Wang Zhen was puzzled: "Xianggong has studied hard for many years, isn't it to enter the court as an official and show what he has learned?" ”

Lu Yuan was speechless for a while, and hurriedly remedied: "It was like this before entering the officialdom, but since I saw the darkness of the officialdom, I have been a little disheartened. "The original owner, Lu Yuan, was deposed by the imperial court, so there is no flaw in saying this.

Wang Zhizheng said: "Xianggong's words are wrong, although the officialdom is unsatisfactory, but if Xianggong has a slight setback, he will retreat, and the officialdom will always be occupied by those traitorous villains, so that the weakened country is the people, and the people are suffering, can Xianggong bear to stay out of the matter?" ”

Lu Yuanxin said: "This royal Taoist really has a worldly heart. His mouth said, "What the Taoist chief said is true." ”

Wang Qianfu said: "If the prime minister wants to go to She County to serve as the magistrate, do you know the major harms of She County?" ”

Lu Yuan was surprised: "I don't know, I also ask the Taoist chief to teach." ”

Wang Zhen was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a commotion from downstairs, Lu Yuan was a little curious, and said to Wang Zhen: "Dao Chief, let's go down and have a look first." ”

Wang Zhen nodded, and went out of the room with the Lu Yuan brothers and sisters, and went down to the first floor. I saw that the passengers at each table were asking what to do with a man in brocade who had just entered the store, and many even walked up to the front to ask each other!

Lu Yuan only listened to them and asked:

"Do you have any tea?"

"What is the price of tea?"

"Is my brother a tea merchant from She County?"

Lu Yuan frowned and said, "What's going on?" ”

Wang Zhi said: "This is the second biggest harm in She County, Xiang Gong can notice that the tea from the shopkeeper is only water, no tea?" ”

Lu Yuan suddenly said: "That's true, so this second evil is related to tea?" ”

"Yes, the second major harm is the four major chambers of commerce in She County, She County is a large tea-producing county, but the four major chambers of commerce have monopolized the tea industry for a long time, resulting in many people not being able to buy tea. The man in brocade thought that he was a tea merchant from She County, and if he wanted to know better, it was better to go to that person and ask him face to face. ”

The man surnamed Yin, who used to sell tea here, had always bought tea from him, and the travelers in the store had heard the shopkeeper ask him about tea.

Lu Yuan saw what the brocade-clothed man said to the people around him, and the people around him gradually dispersed. He took a few steps forward and arched his hand: "Hello brother, I have something I want to ask brother about something, I don't know if I can enter my room to talk about it." ”

The brocade-clothed man said impatiently: "I don't have tea, so I don't have anything to say." ”

"Bastard, this is my county magistrate, you dare to be rude?" Qin Li scolded, he also came down from the stairs at some point.

Hearing that Lu Yuan was the county order, the people around him looked at him in surprise.

The brocade-clothed man glanced at the two of them, and said in his heart: "It's a strange thing, this clothes for the county order are not as good as those worn by subordinates." ”

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Your Excellency, please wait a moment. ”

As he spoke, he walked out of the inn, and not long after, he helped a pot-bellied woman in, followed by a little boy of eleven or twelve years old.

When the boy saw Lu Yutong, he smiled at her, but Lu Yutong turned his head away.

The Jinyi man asked the shopkeeper for an upper room, and said to Lu Yuan: "Please wait a little longer." So he helped his wife and children upstairs.

Qin Li said in his heart: "This person is so rude. Seeing a Taoist priest standing next to Lu Yuan, he asked, "My lord, who is this Taoist chief?" ”

Lu Yuan said: "This is the king of Daochang, and he will also go to She County, and he will walk with us later." ”

Qin Li sighed and didn't ask any more.

After a while, the Jinyi man went downstairs and walked to Lu Yuan to bow down: "Lord Lao has been waiting for a long time, the grass people are upright, I don't know what the adults are looking for the grass people?" ”

Lu Yuan said: "I have something I want to ask you about. ”

Yin Zheng thought that it must be related to tea, but he had decided to change careers, and there was no tea industry on his body, so he had nothing to fear, and said: "I don't dare to ask for advice as an adult, if there is anything that an adult wants to ask, the grass people must know everything." ”

Lu Yuan said: "Come into my room and talk about it." ”

So Yin Zheng followed Lu Yuan's brothers and sisters into the room, and Wang Zhen and Qin Li also followed. After Lu Yutong entered the room, he hugged the small package containing the silver two and Lu Yuan Jinshi vouchers.

