Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 147 The Merchants Association opens!Businessmen are crazy!Earn 65 taels!

Laifu Inn.

Businessman Lu Cong sat in the lobby and waited patiently.

The current situation is that all the big businessmen in Yangzhou know that the founder of the craft of Snowflake White Salt is in Yangzhou, and they all want to meet.

But only he knew Li Xiaoyao's location, which made him a little complacent.

With this relationship, I will definitely be the first to reap the benefits, and have the opportunity to compete for the position of the future family patriarch.

After waiting for about an hour, I saw Li Xiao and others walking into the inn from the outside.

"Young Master Xiao, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Lu Cong stood up with a gift in his hand, which was a valuable bronze incense burner from the Tang Dynasty.

"Come here, what gift do you bring?"

Li Xiao was polite and took the gift with his hand.

"Please go to the room and talk about it."

Li Xiao took Lu Cong to the room. The room he reserved was large, suitable for business talks.

After they sat down, Lu Cong greeted him, "Young Master Xiao's name has been spread all over Yangzhou, and he is a big celebrity right now. I, Mr. Lu, are fortunate enough to meet in advance, and I am flattered."

Lu Cong is a smart person. He knew that since the young man in front of him could release the news, he would never do business with him alone.

But it is definitely beneficial for him to be the first to meet Li Xiao.

Only then did he send an expensive incense burner to win the relationship.

"It's not worth mentioning. It's a small trick that makes Brother Lu laugh."

Li Xiao was also very polite, and then put a dozen small oranges on the table, opened one of them, and started making tea.

"This is."

Lu Cong was very curious when he saw the beautifully packaged balls on the table.

Guess this should be the business to be discussed.

Afterwards, as Li Xiao opened the package, a scent filled the air, making Lu Cong's eyes shine.

This tea is really not ordinary, as soon as I smell it, I feel that there are many kinds of aromas mixed in it, such as mint, citrus, and tea.
"This tea is called Xiaoqinggan. It is fried in a secret way handed down from the ancestors. It is small and exquisite, easy to carry, and wrapped in green tangerine, which is convenient for storage. The longer it is stored, the older it is, the more fragrant and purer the tea taste."

Li Xiao was making tea and talking nonsense.

In fact, after a few years of tea, the essence must have evaporated long ago, but it doesn't matter, as long as the tea is sold, what happens next is not up to him.

In the Ming Dynasty, tea was tea.

It is used to make tea and drink, and no one will save the tea leaves.

But in later generations, Pu-erh tea was sold as a concept, that is, the older it is, the more fragrant it is, and the older it is, the more valuable it is, with financial attributes added, so it was fired up to sky-high prices.

Only things that can be preserved can be used for frying.

In fact, it was all a big scam.
"The older it gets, the more fragrant it gets?"

Hearing this, Lu Cong's heart skipped a beat, and he was already thinking about this business.

After pondering for a while, I feel that there is a lot to do!

Lu Cong asked in surprise. "Young Master Xiao, you mean that this tea is like wine, it gets better and better with age?"

Li Xiao nodded: "Look, is the pot of tea I'm making right now fragrant?"

Lu Cong nodded like pounding garlic: "It's so fragrant. Lu has never seen such a fragrant tea. Seeing it today is an eye-opener."

"That's it."

Li Xiao said flickeringly: "There is no such secret tea in the market because I have stored this batch of tea for 15 years! Now I can finally sell it for a good price. If it is not for the lack of money, I plan to save it." For 30 years, the taste will be more fragrant, and the price will be higher!"

hiss!
Lu Cong gasped.

It turns out that there is such a good tea!
He has believed more than half of it.

Otherwise, how to explain such a strong aroma?
But Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes, and said to his heart, brother-in-law, you are really a big fool, you have kept it for 15 years, and it was obviously made in three days.
Lu Cong confirmed again: "Young Master Xiao, you mean that the tea has been stored for 15 years before it has such a fragrance?"

Li Xiao nodded: "Exactly."

Now, Lu Cong felt that the business could be done even more.

You can sell a batch yourself, stock up a batch and buy it later.

Just like old wine, the more you save, the more valuable it is! ! !

"No matter how much you say, it's useless. Let's taste it. If the taste is not good, it's all in vain!"

Li Xiao smiled and said while pouring tea: "Look, if you want to drink strong tea, you can brew it from the top, and if you want to drink weak tea, you can brew it from the side."

