That day, when Zhao Weiji was thinking about recruiting workers, Zhao Wu came in and reported that a man and a woman were looking for him outside the house, but their clothes were quite ragged, and he asked if they should be driven away.

Zhao Weiji quickly stopped Zhao Wu because he knew who the man and the woman were. The man and woman were none other than the brother and sister who were helped by Zhao Weiji on the street that day.

He asked Zhao Wu to lead the brother and sister to the living room, and he was going to change his clothes and go see the brother and sister. The appearance of the brother and sister could help Zhao Weiji solve a thorny problem at hand, which was recruiting workers.

Yes, recruitment is a very thorny problem for Zhao Weiji. When opening a new shop, the manpower in the government will definitely not be enough, and new people must be recruited from outside to fill the tea shop. But because the technology of tea frying is basically Zhao Weiji's exclusive monopoly

Yes, preventing technology leakage is a big issue. The people in the county government are all old people who have been with the government for many years. Many of them came from the palace. They are absolutely reliable, but it is hard to say for new recruits. Although Zhao Weiji

I don’t expect that this technology can be hidden forever, but after all, the longer it is hidden, the better it is for me.

When Zhao Weiji changed his clothes and walked to the living room, the brother and sister were already standing at the foot of the living room. Although they had some interactions before, it was not until today that Zhao Weiji really took a closer look at the brother and sister.

My brother is about fourteen years old, and is about one meter six tall according to later generations. His skin is a bit dark, probably from being sunburned in the market all year round. His body is very thin, and it can be seen that he is probably malnourished. But his appearance is

He is rather handsome, especially his eyes, which reveal a perseverance.

My sister is about twelve years old, but she is very small, only 1.2 meters tall at most. Compared to her brother, she is even thinner and feels like she could be blown by a gust of wind. Maybe it is because she has just recovered from a serious illness, but her expression is still a little sluggish. But her face is

It's very delicate. Although it hasn't bloomed yet, it's definitely a beauty.

At this time, the two brothers and sisters standing in the hall felt Zhao Weiji's observing gaze, and felt a little embarrassed. Zhao Weiji also realized that he was a little rude, and couldn't help coughing and asked the brother and sister to sit down.

"How is your sister's illness? Is she cured? Also, I left in a hurry that day and I haven't asked you for your brother and sister's names yet."

"Replying to my benefactor, my name is Li Er, and my sister's name is Xiaohua. My sister's illness is much better. Thank you for your concern."

"Don't call me my benefactor, it sounds weird. As you can see, I am the Duke of Anding. You can just call me the Duke."

"Okay, Duke." The brother and sister replied.

"I haven't asked why you two brothers and sisters are living on the streets?"

"This is the kind of county prince." Li Er thought for a moment and then began to tell: "We were born in a tenant family. My mother died in childbirth when giving birth to my sister. My father raised us two. Although we lived a different life.

Wealthy, but fairly adequate. However, in the fourth year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign, the officials raised their troops for the Northern Expedition, and my father went to the battlefield and never came back. Since we were defeated, we did not receive any pension, and we lost the support of our family.

So I lived on the streets. I originally made a living by working as a helper, but that time my sister was seriously ill and I had no choice but to steal."

When Li Er said this, Zhao Weiji couldn't help but fell into deep thought. The Northern Expedition in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo was also a major blow to the Song Dynasty. It won first and then lost. Although the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed, it was defeated by the Khitan of the Liao Kingdom.

, Song Taizong himself was also hit by an arrow, and fled south in panic in an ox cart. Moreover, Zhao Dezhao, the second son of Taizu, the father of Zhao Weiji's body, also advised Song Taizong after his defeat that even if he was defeated, he should punish those who had contributed to the conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty and those who had contributed to the conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Later, the soldiers who died in the battle were given rewards and pensions, but Zhao Guangyi, who was angry, ridiculed him and was forced to commit suicide.

Thinking of this, Zhao Weiji felt that the two brothers and sisters had fallen into the world at the same time. Although Zhao Dezhao is just a cheap dad now, when Zhao Ji was reading this history, he couldn't help but sigh.

After listening to the story of the Li brothers and sisters, Zhao Weiji, who had been thinking for a long time, said: "Well, I am going to open a tea shop recently and I am short of manpower. Are you willing to help me? Your sister will stay in the house to work.

Order odd jobs. I'll provide you with three meals a day, a place to stay, and wages."

When Li Er heard this, he thought it was very good. It was much better than living without a fixed place and helping out everywhere. After discussing it with his sister, he agreed.

Seeing that the brother and sister agreed, Zhao Weiji took the next step. He asked Zhao Wu to call everyone for a meeting.

After a while, the main people who planned this operation came. They are: Zhao Xin, Yun Xiang, chef Zhang Laosi, the assistant chef Liu Da who has been studying tea frying during this period, and Zhao Wu. Now they are added

The Li brothers and sisters.

"Comrades are all here?" Zhao Weiji greeted the people below with the air of a red leader.

