Section 598 Sanctions [VIP chapter five hundred soon]
Li Yuanxing was kind-hearted and wanted to spend a day with several princesses.
But Zheng Xiuyan expressed the mood of the princesses in one word. Zheng Xiuyan said: "Your Highness, it is better to go to Chang'an City today. I haven't been to Lemin Garden for many days."
Li Yuanxing was speechless.
"Let's go, let's go!" Li Yuanxing was a little helpless. Isn't there a feeling that a little farewell is better than a newlywed? He had been away from home for almost three months, so he said with a little anger: "Let's go to Chang'an City now."
Zheng Xiuyan actually turned over and jumped up: "His Highness has an order, please follow the order. In half an hour, I will go to Chang'an to stay for a few days!"
Stay a few days!
Li Yuanxing really couldn't laugh or cry.
Lemin Garden is already known as the most prosperous place in Chang'an City. It has seriously affected the business of Dongshi. Fortunately, most of the shops here are branches of Dongshi shops. Otherwise, Dongshi's shops would have suffered a huge blow.
influence.
That afternoon, Li Yuanxing's motorcade arrived at Chang'an City at about three o'clock.
The seven Qin princesses did not even enter General Tiance, and went directly to Lemin Garden, where Kuai Ma had already made various arrangements. Li Yuanxing belonged to the standard privileged class in the Tang Dynasty.
A place like this will have a reserved box for him.
Just after Li Yuanxing arrived at General Tiance's Mansion, less than half an hour later, General Tiance's Mansion received hundreds of posts requesting an audience with King Qin.
Even Gao Jian submitted a post.
The King of Qin was unhappy and no one dared to go to Qin Wangzhuang to disturb him.
King Qin's arrival in Chang'an proves that King Qin's mood has calmed down. Therefore, His Highness King Qin needs to make an idea on many things, especially the chambers of commerce. In their hearts, King Qin Li Yuanxing is their backbone. Not to mention not only merchants, but also Chang'an.
The three newly established agricultural guilds in the city all asked to see Li Yuanxing.
Li Yuanchang and Li Yuanxing returned to Chang'an at the same time. Li Yuanxing could do nothing because he was in a bad mood.
He can't!
"Fifth brother, my brother has made a selection. There are some things that really require fifth brother to make an idea. Even the emperor brother also thinks that fifth brother should make the decision. So for business matters, it depends on when fifth brother is in a good mood.
I want to receive you." Li Yuanchang currently holds the official position of Prince Qin's Palace Master Bo and is reporting in Li Yuanxing's study.
A princely master.
Li Yuanxing asked lazily: "Didn't you go to accompany Princess Silla?"
"Originally, I wanted to accompany them, but the princess heard that several sisters-in-law were going to Lemin Garden in Chang'an, so she also went there. The fifth brother didn't know something, and my brother couldn't get the noble box yet."
Li Yuanxing understood Li Yuanchang's words. Even if he went to accompany Princess Silla, he would not be able to buy tickets for many places in Lemin Garden. If he had to wait in line, he would have to wait at least a few days or even longer.
The noble box is a rule set by Li Yuanxing.
Except for Li Yuanxing's privileged box, the rest of the boxes also have a limit on the number of times they can be used. For example, the chief officials of the three provinces and six departments naturally have the privilege of using it three times a year, but they must make a reservation one day in advance. The rest can also be used twice, or
once.
There are special ones, such as Qin Qiong.
Since the opening of Lemin Garden, he has had six privileges in one year. This is calculated based on his military achievements in the ninth year of Wude and the first year of Zhenguan. Therefore, he has three specially added privileged boxes.
Like Gao Jian, he has four times. The reason he added this time is because he has made great contributions in handling foreign trade, so he has a reward edict from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This can be added once. Like Lao Cheng is not in Chang'an, but he has
Five times. Li Xiaojing guarded the frontier, and he also added two times at home.
