In the past few days of preparing to set off, Wang Bi was even busier, he called Yin Shijie, refined all the coal prices, and instructed Yin Shijie to divide each price into five grades, observe the surrounding prices, or the surrounding prices fluctuate to the highest level, and sell them according to the quantity he specified. If the price reaches the lowest level, it is purchased in the quantity specified by him.

Wang Pan's move is to control the price of coal in the surrounding area, he has a situation in his hands, he is not afraid of high prices, and this way buying low and selling high can make the capital flow.

He also instructed Li Jian that when he drove to the roadway, he could appropriately allocate manpower according to the manual situation, and the volume and speed of upward transportation of cattle carousels had been improved. But it is still strictly instructed that safety comes first.

In three days, the goods have been loaded and transported to the capital by two routes, Wang Bian and Jiao Deyou took a boat, and Yu Danian followed the ox cart on the dry road. Along the way to the east of the Yellow River, the two sides of the river are already green, and the king is in a very comfortable mood.

Jiao Deyou was a little worried about him, but seeing that Wang Bian was the same as no one, he had no choice but to resign himself to fate, no matter what, he still felt that Wang Bian was doing the right thing.

Wang asked Jiao Deyou for advice: "How many days will it take to come to Bianjing from here?" ”

Jiao Deyou said: "I can't use it for a few days, I don't go around the mountain road by water, the manpower I give you is all perennial transportation boatmen, they can travel day and night on the Yellow River, you and I can go to the capital today." ”

Wang Jian was even more comfortable when he heard this, the average speed of this boat was one or twenty miles per hour, and it was only a hundred miles to the Bianjing waterway from here to a few hours, and then he could reach the capital.

Jiao Deyou is even more familiar with waterways than Wang Bian, and when he learned that Wang Bian set up a coal yard outside the Northwest Water Gate, he also admired Wang Bian's thinking and vision. Outside the water gate in the northwest of the capital, Jiao Deyou pointed to a side of the shed under construction on the north side of the Jinshui River, and asked, "What if there is nothing to say about this?" ”

When the king saw that the place was not much different from what he had instructed, he ordered someone to lean over, and a boatman jumped down and inquired, and sure enough, he saw He Libo come out of it to meet him. He Libo was surprised by the speed with which the king came.

Wang Bixian did not return to the house, and directly took Jiao Deyou to Wang Anshi's mansion to explain to his father the preparations for the marriage. Wang Anshi had long hoped that Wang Bi would get married soon, otherwise it would be nice to live in Meyer's Mansion under the moon; When he heard that the king burned the boat sent by Zhao Zongshi, he was also shocked, this kid was really bold. But this is the case, and from now on, all be careful.

Wang Bi is not in a hurry to tell Yuexia about this matter, and now he can't help Yuexia, and Wang Bi knows Yuexia's personality very well: especially Jiao Deyou's story about Di Qing, Wang Bi feels more and more that Yuexia's personality is with Master Di. It seems to be strong, but if you take off the mask, it is really like a face.

It is no wonder that people say that Di Qing is a general of Mianni, and he is angry everywhere in the court.

Such a king of qi is not allowed to be next to him, and the auspicious day is set to the middle of May, and now it is the end of April in the lunar calendar, and more than 20 days is enough. Wang led Jiao Deyou to let their brother and sister meet. I didn't care about the fatigue of the boat and car, so I ran to Bao Zhengfu first. I met my father-in-law and talked in detail for an hour or two before returning home.

