can sell this kind of tea.

Of course, the price must not be so cheap.

But Ye Yaming just came back, and it will be Ye Yaqing's marriage in a few days, so this matter can only be put aside for now.

The day before Ye Yaqing got married, Ye Yaming met Ye Yaxiu, the eldest daughter of the Ye family who was already married.

Ye Yaxiu is in her 20s and is already the mother of two children.The facial features are [-]% similar to Ye Yaqing, but the temperament is completely different.

Ye Yaqing has a gentle and quiet personality. Ye Yaxiu doesn't know whether it's because she was the eldest daughter when she was young, or because of the environment after she got married. She looks rather strong. When she looked up at Ye Yaming, her eyes flashed a sharp edge .

Ye Yaming glanced at her thoughtfully, and called her according to the original owner's memory: "Big sister."

Ye Yaxiu nodded, looked Ye Yaming up and down, hooked the corners of her mouth, with a half-smile: "We haven't seen each other for three years, and the second sister and I are still the same. The third sister seems to be a different person, and she has become younger than my father." , He is even more powerful than his grandfather, which is really impressive."

Ye Yaming smiled faintly: "Big Sister is over the top."

Ye Yaxiu raised her eyebrows.

What she said seemed to be a compliment, but it was actually a mockery.If Ye Yaming also retorted, it would be a shame.

Now she really took her words as a compliment and humbled herself, and hit her back kindly.I haven't seen her for a few years, but this cousin has really become more powerful.

Mrs. Ye's eyes became sharp when Ye Yaxiu said that.

She took a fixed look at Tao Shi.

Ye Yaxiu, the eldest granddaughter's disposition is [-]% like Dow's, she seems to be generous on the surface, but in fact she loves to care.But no matter how fussy he was, there was no reason to stab his cousin as soon as he came back.

Dow must have said something to Ye Yaxiu before this.

Dow is still dissatisfied with Ye Yaming being the head of the family?
Seeing that Dow looked away uncomfortably, Mrs. Ye said, "Isn't that amazing? If it weren't for your cousin who made Longjing tea and made it a tribute tea, she would have married the fifth-rank official Xungui in the capital again." Darling, how can our family be so honored? So much so that people like the Xie family come to ask for marriage. According to me, for Qing'er's marriage, you mother and daughter should thank Ming'er."

This made Tao Shi and Ye Yaxiu's expressions change.

Ye Yaqing, on the other hand, relied on Ye Yaming's marriage to get married to the Xie family, and knowing that Ye Yaming's marriage was "unnecessary", she felt guilty and uncomfortable all the time.

(End of this chapter)