Chapter 318 Cao Cao's Rogue and Helplessness
"Shopkeeper, I wonder how to sell this tea?" Cao Cao spoke. Looking at this kind of tea, he was really envious and wanted to buy more at once and then drink it every day.
"To be honest, the tea manufacturing process is too cumbersome and consumes too much manpower and material resources, so the price is a bit high, and it requires one or two silver!" said the shopkeeper.
"One tael of silver per kilogram of tea is pretty good!" Cao Cao said to himself.
"Mr. Cao, you are wrong. It's one tael of silver and one tael of tea!" The shopkeeper quickly corrected.
"What?!!" Both Cao Cao and Xun You were shocked, "So expensive?"
"Mr. Cao's words are different. This tea is different from the fresh tea we used to cook tea before. This kind of tea can be made into a pot of tea only one ounce." The shopkeeper interrupted Cao Cao and others' exclaim, and began to explain patiently, "And, a pot of tea can be brewed up to three times, so Cao Gong only needs a few coins of tea a day, so these or two teas can be drunk for a long time!"
After the shopkeeper said this, everyone suddenly realized that the shopkeeper's tea brewing just now seemed to only use a small handful of tea leaves, so it seems that these or two tea leaves can really be mixed for a long time.
"Shopkeeper, can you tell me how many small bags are there?" Cao Cao pointed to the small bag of tea in the shopkeeper's hand.
"You are polite, the bag that the villain has taken is half a ounce of pack!" As he said that, the shopkeeper generously handed the bag of tea in his hand to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao took a closer look and found that the tea was surprisingly light, "How could it be so light!"
"Haha, this question of Cao Gong has stumped the villain! The villain really doesn't know." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
Cao Cao weighed the weight. If this was done by the shopkeeper just now, he would only add one ounce of tea at a time, and it seemed that one or two teas would be able to drink until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month!
"Okay, then let Zihu sell Cao one pound first. If it is not enough, then buy Cao Cao." Cao Cao immediately made a decision.
"Duke Cao, I wonder if this tea can be sold under the rule of Cao Gong?" the shopkeeper asked.
"Yes, no matter what, Liaodong merchants can come to Cao's rule to sell, and Cao will also protect their rights, but Cao has two requirements." Cao Cao stretched out his two fingers.
"Please speak for me by Cao Gong!" Cao Cao's move was long as Zhao Feng expected. If there were no conditions, then Cao Cao would be abnormal!
"First, businessmen from Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou can also go to Liaodong or Youzhou to do business. In other words, we are in business and have different connections!" Cao Cao said.
"The villain has written it down, please continue to talk!" said the shopkeeper.
"Second, businessmen in both places should not maliciously raise the price of goods to make profits for merchants themselves!" Cao Cao continued.
"Okay, these two requests will report to my lord. I guess there will be a reply tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Please wait patiently!" said the shopkeeper.
"Okay, hehe, the shopkeeper, let's discuss something?" Cao Cao said to the shopkeeper with a smile.
"Uh..." Looking at Cao Cao's expression, the shopkeeper knew that it was not a good thing, and he was speechless. Cao Cao was a prince at least, how could he have such virtue? "Mr. Cao has something to do but it doesn't matter!"
"Hehe, then Cao said it!" Cao Cao smiled, "Shopkeeper, I'll give this tea to Cao, what do you think?"
"This..." The shopkeeper pretended to be hesitant. In fact, the half tael of tea was a gift for Cao Cao. No matter whether Cao Cao spoke or not, the shopkeeper would give it to Cao Cao. However, since Cao Cao's behavior was like this, the shopkeeper would also like to spoof it.
"How is it?" Cao Cao asked with a smile.
"Okay, that little one broke the example and gave this small bag of tea to Mr. Cao!" The shopkeeper held back his smile and said generously.
"Haha, thank you for the shopkeeper!" Cao Cao snatched the tea bag from the shopkeeper's hand, and put it in his arms as if he was treating a treasure, as if he was afraid that the shopkeeper would regret it.
Cao Cao's series of actions made the shopkeeper smile bitterly. How could he still be a prince? He was simply a rogue.
"Mr. Cao and you all are just here to use it. If you have too many things to do in the restaurant, you won't be able to accompany you. The younger one will leave first!" After doing everything, the shopkeeper said goodbye.
"Shopkeeper, go and do your business, don't worry about me!" Cao Cao smiled, his eyes were covered with a crack. In his eyes, he really made a lot of money today!
In the next few days, the craftsmen from Liaodong followed a large group of carriages to Yan, Yu and Xu to install furnaces for the people.
At the beginning, Cao Cao and his subordinates, including Xun Yu, Xun You, Liu Ye and others, did not see anything wrong, but later they were surprised to find that the people who installed the stove seemed to be grateful to Zhao Feng, and none of them would be grateful to him Cao Cao!
"This Zhao Feng and Zhao Zihu! He actually played with me like this!" Seeing this, Cao Cao was amused and crying. What is this? The people's hearts under his rule were completely abandoned by Zhao Feng!
"Master, we should also promote it. We can only install this stove if we allow it..." Before Xun You finished speaking, he realized something was wrong, so he shook his head, "No, we can't say it!"
Cao Cao nodded. Zhao Feng was so good at playing this trick. Cao Cao could not say anything. It was originally installed by Zhao Feng, who took the initiative to install it. Moreover, the installation fee and the cost of the stove were not enough. As long as he said all this inadvertently when chatting with the people, the people could remember that the stove came from Liaodong and was installed for the people for free by the Liaodong Hou!
Cao Cao wanted to stop him, but there was no way to prevent him from installing it? What are you kidding? Who are the people who have installed the stove and have seen the function of the stove? Have their stoves been demolished forcibly?
Or to argue, it was Cao Cao who allowed the installation? Isn’t that extravagant? The people had not seen Cao Cao’s bad habits yet, but if they said this, the people would be able to react at that time. It turned out that the people were frozen before because Cao Cao refused to allow the installation! Isn’t this causing Cao Cao to be a human inside and outside?
Therefore, Zhao Feng was an open conspiracy. Cao Cao broke his teeth and could only swallow them into his stomach!
"Forget it, let it go!" Cao Cao sighed. What else can I do? It's better to let it go. After all, people will see people's hearts over time. Over time, the people will naturally realize Cao Cao's good!
"Well, lord, let's implement more policies to benefit the people next. If it cannot win people's hearts in time, there will be variables!" Xun Yu said.
Zhao Feng's move caught everyone off guard, and no one expected it!
Chapter completed!