A few jars of peach blossoms were almost drunk, Fang Jinshi asked people to send strong tea up, and Zhao Ziyan said: "It's getting late, let's go back after drinking this cup of tea." ”

Zhao Kai took a sip of the teacup and said: "This is this year's new tea, when I was in the house, I liked to drink the old tea of previous years." Fang Jinshi hurriedly said to Deng An, who was waiting beside him: "Go and change a cup of old tea for the prince." ”

Zhao Kai put down the teacup and said, "No need, these days, you go buy some old tea and send it to my house, and I will ask you to pay some money to smooth the road in front of the door." ”

Fang Jinshi hurriedly agreed, Zhao Kai stood up and said: "I'm leaving, I wanted to find you to play a few games of backgammon, but who knew that I drank it all night, so I had to wait for next time." ”

Zhao Ziyan also got up, went out with Zhao Kai and got into the carriage and went back, Fang Jinshi and Shi Quan sent them away, Deng An watched Zhao Kai's carriage go away, and complained: "King Yun is really stingy, a dignified prince, just reward some gold and silver to repair the road, and ask us to send tea." ”

Fang Jinshi turned back to Shi Quan and said, "Big brother, do you understand?" ”

Shi Quan hesitated and said: "Lord Yun asked you to send some tea to his house, saying that he would pay you to repair the road, but he didn't say how much you would send it, you just bought all the tea from Bianliang City and sent it to him, and he would pay to buy it." ”

Fang Jinshi praised: "The eldest brother is really a big deal, as soon as I hear it, I will think about it, brother, this is the way that the prince of Yun pointed us to a big fortune, just to see how big our appetite is." ”

Shi Quandao: "You mean to buy the tea from Kaifeng City?" ”

Fang Jinshi suddenly became excited, and said to Shi Quan: "Not only the tea in Kaifeng City, if there is capital, I also want to hire a boat to go to Jiangnan to buy tea immediately, and rush to Kaifeng Mansion, when the tea rises sharply, I am not afraid that I will not be able to make a lot of money." ”

Deng An said on the side: "How does Childe know that tea will rise sharply?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Lord Yun just said. Shi Quan continued: "When did Lord Yun say it?" The price of tea has risen and fallen, even tea merchants for many years are not sure, how did Prince Yun know? ”

Fang Jinshi said firmly: "Because he is the prince, so he knows, does the eldest brother remember the price of silk a few days ago?" ”

Shi Quan's heart lit up, and the price of this silk suddenly doubled, and finally he couldn't supply it out of stock, so he made a lot of money, but will this tea also suddenly rise in price like silk?

This silk business is his business, even if he doesn't raise prices, he can make money, but the tea market is a raw line, never done before, and it is a speculative business, businessmen pay attention to doing familiar and not raw, like this kind of cross-industry rash investment, and it is a large capital investment, the risk is extremely high, in business, even if Fang Jinshi is closely related, is his own brother, Shi Quan has to weigh it.

Shi Quandao: "This matter must be thought about clearly, tomorrow I will find a few friends to inquire about the market, and then make a plan." ”

Fang Jinshi also knew that this matter could not be decided on the spot, and he didn't just listen to the words of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, before he moved his mind, when he heard that there was a large amount of Liao money in Cai Yuma's mansion, he had already paid attention to it, Gao Zhong told him that the money was transported from Liao by Wan Yanchang, the general of the Jin Kingdom, and Shi Quan said that Cai Yuma's mansion used this Liao money to buy a lot of silk, Fang Jinshi was already keenly aware of the doorway in the middle.

He sent Shi Quan away, and carefully thought about the process in the middle before going to bed at night, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was not bad, and he couldn't sleep for a long time with excitement, and early the next morning, he first went to Kaifeng Mansion Cangcao to take a long vacation, and decided to specialize in this business.

He first went to the tea market in Kaifeng for a day to understand the price of tea in the market today, at this time it was already winter, and Jiangnan did not produce tea, he also went to Liu Tong and asked him to help check the relationship between King Yun Zhao Kai and the horse Cai Yan, anyway, the power of King Jing does not need to be in vain, these days King Jing Zhao Xiao does not know where he went, and he is not in Bianliang City.

Liu Tong doesn't need to check at all, he knows these kings in the capital very well, and when Fang Jinshi came out of Liu Tong, he already understood a little more, Liu Tong told him, not to mention that Cai Gong Cai and Zhao Kai have a good relationship, and even his son Cai Jingjing and King Yun are very close.

Song Huizong Dynasty, in terms of calligraphy skills, in addition to the emperor Song Huizong, Cai Jing's words are also first-class, Zhao Kai also personally asked him for advice, and at this time the crown prince Zhao Huan, gloomy and uncertain, the personality is changeable and unpredictable, Cai Jing has shown him many times, but there is no effect, which makes Cai Jing and his party a little worried, this prince of the East Palace will be a treasure in the future, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Cai Jing's party.

Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, was deeply liked by Emperor Song Huizong, although Zhao Kai was first-class, but he was easy to do things on the outside, and it was much easier to control than Zhao Huan.

Of course, these insiders Fang Jinshi didn't know now, he came out of Liu Tong, went to the bazaar to buy a bag of good tea, and went to find Zhao Kai.

