Chapter 1285

Song Ming sorted out his thoughts and said: "Let's put it this way, tea is the same as porcelain. In ancient times, Europeans could only import tea from China. In 1610, the Dutch East India Company imported a large amount of tea from China for the first time. Tea, but due to the limitation of freight capacity at that time, the so-called large amount was also limited.

Even when the Dutch imported tea at that time, they had no idea what the tea was used for. Most of them put the tea in pharmacies and sold it as a herbal medicine from the mysterious East.

There were even two theories at that time, one was that tea is poison, and the other was that tea was a precious drink, and the two sides argued endlessly.

Even so, tea is also precious because of its small quantity, and the price has reached a high price of 80 Dutch guilders per pound. You know, this is still a tariff-free price. If tariffs are added, the absolute price is comparable to gold.

Later, I thought that the university professor published a book called "Tea, Coffee and Chocolate". This book popularized the tea culture for Europeans, and suddenly, tea began to explode in Europe.

The nobles drink tea arty, the upstarts imitate the nobles, the poor look up to...

At that time, tea was so popular in Europe that it was impossible to buy it, and it was necessary to go to the auction house to buy it.

Even so, tea is an extremely scarce commodity in Europe, the supply far exceeds the demand, and the price has been skyrocketing.

With the profit, major companies and fleets have come to China to purchase tea.

Even so, tea is still extremely expensive.

With the spread of tea culture, countries M and E also came to buy tea one after another.

At that time, country Y rose and swept across the ocean without setting the sun, occupying all the black tea in China at that time.

M country is the next best thing, sweeping up the green tea.

However, when black tea and green tea could not be supplied in country E, even the brick tea at that time was not spared, all of which were swept away and sold back to the country.

Even so, with the spread of tea, more and more people joined the army of drinking tea. Country Y soon discovered that imported black tea could not meet the requirements of the people of the country. So more green tea was added, and in the end, even brick tea was imported.

At that time, there was a saying that foreigners used opium to plunder real gold and silver, and Huaxia used tea and ceramics to plunder real gold and silver.

Until one day, country M knocked on the door of country R, ​​and the people of country M suddenly discovered that this insignificant place actually has a huge tea industry!

So tea from country R began to enter the market.

And the tea in R country is the result of careful cultivation of the tea species that were asked for when they came to China to pay tribute every year since the Tang Dynasty. In other words, the tea in country R is basically our Chinese tea, not much different. Even the techniques of frying and making tea are learned from Huaxia.

With the emergence of Country R, ​​Huaxia's monopoly on tea was broken. In addition, at that time, the people of Huaxia did not live up to expectations. Because the tea was so popular, in order to make more money, they shoddy the second-best ones, and there were frequent shortages. hair.

As a result, word of mouth in Europe is getting worse day by day.

People from R country sent people to Europe for inspection and research. After making sufficient preparations, they entered the European market with the positioning of honesty and trustworthiness and high-quality tea.

The Europeans immediately threw themselves into the arms of Country R and abandoned Huaxia Tea.

Since then, country R's tea has entered the high-end aristocratic market, and its price is comparable to gold.

Huaxia's tea, on the other hand, has been reduced to a low-end market and cannot be sold at a high price.

It's nothing at all, I don't live up to it, no wonder others are shrewd.

We Chinese people are not people who can't afford to lose, just get up from where we fell.

Up to now, Huaxia tea merchants have been working hard to return to the high-end market, and in fact, they have achieved great results.

We are working hard, using our own strength, to fight for what belongs to us.

But when we are all working hard, some people are willing not to be human, but to be a dog! "

Hearing this, Tang Chen subconsciously glanced at Boss Qian.

Song Mingdao: "That's right, he was the leader. Eight years ago, people from country R came to China to hold a tea merchant association, and everyone went there. The scene was very gunpowder-like, and the largest tea merchant in country R, ​​the Birui family, was even present. : In the next ten years, there will be no tea in China!

At that time, our old man became angry, got up to argue with him, and taught him what tea is.

The two sides competed in tea ceremony and tea, but we lost in tea ceremony and won in tea.

For Huaxia tea merchants, this is a very long-standing matter.

After all, the tea ceremony is good, but in essence, the tea leaves must be good.

After all, what is sold is tea, not tea ceremony.

When the tea leaves are ready, it means that the high-end market is waving to us.

The Hiei family left in disgrace, we thought it was over.

Unexpectedly, today, eight years later, Mount Hiei is back again. This time it is not a tea merchant association, but a challenge! Challenges like eight years ago, the challenges of tea ceremony and tea tasting. "

Tang Chen wondered, "What does this have to do with Boss Qian?"

Song Ming said angrily: "Just yesterday, I heard the news that the Hiei family dared to come back because they bought the tea seed we used to win at a high price from Boss Qian eight years ago! For the sake of money, Qian Tongming actually stole our precious tea and sold it to people from country R! At the same time, he is now the largest agent of the Hiei family in China, do you think this kind of person is hateful or not?"

When Tang Chen heard this, his eyes widened, and he said angrily, "Isn't this a traitor?"

Song Ming nodded and said: "The traitor back then, it can be said that he was afraid of death for survival, and he did it as a last resort. But he, hmph... is a dog at heart!"

Tang Chen looked at Mr. Tang confused, and asked, "Master, you also know about this?"

Tang confusedly laughed and said, "I know about the competition, but I don't know about the sale of tea seeds as a teacher. After all, the competition between Mount Hiei and Huaxia should be held in three days, right?"

Song Ming nodded and said, "Yes."

Speaking of this, Song Ming sighed and said: "This time the Hiei family came prepared. I heard that they used our carefully cultivated tea species to carry out targeted and genetic adjustments to develop Hieizun tea. Biei Ruizun tea is much better than the Qicunxiang we participated in eight years ago, but the best tea we have now is only a little better than Qicunxiang. I am afraid we will lose this time."

Tang Chen frowned and said, "Gene adjustment? The Hiruizun tea is not natural, but artificial?"

Song Ming said: "Yes."

Tang Chen said: "This...Master, didn't you say that the best tea comes from nature? Artificially adjusting genes, no one can be sure whether the tea will have side effects, right?"

Tang confusedly said: "The best tea comes from nature, of course. In fact, artificial genetic adjustment, good or bad, is not recognized in the high-end market. Ms. Song, is your news reliable?"