The group walked for a long time before they came to the door of the Internal Affairs Office. The guard exchanged a few words with the little eunuch guarding the door, turned around and walked quickly. The little eunuch guarding the door saluted Shi Jing, respectfully led the three of them into the hall to sit down, and served tea.

As soon as the three of them sat down, they heard an old and shrill laugh coming from behind, and saw an old eunuch with white eyebrows walking out of the back hall. Shi Jing and Lu Jun both knew that this old eunuch was the chief eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office, Mr. Qian, and they both stood up to greet each other. When Ye Lan saw the two of them get up, he hurriedly stood up. The head of the money arched his hand towards Shi Jing, turned his head to Lu Jun and said: "Master Lu, we two brothers haven't seen each other for many years, right? Although the business in your hand is no longer a tribute, is the love between our two brothers still there? Why haven't you entered the palace to see your old brother for so many years?"

Lu Jun's face was embarrassed, and he said with a wry smile: "My brother is not doing well, and I feel that I have no face to see my brother's face, so I have never dared to come." As he spoke, he took out a small wooden box from his bosom and stuffed it into the hand of the money manager.

Manager Qin opened the wooden box, glanced at the box, then took the wooden box into his arms, and smiled at Lu Jun: "Brother, you can come here, why are you doing so much?"

Lu Jun said: "It's not a respect, it's not a respect." Then he stretched out his arm and pointed at Ye Lan, and continued: "This is our young master Ye Lan Ye Gongzi, you two are so close. ”

Manager Qian glanced at Ye Lan up and down a few times, and said: "I didn't know that Ye Xiangju still had such a young young master, I heard the master of the stone hall say that Ye Gongzi's cultivation is profound, and he is a first-class figure of immortals, and the miscellaneous family is so polite." ”

Ye Lan hurriedly said that he didn't dare, Manager Qian made a gesture, and the four of them sat down again, Manager Qian picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said slowly: "Since the master of the stone hall said hello, let's talk about serious things first." Master Lu, if your Ye Xiangju's tea leaves are selected for royal use, how much silver do you plan to collect?"

Lu Jun pondered for a moment and said: "Filial piety to the royal things, Lu didn't dare to ask for more, only charged some capital, and counted twenty taels of silver a catty." ”

Mr. Qian's eyelids were raised, the two teacup lids were clamped, and the tea leaves in the cup were gently stirred, and he said slowly: "Tianxing Tea House has been among the tributes for a long time, and it only accepts twenty taels and one catty, and you Ye Xiangju are newly promoted to the palace, and you also receive twenty taels, it doesn't seem appropriate, right?"

Lu Jun had a difficult look on his face and said, "I really can't go any lower...... Otherwise, the old brother is busy with work, and he can't work hard in vain, according to the example, the old brother should take one percent, and the old brother will add another one percent to the old brother in front of the young master of my family, and you will be counted as two percent!"

Manager Qian showed a hint of joy on his face, but said in his mouth: "Isn't this okay?" Raising the tea bowl, he was about to drink it, but suddenly remembered something, put the tea bowl on the table, and shouted: "Little Leizi, get me in!"

The little eunuch who had just poured tea for everyone heard the call, hurriedly rushed into the house, bent down to listen to the instructions, and the manager pointed at him and scolded: "Things that don't have brains! Ye Xiangju's good friends are here, and they naturally have good fragrant tea on their bodies, do you want to lose the face of the miscellaneous family when you soak such thick branches and rotten leaves for others?"

Xiao Leizi was scolded, but there was no fear on his face, and he said with a smile: "It's a villain!" said and stretched out his hand to Lu Jun, and continued: "Master Lu, take out your baby." ”

Lu Jun said that he was tired, took out a bag of tea from his arms, stuffed a silver ticket under the tea bag, and put it in Xiao Leizi's hand. Xiao Leizi took the tea leaves, and after a while, he served new tea to everyone.

The shopkeeper took the tea bowl, took a sip, closed his eyes and tasted it for a long time, opened his eyes, and smiled at Lu Jun: "Brother Lu's bowl of eyes is empty and snowy, my brother hasn't drunk it for a few days, but I didn't expect it to taste better than before." ”

Lu Junxi said: "Mr. Qian praised it falsely. ”

Manager Qian took another sip of tea, put down the tea bowl, and said in a deep voice: "However, at this price, I think we have to discuss it again." ”

Lu Jun hesitated and asked softly, "What does the old brother mean?"

Mr. Qian: "Brother Lu's bowl of tea, the taste is wonderful, compared with the tribute tea of Tianxing Tea House, anyone who can distinguish the taste with his tongue can distinguish the superior, such as the same price as the two, others ask, it is inevitable that someone will say a few words of gossip, saying that I, the head of the internal affairs office, am dizzy, and I can't even tell the quality of the tea......" When he said this, he suddenly turned his head to Shi Jing and said, "The miscellaneous family will tell you the truth, and please don't be strange to the master of the stone hall." ”

Shi Jing said with a smile: "Where did Mr. Qian come from?" That Tianxing Tea House was just the private property of one of my sect members, and although Shi was poor, he didn't care about the little money he paid every year. This Tianxing Tea House relies on the name of our religion and acts without rules, and I already have the heart to take care of it. Manager Qian is now taking the opportunity to teach them a lesson, and knock his subordinates for me, the hall master, Shi just can't ask for it. ”

Manager Qian nodded and said, "So the miscellaneous family can rest assured." After saying that, he looked at Lu Jun and said slowly: "The goods are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the price is high and low. Brother Lu's tea, if it is only sold for twenty taels of silver a catty, it is really a little unreasonable, and it will make the miscellaneous family a little embarrassed......"

