Mongolian steppe, long yellow sand.

Trade with Russia has officially begun. With tenacious perseverance, using local resources, local materials, and focusing on locals and livestock, Nonglu achieved the first international trade feat in the history of his tea career:

Thirty camels were divided into a group, led by a group leader, and a Mongol as a guide; Five camels are a line, a total of six lines, one person is in charge of one line; In every camel caravan, a doctor who is proficient in pharmacology is also an indispensable part, and Rendan's skillful hands can ensure the safety of the camel gang and the people, and also heal the Mongolian people along the way. And the caravan knew the way, found a water source and a place to camp.

Nonglu adheres to the creed of "righteousness is as heavy as a mountain, faith is like Kai-shek", which is the core value concept of tea enterprises. Relying on integrity to win the world is a key element in the continuous development of the tea industry.

After discussing with Wu Qing and other shareholders, Nonglu set a set of strict corporate rules for the operation of "Sanjitang Tea Shop":

The first is to focus on self-produced "Yi black tea", which is based on Nanyi County and its surroundings in Jingshan, as the foundation for expanding the tea industry.

In Nanyi County, including the purchase and processing of tea in the Xiazhou area, and then press to complete the "Yi black tea" or green brick tea, from Fushui to Shashi, along the Yangtze River to Hankou, against the Han River and then to Xiangyang, Henan Tanghe, in the Central Plains important town Sheqi shop ashore, after that, change to a cart, through Luoyang to the bank of the Yellow River, all the way to the east exit, that is, Zhangjiakou, all the way to the west exit, that is, Inner Mongolia Baotou to kill the tiger's mouth.

The East Road goes north to naturalization, that is, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, and then north to Kulen, that is, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and finally to Kyakhta, Russia, from which it is reexported to Russia and Europe.

The west route passes through Dihua, Ili and Almaty to enter Central Asia and European countries.

The second is to supplement the tea mountains near Hankou and purchase a large number of tea from these tea-producing areas as an important source of tea sales.

This route is first transported by water to Hankou, and then set sail from here, changing to a small sailboat on the way, and ending at Henan on credit, about 1,500 kilometers; Starting from the credit store, the tea loading truck continued to go north, crossing Henan and Shanxi, arriving at Zhangjiakou through Datong, Shanxi, and some of them went to naturalization through Yanmen Pass. This distance is about 1,500 kilometers.

The last part of the journey is the camel road, and it is also the most dangerous, often storms, low temperatures, and even the harassment of robbers, all of which affect the caravan's progress, and only after the test of the last 1,500 kilometers can the caravan successfully reach its destination - Kyakhta, Russia.

The hardships and unforeseen circumstances along the way are unimaginable to ordinary people. Occasionally, goods are robbed, and people transporting tea are injured, and some even lose their lives. Sometimes, you will lose both your personal wealth. Danger all the way!

However, Nonglu persevered and led his team, not intimidated by these difficulties and obstacles, but continued to move forward until the decisive victory.

At this time, in the huge trade between China and Russia, the tea trade accounted for 94%.

As the Qing Empire deteriorated, the Western capitalist powers began to invade and carve up the ancient country, and foreign commercial forces took the opportunity to bully the Chinese tea merchants.

The inept late Qing court could only scavenge silver taels from the rich to prepare for war, and at the same time to satisfy the pleasures of high-ranking officials and nobles—although as the Western middle class began to form, the demand for tea, an "upper-class drink", expanded; Although the imperial court had supported the trade of tea merchants for tax purposes. But after all, it cannot be separated from the future of this country, and it cannot be left alone.

Because camel transport is safer than horse carts, fast and cheap, each camel can be more than 400 catties, therefore, Nonglu soon joined hands with Han Zhinan, a Jin merchant, and took advantage of Han Zhinan's unique resources, and prepared a camel team for the tea shop, which was prosperous as many as several hundred peaks, and used camels to transport tea from Zhangjiakou to Kyakhta and other places.

