During the New Year's holidays, gift-giving has become a trend.

In Chang'an City, it's the same.

Throughout the month of January, families are giving gifts to each other.

And with this trend, Abdul's spice shop has become even more popular.

The huge "Abu Spice" on the plaque shines in the sunlight with gilt lettering.

Whether it is pepper, cinnamon, or nutmeg, the price has risen by 20% in a single month, and it has doubled compared with the low point in the middle of last year.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the "Abu Spices" shop with daily income.

Abdul has also been constantly refreshed by the huge consumption power of the Tang people.

"Master, all the spices from Quanzhou this month have been put into storage, will they be sold in the shop tomorrow?"

It was Abdul's faithful servant, Harry, who had brought him from Arabia.

"Send another load of spices to the Wei Wangfu first, and keep half of the rest in the warehouse, and take out the rest for sale."

The longer he stayed in Chang'an City, the more glad Abdul was that he had hugged His Royal Highness King Wei's thigh.

Therefore, every time a new product arrives, he is the first to give a gift to the Wei Palace.

"Or pepper? There are a lot of nutmeg and cinnamon this time, so do you want to send some others as well? ”

"No, I heard Du Changshi say that His Royal Highness King Wei likes pepper the most, haven't you seen how many loads of pepper we sold at a low price last winter?"

In Abdul's view, gifts must be given to the other person's favorite.

Although the value of cinnamon and nutmeg is no worse than pepper, and sometimes even a little more expensive, it can't stand the fact that people like pepper.

According to his understanding, the Wei Wangfu has basically replaced the copper coins in the palace with pepper.

They really have a vision, just this wave of operations, to say the least, they will earn 30% of the profits.

However, he sold pepper to Wei Wangfu at a low price, and he did not suffer a loss.

After all, the low price itself is a relative concept.

The low price in the eyes of the nobles of Chang'an City is already a sky-high price for himself.

The most important thing is that under the leadership of Wei Wangfu, many noble families in Chang'an City actually learned to hoard spices, especially pepper.

"Okay, master, I'll immediately go and pick out a load of high-quality pepper and send it to Wei Wangfu."

……

Yang Benman has been in a very good mood recently.

In the past two years, the price of tea has been rising, and as the second largest tea plantation owner in Chang'an City, the Yang family's life has been very nourishing.

Since last year, the Yang family's tea-making workshop has also started to roast tea.

Although I don't know how the Longjing fragrant tea in the Chu Wangfu is fried, as long as you know that these teas are fried, there is always a way to imitate something.

It is nothing more than the roasted tea produced by the Yang family, the fragrance is not as strong as that of the Chu Palace, and the taste is not so good.

Even so, the price of roasted tea is a lot higher than in previous years.

In the tea industry, Yang Benman completely put down his face, and the Yang family followed suit what kind of products were launched by the Chu Wangfu.

Not to mention, in this way, I earned more money last year alone than in previous years.

Yang Benman, who had planted a heel on the tea cake at the beginning, had already earned back those losses.

Even, Yang Benman was secretly glad that if he hadn't suffered a big loss at the beginning, maybe he wouldn't have a comfortable life for himself today.

Staying in a room with floor heating rebuilt at home, Yang Benman took a sip of tea and talked to the housekeeper Yang Dong about his experience.

"The tea of spring tea is fuller and heavier, the taste is stronger, and the aroma is fresh and fragrant; Although the tea of autumn tea is not as rich as spring tea, the overall taste and style are relatively peaceful, coupled with the soft aroma of autumn tea, I think autumn tea has a unique taste that is different from spring tea. ”

Seeing that in another month or two, the first wave of spring tea will be on the market again, Yang Benman is full of joy.

"Ah Lang, whether it's spring tea or autumn tea, I think as long as it can be sold at a good price, it's a good tea."

Yang Dong's words can be regarded as talking about Yang Benman's heart.

Don't look at Yang Benman's appearance of tasting tea with crepe now, in fact, he used to like to drink boiled tea with shredded ginger and salt the most.

Now pretending to like making tea, it's just for the sake of his own roasted tea sales.

Not to mention the rest, that is, in Yushi Taichung, many colleagues thought that Longjing fragrant tea was expensive, so they all bought their own fried tea instead.

"That's right, as long as it can make our Yang family better, it's good tea."

"Speaking of which, if this luck comes, it really can't be stopped. Last year, tea made a lot of money, and then Ah Lang you decisively exchanged all this money for pepper, and now as long as you sell the pepper in the warehouse, you can get a few percent more money out of thin air. ”

Yang Dong looked at Yang Benman with admiration.

