On this day, when Zhao Weiji was thinking about recruiting workers, Zhao Wu came in and reported that a couple of men and women outside the house were looking for them, but their clothes were quite tattered, and asked if they wanted to drive them away.

Zhao Weiji hurriedly stopped Zhao Wu because he knew who the man and woman were. This man and woman are none other than the brother and sister who were helped by Zhao Weiji on the street that day.

He asked Zhao Wu to lead the brother and sister to the living room, and he himself prepared to change his clothes to meet the brother and sister. The appearance of this brother and sister can help Zhao Weiji solve a thorny problem at hand, which is recruitment.

That's right, recruitment is a very tricky problem for Zhao Weiji. When a new shop opens, the manpower in the house is definitely not enough, and new people must be recruited outside to fill the tea shop. But because the technology of roasting tea is basically monopolized by Zhao Weiji, preventing the leakage of technology is a big issue, and the people in the county mansion are all old people who have been with them for many years, and many of them are from the palace, which is absolutely reliable, but it is difficult to say about new recruits. Although Zhao Weiji didn't expect this technology to be hidden forever, after all, the longer he hid it, the better it would be for him.

When Zhao Weiji changed his clothes and walked to the living room, the brother and sister were already standing under the living room. Although there have been some intersections before, it was not until today that Zhao Weiji really took a closer look at the brother and sister.

The elder brother is about fourteen years old, and his height is about 1.6 meters according to the scale of later generations. The skin is a little dark, and it is estimated that it is sunburned by mixing in the market all year round. The body is very thin, and it can be seen that it is estimated that it is a little malnourished. But his appearance is relatively handsome, especially his eyes, which reveal a sense of perseverance.

My sister is about 12 years old, but she is very small, only 1.2 meters at most. Compared with my brother, I am even thinner, and I feel that a gust of wind can blow it. It may be that it is the relationship between the initial recovery from a serious illness, and the expression is still a little sluggish. The face is very delicate, although it has not yet grown, but it is definitely a beauty.

At this time, the brother and sister standing in the hall felt Zhao Weiji's observational gaze, and some were a little cramped. And Zhao Weiji also reacted that he was a little rude, and couldn't help coughing and then asked the brother and sister to sit down.

"What's wrong with your sister's illness, is she getting better? Also, I left in a hurry that day, and I haven't asked your brother and sister's names yet. ”

"Hui Engong, my name is Li Er, and my sister's name is Xiaohua. My sister's illness is much better, and Xie Engong cares. ”

"Don't call me Engong, it sounds weird. As you can see, I am the prince of this Anding county. You can just call me the county lord. ”

"Okay, Princess." The brother and sister replied.

"I haven't asked you brother and sister why they're living on the streets?"

"That's the county lord." Li Er thought for a moment and then began to tell: "The two of us were born in a tenant family, and my mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to her younger sister. My father raised me both. Although we are not rich, we are okay. But in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo, the official family raised troops to the Northern Expedition, and my father went to the battlefield, and then never returned. Because we were defeated in the war, we did not receive any pensions, and we lost the breadwinner of our families, so we lived on the streets. I used to work here and there as a helper for a living, but that time my sister was seriously ill and couldn't steal. ”

When Li Er said this, Zhao Weiji couldn't help but fall into deep thought. The Northern Expedition in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo was also a major blow to the Song Dynasty, first won and then defeated, although the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed, but it was defeated by the Khitan of the Liao State, and Song Taizong himself was also hit by an arrow, and fled south in a bullock cart. Moreover, Zhao Weiji's father, Taizu's second son, Zhao Dezhao, was also ridiculed by Zhao Guangyi and forced to cut himself because he was forced to cut himself because he told Song Taizong that even if he was defeated, he should reward and compensate those who had made meritorious contributions to the Northern Han Dynasty and the soldiers who died in the war later.

Thinking of this, Zhao Weiji saw that the two brothers and sisters had a feeling of falling into the world at the same time. Although Zhao Dezhao is just a cheap dad now. But when Zhao Ji read this history, he couldn't help but sigh.

After listening to the story of the Li brothers and sisters, Zhao Weiji, who had been pondering for a long time, opened his mouth at this time: "In this way, I am preparing to open a tea shop recently, and there is a shortage of manpower, are you willing to help." And your sister stays in the house to do odd jobs. I will provide you with three meals, shelter, and wages. ”

When Li Er heard it, he thought it was very good, it was much better than before when he had no fixed place to live and help everywhere, and after discussing it with his sister, he agreed.

Seeing that the brother and sister agreed, Zhao Weiji started the next step. He asked Zhao Wu to convene everyone for a meeting.

After a while, the main people who planned this operation came, they were: Zhao Xin, Rue Xiang, chef Zhang Laosi, chef Liu Da, who had been studying fried tea during this time, and Zhao Wu. Now the Li siblings have been added.

"Comrades, are you here?" Zhao Weiji greeted the people below him with the style of a red leader.