"The young master took the wrong medicine again? Or did he suffer from amnesia again? What does gay mean?" Zhao Xin whispered to Yunxiang in a low voice.

"Ahem, let's have a meeting now. Our tea shop business is about to start. First, I have to explain our main potential consumer groups."

"Master, what are the main potential consumer groups?" Zhao Wu raised his hand and asked in confusion.

"That's who we mainly sell to."

"oh."

"In my opinion, our tea can definitely be consumed by the whole people. But first we must make our tea popular among a certain class in order to achieve point-to-point promotion. And this class is women, and they are also ladies.

Women with strong spending power like Miss Qianjin." Yes, Zhao Weiji took the lead in extending his demonic grasp to women. Coming from a later generation, he understood women's spending power and consumer demands very well. And another point is that

This era was not far away from the Tang Dynasty, and the social atmosphere was relatively open. If Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism had become orthodox in the Southern Song Dynasty, he would not dare to pursue women.

"Zhang Laosi, bring up the refreshments I have developed in the past few days."

After a while, Zhang Laosi returned to the living room with several plates of tea from the kitchen. Then Zhao Weiji asked Yun Xiang to make a cup of tea for everyone.

It turned out that during the time when the shop was being renovated, Zhao Weiji was free to tinker with many excellent tea snacks that would be paired with green tea in later generations, such as pineapple cakes, mung bean cakes, etc. He also produced many types of tea by purchasing raw tea from different regions. Later generations

The prototypes of many famous teas have already appeared under his hands, such as: West Lake Longjing, Lu'an Guapian, Anji White Tea, Huangshan Maofeng, etc. But this guy Biantian shamelessly used these names directly, and he could not let these names be used as euphemistic names.

The good reputation of tea has been buried because he is actually lazy.

"Well, this combination feels great." Yun Xiang said excitedly after tasting it.

"Yes, this combination does have a different flavor." Zhao Xin also praised it.

Others couldn't help but nodded, and even the Li brothers and sisters, who had eaten something like this for the first time, agreed.

"I plan to sell tea and refreshments together. Our target is the women who go shopping in the afternoon. Thinking about the shops around our store, most of them are cloth shops, silk shops, rouge shops and other types of women.

Most of the shops are shops. After they get tired from shopping around, we provide them with delicious snacks and tea. It’s not a huge profit. And don’t forget, there is a bathhouse opposite us, and it is most likely to get thirsty after taking a bath.

"As Zhao Weiji explained his plan, he couldn't help but feel a little excited, and his eyes were full of money.

"We can first attract customers by offering free tasting small cups, and then implement free tea refills. Also, the first plate of tea is half price. After these measures attract customers, we will open the lobby and lounges on the second floor. The second floor will be opened.

The decoration of the building is more elegant, which makes people obviously feel that it is essentially different from the first floor. Then we can set the conditions for the opening of the second floor to have a certain status or a minimum consumption system. Turn going to the second floor into a status or financial resource

Symbolizing. Then we set the conditions of the second floor seats even higher to continue to stimulate people with a desire for comparison to consume."

Hearing this, the people sitting below were a little confused. They didn't know how the father-in-law came up with these things in his mind.

But Zhao Weiji hadn't finished speaking yet. He continued to tell his plan: "Finally, I want to make drinking tea in our store in the afternoon a routine and a symbol. I decided to call this behavior

afternoon tea."

Now everyone was dumbfounded.

Zhao Weiji, whose mouth was a little dry, took a sip of water and then began to ask the people below: "You have said so much, do you understand?"

Everyone shook their heads, expressing their confusion.

"Forget it, anyway, as long as you remember to ask me to do this, you will definitely make money. Now let me give you the task, Zhao Xin, you go to the shop and look at some decorations for me. The second floor can be made more elegant and grand according to my wishes.

, and then give me another room around the earthen stove in the backyard. It doesn’t need a roof, just surround it with a wall. Zhao Wu, go and help me get some men and maids to serve. Liu Da, now go and teach Li Er how to make tea.

, when you go to the store, only you can make me feel at ease. Zhang Laosi, you can research some snacks that can be paired with tea. Yunxiang, take Xiaohua to get familiar with the life in the house, and teach her some sewing skills.

.That’s it for today, the meeting is dismissed.” After saying that the meeting was dismissed, Zhao Weiji slipped back to the study by himself, leaving everyone staring at him.

A month later, Zhengshan Tea officially opened to the public. Just as Zhao Weiji expected, his afternoon tea soon set off a whirlwind. By this time, Zhao Wu had become the shopkeeper of the tea shop, and Li Er learned to start tea tea.

Tea making is quite fast, and I quickly mastered this skill. The tea shop is already very busy every day. Not only afternoon tea has become popular among the ladies in Bianjing, but the new green tea made by Zhao Weiji has also begun to spread to the whole world.

Upper class.

Zhao Weiji had expected all this, but what he didn't expect was that his activities would attract someone's attention.
Chapter completed!