After brewing, Li Xiao handed over a cup of tea.

"Okay, Lu Mou is welcome."

Lu Cong picked up the tea bowl with both hands, blew on the tea, and took a sip.

Immediately, his eyes lit up!

So fragrant, so delicious!

The fragrance of tea!Fruity!
There is also an inexplicable aroma mixed together!
Slightly sweet in the mouth, a strange compound taste erupts in the mouth!
Not only does this tea become more fragrant as it ages, it tastes so delicious now
This this this.
This is not worrying about selling at all!
Li Xiao smiled and asked, "How?"

Lu Cong smashed his mouth, and said in shock, "Lu Mou has never tasted such delicious tea, it's like a god would not change it! In this comparison, the tea leaves Lu Mou used to drink are all rubbish!"

Li Xiao smiled lightly.

Lu Cong looked at the ball on the table, his hands trembling slightly.

It seems that business opportunities are beckoning to themselves.

He picked it up and looked at it carefully.

If such tea can come in, there is no need to worry about selling it! !

In the future, the salt business is not easy to do, so why not just do the tea business?
"Young Master Xiao, how do you buy this tea?"

Lu Cong made up his mind and began to ask the price, "We are the first ones to meet, so we must give some discounts."

Li Xiao nodded: "Naturally, I will give you the best price."

Lu Cong's heart was pounding, and he said excitedly, "What price?"

Li Xiao asked, "Brother Lu, what's the price of the good tea you usually drink?"

Lu Cong replied: "On weekdays, the family drinks many kinds of tea. Tianmu tea in Zhejiang costs six taels of silver per catty, Tianchi Huqiu tea costs four taels of silver, Anhui Songluo tea costs eight taels of silver, Fujian black tea costs nine taels of silver, and Gongfu tea costs nine taels of silver. High-quality teas such as Souchong, Pekoe, and Zihao can be sold for more than ten taels of silver per catty, but these teas are produced in small quantities and are not easy to buy."

Li Xiao asked Zhu Gaosui to inquire about this price before, and it is the price of high-end tea on the market.

My Pu'er is actually not particularly high-end, and the selling price is about one or two silver a catty.

But it’s different now, he doesn’t call it Pu’er tea, but Xiaoqinggan!

Li Xiao smiled and said, "How much do you think this little green tangerine should sell for?"

Lu Cong thought about it in his mind, and said, "I don't think it's a problem to sell it for seventeen or eight taels. If you want to sell it well, the price of 15 taels of silver per catty is the most suitable."

"Twelve taels a catty." Li Xiao said.

Lu Cong said, "Is this the offer Mr. Xiao gave me?"

Although this Pu'er tea does not cost a dime, Li Xiao still said foolishly: "My Pu'er tea is made in secret, and it has been stored for another 15 years before it has this quality. The cost of labor, materials, time, etc. , ten taels a catty, is the quotation for you."

Ten taels a catty, sell for 15 taels a catty, and you can earn five taels of silver per catty. This is a good deal. Lu Cong thought: This business can be done!This taste is also worth selling!

Lu Cong cupped his hands: "Then thank you Mr. Xiao, but you said you would give me ten taels a catty, so is it more expensive to give it to someone else?"

Li Xiao said: "That's right, the price is not free. I need your help to promote this tea in the Yangzhou merchant circle. This is the secret recipe passed down from the ancestors. The small green mandarin oranges that have been stored for 15 years."

Lu Cong patted his chest and said, "No need to advertise, I, Lu Cong, want them all!"

Li Xiao was taken aback: "Are you sure? I have 50 catties, you swallow it all, it's [-] taels!"

Hearing this, Lu Cong frowned, waved his hands and said, "There are so many?"

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Are you kidding me? This tea is hard to make."

Lu Cong thought for a while: "I can't swallow so much."

Li Xiao said: "How much you can swallow depends on your ability. I will sell the rest. How much do you want?"

Lu Cong felt that he couldn't miss this opportunity, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I want [-] catties!"

"make a deal!"

Li Xiao got up and shook hands with him: "It's a happy cooperation. I will charge you 1 taels as a deposit. You have to help me promote this small green orange to get this price. I will hold a business promotion meeting in six days and sell the remaining small oranges. Green Tangerine Auction."

