Chapter 180: Expanding Business in the Northern Frontier
Toya came this time to invite the three of them to the royal court to attend Bater's coronation ceremony, and she gave a reason that was impossible to refuse.
What was given to Gu Changxiao was evidence that Prince Zuoxian was colluding with the Queen, and Bater not only had to write a letter to the country to accuse Prince Yu, but also had to send an envoy to Chang'an.
The purpose of the delegation going to Chang'an was, first, to negotiate peace with Daxia, and second, to make public the collusion between the Queen and Prince Zuo Xian, so that Prince Yu could not kill the envoy.
The result is that either one has to accept the ruin of his reputation, or cut ties with the queen and push his own mother to take the blame.
If the emperor still has the energy, he will definitely take the opportunity to weaken the interests of the Queen's party. If Prince Yu completely takes power, then other nobles will definitely rise up and attack him.
In short, when the Northern Frontier delegation arrives in Chang'an, they don't have to do anything except announce the truth, which will cause chaos in Chang'an for a while.
Princess Toya invited Gu Changxiao to the royal court so that he could personally formulate the mission of the delegation. This was like Northern Frontier handing him a knife. He didn't even need to show up, and this knife could make Prince Yu's party fall out.
Prince Yu must be regretting his decision. Why did he let Gu Changxiao come to Beijiang? Not only did he kill his partner, Prince Zuo Xian, but he also made Gu Changxiao famous and befriended the Prince of Beijiang.
Haha, it's really a case of losing both the wife and the army. Prince Yu must be furious when he receives the news.
Jin Sui whispered to Gu Changxiao, "It's a good idea to keep Eunuch Zhou! Let him lead the delegation back to Chang'an. We don't even have to show up, and we can still give Prince Yu a headache.
Let's see whether the mother and son will turn against each other or be willing to sacrifice for each other."
Unfortunately, the timing has not come yet. If Gu Changxiao had been given a little more time, and Border Town had been given a little more time, Gu Changxiao would have had 50,000 personal soldiers and could have taken this opportunity to return to Chang'an.
We can't be impatient. Anyway, the meat is in the pot and can't escape. Let the situation in Chang'an become more chaotic. If our border city is stronger and we have the entire Yan area as a backing, it will be much easier for Gu Changxiao to return to Chang'an.
At this point, it is completely impossible for Gu Changxiao to be a frontier prince in the border town. He and Prince Yu are in a situation where they will fight to the death. It is impossible for him to be naive and think that he can survive by staying away.
Either Gu Changxiao returns to Chang'an, or Prince Yu sends troops to destroy Gu Changxiao. There are only these two options.
Jin Sui certainly doesn't want a civil war in Border Town, so she will try her best to help Border Town become stronger, with powerful soldiers and horses, and abundant food and grass, so that it can resist King Yu.
"Although His Royal Highness the King of Li left General Han in the city to take charge of affairs, he cannot make the decision on this important matter. You still need to discuss it with Bater in person." Toya said seriously.
Gu Changxiao thought for a moment and agreed.
Then came Yan Jiu. Bater said that he would introduce Yan Jiu to the dignitaries of Northern Frontier in public at the coronation ceremony. In the future, when the Yan family caravan came to Northern Frontier, they would receive preferential treatment from all the major tribes.
Yan Jiu also couldn't refuse. If the Yan family wanted to completely open up the northern border market, they would have to deal with the powerful. Besides, Twelve Niang was still in the royal court, so Yan Jiu would definitely take her back to Yandi.
Jin Sui smiled and said, "Then I don't have to go. Princess, please help me deliver a gift to the king."
Tuoya said hurriedly: "Miss Ji, you must go! Bater has already selected the location of the Taoist temple for you. He will announce it at the coronation ceremony and build a Sanqing Taoist temple for you. You need to go and take a look in advance.
Furthermore, you need to tell the craftsmen what your Sanqing Taoist temple looks like. It cannot be built the same as our northern border temple."
Then Princess Toya played with the glass jewelry again: "If Miss Ji wants to sell these jewelry, Bater's coronation ceremony is the best opportunity."
Now Jin Sui had no reason to refuse, and she also wanted to go to the royal court to see what the rich and powerful in the Northern Frontier ate, dressed and used, so that she could tailor-make products for them in the future.
We must also be on guard against them stopping the lower-level herdsmen from raising rabbits in advance and then encouraging them to grow cash crops.
It would be great if the Taoist temple was built, so that we could openly keep our own people in the northern border as spies.
The more Jinsui thought about it, the more excited he became. Some plans should be set up earlier. We should make arrangements ten years in advance. If there is another national war between Northern Xinjiang and Daxia in the future, these details will play a key role.
"Then I will go there in person to congratulate the king! Have you chosen a date for the coronation ceremony?"
"The day of the Grand Wizard Selection is in three days. The sooner the better. The Royal Court needs to stabilize as soon as possible."
A country cannot be without a king for a day. The Northern Frontier has been established for many years. Although they learned their order from the Han people in the beginning, they now have their own characteristics.
