Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Although the Jiang family is a small family, they still know to be more cautious to prevent bad people from interfering and destroying the Mengshan tea.

However, such a large Tea and Horse Company lost a lot of tea during the transportation, including tea that Jiang had not yet settled.

This made Yan Li feel extremely embarrassed and guilty.

This guilt made him feel short of breath and guilty when facing Jiang Yin.

However, Yan Li didn't know the real reason why Jiang Yin and Xie Daoyun came. If he knew, he didn't know if he would still feel guilty.

But soon, he found out.

Xie Daoyun raised his eyebrows and said directly: "It's good that Yan Tea Supervisor knows that it is the responsibility of the Tea and Horse Department. Let's not talk about whether the tea can be found now. Even if it can be found, it may not be the ones we lost."

As long as it disappears from sight, it is possible that it has been replaced.

So what if he doesn't admit that 10% of the tea is black tea? The evidence is gone, so he can say whatever he wants.

Yan Li paused and asked doubtfully, "What does Mr. Xie think?"

He didn't understand what Xie Daoyun meant. Did he want to send a new batch of tea, or did he want to treat the fallen tea leaves as thrown away and ignore them?

It was expected that Jiang would not be able to deliver all the tea this year, and even the Inspector Li Ji did not say anything.

Therefore, he would not say anything. However, paying in full or not was still different in the eyes of the government.

They handed it over and he kept it, and there was nothing wrong with that.

If they cannot pay in full, he will not force them, they just need to report the amount truthfully.

Even if the sky falls, Li Ji will be there to hold it up. If the real culprit behind the scenes is found, the Jiang family will have no chance of being in trouble.

Xie Daoyun said in a cold tone: "I mean you should pay the bill. You can't let us Jiang family suffer a loss, right? Even if the tea is lost, you still have to pay. The money is settled, and we don't owe each other anything."

He asked for money nonchalantly, and Jiang Erniang and Jiang Yin standing beside him almost turned their heads away, too embarrassed to face Yan Li.

But now they all represent the Jiang family, so they have to be united and stand on the same line.

Yan Li's pupils shrank slightly, and his hand on the gift box felt hot, so he quickly retracted it.

This gift is really hard to hold, it's hot.

But he didn't want to offend Xie Daoyun, so he could only say dryly: "Mr. Xie, you are joking. Didn't we agree to settle the remaining 10% of the black tea money after we change horses?"

He was speechless. How could the Tea and Horse Company owe him less money? He had just lost the tea leaves, and now they were asking for money.

"Dark tea? What dark tea?" Jiang Yin pretended to be confused and asked with a puzzled look, "Did the tea supervisor remember it wrong? When did we hand over the dark tea?"

She secretly apologized to Yan Li in her heart. She didn't want to do this because of the situation. If she wanted to blame someone, she should blame the tea monopoly system, which left them no way out.

Hearing this, Yan Li took a deep breath and said with a fake smile: "Haha, Miss Jiang, you are joking. If the last ten percent is not black tea, what is it?"

Is this person from the Jiang family crazy or what? He came here to commit fraud.

His face was a little stiff, and in the end he couldn't even smile.

Jiang Yin looked serious and explained solemnly: "Don't talk nonsense. If I remember correctly, our Jiang family has never handed over black tea."

What black tea? They had never bought black tea. The tea they were short of was Mengshan tea bought from everywhere at a high price.

Yan Li's expression gradually became serious. He couldn't help but sit up straight and asked, "Are you here today to pick a fight with the Tea and Horse Department?"

If you're not looking for trouble, why would you come and start beating and talking nonsense?

It was clearly written on his receipt that the last 10% he paid was for black tea.

Now they were asking for money and denying the black tea. He didn't believe them if they said they were not looking for trouble.

"Looking for trouble? What trouble?" Li Ji strode in from the door. He looked exhausted, so he must have just come back from outside.

Yan Li quickly stood up and bowed to him, then smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe it was a misunderstanding. Miss Jiang and the others forgot that the last tea they handed over was black tea."

He finally breathed a sigh of relief, someone finally came to make the decision. If there was anything, there would be someone to testify for him.

However, he seemed to be happy too early.

Li Ji picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then raised his eyes and asked, "Dark tea? When did the Tea and Horse Bureau receive dark tea?"

He looked at Yan Li, his eyes seemed to say that the person he remembered wrong was Yan Li, not Jiang.

Yan Li: ...

So they teamed up to bully him, an outsider, and the clown was actually himself?

He took a deep breath, tactfully bowed and said, "I guess I really remembered it wrong. I'll go look for the receipt later to see what it says."

No matter whether it is black tea or white tea, he will silently change it to Mengshan tea once he finds the receipt.

The king of heaven is here, and all the money Jiang family has is Mengshan tea!

Of course, this is just what is said to the outside world; it cannot be concealed from the government.

This means that if they want to use black tea, they plan to do it secretly. Otherwise, who knows who will target them.

This time someone happened to steal the black tea, which gave them this opportunity.

Jiang Yin's coming to ask for money today was fake, and the truth was that she ignored the matter of black tea. She just didn't expect Li Ji to come and support her.

Perhaps feeling a little sorry for Yan Li, Jiang Yin stood up, bowed to him and said, "In that case, I would like to thank Yan Chajian.

As for the missing tea leaves, I, Jiang Shi, will also fully cooperate and provide clues. Once we catch the real culprit and get the tea leaves back, we will come to the Tea and Horse Department to settle accounts with the strict tea supervisor. "

The Jiang family was also very familiar with the entire process of the tea-horse trade and the ancient Tea-Horse Road.

She planned to follow the Ancient Tea-Horse Road and see if there was anything unusual based on her meager memories.

"You want to take the Ancient Tea-Horse Road?" Li Ji frowned and refused directly, "No, the journey is long and difficult, you can't go."

Even he had not fully walked this path, let alone Jiang Yin, a weak woman.

What's more, in addition to the extremely harsh environment of this road, there are also man-made dangers.

Most of the roads along the way are desolate mountain roads with few people and occasional bandit troubles.

In addition, most of the porters were men, so Jiang Yin, a woman, was undoubtedly falling into a wolf's den.

Although Yan Li was not very happy, he still advised: "Yes, it's enough for Miss Jiang to have this intention. As for investigating the case, we will do it ourselves."

If his colleagues knew that the Tea and Horse Bureau relied on a weak woman to investigate cases, wouldn't he be laughed at?

However, Jiang Yin shook his head and said, "I won't go too far. I'll just walk a little way and come back."

It would only take her two days' journey at most, and the journey was mostly on wide official roads, so there wouldn't be any major problems.

"Let's talk about this after we go back and discuss it." Jiang Erniang pursed her lips and interrupted her. "We shouldn't rush this matter. Perhaps we can find clues in Mengshan or Yazhou?"

She secretly glared at Jiang Yin and asked, what was the point of taking the Tea Horse Road?

A gentleman does not build a dangerous wall. Putting yourself in danger is not a good idea.