I was a gentleman in ancient times

When everything was in order, Wang Jia also started to return to the capital.However, Wei Su proposed to take a look at Xie's tea base on the way back.

Qin Zhan also had this intention. The benefits brought by the tea in southern Shu to Qin are obvious to all.When I came here, I was in a hurry, and I only thought about Wei Su, and I didn't think about anything else.Now that Wei Su has brought it up, he can just go and have a look. The two of them thought of getting together.

The land in the south of Sichuan is mostly mountains and hills.

This place has been known for being barren since ancient times, and the people are also poor and poor. Often, the food grown is running out before the New Year's Eve.People often have to suffer for more than half a year, and many old and weak people can only wait to die if they can't survive.

Day after day, year after year, people can only suffer.The rooster crowed three times, and just as the sky turned pale, the small village at the foot of the mountain was already bustling.

"Boss Liu, Boss Liu, you lazy bastard, you can't afford it at this time, are you really dead asleep?" A loud voice rang out from outside the courtyard, "You are a lazy bastard who still wants to marry a wife. It really is the sun coming out from the west."

There was a rustling sound in the room, and Liu Dazhuang responded: "Come on, come on, howling in the early morning?"

Not long after, he pushed open the courtyard door, "I said Lin San, can't you keep your voice down? I still have guests at home, so don't be woken up by the noise."

Lin San was a little surprised when he heard the words, Liu Dazhuang was alone in the village, so where would he have guests?However, he lowered his voice and asked curiously, "You still have guests? Don't you have no distant relatives?"

"Hi! You don't know, it's a guest who passed by last night. It seems to be a merchant. He missed the guest house, so he stayed with me for one night."

Because I entertained these two people last night and had a few sips of wine, I got up a little later today.

"So that's how it is." Lin San suddenly realized that their place used to be remote and closed, and they hadn't seen a single outsider for several years.But now it is different, merchants from far away often come here, needless to say, they are attracted by the tea.

Ever since a group of people came over many years ago and bought a large nearby hill from the government, their life here has gradually become easier.

They are the Xie family in Yingyang. After the Xie family bought all the barren hills nearby that no one wanted, they invited many people to reclaim them.Not only do they have three meals a day, but they also get money.

Everyone couldn't believe it at first, where in the world would such a good thing happen?However, they were all starving to death, and three meals a day was the biggest temptation.No matter what the tricks are, it's better to be a hungry ghost than a starving one.The bold ones really went there, and the result can be imagined. Not only did nothing happen, but they were also full of food and returned with money.

Now everyone can't hold back anymore, anyway, I have a lot of strength, isn't it just work?Who wouldn't?So they all flocked away.

The Xie family is also benevolent and generous, and has never treated the common people badly.They also benefited from this, and no longer live in that precarious life.

Lin San came here today for the autumn harvest of tea leaves, and now the Xie family has issued a notice, and anyone who wants to go should sign up.Lin San was also afraid that he would be late and rush behind others, and it would be a bad thing if they didn't get their turn.

Now it's no different than before, the Xie family was short of people before, as long as they were labor force, they needed it.Now people from all over the world have rushed over. With so many people, it is impossible for everyone to have a chance, and it must be the ones who are ahead of them.

After Lin San heard the cause and effect, he couldn't blame Liu Dazhuang anymore, "Then you pack up quickly, don't blame the third brother for not reminding you if you are late. If you don't work hard, the daughter-in-law you got will run away too?"

Liu Dazhuang had already reached the age to talk about marriage, but he was poor before and couldn't support himself, so how could he have the ability to raise a wife?Now that the conditions are good, I naturally have the idea to start a family.No, a few days ago, Liu Dazhuang asked someone to talk about his marriage, and I heard that there is good news now.

Hearing his bad words, Liu Dazhuang spat several times, "You crow mouth, don't talk nonsense. Wait, I'll go wash my face right away and go together."

Liu Dazhuang came back in a hurry, but bumped into someone, stopped, looked at the person in front of him, and said apologetically: "Oh, but I woke you up? I'm going out right now, you can go back if you have nothing to do It’s okay to sleep again.”

The young man smiled and said, "It's not that we woke up, we should have woken up too. What are you doing, brother Liu?"

Liu Dazhuang didn't hide anything, "Go to Xie's workshop to sign up for autumn tea picking. Generally, spring tea and autumn tea are picked for two seasons of tea. You have to sign up quickly, otherwise we won't be in our turn."

"Oh." The young man suddenly said: "We two brothers are also going to Xie's workshop, how about we go with you?"

This is not a problem, Liu Dazhuang readily agreed.He quickly washed his face with the cold water in the yard, and went into the house to pick up a few noodles, planning to eat them on the road later.

