Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan followed the old man into the house, walked around the pink and white screen wall, and a middle-aged man hurried towards him. Seeing Mr. Wang, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Father, where have you been? I I have something to do with you."

Elder Wang rolled his eyes: "I'm going to drink some tea, and I still have to report to you?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked slightly embarrassed. When he saw Jiang Ning and the two, he changed the topic: "These two are..."

Elder Wang coughed and said slowly, "They are young friends of Mr. Zhang, and they want to sell some tea leaves. You can see for yourself."

The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "It turned out that Mr. Zhang recommended you here. I'm sorry to be rude. I'm Wang Xiuping."

Jiang Ning smiled and cupped his hands: "My lord Jiang Ning, this is my brother Han Zhiyuan, who came here to bother me, please forgive me."

Wang Xiuping waved his hands, with a smile on his face, he spoke very kindly: "It's okay, about selling tea, why don't we go into the house and discuss it in detail."

Jiang Ning and the two naturally had no objection, followed him into the flower hall, and the three of them exchanged a few greetings as usual, Wang Lao listened impatiently, holding the tea bowl in his hand, with the letter under his arm, and left slowly.

After the servant brought the tea, Wang Xiuping turned to the topic and asked, "How much tea do you two have? What kind of tea?"

Jiang Ning thought for a while, then replied: "There are more than two hundred stones in total, and the best Mingqian Maojian are all new teas of this year."

Hearing this, Wang Xiuping said, "Can I take a look?"

"Naturally." Jiang Ning took a small coarse cloth package from Han Zhiyuan's hand. After opening it, there was a layer of oil paper inside, and the layers were peeled off to reveal the tea leaves inside. Then a fresh scent of tea came to the face, and immediately Diffuse in the flower hall.

Wang Xiuping took the tea, inspected it carefully, watched, smelled, twisted, and finally picked up a small tea leaf and put it into his mouth to chew. After a while, his face showed a little satisfaction.

He smiled and put down the tea in his hand, and praised sincerely: "As expected, it was recommended by Mr. Zhang, it really is good tea!"

Jiang Ning said modestly: "It's too much."

Wang Xiuping waved his hand, and said in a slow tone: "I have also been in the tea business for decades, and I have handled countless kinds of tea. It is not easy to find such a high-quality Mingqian Maojian. Your more than two hundred shi If the tea leaves are exactly the same as this one, there is no need to say anything, I will accept them all."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning said seriously: "If you have time, you can inspect the goods at any time."

Wang Xiuping chuckled, and said: "There's no rush, I naturally trust you two." Having said this, he changed the subject: "I wonder how much you two want to pay for these teas?"

Naturally, the price was discussed with Mr. Zhang when they came here. Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan glanced at each other and replied, "We set the price at [-] Wen per liter, what do you think?"

Wang Xiuping moved his beard, thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Okay, then the matter is settled, and I will take the waiter over to have tea at tomorrow's hour."

Jiang Ning told him the address of the inn again, then bid farewell to Han Zhiyuan and left.

In the early morning of the second day, Wang Xiuping brought the tea shop staff over to inspect the goods. Eight large boxes were neatly placed in the yard, and the lids of the boxes were opened one by one to reveal the tea leaves inside. fragrant.

Although it took more than half a month of transportation and trekking, but because the storage method is very good, there is no loss of tea leaves, just like the ones that have just been roasted.

After Wang Xiuping checked carefully, he stroked his beard and laughed, and said to Jiang Ning, "Okay! It's rare that the tea leaves can be preserved in such a good condition. There is no problem with these teas."

As he spoke, he turned to a clerk: "Take the deed."

After the two parties signed the contract and confirmed that there were no other problems, Wang Xiuping readily took out the bank notes, paid the purchase price, and sent all the tea back. Before leaving, he took out a copper note and handed it to the Jiang Ning said to the two of them: "This copper sign is the certificate of our Wangji Tea Shop. If you still have tea in the future, you can take this copper sign and go directly to our tea shop, which can save a lot of steps."

When he said this, he laughed: "If the two of you are free some other day, you can also come to sit in the humble house, and you will definitely sweep the couch to welcome you. By the way, please help me and my father to say hello to Mr. Zhang."

Both Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan responded with smiles, and after Wang Xiuping left, Jiang Ning smiled to the attendants in the yard: "Thanks to everyone's efforts in recent days, I will pay you today, please have a good meal!"

Everyone was naturally pleasantly surprised. Immediately, they felt that the two shopkeepers were quite generous and straightforward in their actions, and they couldn't help but feel good. Li Yue was even more excited, and asked eagerly, "Shopkeeper Jiang, when will you drink?"

After hearing this, Jiang Ning asked him with a smile, "How old are you this year?"

