Chapter 73: New Tea Preparation

In Baijia Village, Secretary Li, Hu Zi, and five elders from the five surnames of Baijia Village gathered in the village committee. The house was filled with smoke, but no one was willing to speak out.

After a long time, an old man with a white beard and wrinkled face stuck the cigarette pipe in his hand on the sole of his shoe, and removed the ash from the cigarette pipe pot, and then said, "I don't support shareholding. The price of this tea cannot be changed. One hundred yuan per pound. Over the years, we have been taking out at this price. The village can organize people to pick tea, and we will purchase the new tea price in previous years."

"Yes! At most, we raise the price a little while we collect new tea, but we don't do any shareholding. There is no reason to let others use our secret recipe to make money." Suddenly, several other elders shouted.

Looking at the elders with a stubborn look, Hu Zi and Secretary Li looked at each other with bitter faces. People are selfish. When huge benefits are placed in front of them, no one should be moved.

According to Gao Zhan's meaning, it is necessary to combine it and develop a shareholding system. Villagers go to the mountains to collect tea, and the five elders provide technology, and then they will acquire it uniformly to achieve one-stop production, supply and sales!

However, the five direct elders of Baijia Village who have the recipes do not accept this distribution method. In their opinion, at most, they collect tea from the villagers and process it themselves. In this way, the basic benefits of 90 will still be put into their own pockets, and once the shares are divided, the benefits will be greatly reduced.

Originally, if there were 200 kilograms of tea, each of these five families could get 20,000 yuan. Such a large sum of money could be considered a huge amount in Baijia Village. Who would easily share a part of it?

But according to the shareholding system, each of them can get about 10,000 yuan. With a slight calculation, they will lose half of it. Such a thing is a fool, why?

This is the case. When calculating interests, people will only look at it from their own perspective. The only thing they didn't calculate is that if everyone didn't pick tea, how could they collect so much new tea with their family's strength? How can the mountain be easy to climb? How many tea leaves can be carried back one round and one time?

Don’t look at a pound of tea that is only a small handful, but if you soak it in water, how big is it? If according to the price in previous years, how many people would go up the mountain to collect tea? Without enough benefits, how can they collect tea on a large scale?

According to the price of previous years, the purchase price of producing a pound of tea is 10 yuan. This price is real, but in fact, at this price, how many people are willing to pick it up the mountain? According to the situation in previous years, most of the wild tea trees were not picked.

What Gaozhan needs is a large amount of tea. We must mobilize the power of the whole village to collect enough new leaves in the short term and do not give enough tempting prices. Who is willing to cross mountains and ridges to help you pick tea?

Looking at the five elders who insisted on Qingshan and did not relax, Beard was really helpless. Although he had a appeal among the younger generation, among the older generation, he had no say at all. No matter how much dissatisfied he was, he would not dare to say anything.

Secretary Li is also the same problem. Although he is the top leader in the village, in this remote mountain village, the villagers do not take the officials too seriously. They feel like a nanny. If you have something to come to you, no one will pay attention to you.

Finally, the elder with a gray beard and full of pleated face stood up and said with his hands behind his back, "Tell Gao Zhan that if you want to continue to get tea from us, you must follow the original rules. We will not be jealous of the price increase because of his earning money. However, how did he sell it in the past and how he still sells it now, this cannot be changed, otherwise he would not want to get one or two tea from us." After saying that, the five elders walked out of the gate one after another and never looked back.

He looked at Secretary Li silently, punched his beard on the table, and said depressedly: "I really don't know what they are thinking. Just thinking about money, I can't see anything else. Why don't they understand that sometimes, interests are not counted so."

With a sigh, Secretary Li smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, if they were allowed to do it themselves, they could make up at most twenty or thirty kilograms of tea, and the money they got was only two or three thousand. Once they worked with everyone, they could make at least two or three hundred kilograms of tea. Although the proportion was a little smaller, they could actually earn tens of thousands of dollars."

"Haha..." Shaking his head, beard smiled and said, "They're doing a good job of 200 kilograms of tea, and they should get 20,000 yuan, but they don't think about it at all. If there is not enough profit to drive everyone to help them pick tea, what will they use to make those 200 kilograms of tea?"

With a long sigh, Hu Zi shook her head and said, "Damn... I'm so embarrassed this time. I was promised in front of that guy Gao Zhan, but now it's fine, hey..." As he spoke, Hu Zi pulled up the phone on the table and called Gao Zhan's phone.

