By the Bian River, in a small pavilion on the second floor of Sunjiazheng Store, Shi Qingnian poured wine for two big men in furs and smiled, "You both come from the north and have a good alcohol content. Have a taste of this unique spirit in the capital."

A bearded man picked up the wine glass, took it in his hand and looked it in disdain, saying disdainfully: "You people in the capital are petty. Not to mention drinking, they use a big bowl, at least they can use a cup that they can hold with their hands. Can this little wine glass be swallowed into their stomachs by accident. Is it used to feed birds?"

After saying that, he raised his head and poured the wine from the glass into his throat.

After drinking, the man's face turned red and his eyes widened, as if he was about to kill someone.

The companion next to him asked, "Brother Deng, what's wrong with you?"

The big man raised his head, swallowed the wine in his throat, and patted his palm on the table: "Great strength, I have lived for decades and have never drunk such strong wine! This time I come to Beijing to eat this wine, I won't lose it, come again!"

Shi Qingnian smiled and filled with wine again.

The big man with a beard said to his companion: "Brother, let's drink a drink together. The wine is like a fire, and it's served with good wine!"

Two big men, one cup, and soon drank half a bottle of wine.

At this time, Shi Qingnian held the bottle of wine, but stopped pouring wine for the two of them. He leaned over to the table and asked, "Den Wu, Mr. Fu, do you know which one of them did this wine?"

Mr. Deng, the bearded man, stared at him and asked, "Which company is it? When he goes back, he will buy two tanks from his store and take them back to the northwest to drink slowly."

Shi Qingnian shook his head: "Wine is a forbidden item. You can't carry it around the city or outside the city. Do you still want to take it back to the northwest? To be honest, this wine is from the Marquis of Yongning today. There is only one family, and there is no branch."

Mr. Deng said, "Which Marquis of Yongning? Why haven't we brothers heard of it?"

"Of course, it was the Yongning Marquis who destroyed Jiaozhi last year and was granted the title of Marquis with the county of Yongzhou. It was extremely glorious."

"We have also heard that the rumor is a surname of Xu, but we don't want to be named Yongning Hou!"

Shi Qingnian laughed at the hearing: "This Marquis of Yongning is from Kaifeng. Before he became a Jinshi, he opened a winery at home, specializing in brewing this extraordinary spirit of wine, and is well-known far and wide. Do you know what the lord of this county is doing now?"

Deng Yuanwai and Fu Yuanwai shook their heads together: "How can we outsiders know about the things in the capital?"

"Salt Iron Deputy Envoy." Shi Qingnian smiled like a flower on his face, "It's the deputy envoy of salt Iron who is in charge of the tea case and holds the lives of all tea merchants of all sizes in his hands!"

Mr. Deng and Mr. Fu looked at each other and bowed to Shi Qingnian: "Master Shi, it must be for no reason that you mentioned this county marquis. Please give me some advice!"

"It's nothing." Shi Qingnian picked up the chopsticks, "You two eat vegetables, it's hard to get the mutton when it's cold."

Mr. Deng said: "We are full of cattle and sheep in Shaanxi. Every year, we sell them to the capital, and we don't know how many ten thousand people there are. What is the reason for coming to the capital to eat mutton. Manager Shi, we have known each other for many years. Just say anything, don't suck our brothers' appetite."

Shi Qingnian took a piece of mutton in his mouth, chewed it slowly, put down his chopsticks and said slowly: "It's not a big deal, but in a few days, the tea method will be changed again-"

"What?!" Mr. Deng slapped the table, staring at Shi Qingnian with big eyes, "Supervisor Shi, where did you come from? The news is accurate?"

Shi Qingnian raised his hand and pointed to the north: "What came from the palace was determined by the officials and several prime ministers, and the tea method will be changed in a few days. Why should we mention this Xu Junhou? Because he was also in the palace, it was decided on the spot."

"I'm going to change again? Oh my god-"

Mr. Deng seemed to have been drained from his energy and was soft on the chair as if he had lost his bones.

Mr. Fu looked at his companions, shook his head helplessly, and said to Shi Qingnian: "Sir Shi, how to change the tea method? Will we tea merchants be affected by any influence?"

Shi Qingnian said: "I am a small supervisor of the communication shop. How could I know how to change the tea method? However, I can find out clearly that the person who presided over the tea method this time was Li Zi and Li Xianggong, who presided over the first year of Tiansheng. That year, Li Xianggong was a presiding over the court, and this time he went further as the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor, which should be similar to that year."

"It's over-"

After hearing Shi Qingnian said that it was Li Zi's host, Mr. Fu's breath was also dissipated and softened on the chair.

Shi Qingnian sneered in his heart, ignored the two of them, and slowly drank and ate vegetables while pouring wine, with a leisurely expression.

After a while, Mr. Deng suddenly stood up from the chair, grabbed Shi Qingnian and said, "Supervisor Shi is a kind person who has been a good person. He has a kind heart to save us both. He will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay us!"

