Everyone sat down unevenly, Li Feibai took out a bag of tea from his arms, handed it to his mother, and said: "Some time ago, I went to Kaifeng, bought some excellent Longjing, bothered my mother to brew, and greeted all uncles and uncles. ”

Li Feibai's mother took the tea and went to the fire room. She didn't know how to brew it, so she grabbed some tea leaves and threw them into a large pot of boiling water, then took a bowl and brought it to the house.

Rao is so, the living room is still full of tea. The countrymen have never drunk such a high-end thing, and they are salivating one by one, taking a sip of a big bowl, only to feel that their mouths are full of fragrance and comfortable.

An old man said, "It's delicious." I've never drunk anything so good. He sold a few stone lions this year, and he had a lot of silver on hand, feeling that he was also a rich man, and he was worthy of drinking such a delicious thing, and said, "How much did you buy it?" If you have time, buy me some to try. ”

Li Feibai smiled: "One hundred taels of silver." ”

Everyone sighed, and they were originally gulping down the tea, but it immediately turned into a small sip and a shallow taste, and they wanted to reminisce about the taste of a hundred taels of silver tea.

The old man who had spoken before smiled awkwardly. He wanted to shirk it, but how could he speak in front of the younger generations when he was a lot older, and said, "I didn't expect one hundred taels and one pounds to be so expensive." The little old man has a thin background, and he can't buy as much as a pound, so he can buy one or two to taste? ”

Li Feibai said: "Uncle Liu, tea is a good thing, especially the best tea, unlike rice and noodles, which are sold by catties, but by two. I'm talking about a tael of tea and a hundred taels of silver, not a pound of tea. ”

Uncle Liu was even more embarrassed and said, "It's so expensive!" I can't afford it. "Yes, the stone lions he sold are not a hundred taels in total, where can he buy tea? Even if you have a hundred taels of silver, you are reluctant to buy a tael of tea!

Li Feibai said: "If Uncle Liu likes to drink, how about I give you one or two?" ”

Uncle Liu was overjoyed and said, "Big nephew, you won't be the one who blames me!" ”

Li Feibai said: "How dare I scorn your old man, just as I honor you!" I'll let my mom pack one or two for you to take home. ”

Uncle Liu smiled, and said continuously: "Thank you, eldest nephew, thank you, eldest nephew." ”

When other people saw Uncle Liu encounter such a good thing, they were envious one by one, and wanted to open their mouths to ask for one or two, but the tea was so valuable, who could open their mouths.

Li Feibai looked around and said with a smile: "What do you think of this tea?" ”

Everyone said: "Good tea, good tea!" ”

Li Feibai said: "It just so happened that I bought two catties, how about I wrap one or two for each person to take home?" ”

Everyone didn't expect to encounter such a good thing, and thanked them repeatedly.

Li Feibai's tea was not bought by him in Kaifeng for one hundred taels of silver, but was given by Guo Xun when he left.

He took another sip, tasted it carefully, and said, "Do you know why this tea is so expensive?" Because this is the best Longjing, it is a tribute, and there is no one on the market at all. I can buy two catties for two thousand taels, and I still bought it from him for one hundred taels of silver thanks to the blessing of the shopkeeper of Daxing. You take out this tea and sell it, not to mention that one or two tea leaves are sold for one hundred taels of silver, even if they are sold for two hundred taels of silver, some people will buy them. After all, being able to drink the same tea as the emperor is also a very face-saving thing. ”

Everyone was still skeptical that one or two taels of tea could be sold for a hundred taels of silver, but when they heard that it was a tribute, they all believed that the tea was not too expensive, but too cheap. As Li Feibai said, being able to drink the same tea as the emperor is also a very face-saving thing to say.

In the past, they would definitely take out the tea and sell it for money, who told them that they were so poor that they couldn't even open the pot at that time. But now, with the business of selling stone lions, every household has more or less some surplus money, so they do not plan to sell it, but want to use it as a family heirloom and pass it on to their children and grandchildren.

