The matchmaker calculated a good day for hiring, which was September 18th. Knowing that the two families wanted to get married next spring, she also said that there were not many good days this year, and that next year would be a good year and more suitable for marriage.
The marriage was settled, because Matchmaker Yuan did not have much trouble when the two families were interacting, so no one knew about it.
In September, the weather is getting colder, autumn tea in Jiangzhou City is on the market, and tea buyers from all over the country have gathered in Jiangzhou.
In the large box of Shiweitian, there were two tables of tea merchants. These tea merchants came from all over the country, and they had only one purpose of gathering together today, which was to price Jiangzhou's autumn tea.
The tea in this area of Jiangzhou has never been decided by Jiangzhou tea farmers, but by those who come to collect tea from other places.
The person who organized the game today was Xu Zhiyan, the eldest son of the Xu family, the largest tea merchant in the Dongchen Kingdom. Xu Zhiyan was only in his early thirties, but he had gained weight early and had a five-month-old general's belly.
After thirty years of drinking, Xu Zhiyan said, "This year Jiangzhou is experiencing good weather and a bumper tea harvest. The price of tea needs to be pushed down."
"Are you still surrendering?"
Some tea merchants frowned, seeming to disapprove of further lowering prices.
This year's spring tea costs eighteen cents per catty for one bud and one leaf, and the price for three or four leaves is even ten cents.
The price is one-third of the price they pay for tea collected elsewhere, but the quality is twice as high as elsewhere.
At this price, the tea farmers have no profit. If it continues to be lowered, the tea farmers will lose money despite their hard work for a year.
Xu Zhiyan glanced at the tea merchant and said with a smile: "If you can buy it at a lower price, why not?"
"What Mr. Xu said is true."
"The lower the purchase price, the more we earn."
"So how should we set the price this year?"
Xu Zhiyan drank a glass of wine and said: "A leaf and a bud are fifteen cents, and the rest are eight cents and a catty."
"Is it too low? What if the tea farmer doesn't sell it anymore..." Xu Zhiyan interrupted the tea merchant, "Won't sell it?
How can we not sell it? As long as our price is the same, those tea farmers won't be able to survive for a few days and they will beg us to buy it."
Xu Zhiyan said very confidently.
The big local tea producers in Jiangzhou have a way to sell tea, and the price of their tea is not much higher than that of poor tea farmers. Everyone knows that Jiangzhou produces tea, and it produces a lot of tea, so even if the tea in Jiangzhou is good,
, will still suppress the price of Jiangzhou tea.
Big tea producers have access, but ordinary tea farmers don't. They grow so much tea and they can't drink it all themselves, so they can only sell it at the lowest price.
"Young Master Xu is absolutely right, then we will set this price this year."
"That's the price."
"Come on, come on, let's raise a glass and wish that the tea we harvest this year can be sold at a good price."
A group of profiteers raised their glasses with smiles.
The waiter outside the door heard the conversation between the profiteers and told the shopkeeper about it.
Their boss has bought so many tea mountains and will sell a lot of autumn tea. If these profiteers lower the prices, they may also affect the boss's tea business.
Early the next morning, the shopkeeper of Shiweitian went to tell his boss about the matter.
"Tsk tsk tsk."
Shen Wan clicked her tongue and shook her head and said, "These profiteers eat meat to their heart's content. They don't even give the tea farmers a drink of soup, and they also squeeze out the blood and sweat of the tea farmers."
Simply excessive.
"My boss has harvested so much tea. If it is autumn tea, all of it is made into jasmine tea and black tea. Although the price will be higher than ordinary tea, the price will drop a lot if there are more tea leaves!"
The shopkeeper said a little worriedly.
Shen Wan waved her hands carelessly and said, "Don't worry, I didn't plan to make all of them into jasmine tea and black tea, let alone sell them to tea merchants."
Seeing that the owner was so confident, the shopkeeper felt relieved.
"It's not expensive... The price of tea in Jiangzhou is too low. It's time to take action."
He heard his boss say slowly.
He raised his head suddenly. Could it be that the boss still has a way to change the price of tea in Jiangzhou?