Chapter 5 Tea and Wine Fragrance Section 9 Watching the Sea of Commerce

On the table of wine and food, Qiu Haizheng and others pushed Ye Lan to sit in the chief, but Ye Lan couldn't give in, so he had to sit in the chief. Du Changxian and other three big bosses accompanied each other, Qiu Siyu, Du Yuanfeng, and Lu Tao sat at the bottom, because Tianning Country does not pay attention to the defense of men and women, Lu Yan was also able to attend. Everyone took turns to toast Ye Lan and say some words to welcome the young master. The wine on the table is Ye Xiangju's fine wine, which has been sinking for a hundred years, and the entrance is extremely mellow. Ye Lan did not refuse, and the wine was dry, and he drank sixty or seventy glasses in less than an hour, and he was already quite drunk.

Originally, if the monk drank alcohol, if he suppressed the power of alcohol with true yuan, he would not get drunk as much as he drank, and the amount of alcohol could be said to be endless. But this move was inevitably a waste of wine, and all the men on Willow Island loved wine, and they hated such a violent act. Ye Lan has learned the same, and he has never thought of using Zhenyuan to suppress the sense of wine, his alcohol consumption is not weak, but he can't withstand the toast of hundreds of people at more than ten tables in turn, and drink more than ten glasses, only to feel that his eyes are hazy, and his mind is also a little trance, originally he was still holding some young masters' shelves, this time he drank freely, and he had already thrown these three points of reserve to the nine clouds, since he separated from Wen Feng and Yan Zhuoran, he has been walking alone for more than half a year is actually quite lonely, at this time, he finally has a wine partner, and he can't help but talk about it, and he will be in Liuye Island, The Dragon Palace and all kinds of things that have been seen and heard since he left home for more than a year have been told in a scattered manner. He was drunk, his words did not match the afterword, and the things he said were incoherent, but the things he had encountered in his life were too bizarre and shocking for mortals to say, and everyone was dizzy and dazzled to hear them.

Ye Lan took advantage of the wine, and when he was happy, he made a gesture in his hand, and from time to time a line of ice condensed from his fingertips, bursting out a few sparks. When the crowd saw this, they applauded, as if they were watching juggling.

The more Ye Lan spoke, the happier he became, listening to the applause of the crowd, his interest increased, and with a wave of his hand, he offered the Xuanbing Fire Fan, shook it a few times, and the fan turned into a small fire dragon, dancing between his arms. Everyone was stunned and cheered. Qiu Haizheng saw it, frowned, knowing that the young master was not strong enough to drink, and he was afraid that he would make a fool of himself, so he glanced at Du Changxian and Lu Jun, and signaled to persuade the young master to leave the table and rest.

Du Changxian shook his head, and said to Qiu Hai with his ear: "The young master is young, and he was not very majestic in the eyes of the shopkeepers of the semicolons, but now let the young master take advantage of the wine to show a few tricks, firstly, let everyone see the young master's magical powers, so that they dare not have different intentions, and secondly, it also seems that the young master is approachable, which has the effect of winning people's hearts." Old hatred of you and drink with peace of mind, don't stop it, don't disturb the young master's Yaxing. ”

Qiu Haizheng nodded, glanced at Ye Lan, hesitated slightly, and said in a low voice: "We have all seen the master's magical powers, the fire dragon between the young master's arms looks fun, and it is not a joke to really burn it." I see that the young master's drunkenness has been seven or eight points, let's stop it a little, don't let the young master miss and set this house on fire......"

