Chapter VII Cooperation
It didn't take too long, the opposite side quieted down, it seemed that the discussion had been completed, and the shopkeeper Zhang also realized it, put down the teacup, and waited for the opposite side to speak, so Liu San said loudly:
"I wonder if the owner has any ideas for improving this tea?"
Saying this, it is naturally Liu Yifu's meaning, and he said it through Liu San's mouth, but it is indeed as he said, some words, children don't have much weight when they say it, but a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy said it, especially Liu Yifu's nominal "brother", at least it seems that he still wants to do so.
Shopkeeper Zhang's somewhat hunched waist sat up straight all of a sudden, the folds of his chin were gone, he leaned forward slightly, made a deferential demeanor, and said:
"I don't know how Lang Jun is going to improve??"
Shopkeeper Zhang learned that the "brothers" may not have come to buy tea, and he did not show a displeased expression at the first time, but showed an interested look on his face.
Liu San was silent, and for a long time, Liu San stumbled, as if he had a stutter:
"Servant...... The servant thought ......"
Liu Yifu also secretly pulled Liu San with a helpless look, it's useless, why are you so nervous......
Then Liu San immediately shut up, Liu Yifu was also helpless, so he could only go on by himself, Liu Yifu's kneeling small body straightened, making himself appear a little taller, a little more imposing, coughed fakely, and said slowly:
"How many years has the owner been engaged in tea?"
The fat shopkeeper turned his head to look at Liu Yifu and said lightly:
"It's been about three or five years."
"I take the liberty to ask, Shudi tea is also famous, and the owner is also a person in Shuzhong, why don't you sell Shuzhong tea?"
Shopkeeper Zhang's expression was grim, he looked deeply at the little doll in front of him, and then said:
"This matter is a matter of the servant's family, it is difficult to explain, please forgive me."
Liu Yifu nodded and expressed his understanding, as for whether it was true understanding or false understanding, only he knew in his heart.
Without dwelling too much on this matter, Liu Yifu arched his hand and said:
"All for the servants to taste and read the history, smell the" Lu Na stick nephew ", the simple thing of the tea book, symbolizing the sentiment of celebrities and scholars, to flaunt thrift, but the tea in this world, more with green onion and ginger, sauce and salt to tune it, there is a lot of heavy taste, can not be flaunted with clear stream etiquette, so there is this said."
Hey, why do I seem to hear someone laughing, so tired that I have hallucinations, when Liu Yifu impassionedly recounted his opinions, he seemed to hear a trace of laughter, and quickly glanced at the other party and Liu San next to him, there was no abnormality, so I thought I heard it wrong.
Liu Yifu said that "Lu Na cane nephew" is a historical material that he had seen on the Internet in his previous life, Lu Na is a native of the Sanwu region, once Xie An came to be a guest, originally Lu Na planned to only use some fruits and vegetables and add some tea to entertain, in fact, it is equivalent to no preparation, the guest came to the door to put a fruit plate, give a cup of tea, this in later generations, if someone comes to the door as a guest, maybe how to scold you in private, but the celebrities at that time will not think so, they care more about the attitude of "gentlemen's friendship is as light as water", Do not admire fame and fortune.
Lu Na's nephew was more "ahead of his time", and his approach was a little vulgar, so when he learned that Xie An was coming, he prepared a very rich banquet in advance to entertain him, Lu Na did not have a seizure at that time, and after Xie An left, Lu Na beat his nephew, thinking that he had ruined his reputation.
The quoted thing is actually to illustrate that tea is a noble thing, since the previous people have bound him to simplicity, but the tea we drink is too heavy, there are too many patterns, not in line with the identity of celebrities, this way of drinking tea is not right, it has to be changed!
Then Liu Yifu paused, took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then pursed his mouth, and did not sell Guanzi, and continued:
"Therefore, the servant believes that the tea does not need to be seasoned too much, and it can be drunk as lightly and concisely as possible."
Shopkeeper Zhang nodded, although he hadn't heard of which history book "Lu Na Stick Nephew" came from, but he also understood the meaning of this little friend.
