Shouwang, how did you get this tea? It seems to be the tribute tea I gave you before, why is it so delicious when you brew it? Li Yi was puzzled.

"Brother Huang, this tea brought by the younger brother is processed by the younger brother, which retains the fragrance of the tea, and it is also extremely convenient to make tea. Brother Huang should also see it! ”

"That's right, but it's just a nice tea. King Shou came to the royal brother today, is this just for this? Li Yi said curiously.

"Of course not."

Seeing that there were many eunuchs and palace maids around, and there must be Tian Lingzi's people inside, Li Ye came to Li Yu's approach, and whispered in Li Yu's ear amid the exclamations of Yang Fugong and others. At first, Li Yi didn't care, but after hearing it, the people in the palace, including Yang Fugong, also found that the emperor's expression had changed and became very happy. However, Yang Fugong and others were also very curious about what King Shou said to the emperor to make the emperor so happy.

"Are there really so many? King Shou didn't deceive me? Li Yi immediately asked, still a little unconvinced of what Li Ye just said.

Li Ye hurriedly replied, "How dare the younger brother deceive the imperial brother, now the rebellion is still undecided, if it is pacified, this number will increase tenfold." ”

"If this is really the case, I have agreed to this matter, and when the time comes, King Shou will give me the corresponding profits every year. I didn't expect that Shouwang, your brain is also very clever, and you can still think of this way to make money, not bad, not bad!

Someone came, and divided five of the ten treasures sent two days ago to reward King Shou, and selected a few good-looking palace maids from them, and also rewarded King Shou. Li Yi, who was in a good mood, instructed the eunuchs beside him.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Hearing that his royal brother was rewarding good horses and palace maids, Li Ye also smiled bitterly. It's true that he is a man, but no one says that he particularly likes women, because the people under Mao want to send women into the palace, and his royal brother always rewards the palace maids in the palace to himself. He can only watch now, not eat, so many beautiful women in the palace are also tortured to him, but he still doesn't dare to refuse this reward.

The reason why Li Yi is so happy is because Li Ye said that the profit of roasted tea can provide him with 100,000 yuan per year, and 200,000 yuan per year in the future, and after the recovery of Chang'an, this number will be even more.

Is it more than 100,000? Quite a lot, for sure. Of course, as He Fu, you can come up with 50,000 yuan of money at will, and 100,000 yuan is not too much. How much is more, see how it compares.

Li Ye only said one number, that is, before the Huangchao Rebellion, the imperial court's annual tea tax revenue reached 1.5 million yuan. Although it did not exceed the salt tax, it exceeded the iron tax and became one of the important sources of revenue for the imperial court.

Was there a commercial tax in the Tang Dynasty? Yes, in fact, there were all in ancient times, but there were very few types of taxes, and not all commercial activities were taxed, but the tea tax was obviously a commercial tax. But it does not mean that the Tang Dynasty was implementing a commercial tax on a large scale, that is impossible. Even now, the central revenue of the Tang Dynasty mainly comes from the two taxes, salt tax and salt profit, iron tax, tea tax, etc.

Although the tea tax has dropped sharply, the tea tax is also 400,000 yuan in the land of Sanchuan, which shows the economic status of Shu tea. In the first year, Li Ye handed over 100,000 yuan in profits; In the second year, before returning to Chang'an, 200,000 yuan of profits were handed over every year, which went into the emperor's inner treasury, not the national treasury. The money of the imperial court does not mean that it is all the emperor's money, but the money of the inner treasury can be used by the emperor at will. Li Ye promised to hand over so much money every year, can Li Yi be happy?

As for whether you can make so much profit by roasting tea, after all, what Li Ye discussed with the He family before was to give 20% to Li Yi, the emperor, and that was Li Ye's business.

Li Ye doesn't believe that relying on the monopoly in the early stage, he can't even earn 500,000 yuan a year, even if he can't earn it in the first year, he can't make up the difference. Anyway, the one who makes a lot of profit is his; If there is less, he can make up for it.

Whatever you say to this royal brother is one percent of the benefit, two percent of the profit, it can't move the other party at all, but if you set the amount of profit to be given every year, it will make the other party tempted.

