No matter how sincere Chen Tang's eyes looked, if Wu Yuan believed her nonsense, there would be a real ghost. Otherwise, what would be wrong with her ban? She had to ban tea? What's the difference between this and asking Beimo for life? He came here this time, one was grain seeds, the other was trading with each other, and tea and salt were the top priority.

It is better not to eat meat during the day than to drink tea for a day.

Beimo is mostly meat-eating. Eating more often is easy to get dry and hot, greasy, and not easily cured. Over time, it is difficult to go to the toilet, dry and hard as stones. The defecation area is fragile, and bloody stools are also common. Drinking more tea can alleviate this symptom.

Of course, vegetables can also be used instead of tea.

It’s just that in the Beimo environment, vegetables and vegetables are rare.

On the other hand, tea is cheap and can be preserved for many years.

In comparison, tea is naturally better.

It would be fine if you just give me a hard time, and it wouldn't be able to bear it. However, the people of Beimo quickly discovered that not drinking tea for a long time would be more troublesome, and their muscles were weak and their strength would be reduced! This was a nightmare for Beimo, who advocated martial arts. Martial warriors can be immune to tea, but ordinary tribal people cannot.

But—

Chentangka Beimo's most ruthless products are salt and tea.

Food is actually a small problem.

Grain is different from salt tea. The latter is easy to store and will not easily break when transporting for a long distance. After purchasing in Beimo, it can be stored for a long time. It will be fine if you stock it up for a few years. The former has obvious disadvantages, and whether it is transportation or storage, it is not suitable for large-scale purchases. Not to mention the other side, just consuming the grain transporter on the way is worth the profit of a business trip.

Although the population of the Northern Desert is not large, there is also a huge food shortage. Compared with the gap, the number of smuggled by these merchants is a small matter and will not play much role.

When the northwest was made into a pot of porridge, there were indeed merchants who were obsessed with profit and bought grain nearby, secretly smuggled it to the Beimo merchants, and resold it to the Beimo merchants at a high price, but the number was not large, and they also had to risk being robbed by the forces through the passage.

After Chen Tang won, these merchants also stopped.

With Chen Tang's personality, he naturally wrote down everything. One day he remembered it and then caught it one by one to settle the score. He was so busy that he could not settle them in the back of his head.

Wu Yuan would not be surprised that Chen Tang banned grain trading.

But she moved the tea and salt!

Wu Yuan endured the swelling blue veins on his forehead and squeezed out a little kindness: "Mr. Kang's move is inappropriate. As far as Wu knows, there are not many tea drinks in your country, and not all people in the country like it."

Where does such a large demand for tea come from?

Not to mention that Yanzhou and Ganzhou have suffered from floods, even if tea production is reduced by 20%, it cannot be completely digested in the country. In the past few hundred years, the largest trade project between the northwest countries and the Northern Desert has been tea. Wuyuan remembers that decades ago, there was a small country bordering the Northern Desert. In the more than ten years since the small country existed, tea trade with the Northern Desert was the biggest source of economic output.

It is better than harsh taxes!

Even the small country was destroyed because of jealousy from neighboring countries.

Neighboring countries also wanted to trade tea with Beimo, but the trade route was controlled by small countries. After several negotiations, they simply started a national war. There are many such examples.

Chen Tang clearly has tea in his hand!

But tea is banned in the mutual market, which is clearly a joke!

Chen Tang opened his almond eyes widened and said innocently: "What are the messengers saying? Who said that I, Kang Guo, don't like drinking tea?"

Wu Yuan was so angry that his chest was fluctuating violently.

Looking at Chen Tang tightly, I wanted to hear what the hell reason she could come up with! Haha, let alone, Chen Tang really has it.

I saw her raise her hand and pat her.

Outside the tent, several soldiers came in with utensils that looked like pen holders, and there were several small plates containing ingredients next to the utensils.

Gong Cheng lowered his eyes and looked at the pottery utensils on the table.

Chen Tang smiled and crawled into his ears: "I heard that Beimo is good at drinking tea, but I don't know if there is such tea in the country? I personally like it very much. The messenger might as well try it and comment."

The tastes of Beimo and Guannei are different.

The tea served by Chen Tang is indeed unique. Judging from Wu Yuan’s experience in living in the Guan area over the years, it is indeed more in line with the taste of the common people in the Guan area. It’s just that the price is not as good as it is. Wu Yuan only tasted it lightly, and Gong Cheng also tasted it carefully. After one sip, his eyes lit up and then he drank it all.

He was not worried that Chen Tang would poison the tea.

The other party directly used open conspiracy to trade grains with Beimo, so naturally he would not do such a vicious thing that poisoned people. After drinking one cup, Gong Cheng asked the soldiers to add another cup. This time there was no cow drink, but he tasted the taste and took a look at the fun.

Chen Tang used his fingers to calculate the calculations for Wu Yuan.

How many such restaurants in Longwu are there, how many cups of tea are shipped every day, how many cups are needed... And her current territory is not just a Longwu county. The consumption in other places is roughly estimated based on the scale of Longwu county, and then deducting the tea that is consumed by fixed annual consumption, Kangguo's tea harvest this year is indeed tense.

The most important thing is that Chen Tang also plans to establish diplomacy with neighboring countries, spread the tea thirst business and set up franchise stores or brands. Of course, Wu Yuan doesn't understand these words. He just needs to know that Chen Tang wants to make this business bloom everywhere.

