President Meng carefully untied the cap, reached his hand into the mouthpiece, fiddled with it for a while, and finally took out a tight brick of tea from it.
It looked like it took quite a bit of effort to get it down.
The dark brown tea bricks are heavy, dense and very substantial, but the workmanship is rather rough and the edges are very irregular.
Qiao Xin casually broke off a small piece, and found the cross section was covered with golden particles.
It is true!
The famous Fuzhuan Golden Flower Tea in later generations was actually released so early.
The golden star-shaped spots in Pu'er tea are moldy, and it is not wrong to say that it is moldy. It is the golden flower fungus produced during the secondary fermentation of black tea.
In later generations, tea merchants gave it the beautiful name of Golden Flower.
Golden flower fungus grows, reproduces and metabolizes during the secondary fermentation of dark tea.
Not only does it not destroy the taste and texture of the black tea itself, but it greatly changes and improves the quality and taste of the original black tea.
What she wants is the black tea with golden flowers and no mold. Qiao Xin doesn’t even want it!
But when it comes to business, there are some things that she just needs to know herself, and there is no need to go through the trouble of explaining them to Master Wu.
You still have to bargain when it’s necessary. You can’t sacrifice yourself when doing good things!
Qiao Xin started finding faults right away.
"Your tea brick has been soaked with water, so it has grown mold in less than seven days!"
“That’s right. When our caravan was delivering goods to Jingyang, it happened to be raining for seven days.
We had already taken all the anti-mildew measures, but when we arrived in Jingyang for inspection, we found that the goods were all moldy, so the other party naturally refused to accept them. "
President Meng was greatly shocked. He thought Qiao Xin was an amateur, but he did not expect that she could point out the problem just by taking a look at the tea brick.
This made him serve her even more carefully, and he dared not use any tricks at all, for fear that he might let something slip and be seen through by Qiao Xin.
Master Wu is quite confident in Qiao Xin.
"Is there any hope for the old lady?"
Qiao Xin smiled and said, "How do you want to save him?"
County Magistrate Wu grinned immediately.
The old lady asked how to save him, not that he cannot be saved!
Master Wu quickly pulled President Meng to bow to him.
"Please give me some pointers, Madam. I will be very grateful!"
"I won't say any more polite words. How much of this kind of tea do you have now?"
Under Qiao Xin's gaze, Master Wu raised one hand hesitantly.
"Fifty thousand pounds? That's not a lot!"
County Magistrate Wu:.......
President Meng:......
The two were stunned. Isn’t this enough?
"How much is the offer?"
Chairman Meng came to his senses and said quickly: "In our place, one brick costs one tael of silver, which weighs about 5.6 jin.
If we send it to the tea-horse farm, we will have to pay ten taels of silver to get our money back. I can’t count on that price right now, so just give it as the old lady thinks fit!”
"Boss Meng is honest. For Xiao Wu's sake, I will give you two choices.
First, 4 taels of silver for a tea brick. I will buy all the moldy ones you have. How you use them later is none of your business.
As for the second method, I will help you ship the goods and we will split the profits 50-50. But we have to sign a ten-year sales contract, and I have the final say on how to produce in the later stage!
President Meng was undecided for a moment and looked to Magistrate Wu for help.
"Madam, if we were to sell this tea alone, we could make the deal right away.
I'm afraid I'll have to discuss this with others to finalize the deal."
Qiao Xin is not an unreasonable person. This request is not excessive as it concerns the livelihood of the entire county.
"Go ahead. I'll give you half a day. No more waiting after the time limit!"
"Thank you, ma'am!"
County Magistrate Wu did not dare to delay for a moment and pulled Chairman Wu back!
Shunzi, who witnessed the whole process, couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Madam, 50,000 kilograms of black tea is moldy. What should we do with it?"
"Yes, old lady, four taels a piece, almost 40,000 taels of silver. But it's a considerable expense, and I'm afraid we don't have that much cash on hand for the time being."
Qiao Xin admired the tea brick in her hand and liked it more and more!
He comforted them with a good temper: "Why are you panicking? When have you ever seen me do a business that loses money?
Since I have nothing to do, why don't I treat you guys to tea?"
Qiao Xin asked the waiter to bring a set of tea sets. The wooden tea tray had clear grain and a mellow texture, and on it was a small red clay charcoal stove.
On the stove sat a kettle with a handle made of fine white clay, a fairness cup, and four teacups surrounding it.
It is small and exquisite, with thin walls and excellent light transmittance, allowing people to clearly appreciate the color of the tea.
Isn’t this the porcelain that the old lady had fired in Changnan Town?
Ever since it was developed, everyone has been loving it, but Qiao Xin has never ordered it to be sold. Why did she take it out today?
What does this have to do with the tea they are discussing now?
Shunzi and Manager Liang secretly wondered what Qiao Xin meant.
But since the master didn't say anything, they could only wait patiently.
Qiao Xin was seen putting charcoal fire into the small stove, and then sitting on the kettle filled with well water.
After a while, the water in the pot began to boil.
The next action directly shocked the two of them!
Qiao Xin took a small piece of the tea brick left by Magistrate Wu and put it into the fairness cup, and began to practice a completely different way of drinking tea.
Add tea, wash tea, brew.....it wasn't until a cup of bright red and yellow tea was handed to them that the two came to their senses.
The old lady did not brew tea, roast tea, and then grind the tea cakes into fine powder as she did now.
Then use the wind furnace and cauldron to boil it to make tea soup for drinking. Instead, it is brewed directly with boiling water.
"Don't just stand there, try my new tea leaves and see how they taste.
Drink it while it’s hot, it won’t taste the same when it’s cold!”
Qiao Xin made a gesture of invitation, which made the two of them flattered!
Tian hurried forward, took the teacup with both hands and began to taste it in small sips.
Shunzi and Manager Liang have seen a lot of good things as they have been traveling for many years.
They have drunk a lot of popular good teas, but this kind of brick tea is the first time they have seen it.
Businessmen are quick-witted. Shunzi had a vague feeling that his master's behavior might lead to a new trend of drinking tea.
It seems that these utensils and tea are only available in their family!
When the time comes, we will package it up and let Mr. Gu make up a few stories about self-cultivation.
Not to mention other places, it will definitely be a big seller among the literati in Southern Liang who like to pretend to be cultured and have idle chats when they have nothing to do!
He couldn't wait to ask, "Madam, this tea is sweet and mellow, with a pure taste. If I hadn't seen you take a small piece off from that rough black brick with my own eyes, I wouldn't have dared to believe it!"
“Yes, this kind of black tea has always been the choice of roadside tea stalls. It is extremely bitter and is only used to quench the thirst of passers-by.
The tea leaves are thick and have many stems. People with a little money in their pockets would not even look at them. "
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