Wang Pan just arrived at the house Lu Shenyan also came back, according to Wang Bei's requirements, Lu Shenyan classified the tea in detail:

One is loose tea, which is tea in its natural state after frying; One is slice tea, which is to process the picked tea buds into flakes through steaming, peeling, patting, roasting, wearing, sealing and other production processes, "slicing tea steaming, and skewering in the actual rolling mold"; One is wax tea: "Only the building and the sword are both steamed and studied, the bamboo is the grid, and the baking room is the most refined, and it cannot be made elsewhere." "It is to steam the tea buds, grind them into a paste, press them into tea cakes, leave a small hole in the middle of the cake, and 10 skewers of cakes after roasting are 1 string. This kind of group tea and cake tea produced in Jianzhou and Jianzhou, also known as "wax tea" and "wax tea", can actually be said to be a high-quality piece of tea

Xiao Lu also classified the quality and price, this lap tea is divided into 16 grades, 55 pieces of tea, 59 loose tea, etc.; This price is also divided into categories. The maximum profit between the trading room can reach more than 700 yuan. (How much is 1 pound or 1 pound or 1 crotch?) According to the pound is the buckle on the belt, as a measure word, it should be similar to its size, that is, "square inch small boast", similar to the size of a modern matchbox, and the text explains that it is only enough to make a few cups, but only a few handfuls. ）

Wang Bi roughly calculated, in addition to Cai Xiang's annual tribute of tea, the tea in the palace costs three or four thousand catties a year. With an average gross profit of seven or eight per catty, the annual income of the inner courtyard of the palace alone can reach 200,000 snowflakes of silver; There are only large and small tea shops in Bianjing City, and the good tea is two or three hundred thousand catties a year, if you can win these average profits of three or four times......

Wang Bi didn't dare to calculate further, because he knew that in order to win this part, Renzong had to cancel the tea ban.

The people who escorted the tea into Bianjing City were properly settled, and Wang told Lu Shenyan that when he got the first batch of tea money, he would go to Jianzhou to bring a few tea doctors who knew tea, and he had his own arrangements. Of course, this is not something to be done at the moment, and now it is necessary to ask the emperor for silver for the first batch of thousands of catties of tea used in the palace.

Early in the morning of the second day, the king went directly to the palace to ask to see Emperor Renzong. First of all, he explained the matter of handling tea, handed over the receipt of tea collection by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Renzong personally approved the loan. A stone fell to the ground in Wang's heart, this is the tea that Cai Xiang mentioned first after making a guarantee in the local area, and finally gave an explanation to the tea farmers. If the turnover is opened, I will go to Jianzhou to buy a tea factory.

Renzong saw that the king had a royal decree next to him that he could go to pay the money, and asked with a smile: "You kid, you won't cry and shout poor to me now." "Wang next to this thousand gold tea earned at least four or five thousand taels of silver, isn't it enough for him to buy a horse in Western Xia? Emperor Renzong is not confused, but even if the king doesn't earn this money, others will make it, and he can't see it. And others are not loyal to Wang Pan, so Renzong is more willing to let Wang Pan earn this money.

Wang next to him smiled: "Don't cry poor, it's enough to marry a daughter-in-law." ”

Renzong laughed, and after laughing, he asked, "This is enough for you to marry ten rooms." ”

Wang Fang looked helpless: "My daughter-in-law is too expensive to marry, and she also broke a ship for the right general Zhao's grandfather?" ”

Renzong was very curious when he heard this, and asked, "Where did this come from?" ”

Seeing that Renzong was interested in this, Wang Jian said that it would be easy to do, so he said: "Grandpa originally planned to give me a boatload as a congratulatory gift, but I heard some people talking about Grandpa taking a fancy to my lady's beauty. I set fire to the boat in a fit of rage, so as to show that everyone had preserved the name of the emperor and the grass people. ”

Renzong squinted at Wang Bei, and said in his heart that there was no wind and no waves in this matter, and he knew that Wang Bei was going to marry Di Qing's daughter, and he knew in his heart that it should be some small actions of the thirteen sons. But this little rabbit cub next to the king is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and seeing that this kid is not satisfied with thirteen, it will also be troublesome in the future.

So the imperial decree passed the thirteen sons into the palace.

Zhao Zongshi was in the house, and when he heard that the king was back, and Jiao Deyou also lived in the Mayer Mansion, Zhao Zongshi secretly lucked himself to what kind of demon magic was used next to the king. After hesitating, he heard the imperial decree urgently recruit into the palace, and immediately panicked, and his right eyelid jumped. Hurriedly entered the palace in full clothes.