"Do not worry."

Lu Cong readily took out a 1 tael silver note and handed it to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao pointed to the little green oranges on the table, "I'll give these to Brother Lu for you to promote."

"okay."

Lu Cong was ecstatic, and then said: "Young Master Xiao, if there is such a business in the future, remember to be the first one to come to me, and I will definitely be the first one!"

"no problem."

Li Xiao nodded, he will indeed be useful in the future, and there will be good things like monosodium glutamate, essential oil, safflower oil, etc.
That's it.

the next day.

Lu Cong took the little green mandarin and started promoting it in the circle.

As a businessman, he has his own circle, and he plays things that ordinary people can't play. At gatherings, he takes out a small green mandarin orange.

As soon as the little fragrance was sprayed, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

Soon, all the merchants in Yangzhou knew that the founder of Snowflake White Salt was selling a very special thing, a very high-end tea called Xiaoqinggan.

The little green mandarin orange has become a topic of conversation among businessmen when they are socializing.

Tangerines are hard to come by, and everyone wants to buy them.

Li Xiao's reputation became popular immediately. Many tea merchants couldn't find Li Xiao, so they found Lu Cong one after another, and gave Lu Cong a lot of benefits.

Lu Cong happily accepted the benefits, pretending to reveal it immediately, but in fact, this was his task.

By the second day.

A [-]-jin tangerine was rushed out overnight and handed over to Lu Cong.

Li Xiao got 10 taels of silver.

And Lu Cong got the small green tangerines, and immediately started selling them, selling them at seventeen or eight taels a catty!
I have to say, this little green orange is really easy to sell.

Wealthy people buy it for a dozen catties or tens of catties.

On various occasions, whoever can drink the small green mandarin oranges is a show of face.

It is much easier to give small green mandarin oranges to officials as gifts.
For a time, there were people showing off their good tea everywhere in Yangzhou City.
The fragrance of tea fills Yangzhou
Seeing that Xiaoqinggan's momentum is getting stronger and stronger.

Li Xiao decided to strike while the iron was hot, to drive out all the little green oranges before the Merchants Fair was held.

After working overtime, Li Xiao ended up personally.

Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui and others also became workers, processing small green oranges together.

The two had no complaints.

After all, it was sold for nothing, and they also got a share.

On the fifth day, all [-] catties of tea leaves were finished!
It is worth mentioning that the original [-] catties of small green oranges became [-] catties because of the weight of the orange peel.

In other words, [-] catties of orange peels were sold at a high price of ten taels per catty.

"Brother-in-law, it's really what you said. It's also a rope, tied to the crab, and sold for the price of the crab."

Zhu Gaoxu admires Li Xiao now.

"It's unbelievable in my dreams that we sold this broken orange peel for a price of twelve taels a catty." Zhu Gaosui also clicked his tongue.

However, he did not write a letter to report this matter to Zhu Di.

Because Zhu Gaosui also benefited from it, Li Xiao promised to give him [-]% of the benefits. He was afraid that Zhu Di would know and asked him for money.
Sixty thousand catties of small green oranges, even if sold for ten taels of silver a catty, would be 60 taels.

According to the previous allocation, Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun will get 12%, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui will get [-]%, and Zhu Gaosui will have [-]%, which is [-] taels of silver.

This caused Zhu Gaosui to be so excited that he couldn't sleep these few nights.

So is Zhu Gaoxu.
The six days are up.

And tomorrow is the opening day of the China Merchants Association.

Li Xiao deliberately explained that everyone should rest well tonight and work hard tomorrow!
That night, everyone slept soundly.

In Yangzhou City, the high-end inns are overcrowded.

After five days of fermentation, the tea merchants who smelled business opportunities, besides the tea merchants in Yangzhou, tea merchants from surrounding Nanjing, Suzhou, Huai'an, etc., all rushed towards Yangzhou City non-stop.

The venue for the Little Green Tangerine Business Promotion Conference was borrowed from Lu Cong's four-door courtyard in Yangzhou.

The yard is very large enough to hold the China Merchants Conference.

The next morning.

When Li Xiao and others came to the other courtyard, they found that it was already overcrowded and blocked.

The gate of the other courtyard was full of carriages, and even the road was full of people.

"Give it up, let it go."

Li Xiao pushed aside the crowd and squeezed inside.