Li Yue couldn't figure it out, so he said, "I just turned seventeen the month before last, so shopkeeper Jiang asked me why?"

Han Zhiyuan, who had been silent by the side, suddenly laughed, and jokingly said: "There is a saying in our place, I heard that people under the age of drinking will become stupid."

Hearing this, Li Yue was a little taken aback, turned to look at Jiang Ning, and asked for confirmation: "Master Jiang, is that really the case?"

Jiang Ning smiled: "At that time, you should eat more food, it's better not to drink alcohol."

Li Yue suddenly looked like an eggplant beaten by frost: "...Oh."

Seeing his gloomy expression, Jiang Ning turned around and said, "When I return to Yuezhou, I will pay you an extra salary."

When Li Yue heard this, his eyes lit up first, then he looked at the rest of the people, waved his hands and said, "This, this is not appropriate, right? I haven't done more than others..."

Jiang Ning suddenly laughed, and raised his voice slightly to let the followers around him hear more clearly: "When we encountered water bandits on the cargo ship that day, you stepped forward and repelled the water bandits. This courage has already It's worth it, do you think it makes sense?"

Everyone listened, and quickly nodded in agreement, saying that it should be so. Li Yue scratched his head, smiled a little shyly, and said in a low voice: "That's a lot, thank you, Shopkeeper Jiang..."

Jiang Ning ordered the inn clerk to prepare the food and drink, and let the attendants go over to have a drink, and then went back to the room with Han Zhiyuan.

Ordered some silver tickets, a total of 640 taels. Excluding the cost of tea, shipping and labor costs, they made a net profit of 310 taels this trip. Jiang Ning put the ordered silver tickets into a small box with a smile, and said with satisfaction: "Our The second bucket of gold, tea is really a huge profit."

Seeing his appearance, Han Zhiyuan smiled involuntarily: "So happy?"

Jiang Ning put the box away, turned around and poured a glass of water, and said, "Actually, having more money and less money is nothing to be happy about. I just enjoy the process of making money. Have you ever played Monopoly?"

Han Zhiyuan thought for a while, then nodded: "Do you think making money is like playing a game?"

"Yes," Jiang Ning took a sip of water, looked up and replied with a smile: "If I don't have a special purpose, then making money is just a small game for me. When the cake is brought to my mouth, I will definitely take a bite."

Han Zhiyuan sat down beside him, took his teacup to drink water naturally, and asked casually, "What kind of purpose is special?"

Jiang Ning frowned and thought for a while, and said very bluntly: "It can make me worry about it, even if I give up my own principles, I want to do it. It's a special purpose. At that time , I will do my best."

Hearing this, Han Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly said: "Then I will count?"

Jiang Ning was startled, with a surprised expression: "Of course you don't count."

Before Han Zhiyuan showed his displeasure, he continued, "You are above all of this."

Facts have proved that it only takes a second for the cloudy to clear, Han Zhiyuan laughed all of a sudden, narrowed his long and narrow eyes slightly, laughed heavily, put down his teacup, embraced Jiang Ning without saying a word, and kissed him hard : "I like that..."

After resting in Jinzhou for two days, Jiang Ning and his party set off to return to Yuezhou. They traveled lightly all the way. Although they traveled by land, the speed was much faster than when they came. It took nearly a month to complete the state boundary.

In the first ten days of June, the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is finally approaching. Seeing that the city gate of Yuezhou is in front of us, the originally good sunny day darkens without warning. A huge crash rolled across the sky above the head, followed by a pouring rain that mercilessly chilled the hearts of the caravan and others.

Not far away, the Yuezhou City Gate was hidden in the vast rain and fog, making it hard to see clearly. From a distance, it looked like a giant beast with its mouth wide open, waiting for prey to come to its door with ulterior motives. Jiang Ning wiped the rainwater Looking through the heavy rain, when they left, the willow trees outside Yuezhou City were still fresh green, but now they are densely green and surrounded the city. The Yuezhou City, which should be very familiar, now looks strangely strange.

Seeing him standing still, Han Zhiyuan whispered in his ear, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ning shook his head slightly: "Nothing..."

Although he answered like this, but for some reason, ever since he entered the border of Yuezhou, he always had an ominous premonition in his heart. At this moment, under the background of the thunderstorm, it seemed more and more intense, like the heavy dark cloud above his head, lingering .

Although I felt a little uneasy in my heart, but the rain was so heavy, the convoy was still hurrying, and finally arrived at the gate of Yuezhou City. The soldiers guarding the city were not the same as before. They were all unfamiliar faces with numb expressions. They reached out their hands as a matter of routine, and said indifferently, "I'll take it from the public inspection."

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