When I walked to the door of the vertical arch hall, I heard the sound of laughter inside, and it was Emperor Renzong and the king who were talking and laughing. The eunuch led the door into the vertical arch hall, and saw that Renzong was so interested that he was actually tasting tea.

Renzong saw Zhao Zongshi come in and said, "Zongshi, you come to taste this tea." Zhao Zongshi took the eunuch's hand, it was a cup of tea that he hadn't ordered, and took a sip, just in the mouth, there was no sweetness of seasoning, but it slid down the tip of the tongue into the throat and there was a mellow and fragrant aftertaste.

Put down the tea and said, "I don't know what happened to my father's urgent summoning of his sons. ”

Renzong said: "This son next to the king is a little novel, and he is actually teaching me what kung fu tea, you can see that these are not as trouble-free as ordering tea to drink, but this procedure is quite interesting." ”

It turned out that when Zhao Zongshi was doing this, Wang was teaching Renzong a tea ceremony. Zhao Zongshi was so angry in his heart, but it was hard to say anything.

I heard Renzong say, "I heard that you gave a special gift for the marriage of the king. ”

Zhao Zongshi was taken aback when he heard this, this sending the boat was a trivial matter, and his extra temptation was a big thing, but he didn't know what Renzong knew, and he didn't look angry when he saw what Renzong meant. I don't know how to answer.

Wang next to him bowed down to thank Zhao Zongshi, and told Zhao Zongshi that the wedding date had been set, and invited Zhao Zongshi to the banquet.

Renzong said: "The king is in a hurry to do this, and the housekeeper doesn't know what to send. Thirteen, look at this, your congratulatory gift is so powerful, and the father naturally cannot be less than yours. The king will marry the daughter of Di Qing, and she can be regarded as the queen of a famous family. I'm going to take a righteous daughter and a sister for you, what do you think? ”

When Zhao Zongshi heard this, he hurriedly said, "Absolutely not." "If Renzong accepts this righteous girl, the king will become a concubine, and it will be even more difficult to regulate him in the future, Zhao Zong really thought so in his heart, and he must not blurt out when he is in a hurry.

Renzong frowned, as if he was a little unhappy with Zhao Zongshi's obstruction, Wang Bi hurriedly said: "Emperor Qiqi, the boat sent by Grandpa accidentally burned me, don't give a big gift, I'm afraid that if it is destroyed, I will make a mistake." And if I marry a princess, I won't be able to take a concubine in the future. ”

Wang said this deliberately to Zhao Zongshi, thinking that Zhao Zongshi's wife was Gao, who was both the daughter of Empress Cao and the adopted daughter of Empress Renzong.

Zhao Zongshi knew that he was at a loss, but he couldn't answer, so he could only say: "Burn it, burn it, how can I blame you." ”

Renzong nodded and said: "It's still the thirteenth son who is sensible, and I will rest assured that I will set you up in the future, even if the two of you have a relationship, the king should also consider the overall situation." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the king, who knew that Renzong was attentive, and lowered his head and said, "I dare not disobey the will of the saint." ”

Renzong nodded: "Then your congratulatory gift, I will let you hand over the tea farm to you according to your proposal, but you need to write a guarantee, if you can't pay 200,000 taels of silver tea annually in the first year, not only will I take it back, but if it's not enough, I will use your family property to make up 200,000 taels."

When Zhao Zongshi heard it, this kid was crazy, 200,000 taels of silver, from the fourth year of Chunhua to the second year of Jiayou, a total of 61 years, and the official tea profit was 1392119, equivalent to 1.39 million taels of silver. That's the sum of the country's 23 roads and more than 100 states. But looking at the figures, the Chali court in a state is 10,000 taels of silver every year, and the king has to report it twenty times.

Zhao Zongshi was happy in his heart, he didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, boy, you were asking for your own hardship.