No matter how specific Li Yuanxing is, he doesn’t know.
I just know that the Ministry of Rites has formulated a very complicated calculation method and rules for bonus points.
Li Yuanchang was just a prince. An idle prince, he only had two in total, and he had used them up long ago.
Li Yuanchang saw Li Yuanxing deep in thought and opened the notebook in his hand: "Fifth brother, the Cotton and Linen Chamber of Commerce seems to be the most anxious. They have sent people to the Department of Commerce. Although the Tea Chamber of Commerce did not show any urgency, Brother Chen knew
, the heads of the five major tea merchant associations of the Tang Dynasty, and the tea merchants of the ten famous tea merchants have all arrived in Chang'an City."
"Let's meet the tea merchant first. I happen to have something to discuss with them. When I meet the tea merchant, let Cui Changshi, Brother Wei, Gao Shangshu, Fang Xiang, and you all listen together. This matter is not a trivial matter.
You also gain a lot of experience!"
"Yes, Fifth Brother!" Li Yuanchang performed the courtesy of a subordinate and stepped back.
Li Yuanxing slowly leaned back on the soft chair, Qiuxiang was preparing tea for Li Yuanxing, and Yuanchun was massaging Li Yuanxing's head.
But in less than ten minutes, everyone arrived.
"Everyone, I am so rude." Li Yuanxing has not changed his clothes yet. He is still wearing the kind of cotton vest that will definitely make the censors impeach. This clothes is not what the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty should wear at all, let alone a formal occasion.
.
"I am rude. I heard that His Highness has arrived in Chang'an. In fact, I have been drinking tea in the concierge!" Fang Xuanling responded with a smile.
"Please take a seat and serve tea!"
Naturally, it was impossible for everyone from the Tea Merchant Association to come, so they sent three people as representatives into Li Yuanxing's study. These three people were the head of the Chang'an Tea Merchant Association, the head of the Lingdong Tea Merchant Association, and Longjing Tea Mountain owned a business name.
"Your Highness, our Chamber of Commerce has encountered an unsolvable problem!" The leader of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce took a step forward, first handed over his hand and then said.
Li Yuanxing nodded slightly.
Qiuxiang said from the side: "Please speak frankly, please make the key points simple and clear. Your Highness still has many important matters to deal with!"
All compliments were thrown aside. The first words of the leader of the Chang'an Tea Merchants Association made Li Yuanxing laugh: "Your Highness, we are out of tea." After seeing Li Yuanxing nod slightly again, the leader of the Chang'an Tea Merchants Association continued.
: "Your Highness, the existing tea gardens are far from enough. The orders from Chang'an City's Foreign Trade Department alone are beyond the limit of what we can handle."
"very good!"
Li Yuanxing was very happy to hear that there was no more tea. This was very good news.
Very good? Everyone was confused, but they didn't understand why Li Yuanxing said this.
But I heard Li Yuanxing continue to say: "The part that you are in trouble now is that New Tang Tea is more profitable, and the people of Tang Dynasty like it more. In Chang'an and Luoyang combined, even the common people can buy several kilograms of Tang tea from you every year.
.And in your tea garden, it will take at least three years for newly planted tea trees to be harvested, so now it’s not that you don’t have tea on hand, but you don’t want to make brick tea anymore.”
"What His Highness said is that the tea market in Suzhou and Hangzhou is three times larger, Luoyang is seven times larger, and Chang'an is twenty times larger than before. This does not include the supply volume required by the Foreign Commerce Department. I am not afraid of Your Highness.
Blame it. Please investigate clearly, Your Highness. I have used the art of Tang tea. The income of the worst tea farmers has increased three times. In the best tea garden, such as Longjing Xian Tea Garden, the income of each tea farmer is more than 40 times the original. Although taking care of the tea trees is more than 40 times.
It was more difficult before, but the tea farmers were happy!"
Longjing tea!