"Who are you, don't you understand the principle of first come first served? How did you jump in line?"

A businessman was very dissatisfied, and spoke with an accent of Songjiang Prefecture in Nanzhili, that is, Shanghai dialect.

Just as Li Xiao wanted to explain, someone recognized Li Xiao.

"Isn't this the guy who won the Eight Great Shovels in Zuixian Tower last time?"

A wealthy businessman said, "Master, do you sell your Dongpo pork recipe?"

Immediately, people who recognized Li Xiao surrounded him.

Li Xiao was puzzled, why can't he enter every door?
Fortunately, Lu Cong came out at this time, calling for the crowd to disperse: "Everyone, make room, this is Mr. Li Xiaoyao, please don't be crowded."

At this time, the uproar was even worse.

"It turned out to be him! Amazing, he is the founder of Snowflake White Salt."

"No wonder you can win the Eight Great Shovels, it's amazing."

"I want to buy a small green mandarin orange, can you sell it to me?"

Li Xiao took Zhu Ningyun by the hand, found a gap and slipped in, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Cong said apologetically, "Young Master Xiao, I'm sorry, I didn't expect so many people to come today, and many of them are tea merchants who came from other places."

After finishing speaking, Lu Cong rubbed his hands together and said, "Well, I want to buy another [-] catties, see if you can sell me first."

During this period of time, Lu Cong found that the small green mandarin oranges were not worrying about selling, and the funds had been withdrawn, so he wanted to buy more goods.

Li Xiao shook his head with a smile: "In business, you have to follow the rules. Are you still satisfied after swallowing [-] catties? There are so many people out here who can't get the goods today. I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of this door."

"Yes, yes, I was abrupt."

Lu Cong thought for a while, and felt that he had earned enough, and he should give others some soup, so he invited Li Xiao in: "Come in quickly, the venue has been set up."

The venue was arranged according to Li Xiao's request.

There are a hundred stools placed in the open space of the other courtyard, but today, it seems that these stools may not be enough.

After Li Xiao sat down, Lu Cong invited everyone inside and outside the yard into the yard.

Good guy, the crowd leaped forward, the field was full of people, and many people had no stools and could only stand.

With so many businessmen gathered together, the scene seemed chaotic and very noisy.

"Everyone be quiet! Whoever makes any noise will be eliminated from the purchase qualification!"

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu came in handy. When he shouted loudly, he immediately fell silent.

Li Xiao cleared his throat, stood up, looked at the merchants, and began to tell the story:

"It's Xiaomou's honor that you all come from afar."

"Before the Merchants Fair is held, Xiao Mou will first tell everyone about the origin of this little green mandarin orange."

"Things, we have to start from 100 years ago. My father, and even my grandfather and great-grandfather passed on the Lu Yu branch and studied tea ceremony all my life."

"It took them 100 years to finally develop a strange tea! It is Xiaoqinggan."

"Little green tangerines use an exclusive secret method to make them not rotten, and the longer they are aged, the more fragrant they will be"

"As time goes by, 15 years have passed, and the first batch of small green oranges are finally released, but my father is no longer alive."

"This is the spirit of a century-old craftsman! Salute to my father! Without his persistence, there would be no Xiaoqinggan now!!!"

Li Xiao, blah blah, told a story to Xiao Qinggan.

The ending of the story is a little touching. It is said that Li Xiao's father developed this tea all his life, but he didn't see any results until his death.
With the blessing of this story, the businessmen present were all excited.

"That is to say, this batch of small green oranges is the only one left in the world, and there will be no more in the future! Even if there are, it will have to wait until the next 15 years!"

In order to wait for the popularity, Li Xiao added another sentence.

Anyway, I only do this vote, and I will stop when I finish this vote.

This sentence made the merchants go crazy. Rare things are more expensive, so they must be bought!

"Now, let me introduce our first Xiaoqingtang today, the ration version of Xiaoqingtang!"

Li Xiao picked up the small green tangerine in his hand and said, "This one, the one you drink in the market, is 15 years old! It is limited to 13 catties, and the price is [-] taels of silver per catty."

That's right, Li Xiao divided Xiaoqinggan into three versions.

They are the ration version, the high-quality version, and the grass jelly version.

The packaging of the three versions is different and recognizable, and the packaging of the grass jelly version is the most exquisite.