He didn't know the people in Yun Wang's Mansion, and it was not as easy for acquaintances to enter as it was in Zhao Ziyan's Mansion, Fang Jinshi had already thought about it, he first gave some benefits to the soldiers guarding the door, and when he saw the housekeeper, he handed over the bag of tea and said: "I was sent by Prince Xiu to deliver tea, and I asked the housekeeper to report it." ”

He thought about pretending to be the name of King Xiu, maybe he could see Zhao Kai, but who knew that the housekeeper said directly: "You are the prince of Fang in the west of the city, right?" The prince has passed the word, if there is a Fang Gongzi who delivers tea, he will report it immediately. ”

Fang Jinshi was stunned, this Zhao Kai is actually really good, so intimate to the door, he waited for a while, and the housekeeper came back and said, "The prince let you in." ”

Fang Jinshi carried the bag of tea into the Yunwang Mansion, this Yunwang Mansion is luxurious and atmospheric, needless to say, the housekeeper has led him to the garden, Yun Wang Zhao Kai is writing at the desk, Fang Jinshi stood aside to watch him finish writing, the housekeeper took him forward, Zhao Kai dropped the pen and said: "It's really time for you to come, you have nothing to prepare to find someone to play chess." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Do you still play that six-in-a-row?" Zhao Kai said: "Of course, do you have a chance to win my game?" Even if it's this backgammon, I've been thinking about it every day these days, and it's very easy to beat you. Fang Jinshi said: "I'm afraid that it may not be, Third Brother Zhao, if I win the first game, will you give me this painting you wrote?" ”

Zhao Kai smiled and said, "You, dare to ask for anything." He looked at the bag of tea that Fang Jinshi was carrying and said, "This is the tea you are going to sell me?" ”

Fang Jinshi said cautiously: "This is just a kind of tea, see if the third brother is in tune, if it suits the taste, I will order more tea." ”

Zhao Kai said: "How much tea are you going to order?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It depends on how many goods Zhao Sange wants, Bianliang City is not enough, I can go to Jiangnan to order, and always make the third brother satisfied." Zhao Kai said: "Tea is not food, how much can I use in a Yun Wangfu, why go to Jiangnan to order?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Of course, there is not much tea in the palace of King Yun, but the Jurchen Jin Kingdom occupies the place of Liao, where there are thousands of miles and a large number of people, and there must be a lot of goods." ”

Zhao Kai heard him say this, sat down and said, "What does the Jurchen Jin Kingdom have to do with my Yun Palace?" ”

Fang Jinshi avoided his topic, but said about the affairs of the Jin State: "The Jurchens of the Jin State occupied the place of the Khitans, and as soon as the battlefield stopped, the war preparations were loose, and those generals and officials, large and small, began to enjoy it, some things can be grabbed, but some things themselves are very few in the Liao State, plus the war was damaged and Yan zhòng, and it is even more scarce, such as silk, such as tea, which the Liao State does not have, if you can't grab it, you can only go to my Great Song Dynasty to buy it." ”

Zhao Kai said: "How do you know this?" Fang Jinshi said: "I got the news, Cai Juma just let people buy a large amount of silk and sent it to Jin Guo, is this tea, but I guessed, it happened that you also mentioned it last night." ”

Zhao Kai took a sip of the teacup, looked at him, and then said, "Do you know why King Xiu and I want to go to your house?" ”

Fang Jinshi didn't think about this, he always thought that Zhao Kai was looking at his face, but he only played chess with Zhao Kai once, and met twice, and he took a carriage to his house to drink a glass of wine from him, what a big face.

He shook his head blankly, and Zhao Kai said: "It's King Xiu who has been recommending you to me, but you have no merit in literature and no military merit, so I'm curious, so I went with him to see what you have to make him look down on you." ”

Fang Jinshi suddenly realized, Zhao Kai continued: "I don't have to hide it from you, the people of Jin want to buy some rare goods in Liao such as silk and tea, but they are unwilling to pay gold, silver and jade silk, only willing to pay some robbed Liao money, and in order to prevent the dispute between tongues, they did not follow the practice of the imperial court, but found Cai Taishi to help privately, although the Liao money fell sharply, but it is still money, if you want to make some small money, you might as well use your heart." ”

Fang Jinshi hurriedly said: "Thank you third brother for your support, I know how to do it." Zhao Kai laughed and said: "Liao Qian has fallen all the way to the bottom, but the price of tea is still at the price on weekdays, if you want to do it, I will send someone to say hello to Cai Yuma, and let you have an extra profit." ”

Fang Jinshi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, as he said, the chessboard has been placed, and the two of them fought on this grid, Zhao Kai is extremely smart, as long as he thinks about it carefully for a few days, Fang Jinshi's level is not as good as him, but when he left, he still took away a few of Zhao Kai's calligraphy and paintings.

At noon the next day, Fang Jinshi went to find Shi Quan, this matter of spending money to buy tea still has to be done by Shi Quan, Shi Quan listened to him stand and relay Zhao Kai's words, let him sit down and said: "Brother, it's better not to do this well?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It's obviously a matter of making money, why doesn't the eldest brother want to do it?" Shi Quandao: "I have always wanted you to interfere in the business, brother, I hope you can get out in the yamen, but my brother wants to make a deal this time, and I won't block it, but this business looks like it is stable and profitable, but it is actually extremely risky." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "With the guarantee of King Yun and Cai Yuma, what is the eldest brother worried about?" ”

Shi Quandao: "I specifically asked a friend in the tea market in the past two or three days, it turned out that in the past two or three years, the tea in the south of the Yangtze River has been harvested, and the tea transported to Bianliang City is the old tea is not finished, and the new tea is coming, and the price of tea is also falling all the way, and then the tea is not better than silk, the silk is time-consuming and labor-intensive, the tea has already been baked this season, and it is only necessary to transport it, that is, Cai Fuma buys a large number of tea, and the tea from other places will be shipped soon, and the price of tea does not rise but falls. ”

Shi Quan's three-point analysis was like a basin of cold water poured down, Fang Jinshi's enthusiasm disappeared all of a sudden, he was not a businessman, and his thinking was not as thoughtful as Shi Quan.

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