1 00:00:42,119 --> 00:00:42,679 So many people. 2 00:00:42,679 --> 00:00:44,280 What time is it already? 3 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:45,560 My legs are going numb from standing. 4 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:47,600 Me too. 5 00:00:47,719 --> 00:00:50,200 My young lady is taking the Imperial Academy exam, 6 00:00:50,439 --> 00:00:52,439 so she had me come early before dawn to buy tea. 7 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:54,759 She said she needs Qing Ruxu tea 8 00:00:54,759 --> 00:00:56,119 to clear her mind. 9 00:00:56,119 --> 00:00:56,840 Can you believe it? 10 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:58,920 They're opening! They're opening! 11 00:00:58,960 --> 00:00:59,880 Don't rush, don't rush. 12 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:00,600 Everyone, please wait a moment. 13 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:01,719 I'll take five jin of Five-Colored Beauty. 14 00:01:01,719 --> 00:01:03,039 And ten jin of Luo Qiuxian. 15 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:04,000 I was here first! 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,280 I want fifteen jin of Hongchen Dream and Qing Ruxu. 17 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,879 Everyone, everyone, please! 18 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:08,680 Everyone. 19 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,359 There is a limited amount of tea today. 20 00:01:10,519 --> 00:01:11,400 Only ten jin. 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:12,480 Please, take your time. 22 00:01:12,599 --> 00:01:13,159 Take your time. 23 00:01:13,159 --> 00:01:13,799 Make way, make way! 24 00:01:13,879 --> 00:01:15,159 No, I want it all! 25 00:01:15,439 --> 00:01:16,400 Don't rush, don't rush. 26 00:01:16,599 --> 00:01:17,159 I was here first! 27 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:18,920 Ten jin is way too little. 28 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:30,680 I am from the imperial merchant Lin family. 29 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,079 We have a business deal worth over two thousand taels 30 00:01:33,079 --> 00:01:34,599 to discuss with your boss. 31 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,359 Our Han family is willing to offer two thousand taels of silver 32 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,560 just to meet the owner of the Tea Pavilion. 33 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,560 Two thousand taels just for a meeting? 34 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,480 The Han family truly is the top family in Dajing. 35 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:50,719 Even the Han family is getting involved. 36 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,719 Looks like we have no chance now. 37 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:54,439 This... 38 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,480 I can't make the decision on this. 39 00:01:58,239 --> 00:01:59,799 I'll go ask for instructions first. 40 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,280 Sorry, everyone, please wait a moment. 41 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:08,280 Young Master 42 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:09,080 Young Master 43 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,560 A lot of guests have indeed arrived outside. 44 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:12,840 I told them everything as you instructed. 45 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:14,240 But some of them not only want to buy tea, 46 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,120 they also want to discuss business with you. 47 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:17,800 As expected. 48 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:18,680 Dabai 49 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,039 Just focus on selling tea. 50 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:21,080 The rest has nothing to do with us. 51 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,479 But people from the Han family have come too. 52 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,800 They even brought two thousand taels of silver. 53 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:26,879 They want to meet you in person. 54 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,800 What’s so special about the Han family? 55 00:02:29,039 --> 00:02:31,159 Aren’t they all just trying to take over my tea house? 56 00:02:31,319 --> 00:02:32,759 They’re no different from other merchants. 57 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:35,800 You really do have great ambition. 58 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:38,759 You even ignore the Han family’s offer. 59 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:40,120 You don’t take it seriously at all. 60 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:41,439 Jiang Yun 61 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:45,000 It’s settled. 62 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:47,759 But they don’t trust me. 63 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:49,840 How could that be? 64 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,439 You’re not like those outsiders who want to take advantage. 65 00:02:51,439 --> 00:02:52,240 You’re different. 66 00:02:53,599 --> 00:02:54,120 How much? 67 00:02:56,479 --> 00:03:00,400 There are hundreds of royal shops across the entire region. 68 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,639 Do you know what status my Han family holds? 69 00:03:02,759 --> 00:03:04,479 How could a small tea house like yours 70 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,439 afford to be negligent? 71 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,120 I’m truly sorry. 