Speaking of which, although the official government has not issued an official document on the selection of imperial merchants, after the birthday banquet of the prince of Dingguo, there have been some rumors about this matter.

The cause of the incident was because of the instant popularity of flower tea. Because the ladies highly respect this flower tea, in the elite circle of the capital, more and more people began to pay attention to the flower tea, which is very closely related to the selection of imperial merchants, and by the way, it was paid attention to.

As more and more people pay attention, I don't know if it's groundless, all kinds of gossip have emerged one after another. Some talk about the rules of the selection of imperial merchants, some talk about the merchants who participate in the selection, some talk about the backstage that each family relies on, and some say ...... Gossip of the various families.

Even the engagement between Cui'er and Jin Yuman before was picked up, and there were all kinds of things that were said for a long time, and in the end, it was the woman who suffered in this matter. However, because this matter was not as attractive as Cui'er's adoption of the great-grandson of the Dingguo Mansion family, and the young lady of the Wucheng Terracotta Mansion, it slowly disappeared.

Cui'er has experienced modern shopping malls and workplaces, and naturally knows that this shopping mall is like a battlefield, and the ups and downs in this shopping mall are changing rapidly, even a small rumor may cause a change in the essence of the final result.

Because she knew the importance of this matter, Cui'er didn't dare to let go of the slightest gossip, so she specially asked Uncle Zhong to find a few clever little maids scattered in the teahouses and restaurants in the capital, who were specifically responsible for inquiring about the news. There are also those people who are good at finding out news brought by Master Ye from Huxi. was also spread away, inquiring about the wind and grass about the selection of imperial merchants.

The hard work pays off, and Rao is there a lot of news about the selection of imperial merchants. All kinds of gossip are flying all over the sky, making it really difficult to distinguish the truth from the fake. Thanks to the efforts of Cui'er's family, they still heard a lot of useful things.

For example, the dozens of merchants in the capital who were originally willing to participate in the selection of imperial merchants had what kind of good tea they had, and Cui'er's heart already had some bottoms. For example, which merchant has any backstage, in these rumors, you can also find out a little bit of the doorway.

Except for the information Cui'er had gathered herself. Mrs. Dingguo Gongzi, who has made it clear that she wants to stand behind Cui'er, also made sense that Dingguo Gong's son, Dingguo Gong and Dingguo Duchess have been Cui'er's backing. With your backing. Mrs. Wenxiu will also send some news from the court from time to time, much earlier than Cui'er can hear.

In fact, it is said to be a backing, and this matter is also a matter of mutual help, after all, the Yang family of Dingguo Gong and the Xiao family, the maiden family of Xiao Guifei, are both military generals. But it's-for-tat. Now that the war outside is tight, the two families can't be ignorant and fight in the court at such a critical juncture, so they will continue to compete in another place.

The place of this contest was chosen in the selection of the imperial merchants. Jin Yuman spent a lot of money to buy off the people of the Xiao family and pave the way for him, and Cui'er was close to the Dingguo Mansion, if the Jin family won the Ye family, it would be the Xiao family who slapped the Yang family in the face.

Such a slap in the face of the Dingguo Mansion could not bear it no matter what, so the wife of the prince of Dingguo didn't make much effort. made sense of Dingguogong's family to help support the Ye family.

Although it is said to be strongly supported, it cannot be blatantly used as a backer for the Ye family, after all, it is the same thing for the Dingguo Mansion to be close to Ye Cui'er. It is another thing to make it clear that the carriage and horses support a merchant. For the dignified state government, what they need to care about is the rise and fall of the country, the major affairs of the court, and the participation in the small dispute between the emperor and the merchants, which is really embarrassing.

Although it is impossible to say it explicitly, the tea leaves in all the gifts of the entire Dingguo Mansion have been replaced with the tea of the Ye family with the mark of Biye Piaoxianglou. This is also a disguised proof of the speculation of the outside world. The Dingguo Mansion is supporting the Ye family.

With the help of the bosses and masters of the Dingguo Mansion, Cui'er had a little less to worry about. But the pressure on my body is still very heavy, and there are many, many things to do to fulfill my father's lifelong dream.

In this selection of imperial merchants, there are dozens of merchants who are willing to participate, of which there are five businesses that are similar in size to the Ye family and are expected to become imperial merchants. They are the Qian family, the former imperial merchant of the Zhengguo Mansion, the Jin family who fell in love with the Xiao faction, the Ye family who has the Dingguo Mansion as a backer, the Wang family who is the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Officials, and the Zhao family who found a household servant from Huxi as a backer.

In addition, there are dozens of small merchants, although it is unlikely that they will win the position of the imperial merchants, but they can gang up and support the small tea merchants, one by one are also busy jumping up and down.

