Chapter 50: Tribute Tea
Cui Hongsu looked like a businessman, with a big belly, and when he spoke, he didn't have the slightest taste of Cui Hongdu's dominance, which made people listen very comfortably: "Yang Shao, my eldest brother doesn't understand business matters, you just need to tell me about this in the future." I thought of two ways, one is that you make something and I sell it, and I divide it fifty-fifty; The other is to click on me and you say a price. ”
The Cui family wants a big business, Cui Hongsu is not worried about Yang Chong's lion opening his mouth at all, what he is afraid of is that Yang Chong will not open his mouth, and he came over with Sun Simiao today, Cui Hongsu has the bottom in his heart. Yang Chong didn't say anything, made two cups of tea with his own hands, poured out the first brew of water, filled it with water again, and handed it to Cui Hongsu and Sun Simiao to taste respectively.
Cui Hongsu took a sip lightly, a completely different tea fragrance remained on the tip of the tongue, and after another sip, the aftertaste was fuller; Yang Chong himself also held a cup of tea and sat opposite Cui Hongsu to taste it slowly. After Cui Hongsu drank most of the cup of tea, Yang Chong refilled the water, and when Cui Hongsu drank another half cup, Yang Chong asked, "Mr. Cui, how does it taste?" ”
"Not bad." Cui Hongsu said very simply: "Jiangnan people have always had the habit of sencha, but it is too time-consuming; This method of making tea is simple, the tea fragrance is overflowing, even if there are many people who are not used to drinking it, but there will definitely be a large number of potential customers. Yang Shao, I understand what you mean, this thing is very easy to imitate, it has to be branded at one time, otherwise even if it is our Cui family, it will not be able to control the situation, you tell us the method, seven hundred taels of gold. ”
Cui Hongsu is experienced and guessed that the process of tea may not be complicated, but Yang Chong will definitely have a backhand to cooperate with the Cui family, which can make the Cui family win among the competitors. Yang Chong said with a smile: "Mr. Cui said this, it seems that I am not kind, but I do need money, so let's do it, seven hundred taels of gold are exchanged for silver and copper coins, and I have the conditions to donate 10,000 yuan to Sun Daochang's medical school, how about you pay me 1,000 taels of silver for the rest?" ”
Cui Hongsu was immediately impressed by Yang Chong, a person who had just started and needed money, and gave away the big head of 10,000 yuan in a blink of an eye, just to show an attitude to the Cui family, it was really generous, and the head of the family did not mistake this young man. Cui Hongsu said with a smile: "Yang Shao is so interesting, Cui has nothing to say, make a deal." ”
Sun Simiao has not spoken, he likes the taste of tea even more, but it involves the business of wealthy families, and it is inconvenient to express his position; Hearing Yang Chong's mouth is 10,000 yuan, Sun Simiao's heart moved, although the Cui family agreed to invest, but it has not yet entered the level of real money. Sun Simiao waited for the two to say yes before asking, "Yang Chong, what are your conditions?" ”
Yang Chong said with a smile: "If Guanzhong encounters a famine year, I hope that the medical school can provide free treatment to some poor people who really have no money." ”
Sun Simiao said: "Yang Chong, don't worry, it is the duty of a doctor to save the dead and help the wounded, and I agreed to this matter." ”
Yang Chong took out a piece of paper from the study and handed it to Cui Hongsu, Cui Hongsu took it and saw that it was the origin of five teas, respectively in Ankang County, Daba Mountain, Tianxin Rock in Wuyi Mountain, Yangxian Southern Mountain in Huzhou, West Lake in Hangzhou, and Yashan in Xuanzhou. After becoming a tribute, it was the stage of large-scale promotion of the market, and the tea was divided into four different price packages, which were sold to nobles, monks, scholars, and commoners.