When he received a call from Hu Zi, Gao Zhan was in class in the classroom. Suddenly he felt the phone in his pants vibrate. He hurriedly took it out and looked at it. Then he turned off the phone and continued to listen to the class. If there was anything, he would have to wait for the class to finish. This is respect for his classmates, respect for his tutor, and even more respect for himself.

When Hu Zi heard that the phone was hung up, he was stunned at first, then patted his head. Gao Zhan told him in advance that if he did not answer the phone call, but hung up immediately, it means that he was in class or if there was something else, he would call back later.

After waiting for a while, after about ten minutes, the phone on the table really rang. I hurriedly picked up the phone and Hu Zi told me about what happened today.

After hearing the words of Beard, Gao Zhan immediately frowned. What are these old men thinking? Why are they dragged their own houses and didn't think about the bad ones? How could they be so unreasonable?

Although Gao Zhan doesn't care about such a small amount of money. His purchase price of 1,000 kilograms of tea is only 100,000 yuan, even if he pays for new leaves, it's okay. The cost of a kilogram of tea is only 20 to 30 yuan, and a thousand kilograms are only 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which is nothing at all.

In comparison, Gao Zhan can make a profit of 2 million yuan with 1,000 kilograms, and he doesn't care about the 20,000 or 30,000 yuan at all. However, Gao Zhan is a man who is more stubborn. If he is happy, it's fine. If he is unhappy, I don't want to make money.

What made Gao Zhan most angry was that the other party seemed to be able to take it. Although he was not able to produce more tea, he refused to give in and put all the pressure on Gao Zhan. You must know... the other party is a manufacturer, and Gao Zhan is just a seller. Why should your producer turn the pressure on the raw materials to the seller? Isn't this bullying?

Especially that sentence, Gao Zhan feels particularly uncomfortable, so why don’t they be jealous because Gao Zhan makes money? While saying this, it means they are jealous, otherwise it would be impossible to say this sentence. Typically, there is no silver here.

What annoyed Gao Zhan the most was that the old men actually shouted that they would follow the original rules whenever they wanted to trade. Otherwise, they would not have to get one or two tea leaves from them, and they would not be able to play with them... They felt that Gao Zhan would be unable to play any more, right!

Although this is not much money, things are not that true. It is so depressing. Not to mention 20,000 or 30,000, so what if you don’t make these 20,000 or 30,000 yuan? Gao Zhan never has much desire for money. Of course, it’s better to earn, and it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t make money. Can you still lack money in this life?

After thinking, Gao Zhan decisively said to Hu Zi: "Uncle Hu Zi, tell them like this, if they have the ability to produce 200 kilograms of tea independently, I will charge it at the original price. However, if you don't have that ability, you must follow the shareholding system to let everyone participate, work together, and strive for everyone to earn more money."

Faced with Gao Zhan's instructions, Hu Zi immediately agreed. Now Gao Zhan is too far away and can only rely on him to run away. After all,... he is also making money here, not in vain.

Hu Zi went there very happily, and came back even more happily. On the phone, Hu Zi told Gao Zhan directly that the five families had expressed their opinions that they had the ability to produce 200 kilograms of tea alone, but... it would take a lot of manpower and material resources. If Gao Zhan had to buy it, I would be embarrassed to increase by 50 yuan per kilogram.

When Gao Zhan heard the words of the beard, his eyes turned blue, and he was moved... These guys are not stupid. They know how much they can make the villagers excited. They go to the mountain to help them pick tea. The price is really accurate. After deducting the 50 yuan, their income is basically 200 yuan. They can also make good friends with the villagers in the village. Gao Zhan is working in vain here. You must know... The original construction of this tea shop was not to make money, but to do something for the village and buy the hearts of the people.

What makes Gao Zhan breathless is the same sentence, what does it mean to buy Gao Zhan if he wants to? Although this sentence itself is not a sure sentence, it is obviously a correct way to get Gao Zhan's pulse. Do you want to make money? If you want to, then do what we said, otherwise you will be able to take one or two tea leaves.

"It's done!" Hearing this, Gao Zhan was so happy that he smiled and said to Hu Zi: "Since that's the case, I'll ignore them. They themselves broke the rules first. Because of their own reasons, they were unable to produce tea in time, but they passed the burden on me. They saw that I had to buy it from them, right? That's it... With this tone, I really didn't buy it from them, so I went wherever I loved."

Hearing Gao Zhan's words, Hu Zi couldn't help but smile bitterly. He said that Gao Zhan is actually quite good-tempered and easy-going when getting along, but this guy has a stubborn temper. He really has a temper and doesn't care about anything. I dare to pull you off. Hu Zi can remember it very clearly. Last time he faced more than 20 gangsters, he stood up straight, with only anger on his face, and there was no trace of fear.