Shi Qingnian shook his head: "The official family wants to change the tea method. How can I, an inconspicuous little person, save you?"

"There must be a way to do a huge business in the capital! One hundred thousand and eighty thousand guan is related to the lives of countless people among us little people in the border areas. However, in the Shi supervisor's store, it is just a trivial matter!"

Shi Qingnian smiled and shook her head, not saying anything.

Mr. Deng looked at Shi Qingnian with a eager face, and almost knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Mr. Fu looked at Shi Qingnian's appearance and gritted his teeth and said, "Supervisor Shi, how do you want to help us brothers?"

Shi Qingnian looked at the two of them, put down his chopsticks, and said seriously: "Two, how did we say such things for so many years? It's not that I don't help you, I'm really powerless. Although I'm in charge of the store, the money in the store belongs to the owner, and I can't let the owner save the capital, otherwise how can I stay in the capital?"

Mr. Deng and Mr. Fu were ashamed outside and collapsed on the chair again.

The two were different from ordinary Chinese businessmen. They did not do food and grass business at all. Instead, they collected tea in several large prefectures on Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road, and then brought them to the capital to exchange for tea, and then sold them to tea merchants. To put it bluntly, the two brothers only did tea in the business, relying on capital to make money out of thin air.

This business is based on familiarity, and the two brothers mainly rely on the Shi supervisor's exchange shop to share profits together. Another person needs a lot of capital, but this capital is not all of the two brothers themselves. Several wealthy families in Shaanxi have borrowed goods and rely on the two brothers to manage and earn interest. Once the tea method is changed, the old tea in his hands will depreciate drastically. Real Chinese businessmen can also reduce some losses by relying on the new policy of providing old tea in his hands. People like them are afraid that they will lose all their money.

It’s okay if you have your own money, but you always have losses and profits in your business. The problem is that there are many powerful people in the capital. They are not ordinary businessmen who are doing business. They will not be able to save their lives even if they don’t want them.

Shi Qingnian looked at the Deng Yuanwai and Fu Yuanwai in front of him and was so scared that they all died, and slowly spoke: "Although I can't help you brothers, I have a way to guide you."

After hearing this, Mr. Deng was like a drowning man who saw a straw on his head, straightened up "scared" and grabbed Shi Qingnian's hand tightly: "Supervisor Shi, as long as there is a way to save our two brothers' lives, I will always remember your great kindness and virtue in my life! Please show us a way to live!"

Shi Qingnian held Deng Yuanwai's hand tightly and said sincerely: "We have known each other for many years, how can we not save you? I am always soft-hearted and can't stand others suffering. But then again, this matter is always risky. If you don't let you suffer, you will suffer others. I will point you the way, and don't implicate me!"

"We brothers can save it! For many years, the supervisor has not known that we are tight-lipped!"

Deng Yuanwai and Fu Yuanwai spoke in unison, looking at Shi Qingnian with eager eyes.

Shi Qingnian nodded, made up his mind and said to the two: "I have a brother who is the supervisor in another shop. He knows many people and has a wide range of ways, especially among tea merchants in the south. Now the news that the imperial court wants to change the tea method has not been spread yet, and other people don't know it except us. That is, your brothers have a good relationship with me, so I will tell you as soon as I get the news. Otherwise, the day after tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. When the news comes out, it will be after the festival. There is no time for nothing, and even if there is a way, I have to hang myself!"

"The supervisor is kind, we remember your kindness!"

"The ancients said that I would not repay you with kindness. I just thought about the old friendship, so I gave you a way out and didn't want you to repay anything." Shi Qingnian looked at the two of them and lowered his voice, "My brother is in an inn by the Bian River. Now he collects tea attractions from the northwest, and then sells it to them while the tea merchants in the south are not aware of it. He earns some interest and saves your life."

Seeing the light flashing in his eyes of Mr. Deng and Mr. Fu, Shi Qingnian said: "However, at this time, the tea entries there will not be at the usual price-"

"Of course, we brothers all understand this!"

"According to the discount ratio in the first year of Tiansheng, tea merchants added the government's subsidy, and the new quotations were almost 2 to 1, and they also had to pay real money. When the Chinese merchants sold tea quotations in the capital, the old quotations could only be sold for 10,000 guan, and many people could not sell them for years. My brother was kind-hearted, and 10,000 guan was given real money for 3,000 guan, but there was no two price!"

The two brothers looked at each other. At this price, not only did they not make any money during this trip, but they also lost a lot of money themselves. However, no matter what, they would not lose a lot of money. There is always an explanation when they return to their hometown.

When old tea is in the hands of tea merchants, they always have a way to quickly change out tea, so the price is higher. However, if they are in the hands of Chinese merchants, they don’t know when they have to wait in the capital, and the tea they are used is also aged and old tea, and they cannot be sold at all. It is not uncommon for old tea to become waste paper after a long time.

"Okay, we agree!" Deng Yuanwai and Fu Yuanwai said together.

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Chapter completed!