DAY 242 The Betrothal Gift Asking for a Monthly Ticket
The head of the Cui clan, Cui Junsu's father, and Cui Yingying's grandfather. He came to the Prince of Qin's Mansion not to represent the Cui clan of Qinghe, but to collect the betrothal gift from the Seventh Family.
The clan leader of the Li family in Longyou expressed his position before he came. The dowry currently prepared was only a little more than 20,000 guan, but the future preparations would be 100,000 guan. As long as His Highness the King of Qin can give it, they can afford it.
Boling Cui even said that there was no cap.
Since the transaction is a political marriage, there must be a deal. The Seventh Family's sincerity is enough. They didn't discuss the betrothal gift until two days before the tax collection. Even if Qin Wangzhuang didn't have a penny, the Seventh Family's betrothal gift base was not enough.
It's already there, there will only be more, not less.
In Li Yuanxing's small living room, Li Yuanxing ordered someone to prepare a sea of root-carved tea.
It is said to be a small living room. If calculated according to the modern area, it is close to 200 square meters. It also has four small rooms for dressing and resting. The main hall is divided into several areas, and there is a large round table for eating.
There is also a place for tea drinking, a small study room, and a waiting area for distinguished guests outside.
Speaking of the conference room, if I really want to describe it, it is an auditorium.
The hall covers an area of more than three acres.
Sitting face to face, Li Yuanxing took out a box of later generations of Wuyishan black tea, which can also be regarded as the pinnacle variety of Jin Junmei. He got it from the cabinet master, but he didn't know that it was the young junior who paid filial piety.
"Wuyi Mountain in Fujian is at its peak again!" Li Yuanxing personally warmed the water and made tea.
The Cui clan leader stood up and bowed: "I am honored to be able to drink your highness's tea!"
While waiting for the water to boil, Li Yuanxing took out a few pieces of paper from under the table that were equivalent to the size of A2 in later generations and placed them on the table: "Originally, this object was intended to be shown to the shopkeepers of the two study halls. Mr. Cui also took a look when he came.
This thing is not very useful, but it is like a sharp knife. I and Mr. Cui will not say those roundabout things, but this thing is only authorized to three families!"
What did Li Yuanxing take out?
There are two newspapers! One is in the style of a later commercial newspaper. The front page is naturally the major news in Chang'an City. The first news on the front page of this one is the case of Changle King Li Youliang, and there is also an article written by the head of the Ministry of Punishment.
articles, and a copy of Li Daozong's seal, the one used by the government to force the people to rebel.
Because the paper and printing technology of the Tang Dynasty could not achieve the effect of double-sided printing, the newspaper was all one-sided and the pictures were very simple. The five words at the top of the newspaper, Chang'an News, were written by Yu Shinan
's handwriting.
The second page contains some news about Chang'an City. King Qin's wedding is naturally the headline of the second page.
There is an article by Cui Changshi on it, as well as a congratulatory message from the Queen Changsun in the palace, and a praise from Du Ruhui! In this page, what surprised the Cui clan leader the most was that there were congratulations from the Bashu Silk Business Association and the wedding dress of King Qin.
A small square provided by the Bashu Silk Business Association.
The next page contains some anecdotes about the market. That market is on fire, that street is crowded because a certain store has released a new product, or that a good person has done a good deed.
By this time, the small square that surprised the Cui clan leader had become four.
There are two restaurant opening notices, and one is Chang'an Qinwang Liquor Recruitment Agent and OEM Wine Shop. The last one is a gold shop in Chang'an that has the slogan of its store, which is full of real gold, and the latest style is very obvious with small promotional signs.
Square.
Scroll further down, and you will find interesting stories about the family and friends in Chang'an City, especially the tea party at Qin Wangzhuang, which takes up almost half of the page.
Naturally, there is also a serialized story in this edition, and the serialized content is the masterpiece "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that has been circulated in the Tang Dynasty palace but is strictly forbidden to be spread outside.
The next page is filled with trivia and anecdotes, and those small squares account for almost half.
"This news report is extremely interesting!" After the Cui clan leader quickly flipped through it, he was ready to read it from the beginning. Especially those articles, they are really works of great talent.
Li Yuanxing poured tea for the Cui clan leader: "Please!"
"Good tea!" The Cui clan leader only took a sip and praised loudly: "This tea enters the throat, and the sweetness is suddenly felt. The taste is fresh and sweet, with a high mountain rhyme, a long throat rhyme, refreshing, as if it makes people feel like they are in a magical place.
In the deep valley of the forest, there is truly fairy tea!"
"Mr. Cui praises this tea making method! I believe that tea merchants will be able to master it within three years. Tea trees are not easy to make, and tea is not easy to make!"
"How can you wait for such fairy tea!" The Cui clan leader smiled and drank another cup.
When Li Yuanxing was brewing again, he pointed to another one: "The other one is for the government. Naturally, it speaks for the Tang Dynasty. The other two can be run by the private sector. They can tell all the world's affairs and read all the world's articles. This newspaper
Starting from six copies per copy, the minimum printing cost is 30,000 copies. Using silk screen printing, the cost is no more than three cents. Including retouching and other expenses, the cost per copy is no more than five cents."
This price is already extremely low. Chief Cui is not the kind of person who doesn't like the fireworks of the world. He understands the market price.
Li Yuanxing added: "A copy is sold for three cents, and the seller gets one cent, and the newspaper gets two cents. Thirty thousand copies can make a net profit of about thirty thousand yuan. The larger the circulation in the future, the greater the profit will naturally be."
The leader of the Cui clan thought that His Highness King Qin must have made a miscalculation. The income was lower than the cost. How could he make money?
