Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Jiang Si Niang said unhappily, "Now that the Book of All Citizens has been published, the government office will no longer have the heart to sell land. If merchants really hand over the Book of All Citizens to the government, their good days will be over."

Throughout history, there have been only a handful of cases of delivering books to people of all nationalities.

Even after successfully delivering the Book of All Nations, the government decree still needs to be implemented, and the Book of All Nations cannot be ignored.

This represents the public opinion. As long as the ruler is not a tyrant, everyone will care about it. No one wants to add such a record in history books.

Therefore, no matter what, the Book of the People, the Inspector General and the government office will find a way to suppress it.

Jiang Yin sighed and said, "Who on earth is this Huizhou Supervisor? He can't even do such a thing well."

Could it be that he is using chicken feathers as a token of authority and only wants to make profits for himself?

If there had been negotiation and consultation like when the tea monopoly system was implemented in Mengshan, the situation would not have reached this point today.

"We don't know who it is yet." Jiang Si Niang pursed her lips and said, "It's definitely not a good person."

Otherwise, how could so many troubles happen? Someone tried to assassinate him on the first night.

Jiang Yin pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Maybe it's a good thing for them to hand out the Book of All Peoples."

Let the officials, the imperial court and the people of the Song Dynasty see what has become of the tea merchants under the oppression of the tea monopoly system.

It is right to defend the country, but we also have to leave a way out for the tea merchants.

Not to mention Mengshan, let’s just talk about Huizhou tea. Even if all the tea is to be monopolized by the government, it should be implemented next year, not now.

"That's right." Jiang Si Niang agreed, "This matter won't have any results in a short time, do we have to stay here forever?"

The tea they prepared has been sent to Mengshan. The only thing left to do here is to buy land and plant tea trees.

In addition, you have to buy a batch of tea trees.

Tea trees can be purchased from Xu An, but the problem is land. Without land, there is no place to store tea trees no matter how many there are.

Thinking that Li Ji is still here and the land issue has not been resolved yet.

Jiang Yin pondered for a moment and said, "Well, Si Niang will go back to town to talk to Xu An about buying his tea garden. I will be in the city.

I just negotiated for Hui ink and Xuan paper, so I'll go to their workshop and take a look."

Originally, she wanted to come next time and visit in her real identity.

But plans cannot keep up with changes. Since it is difficult to move forward right now, let's go and take a look first.

Jiang Si Niang tilted her head and asked, "Have you decided to buy Xu An's tea garden?"

The taste of the tea in that tea garden is indeed not as good as expected.

"Buy it." Jiang Yin nodded. "You can use it to grow tea seedlings or build a farm in the future."

Like the old house at the foot of Mount Meng, it will be easier for people who will take care of the tea mountain to live in and manage it in the future.

"That's fine." Jiang Si Niang pondered for a moment and said, "However, when you go to see the workshop, bring Xiao Luo and Wang Heng with you, as well as Yan Ge'er, to avoid any accidents."

Strictly speaking, Jiang Yin had only known the people from those two families for two days.

It is one thing to agree on cooperation, but we still need to take necessary precautions.

Jiang Yin raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Don't worry, Fourth Lady. Besides them, I have quite a few people following me."

She was almost implicated last night, but she did not immediately call out the people who were following her secretly in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.

If her life was really threatened, she would definitely call them out.

Seeing this, Jiang Si Niang finally felt relieved. But soon, she became worried again.

"It's strange to say that I actually saw Mr. Li today." She frowned slightly and said, "He was the former Supervisory Commissioner of Yazhou. I wonder why he came here this time."

She did not regard Li Ji and the Inspector of Huizhou as the same person. After all, if it were Li Ji, he would not act like this.

Jiang Yin smiled awkwardly and said, "His coming here has nothing to do with the tea monopoly system here."

"How do you know?" Jiang Si Niang asked doubtfully, "Have you seen him?"

She suddenly discovered that the relationship between Li Ji and her own A Yin seemed a little unusual.

Thinking of this, she looked a little strange.

Jiang Yin's eyes were a little vague, but he still nodded and said, "I saw him last night. He was injured and I bandaged him here."

As for what Li Ji said about liking her, she would not say it, even if the person in front of her was Si Niang.

"What? Last night?" Jiang Si Niang took a deep breath and said, "Ayin, you two..."

When did these two people become so familiar with each other? Li Ji came to find A Yin in the middle of the night even though he was injured.

She was a little unhappy. Li Ji was not an ordinary person, and he had somewhere to go. He came to her in the middle of the night. It was really Sima Zhao's intention, and everyone knew it.

Jiang Yin knew that Si Niang had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Don't worry, Si Niang, there is nothing between us, really, I have no other intentions towards him.

It's just that he has some relationship with Aunt Feng, and Aunt Feng asked him to look after me more."

As for the true relationship between her aunt and Li Ji, she didn't intend to tell anyone about it for the time being.

If you want to tell me, you have to get your aunt's consent first.

"He actually knows Madam Feng?" Jiang Si Niang was surprised, but then she calmed down. "That's right, Madam Feng is not an ordinary person. In this case, we should thank her more."

After so many years, they naturally knew that Madam Feng was not an ordinary person. However, they did not know Madam Feng's true identity.

If it was Mrs. Feng's instruction, then she would feel much more relieved.

Jiang Yin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Fourth Lady. I know what I am doing."

But Jiang Si Niang still warned: "There are differences between men and women. Next time, don't stay together so late at night. If you have any problems, remember to come to me."

If a single man and a single woman were to be in the same room, it would damage their reputation if it were to be made known to others.

Jiang Yin nodded and agreed, "I understand, Si Niang. I will pay attention next time."

Next time she goes to bed, she will seal the windows so that no one can come.

The two chatted for a while and discussed the purchase of the tea garden and the price they could accept.

Afterwards, Jiang Yin gave some of the silver he had on him to Jiang Si Niang.

Not only did she save enough money to buy the tea garden, she also reserved some money for buying land and subsequent needs, just in case her plans changed and she had to go back directly.

After Jiang Si Niang gave Jiang Yin repeated instructions, she returned to the town with the silver.

Jiang Yin also sent someone to arrange time with Su Shan and Li Qingyue, so that they could go to see the workshop in person early tomorrow morning.

The two workshops were not next to each other, so we arranged to spend two days together, first to the Hui Ink Workshop and then to the Xuan Paper Workshop.

After making an appointment, Jiang Yin did not go out again and just stayed in the inn to recuperate.

At night, she actually sealed the windows of her room.

So much so that Li Ji tried to climb through the window again, but failed.

Jiang Yin didn’t know about this, and even if she knew, she would just remain speechless.

For no reason, a grown man would rummage through a woman's bedroom in the middle of the night. Only he could think of doing that.

The next morning, in order to avoid meeting Li Ji downstairs, Jiang Yin changed the breakfast place to his room and planned to have breakfast in the room before going out.