When he came out, the two brothers were already waiting there.

Going out to meet Lin San, it's not surprising that Lin San saw the two of them.Knowing that these two people were going to Xie's workshop with them, they didn't say much, it was a tacit agreement.

These two people were none other than Wei Su and Qin Zhan who wanted to stop by to see the tea industry.The two did not reveal their identities, but directly pretended to be merchants and called each other brothers, in order to see what the real tea garden base was like.

Lin San and Liu Dazhuang were also very talkative along the way, and they kept making noises along the way. From their mouths, Wei Su and the others also heard a lot of news.

This mountain area can be regarded as one of the relatively large tea workshops of the Xie family, and it has not expanded to such a large size before.Later, the Xie family planted a lot of tea trees themselves, and the people nearby also started to plant tea trees spontaneously.Anyway, these lands don't produce much food, not enough for people to eat.They simply planted tea trees instead, because as long as they grow tea leaves, they can be sent to Xie's workshop every time they are picked, and they will collect no matter how much they have.Therefore, the common people naturally know how to choose to be profitable.

The two followed behind silently, Wei Su looked at the tea trees in the field, frowning.Tea trees can be planted, but not too much, and too much is not enough.Fields are supposed to be used to grow food, and using barren hills to plant tea trees is also considered as waste utilization, but we can't discard the basics.Food is the most important thing for the people, so he doesn't want to turn the land of Shu into the state of Lou.

Qin Zhan saw Wei Su's worry, and persuaded him, "Don't worry, let's take a closer look. We haven't made a big mistake yet, and we can just turn around the way we went astray."

This is also true, Wei Su nodded, they came all the way, and what they saw and heard were all the praises of the local people.Here is no longer a pool of stagnant water, because of the emergence of tea, everything here is thriving.Thinking of this, Wei Su stopped talking.

The journey was not too far, and they arrived at their destination after walking for nearly half an hour.The open space in front of Xie's workshop was already full of people.

Lin San was still complaining, and it was all because Liu Dazhuang got up late, so they didn't get ahead.At this time, the two of them didn't care much, they just looked for a gap and plunged into the crowd.

Wei Su and Qin Zhan glanced at each other, Wei Su smiled, "Shall we go ahead and have a look?"

Qin Zhan nodded, and took his hand casually. Wei Su was stunned, but Qin Zhan said in his ear: "There are many people here, don't crowd them out."

Wei Su thinks about it too, if he gets separated and has to spend a lot of time looking for it, it will be a waste of time.It's just that he felt something was wrong in his heart, but he didn't have time to think about it, because Qin Zhan had already protected him and went into the crowd.

With Qin Zhan blocking the flow of people in front of him, Wei Su felt much more at ease, all he had to do was follow Qin Zhan.Wei Su was in a daze, so after all these years, Qin Zhan is no longer the boy in the academy who needs his protection.He has grown up and can shelter himself from the wind and rain.

Soon, the two came to the front, where a long wooden board was placed, and the people from the Xie family were taking notes.Many people surrounded them.A man in charge kept yelling, "Everyone line up, line up, come one by one. If you dare to mess up the formation, then you don't need to remember his name."

As soon as these words came out, it really had an effect, and many people began to line up in a crowd.

The steward had obviously experienced a lot, and only then was he satisfied.Just as he was about to look at the people behind him, he saw two handsome young men walking towards him.These two people were dressed as merchants, but they didn't look like merchants at all.

He, Li Qi, has also seen many merchants who come here, so he can be regarded as well-informed, and there is still a bit of winking.It's just that they didn't know what the two of them were going to do, so they kept calm and waited attentively.

Wei Su cupped his hands towards him, "This steward, may I ask if the chief steward of Xie's workshop is here?"

Li Qi glanced at them and felt that these two people were not simple.He can take the position of a small manager, so he is naturally not a fool, and he has long been good at treating people with a three-pointed smile.He also smiled back, "I don't know why the two of you are looking for our chief steward. The chief steward is busy with his affairs, and I don't know if he is free. If it's a small matter, tell me, and I can help make the decision."

If everyone had to find Steward Xie when they came, how could the Steward be so busy by himself?So if there are merchants who come to inquire about the small business of tea, their small butlers can come in handy.That's why Li Qi said such a sentence.

Wei Su smiled, went to a small wooden sign and handed it to him, "Please inform me that this is a token, and that the young Patriarch's husband is here to visit."

Li Qi stretched out his hand to take the wooden sign, looked at it carefully, and was startled.This is a token of the Xie family, so I dare not neglect it.Hastily bowed and said: "Please wait a moment, the younger one will report immediately."

Wei Su nodded and let Li Qi go.