72 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:08,599 Our young master 73 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:10,759 does have important matters to attend to. 74 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:12,439 Sorry, sorry. 75 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:17,319 Now that he's gone, I want to— 76 00:03:17,759 --> 00:03:18,680 I want to, I want to— 77 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,680 Don't rush, don't rush. Everyone, calm down. 78 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,759 Hundreds of royal shops. 79 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,080 How did you manage that? 80 00:03:26,159 --> 00:03:28,719 My father helped me with it. 81 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:30,840 Who's your father? 82 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:33,560 That's a secret. 83 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,800 It's related to Dajing's security. 84 00:03:39,879 --> 00:03:40,919 Confidential personnel. 85 00:03:43,919 --> 00:03:45,159 There's something I don't understand. 86 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,800 The tea brewed at Nung Tea Pavilion— 87 00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:49,199 has already spread through the Eighth Poetry Gathering 88 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:50,400 and become known throughout all of Dajing. 89 00:03:51,199 --> 00:03:53,360 The idea of drinking tea and reciting good poetry 90 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:54,479 has deeply taken root in people's hearts. 91 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,000 So that scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants across Dajing 92 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,039 are all eager to buy it. 93 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:00,759 But why do you 94 00:04:00,759 --> 00:04:02,800 only sell ten jin to the public each day? 95 00:04:03,719 --> 00:04:04,599 Wouldn't that 96 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:06,400 be wasting the profits you could make? 97 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,080 You don't get it, do you? 98 00:04:08,639 --> 00:04:09,520 Other tea shops 99 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,280 always try to sell quickly for a good price after becoming famous. 100 00:04:11,439 --> 00:04:13,919 They all want to cash in fast. 101 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:15,560 But Nung Tea Pavilion 102 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,759 can actually resist such temptation. 103 00:04:18,199 --> 00:04:20,199 It seems they have bigger plans. 104 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,720 This is called "hunger marketing." 105 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,879 Hunger marketing? 106 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,879 See, so many people want to buy it but can't. 107 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,120 Those who really want to drink it 108 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,959 will find other ways to get it, won't they? 109 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,240 Of course, we'll raise the price for upgrades. 110 00:04:36,079 --> 00:04:36,839 You mean, 111 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:38,639 once our branch stores open, 112 00:04:38,639 --> 00:04:40,560 and Tea Pavilion is all over the region, 113 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,000 that's when the real profits come in. 114 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:44,160 At that time, we just need to 115 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:45,680 raise the price by about twenty percent. 116 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,639 We can't make it so regular people can't afford tea. 117 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:50,120 Then we'll divide the tea 118 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,759 into high, medium, and low grades. 119 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:52,759 So everyone can benefit. 120 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:55,920 Young Master Xiao, you are truly kind. 121 00:04:56,639 --> 00:04:57,600 Young Master, 122 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,839 I'm getting more and more interested in him. 123 00:05:03,199 --> 00:05:04,480 So next, 124 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,000 since we can't meet, 125 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,959 let's try inviting him another way. 126 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,399 A gentleman makes money the right way. 127 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:18,480 But you, 128 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,279 helped me solve the supply issue. 129 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:21,959 That's how we got rich overnight. 130 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:24,279 If you don't let me down, 131 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:25,439 I won't let you down either. 132 00:05:27,079 --> 00:05:27,800 Alright. 133 00:05:28,959 --> 00:05:29,600 Miss Jiang, 134 00:05:29,879 --> 00:05:31,319 you're truly my lucky star. 135 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:38,759 Young Master Xiao, let go. 136 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:43,079 Again? 137 00:05:43,959 --> 00:05:44,879 If I don't hit you harder, 138 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:46,120 you'll never learn your lesson. 139 00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:47,480 I got too excited, way too excited. 140 00:05:47,519 --> 00:05:48,240 Sorry about that. 141 00:05:49,319 --> 00:05:51,600 You're my top partner. 142 00:05:56,399 --> 00:06:00,160 Young Master Xiao is solving the people's problems in the region. 