There were many people in the hall, so Huo Xi did not answer Vanilla's question.
His eyes told her not to say anything.
Sitting near Huo Xi was a tea merchant named Yi. He remembered what Huo Xi had said before that he had never been involved in the tea business and thought that Huo Xi didn't know the inside story.
Kindly explained: "Most of these teas are only affected by dampness, and have not become moldy. Most of them are still usable. Most of the tea collected by Chama Si is good tea, excellent tea, but it is just affected by dampness. If the tea is not good,
, when bad tea is sold to the Fan tribe, it is still very popular."
"I've already grown white hair, but I can still drink it." Vanilla was very puzzled.
"It just has white hair, not green hair. You see, many of the tofu made by the Yi people in our mountains are specially made to have white hair, so that they can be eaten as hairy tofu. So you can drink this tea even if you have white hair.
of."
"I know about hairy tofu. Can you drink this tea if you have white hair?" Sure enough, I went out with my wife and learned a lot.
"Because it's Tuancha and tea bricks, it doesn't matter if there's a little white hair on the surface. Once it's shipped back, dehydrated and then stir-fried, if it doesn't affect the quality, it can still be sold at a slight discount." The tea merchant surnamed Yi said patiently.
A few servants helped to clear up the confusion.
Xun Wu glanced at him and saw that this man usually had a pretty good reputation, so he allowed him to establish friendship with his wife.
"The ones with green hair and pungent smell can't be used?"
"No, someone robbed the moldy tea leaves when they arrived at the Tea Horse Market."
"It's all moldy and someone is robbing it?" Several maids stood behind Huo Xi with their eyes wide open.
"The fogged tea leaves are washed with water to remove the smell and then dried. They are of great use. People in the mountains cannot afford soap, so if they buy these moldy teas, they can do laundry, remove oil stains, and shampoo and condition their hair. Look at the Yi people in the mountains.
Not a head of thick black hair?"
Vanilla and others' eyes widened: "They all use moldy tea leaves to clean them?"
On Yibang Street, I saw many Yi women and girls. All of them had black hair that was so thick and enviable that they were tied high on their heads with a silver hairpin or a wooden hairpin. They were so big.
Vanilla and the others were eager to give it a try, wishing they could grab hundreds or dozens of kilograms to see if they could also wash out a head of thick black hair.
"Hahaha..." Yi Balang laughed loudly, "Madam, your maid is really interesting!"
"You lied to us?" Vanilla glared at him.
"No, no, sisters, don't be angry. I don't know if they often use tea to wash their hair, but this tea is really good for washing their hair. The moldy tea cannot be eaten, but it can be used to wash dishes and clothes, wash hands, remove fishy smell and oil, and wash and condition hair.
They are all very good. When they are put on the exchange market, there will be no shortage of people to buy them."
"Madam, shall we buy it?"
"I'm in need of your pancreas?"
Yibalang laughed again, and when he saw Xiangxiang and others glaring at him, he repeatedly handed over his hands and begged for mercy. Looking at Huo Xi, this prince's wife was really interesting, very different from the noble ladies he had seen.
Jun Ruoxu also glanced at Huo Xi and saw that she was sitting at the head of the table, with no bid and no expression on her face.
His Jun family does not buy these medium-quality and inferior teas, and the tea master does not dare to embarrass him.
The steward who followed Jun Ruoxu kept his eyes on Huo Xi. He was the eldest master's subordinate. When he learned that the man named Zhang was also in Yibang this time, the eldest master specially sent him to follow the eldest young master.
A round of prices was announced in the hall. The tea merchants invited this time knew what Cha Ma Si meant, and naturally they wanted to donate generously to share Cha Ma Si's worries.
Soon a batch of medium and low-quality teas were bought by various tea merchants at competitive prices, and some good teas that were affected by dampness were also bid for.
"This batch of good tea is only affected by moisture on the surface, so the loss is not big. After being stir-fried and roasted, some of it can still be sold as good tea, and even the worst-quality tea can be sold. And the price is right, and the prince's wife won't sell it?"
