Zhou Jinpeng led Fang Jinshi and Shi Hao up to the Taibai Building, only to see that the upstairs was also empty, with a piano lying horizontally on the table of the stairs by the window, and a middle-aged man in black was sitting there alone stroking the piano. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are two large pots of incense niches on the table, the blank of the whole Taibai Building is full of the smell of strong incense, there are two rows of potted chrysanthemums on the ground, but at this time, the winter chrysanthemum has withered, and the summer chrysanthemum has not yet bloomed, so these two rows of potted chrysanthemums are also only leaves without flowers, there is a delicate small copper charcoal stove on the ground next to it, a gray and white porcelain soup bottle is placed on it to boil water, the bottle mouth has fine white smoke coming out, the water looks like it is about to boil, all this looks very elegant.

Fang Jinshi has only heard a woman stroke the qin, but has not heard a man stroke the qin, the man in black obviously heard the footsteps of the three people going upstairs, but did not look back, still intoxicated in his own piano sound, Fang Jinshi turned the pillar around the side of this person, only to see this person's face clearly, couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that he was a bearded bearded man, with a horizontal face, a fat body, and rough hands and feet. Fang Jinshi never imagined that such an elegant person would look so fierce.

Zhou Jinpeng stood there and didn't speak, quietly and patiently waiting for this person to finish playing this slow and monotonous song, and then praised him: "Mr. Miyamoto is really good at the piano." ”

The black-clothed man bowed very regularly before replying: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, carving insects with small skills, it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance." ”

Only then did Zhou Jinpeng introduce to Fang Jinshi: "This is Mr. Miyamoto Sizang, the business between Japan and the Black Water Turtle has always cooperated with Prince Xiu. ”

Then Zhou Jinpeng introduced Fang Jinshi and Shi Hao to Miyamoto Sizang, a big merchant from Japan, Fang Jinshi heard that Zhou Jinpeng was polite to him, and he was specialized in the business of Northeast Heishui and Japan, so it was a little strange why Zhou Jinpeng deliberately came to introduce the two to each other.

Miyamoto Sizang looks rude, but his behavior is elegant and polite, Fang Jinshi has no bad impression of this person, Zhou Jinpeng looks polite, and after the four of them sat down, they said to Miyamoto Sizang: "How about I ask the store to have a banquet?" ”

Miyamoto Sizang replied with a smile: "Please invite the little boy to come over today, only drink tea, not alcohol." Zhou Jinpeng was stunned for a moment, and Miyamoto Sizang continued: "The little boy is a Yake, and he is in the tea business, and it is too vulgar to eat wine, so it is better to drink tea." ”

Zhou Jinpeng said: "Didn't Mr. Miyamoto bring good tea?" ”

Miyamoto Sizang said: "There are some good teas, otherwise I wouldn't dare to invite Fang Xiaogongzi, Xiaogongzi, how about we taste some tea first?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It's okay." ”

Miyamoto Sizo pointed to the soup bottle that had already emitted white smoke and said, "Little boy, how much is this water boiling?" ”

The most particular thing about tea is the degree of water boiling, which is called waiting for soup, waiting for soup is the most difficult, the water is not ripe and the foam floats, and the tea sinks when it is overripe.

The difficulty of waiting for soup is also that the soup bottle with a round belly and a thin neck is used to boil water, and the bottle is boiled, and the degree of water boiling cannot be observed with the naked eye, but fortunately, the neck of this bottle is slender, and the opening has a small air hole, and the steam will make a sound when it rises.

Waiting for the soup to boil three times, it takes three times to brew out of the tea before it is fragrant and strong, although Fang Jinshi also drinks some tea, but when he makes some tea at home, he is always old, bitter and astringent, he always has a bad grasp of this soup, at this time Miyamoto Sizang asked, had to bite the bullet and said: "It seems that the water has just boiled." ”

Miyamoto Sizang listened attentively, hurriedly put four tea bowls containing extremely fine tea powder on the table, wrapped the handle of the soup bottle in cloth and said: "The sound in the bottle is like a strong wind blowing loose, and the stream is draining the ground, and it is already three boiling." After he finished speaking, he quickly lifted the soup bottle, poured the boiling water in the bottle into the tea bowl, and moved in a dashing and agile manner.

As soon as the water entered the bowl, Fang Jinshi and the four of them immediately picked up the tea whisk and hit it quickly, so that the tea and the water were fully blended until the floating tea foam appeared.

Among the four, Fang Jinshi had the worst level of tea drinking, and naturally his tea foam disappeared and sank the fastest, Miyamoto Sizang said: "The little boy lost another battle." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Mr. Miyamoto is here to fight tea with me." ”

Miyamoto Sizo said: "I want to cooperate with the little boy when I come down." ”

Fang Jinshi picked up the tea bowl and drank it for a while before replying, "How to cooperate?" ”

Miyamoto Shizo said: "When I set off from Japan a few years ago, I have opened dozens of tea shops, but the tea leaves are mostly loose tea, few group teas, and there is no inventory. ”

Fang Jinshi listened and said: "When Cai Jing and Cai were the prime ministers, the tea market has been released, as long as you post the tea class, the government has issued a tea introduction, and Mr. Miyamoto can receive tea, how to cooperate?" ”

Miyamoto Sizang said: "It is said that the price of group tea is high, and the profit is also high, which is the main business of the tea house, but the interests of all parties are located, and the price of tea cannot be controlled by you and me, but loose tea is different, as long as you and I use our brains a little, there must be a lot to do." ”

When Fang Jinshi heard about the cooperation in the tea business, he immediately became interested, and moved his stool to Miyamoto Sizang and said, "If there is any article to do, please give me advice." ”