With Hu Zi's understanding of Gao Zhan, he knew very well that even if Gao Zhan didn't make this money, he would not compromise with those old guys. He is such a person. He has a right temper and is willing to lose money, but if he has a wrong temper, no matter how much money he has, his buddy doesn't want to make it.

As a veteran, although Beard wanted to persuade him, he shrank back when he spoke. Everyone has his own way of living. If he can't live according to his own ideas, what's the point of being rich? No matter what he does or how he does it, comfort and happiness are the most important things, even if he eats braised vegetables, he is willing to do it.

Just when he was worried that the big deal would end, Gao Zhan continued: "Uncle Hu Zi, let's ignore them. Please discuss with Secretary Li. The village will organize it and go to the mountains to pick new tea together. We will also follow the shareholding system we originally said. I will get the money for you later, but you must pay attention to safety and ensure quality. You must not ask for poor quality!"

"Ah!" Hu Zi was shocked when he heard Gao Zhan's words and said worriedly: "I think it's better to discuss with the five families first. Otherwise, after we finish collecting Ye, they will have to pay the price."

"Don't care about them." After vetoing Hu Zi's proposal, Gao Zhan said angrily: "I'll call you the money, and you can do it directly as I said. I'm lazy to say a lot of things now, and you'll know then."

"Success!" Hearing Gao Zhan's words, Hu Zi agreed happily. Since Gao Zhan doesn't like to talk, there is no need to ask, anyway, you will know it at that time.

After hanging up the bearded phone, Gao Zhan called Grandma Bai directly. This is the true identity of the Bai family's tribute tea. As for the teas from the five families, although they are also tribute teas, the grade is still a little lower. It is just the tea of ​​the new daughter-in-law in Baijia Village. After the tribute, they are basically distributed to local counties and states. The emperor rarely drinks it, and at most it is just a taste.

After answering the phone, Hei Nier answered again, but soon she found Grandma Bai. Next, Gao Zhan told me about the situation he encountered today. Gao Zhan was also worried that doing so would make it difficult for Grandma Bai to be a human being in the village. If this is the case, Gao Zhan would rather not make the money.

After hearing Gao Zhan's words, Grandma Bai snorted coldly and said, "Don't worry about them, they will control us first. As for me, there is no need to worry. This is Baijia Village, and Lulu is also a direct descendant of Baijia Village. This Baijia Village is still the world of the Bai family. I have never heard of anyone who can exclude the Bai family in Baijia Village. Although they are old, they are not qualified in terms of qualifications. It would be good if I don't blame them. Who dares to blame me!"

Grandma Bai has always been amiable and has never seen her lose her temper. At most, Lulu is just a stern face when she is not satisfied with her work. But today, Gao Zhan finally saw Grandma Bai's domineering side, like an old lady.

But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that if the Bailu family had no status in the village, how could those imperial edicts and treasures given by the emperor be in Lulu's family? Only the eldest son of the direct line can inherit it, and the second son of the direct line are not qualified.

Unfortunately, Lulu's father died a little early, and Lulu is another girl. If she was a boy, her status in the village would be extraordinary. Even for a girl, no one in the village dared to bully her.

Although the five elders are parents of the five surnames in the village, the largest of the so-called five surnames is the Bai family, with a total of more than the other four schools combined.

The current parents of the Bai family are Mr. Bai Wanchun. Although they are higher in generation than Grandma Bai, it is just because he lived long enough. The reason why he was the parent of the Bai family was that Bai Lu's father died early and Lulu was a girl again. However, even so, the direct line is the direct line. Even if he has no actual rights, no one dares to insult him.

If Baijia Village is compared to Britain, then Bailu is equivalent to the Queen of England. Although she no longer has the right to rule, her identity and status are still there. Who dares to offend her?

As Grandma Bai said, it would be good if she didn't blame others. Who dares to blame her? Just like the Queen of England, if she didn't blame others, she would burn incense. Who is qualified to blame her?

As a direct line, the Bailu family not only inherited the genealogy, imperial edicts, and many treasures given by the emperor, but also the secret recipe for the Bai family's tribute tea is here. Others are not qualified to inherit it. Unless this lineage is completely broken, no one has the right to take it away.

The complete cessation here refers not only to death, but also to Bai Lu's marriage. However, even if Bai Lu married, as long as she had a son who changed his surname to Bai, she could still take over as the head of the family. However, this era is now, and this is no longer a matter of attention. Now the things in each family belong to their own private property. The family has long been indifferent, but many traditions and rules have been passed down.