Last winter, Yang Benman asked him to exchange all the copper coins in the warehouse for pepper, and he was a little resistant.

In his opinion, there is no copper coin in the treasury to reassure him.

However, the trend of pepper prices after that made Yang Dong understand why the head of the family was the head of the family and why he was a servant.

"There are no other benefits of Yushitai, but the well-informed part is not comparable to the ordinary yamen. As soon as I heard that many nobles in Chang'an City were hoarding spices, I knew that it was profitable. ”

Yang Benman couldn't help but feel complacent.

"Hehe, Ah Lang, then after the spring tea is on the market, let's go and change a load of pepper and come back."

……

In Tianxiang Pavilion, Guo Yang and Deng Feng are staggering, and the person who strokes the qin next to him is actually Sisi Girl, who has been in the limelight in recent years.

"Brother Deng, come, I'll toast you, this time I really have to thank you brother for pulling me."

Although Guo Yang and Deng Feng were injured when the Daming Palace was built, the timber business began to improve again with the popularity of horse-drawn carriages.

Although Deng Feng had suffered some losses because of the carriage shop in the south of the city, the Cui family also wanted to be face-saving, and they did not do anything to live up to the payment.

After that, the four-wheeled carriage of the Mercedes-Benz carriage shop prevailed, and the price of wood in Chang'an City immediately rose a lot, and the two of them, as the largest timber merchants in Chang'an City, naturally changed their lives for the better.

"Between you and me, what do you still need to be polite. Besides, if you want to thank Hou Langjun, I also got his reminder to start hoarding spices. ”

Deng Feng drank a cup of Qili Xiang very appropriately, and squinted at the Sisi girl who was seriously stroking the piano.

Tianxiang Pavilion is indeed worthy of being the premier green building in Chang'an City, and even if Miss Sisi sits in front of her and strokes the piano, she can make her heart shake.

"Hou Langjun, I naturally want to thank you, but for me, the most important thing to thank is you, if you hadn't told me that the price of this spice was going to rise, I wouldn't have taken the copper money in the warehouse to exchange for cinnamon."

"Hey, speaking of which, we should go and change the pepper, it's a little more than the cinnamon."

The expression on Deng Feng's face was like a stock speculator who bought a limit stock, and then said with remorse, I knew that I should have bought another stock, and that stock has been rising for several days, and the increase is even greater.

Guo Yang naturally did not dismantle Deng Feng's platform, but said very cooperatively: "Cinnamon is already very good, and the money I have earned in the past few months is worth my entire year." ”

Due to the rise in the price of spices, those noble and wealthy merchants who made timely moves have recently become more generous, which can be slightly seen from the extent of the prosperity of Tianxiang Pavilion.

People are gamblers. Especially after trying the sweetness, I always feel that I should fight hard and earn more.

To a certain extent, spices in Chang'an City inexplicably became like the Junzi Orchid in the eighties in later generations, and became an item that people were vying to hype.

I'm afraid that even Abdul, the initiator, did not think of this.

"Brother Zheng, I heard that you bought a few loads of pepper from a merchant yesterday?"

Lu Xuan and Zheng Hai have a good relationship, and they will go out for a drink together from time to time.

"Hey! This pepper can be eaten and stocked, but the amount of Hu merchants transported to Datang every year is limited, and seeing that this price will continue to rise, I definitely can't miss this opportunity. ”

Zheng Hai and Li Chengqian were relatively close, and they heard that Li Tai, the king of Wei, was actually hoarding pepper, and he thought it was ridiculous.

However, seeing that the price of pepper had risen a lot in a short period of time, and the Wei Wangfu had become more bold in attracting people, he began to be anxious.

So, even though the price of pepper was already relatively expensive, he bought a few loads and went back.

Before that, he hoped that the price of pepper would go down, so that he could see the jokes of the gang.

However, once he joined the pack, he hoped that the price of pepper would continue to rise.

How good the pepper is, and the slight spicy feeling goes well with lamb and chicken.

"That's right, I just bought a little nutmeg before, and then I watched the price continue to rise, and I was ruthless, and I bought a bunch of cinnamon and pepper, and now, this year's expenses should be settled."

Lu Xuan was half pretentious, half smug narrated.

A pound of pepper, even when it is the cheapest, costs more than a dozen dollars.

This rises casually, and a pound is a profit of a few dollars.

"Under the leadership of Diandude, the restaurants in Chang'an City have begun to launch the dish of pork belly and chicken, and if you don't put some cinnamon when cooking mutton, you can't afford to sell it. In my opinion, the price of this spice has to go up! ”

It was precisely because of this judgment that Zheng Hai changed his mind and began to enter.

