It is now 639 AD, the 13th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Empire is rising. Across the world, there are also two empires that are rising during this period, one is Dashi and the other is Tubo.

The rise of an empire is often inevitable, a wise monarch is indispensable, Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, Muhammad of the Great Food, and Songtsen Gampo of the Tubo, they are all figures living in the same period.

At present, the big food is quite far away from the Tang Dynasty. There are also Tuyuhun and Yangtong countries as buffers between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

After several years, the sphere of influence of Dashi continued to develop eastward, and Tubo also quelled civil strife. After defeating Yangtong and Tuyuhun, the relationship between Dashi and Dashi Tubo would no longer be as peaceful as it is now.

It was heard that in the next few decades, Dashi joined forces with Tubo to attack the four counties of Hexi. After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty's national strength weakened and suffered losses in the war with them.

As a Tang Dynasty man, Luo Yong naturally didn't want to watch his country suffer losses. This is not only a matter of desire for victory and defeat and national self-esteem, but also because the war itself is too cruel. A defeat often means countless deaths and sufferings.

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"Sanlang, look, we brothers and others have only a little money and money on hand, and they are all fighting for their lives. If we are at the price of their shop, we may not be able to buy a few kilograms of tea. If you meet my brothers and others, can't you help me?"

Recently, these Hu people have come to Luo Yong for tea. Luo Yong has been too close to them before and talks about jokes like friends. So many people want to use Luo Yong's relationship to get an internal price for themselves.

"Hey, you're so embarrassed. They opened the shops by themselves, not by the official business. The tea was transported from the south by themselves. Although they were from my fellow countrymen, how could I open this mouth?" Luo Yong looked very embarrassed.

"They can do tea business here, and there will naturally be many places that rely on Saburo in the future. If you are willing to say something for us..." These people are not so easy to pass on.

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say." Luo waved his hand.

"What's hard to say? You just need to say something for us. At that time, no matter whether they are willing to give some benefits, our brothers will all recognize it."

"I really can't open this mouth."

"Just tell me, are we friends? Did the previous few wines were eaten for nothing?"

"What did you say?"

"Let's go, you're fine now, so let's go to the shop with us."

“Hey…”

In the end, Luo Yong pushed and shoved, so he had to be pulled to the tea shops by these Hu merchants.

After years of operation, these Mawang’s businesses have strong financial resources, so they are naturally not considered a sight in places like Chang'an City. When they arrive in Changle County, they really crushed a group of small and medium-sized local tyrants in minutes, except for a very small and small local tyrants.

These people bought houses and bought land at the foot of the mountain near the wealthy residential area of ​​Changle County. Now they only temporarily opened shops in a few original adobe yards. After a while, they must have built a large-scale construction.

Mawang and other merchants opened several tea shops in this area. When they first collected tea, they also collected their own tea and transported their own tea. Now, they naturally sell their own tea.

In the past few days, the Hu merchants in Changle County have been running here all day. If you want to compare the shops, you don’t know how many rounds you have gone through. Few people started buying them. Often several caravans gathered together and negotiated with these teas from Lishi County in the tea shop. Now the price has been negotiated for several rounds, but it seems that they still have not reached their psychological price.

When Luo Yong was taken to Wangji Tea House by those Hu merchants, there were many people inside and outside the Wang family's yard, and the streets were crowded with people coming and going.

"Why is Sanlang coming today?" The head of the Wang family who came over to Li Shi this time was an old acquaintance of Luo Yong, Wang Jinhuai.

The canned business is quite profitable. Wang Jinhuai has been operating in the south for several years. Now he earns so much money alone, and his status in the Wang family is naturally different from the past.

This time he wants to handle this tea business, and no one from the Wang family can compete with him. After all, he is also the main force in collecting tea in the south this spring.

"It's nothing, it's just that my friends said they want to buy tea, so I'll come and have a look with them." Luo Yong smiled a little embarrassedly.

"It turned out to be a friend of Sanlang. I was so respectful and respectful. I would like to invite you from the couple." Wang Jinhuai also gave face.

"There are three types of tea in the small shop, including high-quality, medium-quality, and low-quality. I wonder which one do you want to buy?" After entering the main hall full of goods, Wang Jinhuai did not ask other people in the shop to come and receive it, but became a shopping guide himself.

"It's good to have a medium-grade or low-grade product." The Hu merchants were happy, but they were a little nervous. They originally wanted to take advantage of Luo's relationship with this, but they never thought that the other party was so serious.

Their brothers have just started their business in recent years. In the first two years, they didn't make much money because of their lack of experience. The situation is slightly better now, but compared with merchants like the Wang family, which have accumulation and skills, they can hardly be regarded as hawkers, and they can't even be called merchants.

"I wonder how many people want to buy?" Wang Jinhuai asked.

"Twenty kilograms of tea in the middle, fifty kilograms of tea in the middle." One of them replied.

"Shan, I have someone come here to pick up the goods." Wang Jinhuai said.

"This price..." the Hu people stumbled.