The current price in Chang'an is very high, and you can't buy special Lianxin grade tea at all. The top tea on the market is Quebi first grade tea. Each tael costs more than 400 yuan, and the lowest grade is called Longjing green leaf tea.
, all summer leaves used, even old leaves, were sold for almost twenty cents or one tael. At such a high price, the supply still exceeds the demand.
Li Yuanxing really laughed in his heart after listening to the Chang'an Tea Chamber of Commerce's analysis of the current tea market in Chang'an.
"We still need to make some tea bricks. After all, from the perspective of preservation, tea bricks are easier to preserve. The East Turks are our allies of the Tang Dynasty, and their tea must be guaranteed, even if it is less. Or sell it to them.
Some Tang tea. Anyway, we can’t cut off the goods from our allies!”
"Obey the Emperor's order!" The Tea Merchant Association did not dare to refuse. Li Yuanxing's words were an order.
Li Yuanxing's tone changed!
"Stop the tea from the Western Turks. From today on, I, no matter what reasons you find, tea will no longer go west, and it will have to be bought to Goguryeo, Baekje, and Japanese merchants. But this tea tree,
How long do you have to wait?"
When he heard that the tea for the Western Turks had been cut off, Wei Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he was also thinking.
"Returning to Your Highness, we originally planted new tea. But the quantity was not large. In addition, after His Highness promoted Immortal Tea last year, a large amount of Immortal Tea was planted. Next spring, the output of the tea industry will be greater than that of the first year of Zhenguan.
It is about two and a half times more in the spring, and about four times more in the autumn. I am afraid that it will be the autumn of the third year of Zhenguan, and the spring of the fourth year of Zhenguan, when these new batches of new tea trees can be harvested in large quantities, it will be more than ten times as much as now!
"
Listening to the explanation from the leader of the Chang'an Tea Merchants Association, Gao Jian also said: "I will plant more tea trees next year."
"There is already a plan, and all the tea gardens are waiting for the state government to divide the mountainous land. But the plan of the Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce is to increase the number of mulberry trees ten times, especially in Suzhou and Hangzhou. There are already some competing for mountainous land..." Chang'an Tea Chamber of Commerce
Before he finished speaking, Wei Zheng said coldly: "Do you need to mention such a trivial matter in front of His Highness?"
"I'm so rude, so rude!" Chang'an Tea Merchant Association quickly bowed and stepped aside.
Wei Zheng's attitude is not wrong. You two chambers of commerce are fighting for mountainous land. At a small level, this is a matter that the state government has to solve. At a big level, it will be over when it reaches a certain department of the Datang Ministry of Commerce.
It's really a waste of time to prescribe such a trivial matter to His Majesty the King of Qin.
"Wei Changshi, cut off the tea industry of the westbound caravan. Regardless of the reason or excuse, I have Lao Changshi to worry about. The tea merchants will work hard, make more money, and pay more taxes. It is your responsibility. Be kind to the tea farmers, if
The local food price is too high, you can buy food from Luoyang, but you must not impact the local food price!"
"yes!"
Li Yuanchang stood up at this time: "If you have nothing to report to the Tea Merchant Association, you can leave. You must handle the matters mentioned by His Highness the King of Qin with your heart and do not spread them randomly!"
The people from the Tea Merchant Association retreated as promised. Their biggest problem was the pressure from the Datang Commercial Department.
For the people of the Tang Dynasty, tea was a luxury product, a drink, a taste, and an enjoyment. But for people on the grasslands, tea was a necessity of life. How could they live without tea? How many people would live without tea?
For people who are sick and eat meat all year round, only tea can neutralize the fat in the intestines and stomach.
Fang Xuanling suddenly said: "Why not cut off ordinary silk too!"
Even ordinary silk was cut off. Li Yuanxing's first reaction was that Fang Xuanling had guessed what he was thinking.
ps: One step closer to the light of the great god, ha.