It was agreed that three days later Princess Toya would send someone to welcome the Han envoys to the royal court to attend the coronation ceremony of the King of Northern Frontier.
Princess Toya was very satisfied with the hotpot, especially the fresh vegetables and fruits. In the winter in northern Xinjiang, even members of the royal family could not enjoy fresh vegetables and fruits every day.
The only fruits stored in the cellar are dried persimmons, frozen pears, and naiguo.
This gave Jinsui a new idea. After seeing Princess Toya off, she stayed alone in the yurt under the pretext of taking a nap.
Gu Changxiao and Yan Jiu also discussed calmly about entering the royal court in three days. Although Bater and Toya were showing goodwill at this time, they were in an enemy country after all, and there was no guarantee that something would go wrong.
Both of them thought that they should leave people outside the royal court to support them, and also prepare war horses that could be evacuated at any time. Jin Sui gave all the fish oil firearms that he had hidden before to Hei Hu, and left Hei Hu to support them outside.
The plan was simple. As long as something went wrong in the royal court, Hei Hu would lead his men to blow it up! Create chaos, rescue our people, and then flee to Yandi with all our strength.
Of course, this is the worst possible situation, and the two are discussing how to make the situation as favorable to us as possible.
Jinsui participated in the discussion, put forward his own opinions, and then returned to the yurt to sleep.
He was not really sleeping. Besides counting the glassware in the space and taking this opportunity to sell them all, he also bottled some fish oil for Hei Hu.
Also, she quickly baked some dried vegetables, which were used like seasonings in instant noodles, and could be made into a bowl of soup by adding boiling water.
Make some canned food in syrup, candied tomatoes, oranges, apples and other common canned fruits. As for the national canned yellow peaches, there is none in the space, so I can only wait until I return to Yan to make them.
There is such a shortage of vegetables and fruits in northern Xinjiang, these two can definitely be sold at a high price. People in northern Xinjiang mostly eat milk and meat for three meals a day, and the only food they grow is oats and wheat, and the yield is not high.
Almost all the people were deficient in vitamins, so even during the period of hostility with Daxia, they would not kill tea merchants, because their bodies would feel very uncomfortable if they did not drink tea for a long time.
So don’t think that dehydrated vegetables and canned fruits are worthless and cannot compare to luxury goods such as glass and perfume, but the market in Northern Xinjiang is huge.
Moreover, exporting fruits and vegetables can boost the economy of the people in Yan area, allowing them to reclaim more wasteland for planting without having to worry about low prices hurting farmers.
Then there is sugar. People in northern Xinjiang love sugar like their life. It should be said that everyone’s love for sugar and fat is natural.
Even in Daxia, the price of white sugar was equal to that of gold. There was a saying that one ounce of icing sugar was worth one ounce of gold.
When Jinsui was in Yan, he did not get the raw materials for sugarcane. Even the Yan family had few ships going to Lingnan. Lingnan was still a smoke-filled place, so sugar could not be transported out.
She makes beet sugar and starch sugar. The raw materials are beetroot, wheat and potatoes. The best raw material for starch sugar is corn, which has high sugar and oil yields. Unfortunately, she has not found corn in the space so far.
After working all day and all night, she finally fell asleep at dawn. But she had a lot of results. She could give a bowl of dehydrated vegetables and canned fruits to each of the dignitaries from the northern border who attended the ceremony.
Sugar and tea were gifts, with each person receiving a small packet. The highlight was perfume and glassware, which were limited in quantity and available only to the highest bidder. If gold and silver were not enough, it did not matter, as gems, cattle, sheep, and leather could be exchanged.
We can exchange a set of glass jewelry for a set of gold-studded ruby jewelry from Princess Toya. Naturally, the price we pay when exchanging with the dignitaries in Northern Frontier cannot be low!
Haha, after the change, I, a female Taoist nun who serves the gods, will provide welfare to ordinary people in Northern Xinjiang in the name of Sanqing Taoism. It doesn’t matter if the Taoist temple is not built after the address is selected.
First, hang up the sign, and then give a small bag of sugar and tea to all the people who come to congratulate, and then give them dehydrated vegetable soup and milk tea like porridge.
Hehe, we make a lot of money from the powerful, and we take out a small amount to buy the hearts of the people. I don't force you to change your beliefs, as long as you don't reject the Taoist temple.
We, the Sanqing Taoism, do not get involved in the politics of Northern Frontier, and we do not compete with your temple for believers. We just do good things and absolutely listen to the King of Northern Frontier and the Princess. We only give medicine to the sick people who ask for medicine, and give porridge to the hungry people.
When natural disasters occur, we also donate food and fodder, which is more beneficial to the people than some religions distributing eggs in later generations. In this way, in three to five years, the Taoist temple will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in the royal court.
It's just that this Taoist nun is not professional! Providing material things is ok, but when it comes to preaching, she can only recite the Tao Te Ching.
Should I bring my grandfather to the Northern Frontier Royal Court to be a Taoist priest when he is old? Then I will teach him some simple religious rules, such as loving family, being friendly to others, and killing less...
