Xu Can shrank his neck, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible.
But under Qiao Xin's clear and sharp gaze, he immediately backed down!
He is the little bully of Beijing. He is not afraid of his father, nor of meeting the emperor. The only thing he always feels a little short of breath when facing Qiao Xin's gaze is that there is someone who can restrain him by nature.
Guanjianze saw Qiao Xin had already boarded a carriage, and quickly used his arm to poke at Xu Can, who was still in a daze, and said, "Why don't you go over and explain it clearly? If the old lady really wants you to be kicked out!"
After saying that, he drove the people into the carriage, jumped on the carriage himself, and sat next to the coachman outside, but his ears pricked up unconsciously!
Seeing that she had followed him wisely, Qiao Xin didn't waste any time and asked directly, "Tell me, why did you follow me this time? Think about it before you answer. Don't try to fool me with your big principles, or don't blame me for sending someone to escort you back to the capital."
Xu Can begged for mercy: "No, no, no, I said it's not possible. I'm just curious, where did the Fuzhuan tea that is praised by foreigners come from?"
A string of ellipsis appeared in Qiao Xin's mind, and she asked doubtfully, "What does this have to do with foreign countries?"
"Didn't the old lady receive the news? Last month, Xigan sent an envoy, who happened to meet the opening of Yumancang Teahouse, and the other party was also there to join in the fun. After drinking so many varieties of tea in the teahouse, he was the only one who praised brick tea, and even asked about it in front of His Majesty.
I heard that they even turned down tea orders from previous years and specifically asked the border tea farms to ship more of this brick tea.
As soon as the news came out, the managers of the shops in Kyoto had already heard the news and were asking around to find out where the tea came from, all wanting to get a piece of the pie! ”
Qiao Xin remembered that Yu Mancang's current manager, Yu Huanxi, seemed to have written to him about this matter.
With the promotion of Emperor Wu, Camellia chrysantha became an instant hit and quickly opened up the market in the aristocratic circle of Kyoto!
The first batch of products had been sold out long ago. The other party wrote again to ask for another 500 kilograms of tea, but Qiao Xin ruthlessly cut it in half and said that the supply for the next month would be at most 300 kilograms, and not a penny more would be given.
As for the news from the court, Yu Huanxi did not have much contact with it, and was not sure about it for the time being, so she did not mention it much. Instead, it was Qiao Yunqing who reminded her to speed up the layout in Anhua County. The other party spoke vaguely at the time, but it turned out that he was waiting for her here!
As for the person who proposed to exchange tea for horses, Qiao Xin estimated that it couldn't be her. She just casually complained in the letter to His Majesty that if they could control Annan and develop a large number of tea mountains, they could use just tea to control the alien races.
Qiao Xin rubbed her nose and subconsciously defended herself in her heart: It definitely couldn't be her, she only mentioned Annan and didn't mention Northwest Xiling at all.
It should be that the ministers in the court who had already had this idea coincided with Your Majesty and launched this national policy!
"Opening a tea plantation in the northwest?" Emperor Wu's ability to draw inferences and take action really surprised him.
Xu Can came closer hesitantly and whispered, "My father said that since they took over Xishu, Xiling has been fighting on and off. Later, they also had problems internally and had no intention of fighting outside.
After the new emperor came to power, the other side sent envoys to negotiate. His Majesty, not knowing whose advice he followed, actually planned to open two tea-horse farms in Kangding in western Sichuan and Linxia in southern Shaanxi at the same time to exchange tea for horses.
In Kangding, they mainly exchanged Tibetan horses and other supplies with Annan and the various Tubo tribes, while Linxia was close to Xiling, and their main purpose was to exchange their horses after the truce with Xiling.
The horses in Xiling are famous for their good quality, fatness, strength and patience. Not only is it hard to find, but a horse is worth a fortune. Now the envoy is willing to exchange brick tea for horses.
What we in Dajing lack the most is horses, especially good horse breeds. If we can really exchange them for tea, not only His Majesty, but all the civil and military officials in the court will not be able to resist the temptation! ”
"Just for this?"
Xu Can looked at her in disbelief, "Isn't this reason enough? If this is done well, how many people will benefit from it? How many people will be arranged to work in these two tea-horse farms and the resettlement points to be set up along the way? All the cultural relics in the court are eyeing this piece of fat meat!
It won't be long before they find out that this brick tea comes from Anhua County, Yuncheng, and by then, merchants rushing here will be as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river. ”
"Just for this, why are you acting like a thief? Who would say anything about you coming here openly? To tell you the truth, I'm not afraid of them coming, I'm just afraid of them not coming!"
"Ah! Shouldn't we keep this a secret?"
Xu Can was confused. Why was this different from what he expected?
Wouldn't my secretive behavior during this period become a joke?
"Why are you hiding it? Who are you going to sell my tea to?"
Why does Xu Can feel that Anhua brick tea is like a big net spread by the old lady, and tea merchants all over the country and even civil and military officials in the court are fish in this net?
Qiao Xin didn't care what he thought, and directly instructed Shunzi outside the car: "Go tell Magistrate Song and Chairman Meng that you should not rest for the rest of the journey, and hurry back at full speed."
The overwhelming wealth has arrived. Whether we can accept it all depends on how courageous the people of Anhua County can be!
Along the way, County Magistrate Song and others only followed Qiao Xin's lead. When Qiao Xin said they wanted to find a place to rest, he did not hesitate at all. When Qiao Xin said they wanted to hurry on their way, there must be a reason for doing so!
"Is the situation going to change again?" President Meng said subconsciously.
"Every time Qiao Xin changed her schedule, it was always due to the weather, which saved them a lot of unnecessary trouble."
It's not that he has no ambition, but he wants to be a bootlicker. I really saw Qiao Xin's ability to predict the weather. No one is dissatisfied.
County Magistrate Wu shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. It's only a day's journey from here to the county government office. There's no need for us to travel so fast! But why are there so many caravans on this road? It looks like they're all going to our place."
If County Magistrate Wu hadn't mentioned it, President Meng would not have noticed this problem.
Thinking carefully, from the time they set out in the morning until now, they should have encountered no less than four or five convoys along the way, each with a different logo, and there was even a horse caravan of thirty or forty people!
The horse caravans have always been active near the tea-horse farms in border areas and are rarely seen in the inland areas. Our Anhua is five or six hundred miles away from the nearest tea and horse farm. How come all these people are here?
The two looked at each other and immediately couldn't sit still! But I didn’t dare to ask Qiao Xin all the time. Fortunately, Xu Can was a man who couldn't sit still. After sitting in the carriage for less than two minutes, he started clamoring to ride a horse and came leisurely to their place.
The other party smiled at Magistrate Wu and said in a familiar manner, "Congratulations, Magistrate Wu. When you are successful in the future, don't forget me! President Meng, how about I come to your house to visit you for a few days when I arrive in the county?"
County Magistrate Wu:........
President Meng:.........
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