Ye Lan listened to the words of the money manager, only to feel that the world is big, there are no surprises, the price has always been the buyer to push the price low, this money manager buys things, but he thinks that the other party's asking price is too cheap, and he has to raise the price to a higher place, which is really weird.

Lu Junjiu dealt with the government, but he knew that the reason why the money manager wanted to raise the price was because he had increased his share from one to two percent, and the higher the price of tea, the more he would get his share, so he was naturally happy to raise the price. When Lu Jun thought of this, he smiled knowingly, and said to Mr. Qian: "Brother Qian is fair, and the younger brother is all up to the elder brother!"

Manager Qian smiled when he heard this, raised the tea bowl and took another sip, bowed his head and muttered. Shi Jing only took a sip of tea when he couldn't make up his mind, put down the teacup and said: "This eye is indeed much better than the goods of Tianxing Tea House, is this price, at least twice as much as Tianxing Tea House, I think it should be right at forty taels." ”

Hearing this, Mr. Qian put down the tea bowl, closed his eyes and smiled, but shook his head slightly.

Lu Jun shook his head when he saw him, knowing that he still thought the price was too low, so he said: "In my opinion, it should be set at sixty taels and one catty, six or six major shun, to show that my Tianning Dynasty is peaceful and everything is going well." ”

Manager Qian opened his eyes and looked at Lu Jun, his eyes were full of smiles, but he still shook his head.

I only heard Shi Jing say: "Since you want to please a good mouth, wouldn't eighty be better?"

When Mr. Qian heard this, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. The three of them didn't know why he was laughing, so they had to laugh a few times. Manager Qian laughed, pointed at the three of them and said loudly: "What six or six great shun, big fat and profit are auspicious words, they are just good words for the common people, but they are not worthy of the royal majesty." In my opinion, this tea must be set at ninety-five taels of silver and one pound in order to show the grandeur of our emperor's ninety-five supreme!"

Ye Lan saw the three of them raising the price one by one, but he was dumbfounded and couldn't speak. Lu Jun and Shi Jing were also stunned when they heard Manager Qian raise the price to ninety-five taels, and then they both slapped their thighs and praised in unison: "Manager Qian is high!

Mr. Qian's face was colorful, and he bowed his head frequently to the three of them. Lu Jun saw that the deal was negotiated, and since then Ye Xiangju Xiangming tea has re-entered the tribute, the princes and ministers in Beijing, the aristocracy and wealthy businessmen will inevitably compete to buy, and the future will naturally be a source of money, which is the key to this business, compared with it, the profit in the palace is only a small head, although the head of the money gives a high price of ninety-five taels of silver a catty, but the palace will not use too much tea after all. Thinking of this, Lu Jun said to Mr. Qian: "Brother Qian, since we have negotiated the price, let's talk about the dosage, how many catties of tea do we need to carry every month?"

Manager Qian stretched out three fingers, raised his hand and stroked his snow-white long eyebrows, groaned slightly, and said: "I have a slight estimate, how can it cost 70,000 or 80,000 catties a month, you will transport 80,000 catties in the first month, if it is not enough, let's add it." ”

Ye Lan heard that he wanted such a huge amount of tea, and secretly said in his heart: "If you want so much, how can you drink it, can you feed it to pigs?" Lu Jun also said: "Brother said that he laughed, how can I drink so much tea in the palace?"

Mr. Qian: "Naturally, you can't drink so much, but our saints and concubines like to eat tea eggs, and this tea is used to cook tea eggs for them." ”

Ye Lan almost spouted out a mouthful of tea, and glared: "Boil...... Isn't it a waste to boil tea eggs?

Manager Qian said unhappily: "Ye Gongzi's words are not right! Eggs are extremely rare and precious, and the imperial eggs purchased by the Internal Affairs Office are priced at sixty taels of silver. Such a rare and precious thing can only be afforded with royal dignity. Isn't such a luxurious meal worthy of the tea produced by the son's family?"

Ye Lan opened his mouth wide, and said secretly: "Eggs are two pennies and three pieces, and one or two silver is still looking for a thousand, you actually said sixty taels and one piece? Is that an egg or a phoenix egg?" was about to speak, but saw Shi Jing and Lu Jun winking at him. As soon as his mind moved, he understood, and thought: "Okay, you are the money manager, this method of making money is too ruthless." It's also a royal fortune to raise a big rat like you!"

He figured out the trick, so he smiled at Mr. Qian and said: "Mr. Qian blames him, the kid is young and shallow, and he hasn't seen much of the world, plus Ye Xiangju is a small business after all, the family wealth is not thick, the kid is not blessed to eat eggs and other precious things, and he doesn't know how rare they are, so please don't laugh at me." ”

Lu Jun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw him say this, and Manager Qian's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "The son can be taught!"

Ye Lan smiled, stopped talking, and said secretly in his heart: "Today is a long experience, when I am done and return to Ye Xiangju, I will definitely ask Chunyun to cook a big pot of tea and eggs, so that others can know the magnanimity of my dignified young master Ye Xiangju!"