Su Yuming finally arrived in Binzhou with Ye Cizhun with apprehension, Xuecheng and Du Juan arrived a few days early, and they had already set up a mansion in the south of the city, cleaned it and waited for them.

Yu Ming and Du Juan finally met again after a long separation, and both the master and servant were very happy. Du Juan saw Su Yuming's sad face and thin body, and he was even more sad, blamed himself several times, and vowed never to leave Su Yuming again.

Xuecheng has been trained in Xihexing and Xingdongdao mining, etc., and has been familiar with business, calmly, and once he arrived here, he first found a secret residence to settle down, and quickly wired, and sped on the dynamics of many Binzhou business circles. Now that everything is ready, only one person in charge on the table is owed, and the semicolon of Taixiangxing can be established.

The four of them are all old acquaintances of Xue Huijin, so naturally they can't come forward, Xue Chunyue has already thought of this, so he looked for a trustworthy face before Zhuang Kang left Binzhou, and served as the head of Taixiangxing Binzhou Branch Taixiangsheng.

From the crowd, everyone began to know Zhang Jiqi.

Zhang Ji is Zhuang Kang's classmate in Baiyun Academy, born in a fisherman's family on the riverside, lost his father at an early age, and relied on his widowed mother to raise him, he was very sensible since he was a child, and studied especially hard, and then was admitted to Baiyun Academy, the first university in the south.

Zhang Ji is rarely famous, Xiao Hongyi, the head of Baiyun Academy, praised it, and later the imperial examination did not live up to expectations, and he won the list in one fell swoop in the year of the weak crown, and was awarded the Bao'an County Order, and then Ding's mother resigned and returned to his hometown, and his whereabouts were rarely known.

After Shen Yue went to Jingnan Province to take up his post, he began to establish his own staff group, and later because of Xue Chunyue, Ye Cizhun and others got acquainted with Zhuang Kang, Zhuang Kang recommended Zhang Ji, who was idle at home, to Shen Yue and became his advisor.

Now that Ye Cizhun is short of manpower, Shen Yue should cut his love and let Zhang Ji out.

Therefore, when Zhang Ji was appointed as the head of the Taixiangxing branch, he did not attract anyone's attention, but only used an ordinary local person, and of course no one paid attention to the actual controller behind Taixiangxing.

Ye Cizhun named their new home "Binyunju", a mansion of more than ten acres square, which is not inconspicuous in Binzhou, where the rich gather, but Xuecheng's vision is not low, the structure of this house can be described as exquisite, there is a small independent courtyard in the southwest, which not only has a hall, a main room, a guest room, a study, but also a pavilion, a pool, a garden, a mountain stone, etc., which can be described as a small "garden in the garden", which is most suitable for Ye Cizhun and Su Yuming and Du Juan to live.

The main house of Binyunju is located in the middle, which is a two-story small building, the living room is on the first floor, and Xuecheng lives on the second floor, which is convenient for him to observe the dynamics of the house and plan for safety.

In the northeast corner is a small garden, next to the pond is a small two-storey attic for viewing, and there is a small gate next to the attic, which leads directly to a narrow alley dozens of feet deep. Binyunju is located at the end of the alley, open a small door to exchange news with the outside world, based on the narrow alley, very secret, just with Zhang Ji in the cabinet discussion.

Xue Huijin soon made a move and established Dingtaihui Commercial Bank in Binzhou, exchanging shares with Luoan Hengxing Bank, holding shares with each other, and twisting into a rope. Everyone knows that Hengxingxing is the industry of the Song family, and in the eyes of the world, Xue Huijin has become the agent of King Xi in Jingnan Province.

Ye Cizhun didn't expect that he would be able to get to the new backer of King Xi so quickly, so he accelerated his actions, seized the shipping market of Binzhou Port with the help of Dingtaihe's shipping capacity, and at the same time began to negotiate with Fanbang merchants for the trade of silk, tea, porcelain, bronze and other commodities.

Taixiangxing started with trade in goods in Luo'an, and after the operation of Ye Qinyu and Ye Cizhun, a mature supply chain has been established behind it. Although the Xue family is wealthy, but the previous main thing is shipping, although the nineteen firms have their own involvement, but its role is mainly to meet the needs of the imperial court and the noble family, to put it bluntly, it is to specialize in the high-end market, not bulk goods trade, so the supply of goods is far less than Taixiangsheng.

The demand of Fanbang merchants for most of the goods is high-quality and cheap, and there is a wide variety, and only for the specific market of the Fanbang aristocracy is required to be exquisite and exquisite, at any cost, so the quantity, quality and price of the supply of goods are the first choice for their consideration.

The first encounter between Taixiangsheng and Dingtaihui was tea.

The tea source of Xue Huijin is mainly Haidong Road, Jiangnan Road and Jingnan Road, most of the tea produced here is made by finishing, shaping, drying and other processes, the finished product is "color green, fragrant, sweet, shape beautiful", the representative products are Dongting Biluochun, West Lake Longjing, Huangshan Maofeng. It is also the darling of the traditional tea market.

And Tai Xiangsheng began quietly, one day suddenly announced, three days later in Binzhou first restaurant Qingyun Lou opened a tea tasting conference, sincerely invited Binzhou Chamber of Commerce, Fanbang merchants and local gentry to taste tea in Qingyun Building, at the same time in the front hall and backyard of Qingyun Building set up tea fighting activities, all people can bring their own tea and Tai Xiangxing's tea bucket on a bucket, invite the connoisseurs and the audience to taste, vote for a showdown, there is a private tea winner, reward one hundred taels of silver, its source can also enter Tai Xiangsheng's procurement channels.