Cui Hongsu saw the mystery at a glance, and knew that Yang Chong's sales plan was tailor-made for the Cui family, Cui Hongsu and Sun Simiao left in a hurry; The next day, Cui Hongsu sent 1,000 taels of silver and told Yang Chong that the address of the medical school had been chosen, and it was at the foot of Lishan Mountain, which was originally a small farm of a third-rate nobleman, but now the Cui family paid for it and gave it to Sun Simiao. Yang Chong took Yang Liu and Yang Jiu, followed Cui Hongsu to a separate courtyard of the Cui family, and immediately arranged for the construction of a tea workshop.
There is a stove in the courtyard, first take two iron pots to fry, Yang Chong saw that the steward of the Cui family came with a large amount of tea, and asked Cui Hongsu to know that at this time the nobles have begun to pay attention to tea, and the tea of Ankang and Yangxian is quite famous, and the tea purchased by the Cui family every year has tea from these two places. As for Wuyi Mountain Tianxin Rock, Hangzhou West Lake, and Xuanzhou Yashan, no one knows at all, which shows that Yang Chong's plan is valuable.
Stir-frying tea is not complicated, the descendants of the Cui family can master it after watching it for a day, and the next day it will become ten iron pots, but Yang Chong's method of selecting tea is different from that of the pharmacy, and the steward of the Cui family took a few days. On the fifth day, Yang Chong and Cui Hongsu selected five catties of fried Ankang and Yangxian green tea, packed them in twenty prepared bamboo tubes, and sent them to the palace together with two sets of exquisite tea sets, which were presented to Emperor Yang of Sui by Cui Zhen, the living housekeeper.
The representative of the Cui family in the court is Cui Chen, even when the relationship between the two sides is the most stiff, Cui Zhen is by Yang Guang's side. Cui Zhen learned the way to make tea, practiced at home for three whole days, plus the love of drinking green tea, the action was very enthusiastic, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty felt that the tea was indeed fragrant after drinking, and understood Cui Hongdu's thoughts, and was happy in his heart, in addition to giving the tea to the big guys in the center to taste, but also set these two kinds of green tea as tribute tea. Cui Zhen took the opportunity to talk about the medical school, and gave Sun Simiao an excerpt, and wanted to ask the Son of Heaven to give him a name and words.
This disturbed Yang Guang's itch even more. When Emperor Jing of Zhou, Yang Jian was in charge of the government, and Sun Simiao was appointed as Dr. Guozi, and in the first year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui, Sun Simiao saw that there were many state affairs, so he lived in seclusion in Taibai Mountain. Sun Simiao is now back in Chang'an, and asks Yang Guang to give the name of the medical school, which is a 180-degree turn, so that Yang Guang suddenly has a feeling of surpassing Emperor Wen Yang Jian, and immediately gave the name Daxing Medical School, and appointed Sun Simiao as the doctor of the country and the imperial doctor.
Gao Gong didn't expect Cui Hongdu and Sun Simiao to have this attitude towards Yang Guang now, ignoring Su Wei's eyes, he walked out of the crowd and asked Cui Xun: "Is Sun Simiao's medical school a cooperation with the Cui family?" ”
"It's not." Cui Zhen said without blushing: "The medical school is Sun Simiao's own, and there are already three sponsors, the Cui family sent a farm as the location of the medical school, Yang Chong sent 10,000 yuan as the fund for running the school, and Yuwenkai Workshop provided fifty sets of tables and chairs. ”
Yang Guang and the others immediately thought that green tea should be something that Yang Chong made, and Yang Da reminded: "The sweat and blood BMW is in good condition now, and the mission has returned to Chang'an for many days, there should be an explanation." ”
The translation of Yang Chong's photos by Caotang Temple has long ended, and the true mission of the mission has become a secret that is not a secret, but Niu Hong and the three of them have not come to a conclusion until now, so they have not been rewarded or punished. If it was another official, he would have gone to the Ministry of Rites or Shangshutai to inquire twice in three days, and he might have had a result, but Yang Chong was different, and he never showed up again after returning home, and others were not easy to speak, so it was delayed for more than ten days. Now it seems that Yang Chong is not idle, and his business with the Cui family is very successful.