143 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,360 As one of the owners of Tea Pavilion, 144 00:06:03,879 --> 00:06:05,240 doing what I can 145 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,319 is only right. 146 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,360 I have something to do, so I'll go first. 147 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:11,199 You're leaving already? 148 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,120 I haven't finished talking yet. 149 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,199 I gave you three years. 150 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,399 The Su family's salt tea business 151 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,879 and you let it end up like this. 152 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,639 Only ten jin sold in seven days. 153 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:42,839 Patriarch. 154 00:06:42,959 --> 00:06:45,639 It's mainly because of the milk tea from Nongcha Pavilion. 155 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,160 Our salt tea business 156 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:48,639 has indeed been affected. 157 00:06:48,639 --> 00:06:49,879 You make it sound easy. 158 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,519 Is it just "some" impact? 159 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,879 This concerns whether the Su family next year 160 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,199 can remain among the top three imperial merchants. 161 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:00,319 Patriarch. 162 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,040 I will go and ask Young Master Wei. 163 00:07:02,519 --> 00:07:03,920 His father is the Assistant Minister of Revenue. 164 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,399 I'm willing to bring generous gifts to request a meeting. 165 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,319 Ask him to grant the salt tea trading rights of the three southern Su prefectures 166 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:09,759 all to the Su family. 167 00:07:15,079 --> 00:07:16,720 We agreed to meet at Shen hour. 168 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:17,759 Why the unexplained delay? 169 00:07:17,879 --> 00:07:19,160 Let me have a sip of water first. 170 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,759 What about the tea attendants you asked for before? 171 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:29,720 They've all been hired. 172 00:07:31,519 --> 00:07:32,839 With so many shops, 173 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,759 how can we get them all running? 174 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:39,639 Young Master Xiao. 175 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,160 Have you already come up with a plan? 176 00:07:44,519 --> 00:07:45,439 Of course. 177 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:55,959 Great. 178 00:07:56,519 --> 00:07:57,160 Reliable. 179 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,199 Why don't we make an agreement? 180 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:02,560 What kind of agreement? 181 00:08:02,879 --> 00:08:06,319 We keep calling each other "Young Master Xiao" and "Miss Jiang," 182 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,240 which sounds distant and troublesome. 183 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:09,680 Why don't we just use each other's names? 184 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:13,839 Xiao Ning. 185 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,199 Jiang Yun. 186 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:22,680 Xiao Ning 187 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,600 There's something I don't understand. 188 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,120 I heard you've already married. 189 00:08:27,519 --> 00:08:30,000 Why have you never mentioned your wife? 190 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:32,399 Jiang Yun, you don't have to spare my feelings. 191 00:08:32,639 --> 00:08:33,480 I'm a live-in son-in-law. 192 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:36,840 Even as a live-in son-in-law, a couple can still get along. 193 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,879 But the Su family doesn't think much of me. 194 00:08:38,879 --> 00:08:40,720 I'm just a bankrupt Xiao family's son-in-law to them. 195 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:43,279 If I weren't worried about making things hard for my father, 196 00:08:43,879 --> 00:08:45,720 I would have moved out of the Su family long ago. 197 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,000 Do you all know 198 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,639 what's most important in the art of tea? 199 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:02,559 Is it the tea-making skills? 200 00:09:02,879 --> 00:09:03,480 Wrong. 201 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:04,720 Is it the quality of the tea? 202 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:06,159 Wrong. 203 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:08,360 I know! 204 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,320 It must be the tea philosophy that Young Master Xiao often talks about. 205 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:11,759 Wrong, wrong, wrong. 206 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:14,799 It's beauty. 207 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:16,480 In the service industry, 208 00:09:16,919 --> 00:09:17,919 the most important thing 209 00:09:17,919 --> 00:09:19,879 is to make the guests feel beauty. 210 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,679 The tea tastes good, the people look good, 211 00:09:22,759 --> 00:09:24,320 and the manner is elegant and graceful. 