"Well said, I think so too, come, a toast, and celebrate the price of this spice to the next level!"

……

Daming Palace contains Yuan Palace.

Since the beginning of the year, the court has been arguing about the construction of cement roads from Chang'an City to Luoyang, as well as from Luoyang to Taiyuan and Dengzhou.

Although they had the experience of building cement roads from Chang'an City to Liangzhou City, many courtiers still opposed the construction of cement roads on such a large scale.

"Your Majesty, if Nanshan Construction Engineering is willing to continue to bear the cost of building the cement road in the form of land exchange, Weichen has no opinion."

After some arguments, Dai Zhou expressed his opinion.

The household department has already calculated, even if it is more economical, it is not enough to build such a long cement road, without a few millions.

Although taxes have grown rapidly in recent years, various expenses are also increasing.

It's not that Dai Xuan doesn't know the benefits of building a cement road, but when he sees that it costs so much money all at once, he can't accept it.

"Your Majesty, although the construction of the cement road cost a lot, but after it was built, the speed of the army's march was immediately doubled, and it was really useful."

Cheng Yanjin rarely spoke well in the court.

This time, it was mainly because he knew that the construction of the cement road was vigorously promoted by Li Kuan behind the scenes.

"Zhijie is right, this cement road is too important for the march of the army, Weichen is also in favor of building a cement road, not only to repair, but also to repair more, it is best to change the official road from Jinyang to Shuozhou, Liangzhou to Suzhou, and Liangzhou to Yunzhong Governor's Mansion into cement roads."

The biggest threat to Datang is from the northwest, northeast and north, and Wei Chigong's proposal can be regarded as linking the main frontier and key state capitals of Datang.

"Hmph, it's lightweight, where did the household get so much money and food? Could it be that this year's military salary doesn't need to be paid? ”

The more Dai Zhou heard what Wei Chi Gong said, the more outrageous it became, and his face turned dark.

Li Shimin stood on the throne, looking at the argument below, and he was also a little speechless.

How many times have you quarreled over the construction of a concrete road?

"Xuan Ling, what do you think?"

Li Shimin supports the construction of cement roads in his heart, but the problem of funds does exist, and for a while, there is also a little entanglement.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has a rare participation in the court meeting today, why don't you listen to him first?"

Fang Xuanling saw Li Kuan, who was dozing there with his head down, and his heart was angry.

The initiator of the construction of this cement road is Li Kuan.

Now, the Manchu ministers are arguing so fiercely that he actually dozes there.

Today is the first day of the second lunar month, which is an important day for the pilgrimage.

"Ahem!"

"Ahem!"

Li Kuan was dreaming in a daze, dreaming that he was taking Li Xinning all over the world, but he suddenly felt the sound of "cough cough" everywhere in his ears, and it seemed that someone was pulling his sleeve.

"Huh?"

When he opened his eyes, he found that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all looking at him.

And Li Shimin on the throne is also obviously on the verge of a volcanic eruption.

"Second brother, Your Majesty asked you what your opinion is on the construction of the cement road?"

Li Ke on the side reminded in a low voice.

"I don't have a problem, I totally agree with it."

As soon as Li Kuan's words came out, Li Shimin's face darkened a little.

Fang Xuanling hurriedly added, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, everyone knows the benefits of cement road construction, but the key now is that the imperial court can't come up with so much money and grain." What do you suggest? ”

Cheng Yanjin felt that Fang Xuanling's words were simply saying: His Royal Highness the King of Chu, can you give out the money and grain built on this cement road?

Isn't this pit on your own son-in-law?

He immediately quit, "Fang Xiang, this Nanshan Construction Engineering has already paid millions of dollars for the cement road from Chang'an City to Liangzhou, how can it keep making people lose money?" ”

"Zhijie, I didn't say that I would continue to let Nanshan Construction lose money, didn't I ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu if he had any suggestions?"

Fang Xuanling quibbled a little embarrassedly.

"What should I do if I don't have money and food? You should ask the household. ”

Cheng Biting Jin has always been thick-skinned, and he is not afraid that this will make Fang Xuanling unable to step down.

Anyway, everyone's personal relationship is very good, so it's a big deal to go back and have a few drinks.

"Actually, it's very simple if you don't have money or food."

Li Kuan's faint words made the whole scene cold.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, what you say, the old man doesn't understand a little!"

Fang Xuanling felt that Li Kuan seemed to be sarcastic about himself, and his face was a little displeased.

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu, what kind of simple method is it?"

Dai Xuan was also born at this time, but he was curious about how the gap of at least a few million yuan could become very simple in Li Kuan's mouth.

Is this saying that Tobe is incompetent?

This is a slap in the face on the spot.

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