Although the rules for the selection of imperial merchants have not yet been finally announced, there is already gossip, saying that it will go through primary selection, re-election and the like. The initial test is mainly to test the ability of the merchant to supply tea, the stability of the supply of goods, etc., and the second selection is to comprehensively examine the indicators, among which the twists and turns are not enough to let outsiders.

"The primary selection requires merchants to have at least two tea shops in the capital, which can supply tea all year round, and can also provide more than five kinds of tea with different flavors...... "Cui'er sorted out the information from various sources and judged the conditions of the primary election.

It's just that although this rumor looks like that, she really doesn't know which one is true and which one is false. With these conditions one by one, compared with her own existing situation, and also compared with her competitors, Cui'er sensitively discovered her own shortcomings.

"Dad, our family only has one Biye Piaoxiang Building in the capital, there is no semicolon, and in addition to our family, the other four most likely merchants have several tea houses, and we may suffer a loss here." Cui'er opened the number of shops, found her own shortcomings, and hurriedly told her father.

"Okay, I see, I'll do this." Master Ye has been preparing for the selection of the emperor for many years, and if he misses this opportunity because he is missing a teahouse or a tea house, he will definitely regret it for the rest of his life.

When Master Ye heard Cui'er say this, he felt that it made a lot of sense. immediately agreed, and instructed Ye Bi to go to Zhang Luo to open a new shop. Because when the business of Biye Piaoxiang Building was good before, Master Ye moved the idea of opening a branch. This branch opened very quickly, and it was not obvious.

Cui'er thought that if she asked for the number of branches, she might ask for two, and she might ask for three, and if someone deliberately stuck this number, she would still suffer a loss. simply said goodbye to Hui Ya, and made room in the rouge shop that Cui'er bought for Hui Ya. It is also put on the shelves of flower tea.

This move just in case did not play a role in the selection of the imperial merchant to make up the number of shops cui'er is still unknown, but the rouge shop has been on the shelves of flower tea since then. Sales and customers have started a new round of surge, but it is real.

Because the matter of the selection of the imperial merchants seems to be close at hand, the tea merchants from all walks of life gathered in the capital, whether they are big tea merchants with big backers like the Ye family. Or a small tea merchant with a shop and a tea garden on the side of the road, all of them are eager to try.

Because of the fluctuation of people's hearts, the major tea houses in the capital, and even the small tea shops on the roadside, have become different, new tea listings, packaging updates, buy a pound and get one or two free promotions and even free tasting and other business activities, like mushrooms after a rain, so that the entire tea circle in the capital is surging.

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"Cui'er, Cui'er, look at this flower tea." Master Ye worriedly walked to the study where Cui'er was. With a bag of flower tea in his hand, he frowned and put the flower tea in front of Cui'er for her to see, with a deep worry on his face.

"This ...... This flower tea is not ours. Cui'er glanced at the flower tea in the paper bag. Said very firmly.

The flower tea in this paper bag looks like its own rose nectar, but the roses are already half-opened, and there are large petals in it, which is not the same as using only unopened buds at home. And the tea embryo used in this bag of tea is not the best snow bloom for home, although it is a crumpled tea leaf, it looks like a handful of rotten leaves that have been caught.

"Daddy's tea. Where did you get it? Cui'er saw that the quality of this tea was so inferior, and she let go of most of her heart. The expression on his face also relaxed.

In fact, when Cui'er started making flower tea, she had already expected that flower tea would be imitated. After all, imitation is the strength of the Chinese people, and there is no patent protection in this era.

What Cui'er is most worried about is that the wisdom of the vast number of working people will learn faster than the experience she has accumulated over the past thousands of years. If they develop something in a month, they only need half a month to copy it, and they can develop it on their own on the basis of imitation, and Cui'er's advantage will no longer exist.

"Cui'er, what do you think of this tea? This tea was sold two days ago, under the banner of Huxi Flower Tea, and the people next to me didn't know the truth, thinking that this tea was the same as our tea! Master Ye frowned and said, although he could see that the quality of this flower tea was not good, he couldn't suppress the worry in his heart.

"Dad, this flower tea making method is not difficult, the difficulty is that we can perfectly combine the aroma of flowers with the fragrance of tea. Although this tea looks a little similar to our rose nectar, the taste and texture of drinking it are not necessarily the same. As she spoke, Cui'er had already brewed two cups of flower tea, and as expected, the tea leaves were too bitter, and the aroma of roses was insufficient.

"Cui'er, you don't know, this flower tea is not sold by other families, it is actually Jin Yuman's boy!" Master Ye gritted his teeth and said, "The news that he once had a marriage contract with you came out a while ago also came from them, I think it is to pave the way for this deceitful flower tea, and if you want to get on the throne but want to step on your reputation to climb up, it is really hateful!" ”

"It's him!" Cui'er couldn't help frowning when she heard this, this is really a narrow road! (To be continued)

ps: Thank you for the pink ticket ~

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