Finding the inferior room where Lu Yuan lived, Yin Zheng was secretly a little strange, but he didn't dare to ask more, and said, "My lord, please ask." ”

There were only three chairs in the room, Lu Yuan walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, and said, "Three of you, please sit." Lu Yutong followed and ran to the edge of the bed and sat down.

Seeing that Lu Yuan was very polite, Yin Zheng felt a little calmer, sat down on the chair, and only heard Lu Yuan ask: "I heard that Brother Yin is a tea merchant in She County, I don't know if it's true?" ”

Yin Zhengxin said that he really came for the tea, and replied: "Lord Hui, the grass people used to be tea merchants, but they have already decided to change careers, and there is no tea on their bodies. ”

Wang Zhen said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Yin misunderstood, Lu Xianggong is about to go to She County to serve as the county commander, and I want to learn about the tea industry in She County." ”

Yin Zheng suddenly said: "So that's the case, I thought..."

Qin Li sneered: "Do you think that my family adults covet the tea leaves on your body?" ”

Yin Zheng said in a loud voice: "The grass people don't dare, don't dare." ”

Lu Yuan arched his hand and said: "I also hope that Brother Yin will inform me about the tea industry in She County." ”

Yin Zheng sighed and said: "Adults should know that Shezhou has many mountains and little land, and it is a large tea-producing state, among which the scale of the tea industry in She County has always been the first in the state, and the villain's family has been a tea merchant in She County for several generations, but over the years, it has become more and more impossible to do!" ”

Qin Liqi said: "Recently, the price of tea has been rising, and the supply exceeds demand, how can you not do it?" ”

Yin Zhengxin said: "If I can buy the goods, how can I worry about sales?" ”

He sighed: "In recent years, the tea industry in She County has gradually been controlled by the four major chambers of commerce, they have collected a large number of tea forests and hired people to pick tea, and used various means to collect the tea leaves of those tea farmers, and unified the price of tea. ”

Qin Li was puzzled: "Could it be that the price they charge is higher?" So those tea people sold to them? ”

Yin Zhengxin said: "You scholar is a dead reader at first glance, and you are stupid to read your brain, if so, can't I raise the price and collect it?" ”

Of course, he couldn't say these words to his face, and said patiently: "The price they charge is much lower than mine, and the price they sell in the tea shop is much higher than mine, which is why many people like to buy tea from us small tea merchants." ”

Qin Li was amazed and said: "Those tea farmers are all fools, they don't sell to those with high prices, but sell to those with low prices?" ”

"This is only because the government has issued a provision that the tea farmers can only sell by village, with the financial resources of our small and medium-sized tea merchants, we can't buy tea from a village at all, at first I can go to the familiar tea farmers to buy some privately, and then the government is stricter and stricter, it is difficult to buy."

Lu Yuan said: "Why don't you small and medium-sized tea merchants cooperate with each other and buy in joint ventures? ”

Yin Zheng glanced at Lu Yuan, and said in his heart that this minister still has some knowledge, no wonder you are the official master, and said: "Of course we tried, and we also formed a small chamber of commerce, but then the four major chambers of commerce sued us for disrupting the market, and a lawsuit came down, the chamber of commerce was gone, and we lost a lot of silver." ”

Qin Li said with a smile: "It must be these four major chambers of commerce that bribed the officials. ”

Yin Zheng sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't? We small businessmen don't mention it, those big businessmen can't fight the four major chambers of commerce, although they have the money to receive tea, but in the end the tea still can't be sold. ”

Qin Li didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and said with great interest: "What's going on, let's talk about it quickly." ”

When Yin Zheng talked about himself, he had a sad face, but when he talked about those big businessmen fighting with the four major chambers of commerce, he smiled:

"Let's just say that Wang Yuanwai collected tea from several villages, and was later sued, saying that when he negotiated the price, he sent people to threaten the villagers, not only to lower the price, but also to prevent the villagers from selling tea to others."

Qin Li smiled: "It must be the ghost of the four major chambers of commerce." ”

Yin Zheng smiled and said: "Everyone guesses like this, Wang Yuan has always been kind to others, how could he do such a thing." ”

Lu Yuanxuan frowned and said, "Who are the four major chambers of commerce?" Why do they have so much energy? ”