While Gao Zhan was thinking about it, Grandma Bai said coldly: "Since they want to control us, we don't need to be polite. It's not that we have to buy tea from them, we can also make tea. And... what we make is bad can represent Baijia Village and be qualified to be called Baijia Gong Tea. Don't worry, they have no face to say anything."

Hearing Grandma Bai's words, Gao Zhan was still a little worried and said cautiously: "Is it really okay? If not, we won't make this money."

"Why don't you make money? Don't worry about me. This matter is their fault. What can they do? The most embarrassing thing is that they are. Their approach is not just to be jealous of money, but also not to let believers borrow their own money and want to eat alone. I really hope they can make it happen. I see how they end up!" Grandma Bai said coldly.

Grandma Bai paused for a moment and then continued: "And, if this matter is done, then the whole village will receive the favor of our head of the Bai family. Even if those families make trouble, what are you afraid of? The whole village will stand with you, what's the scary thing?"

While speaking, Grandma Bai talked about her temperament and said earnestly: "Gao Zhan, in this life, there is no enemy, and you can't think of making friends with everyone. That's impossible. There are struggles in places where there are people, and there will be enemies. Even remote mountain villages are no exception. As long as we do well and do well, what's the point? Now it's not that we want to offend them, but that they have offended us. If this is still shrunk, wouldn't it be ridden on our necks?"

"Okay!" Hearing Grandma Bai, Gao Zhan completely let go of his worries. Yes... In this matter, Gao Zhan was the one who was stuck first. Since you think I can't live with you, I won't need you anymore. It's useless to have any opinions. Everything is found by you. You dare to raise the price after half a month, so why bother with you?

"But..." After hesitating for a moment, Gao Zhan said worriedly: "Grandma Bai, I can organize villagers to go up the mountain to collect tea, but what should I do if I make the next production? I will never let you do it myself."

He smiled with relief, and Grandma Bai said, "Don't worry, the basic procedures are no different from the other five companies. The biggest difference is that it is just that when stir-frying tea, some special ingredients are added. This ingredient is the most important thing. No matter what, I have to mix it myself. It is not tired and it will be completed soon. You don't have to worry."

"This..." Hearing Grandma Bai's words, Gao Zhan couldn't help but believe and half-doubt, afraid that Grandma Bai was comforting herself. If she was tired of Grandma Bai because of some money, Lulu would not blame herself for her whole life.

As if feeling Gao Zhan’s suspicion, Grandma Bai smiled and said, “You kid, grandma is so old. Can you still lie to you? You don’t think about it. This recipe will be taught to you in the future. Once you find out that I have lie to you now, even if it’s kind-hearted, lies are lies, and others are excuses.”

Speaking of this, Grandma Bai seemed to be worried and continued: "Actually, the ingredients are some special herbs and ingredients, made in a certain proportion, order, and method. As long as the ingredients are all found, it is not troublesome to make, and it is just like making a meal. I won't be tired after a meal."

"Sweat..." After wiping the sweat on his forehead, Gao Zhan smiled and said, "That's true, since that's the case, then we have to make three rules. I will ask Uncle Hu Zi to hire a few people to help stir-fry tea. You must promise me that you are not allowed to participate in all physical work. After the ingredients are cooked, you can just command it."

"Yeah..." Hearing Gao Zhan's words, Grandma Bai smiled so hard that she couldn't stop and nodded repeatedly, "It's true, I know that your child is filial. Don't worry, I won't let you worry. I also heard Lulu say that you are not short of that amount of money now. You mainly want to do something for the village, so I support you so much. No matter what, I will take good care of you. I still want to wait to hug the fat boy who gave birth to you and Lulu."

"Sweat..." with a silent smile, Gao Zhan couldn't even say a word. Lulu would have to be sixteen years old. When will she be able to hold a fat boy? Some of Grandma Bai has waited, but there is no hurry. There is still time. Grandma Bai will always wait for that day.

After chatting for a few words, Gao Zhan finally hung up the phone. It seems... Greed is really one of the original sins of mankind. In the face of huge benefits, even simple mountain village people will become greedy.

But in fact, greed does not bring anything beneficial, but will lose a lot. If you have to say what greed can bring, it will only be disaster and loss.

The greed of the five elders completely lost the opportunity to make money. It was okay to meet others, but now they encountered the extremely stubborn Gao Zhan. Since you said anything, if you must buy it, you must follow their rules, otherwise you won’t even get one or two tea leaves, so you might as well not get one or two teas from them. This is what they said.