When Du Changxian heard this, he smiled and didn't answer, Lu Jun also leaned over and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old enemy, I think our young master has his own measure, and there will be no mistakes." Again...... , but a mere house, if it burns, it will be burned, can't we Ye Xiangju still burn it? In short, don't sweep away the young master's interest. ”

Qiu Haizheng listened, was silent for a while, sighed, and stopped talking. Lu Yan drank a lot of wine, a few glasses of wine in his stomach, at this time he was already half-drunk, seeing that the fire dragon between Ye Lan's arms was small and exquisite, the scales and horns were like, and he felt interesting, so he boldly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to stroke the horns of the fire dragon, Ye Lan saw this, and was suddenly startled, and said secretly: "How can you touch this samadhi real fire!" Hurriedly collected the true yuan, the fire dragon disappeared in a flash, and turned into an ebony fan again and returned to his sea of qi.

Lu Yan was slightly disappointed when she saw the fire dragon disappear, but Qiu Siyu, Lu Tao and Du Yuanfeng laughed and applauded again and again. These three people saw Ye Lan's magical power of smelting the long sword with real fire during the day, and they all admired him so much that they were afraid of him. At this time, I saw that he was not only good at drinking, but also so pleasing and amiable after drinking, and he was really a fellow of the same path as himself. At that moment, they were so happy that they scratched their ears and cheeks, if it weren't for the presence of Qiu Haizheng and others, they didn't dare to be too presumptuous, maybe they would have pulled Ye Lan to call him brother and brother at this time.

After drinking until late at night, Lu Jun personally led Ye Lan to a small building, which was Ye Lun's residence back then. Although Ye Lun has been in the future for decades, there are still servants in this small building who sprinkle and sweep every day, waiting for the return of Ye Xiangju's master at any time.

Ye Lan slept until noon before waking up, and Qiu Haizheng and the other three big bosses were already waiting in the hall. The three of them saw Ye Lan wake up, greeted him for a while, and each handed over a stack of account books, Ye Lan reached out to take it and put it on the table. The three of them chatted with him for a while, then they all got up to say goodbye, and before leaving, Du Changxian said: "Young master, there are more than ten servants in this residence, although the master is not there, all the attendants in this small building have always been ready, but the young master has an order, although he ordered the big girl Chunyun to cook." ”

Ye Lan nodded and agreed, sent the three out of the house, and a maid outside the door and the other three walked away, stepped forward to give Ye Lan a blessing, and said softly: "Slave Chunyun, I have seen the young master." ”

Ye Lan turned around and saw a green-clothed maid in front of him looking at him with a pair of big eyes, saying that she was a big girl, but she was actually not very old, but she was fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was born with red lips and white teeth, which was very delicate and gratifying.

Ye Lan has always done everything himself when he was on Liuye Island, since he came to northern Xinjiang, because he has no shortage of money in his hands, he has tried his best to pick up a good inn along the way, but he is used to being served these days, and when he saw Chunyun saluting him, he waved his hand and said: "I don't know if I want to live here for a few years, we will be a family in the future, if you are so polite every day, but you will be very tired." ”

Chunyun can be in the position of a big maid at a young age, with more than ten servants and maids under his command, and he is also a very clever person, at this time, seeing that this young master is not a few years older than himself, and his words are so easy-going, he also straightened up, smiled, and said: "The maid sees the young master for the first time, so he naturally has to be polite, and he will get acquainted with the son in the future, and all the etiquette will be simplified." ”

Ye Lan smiled: "That's the best." ”

He walked into the house, opened the account book to check, and Chunyun came with a cup of tea, and saw that the young master was busy, so he quietly retreated.

Ye Lan saw that the account book was divided into three sets, which recorded the tea, wine, and spice business respectively, and they were not confused, because Ye Lun had been in the future for decades, and these three sets of account books were extremely thick, Ye Lan did not understand the accounts, so he flipped through them casually, and saw that the entry and exit of the pen were recorded auspiciously, and the older the account paper was, the more yellow the paper became, and it was definitely not a forgery.