"Since you are a friend of Sanlang, why do you need to worry about the price?" Wang Jinhuai looked very refreshed.

When the client brought the tea they wanted to buy, and at Wang Jinhuai's instructions, he helped them calculate the price. When the Hu merchants heard that they wanted to buy 60% of the original price, they were extremely surprised for a moment and thought that Luo Sanlang's prestige among these Lishi merchants was probably higher than they thought.

"Can you buy more?" The price is cheaper, and there is still money in their hands.

"Natural." Wang Jinhuai laughed.

"Then let's do another copy as this." The Hu merchants were even more happy.

So Wang Jinhuai called a friend to come over and asked them to get another twenty kilograms of medium-sized tea and fifty kilograms of low-sized tea.

The Hu merchants were extremely happy to buy so many teas at such a low price and thanked him repeatedly, saying that they wanted to invite Luo Yong to drink. Luo Yong said that he had been too busy these days and did not have to be polite. He would leave this wine to eat when they came to Changle County next year. In a few days, they would go to the desert again, so that they could make more preparations by themselves.

These Hu merchants were both happy and moved. They had felt that Li Shi Luosanlang was a little different from other officials' studies, and they would not underestimate them, such small merchants and vendors. They also heard some experiences in the Western Regions, and they did not dislike the rough rice and turbid wine. They could understand the difficulties of these small merchants. They only hoped that officials like him would have to be promoted step by step for a long time.

These Hu merchants happily carried the tea leaves out of the yard. Since Luo Yongying entered the yard just now, many people have been paying attention to the movements on their side. They have watched how much money and how much tea they bought by the Hu merchants, but they are watching how much money they have paid and how much tea they have bought. At this time, they are not willing to agree.

"Didn't Sanlang forget it? He had eaten wine with us some time ago and told jokes. Why are we not Saburo's friends?" Someone began to force his friends.

"This, they came to me just now..." Speaking of which, Luo Yong had wine with them several times in front of him. These people bought a lot of white wine from him a while ago, and they were also considered a big customer.

"You don't have to be angry. Since you are a friend of Sanlang, you are naturally a friend of me, Wang." Wang Jinhuai quickly stood up to help Luo Yong solve the situation.

"Look at what Brother Wang said," Luo Yong said with a smile.

"I'm welcome." Hu Shang bowed to Luo Yong and Wang Jinhuai and the others, and was very happy. He didn't know how much money he could save or how much more tea he could buy.

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite." Wang Jinhuai smiled and asked someone into the main hall.

When the others saw that this was a good opportunity, they all shouted, saying that they had eaten wine with Luo Yong, and the yard was booming for a while. Fortunately, Wang Jinhuai was also easy to talk to, so they invited them into the main hall and found a friend to enrich their settlement with these people at the price just now.

When Luo Yong saw that everyone in the yard was rushing into the main hall to buy tea, he quickly saw that he was about to escape, but before he could reach the gate of the yard, he was caught.

"Sanlang, come on, come on, go to the Ma tea with me." A big and thick man pulled Luo Yong's arm and walked towards the tea shop next to him.

Luo Yong: Who are you? I clearly don’t know you!

"We had wine together last time, did you forget?"

“…Of course I didn’t forget.”

"Then please tell me about Ma Shiro..."

"become."

Then soon the Mah Tea Store launched a wave of promotional shopping.

Then soon, Luo Yong was led by someone to walk through all the tea shops. The shops of these shops were indeed very proud of Luo Yong, and they all felt relieved. They said that they settled with them according to the previous price on Wang Ji.

When Luo Yong finished his last shop, someone had already brought a camel to load the goods on the street outside.

These Hu merchants lived in this era and were probably the first time in their lives that they had seen such a large-scale discount promotion, and they all laughed as if they had picked up money.

Today's events are naturally within the plan of Luo Yong and others. Although tea is widely recognized in the area of ​​Guazhou and Shazhou, the market in the Western Regions has not been developed yet.

It is definitely not enough to make these Hu merchants dig out their minds and put in full effort to develop new markets without leaving enough profit margins for them. The greater the profit, the more hard these Hu merchants will sell. When people in the Western Regions are used to drinking tea, and knowing the benefits of tea, it will be time for their tea shops to make real money.

This time, the tea promotion has caused a lot of trouble in Changle County. Some people even rushed to Jinchang and Dunhuang and other places to inform their relatives and friends or wealthy merchants who have business dealings.

Until nightfall, people kept coming to Changle County. It was thanks to their delivery of enough tea from the south this time. This is the way to sell it, and they were not afraid of short selling for a while.

Some people were slower and didn't catch up on that day. The next morning, another group of people went to the county government to find their friend Luo Sanlang.

But the gatekeeper said, "The county magistrate is busy with official duties and has no time to see guests today."

Then he took out a few notes of palm-sized size from his sleeve: "You take this note to the tea shop, which is no different from the magistrate of Luo County."

When everyone took the note and saw three big words: "Fifty-five."

There are three slightly smaller fonts at the back: "Friendship Price."

A line of small words above: "This person is a friend of Luo, please:"
Chapter completed!