Seeing that Huo Xi was calm and just looking at the excitement, Yi Balang spoke out kindly.
"No. I'm just here to gain experience. The price is indeed right. You can buy it."
"Then we won't be polite." Every time the bid was called, everyone looked at Huo Xi first. Seeing that she really didn't intend to make a move, they all raised their cards.
The new batch of tea shipped out was bought by Yi Balang and two other tea merchants at a competitive price. The steward of the Jun family named Hua asked Jun Ruoxu several times to take action, but Jun Ruoxu remained indifferent.
There is no shortage of good tea in his family, he just wants to see what the prince's wife does.
He felt that the prince's wife had taken all the trouble to come to Yibang this time, and she couldn't just come to see the excitement.
The Jun family lost countless money in this confrontation with her. His father was furious at home, smashing cups and bowls every day, and threatened to show Zhang's color.
If he can win a game this time, he can also make his father happy.
Staring at Huo Xi.
The Jun family has no shortage of good tea, but Huo Xi does?
She has no shortage.
Xunwu said that her man's name was very useful, he never lowered the price when collecting tea, he never bullied the people from stewards to waiters, and the tea farmers queued up to sell good tea to his family. She had no shortage of good tea.
She just came to watch the fun.
Until the end of the auction, Huo Xi did not raise a card.
until……
"This is the last batch of tea leaves in the library today. You can come forward to watch, taste and bid."
Like the previous times, Huo Xi and Xun Wu came forward to inspect this batch of low-priced low-quality tea. When they saw the golden particles on the tea bricks, their eyebrows moved, but they didn't reveal anything.
The servants of the Tea Horse Division still brewed this batch of tea leaves into tea soup and let a group of tea merchants taste and bid.
Because there were mold grains on the tea bricks, no tea merchants tasted them this time. They just picked them up and smelled them. There were tea merchants who had bid for the tea before, but they didn't even pick them up and smell them.
This time I paid the official tea and purchased the medium-grade and inferior tea from the Tea Horse Division’s warehouse. I thought the Tea Division and the Division would not embarrass them. The task has been completed, and there is no need to purchase more of this batch of inferior tea.
Besides, there are still tea merchants who haven’t bought it yet, so I’ll leave this opportunity to them.
Huo Xi saw that none of the tea merchants had entrances, and didn't want to be too intrusive, so she just picked up the tea bowl and brought it to her nose to smell it.
No pungent musty smell.
There was a faint sweet aroma, accompanied by the fragrance of flowers. Looking at the tea soup again, it was clear and translucent, and the soup was rosy. The corners of Huo Xi's mouth curled up.
He took the moldy tea brick and smelled it again. Sure enough, there was no moldy smell. There was only a faint scent of yellow flowers. Chao Xunwu winked.
Xunwu didn't know why.
They don't buy these low-priced low-quality teas. With their status as the prince, the tea master dares to embarrass them and not let them leave? I don't understand why the lady wants to take action.
But he didn't dare to go against the lady's wishes and raised the bidding sign.
"Mrs. Prince's offer is fifty cents!" the servant of the tea and horse department sang loudly.
The ambassador and deputy envoy of the Tea Horse Department and all the tea merchants all looked over. Fifty yuan per hundred catties, although the price is extremely low, it is also bad tea. Does the Crown Prince want this batch of bad tea that no one wants?
Yi Balang, who was sitting next to Huo Xi, kindly reminded: "This batch of bad tea is not as good as the previous batches of medium-quality tea. Madam, there is no need to give tea to the tea horse tea."
Huo Xi smiled: "As the wife of the Crown Prince of Mu Mansion, I am also willing to contribute to the Tea Horse Division. They raised money in exchange for good horses and delivered them to the army. This also increased the combat effectiveness of our army. My husband is now
He was still serving in the army, and he often told me that if our army had more cavalry, we would be invincible."
His words made everyone stand in awe.
"Then my Jun family will also contribute to the army." Jun Ruoxu also raised the sign.