"Who are you selling the goods to?" After hearing Li Xiu's words, Yuechan seemed confused. After pondering for a while, she said, "Master, although our tea is not as expensive as before, it is not cheap. Those Hu merchants traveled thousands of miles to Western Regions and other places, and the price was even higher. People who can afford tea are probably either rich or noble in the local area. These people should pay more attention to the quality of tea, right?"

"Hehe, it is true that people who can afford tea are rich people from all over the world, but there are actually different reasons why some rich people buy tea, such as those nobles on the grassland. Do you know why they buy our tea?" Li Xiu said with a smile again.

"This... I don't know, but I think I should like to taste the taste of tea, right?" Although Yuechan has read a lot of books and learned a lot of things with Li Xiu, she is a woman after all, she rarely goes out and has very limited knowledge. Naturally, she cannot answer Li Xiu's question.

"Haha~, those barbarians on the grassland don't know how to appreciate the taste of tea. The reason why they like tea is actually simpler and pure, because what they need is one of the basic functions of tea, which is to relieve greasiness. Because people on the grassland eat meat all year round, but eating too much meat will have a considerable impact on the human body, such as it is not conducive to defecation, no appetite, etc., while tea can treat the problems caused by eating meat all year round, so for people on the grassland, tea is actually a necessary medicine!" Li Xiu explained with a smile.

"Oh! Tea actually has such an effect. No wonder those merchants who sell tea on the grassland say that when they arrive, tea is fought over by countless grassland nobles, and they don't have to worry about sales at all. Master, you are so knowledgeable!" Yuechan's eyes lit up after hearing Li Xiu's explanation, and then she couldn't help but praise Li Xiu, and her eyes were full of admiration when she looked at him.

"Haha, this is nothing. The grassland nobles have the most direct demand for tea, so they don't care about the taste of tea. As long as they drink it for a long time, they will naturally adapt. In addition to the tea redeemers such as the grassland nobles, another type of buyer is even more worthy of fun!" Li Xiu said at the end, a playful smile appeared on his face.

"What buyer, please tell me!" Yue Chan was also listening with relish at this time, and immediately grabbed Li Xiu's arm and urged him.

Seeing Yuechan's anxious look, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile again, and then slowly spoke: "Compared with other places in the world, our Central Plains have always been a prosperous place. The silk and porcelain produced in the past are worth ten thousand gold in the eyes of the outside nobles. For them, wearing silk and porcelain on their bodies at home is a reflection of their identity and a symbol of their status. However, they are too far from our Central Plains, which makes it difficult to transport goods in the Central Plains in the past, and the quantity is very rare, and things are precious, which also makes more nobles flock to our Central Plains' specialties!"

When he said this, Li Xiu paused for a moment and then said: "Tea is also a specialty of our Central Plains, and it is also transported to other places for sale together with silk and porcelain. The price is naturally not cheap. Therefore, in the eyes of those nobles, drinking tea will also become a symbol of their status and status. In addition, the taste of tea is good and has various benefits to the human body, so it will open up sales in this short time. In other words, those nobles from the outside world do not drink tea, but their status, so the quality of tea is not particularly important to them!"

When Li Xiu finished speaking the above words, he suddenly thought of his experience in his previous life. As a post-80s generation among that generation, he watched with his own eyes the earth-shaking changes in China in later generations. When China just reformed and opened up, many people were proud of eating KFC and drinking coffee.

Even though KFC was later thrown into junk food, drinking coffee and eating Western food is still considered an elite life by many people. But sadly, people with this kind of thinking are often not real elites, and such people may not understand a truth until they die. Whether they can become an elite in human society does not depend on what you eat and drink, but on what you have in your mind!

"What they drink is not tea, but their identity and status!" After hearing Li Xiu's words, Yuechan couldn't help but repeat his last sentence, and chewed it several times in her heart, but her eyes became brighter and brighter. Finally, she hugged Li Xiu's arm again and said, "Master, what you said is really right. If I understood these principles before, I would definitely be able to do a better job in the tea business!"

Yuechan is not only the butler in the family, but also Li Xiu's personal maid. His food, clothing, housing and transportation are usually taken care of by Yuechan. Even when taking a bath, Yuechan helps him clean it. Therefore, Yuechan never avoids anything to Li Xiu and acts very intimately.

However, at this time, Li Xiu's arm was hugged by her, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, because Li Xiu suddenly realized that Yue Chan had become a big girl without realizing it. Now his arms were squeezed by two plump jade rabbits, which made him feel itchy. Fortunately, Yue Chan did not notice his strangeness.

After listening to Li Xiu's analysis, Yue Chan completely dispelled her worries. She took the initiative to ask him about the making of tea bricks. This is her own business. Li Xiu naturally would not hide his own privately, so she told everything she knew. Speaking of which, although there are many kinds of tea bricks, there is almost no big difference in the production methods. They are all made of fried tea leaves after steaming. This way, a tea brick weighs several pounds, saving a lot of space, allowing Hu merchants to bring more tea leaves on the road.

Yuechan asked someone to write a last word and carefully remembered the method Li Xiu said. As someone around Li Xiu, she had known for a long time that although her master knew a lot, many of them had not been practiced. Therefore, she still required her to instruct the people below to try to study the making of tea bricks, but there should not be too big problems.

After finally finishing talking about the tea bricks, Li Xiu followed Yue Chan again with great enthusiasm and prepared to go to the real tea workshop later. Now is the time to harvest summer tea. Although the taste of summer tea is a bit bitter and not as sweet as spring tea, the yield is very large. After all, the tea grows rapidly in summer, and the yield of tea is naturally higher than that of other seasons.
Chapter completed!