After listening to Mu Zhan's words, Mu Yan's mouth turned sarcastic.
"You have reached out to the Leng Kingdom to start a jade business. It seems that you must be seriously short of money." The eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, while thinking about the power in his hands, started a jade business with neighboring countries.
Business, you still have the nerve to talk to him?
Mu Xi tilted his head. He also had a stake in Mu Zhan's business.
"You!" Mu Zhan gritted his teeth and glared at Mu Yan.
He didn't expect that such a secret business would be discovered by him.
Seeing that sparks were about to fly between the two, Mu Sheng turned his head and shouted: "What a shame!" Internal strife in front of an army of hundreds of thousands? What's the point?
Mu Yan's mouth was sarcastic and he said nothing.
Mu Zhan glanced at Mu Yan and felt that this cousin who lived in the capital did not understand the situation in Yunnan. It seemed that he also had a lot of eyes and ears. He secretly reminded himself to be careful in everything and not to miss Xing Zang.
Yibang and Huo Xi got up after a good sleep, had breakfast in the inn's courtyard, walked around the street, felt the atmosphere of the market, and stepped into Tea Horse.
The tea horse tea reception hall was already bustling with people, and major tea dealers in the southwest came by invitation.
We all belong to the same circle, and almost all of them know each other. Even if they don't know each other, most of them have heard their names, so the conversation is very lively.
Everyone was quiet when Huo Xi came in. When Xunwu revealed his identity, all the tea merchants left their seats and came forward to say hello.
"I've met the Crown Prince's wife."
"I have admired you for a long time, Madam Prince."
"I have long heard about the Crown Prince's wife's Guangfeng Shui, and heard that she was awarded the title of Yishang by the emperor. This really makes us marvel. I originally thought that the Crown Prince's wife had been living in the capital and had no chance to see her, but I didn't expect that she would be able to see her here.
See you."
"You're welcome. It's an honor for me to meet you all. I just came to experience the excitement and see the excitement..."
Huo Xi looked around and saw that those who came were either the heads of tea merchants or the shopkeepers, a man with a certain amount of water, and she was the only woman.
"Isn't it said that many of our business owners are women? I thought I would see some heroic women, but today I am the only one who came."
Everyone laughed, "We have many female business owners here, but none of them are like Mrs. Shizi, who started from scratch at a young age and created such a big business."
"It's a compliment, it's a compliment. It's all exaggerated by everyone. It's just enough to make a living. After marrying the prince, I didn't care about it. This time I followed the prince to experience the scenery of the southwest and walk around."
Everyone started to greet each other.
The one coming to the Jun family this time was Jun Mingzhang's eldest son Jun Ruoxu. This was the first time he saw Huo Xi, the prince's wife.
These days, he has seen all the confrontations between her and the Jun family. Originally, her father wanted to drive her out of Kunming City, but she did not expect that the Jun family was almost closed down by her, which made the merchants in the city see enough.
joke.
Huo Xi noticed his gaze, turned to look at him, smiled and nodded at him.
Jun Ruoxu also smiled and nodded in response.
It's not that she is delicate, but the prince's wife has a beautiful face and a heroic spirit between her eyebrows. Such a person should not wear brocade and robes in the high gate courtyard, be her prince's wife, and socialize with all the ladies.
, is it fun to enjoy singing, dancing, listening to music, and talking?
Instead, he showed up and started doing business.
How many people are just looking forward to changing identities with her.
But she did not choose to stay in the backyard to raise her husband and children. What kind of woman is she?
Jun Ruoxu didn't dare to underestimate her.
Because of Huo Xi's presence, everyone spoke more restrainedly. Most of his words were flattery. Huo Xi came to deal with various merchants, spoke interestingly, and was very clear-cut when discussing business. This impressed everyone, and everyone gradually became more friendly.
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"It's no wonder that the Crown Prince's wife was able to open such a big business. She is really a hero among women!"
"Well done, well done. Compared to everyone else, I'm still far behind. I've never been involved in the tea business. I'll ask for your advice later."
"It's easy to talk. If the Crown Prince's wife has any unclear questions later, we are willing to help her clear up her doubts!"
"That's it, thank you very much."
All the tea merchants invited by the Tea Horse Company were present. The ambassador and deputy envoys of the Tea Horse Company heard that the Crown Prince's wife was visiting and hurriedly came to see her.
"Don't be too polite. Just treat me as an ordinary tea merchant today."
"yes."
The Tea and Horse Company Office is smaller than the general yamen. The highest official position is the ambassador, which is only the ninth rank. The deputy envoy is the ninth rank. It was merged from the original tea farm department and the horse buying department. Although the highest official position is the ninth rank,
But it has great power.
Specializes in the function of exchanging tea for horses.
Because the dynasty needed a large number of war horses, the Fan tribes and the surrounding countries and tribes in the southwest, as well as the nomadic peoples, also needed to exchange horses for tea and daily needs. The imperial court set up several tea horse departments in the southwest to specialize in the function of exchanging tea for horses.
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In normal times, he is mainly responsible for purchasing good tea and exchanging tea for horses. He also sets up "markets" and "horse buying farms" in many places in Yunnan for mutual trading and daily management. He also sets up passes to strictly control tea smuggling and entrainment.
Tea seeds and tea seedlings were brought to the border.
Because Huo Xi was here, the collection of official tea was very smooth and the price was not lowered.
As usual, the Tea Horse Division collected 50% of the good tea, and the rest was brought to the border by tea merchants to sell themselves. Huo Xi did not even pick the tea leaves he brought.
After collecting the official tea, the next step is the main event.
Tea Horse is preparing to sell a batch of medium and low-quality tea in the warehouse at a low price, and invites tea merchants to come and negotiate for purchase.
"The Crown Prince's wife probably doesn't need these anymore."
"No, no, good tea is just as good as good tea, and medium tea and bad tea also have their own merits." Huo Xi did not say whether he wanted to purchase it.
"Haha, the Crown Prince's wife is indeed one of my generation."
Immediately, the servants of the Tea Horse Division carried out the medium-quality and inferior tea from the warehouse for each tea merchant to bid.
As soon as the tea was brought in, Huo Xi smelled the smell of old or moldy tea. It was very different from the pleasant aroma of new tea.
"Madam, we don't have to buy these bad teas."
It was expected that Teamaster would not dare to let Mrs. Shizi transport these back as a gift. Xunwu approached Huo Xi and persuaded him, thinking that Huo Xi would be embarrassed to refuse.
"It's okay, let's take a look first."
A group of tea merchants also felt that due to Huo Xi's status, they would not want such inferior tea, so they made bids one after another.
Huo Xi remained motionless, only staring at the medium-quality and inferior tea in front of him.
Because the mountain roads in Yunnan are difficult to travel, the tea horse roads are rugged, and transportation is inconvenient, so the tea sold is different from the loose tea in Jiangnan, and most of the tea is tight tea.
The loose tea is put into molds through various processes and pressed into tea balls, tea cakes and tea bricks, which is more convenient for transportation and storage.
And the people involved in this transaction were all tight teas.
White hairs have appeared on the tea cakes and tea bricks, the tea cakes are loose, and they smell musty. But most of the conditions are good, and the smell is not unbearably pungent.
"Madam, this tea is moldy, can you still have it? Shouldn't we be taken advantage of by buying it back? Why don't we let you go if you don't buy some moldy tea?" Vanilla whispered into Huo Xi's ear.