No one grows tea in Xinghua, at least Liang Chuan knows that no one grows tea, and the tea is either bought back from Jianzhou in the north or Qingyuan County in the south. As for why no one grows tea in this place, he didn't think about it, at first he thought that the soil and climate here were not suitable for growing tea, but Sun Houpu told him that the land here in Xinghua is also an excellent tea plantation.

This made Liang Chuan very confused.

If the income from growing wheat and vegetables is small, and no one wants to plant it, it is easy to understand, but tea, which is almost an indispensable daily necessities in life, is in high demand and the profit is not low.

Zheng Ruoying's family has not planted, and even Zheng Zuliang, who loves tea, has never heard of an acre of tea plantation, is this a coincidence? Definitely not, there must be some reason why tea is something that makes everyone stay away! The answer lies in Sun Houpu.

Sun Houpu took a loquat to watch and play, did not peel it off and ate it, and said: "Your Xinghua is really a treasure land of feng shui, although there are eight mountains, one water and one field, but the field is a fertile field, you can grow lychees and loquats, and even the red heart Wendan pomelo is also here for you, and you will definitely be able to roast good tea by planting tea trees." ”

Zheng Ruoying thought they were talking about some kind of business, and leaned sideways and propped up her ears as if she was watching the artists and them make bamboo weaving, but her ears were listening to their conversation.

"Why doesn't anyone grow tea if you can roast good tea?"

"Because you can't sell tea, no one will grow it." Zheng Ruoying actually said the same thing.

Sun Houpu's eyes lit up, and then she said: "Those who do our tea industry, whether it is tea planting or tea making, are called gardeners, just like the ancestral industry passed down from generation to generation, they generally do this business, and their descendants are also engaged in this business." ”

"Our ancestors lived in Changkeng for generations, and began to grow tea very early, but the tea we grew could not be bought and sold freely, and the court set up thirteen mountain farms in the south of the Yangtze River, and these thirteen mountain farms were the thirteen mountains that pressed on top of our heads, which made us breathless."

"If you can't buy and sell, where will the tea you grow go?"

"You don't understand this, the tea should be collected by the people in the mountain field." Zheng Ruoying said.

"What?" Liang Chuan was confused.

Sun Houpu saw his confusion, is there anything that normal people don't know about the tea system in the Great Song Dynasty?

"Brother Liang, there are thirteen mountain farms south of Huai, which are in charge of the production and trading of our farmers, and there are six goods in the north of the river, which are responsible for the trading of tea and salt across the country. If you want to buy tea, you have to go to Tokyo to pay the price of tea in advance with money or silk, and then go to the designated mountain farm or goods service to withdraw the tea, and you can only sell the tea when you get the tea! ”

Liang Chuan's head was big when he heard this, what kind of mess is this, "I can't sell the tea I grow myself, I have to sell it to the government first, and then I go to the government to buy it back, so that I can sell it freely?" ”

"Your words are a bit rough, but that's the truth." Sun Houpu agreed.

Liang Chuan was so angry that he picked up a piece of firewood, put it on his chest, folded it hard, broke it into two, and was still angry, and said angrily: "Tossing this scene, how much will the price of tea rise?" Tea farmers sell tea leaves to mountain farms, there is no choice, is that not meat on the chopping board, let them slaughter? ”

Zheng Ruoying said with a serious expression: "The name of the official family is to buy and sell fairly with the gardeners, but in essence, it is a forcible robbery, Taizu since the implementation of the tea law, the tea plantation households died, and the escaped, and also harmed a lot of neighbors to sit together, the tea tree is cut down is a violation of the law, and how many kinds are worse, the people now will say, 'the land is not raw tea, and the real disaster is also'"

Liang Chuan looked at the two of them singing and harmonizing, but there was a smell of husband and wife singing, Liang Chuan frowned and looked at the two, and the two of them were stared at by Liang Chuan uncomfortably, so they reacted to me. Zheng Ruoying's cheeks were slightly red, she lowered her head to prevent people from looking, and said in a low voice: "I won't speak." ”

Sun Houpu recalled the past, and said: "My grandson's family also cultivated a small piece of mountain in the early years, planted a few tea trees, and drank them after baking. ”

"Who would have thought that the Taizu Dynasty, the people enjoy peace, the people are prosperous, but my garden is a catastrophe, Taizu Qiande two years, began to ban the southeast of the tea, Taizong Taiping rejuvenation of the country in the second year, the opening of the mountain field to set up business, the world's tea is lost to the official market, dare to hide or privately hide tea, are confiscated into the official property, according to the value of the crime. People who destroy tea trees or sell fake tea. ”

The more Liang Chuan listened, the more chilled he became, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became, where the hell is tea control, drug control is almost the same.

"What will happen?"

"Thousands of men who sell smuggled tea are stabbed and filled with the army, women are sent to hard labor, and those who abandon the city are sentenced to prison sentences, and the private destruction of tea trees will be punished according to the city catties and other smuggled tea. Sell fake tea for a pound of spine cane 100, 20 pounds of beheading and abandoning the market. ”

Liang Chuan's tears almost came out, "Xiao Sun, you quickly let your guys slow down, don't plant those tea seedlings, they will kill you!" ”

Sun Houpu said: "It's going to be too late." Sun Houpu also wants to see how this Liang Chuan copes, at the beginning, his family had to work hard to open up this tea road, since I was asked to plant, it was impossible to destroy the tea, and I was sued by the official, then I was not unlucky.

