Xu Jin glanced at Fei Ruyi in surprise. The latter's pretty face that looked both angry and happy looked even more white and rosy in the autumn sunshine. At this time, he was probably a little embarrassed by Fei Jixiang's praise and lowered his head.

He took a sip of tea.

If Fei Xiaoyu, a little pepper, said this, Xu Jin suspected that it was bragging, but even Fei Jixiang praised Fei Ruyi's tea art so much, so Xu Jin naturally believed it.

In his previous life, Xu Jin could be considered a member of the upper class. These people with money and leisure were either arty or indulgent. Arty people liked to engage in high-grade activities such as calligraphy, painting, tea art, collecting, and photography;

Indulgence and depravity are naturally inseparable from gambling, women and drugs.

Xu Jin naturally belongs to the former. He even attended several tea art training classes. Of course, Xu Jin learned tea art not just for the sake of being elegant, but to communicate better with people in his circle. At the beginning,

Xu Jin enrolled in a class to learn tea art just to discuss business with a tea-loving boss. Later, he also became interested in tea art, so he enrolled in several advanced classes.

In the tea art circle, Xu Jin did meet such an outstanding person. His tongue can accurately distinguish dozens of brands of mineral water. This kind of person has very developed taste buds, so his taste is very sensitive. It can be said that he is one in a million.

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Xu Jin's tea art level is barely good. It's not difficult for him to distinguish the types of tea. He can taste familiar teas, but he has no ability to distinguish the quality of water. Because the difference in the taste of water is very small.

, in order to distinguish what kind of water it is, in addition to rich experience, you must also have well-developed taste buds. This is a kind of talent that cannot be supplemented by acquisition.

At this time, Xie Xiaowan couldn't help but asked curiously: "Sister Ruyi, is it really like what Sister Jixiang said?"

Fei Ruyi shook her head and said with a smile: "Sister Xiaowan, don't listen to Fourth Sister's nonsense. She is so powerful, but... I can indeed distinguish the top ten famous springs in the world."

The so-called top ten famous springs in the world are the rankings given by Lu Yu, the author of "The Book of Tea". Lu Yu was from the Tang Dynasty, and his "The Book of Tea" was the first book about tea in history, and he himself was called tea by later generations.

Immortal, revered as the tea sage and worshiped as the tea god.

Lu Yu once traveled to several provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, tasting the water sources in various places, and finally ranked the top ten famous springs in the world according to the quality of the water. Six of them are in Jiangxi, and the rest are in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

It is said that Fei Ruyi's father, Fei Dian, was fond of tea and could be said to be a tea addict. Fei Ruyi had been exposed to tea since he was a child and had a strong interest in tea. Therefore, at a young age, he was already quite accomplished in the tea ceremony.

Moreover, Fei Dian often spent huge sums of money to transport water from famous springs to his home to make tea. Because of this, Fei Ruyi had the opportunity to come into contact with the top ten famous springs since he was a child. He could tell which water came from just one sip.

Fei Dian was very proud of this and often boasted about it to his tea friends.

Xu Jin naturally knew the origins of the top ten famous springs. Hearing this, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart and asked: "Miss Ruyi, what is the main competition between Ming and Zhan?"

As soon as Fei Ruyi's beautiful eyes met Xu Jin's, she shyly avoided it and said in an authentic voice: "The battle in Mingzhan is nothing more than fighting over tea sets, tea leaves, water, and tea art. Tea art mainly depends on the techniques of making tea.

, the color, aroma and taste of tea soup.

However, this tea market tea battle is organized by the Tea Chamber of Commerce. It is just a utilitarian tea fight. There is no ornamental value at all. The steps are relatively simple, and the top ten will be determined in the end."

For a tea battle between real gentlemen, they will choose a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and an elegant environment, preferably a teahouse built next to a mountain stream. While burning incense and playing the harp, each other will take out their respective tea sets and tea leaves to enjoy.

The exquisite tea sets, tasting the fragrance of the tea soup, and practicing tea art can also achieve spiritual pleasure.

Therefore, Fei Ruyi looked down upon the so-called tea war held in the tea market, with a hint of contempt in her tone.

However, Han Chuang rolled his eyes and asked eagerly: "Then is there a silver reward for the top ten in the Ming Dynasty?"

Huang Desheng, who was standing nearby, chuckled and said: "There is no silver reward, only the right to recommend. The top ten winners in the tea competition can recommend a tea on the spot as the top ten famous teas in this tea market."

After Huang Desheng finished speaking, there was a look of envy in his eyes. He wanted to get the right to recommend tea, but unfortunately he didn't have the ability. The top ten tea competitions in every tea market were almost monopolized by the Fang family. There was no way, they were very wealthy and had many subordinates.

He has won many tea battle masters.

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly realized after hearing this, isn't this just using the competition to advertise, just like a sports star in later generations endorsing a certain brand, and the product will use the celebrity's effect to increase brand awareness, and the sales and price of the product will naturally become popular.

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel excited. He took a sip of the black tea in front of him. Although this small black tea was not accepted at the moment, it would become "popular" in the future and bring hundreds of thousands of taels of trade to the Qing government every year.

