Yeluju looked at the young king who was sitting on the throne, comforting him like an adult.

I can't help but think of the emperor's grandson in Shangjing.

The grandson and the young emperor of the Southern Dynasties are similar in age.

However, no matter how Yeluju looked at him, he felt that his great-grandson was not even as good as someone else's toes!

Unfortunately, the emperor in Shangjing City still thought that the grandson of Daliao was the new king of the Southern Dynasty.

Moreover, this little emperor of the Southern Dynasties has been deliberately cooperating.

All kinds of transcripts and notes are sent over every now and then.

When he went to the capital, he kept sending envoys to send some of the Taisun's "notes" to the Southern Dynasties.

It was as if the emperor of the Song Dynasty and the grandson of the emperor of the Liao Dynasty had become classmates.

An envoy was sent over, claiming to be the emperor's brother, and sent an imperial note, saying, "I would like to work with the emperor's brother to encourage him."

The other one behaved well, claiming to be the emperor's younger brother, and often sent envoys to thank him, and also sent notes to ask for advice from the emperor brother of the Song Dynasty.

People who don't know may think that these two emperors and grandsons of the same age are going to become sworn brothers.

However, Ye Luju knew in his heart that the notes and words written by the emperor's grandson were actually written by civil servants in the capital city.

On the contrary, it is possible that this young master of the Southern Dynasty sent his notes to Shangjing.

His mind was thinking wildly, and the words of the Emperor of the Southern Dynasties were in his ears like the wind blowing by. Yeluju didn't pay attention to them at all, he just lowered his head in response to the story, with a respectful look.

At this moment, a keyword rang in Yeluju's ears.

"Yesterday, I was also here to see off the Korean monk Yitian who came to court."

"I said at that time that the Song Dynasty is willing to live in peace with all the countries in the world..."

Yeluju raised his head and opened his eyes wide.

Goryeo?

The little emperor of the Southern Dynasties just talked about Goryeo?

The Koreans came to Nanchao again to hook up?!

Yeluju's expression remained unchanged, but there were already waves in his heart.

The abacus is pounding in my heart faster than anyone else!

"With this meritorious service, after I return home and before the Emperor, I can prove my merit!" Yeluju's eyes kept rolling.

This is a credit that fell from the sky.

With this meritorious service of discovering the "collusion between the Southern Dynasty and Goryeo", if he resumes his activities after returning to China, the Southern Dynasty envoy will most likely be his.

Those kickbacks and benefits will also be his.

As for whether I will be fooled or fall into a trap?

Is it related to him?

…

After leaving Chongzheng Hall, Yeluju met Xingshu who was waiting for him.

As an envoy accompanying the embassy, ​​Xing Shu had a reasonable and legal status and conditions to get along and talk with the Liao envoy.

Therefore, the two met directly and openly.

"Brother Yelu, the tea leaves for my friends have arrived." Xing Shu said, "Brother, do you want to inspect the goods?"

Yeluju laughed loudly: "How could I doubt the goods of Shiren's friend?"

The tea on the left and right is to be shipped back to the country to be eaten by farmers and merchants.

He has nothing to do with Yeluju.

Whether the quality is good or not, as long as the rebates and benefits really fall into your hands, who cares?

Xing Shu chuckled and said, "That being said, the goods still need to be inspected."

"Besides, my friends here also want to meet Brother Yelu."

"In addition, I have a few new friends, and I also want to get to know Brother Yelu."

"New friend?" Yelu Juxin asked, is someone trying to give him money?

Very good!

As soon as he rolled his eyes, he said to Xing Shu, "Is that so, shall we go meet him?"

Xing Shu handed over his hand: "Please!"

So, more than an hour later, Yeluju saw the tea leaves piled up on the wharf at a stacking yard in Bianjing City.

These tea leaves are packed in wooden boxes.

You can smell the strong aroma of tea from a distance - there is no moldy smell as expected.

This made Yeluju curious.

Tea that doesn’t even have a musty smell?

This is good tea!

Little did he know that in the tea farms of the Song Dynasty, once the tea became moldy, it would be destroyed.

It will be destroyed before it even gets moldy.

Because if the tea leaves become moldy, it can only mean that it cannot be sold at all, or merchants feel that the profits are too low and the risks are too great.

This is the result of the current tea tea system in the Song Dynasty.

This is because today’s tea purchase system has long given up on the policy of treating tea as a source of purchase.

Instead, they changed to the Commercial Law since Jiayou.

The main theme of the Trade Law is: the government collects rent from farmers who grow tea; the government collects taxes from merchants who sell tea.

This makes profit-seeking merchants only buy the most profitable and best-selling tea from farmers.

Those second-level teas that are not profitable or do not sell fast enough will naturally become unsalable and become a problem for farmers and the government.

Because under the Trade Law, the government could no longer forcefully distribute second-grade tea and old tea to merchants as in the past.

In other words, this is actually the invisible hand of the market economy at work.

However, both the government and farmers are having a headache.

If the accumulated second-hand tea and old tea cannot be sold, the farmers will lose money and the government will also lose tea tax.

Yeluju didn't know the twists and turns, and his eyes widened when he looked at the boxes of tea piled on the dock.

After Xing Shu took him with him, he randomly checked a few boxes of tea.

Yeluju's expression became extremely wonderful.

He grabbed a tea cake in his hand, put it in front of his nose and smelled it. The aroma of tea filled his nose.

He raised his head and looked at the word "Chinese Tea" marked on the wooden box.

Then he looked back at Xing Shu: "Is this tea?"

Xingshu smiled and nodded.

During the Song Dynasty, the tea drinkers were mainly urban households and first- and second-class households in rural areas.

The poor cannot afford it and are reluctant to drink tea.

This leads to a result - most people have a little pursuit when drinking tea.

For the quality of the tea leaves, for the aroma of the tea leaves, for the tea soup brewed from the tea leaves...

They all have requirements.

Except for a few people, no one buys tea cakes made from crude tea.

Even if someone buys it, the market is pitifully small.

Before Jiayou, the government would also force the distribution of second-grade tea and old tea to merchants.

Force these tea merchants to find ways to sell inferior and old tea.

After the Trade Law was implemented, the tea merchants were liberated and free.

Most inferior teas are automatically eliminated from the market.

Especially the secondary tea from Chengdu has to face competition from tea from Southeast China and Fujian.

The quality is better and it is closer to the main tea consumption areas, so the cost is naturally lower.

As a result, the sales of Chengdu's secondary tea and old tea became even more bleak.

With hundreds of thousands of kilograms of tea accumulated every year, it is common that old tea cannot be sold.

Yeluju was like a mouse that fell into a rice barn.
To be continued...