leaf shadow by the pool

Chapter 9

"Why?" one of the tea merchants asked Ye Ying.

"This is the same principle. We must first stabilize the power of our local tea merchants. Our roots in Jiangnan are not for nothing." Ye Yingshi said calmly.

"Then what if they don't agree?" Someone asked worriedly.

"They will not refuse. Because those foreign tea merchants only appeared this year, those old customers will not take the risk to buy a large amount of foreign tea. They must be reluctant to part with us local tea merchants. As long as we give them It must be cheap, and they will not refuse." Ye Ying finished talking about her own method.

"Okay, let's do what Boss Ye said." After speaking, the birds scattered again.

Leaving Ye Ying sitting alone in the lobby, although Ye Ying temporarily thought of a way to solve the immediate worries, Ye Ying was more worried.This tea is strictly controlled by the royal family, how much tea should be produced in each place, and how much tea should be produced.Even tea from overseas has to go through the imperial court. How could there be such a large amount of tea shipped from the south, and no one cares about it.

Ye Ying couldn't sleep at night thinking about this, tossing and turning on the bed.Ye Ying looked at the bed curtain above her head, and couldn't help but think of He Linyuan.Ye Ying thought in her heart that if He Linyuan was in Ye Ying, she could discuss it with him, and Ye Ying didn't have a clue yet.

Thinking of He Linyuan, Ye Ying didn't feel sleepy anymore, "I don't know how He Linyuan is doing." Ye Ying hadn't seen He Linyuan for two or three months, and He Linyuan didn't know that Ye Ying came to Jiangnan.Just like that, Ye Ying fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, Ye Chen woke up Ye Ying and said that there were guests coming to visit outside.

After hearing this, Ye Ying thought it was Shen Xiao who came looking for him.Unexpectedly, when Ye Ying saw that person, she couldn't help being a little surprised.

"Mr. Chen?" It was Mr. Chen that Ye Ying and Shen Xiao met when they were shopping outside that day.

"It's down."

"I don't know why Mr. Chen is looking for me?" Ye Ying just woke up, a little out of spirits, with a lazy tone.

"It's nothing, but when I met Boss Ye that day, Chen felt that Boss Ye was someone he should make friends with, so he specially came to visit today."

"Oh, I also think it's my good fortune to make friends with Mr. Chen. I wonder if Mr. Chen can have breakfast?" Ye Ying didn't bother to be polite to Chen Bai, directly expressing that I was hungry.

"I've used it. Since Mr. Ye hasn't used it yet, I'll use it with Mr. Ye." Ye Ying glanced at Chen Bai, only to feel that this person had an unusually thick skin.

"Okay, Ye Chen, take Mr. Chen to the private room first, and I'll be there later." Ye Ying returned to the room to wash and change after giving orders.

"Mr. Chen, this way please." Ye Chen took Chen Bai to the private room.

Ye Ying ordered some dishes, and then asked, "Mr. Chen, are you no longer eating?"

Chen Bo said decently: "Thank you Mr. Ye for your kindness."

"Since Mr. Chen wants to make me a friend, it's a bit pretentious to call him Mr. Ye. People in Ye Ying's capital are now doing some tea business in the south of the Yangtze River." Ye Ying reported himself as a family. Tell Chen Bo the identity.

"Chen Bo is a native of Jiangnan." After hearing Ye Ying's words, Chen Bo reported to his family.

"Brother Chen, I think you didn't just come to make friends with me. Now that we've made friends, we'll get straight to the point, and there's no need to hide it."

"Brother Ye, that makes sense. To tell you the truth, I came to find Brother Ye for a deal." Chen Bai looked at Ye Ying and said slowly.Seeing Ye Ying's clear expression, Chen Bai continued, "I heard that Brother Ye's business has been affected a lot recently."

Upon hearing this, Ye Ying immediately sat up straight and looked straight at Chen Bai.

Chen Bai didn't seem to see Ye Ying's glare, and continued: "My family in the south of the Yangtze River still has some weight. If I take the lead in boycotting foreign tea merchants, there must be many people following."

After hearing this, Ye Ying thought for a while, and then said: "Brother Chen, you have to have a basis for what you say. If you have nothing to believe, how can I trust you? What do you think?"

"Hahaha, of course. You can ask someone to find out if it's true or not, Brother Ye will know."

It just so happened that after Chen Bo finished speaking, Ye Chen came with Xiaoer who was serving the food.Ye Ying looked at Chen Bai suspiciously, and told Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, go and find out."

Ye Chen understood Ye Ying's eyes, turned around and went downstairs to inquire about Chen Bai's identity.

"Brother Chen, what conditions do you have?" Ye Ying knew that Chen Bai would not be so kind, so there must be something else.

"Of course. But, this matter is easy for Brother Ye." Chen Bo picked up a chopstick and started eating fried dumplings.

Ye Ying sat opposite and watched Chen Bai eat, feeling speechless for a while.You can't finish talking before eating, it's very immoral to hang people's appetite like this.

After Chen Bo finished eating one, he wanted to add another one, but Ye Ying stopped his chopsticks halfway, and Chen Bo looked up at Ye Ying. "Ahem, these dumplings are delicious. Where are we talking?"

Ye Ying: ...

"What request do you have?" Ye Ying reminded.

"Oh, I don't want much, but I want to take [-]% of the benefits of the tea you offered as a tribute." Chen Bai took advantage of Ye Ying's inattention and ate another one.