Well, it is important to make the people in northern Xinjiang less murderous.
Jin Sui felt that this trip to the Northern Frontier was a good one. She had come to the Northern Frontier with the intention of saving the lives of the brothers in the Black Feather Camp. At the same time, she also wanted to repay Gu Changxiao's favor and end the relationship without further entanglement.
But at present, the debt of favor is the most difficult to repay. No matter how you repay it, either you owe me or I owe you, and it is impossible to repay it all.
Now I have to work two jobs and start my own business. I have to consider the economy of the border town, Yan Jiu's maritime business, and I also have to save some money to own a family.
Leaving the border town made her realize how important it was to have her own people. The soldiers of the Black Feather Camp belonged to Gu Changxiao, and she couldn't snatch them away.
We have to cultivate our own confidants, and raising people is the most expensive, so we have to do business. Yan Jiu got the commercial rights of Northern Xinjiang, and we can make a lot of money by just taking advantage of it and doing a few businesses.
In particular, you have to prepare for the destruction of your daily life. There is never enough money. When you have one thousand taels, you want to do things worth two thousand taels. When you have ten thousand taels, you want to do things worth one hundred thousand taels.
Jinsui's mind was racing like a horse in his sleep. There were so many things he wanted to do. It seemed that he would have to wait a few more years if he wanted to live a life where he could sleep until he woke up naturally.
She slept until dawn, and Hei Hu called her outside the door to have breakfast. Gu Changxiao and Yan Jiu were not at home, Yan Jiu went to meet the Yandi merchants in the northern border.
Bater settled the score after the event, and so did Yan Jiu. Previously, a shopkeeper had sold his whereabouts to Tuoya and to Zuo Xianwang. Now, of course, these disloyal people must be caught after the event.
This was the Yan family's family affair, and Jin Sui certainly couldn't get involved. She now regretted not training staff earlier, otherwise she could have started the business in Northern Xinjiang earlier.
Even my grandfather cultivated a few loyal refugees by using the Central Plains hodgepodge.
She, on the other hand, had worked in the border town for so long, all for Gu Changxiao.
Looking at Heihu, she was going to ask Heihu to work for her, and Heihu would definitely agree without saying a word.
But this is cheating people, Hei Hu will be promoted soon and go back to marry Bai Xiaojie. Why don't you be a good general and come to be your bodyguard?
When I returned to the border town, I recruited a group of refugees to train them. There were many poor people in those days. As long as you provided two meals and a monthly salary of one or two taels of silver, countless people would rush to work for you.
For breakfast, they had porridge and pancakes, as well as northern Xinjiang's specialties of beef jerky, salty milk tea, and cheese. Jinsui enjoyed the cheese very much, and later he would exchange dried vegetables for cheese from northern Xinjiang and sell them in Chang'an and Jiangnan, where the price could be increased dozens of times.
At this time, she found that Hao Duojin and several soldiers of the Black Feather Camp were making faces at the side, pushing each other. Jin Sui laughed: "Do you have something to tell me? But it doesn't matter. When we were in the border town, we always spoke frankly!"
Hao Duojin and the others felt a little embarrassed. When we were in the border town, you were the King of Li. We went through life and death together and killed people like cutting melons.
Now that you have become Miss Ji, and you look so fragile, of course I can’t talk to you the same way as before.
Jin Sui put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "Tell me! What's the matter?"
Her attitude encouraged everyone, and they all asked in unison: "Boss Ji, does the prince want to leave some people in Northern Xinjiang?"
Jin Sui asked with a smile: "So do you want to stay or not?"
Everyone shook their heads together, like a row of rattles, and pleaded, "We don't want to stay. Boss Ji, can you please tell the prince not to leave the Black Feather Camp brothers in the Northern Frontier?"
Hei Hu whispered, "I want to go home and get married. I can't stay."
Jin Sui laughed, she held her chin in her hand and thought, Gu Changxiao must have left one person behind to help her supervise the construction of the Taoist temple!
Since the brothers of the Black Feather Camp didn't want to stay, she turned her eyes slightly and thought of a suitable candidate, of course, it was our Master Liuyun. He was now treated as a guest of honor by Princess Toya, and it was most appropriate for him to stay in the Northern Frontier.
But Jin Sui thought about Gu Changxiao's recent attitude towards her. To be honest, this feeling made her feel embarrassed. She was so embarrassed that she was embarrassed to talk to Gu Changxiao alone about serious matters.
Really, love is the most annoying thing. Just when you are working hard on your career, you have to say those distracting words.
She looked at the brothers in the Black Feather Camp and said, "I think you should tell the prince yourselves what you think. The prince will not force you. It would be bad if I were to pass on the message."
Hao Duojin said distressedly: "Boss Ji, can't you continue to wear men's clothes and be our boss in the Black Feather Camp?"
Others actually agreed: "That's right, Boss Ji, you can be a military advisor or a captain! We feel at ease with you in the Black Feather Camp."
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