The surplus even forced Westerners to dump opium into China to balance trade, which triggered the subsequent Opium War.

Therefore, black tea will be a huge business in the future. Of course, the premise is that the black tea can be shipped to Europe. The Ming Dynasty has not yet imposed a sea ban.

Xu Jin took two sips of black tea and suddenly smiled at Huang Desheng and said, "Boss Huang, how about we discuss a business deal with you?"

Han Chuang rolled his eyes when he heard this, immediately pricked up his ears, and thought to himself: "Xu Yaoyin is biting Yin again!"

Huang Desheng is an old fox in the shopping mall. He smiled calmly and said: "Master Xu is a scholar. Is it possible that he is also interested in business?"

Xu Jin said calmly: "Confucius said: Food is the most important thing for the people. Scholars are also human beings, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation are all money. It doesn't matter whether they are doing business or farming. As long as they can make money and follow the rules, there is no need to care so much."

Huang Desheng felt very happy when he heard this, and gave a thumbs up and said: "Young master Xu, I just can't stand those snarky scholars. They can't even afford to eat, but they still want to save face... Haha, Mr. Xu wants to talk to me."

What business?"

Huang Desheng suddenly woke up and realized that Xu Jin and the Fei brothers were also scholars. He quickly stopped and changed the topic awkwardly.

Xu Jin didn't take it seriously. He was a time traveler. He didn't have the pedantic value of "everything is low-grade, only good study". He smiled and said: "I can help you open up the market for black tea, but I have to take 20% of the profits from the black tea business."

become."

As soon as these words came out, Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong looked at each other helplessly. Ziqian was good at everything, but he was too keen on making money.

As the saying goes, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if you don't become a family member. The Fei brothers have lived a carefree life since they were young, so they naturally don't know the importance of money. To paraphrase a popular saying: Money is not everything, but without money nothing is impossible.

Just like the bet with Fang Tianyou of 100,000 taels a few days ago, if Xu Jin had 100,000 taels, there would be no need to rely on the power of Huizhou merchant Luo Longwen. Even if he bets 3,000 taels later, Xu Jin would risk losing his entire family, so

He said that money can never be too much. This black tea will be a huge business in the future. Since there is an opportunity, Xu Jin naturally wants to be the first to get a piece of the pie.

Huang Desheng is a pure businessman. What businessmen care about is profit. He will consider anything that is profitable, so he couldn't help but think about it after hearing this.

Xu Jin didn't rush him, he just drank tea calmly and calmly, with such a young and mature look that made Fei Xiaoyu roll his eyes - so embarrassing!

Huang Desheng rolled his eyes and asked with a smile: "How will Mr. Xu prepare to open up the black tea market?"

Xu Jin smiled and said: "You don't have to use any method. Anyway, I am responsible for opening up sales. What's more, even if it fails, Boss Huang will not lose anything, right?"

Huang Desheng laughed and said: "What Mr. Xu said is absolutely true. Yes, as long as Mr. Xu can help open up the market for black tea, the profit from the black tea sold today will be divided by Mr. Xu's 20%."

Xu Jin frowned and said: "Boss Huang, this is not interesting enough. What I want is 20% of the profit from the black tea business. If it is just today's profit, I will not look down upon it."

Huang Desheng's expression changed slightly and he said, "Young Master Xu has nothing to show for it, but he just opened his mouth and took 20% of the black tea business. Isn't it a bit too much?"

When the Fei brothers heard this, they all turned away, and Xie Xiaowan lowered her head in embarrassment, obviously feeling that her husband's empty gloves were too much.

Xu Jin raised his sword eyebrows slightly and said calmly: "Boss Huang is pretty good, right? What does it mean to just rely on one mouth? Of course, if one mouth alone can open up the sales of black tea, then that is also a skill.

What's more, after the black tea market opens up, it won't just be sold today, but business will continue to come in the future. As the saying goes: the success is today, the benefit will be future, is it too much to take 20% of the profit?"

Boss Huang was at a loss for words. In fact, he understood this truth, but Xu Jin only helped open up sales. He didn't have to do anything in the future, but he took 20% of the black tea business for nothing, which made him feel very unhappy.

Xu Jin slowed down his tone and said with a smile: "Boss Huang, take a long-term view and don't just focus on the small profits in front of you. I can guarantee that the black tea business can reach one hundred thousand taels or even more in the future."

Huang Desheng naturally didn't believe it, but there was no market for black tea at the moment. The hundreds of kilograms of black tea stored in the tea farm were all lost. It was better to make a small profit than to lose money. If Xu Jin really opened up the market, let alone reach the level of one hundred thousand taels.

, it’s quite good to have a few hundred taels. I gave Xu Jin 20%, and I still have 80% profit.

Huang Desheng hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I've done this business. I can't support my words, but I can't support my words."

Xu Jin naturally didn't care, and made a contract with Huang Desheng on the spot, and both parties pressed their fingerprints.

Han Chuang looked at Xu Jin with admiration. Look at this guy, he didn't pay a penny and got 20% of the shares just by talking. This is a master of business who made something out of nothing.
Chapter completed!