Miyamoto Sizang said: "The price of loose tea is not as good as the group tea, but the same number of sticker tea classes as the group tea, it is really a big injustice, loose tea in the two Huai and Fujian Road, the way out in addition to the mountain field of the government, that is to take the black road of tea dealers and thieves, as long as you and I work together on these two roads, we will be able to make great profits." ”

Fang Jinshi didn't speak, Shi Hao said for him: "How to do it?" ”

Miyamoto Sizang said: "Over there in the mountain field, I have already operated properly, the official tea introduction only sends a long introduction, not a short introduction, loose tea is less profitable, the small tea seller can't get a short introduction, and if there is no profit, I won't buy loose tea, you and I will release the news at the same time, the price of tea will rise at the end of autumn, and the tea farmers will not be able to sell loose tea, so they will store it at home and wait for the autumn to sell at a high price." ”

Shi Hao said: "What about the black road? ”

Miyamoto Sizang said: "You and I contact the chariot and horse merchants and the bow of the boat, if the transport of loose tea, you and I will not cooperate with it in the future, the business of the four seas is broad, how many chariots, horses and merchants do not give face?" At the same time, you and I can also come forward, you can also pay some bounty, inform the government to vigorously arrest the smuggler tea lord, the tea farmer's loose tea can not be sold, can only be sold to you and me at a low price, in the autumn, only afraid of loose tea ten pennies a pound, it is also possible. ”

After hearing this, Fang Jinshi looked at Shi Hao, and then said to Miyamoto Sizang: "If you join forces to reduce prices, first raise and then suppress, tea farmers believe in making loose tea, they will definitely lose their money, and it is also possible to cause a civil uprising if they can't survive." ”

Miyamoto Shizo said: "Tea farmers make trouble every year, are you afraid that there will be less?" Even if the civil rebellion is also a matter of the government, what does it have to do with you and me? He added another sentence: "This matter was originally nodded by Meng Da successively, but Mr. Meng Da showed that the tea business of the Four Seas was managed by Xiao Gongzi, and he was recommended by the shopkeeper Zhou to negotiate with Xiao Gongzi." ”

Fang Jinshi turned his head to Zhou Jinpeng and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou has been trading tea for many years, what do you think?" Zhou Jinpeng immediately said: "How to compare the net worth of the two, the small business is to cooperate with the two of them to achieve a great cause, but also have a weak heart, Zhou usually only makes group tea, not bulk goods." ”

Fang Jinshi saw Zhou Jinpeng's attitude, and immediately knew about this matter, this Miyamoto Sizang is a businessman, and it is understandable that he deliberately compresses costs in business, but he uses the government to sell tea and tea monopoly, and maliciously shorts and lowers prices, which is really hateful for ordinary people who grow tea.

In Fang Jinshi's heart, the original impression of Miyamoto Sizang's elegance and taste has been completely replaced by the image of a profiteer.

At the same time, Fang Jinshi immediately realized that this was another set given by Cai Meng to himself, Mr. Meng Da gave him Liao money to charge Song money, but he was still not at ease, and in the way of cooperating with Miyamoto Sizang, let Zhou Jinpeng introduce the two to each other, if Fang Jinshi was eager to collect tea and cooperate with him, then he received low-priced tea, and when the people's grievances boiled, Fang Jinshi's reputation was discredited, and he could not gain a foothold in front of Cai Yuma and Zhao Kai.

This Miyamoto Sizang is a foreign merchant, and he doesn't accept tea directly, so he is not afraid of being discredited and scolded, but this Japanese merchant may not know the relationship between Fang Jinshi and Cai Meng, so he threw Cai Meng out in front of Fang Jinshi.

Fang Jinshi laughed and said: "How is Shopkeeper Zhou a small business, in fact, Mr. Meng Da only gave me 500,000 Guan Liao money, and if he wants to cooperate with Mr. Miyamoto, he thinks that his capital is a little less." ”

Miyamoto Sizang squinted his eyes and said: "Fang Xiaogongzi has great skills, he has a bit of the ability to turn stone into gold, Liao Qian becomes Song Qian, it is just a matter of inviting people to drink, 500,000 Song Qian, it is enough, but I don't know if Fang Xiaogongzi is willing to cooperate." ”

Fang Jinshi didn't seem to hear his words, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip and said, "Good tea, really good tea." ”

Miyamoto Sizang said: "I still have the world's No. 1 dragon group Shengxue here, you might as well give the little boy a taste or two." ”

Fang Jinshi pretended to be surprised and said, "Dragon Regiment wins the snow? This is a first-class tribute tea, how did Mr. Miyamoto get it? There are many imitations on the market, and I have only drunk them twice. ”

Miyamoto Sizang got up and took out a gold-lacquered wooden box from the wooden box next to him, put down Fang Jinshi and said, "The little boy will take it back and taste it, and you will know it as soon as you taste it." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Mr. Miyamoto's big gift, I will be disrespectful, there is something else in the store, please Mr. Miyamoto Haihan." ”

Miyamoto Sizo said: "If the little boy has something important, then he will be busy first, and he can only invite the little boy to drink tea together next time." ”

Fang Jinshi arched his hand and stood up and said, "Farewell." He turned around and went downstairs and went out, and Shi Hao followed.

Zhou Jinpeng originally sent them back, but Fang Jinshi shirked it, he and Shi Hao took Zhou Jinpeng's carriage and went back together, and on the way Shi Hao asked: "Can this proposed by Mr. Miyamoto be ......?"

Fang Jinshi said: "What do you see? ”

Shi Hao said: "You really have to think about it and weigh the pros and cons, but he said that you turn stones into gold, and it seems that there is something else in the words." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "That's why I'm in a hurry to come back, it's not appropriate to talk to this person more at this time, if you talk too much, you will lose." ”

Shi Hao said: "Then what should we do?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Wait and see." ”