"I'm being forced to a dead end by you Xiao Sun, no wonder you say that this tea sucks human blood, not to mention bloodsamping, it's just fatal, my small tea garden, I can't pick two catties of tea a year, is it possible that I still have to go to Tokyo?" Liang Chuan is a stupid layman in the tea industry, he originally thought that it would be lightweight, and he fried some tea to make some extra money, but now the tea can't be sold, and he may lose a lot of money.

Zheng Ruoying didn't know the ins and outs of this matter, why was Liang Chuan so bold and dared to reach out to touch the tea, his father was involved in everything, but he didn't dare to touch the salt, iron, tea and wine, there was no big backer behind him, only the share of being blackmailed, who could make money? Liang Chuan actually went to plant tea trees, what was he thinking? Listening to the words of the two of them, how can it seem that Liang Chuan doesn't know anything about the tea, and this surnamed Sun has bad intentions and secretly cheats Liang Chuan?

Thinking about this, Zheng Ruoying was even more disgusted when she saw Sun Houpu's eyes as a son, what kind of upright gentleman is he if he doesn't play fairly?

Sun Houpu continued: "The price of tea is set by the mountain field, and this price is set before buying tea, no matter what the tea production is this year, the quality is high, the mountain field has the final say, this is called the official price, the official price can not be bargained, but the government will pay the tea money to the gardener first." ”

Liang Chuan has learned to be smart now, there are traps everywhere when it comes to tea, and the phenomenon of the government competing with the people for profits is everywhere, how can there be such a good thing, give money to the tea farmers first, and then collect the tea?

Liang Chuan squinted at Sun Houpu, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that there is no such good thing, right?" ”

React so fast!

"Yes, of course, there is no free food in the world, the government prepaid is called the capital, and after the tea is harvested, the gardeners must pay the full amount of tea, and they must pay interest, which is worth five draws and one is called tea interest."

Worth one out of five? Wouldn't that be a 20 percent interest! Poverty limits Liang Chuan's imagination, what is the difference between this and raising pigs and killing fat, the common people are pigs in the eyes of the government, so tossing and fattening the people of the government can drink a mouthful of soup?

"This is loan sharking, it's terrible."

"I don't know what the usury that Brother Zhang said is, but it's not a good thing."

"Sun Gongzi has one more thing to say." Zheng Ruoying looked at Sun Houpu coldly, Sun Houpu saw that her face was not good, and he thought to himself that he had not offended her, why did he look bitter and hateful, which was worse than before.

"Oh, by the way, the official price of tea is very low, and after the repayment of principal and interest, there will be an additional loss of 20 catties to 35 catties per 100 catties of tea, which is called tea consumption." Sun Houpu's voice was small, his eyes did not leave Liang Chuan's face, Liang Chuan had no expression on his face at this time, but kept shaking his head.

"Why did Brother Liang shake his head?" , Sun Houpu asked a little knowingly, isn't it all reasonable.

"I shook my head because the tea law of this dynasty is so harsh, won't the tea farmers resist it?"

Dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious, rabbits will bite people when they are anxious, you are a tea farmer is a cash cow that asks for extravagance, and the people will not rebel? Liang Chuan has read some wild history, the heroes in the Water Margin were killed by Fang La, and why did this Fang La revolt in the first place, it is said that Fang La was originally a tea farmer, Liang Chuan is still strange when he sees this, how could the tea farmers of the Great Song Dynasty rebel when they were so rich?

Under the exploitation of this tea method, it is no wonder that tea farmers do not rebel. Song Jiang's old opponent Fang La is a tea farmer in Zhejiang, don't think that these leading brothers are poor people who can't get enough to eat, they are all masters who make a lot of money, they just want more!

The word rebellion came out, Zheng Ruoying and Sun Houpu were both in their hearts, how could they say this casually, and if they were sued, they would lose their heads, this Liang Chuan was really bold, and he said it so casually without changing his face.

"The tea law of the Taizong Dynasty was strict, and Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun rebelled in Shuzhong, and the tea produced in Shuchuan was only dozens of states and counties, and many people relied on the tea industry to make a living. Boma in the northwest, in the northwest of Shu tea city, the price of tea is as bad as dung, and the tea farmers are reversed. For this reason, Taizong also issued the "Guilty Edict", and the anger of the tea farmers can be seen. ”

Sun Houpu is worthy of being an expert in this industry, and a history of tea is simply in his heart, and he is clear about the sadness, blood and tears of various tea farmers.

Zheng Ruoying only knows one thing but doesn't know the other, and she is secretly speechless when she listens to it.

"After the rebellion, will the tea law remain unchanged?" Liang Chuan got to the point.

Sun Houpu said helplessly: "It's changed, no tea in the world can be sold, that is, the tea of Shuchuan and Lingnan can be bought and sold freely." ”