Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

When Song Quan arrived in Jianning, it was already two days later. In fact, many things can happen within two days, and the most important thing is to find out the problem at the fastest speed. Which side, when Xun Shi is in Fujian again, the efficiency here has been significantly accelerated, not a little bit.

"Lord Song, I've been looking forward to you." Jianning's prefect Wu Qing hastily greeted him, "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Song Quan entered the government office, but he didn't see Xun Shi, he knew from Xue Pan that the two of them came here, and happened to catch up with the tea reform case, "Master Wu, you are welcome, why don't you see the third prince? But went out to investigate the case?"

Wu Qing felt bitter, that Lord really didn't know what to say about him, it's not like he had never seen the prince before, it was the first time he had encountered such a lord who dared to take matters on him, it's not surprising why the emperor sent him alone come out. "The third master went to check the test results of the tea that was received, and also took a part of the various tea products from other tea shops for testing. The third master said that this can also be announced to the public. Otherwise, I don’t know when this panic will subside.”

Song Quan patted his beard and nodded, "Yeah, this method is good, it's a step ahead, so it can be regarded as a precautionary measure, so as to save everyone from being suspicious."While they were talking, Xie had already returned from the testing hall next to the government office. After greeting each other with Song Quan, he said nothing else and directly talked about the case. "The results from that end have already come out. Except for the tea cart that had the accident, the other utensils have no problems, and they are all good quality tea. The tea leaves in other tea shops are still being tested, but just According to the results obtained so far, there should be no serious problems. Master Song, I wonder if you have received any news from Jiangnan, how is the inspection of the tea making workshop going, is there an accurate result?"

Song Quan waved his hand regretfully, the tea house in Jiangnan has been sealed off, and the related tea fryers who made this cart of tea have also been imprisoned. I checked carefully, but from Jiangnan to Fujian, from tea making to finished product, plus the transportation on the road, in fact, there has been a gap of two months in time, which is enough to smooth out many traces.

"There is no useful information there yet. If it is said that someone did it on purpose, a huge tea house is also full of people. After more than two months, it is still difficult to find out immediately. Our Judging from the results of the autopsy of the head and the results of the drug test, this kind of poison is not common, but it is not uncommon. It is confirmed that it is caused by the mixing of toxic herbs when making tea. Although I don’t know Why does such a thing happen in Jiangnan, but the source is not the Xia family who betrayed here, but the Mingxiangfang in Hangzhou."

"Third Lord, Mr. Song, the most troublesome thing now is not who poisoned it, and why it was poisoned. The buyers outside are making a fuss, and most of them are doing business with foreigners." Wu Qing Just received the urgent report below, and his complexion became even worse.Just this morning, dozens of tea merchants poured into Jianning, most of them came from Quanzhou and Fuzhou, and they were all doing tea business with Westerners, Koreans, and Dongying people.It was also because the traffic was not smooth and the time for news transmission was limited. By the time they received the news about the case of tea poisoning, it was already several days late.If good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles, when they know it, the foreigners know it too. They are not foolish people who don't understand the language, but they are shrewd when they encounter business matters.

As a result, there is chaos in Quanzhou and Fuzhou at the moment. The tea shop has not waited for the goods to come to Jianning, and they are already impatient. The prices of those two companies that received it early were severely lowered. The reason is that the quality of the goods there is high. There might be a problem.

"I'm a bitch, there's a hairball problem, otherwise they would still dare to buy it!" The owner of a tea shop almost dropped another cup on the spot. It just looks a little careless, and there is a sign of trouble, and the reaction is stronger than all of us."

"Just take a rest, save the energy of swearing, now we are discussing how to solve this problem!" The other one didn't sound anxious, but in fact, the anger was suffocated in his stomach, look at this face Everyone was so angry that they burst into bubbles.

After these tea merchants got the letter, they rushed to Jianning non-stop, and they got the report. The governor, Mr. Song, also rushed to Jianning from the Yanping government office, and all the people were waiting in the largest inn in the area. When I wrote the letter, I was looking forward to meeting with Shangguan, and the court would give an explanation or method on this matter.

It's not that the tea reform has just been implemented. There are no precedents for many things. It can be said that the folks used to do these businesses, but after all, they are affiliated with the government. If there is any major event, the government will come forward. The folks make their own decisions, and when they encounter such a thing, everyone has no idea. It's not that they don't know what to do, but that they can't make a decision.