"But Lang Jun can know that there are all kinds of flavors in the world, and it is difficult to adjust the mouth, if there is no seasoning, the taste of this tea is ...... It's not an exaggeration to say it's hard to swallow. The shopkeeper Zhang showed his embarrassment on the ground at the right time, which seemed to be unreliable no matter how he looked at it.
"Old fox, if you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle," Liu Yifu scolded secretly in his heart.
"The servant knows, but this can also be done." There is no way, Liu San can't help him, so he can only rely on the master himself, Liu Yifu said while thinking,
"It's April, there should be a crop of new tea, I wonder if there is any new tea in the shop that has not been dried?"
Shopkeeper Zhang thought about it, his face was a little strange, and then he said with a bitter face:
"Yesterday, there was a batch of new tea from Fuling in Yuzhou, but it was shipped after it had been dried, so the small shop did not dry the new tea."
Liu Yifu was stuck, silent for a moment, and a somewhat depressed look flashed on his confident little face, but he quickly cheered up, and continued:
"Does the proprietor know that there is a place to sell new tea?"
Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Liu Yifu's almost unchanged expression, nodded secretly, and then said:
"Xiao Langjun wants to buy some new tea that has not been dried? I don't know how much is needed? ”
Liu Yifu thought about it, he had to find a tea master to knead it, the more the merrier, do more experiments, so he said:
"Let's take a hundred pounds first."
As soon as he said this, the shopkeeper Zhang on the other side was a little surprised, but over the years, he has experienced all the winds and waves, so the expression management is quite in place, and it is not revealed, but Liu San next to him was startled and hurriedly asked:
"Xiao Lang...... Why does my little brother want so much tea? ”
Scared that the child almost called the wrong name, but a hundred catties for tea is indeed a lot, at this time the weight unit, after the Qin Dynasty unified weights and measures, the official standard of a catty is about 250 grams, equivalent to half a catty in later generations, has been used so far has not changed, but just like that, even if it is not dried tea, a full 25 kilograms, this amount is a lot.
Insert a mouth, the so-called weights and measures, is not a lot of children's shoes think of the verb-object phrase, the three are nouns, "weights and measures" represent "length, volume, weight" respectively, that is, after the Qin Dynasty, these three units have official standards.
Liu Yifu glanced at Liu San, in fact, it doesn't matter if he shouted wrong, the shopkeeper on the other side is not stupid, he is behaving like this, most of them also know that he is the one who is in charge, but San must not be clear, it's okay, see how long he can keep it before he realizes it, Liu Yifu secretly thought in his heart.
The fat shopkeeper is indeed a good person, he didn't ask the price during the whole process, and he didn't despise the other party because of his young age, so Liu Yifu is not afraid of being said to be leaked, at least the fat shopkeeper is very polite, and the whole process is to give enough face, which is not the same as Liu Yifu's stereotype, the ancient businessman is light on righteousness and profit, and he will do whatever it takes for the sake of profit.
In fact, Liu Yifu's cognition can't be wrong, it's just that he hasn't been in this world for a long time, and his cognition of this era has been biased.
First of all, the fat shopkeeper can open a chain of shops in Jiankang City, it is really not a soft-hearted and easy to live with his generation, it is not easy to live in a big place, but he can see that Liu Yifu's identity is not ordinary, and before he knows the roots, of course, he will not speak disrespectfully and offend because of his young age......
Secondly, the social atmosphere of the Jin Dynasty not only did not hate merchants, but also especially admired those very wealthy merchants, not to mention that the upper class had the wealthy behavior represented by Shi Chong and Wang Kai to show off their financial resources; In this era, there are a large number of money worshippers from all walks of life who believe in "money can pass through gods", and even call Xiao Qian Qian "Brother Confucius". The social atmosphere of seeking money is very popular, and Liu Yifu has exposed that he is not bad for money in many places......
"The servant is useful, can the owner provide so much?" Liu Yifu's small face was unhurried.
The shopkeeper frowned and said, "It's not impossible...... If Lang Jun is not in a hurry, the servant can ask the owners of other shops, and with the servant's connections, he may still be able to find tea that meets Lang Jun's requirements. ”
The fat shopkeeper quietly omitted the word "small".
