Chapter 269 The old man seeking death
Fu Chenan looked at her eagerly. Since he was not allowed to touch her, he couldn't stay in a separate space for too long, as it would be easy for him to have evil thoughts.
"Are you done here? Come with me to the capital to have a look?"
Xiao Yingchun also felt the same way: if the two of them were alone in the house, this man would be easily aroused, so it would be better to make money.
At Chunshan Tea House in Tianwu Kingdom, the prince and his boss came to inspect the shop.
In the huge courtyard, there are pavilions, rockeries and flowing water. In the middle, on the highest hillside, is a square pavilion with raised eaves and corners.
The pavilion is surrounded by light green gauze, and a shadowy woman in the middle is playing the piano.
The tinkling sound of the piano is like the sound of mountains and flowing water, which can be vaguely heard by guests enjoying tea in various rooms around. It does not affect people's conversation and communication, and it still feels endless after listening to it calmly.
Xiao Yingchun followed Fu Chenan into a separate tea room. A woman in purple came in and saluted the prince and Xiao Yingchun.
Xiao Yingchun found that the woman was slightly older than the average tea master, probably in her thirties, so she took a few more curious looks.
Fu Chenan took the initiative to introduce: "This is the earliest tea artist trained in the palace."
"She was the late emperor's tea attendant in the palace, and all the tea masters here were trained by her."
The woman in purple clothes also bowed respectfully: "My servant Ziyi, I would like to pay my respects to the great master."
Xiao Yingchun suddenly realized: It turns out that the person in front of him is the ancestor of the tea masters of Tianwu Dynasty!
"Get up, will you make us tea?"
"yes."
Fu Chenan and Xiao Yingchun slowly sipped tea while listening to the sound of the piano amid the aroma of tea.
The two people said nothing, but the eyes they looked at each other were full of affection.
Zi Yi saw it in his eyes and understood in his heart: This big boss is really the person who is the most important to the prince.
Those who dream of climbing on the dragon and clinging to the phoenix will probably fail.
After drinking Huangshan Maofeng, Ziyi changed them into Dahongpao.
Huangshan Maofeng is green tea and uses a glazed tea set.
Dahongpao is oolong tea, using a purple clay teapot.
Different tea sets, different tea soups, the flavor will be different immediately.
Xiao Yingchun asked Fu Chenan in a low voice: "Which tea from Chunshan Teahouse is the best selling now?"
Fu Chenan glanced at Ziyi, who immediately pulled the small rope on the table, and there was a faint sound of bells coming in from outside the door.
Soon a pretty young maid came in from the door. Ziyi looked at her and said, "Go and ask the president to come here with the account book."
Not long after, the president of Chunshan Tea Club came over, holding a stack of ledgers in his hand.
Xiao Yingchun looked at the forty-year-old internal prison officer.
The eunuch's hair was gray, but fortunately he looked very good. Fu Chenan said that he used to be the tea eunuch beside the late emperor, and worked with Ziyi.
After stepping forward and saluting, the president talked about the recent business situation of Chunshan Teahouse.
It turns out that since the Huangshan Maofeng was sold out, Uncle Liang also brought over all the Huangshan Maofeng from nearby villages.
The total amount is only a few thousand kilograms, and branches in various prefectures will not be able to last for next year's spring tea.
Afraid that the teahouse would run out of stock, Xiao Yingchun and Fu Chenan added tea varieties such as black tea, oolong, and Pu'er.
To match, different tea sets such as porcelain tea sets and purple sand tea sets have also been added.
Tea is so valuable that it must be stored carefully.
Various sealed tea cans to prevent the odor of tea leaves are also on the shelves...
The aristocratic families in the capital now have one more project to spend money on: buying tea, buying tea sets, training tea masters...
Business at Chunshan Tea House is hard to come by, and many teahouse reservations have already reached New Year's Eve.
"...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the owner, from the opening to the present, the Huangshan Maofeng of Chunshan Tea House has sold more than 32,000 taels of gold."
"Dahongpao sold more than fifteen thousand taels of gold."
"Lapsang souchong is similar to Pu'er, both have more than 10,000 taels of gold..."
"The tea sets, tea cans and tea sets were sold for more than 50,000 taels of silver..."
After the report was completed, the president respectfully handed the account book to Xiao Yingchun.
Xiao Yingchun took it and put it aside. Fu Chenan: "Go down..."
The president of Chunshan Tea Club quietly went down.
She was frightened by this number!
Make money every day!
It’s really like making money every day...
She looked at Fu Chen'an with some confusion: "Are the wealthy families in the capital so willing to spend money? Are they willing to spend so much money on tea?"
Fu Chenan pursed his lips and chuckled, and did not shy away from Ziyi: "If they just drink tea, of course they can't spend so much gold and silver, but they are afraid of death."
Previously, they raided the former Household Secretary's Mansion and confiscated a huge amount of gold, silver and jewelry, successfully frightening a group of courtiers.
They were already so greedy that they were all frightened when His Majesty the Emperor did not attack them.
I am afraid of being attacked, and I don’t know if I will be attacked.
Just like waiting for the boots to drop, I work with fear all day long, and I am more careful every time I do things.
The emperor openly promoted tea leaves and tea sets. Even if they didn't like tea, they wanted to buy some back.
I just hope that I can spend more money in the national stores and give honeysuckle to the national stores so that the emperor can think of them and stop ransacking their homes.
Not only tea, they also buy large quantities of various soaps, plastic pots and buckets, rouge gouache, pearl jewelry...
So "they're paying for their lives."
After buying so much, some people even thought that the emperor was quite merciful: he could have just ransacked the house, but he didn't.
The emperor also specially opened some shops so that everyone could take back some things after giving money... What a conscience!
After Xiao Yingchun and Fu Chenan inspected Chunshan Tea House, they were both satisfied and left the shop to check out other places.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they came out of Chunshan Teahouse, they met an old couple with gray hair and knelt down in front of Xiao Yingchun.
"Is this Miss Xiao?"
"Miss Xiao, please leave us a way to survive..."
"Don't go all the way, make all the money, and leave us with no way to go!"
"We are all so happy..."
As the old couple spoke, they began to kowtow. As if they didn't need any money, their heads banged against the bluestone floor. After a few blows, they actually saw blood!
Xiao Yingchun was frightened and stepped back: "Who are you? What's going on?"
How can people do this if they just complain and beg for mercy without saying what the matter is?
There were already people nearby looking over, with surprised expressions on their faces.
Fu Chenan's face darkened, and he asked two guards to come forward and pull him up. He shouted: "You have something to say, what are you doing?"
One of the guards also reprimanded the old couple: "If you really have any grievances, someone will naturally make the decision for you. Why are you acting like this?"
The old couple looked at each other, determination flashed in their eyes, they broke away from the guard's support and hit the wall of Chunshan Teahouse.
Fear flashed across Xiao Yingchun's eyes: Are they seeking death? !
But Fu Chenan had already made a sudden lunge, kicked the two old men aside with great skill, and then quickly stepped forward, hitting the back of the neck with his knife and knocking them unconscious.
"Go check it out!"
"Where did they come from?"
"Why do you know that Miss Xiao and I are here?"
"Who ordered it?"
"Why are they willing to risk their lives?"
"Everyone needs to know!"
The prince was furious, his aura exploded, and he looked at the crowd of onlookers in the distance, with undisguised warning and murderous intent in his eyes.
"Here!" The guard rushed away.
Xiao Yingchun no longer had the idea of going shopping and returned to the palace with Fu Chenan...
(End of chapter)