Originally, Gao Zhan wanted to build a series with Baijia tribute tea as the main focus and the other five major teas as supplements, but now it seems that everyone's ideas are obviously different. Since that's the case, it's better to sell tribute tea, just like Longjing. Isn't it also sold well? A real good tea is enough.

Next, under the organization of Secretary Li, the village organized more than 200 2050-year-old villagers, including men and women, in groups of three or five, and entered the mountains around Baijia Village and started picking fresh leaves. Although the high price for exhibition was not very high, only 10 yuan per catty, you should know that in the past, the fresh leaves here were only two or three yuan per catty, but now it has increased by three or four times.

Generally speaking, 35 kilograms of fresh leaves can produce one kilogram of finished dry tea. As long as an adult is willing to endure hardships and suffer, he can run back and forth in the morning. When picking 10 kilograms of fresh leaves, he can sell it for 100 yuan. He can also travel in the afternoon and picking 10 kilograms of fresh leaves. The income of 200 yuan a day can make everyone not go crazy?

However, the first day was indeed very fast. About 200 people picked 4,300 kilograms of fresh leaves in a day, and they could produce about 1,000 kilograms of finished tea. However, the next day, they only picked 2,800 kilograms of fresh leaves in the whole day. The reason for this is that the tea trees that are closer to home and closer to the mountain roots have been lit. They have to go further before they can pick them. They can only run one round trip a day, and two round trips will be dark before they come back.

After two days, a total of 7,100 kilograms of fresh leaves were collected and spent 71,000 yuan to go to Gaozhang. However, there was still the last day to pick. Everyone plunged into the mountains and when they came out in the afternoon, they brought back 2,400 kilograms of fresh leaves. So far, everyone who participated in this event received at least 400 yuan. This is no longer a small number for the villagers in the mountain village. Earning 400 in three days is the first time for most people.

All 9,500 kilograms of fresh leaves were transported to the courtyard of Gao booth and the wooden villa in Baijia Village. Next, Hu Zi hired two young men and two girls to help Grandma Bai stir-fry tea together. Until this time, the five elders finally understood Gao Zhan’s plan. This kid really didn’t get tea from them.

I was determined to come to the door and talk, but what should I say? At first, they sincerely wanted to get it from them, but they messed up themselves. It would be fine if they didn't agree to the shareholding system. Later, there was a place to start the price. They didn't have to ask you, so they naturally won't get it from you.

When they thought of the more than 10,000 yuan that should have belonged to them, they flew away with their wings. The parents were so heartbroken that they were almost cracking open. But now, who can they blame?

Faced with such huge benefits, the five elders finally couldn't sit still. They were embarrassed to look for Gao Zhan, and they couldn't find Gao Zhan, so they had to rush to Grandma Bai's house together, apologize sincerely, saying that they were obsessed with ghosts and regret it now.

Faced with the request from the five elders, Grandma Bai had no choice but to do anything. This batch of tea was not done. A total of 9,500 kilograms of fresh tea had already started to be fried, and she couldn't even turn it around.

However, after all, it was a neighborhood fight, so Grandma Bai called Gao Zhan. How could Gao Zhan refuse in the face of Grandma Bai's request? She had already made a decision and said she would not sell their tea, but after Grandma Bai's pleading, even if Gao Zhan ignored her feelings, she always had to take into account Grandma Bai. She still had to live in Baijia Village without any regard for her feelings, and it would not be easy to live in the village in the future.

In desperation, Gao Zhan gave each of the five families 100 kilograms respectively. The price was still 100 yuan per kilogram according to the original price, giving tea and paying the money with the other. As for where the fresh leaves came from, Gao Zhan didn't care about it.

Fortunately, with the example above Gaozhan, the five major families united to purchase fresh leaves. The price was the same as Gaozhan gave. A pound of fresh leaves costs 10 yuan until it was enough.

Originally, everyone was dissatisfied with Gao Zhan's only three-day insurance leaf. It would be great that such a good thing would be available every day. So it won't take long for everyone to become a household in 10,000 yuan, but in fact, Gao Zhan's only three-day insurance leaflets and no longer accepts them.

Although I want to pick fresh leaves now, I have to travel farther, even if ordinary people can't go, the strong laborers are fine. They just carry their baskets and go up the mountain. They walk together in groups of three or three, and in just one day they collect 2,500 kilograms of fresh leaves that are enough for five households to use.

As a result, the five members of the five earned 5,000 yuan each, although much less than the original one, but they were only grateful to Gao Zhan. After all,... they originally gave 200 kilograms, but they didn't cherish them. Now they have generously forgiven themselves and given a quota of 100 kilograms, which is already very interesting.
To be continued...