The reason why Li Yi was tempted was because Li Ye knew that his imperial brother was greedy for money. It's really not nice to hear this out, but it's true, and the other party can also calculate, that is, know how to settle accounts, and no one believes it at all. But Li Yi's level of legal calculations is absolutely no problem in the private sector, and it is absolutely no problem to be an account office.

Li Yi couldn't keep his mouth shut, and after a while, Yang Fugong also knew about it. However, after learning that King Shou actually partnered with the emperor to do business, Yang Fugong's face was also strange, he thought that this King Shou was extraordinary, but looking at this situation, he could only sigh that these two brothers are worthy of being brothers, and they even have the same hobbies.

Now that Li Yi, the emperor, has become a shareholder, in order to make more money, he has to do something, right? To do business, you have to make a reputation, those brands in the previous life were advertised at a high price, so as to gain popularity, but at this time, no matter how much advertising can be better than what the emperor is using?

The two brothers, who were not doing their jobs, discussed for a long time in the palace, and finally discussed the matter properly. After leaving the palace hall, Li Ye stopped Yang Fugong, "Gonggong Yang, please stay!" ”

"King Shou, is this looking for our family?" Yang Fugong stopped and looked at King Shou in front of him curiously.

"Gonggong Yang is a close confidant of the imperial brother and has won the trust of the imperial brother. And a few times before, Xiao Wang also relied on Father-in-law Yang to help him, but he never knew how to thank Father-in-law Yang. So this tea business, can Yang Gonggong be interested in joining? If Gonggong Yang is interested, Xiao Wang can give a part of the profit to Gonggong Yang. If you want to make this voice bigger and do a good job, Yang Fugong in front of you must also be wooed.

Don't think about it, the Tian brothers are destined to be irreconciliable. After all, Yang Fugong is the existence of eunuchs who can compete with Tian Lingzi, although his strength is temporarily inferior to Tian Lingzi, but it does not prevent Li Ye from winning over the other party, and in a short period of time, there is no conflict between the two.

The purpose of distributing profits to Li Yi is to make a name for himself, and at the same time, he can dispel Li Yi's suspicions. And to win over Yang Fugong is to compete with Tian Lingzi, even if Tian Lingzi is greedy for this business, there is no way to take it by force.

"If our family is interested, what is Your Highness going to do?" Yang Fugong squinted at the very interesting Shouwang in front of him.

"Brother Huang, Xiao Wang gave forty percent of the profit, in addition to the two percent of the profit given to the person who specifically took care of the business, Xiao Wang also had forty percent of the profit in his hand. If Gonggong Yang is interested, Xiao Wang can make a profit. I don't know what Yang Gonggong wants? Li Ye quickly said his plan.

"Your Highness said, our family is excited, but our family is not as rich as the Duke of Jin, I'm afraid we won't be able to take out so much money." Yang Fugong said with some 'embarrassment'.

"It doesn't matter, as long as Gonggong Yang can make it convenient in the future, this benefit will be regarded as Xiao Wang's meeting gift." Li Ye was not angry, but said generously.

"Then our family will thank His Royal Highness King Shou for the reward!" Yang Fugong was naturally happy to get a sum of money for nothing, and even looked at Li Ye's eyes more and more pleasing to the eye.

After a polite exchange, Li Ye left the palace, thinking about today's harvest in his heart.

Originally, according to what he discussed with He Dingxuan before, he occupied fifty percent of the profits, He Fu accounted for three percent of the profits, and the remaining two percent were given to the emperor. Now He Dingxuan still accounts for 30% of the profits, but Li Ye accounts for 70%, but Li Ye wants to give his imperial brother 100,000 yuan and Yang Fugong 25,000 yuan in the first year, and this number will become 200,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan in the second year.

If the profit in a year does not exceed the money to be shared, then Li Ye has to pay for it out of his own pocket. However, Li Ye calculated, at most, it may not be reached in the first year, and it should not be a problem later, don't underestimate the love of tea in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, although Li Ye's method is a bit risky, it can also gain a lot, but whether it is a profit or a loss, this really depends on luck.

Just when the local tea merchants in Chengdu Prefecture were investigating who was hoarding tea, the first batch of more than 10,000 catties of roasted tea of various categories arrived at He's Tea House and Li Ye's privately opened Li's Tea House. On the estates outside the city, a large number of recruited workers are in full swing to produce more new tea.