Li Feibai drank all the tea in the bowl and said, "I don't need to say, uncles and uncles should know what I called everyone over." Tell me, why don't you want to go to the stone carving factory to make money? ”

After everyone knew that Li Feibai had returned to Xiapan Village, they were not so panicked. Not for anything else, because they think that there are only a dozen of them in the village who can carve stone lions to their eyes, which is their confidence in negotiations. It's a big deal that they still tempted them with a fifty-fifty split, and with this heavy profit, they are not afraid that Li Feibai will not agree.

But now, when they saw that Li Feibai was so generous, and the tea leaves of more than 1,000 taels of silver were given to them when they said they would give them, they didn't frown a little, and they understood that Li Feibai would not take that little profit in his eyes, and he couldn't say it.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally their eyes stayed on Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu's craftsmanship is good, and he is on par with Li Daning. Uncle Liu is old, and his prestige is no worse than Li Daning. In the past, they looked forward to Li Daning, the head of the horse and the horse, but now Li Daning's son has started a stone carving business, and he can make a lot of money from them with his mouth, so they no longer take Li Daning's horse as the leader, but as Liu Bo's horse as the leader, so as not to suffer the loss of the Li family's father and son.

Uncle Liu coughed! The so-called cannibalistic mouth is short, and the hands of people are soft, just received Li Feibai's tea, and it is really unreasonable not to give Li Feibai face. However, this matter is related to the well-being of future generations, and no matter how much you can speak, you have to open your mouth, and it's a big deal that you don't want tea.

He said: "I am a person buried in loess to my neck, and I have seen a little bit of the world, and I know that the stone lion is an unpopular business, and I can't sell a few of them all year round." These dozen families in our village, carved out of the things do not know whether they can be sold or not, now so many people carve together, there are many things, people buy whose do not buy whom? If you can make money yourself, why let outsiders make it. ”

A few people chimed in: "Yes! Our village can make money, why let people from other villages earn it? When they learn the craft, we won't all have to drink the northwest wind! ”

Li Feibai smiled at Uncle Liu and said, "The old man is right, if the stone lions we make are only sold in Jiyuan County, the situation you said will indeed happen." But the stone lion we carved is not only sold in one county, but for the entire Ming Dynasty. ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then they all shook their heads with a smile. No matter how big their hearts are, they dare not think about it, and they dare not expect their stone lions to be sold to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Li Feibai said: "Have you heard of the shopkeeper of the Daxing, Mr. Tang?" ”

This is the second time that everyone has heard the Daxing horn today. For the first time, when they heard Li Feibai say that the tea was bought by the hands of the shopkeeper of the Daxing, they were secretly surprised that the shopkeeper of the Daxing was a figure with good hands and eyes, otherwise how could they buy tribute tea that others could not buy. This time, when I heard the Daxing number again and learned that the shopkeeper's surname was Tang, someone asked, "Who is this Mr. Tang's shopkeeper?" Is he going to buy our stone lions? ”

Li Feibai said: "That's right, it's he who wants to buy our stone lions." This Mr. Tang shopkeeper is amazing, the business is in eight provinces and fifty-two mansions, and the little lion we make is not enough for people to sell. I have signed a contract with others to supply a large number of stone lions, in order to be able to pay the full number, this is the opening of the stone carving factory, and also ask your uncles and uncles to help make the stone lion business bigger! ”

Everyone's eyes lit up! The stone lion is sold with the help of the shopkeeper of Mr. Tang, and maybe it can really be sold to the entire Ming Dynasty. One by one, they are grinding their fists and preparing to do a big job. But a few old and spicy people also moved other thoughts and gave Uncle Liu a look.

Liu Bodao: "In this case, tell me how many stone lions you want a year, it's a big deal, we will call all our relatives and friends, and we will carve them day and night." It's bones and meat, it's all rotten in the pot, and it can't be cheap for outsiders anyway. ”