Han Zhinan has a lot of ways to operate, and soon, and as a result, the special industry "camel shop" along the way came into being. The "camel shop" is like a stable chess piece along the way, which plays the role of fixing the sea god's needle.

Han Zhinan in the camel transport, after continuous practice and exploration, slowly groped out a set of successful operation methods:

He divided the thirty camels into a group, five camels in a row, a total of six rows, one in charge of the line, a group of ten led by a group leader, and a Mongolian as a guide, so as to ensure that in any case not to get lost, to find water and camp.

In each gang, he carefully arranged, and at the same time equipped with one or two people who are proficient in pharmacology and medicine, bringing necessary medicines to ensure the safety of people and animals. This trick has played a key role in long-distance trafficking, and it can be said that it has achieved miraculous results.

Once, Han Zhinan said to Nonglu that in the area of Russia and Mongolia, horse bandits are rampant, this horse bandit is fast, roaring, people do not leave the horse, rush to the camel, lean over to snatch the silver on the merchant's camel saddle, and in a blink of an eye, there is no trace, even if the merchant is armed to defend and hire bodyguards, there is nothing to do.

Nonglu said, "What should I do?" ”

Han Zhinan said: "At first, the merchants couldn't. ”

Nong Lu said distressedly: "It's hard for you!" ”

Han Zhinan continued: "Later, after thinking about it, I finally thought of a good countermeasure. ”

Nong Lu asked anxiously: "Tell me quickly, what is the best countermeasure?" ”

Han Zhinan said with a smile: "It's a way to break it into parts." ”

Nonglu let out an "oh" in surprise.

Han Zhinan explained: "Before transporting, those fragmentary silver ingots were directly melted together, so large in size and heavy in mass, those horse bandits couldn't move when they saw it, and they couldn't do it, so they only sighed in the end." ”

At this, the two of them burst out laughing.

After laughing, Nong Lu praised: "This is indeed a good way, it is really yours." ”

The farm has the tenacity of the men in the mountains, and has a spirit of perseverance, daring to be the first in the world and pursuing profits from all over the world.

Although Nonglu lost his father at an early age and depended on his mother for his life, these also honed his character of not being afraid of hardships and dangers, and achieved his beloved tea industry.

At this time, Nonglu paid more attention to Nanyi County and Hankou as the base camp of "Sanjitang Tea Shop", and worked steadily step by step. Seeing the opportunity, Nonglu resolutely adopted the business strategy of developing to Russia and Mongolia and started international trade. This is undoubtedly a dose of fierce medicine and stimulant for the "Sanjitang Tea Shop".

Historically, for a time, there was a growing demand for tea in Russia. From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were constantly put forward trade requirements, Yongzheng five years, the Qing Dynasty government and Russia finally signed the "Sino-Russian Kyakhta Treaty", Yongzheng eight years, began the construction of the Sino-Russian border trade city - Kyakhta, but due to various reasons, the trade between the two sides was not smooth at the beginning, more than ten years have passed, the trade volume is only about 100,000 rubles.

Back to reality. After a period of time, Nonglu saw a broad prospect in the difficulty, and while not losing domestic trade, he invested his main financial resources and energy into the trade with Russia, and began the mighty feat of a tea man on the tea road!

The nineteenth-century British statesman William Jurte Gladstone once wrote a tea poem:

"Tea is lovely, panacea,

If you are cold, tea will warm you,

If you are angry, tea will settle for it,

If you are depressed, tea will be happy for it,

If you are tired, tea will soothe you. ”

This little poem also expresses the tea love and tea thoughts of the farm, it is like a small handful of vegetables, and the farmer also wants to cook it into fragrant dishes.

The tea road has risen, thousands of miles of tea fragrance, intoxicated in a foreign country. Yu Nonglu is a deep affection and fascination for tea, a kind of joy and happiness!

Eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. He firmly believes that tea, grown in China, will also benefit mankind!