Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 16 Jingdezhen

"Xiuyuan? If you have any ideas, you might as well tell me."

"Oh... this method is actually very simple!" Zhu Xiuyuan straightened his posture, "Since we don't have enough tea leaves, we can spend money to buy others."

"I heard that there are tea gardens everywhere in Fuliang County, and we only need a small part of the bud tip, which is only one leaf at most. It does not affect the pressing of tea cakes. Someone should be willing to cooperate."

Zhu Xiuyuan added.

After hearing this, Dong Shuyu immediately fell into deep thought, his eyebrows frowning and relaxing.

She was thinking quickly about whether Zhu Xiuyuan's method was applicable.

As the actual manager of the tea house, Dong Shuyu considered the issues more comprehensively, and there were many details that Zhu Xiuyuan had never considered.

For example, are other tea gardens willing to sell?
At what price should I purchase it?
And how to transport it to the city... and a series of other issues, Dong Shuyu needed to think carefully about them one by one.

As for the father-in-law, Dong Cheng, and the butler, they looked at Zhu Xiuyuan for a while, and Dong Shuyu for a while.

Then the two looked at each other and said nothing so as not to disturb them.

"Okay, this is a good idea!"

Finally, Dong Shuyu's brows relaxed, and an almost invisible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Then staring at Zhu Xiuyuan, said in a complimenting tone: "Xiuyuan's talent is beyond my reach!"

"Where is it!" Zhu Xiuyuan said modestly.

The father-in-law and the housekeeper both said that this was a good idea when they saw Dong Shuyu. They also nodded and praised Zhu Xiuyuan.

"Miss, you just said that there are two difficulties, but you haven't found a solution yet. Now that my uncle's method has solved the first difficulty, what is the second difficulty?"

The housekeeper asked anxiously again.

"Secondly...the past method of making tea was to press tea leaves into tea cakes and wrap them in special oil paper for easy storage and transportation to various places."

"But this new tea is not a tea cake after being fried, it is very loose... How should it be stored and transported so that it is not susceptible to moisture?"

Dong Shuyu said and looked at Zhu Xiuyuan again.

This new tea has absolutely no experience to follow, and she can only turn to Zhu Xiuyuan for help in storage and transportation.

"It's easy too."

Zhu Xiuyuan was also unambiguous and directly copied the practices of later generations, the Ming and Qing dynasties.

I just heard him say: "We can order a kind of ceramic pot, called 'tea pot', with cork as the stopper, and the tea leaves will be placed inside, so it will not be easy to get wet!"

"Ok!"

Dong Shuyu nodded clearly and took Zhu Xiuyuan's words: "There is a town in Fuliang County called 'Jingdezhen', which specializes in porcelain firing. We can customize a batch of tea cans in Jingdezhen to go with the new tea. sell!"

Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes lit up and he silently gave her a thumbs up.

Selling tea leaves and matching tea cans is also a great idea!

Zhu Xiuyuan asked himself, if he had done it himself, he would not be able to come up with such a method, or he would not be able to come up with it in a short period of time, because he does not know much about business.

Suddenly, Zhu Xiuyuan had an idea. From the two keywords "tea can" and "porcelain", he thought of tea sets specially used for making tea, such as teapots, tea cups, tea cups, tea cups, etc.

Since tea cans can be customized, what about these tea sets?

Everyone is porcelain.

So Zhu Xiuyuan quickly came up with this idea and hand-drawn a complete set of tea sets.

After everyone saw it, they all praised it.

They unanimously decided to order a batch of ceramic tea sets as well as tea cans!
……

At this point, Dong Shuyu's two problems have been solved.

Then it’s time to delegate tasks.Dong Shuyu was in charge of promoting the name of Xincha, which was actually not difficult.

Zhu Xiuyuan has been in the Dong family for so long and finally got his first serious job——

Go to Fuliang County to settle the purchase of tea and custom-made porcelain tea sets.

The butler will accompany you.

The time is set for tomorrow and we will set off early in the morning.

……

The next day, in the morning.

East courtyard, living room.

Zhu Xiuyuan sat on a chair and drank tea.

From time to time, I glance at the West Pavilion, which is Dong Shuzhen's room.

His face was quite calm, and he told Qiu Wen: "Qiu Wen, please go and urge her again, don't miss the time."

"Hey, uncle."

Qiu Wen agreed, carrying a small baggage on her shoulder, and walked to the west pavilion with brisk steps.

"Wait, come back."

Qiu Wen immediately stopped, turned around, faced Zhu Xiuyuan, then walked back, and asked a little cutely: "What are your orders?"

"Put down the baggage. You've been carrying it on your shoulders. Don't you feel tired?"

He pointed to the small bundle on Qiu Wen's shoulder.

"Oh." Qiu Wen put down the baggage as instructed, and then stood there, staring blankly at Zhu Xiuyuan, waiting for his further instructions.

"Go quickly." Zhu Xiuyuan paused and ordered.

"Good uncle." Qiu Wen turned and walked towards the West Pavilion.

"Hurry up!"

Her uncle's voice came from behind her, and Qiu Wen walked faster as she was told.

"Speed, hurry up, trot forward!"

As her uncle issued a new order, Qiu Wen seemed to be equipped with an electric motor, taking small steps with her legs, and disappeared from Zhu Xiuyuan's sight in the blink of an eye.

Not long after, Qiu Wen trotted back, breathing heavily, "Uncle, the lady said she will be fine soon. Please wait patiently for a while."

After hearing this, Zhu Xiuyuan directly covered his face.

The last time Qiu Wen came back from urging, she said the same thing...

Zhu Xiuyuan waved his hand, and Qiu Wen automatically stepped aside.

She silently picked up the small bundle and put it on her shoulders, looking ready to go.

Zhu Xiuyuan felt a little tired.

If he had known that Dong Shuzhen was so good at stalling for time, he should have hardened his heart and ignored her coquettishness and cuteness, and not allowed her to follow him to Fuliang County.

"Hey!"

But when he thought of Dong Shuzhen's happy appearance after receiving the permission, his newly hardened heart immediately softened.

After all, he is just a child, and he has been "captive" by his father-in-law for more than ten years, like a canary.

She is full of longing for the world outside the Dong Mansion...

(End of this chapter)