He flipped over for a while, only to see that he was dizzy, and thought: "My Ye family is the shopkeeper, if others want to make a fool of themselves in the accounts, they will definitely have a lot of means, and they will not let me see the flaws, but these three big bosses are loyal to the fifth uncle, and they are not expected to play any tricks." This Ye Xiangju is just my Ye family's foothold in northern Xinjiang, and it is useless to ask for money on the island, even if they get more oil and water in their pockets, my Ye family doesn't care. At that moment, he threw away the account book in his hand and went to look at the latest three accounts, which showed the surplus of these years and the share that the Ye family deserved.

I saw that the accounts of the Qiu family and the Du family were written to give more than 4,000 crystal coins to the Ye family, but there were only more than 1,000 crystal coins in the Lu family's account. smiled at the moment and said secretly: "It seems that the tea business does not make money without wine and spices." No wonder Lu Tao's kid is poor and sour, it turns out that his old man earns less money......"

Seeing that Ye Xiangju had earned less than 10,000 crystal coins for the Ye family for decades, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said in his heart: "No wonder my Liuye Island is poor like this, up and down the island, there are only two immortal weapons in the full house, and one is given to me by Xiaoqing, it turns out that it is so difficult to make money in business, Ye Xiangju has been in business for thousands of years, and the income is not enough to buy a green jade Linghua ruler......"

He threw down the ledger and took a few sips of tea, and before he finished drinking a cup of tea, he saw Chunyun leading three servants in. The three servants each carried a wooden box inlaid with gems, the lid of the box had been opened, Ye Lan raised his eyes and looked into the box, and saw that the three small wooden boxes were all sealed crystal coins, one of the wooden boxes only had more than ten seals, and the other two boxes each had more than forty seals. Ye Lan nodded slightly, didn't bother to count, stretched out his hand, and a sealed crystal coin in the three small wooden boxes flew up, and he stuffed it into the big wooden box containing 60,000 crystal coins in the Qiankun bag.

The three servants saw Ye Lan exert their magical powers last night, and at this time, they were not surprised to see the crystal coins flying out of the wooden box, and they bowed to Ye Lan, closed the wooden box in their hands, and rushed out.

Ye Lan drank the tea in the cup and told Chunyun to prepare lunch. After dinner, there was nothing to do, and he was about to go to Qiu Siyu and others to play, but he saw Qiu Haizheng and other three big bosses leading Qiu Siyu, Du Yuanfeng and Lu Tao to come to visit.

Chunyun led the six people to sit in the hall, and went to instruct the little maid to cook tea. Qiu Haizheng spoke first: "I heard Chunyun say that the young master has read the accounts, and the young master has also accepted the income over the years, I don't know if the young master has anything to understand, just ask." ”

Ye Lan just took a cursory look at the ledger, and naturally he couldn't talk about what he didn't understand. Seeing Qiu Hai asking each other, he didn't know how to answer for a while, remembering that the tea business had the least surplus, he groaned slightly, and asked softly: "I have never done business, I don't understand anything, if there is anything offensive in my speech, I ask a few uncles to forgive me." ”

The three masters didn't dare, Ye Lan hesitated slightly, and continued: "I see that our Ye Xiangju's wine and spice business has been about the same profit over the years, but why is it that the tea income is so much less than the wine and spices, I don't know why?"

Qiu Haizheng and Du Changxian listened to Ye Lan's question, glanced at each other, and did not answer. Lu Jun's face was ashamed, he stood up, bowed down and said: "Lu Jun is incompetent, live up to the master's trust......"

When Lu Tao saw his father get up, he didn't dare to sit down at the moment, so he hurriedly stood up and bowed to Ye Lan. Ye Lan stood up, helped Lu Jun to sit back on the chair, and said softly: "Uncle, don't misunderstand, the little nephew really doesn't know anything about management, so he has this question, and there is no blame." Isn't it...... Is it because tea is less profitable than wine and spices?

Lu Jun sighed and said quietly: "The profit of tea is higher than that of wine and spices, and our Ye Xiangju is mainly engaged in tea, followed by wine and spices. Who knows that now it is completely reversed, and it has become the least profitable tea, the reason for this, hey! It's really hard to say!"