Binzhou has never had such a tea industry event for the general public, all of a sudden, all walks of life but a little bit of tea research, all bring their own treasures, to the meeting for a while. It doesn't matter if you can enter Taixiangsheng's procurement channels, and ordinary people don't have a supply of goods, the important thing is that you can reward one hundred taels of silver, which is the income of ordinary people in a quarter.

The tea tasting meeting only started at the beginning of the morning, but the Qingyun Building was already crowded with people before the hour, Tai Xiangsheng sent more than 100 men to maintain order, and the queue was already two or three miles long before the hour.

Zhang Ji arrived at Qingyun Tower at three o'clock in the morning, and soon packed up the venue, and the invited famous merchants and squires began to arrive one after another, many of whom were foreign businessmen from Persia, Dashi, Turkic, Silla, Fusang and other places.

Xue Huijin, who was supported by King Xi, did not take Tai Xiangsheng in his eyes at all, and the so-called "tea tasting conference" held by Tai Xiangsheng was, in his opinion, just a dying struggle of Qian donkey's poor skills to win some eyeballs, so he only photographed a third-class steward of Ding Taihui to attend, and he himself was entertained among a group of tea suppliers. As long as the deterrent power of King Xi is used to stabilize these tea suppliers, Taixiangsheng will not be able to get the supply even if he has tens of millions of assets, and without the supply, no matter how big the gimmick is, it will be equal to zero. Thinking of this, Xue Huijin laughed and continued to enjoy tea.

The first part of the tea tasting conference is that Tai Xiangsheng is in charge of Zhang Ji to reveal his treasures one by one.

Pu tea, Zhao Hong, Emei cloud mist and jasmine slices.

Among them, everyone has only heard of Pucha and Emei clouds. Emei Yunwu is the signature of Taixiangsheng, produced in Kannan Province, and has not been produced for a long time, but even if you haven't drunk it, you have heard of it. As for Pucha, it is a kind of tea brought by the Southwest Mabang, but the color is red and black, the fragrance is insufficient, and it has not been loved by the scholar class who take "clear soup, sweet taste, and beautiful shape" as the standard of tea tasting. The standard of scholars and doctors directly affects the standards of the elite class who tend to be inflammatory, so Pucha is not treated by the mainstream of society.

But the other two are really unheard of. Especially jasmine chips, I have never heard of jasmine can also be used in tea.

Zhang Ji is full of confidence in his own tea, he first brewed a bubble of Zhaohong, poured the tea soup into a glass cup, and said to the VIP seat, "This tea is produced in the Southern Zhao Kingdom, 'beautiful shape, bright color, high fragrance, strong taste', and the style of green tea is very different, but there is another different flavor." If you drink the clear soup, it will be clear and sweet, the aroma is fresh, and it is refreshing, if so-"

As he spoke, he actually picked up a pot of milk and crashed directly into the tea soup, everyone was surprised, and they all stared straight at him, "Add fresh milk, it is smooth and sweet, and it is unforgettable." ”

This blend is only a rare novelty in the eyes of the people of Daye, just look at the relief of boredom, after all, no one will drink tea like this, but in Persia, Dashi, Turkic and other Western Regions merchants, it is simply as excited as discovering a new realm, because they have always liked to drink milk, milk in its country is like rice porridge in the great cause, it is an ordinary food and drink, if this tea can bring a fascinating taste experience to milk, then this tea will not only be crazy to rob, but also raise a high price!

A group of merchants from the Western Regions rushed to take the tea soup with milk from Zhang Ji's hands, tasted it carefully, and soon there were bursts of admiration, pushing the tea tasting conference to the first small climax.

Then there is the Pucha that is also produced in the Nanzhao Kingdom.

The color of this tea soup is heavier than Zhaohong, and the aroma is very different from the traditional tea, and there is a mellow aroma under the careful tasting, such as fragrant wood, such as dried fruits, and such as hundred-year-old ancient vines...... It is like bringing together the thousands of essences of Gulin Chuanze in one mouth, and the fragrance fills the mouth when it falls into the throat, and the fragrance lasts for a long time, so that people's spirits are uplifted.

Seeing that this tea had captured everyone's taste buds, Zhang Ji continued, "This tea also has a characteristic, it is suitable for long-term storage, and the older it is, the more fragrant it is, and the longer it lasts, the more refined it becomes. ”

Everyone only knows that the fresh green tea is "fresh" and "tender", and the old tea is fresh and tender, all of which are no different from the grassroots.

Looking at the reaction of everyone at the scene, the steward of Dingtaihui slowly sat on pins and needles, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. Isn't the green tea that has been hoarded in the warehouse of Dingtaihui only rotten in the warehouse? Green tea does not have this ability to become more fragrant the more it ages......

The steward hurriedly called an entourage and told him to quickly report this scene to Xue Huijin.

The third type, jasmine chips, is actually a kind of tea produced in Jingnan Province. This tea integrates tea flavor and floral fragrance, tea leads to floral fragrance, and flowers increase tea flavor, complementing each other. It not only maintains a rich and refreshing tea taste, but also has a fresh and fragrant floral fragrance. The brew is sucked, the floral fragrance is striking, and the mouth is full of sweetness, which is refreshing.

As soon as this tea came out, it was especially loved by merchants in the East China Sea such as Fusang and Silla, even though many merchants placed orders with Zhangji.

The first to place the order of the merchant detonated a rush to order, everyone was afraid that their hands were slow to get the goods, so they were in a hurry to ask Zhang Ji for the goods, first ordered the goods and then continued this tea tasting conference.

The two young men in brocade clothes and golden crowns were also attracted by the excitement here, and they opened the crowd to look inside.