When Wang Kai spoke, he winked quietly at Li Weiliang.
It seems to be saying that if a fool’s money is not cheated, it will be in vain!
Li Weiliang thought for a moment, nodded slightly and said.
"Haha, Brother Wang, what a great idea!"
In fact, it can’t be considered a trap.
The brand dedicated to the Ming Dynasty royal family is much more valuable than imagined.
Those maritime merchants from the West bought goods in the Ming Dynasty at three to five times the price. When they returned to Europe, they could easily sell them with a small amount at the end.
Today, Europe is experiencing a wave of China fever.
China, this mysterious empire that has dominated the East for thousands of years, is shrouded in a mysterious halo in the eyes of European nobles.
As long as anything from the East reaches the West, its value will instantly increase to zero.
This is no exaggeration!
This is just about ordinary commodities. If there is a sign of royal tribute, adding two zeros is not a big problem.
The nobles and monarchs of Europe were quite envious of the kings of the East for their unerring power.
Comparing it with my pitiful lack of real power, envy can easily turn into yearning!
And this yearning can often easily expand into a yearning for all Eastern things!
Especially those with the royal tribute sign, it is estimated that the European nobles and monarchs will be very interested.
Who can refuse to use the same thing as the emperor of the East?
…
After the two discussed these matters, Wang Kai took Li Weida to Hengtongji's warehouse to look at the inventory.
The inventory in the warehouse is mostly black tea and dark tea, but not much green tea.
The reason is very simple. Black tea and dark tea are easier to preserve and can be transported across oceans after being made into tea bricks.
The storage conditions of green tea are more stringent!
If it needs to be transported across oceans, if the transportation conditions are slightly inappropriate, it will easily rot and deteriorate.
This is why the most popular tea in Europe is black tea, rather than green tea, which is more popular in the East.
Li Weiliang personally picked up a tea brick to inspect it and used his fingernails to pull off a fragment from it.
It depends on the degree of dryness inside the tea brick and the quality of the tea leaves.
Crush the broken pieces of the tea brick with your fingers, bring the tea powder to your nose and smell it, Li Weiliang's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and said.
“The tea is good!”
“The quality will definitely pass the audit without any problem!”
Wang Kai smiled and nodded, then ordered someone to bring a pot of hot water and explained to Li Weiliang.
"You still have to brew it to know whether the tea is good or not!"
After a while, the tea was ready.
Li Weiliang took a look at the appearance of the tea soup. It was translucent and red in color.
He took a sip of the brewed tea soup and felt the completely different mellow aroma of black tea and green tea. He said with an expression of enjoyment on his face.
“Great tea!”
Wang Kai said matter-of-factly.
"That's natural. This is the best Yunnan cooked Pu'er."
"In the past, the Duke of Guizhou would send a batch of cooked people to Beijing as tribute every year!"
"Although the tributes that I and Duke Qian sent to the capital are not on the same tree, they are on the same tea mountain."
"Isn't it too much to say that this is also a tribute?"
Li Weiliang stroked the beard on his chest and said with a smile.
"Indeed! Indeed!"
What is luxury?
It’s a pretty good product, put a good brand on it, and tell a story that makes sense.
If all three elements are complete, it is a luxury product!
What is truly valuable is not the value of the product itself, but the good brand and the story it tells.
It's like the business Wang Kai and Li Weiliang are planning to do.
The quality of Hengtongji’s tea is indeed good!
But what is truly valuable is not the tea itself, but the Royal Tribute brand in Li Weiliang's hand and the story Wang Kai made up casually.
But then again, their target customers are also the wealthy and nouveau riche who have money but no place to spend it and want to pursue high-end status!
Well, that’s right, in the eyes of Chinese people in this era, no matter how rich foreigners are, they are just a group of nouveau riche.
So what if you have money?
I should look down on you, but I still look down on you!
Blonde hair, blue eyes, a high nose and deep eyes, he doesn’t look like a human being!
Wang Kai and Li Weiliang looked at each other and burst into hearty laughter.
…
Because Zhu Hongyu did not deliberately block the news of Bumbutai's assassination.
Therefore, this news spread very quickly in Guangzhou.
Countless people are talking about this matter in the streets and alleys.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the people of the Ming Dynasty celebrated the death of Bumbutai.
"This old witch Bumbutai has definitely received her comeuppance!"
"That's right, Qinglu dared to assassinate His Royal Highness Jian Guo. Now it can be said to be retaliation for retaliation!"
"Haha, a good death, a good death for the old witch Bumbutai!"
"..."
Many families even started setting off firecrackers to celebrate.
The crackling sound of firecrackers sounded one after another.
In Guangzhou, many wine shops and butcher shops are even sold out.
Many people can imagine and predict the impact of Bumbutai's death on the Qing court and the benefits to the Ming Dynasty.
No wonder so many people celebrate it!
Especially later, news came that the Battle of Ningdu Prefecture ended, the Ming Dynasty won a complete victory, and the Ming Dynasty's Jiangxi strategy got off to a good start.
The city of Guangzhou is simply more lively than the Chinese New Year.
During this time, news came first that the Ming Dynasty had won a complete victory in the Battle of Guangxi.
Then came the good news that Bumubutai had been assassinated.
Finally, the Battle of Ningdu Prefecture came to an end, with the Ming army almost annihilating the main force of the Qing army in Jiangxi.
The army advanced towards Nanchang Prefecture and Jiujiang Prefecture, spreading messages wherever they passed...
The continuous good news has excited people inside and outside Guangzhou!
The military victories of the Ming army made the people under the Ming rule full of confidence in the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Hongyu's personal prestige is also constantly improving.
Countless people feel that when the Ming Dynasty is revived, the Tartars are driven out, and China is restored, it will no longer be the moon in the well or the flower in the water.
Rather, it is something that will be realized.
The Ming Dynasty revived in Guangdong, regained Guangdong and Guangxi, a small half of Fujian, and a large half of Jiangxi, and was already on the verge of revival.
Wu Sangui rebelled in the southwest, the three provinces changed their banners, and his troops marched into Hunan, shaking the world!
Geng Jingzhong fought against Jiangnan and Fujian. No one in the Qing army in Jiangnan dared to stand in his way.
The Qing government almost lost the wealth, population, and taxes of the entire southern country. It is no exaggeration to say that the country was in decline!
Just like at the end of the Ming Dynasty, watching the changes in the world situation, almost everyone had a tacit understanding that the dynasty would change.
The same is true now. Everyone in the world has the Qing government and will lose the Southern Kingdom. The future situation in the world will be a tacit understanding of confrontation between the north and the south.
Although they do not think that the Ming Dynasty will succeed in the Northern Expedition and regain its homeland in the future.
But everyone felt that if Zhu Hongyu, Geng Jingzhong, and Wu Sangui could join forces to take over the entire southern country and confront the Qing court from north to south, there would definitely be no problem.
Of course, almost everyone thinks that on the flat and vast North China and Huaibei Plains.
The large-scale cavalry of the Qing court was almost unsolvable in this era.
But, so what?
Compared with the past when the whole world fell into Hu Chenli, now that the Southern Kingdom can return to the rule of the Han family, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?