"Why don't you go grab it!" Ye Ying cursed immediately after hearing this, and Ye Ying didn't care about her image at this time.Because Ye Ying's tea garden's most basic income comes from tribute tea, which is why Ye Ying tried his best to ensure that the tea in the Jiangnan land would be under Ye Ying's control.As soon as Chen Bai opened his mouth, he charged [-]%, which was basically cutting Ye Ying's flesh.

"Aren't I robbing?" Chen Bo said calmly, and ate another one after speaking.

Unfortunately, Yeying thought that Chen Bo was harmless to humans and animals at first, but now it seems that Chen Bo is greedy.After a while, Ye Ying calmed down and carefully weighed the gains and losses.

Ye Ying's tea business in Jiangnan is basically the only one, so all the teas in Jiangnan are Ye Ying's. But if there are foreign tea merchants to intervene, will the imperial court choose another one?This is hard to say.

Ye Ying looked at Chen Bo eating the dumplings without getting angry, "You don't think that's too much?"

"Not many." After speaking, Ye Chen also came.Ye Chen whispered a few words in Ye Ying's ear.

It is nothing more than to confirm that Chen Bo really has this ability.After listening to Ye Chen's words, Ye Ying waved Ye Chen to go down. "I agree with what you said. But [-]% is too much, up to [-]%."

"Well, well, nothing more."

Ye Ying stared at Chen Bai, lest he would cut her flesh again.

"I think the things in this store are doing well. I want to be the second shopkeeper of this store. Of course, I also need to manage the accounts. I can ask for [-]% of the benefits in this building."

Ye Ying continued to stare at Chen Bai: "Let's do this, the benefit of the tribute tea is [-]%, and this restaurant's [-]%, how about it? If it doesn't work, then there is nothing to talk about."

Chen Bo thought for a while and said, "Okay."

In fact, Ye Ying has long wanted to find someone in the south of the Yangtze River to be the second shopkeeper of Xiangju Building, because Ye Ying only comes twice a year, each time for a month at most, and the business of Xiangju Building here is naturally not very good, although the restaurant The most fundamental role is not here, but it is a business anyway.Ye Ying is not one to trade at a loss.Since Chen Bo has a certain influence in the local area, if Xiangju Building is in his hands, there should not be too many people causing trouble.

In this way, the business between Ye Ying and Chen Bai was concluded, and Ye Ying also made Chen Bai a friend.Before Chen Bo left, he also took a drawer of fried dumplings.

"You can't choke him to death." Ye Ying watched Chen Bai walk out of Xiangju Building.

"My lord, did you just give him the Xiangju building?" Ye Chen stood aside and asked Ye Ying.

"When did I tell him that I just took care of him temporarily. By the way, I told the account manager that if he sees him come to eat, he will charge more than others." Ye Ying turned and walked out.

"Oh." Ye Chen responded, "Master, where are you going?"

"The tea issue is almost settled, I went to talk to Shen Xiao, let him see the true face of that person earlier, hum, dare to trick me."

The streets in the morning are not like night, there are only sporadic hawkers selling breakfast, vegetables and fruits.

Ye Ying was woken up by Chen Bai early in the morning, she didn't eat much, she saw a steamed bun seller on the roadside, so she bought two, after eating, she thought it was good and bought a few more, planning to bring it to Shen Xiao.

Ye Ying came to Shen Xiao's residence, and went in soon after being notified.I saw Shen Xiao sitting by the window, fiddling with incense.

Seeing Ye Ying coming, Shen Xiao got up quickly: "Why are you here, so early?"

"It's a long story, look, what I brought you." Ye Ying raised her hand and placed the bun in front of Shen Xiao.

Shen Xiao took the steamed stuffed bun, "Why did you all come early, and you all brought food."

After Shen Xiao finished speaking, before Ye Ying realized what Shen Xiao meant, she saw a package of things on the table. Ye Ying took a closer look and found that it was Xiangju Building's special printed oil paper. Opened it, revealing a steamed dumpling.

Ye Ying was shocked, "Was that Chen just here?"

"No, he asked the maid to bring it up. But, how do you know it's him. Didn't you just meet once?" Shen Xiao sat at the table and looked up at Ye Ying in puzzlement.

Ye Ying originally had a lot to say, but when asked by Shen Xiao, she couldn't say anything.Ye Ying is not a fool either, Chen Bai just came out of Xiangju Tower, and then came to Shen Xiao's place, if Chen Bai said nothing to Shen Xiao, Ye Ying would not believe it.And looking at Shen Xiao's appearance, maybe he still has some friendship with Chen Bai.

"Oh, what, in fact, we met again this morning and talked a little bit." Ye Ying turned her head away from Shen Xiao's gaze.

"That's it, he's actually quite nice." Shen Xiao also opened the bun that Ye Ying brought.

Ye Ying almost couldn't help telling about Chen Baikeng's own affairs, Ye Ying relied on her own self-control to hold back.

"Um...Yeah. It feels okay."

"That's right. I found out just now that these dumplings are from Xiangjulou." The tone was affirmative.Shen Xiao would occasionally go to Xiangju Building and bring back some food, just look at the printed oil paper.

"Oh, I forgot, I told you, Brother Chen is already the second shopkeeper of Xiangju Building."

Shen Xiao showed a shocked expression. "What's going on. Brother Ye, could it be that your building can be the shopkeeper with just a few words?!"

"Of course not, I made a deal with Brother Chen. Anyway, he is half of Xiangjulou's shopkeeper." Ye Ying kept the matter of Chen Bai's cutting him a secret.Shen Xiao is obsessed with piano music, and doesn't understand business matters.Ye Ying simply didn't say anything, Ye Ying thought that Chen Bai probably wouldn't tell Shen Xiao either.

"Oh."