After saying that, she spread her hands.

Helpless: "See, I really didn't mean to make things difficult for Beimo, it's because the flood this year has had too much impact."

Wu Yuan was blocked so much that he couldn't get out of a word.

Chen Tang's words are reasonable and evidence-based. As a national lord, she doesn't even need to explain it so clearly to herself. But she also explained it, which shows that she is full of sincerity. The ban on tea in the mutual market is purely coincidental, rather than a trap deliberately targeting Beimo.

He thought of a roundabout way.

"Since the supply of tea in Kangguo is insufficient, Lord Kang might as well allow merchants from other countries to bring tea to trade?" The merchants from Kangguo are not allowed to sell tea to the Beimo, so the merchants from other countries are in charge? It is impossible for other countries to reduce tea!

Unexpectedly, Chen Tang shook his head with sincere almond eyes.

"Emister, this is not possible either."

Wu Yuan felt that his cultivation was about to be broken.

Gripping his teeth in a dark way: "Why not?"

Chen Tang said naturally: "I know that Beimo needs tea. I have also read a lot of accounts of tea trade in previous years. Why do you have to give such a good business that makes money to other countries? I just said that private merchants were banned, but I didn't say that Kang Guo was banned from official kings. Kang Guo lacked tea, so he naturally sent someone else to buy tea and then sell it to you-"

Wu Yuan: "…"

Chen Tang smiled and said, "Anyway, the price of Beimo purchasing tea is the same. Who can make the difference between the price, but not the profit?"

Gong Cheng almost choked by the tea that had not yet swallowed.

But he is very powerful and has not lost his composure.

He knew that politicians were shameless and being shameless was the norm, but he didn't expect that Chen Tang didn't even want the fig leaf and directly wrote the three words "death to ask for money" on his face. He clearly told Beimo that he would be slaughtered in business, so who would be slaughtered not slaughtered?

She! Want! Swallow!

This profitable business is prohibited from being involved in private business.

However, Gong Cheng also keenly noticed other unspeakable problems - the tea business can only be carried out by the official, so how much tea is available for trading, and what quality of tea is Chen Tang has the final say? This is also a big pit.

He looked at Wu Yuan with a gloomy face from the beginning.

As he could see, the person involved, Wu Yuan, naturally, would not miss it. As an envoy, he thought more comprehensively.

From beginning to end, this is also a conspiracy.

A conspiracy is a plan, but he has to take the bait even though he knows it is a plan.

Chen Tang smiled again and said, "Do you have any doubts?"

Wu Yuan also asked simply: "Wu knows what Lord Kang means. Since it is a win-win situation, we will naturally win if we are both, and we cannot let the third one take advantage of it. But there is still something uncertain - how much tea can Lord Kang collect from other countries? Can we ensure that the amount of tea is equal to previous years?"

It is not impossible to make a fuss about the number of things.

If you don’t understand these, Beimo will suffer a loss.

Chen Tang's reply was all practical: "I don't know this, I have to send someone out to see the market."

There is no scene at all, and you will answer whatever you ask.

Wu Yuan asked again: "Where is the delivery time?"

"When will you receive it, when will you sell it!" Chen Tang's answers were more willful than the other, and he was more arrogant and taught Wu Yuan. "Oh, what's the messenger so anxious? He couldn't eat hot tofu in an anxious mood! Tea is a daily necessity for Beimo. I know this, and I also know that the tea that merchants resold to Beimo every year is consumed more than a year. In other words, every household has reserved tea, and it will not be able to cut off tea for a while."

Tea is a strategic material.

Who wouldn't hurry up and hoard a batch?

If Beimo hadn't taken advantage of the melee of the Dragon Slaying Case in recent years and secretly stockpiled essentials such as tea, her name would be written in reverse! Wu Yuan now put on the stance of "If tea is not supplied, tea will be cut off tomorrow." He thought he was fooling around?

"The messenger can rest assured. I, Chen Youli, stand tall in my life, never harms my allies, and cannot do the things you worry about." Chen Tang didn't have to read the mind and the spirit knew what Wu Yuan wanted to make up for, but his words were all in the Yin and Yang Desert.

Wu Yuan was not embarrassed when he was said to be centrally thoughtful.

But Chen Tang silently added another note-

[Bei Desert is an enemy, not an ally.]

Hahaha, she is not a lie.

Seeing that there was no turning point in the tea matter, Wu Yuan could only endure his anger and asked Chen Tang why he wanted to ban salt. There are sufficient and legitimate reasons for banning tea. It is impossible to reduce salt production due to floods, right?

Chen Tang blinked and said, "Of course, this is because salt is an official business. I have long prohibited private smuggling by private enterprises. Even if the two places trade together, private merchants cannot sell it."

This policy has been implemented for several years.

Only merchants who have obtained business licenses can sell them, and they are still sold on a small scale and cannot leave their business scope.

Wu Yuan: "…"

Chen Tang smiled and said, "If the messenger doesn't believe it, you can inquire through Longwu and other places. It will take more than three years..."

The necessities that concern the daily life of ordinary people naturally have to make a stable price and sufficient supply so that most people can afford it. Leave it to private merchants? What do you know what situation they will cause? The official pricing and sales are the safest.

The most important thing is-

No one can compete with her for business!
To be continued...