But then I thought about it, is it possible that His Highness King Qin made a mistake in his calculation?
"Please enlighten me, Your Highness!"
"Don't take it seriously." Li Yuanxing pointed to the Bashu Silk Business Association's piece: "This small piece will be contracted by the Bashu Silk Business Association for a whole year, with ten copies issued every month, which is calculated as 300,000 copies per month. He contributed the capital
Three thousand guan! If each issue has 100,000 copies, he will issue 10,000 guan every year. This is called advertising!"
The Cui clan leader immediately calculated in his mind. This is equivalent to the Bashu Silk Business Association paying one penny per share for ten months, and the newspaper office will give him two months. Since the Bashu Business Association has it, other small squares will also
Yes. How many? If the design is reasonable, even if the newspaper is given out for free, you can still make money.
For the city of Chang'an alone, if Luoyang and surrounding prefectures and counties are included, the number of copies would be at least 100,000 copies per issue every three days.
It's really a huge profit.
"What a great advertisement! Your Highness the King of Qin is really smart." The Cui family leader naturally knows the power of the world's public opinion. If this newspaper is used well, it can guide the world's scholars. So Qin King Li Yuanxing mentioned it at the beginning,
There is also a government job, naturally speaking for the court.
It’s okay if you don’t accept it.
"The Cui and Lu families were originally grateful to His Highness for the study. With this item, our Cui family's dowry seems to be too light!" The Cui clan leader told the truth. He originally wanted to make a deal with us.
For a person like Li Yuanxing, there is no point in gossiping in circles. It would be better to speak directly and it would appear sincere.
"We are all one family. The calculation is so clear that it seems too obvious. However, I have a small matter to ask Mr. Cui to help me with!"
The Cui clan leader was just stunned for a moment, and immediately understood: "If His Highness thinks that the Buddhist sects around Chang'an are too rampant, I will not like them!"
"At that time, please Mr. Cui to lend me a helping hand!"
Having said this, there is no need to say any more.
Buddhism can be said to be the common enemy of Li Yuanxing and the Seventh Aristocratic Family. Buddhism has harmed the interests of the aristocratic family, so it must be suppressed. Even if Li Yuanxing does not take action, when the conflict reaches a limit, the aristocratic family will take action. However, the aristocratic family also uses the power of the imperial court.
strength.
At this time, the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty took action, and if the aristocratic family added more help, the effect would naturally be twice the result with half the effort.
Li Yuanxing poured tea again: "What I mean about tea is that the head of the seventh generation family should not get involved. No matter how many tea business associations there are, they must formulate a unified rule."
"Everything has its own rules!"
Li Yuanxing added: "This is the interest of the Tang Dynasty, not the interest of a certain family. Speaking more privately, tea farmers grow tea, and tea merchants are not allowed to buy or sell it. Speaking of benevolence, being generous is benevolence. Only when the tea farmers have enough to eat will they be able to
Grow good tea with determination. Speaking of profit, when tea farmers see real profit, only then will peak quality tea appear. Otherwise, there will only be ordinary tea leaves that are not popular."
"Congratulations, Your Highness!" The Cui clan leader agreed with Li Yuanxing's words.
Speaking of benevolence, wisdom, and profit, who in the entire Tang Dynasty would dare to say that the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty did not understand profit!
"In May next year, I will hold another tea party and invite celebrities from all over the world to fight for tea!"
"Dou! Okay!" The Cui clan leader responded loudly.
This battle, for tea merchants, is about the quality of tea.
For celebrities, what they fight is etiquette, morality, Tao, and realm!
In addition to them, another emerging industry has been added to the tea industry, and that is tea utensils. Whether it is pottery, porcelain, bamboo, wood, stone. In addition to utensils made of various materials, there will naturally be sculptures, paintings and other exquisite products.
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After brewing Jin Junmei for twelve times, the tea was tasteless.
The Cui clan leader asked him to choose a kind of tea to taste again at His Highness King Qin's place. Such a request was indeed a way to bring the two parties closer, and Li Yuanxing was also happy to ask the Cui clan leader to choose it himself.
When the Cui clan leader went to choose tea, Li Yuanxing also went to get a wooden box from the bookshelf.
"This tea is known as Shuiyue Tea. I have read an article by Cui Changshi of the Prince of Qin's Palace, and he commented very highly on this tea!"
Shuiyue Tea is later known as Biluochun, which belongs to the green tea category. Li Yuanxing took two tall glass cups and placed them on the table. The Cui clan leader praised: "The tea is good, the tea set is really a crystal cup, it is extremely good!"
Li Yuanxing shook his head: "There was an article in the first issue of the newspaper in the study. I will teach you how to make this kind of object. This thing is cheap, but the craftsmanship is a little more complicated. To put it simply, it is made with special
It is made of fine stone, and within three years, after the craftsman has mastered his skills, it will not be as valuable as fine porcelain."
"Okay, don't let the merchants from the Western Regions cheat Datang out of money again!"
Patriarch Cui also has some theories about big nations. They can compete for money from foreign countries, but they cannot let foreign countries compete for the money of the Tang Dynasty in large quantities.
"What Mr. Cui said is that such a cup is the ultimate in craftsmanship. But it is only worth ten buckets of rice, so the value of this thing must be suppressed. Otherwise, such a cup would have been exchanged for ten pieces of Tang Dynasty.
The finest silk is naturally very unreasonable!"
"Extremely unreasonable!"
"Mr. Cui, look at this thing again. I plan to let the Li family in Longxi be responsible for the raw materials of this thing!" Li Yuanxing opened the wooden box. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)