In fact, there is no difference, but the latter two flavors are heavier, which is in line with the concept of getting better with age.

"I want a thousand pounds!"

"I want two thousand!"

"I want two thousand five hundred catties!"

The atmosphere was already in place, and the merchants stretched their heads over, scrambling to sell one by one, waiting for Li Xiao to add leeks.

In just a dozen or so breaths, the [-]-jin ration version of Xiaoqing Tangerine was snatched up!

And the money is paid first. As for the goods, Li Xiao has already moved into this yard, and they can take them away later, and the goods are cleared.

Many merchants just hesitated, and the goods were gone, and they couldn't help but regret it.

Lu Cong clicked his tongue incomparably. Fortunately, he bought it early, ten taels a catty, and now it has risen to 13 taels a catty!

He regretted a little, why didn't he buy more at the beginning, even if he resold it to these merchants, he would directly earn a lot of money!
"What I want to sell now is the high-quality version of small green oranges, 17 taels of silver per catty! This is 20 years of precipitation, and the fragrance is stronger!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Xiao asked his servants to make a few pots of tea, handed them to the merchants below, and each of them tried a cup.

After drinking it, it really made a difference!

"This little green mandarin orange really gets better and better with age!"

A businessman shouted in surprise.

Another smart egg merchant also shouted: "My God, if the ration money I bought just now is not sold and stored in the warehouse, wouldn't it become a high-quality version in five years? Isn't this a waste of four taels of silver?" A catty?"

Li Xiao pointed at the businessman, and said loudly: "This brother is right, this high-quality version has been stored for five years, and it can also be turned into a fairy grass version. As I said, the older it is, the more fragrant it will be!"

hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath after understanding this truth.

In this way, this business will not lose money at all.

Even if it can't be sold, it will be more valuable after a long time!

This is a proper financial product!
Many merchants who didn't buy it just now regretted it even more now, and Xindao wants to grab it now!
"Okay, now we will start selling the high-quality version of small green mandarin oranges. There are a total of 17 catties, and the price per catty is [-] taels. Let's start grabbing goods!"

Following Li Xiao's voice, it fell.

The businessmen in the audience raised their hands without any hesitation.

"I want a thousand catties."

"I want a thousand catties too!"

"I want two thousand catties!"

"I want ten thousand catties!"

"Ten thousand catties is not enough, you can save some for everyone, I want two thousand catties!"

The moment he asked for [-] catties, he was criticized by other businessmen, and in the end he had to ask for only [-] catties.

In a blink of an eye, the high-end version of Xiaoqingtang was also sold out!

Li Xiao was overjoyed, and said loudly:
"The last is our fairy grass version of Xiaoqinggan, a total of 20 catties. This is the original version and the best version. The price is [-] taels a catty."

Li Xiao didn't finish his sentence.
The merchants off the field have already started to grab goods.

In a blink of an eye, all five thousand catties of small green oranges were sold out.

Li Xiao didn't expect that these small green oranges would be so easy to sell. After thinking about it carefully, it may have something to do with the concept he sells.
Zhu Ningyun, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaosui were completely dumbfounded.

Is this money so easy to earn?

All in all, 74 jin of small green tangerines sold for 5000 taels of silver today! ! !
Including the 84 catties that Lu Cong sold last time, a total of 5000 taels of silver was earned! !
This is more profitable than tea horse smuggling!

And their cost is almost zero, that is, it costs 400 taels to buy oranges, and less than 100 taels for labor.

As for the tea, it was picked up.

In other words, they earned 84 taels for no reason!

It was all done by Li Xiao.
Outrageous, really outrageous!
At this moment, the three brothers and sisters of the Zhu family once again witnessed Li Xiao's business ability!

The investment promotion meeting was held for less than half an hour, and it ended.

The merchant who got the goods was very proud, while the merchant who missed the opportunity begged other merchants to give him some.
The next time is to distribute the goods and collect money.

Busy until the evening, when more than 70 taels of banknotes were gathered together, Li Xiao was a little excited
All the people with huge sums of money are afraid to walk on the road for fear of being robbed!
Once back at the inn,

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't wait, and looked at Li Xiao with a hungry expression.
"Brother-in-law, it's time to divide the money."

"Brother-in-law, it's time to divide the money."

Also speaking, there is also the repeater Zhu Gaosui
(End of this chapter)