"Everyone, there are people coming from the yamen. Please go over and talk about it, and we will discuss it in detail when you arrive in the yamen." Just as the tea merchants were looking around, they finally got the news, and everyone left immediately, and now every minute is money. They are losing, but they are in pain.

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When we got to the meeting hall, Xue Pan also came. It is reasonable to say that he has nothing to do with this matter, and the Xue family is not directly engaged in the tea business, but Wu Qing knows his relationship with Xun Shi and Song Quan , At this time, there is nothing wrong with multiple people coming up with an idea.You must know that Song Quan is the one with the heaviest burden here, but the emperor asked him to give a good solution to this matter by name.

"Everyone's current situation, Mr. Song doesn't play sloppy with everyone. The report is now out. The poison should have been produced when the tea in the south of the Yangtze River was made, but it was limited to the tea in that cart. The other tools are fine."

"Master Song, the government has already checked several other companies. We are scared now. The key is those bastards. They insist that this batch of tea this year is not very good, and they want to lower the price. Can the price be lowered? If it is said to be lowered, it will be lowered, and it is not recognized that we have a problem."

"That's right, Mr. Song, can the government issue a notice to ensure that there is no problem with the tea, so that we can deal with the buyers. Don't think that they will see a ghost when they see the Yamen. If they talk about When it came time to pay the silver taels, his face changed again. The polite-looking Dongying man got even more irritating, pestering you for a long time just to make a bargain, which is just an excuse for them to be caught."

Song Quan raised his hand and suppressed the atmosphere that seemed to be about to explode, "Everyone, let's say one by one that things have gotten to this point, and everyone has to come up with a solution. You are in a hurry, Of course, Song is also anxious. This is the first major event encountered in the tea reform. This sage is also concerned about everyone's livelihood. He must not let the reputation of Daqing's tea industry be ruined. We must have a copy in our hearts. Account, if there are defects in other things, then we will change them. If the skill of frying tea is not in place, we will brainstorm and improve it. If others want better tea varieties and tastes, we will dig out and plant better tea trees. But only There is one thing that cannot be broken, and that is word of mouth. You must know that there is no difference between running a business and being an official. The quality of an industry and an official is the root. If the root is rotten, the business will not be saved."

After listening to Song Quan's words, everyone slowly quieted down. As long as you are not stupid, you can understand Mr. Song's meaning, that is, the price must not be lowered.This drug case is just an extremely rare example, and definitely does not represent the tea ceremony in Daqing, so our products are absolutely good, and it is your loss if you don't buy them.But, having said that, the loss this time is not small.

Before the tea merchants came here, Xue Pan had already settled the accounts of the meeting. The biggest loss must be the Mingxiangfang in Hangzhou. Except for the poisoned cart, they had no problems in order to verify the others. , They were all disassembled and brewed and inspected one by one. Half of the losses here have passed.However, a rat droppings ruined a pot of porridge, and Mingxiangfang’s stuff obviously affected the entire tea area in the south of the Yangtze River. The batch of their goods sent to Fujian was stopped and they were randomly inspected up.Is there anything wrong with this? Although there was a pretty good result, the market has really been ruined. At this time, don’t expect foreigners to tell you what to watch out for and help each other. It’s good if they don’t make trouble.

If you want to be more rigid, at worst I won’t sell it to you. Someone actually made it, but as far as Daqing is concerned, there is already enough tea in the southeast.In Xue Pan's view, the biggest difference between Daqing and later generations is that they are not actually begging foreign people to do business, which can be seen from the tea.Because the best tea was shipped to the imperial city and official residences, and the next one was given to the people of Daqing itself, and the third grade was given to foreigners for business.Compared to later, when others were given top-notch goods, I could only live without knowing what to eat, but I didn’t know how hard I was.

This point alone also shows Daqing's detached mentality in this era. They actually don't ask for anything from foreigners, just the two extra silver.

However, this is the problem. If this batch of tea is not sold overseas and stays in Daqing, it will be old tea. At that time, the price will not be high. When the new tea is released next year, you will really drink tea at this price People, would they want them? Isn't this a big loss for tea merchants?

This is not counted, because this is the first major event since the emperor's tea reform, the tea merchant's mistakes, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be counted on the emperor, who would dare to offend Longlin.

When they faced foreigners, they didn't want to lose the character of the Daqing people, but they didn't want to become victims in the officialdom either.