"It seems that the management of Xie's workshop is good." Qin Zhan said.There are many problems that can be reflected from a servant. A small steward is very polite and has a lot of rules in dealing with others. It can be seen that he will be trained next time.

Wei Su smiled, Xie Zhuo is a person he can trust, and now the Xie family's tea has been fully managed by Xie Zhuo.Xie Zhuo was originally smart and had his own ideas, plus he was closely influenced by Wei Su's side, and the tea industry he managed was in a good shape and flourishing day by day.Now in the Xie family, Xie Zhuo, a junior, is also an important figure second only to Patriarch Xie in the eyes of the Xie family.

Not long after, Li Qi led a shrewd and capable middle-aged man over.This person is Xie Yi, the chief steward here, and when he came to see Wei and Su, he paid respects to them, "I don't know that Mr. Wei came here, and I am far away from welcoming you. I hope you will forgive me."

When he saw the wooden sign Li Qi handed in, he murmured in his heart, and when Li Qi said that the young Patriarch's husband had arrived, he rushed out to greet him.When the Young Patriarch was in the Yingyang Academy, he had met Wei Su, and he also understood the status of Mr. Wei in the Young Patriarch's heart, and he dared to neglect him.

Wei Su stopped him, and said kindly: "I'm just coming to Shu County for the first time, so I stopped by to have a look, didn't I disturb you?"

"No, no, sir, what are you talking about? We have long been looking forward to your arrival." Xie Yi glanced at Qin Zhan, who was standing beside Wei Su, "The two of you, please!"

Wei Su nodded and followed Xie Yi into the hall.

"Does your young Patriarch have a letter?" Wei Su asked.

Xie Yi shook his head, "Since I received a letter from the Young Patriarch half a year ago, I haven't heard anything from him until now."

Xie Zhuo is still busy with Lou country affairs, so naturally he doesn't have so much energy to take care of this side.Fortunately, there is a trustworthy person to watch over here, and everything has been smoothed out long ago, so that he can free up his hands to complete the task Wei Su gave.

In Ancheng, the capital of King Lou, in front of the rice shop of the Tao family, the people looked at the closed gate and panicked.The Taojia rice shop has not opened for more than half a month now, and the people didn't realize it at first.But it's strange that he hasn't come to the door for such a long time now.

The food in their family has bottomed out now, if the Tao's rice shop doesn't open again, the whole family will go hungry.

"What's going on? It's been so long, why is there no news at all?" Everyone speculated.However, the public said that the public was right and the woman said that the woman was reasonable, and no one could give an accurate answer.

"What should we do? This morning, the little food left in our family has been eaten up. There is no food. What should we eat?"

"Who said it wasn't? The Tao family rice shop said before that there is plenty of food, so we don't have to worry about food at all. But now? What are the Tao family doing?"

"I heard a piece of news here, but I don't know if it's true." Someone said hesitantly.

Everyone inquired one after another, and the man frowned and said, "I heard that Tao's strong team dare not come here because the monarch wants to raise troops. The food in the future, I'm afraid..."

"What?" Everyone was shocked and panicked.Now they are planting tea trees in their fields, and because of the considerable benefits of tea, they believe that as long as they have money, there is nothing they cannot buy.Moreover, the rice from the Taojia rice shop is good and cheap, so no one would think that there is no food in the field, what will they eat in the future?

Hearing this news now, why not make people panic?What do they eat without food?

"There was so much grain in the Taojia rice shop, I don't believe there is no grain in it." A voice sounded from the crowd, giving hope to those present.

"Yeah, how do you know if you don't go in and have a look? There's nothing we can do now. In order not to be hungry, we can only grab it." Some impatient people couldn't hold back and shouted loudly.

Someone has already started knocking on the door, and with the first there will be a second.The scene at the scene was chaotic, and the crowd flocked to it.

The door opened with a bang, but everyone was dumbfounded when they saw it. The huge warehouse inside was completely empty, not a grain of grain was left behind.

What should we do now?People are like chickens without a head, not knowing what to do.

The same voice from before stood up, "Tao's rice shop is out of grain, and there are other grain and rice shops in the city. If they don't sell them, we can only grab them."

Someone raised their arms and called out, and naturally some people followed blindly, and the mighty crowd began to move towards other rice shops.During the period, more and more common people participated, and gradually the team grew stronger and stronger.

Mipu, who had already seen that the situation was not good, hurriedly closed the door. However, once a person is pushed to the top, he becomes irrational, especially when encountering a large group of people.

People smashed and smashed one after another, and no one escaped.People who fished in troubled waters joined in and took the opportunity to rob other shops and houses, and even a small official's house was robbed and injured.

For a time, chaos abounded.