"I don't know what Lang Jun is called?" At this time, the fat shopkeeper lost the slightest bit of humiliation in his heart, and respectfully asked the names of the two "brothers", Liu Yifu's expression remained unchanged, and he arched his hand:
"The servant's name is Liu Yizhen, this is Brother Yu Liu Yifu."
That's right, Liu Yifu himself used the name of his second brother Liu Yizhen, and gave Liu San'an his own name, anyway, Liu Yizhen's milk child will only call his eldest brother 666 now, and he will follow him and shout everywhere, taking him for so long, it is not too much to use his name, Liu Yifu thought to himself.
"If you don't act well enough, you will have to engage in politics in the future." Liu Yifu sighed in his heart, but he didn't blame Liu San too much, Liu San himself had no experience of pretending to be others, and some flaws were understandable, mainly because of the hindsight that he had revealed a lot of stuffing, so he sighed.
"The servant said a plan to see if Lang Jun could accept it." The fat shopkeeper said.
"Please." Liu Yifu spread his hands and made a gesture of please.
"Rong Langjun will give the servant a day or two, go and gather this 100 catties of new tea, and then send it to your mansion, I don't know if it's okay?" Shopkeeper Zhang said.
Liu Yifu secretly said in his heart that he was a smart man, then thought about it in a contemplative state and replied:
"Yes."
This fat shopkeeper didn't ask about his origin, let alone talk about money, although he won't lose his money, but this way of talking is undoubtedly very comfortable, get along for a while, and have a general understanding of this businessman, which is worth cooperating, so you might as well talk about it, so you said:
"In this way, you might as well inform the owner of the details, it's like this, the servant looked through the classics at home, and accidentally saw that there was an ancient method of making tea, leaving only some key steps, and the specific operation has been lost."
After a pause, as if recalling, Liu Yifu continued:
However, according to the description in the book, the tea cooked by this method is brewed with a clear soup color, mellow taste, sweet in the mouth, and fragrant lips and teeth, which can be described as excellent; After buying so much tea, he naturally wanted to restore this brewing technique, and chose the Middle East, but he also heard that the owner had a good reputation, so he wanted to cooperate in the restoration of this technique. ”
That's right, although Liu Yifu knows that the general steps of green tea are "finishing, rolling, and drying", but he can make tea that can be brewed, just these words, knowing that some steps are useless, and he must experiment with feasible operation steps. So I simply cooperated with the other party and invested in my own technology, saving time and worry.
Shopkeeper Zhang secretly scolded a "little fox" in his heart, at the beginning he concealed the use of this tea, how could he not know how he had the intention of cooperating with himself at the beginning, and he didn't know what touched the other party's nerves, so he let him speak.
In fact, the shopkeeper Zhang was also curious, why do you want so much tea, but people don't say it, you can't ask rashly.
After knowing this, he pondered for a long time and said:
"I don't know what Lang Jun wants the servant to do?"
"Yi Er, since the owner is in the tea business, there must be people who know how to make tea, and the servant only needs to borrow one or two people from the owner to study this method."
The fat shopkeeper thought for a moment, and immediately nodded in agreement, saying:
"If so, the servant ordered someone to send the tea to your mansion three days later, and two or three people who knew how to make tea went to the house to listen to Lang Jun's dispatch, please rest assured that Lang Jun is a confidant of the servant, and there is no need to worry about leaking."
"In addition, Lang Jun only gives fifty catties of tea, and people don't need to pay for it, Lang Jun only needs to call. If this tea-making method is really good and worth promoting, the servant is willing to be the master and give Xiao Langjun a thirty percent profit every year. The fat shopkeeper paused and continued.
Liu Yifu thought for a while, opened his eyes wide, looked at the other party in a daze, and said:
"The servant thinks that this recipe is worth forty percent."
The shopkeeper Zhang also looked straight at each other, for a long time, and suddenly laughed, he laughed very heartily, and the folds of his chin were clearly visible again, and then spit out a word:
"Yes!"
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