"The young master took the wrong medicine again? Or is it a repetition of soul loss? What do you mean by being gay? Zhao Xin muttered to Tong Ruxiang in a low voice.

"Ahem, now let's have a meeting. Our tea shop business is about to start, so I would like to start by mentioning our main potential consumer groups. ”

"That grandfather, what is the main potential consumer group?" Zhao Wu raised his hand and asked puzzled.

"That is, who do we mainly sell to?"

"Oh."

"In my opinion, our tea will definitely be able to reach the national consumption. But first of all, we must let our tea be popular in a certain class, in order to achieve the promotion from point to surface. And this class is women, and they are also women with strong spending power such as noblewomen and daughters. "Yes, Zhao Weiji took the lead in extending his magic grasp to the woman. Coming from later generations, he understands women's spending power and consumption demands very well. And another point is that this era is not far from the Tang Dynasty, and the social atmosphere is relatively open. If Cheng Zhu Lixue of the Southern Song Dynasty became orthodox, he would not dare to beat the idea of women.

"Zhang Laosi, bring me the refreshments I have developed in the past few days."

After a while, Zhang Laosi returned to the living room with a few plates of refreshments from the kitchen. Immediately afterwards, Zhao Weiji asked Ruxiang to make a cup of tea for everyone.

It turned out that during the period of shop decoration, Zhao Weiji was idle and made up a lot of excellent refreshments with green tea in later generations, such as pineapple cake, mung bean cake and so on. Moreover, through the acquisition of raw tea from different regions, many types of tea are produced. The prototype of many famous teas in later generations has appeared under his hands, such as: West Lake Longjing, Lu'an Gua Pian, Anji White Tea, Huangshan Maofeng, etc. And this guy shamelessly used these names directly, saying that he couldn't let the good names of these famous teas be buried, in fact, he was just lazy.

"Well, it feels great." Rue Xiang said excitedly after tasting it.

"Yes, there is indeed a different taste to this combination." Zhao Xin was also full of praise.

Everyone else couldn't help but nodded, and even the Li brothers and sisters, who had eaten something like this for the first time, agreed.

"I'm going to sell it with tea and refreshments. Our target is the women who come out shopping in the afternoon. Think about the shops around our shop, most of them are cloth shops, silk villages, rouge shops, and other shops frequented by women. When they are tired from walking around, we will provide them with delicious refreshments and tea. That's not a lot of money. And don't forget, there is also a bathhouse opposite us, which is most likely to be thirsty after a bath. While Zhao Weiji explained his plan, he couldn't help but feel a little excited, and his eyes were full of silver.

"We can first attract customers with a free tasting of small cups, and then implement a free refill of tea. There is also half price for the first plate of refreshments. After these measures have attracted customers, we will open the lobby and private seats on the second floor. The second floor is decorated elegantly, making people obviously feel that there is a fundamental difference from the first floor. Then we can set the conditions for the opening of the second floor to have a certain status or a minimum consumption system. Turn going to the second floor into a symbol of status or wealth. Then set the conditions of the second floor seat higher, and constantly stimulate the kind of people who have the best to consume. ”

Hearing this, the few people sitting below were a little stunned, and they didn't know how the grandfather's brain came up with these things.

But Zhao Weiji is not finished, he is still continuing to tell his plan: "In the end, I want to make it a convention to drink tea in our store in the afternoon, a symbol." I decided to call this act afternoon tea. ”

Everyone is stupid at this point.

Zhao Weiji, who had a dry mouth, took a sip of water and began to ask the people below: "Say so much, do you understand?" ”

The bottom shook their heads, indicating that they didn't understand.

"Forget it, anyway, you just need to remember that you will definitely make money by doing this with me. Now tell the task, Zhao Xin, you go to the shop to keep an eye on the decoration for me, the second floor is more elegant and atmospheric according to my wishes, and then give me another room around the earthen stove in the backyard, no need to top, just use the wall to enclose it. Zhao Wu, you go and help me share some guys and maidservants to entertain. Liu Da, you go and teach Li Er to fry tea now, and when the time comes, you will go to the store, only you can reassure me. Zhang Laosi, you can study some dim sum that can be paired with tea. Rue Xiang, you take Xiaohua to familiarize yourself with the life in the house, and teach her the craft of sewing and mending. That's it for today, the meeting is adjourned. After the meeting was dismissed, Zhao Weiji slipped back to the study by himself, leaving everyone with big eyes and small eyes.

A month later, Zhengshan Tea officially opened for business, and as Zhao Weiji expected, his afternoon tea soon set off a whirlwind. At this time, Zhao Wu had already become the shopkeeper of the tea shop, and Li Er learned to fry tea quite quickly, and soon mastered this craft. The tea shop is already busy every day, not only has afternoon tea become popular among celebrities in Bianjing, but the new green tea made by Zhao Weiji has also begun to pounce on the entire upper class.

Zhao Weiji had already expected this, but what he didn't expect was that his activities had attracted someone's attention.

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