212 00:09:25,039 --> 00:09:27,279 Only these can let the guests 213 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,360 enjoy themselves during the tea tasting. 214 00:09:29,519 --> 00:09:30,879 and feel happy. 215 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,279 Don't just stand there like wooden dolls. 216 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,200 You are the first group of tea ladies 217 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:39,320 at my Tea Pavilion. 218 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:40,320 I'm counting on you 219 00:09:40,519 --> 00:09:41,440 to go all over the country 220 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:42,679 and train students for me. 221 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:49,960 Alright, alright. 222 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:51,399 Just follow my lead and learn. 223 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:57,320 Come on. 224 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:00,120 Chin up. 225 00:10:02,639 --> 00:10:03,440 Chest out. 226 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:06,480 Look straight ahead. 227 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:09,080 Give a flirty glance. 228 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:13,080 Xiao Ning. 229 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:18,480 Slow down. 230 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,159 That was a bit too rough. 231 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:30,840 Why are you still buying so much salt tea? 232 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,039 Didn't you say before 233 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,559 that we'd lose money selling salt tea? 234 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:35,960 Look at these. 235 00:10:36,639 --> 00:10:38,159 It's true that salt tea in Shangdu 236 00:10:38,159 --> 00:10:39,600 is heavily affected by Nong Tea Pavilion. 237 00:10:39,919 --> 00:10:40,879 But Young Master Wei helped us 238 00:10:40,879 --> 00:10:42,840 get the business rights for the three counties in southern Su. 239 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,000 Many people from the three southern Su counties are placing orders. 240 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:47,559 What you see here 241 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,080 is just a small part 242 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,799 of the salt tea stockpiled by our Su family. 243 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:54,200 Alright, alright. 244 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:55,879 I've said everything I could, good or bad. 245 00:10:56,159 --> 00:10:57,200 You decide for yourself. 246 00:11:10,519 --> 00:11:11,840 This last batch of tea 247 00:11:11,879 --> 00:11:13,320 is finally well supplied. 248 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,559 Now, all the branches across the entire region have opened. 249 00:11:16,799 --> 00:11:18,480 The tea from Nong Tea Pavilion on the market 250 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:19,840 has, thanks to your hunger marketing, 251 00:11:20,039 --> 00:11:21,639 already increased tenfold in price. 252 00:11:22,279 --> 00:11:23,559 It's all because 253 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,600 the wealthy and powerful families have driven up the price. 254 00:11:27,279 --> 00:11:29,639 After seven days, when sales open across the region, 255 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:30,799 we'll monopolize this industry 256 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,240 and those bloodsucking families 257 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:34,600 won't be able to profit anymore. 258 00:11:42,039 --> 00:11:44,879 Now, Nong Tea Pavilion has finally achieved some success. 259 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:46,480 I can finally give Father 260 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,639 a big surprise. 261 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:56,519 Come on. 262 00:11:56,919 --> 00:11:58,799 Go move the ancestral hall on the west side for me. 263 00:11:58,799 --> 00:11:59,759 Ruin the feng shui of this place. 264 00:11:59,759 --> 00:12:00,320 Yes, sir. 265 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:01,960 Nobody move. 266 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:07,840 Who are you, sir? 267 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:10,080 Why are you tearing down our house for no reason? 268 00:12:10,639 --> 00:12:11,919 Isn't this the third son's family? 269 00:12:11,919 --> 00:12:13,879 The son-in-law who married into the Su family, right? 270 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:14,759 What, 271 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,360 Did they kick you out and send you back? 272 00:12:19,159 --> 00:12:19,720 Dad. 273 00:12:21,279 --> 00:12:21,919 Dad. 274 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,039 Stop shouting. 275 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,639 Xiao Hetai already sold this house to me a long time ago. 276 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,879 If you're looking for your dad, why are you here? 277 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:30,320 Go to the north of the city. 278 00:12:30,519 --> 00:12:32,120 He's in that thatched hut. 279 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,120 Go take a good look. 280 00:12:38,879 --> 00:12:39,960 What are you standing around for? 281 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:40,759 Smash it for me! 282 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:41,679 Yes. 283 00:12:55,879 --> 00:12:56,519 Sir. 284 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,120 This is rice soup I traded for. 285 00:12:58,639 --> 00:12:59,799 Drink it while it's hot.