Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Jiang Erniang cried so sadly and suppressedly that when the carriage started moving, not even a sob could be heard.

Jiang Yin felt distressed and wanted to hug Jiang Er Niang, but he was unable to do so because Xie Daoyun was hugging Jiang Er Niang.

Not only that, even she couldn't use a handkerchief to wipe away the tears of Jiang Er Niang who was buried in Xie Daoyun's arms.

Jiang Yin's mouth twitched slightly, and she suddenly felt that she was superfluous. She shouldn't be in the car, she should be completely gone.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Xie Daoyun, then took Jiang Erniang's hand and comforted her, "It's okay, Erniang. Mr. Li is not such a stingy person. He has saved me many times before and never made things difficult for me."

Moreover, considering Xie Daoyun's identity and the relationship between Li Ji and Xie Daoyun, Li Ji had no reason to be angry. He just wanted to have a verbal battle.

Besides, even if Li Ji was angry, he would not take it out on her or Jiang. At most, he would have a private fight with Xie Daoyun.

Jiang Erniang raised her head and sobbed, "Ayin was assassinated so many times, why didn't you tell me? How did you, a weak woman who couldn't even tie a chicken, resist it?"

As she spoke, she pushed Xie Daoyun aside, gently embraced Jiang Yin in her arms, and said guiltily, "You have suffered, Yin. In the future, Second Mother will definitely protect you well and will not let you suffer such harm again."

Thinking of the many dangerous situations she had encountered, Jiang Erniang's tears flowed uncontrollably again.

Jiang Yin had only mentioned the assassination attempt before. They all thought it happened on the way here, but they didn't expect it to happen again later.

Jiang Erniang felt very distressed. You know, in the past, Jiang Yin would cry whenever he got a minor injury. He was not as strong as he is now.

Jiang Yin paused for a moment, then realized that Jiang Erniang's crying was more of a sign of concern for her.

Her heart warmed slightly, she raised her hand and gently stroked Jiang Erniang's back, comforting her: "It's okay, Erniang, it's all over. With the help of the Tea and Horse Bureau and Mr. Li in the future, we will only get better and better."

With them around, she was no longer fighting alone. If those people wanted to take action, they would have to think twice.

However, Xie Daoyun said tartly: "That's not necessarily true. The government won't help worthless people. Do you think only the three major families are coveting the tea mountain?

Wrong, even those powerful families in Tokyo, or officials, are planning to take over."

Who asked Jiang Yin to compete with him for his wife? He didn't mind saying some discouraging words to make Jiang Yin worry more.

The job of the Tea and Horse Service is a piece of juicy meat, and it cannot be obtained without some solid strength.

Since it is impossible to take over the Tea and Horse Bureau, the next best thing is to find a reason to take control of the tea mountains, which is also a big piece of fat meat.

Regardless of whether the tea growers agree or not, there will always be someone who can convince the government, and they are counting on these big families to make mistakes.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Erniang let go of Jiang Yin and frowned slightly, "Do you mean that the government is planning to take over the tea mountain?"

It was easy to deal with if someone else was plotting against them, at most they could just confront them head on. But if it was the government that was plotting against them, then they really had no way to deal with it.

Jiang Yin looked at Xie Daoyun silently, waiting to see what Xie Daoyun would say.

Although it sounds like he was just speaking casually, he must have heard something to say this.

However, Xie Daoyun did not say anything else, but snorted coldly and said: "Such a simple truth, think about it yourself."

Jiang Erniang slapped him and said angrily, "Don't be mean to A Yin."

Xie Daoyun's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at Jiang Er Niang with resentment. When he returned to the door of the old house, he immediately helped Jiang Er Niang out of the carriage.

Jiang Yin had no other ideas about this.

Xie Daoyun has been out for so many years, and the information he has been able to find out is not much, so he is not interested in these things.

I can analyze so much for her only because of Jiang Erniang.

After returning, Jiang Yin began to concentrate on preparing detoxifying manure.

The screened manure was moved to the middle of the mountain, and then the secret guards and Wang Heng were asked to go to the mountain in the middle of the night to put the detoxification powder and mix it evenly.

It took two days in a row to finally prepare the detoxifying manure.

Aunt Jiang and Aunt Jiang Sanniang have also sent people to thoroughly water the soil of the tea trees halfway up the mountain.

After that, Jiang Er Niang and Jiang Siniang led people to bury manure in the soil.

Once the manure is buried and the soil is watered once, you can sit back and wait to see the results of the detoxification process.

Burying manure takes a long time, so Jiang Yin has to watch over it personally to feel at ease.

I thought the thieves who stole the soil in the past would not come again, but I didn't expect that during the two days of watering, some of the soil on the tea mountain was dug away again.

This time, the soil lost was from the top and foot of the mountain, and all in the direction of Zhiju Temple.

Jiang Yin's face looked very ugly. He was just about to go to the Tea and Horse Bureau to urge Li Ji's men to come quickly, when he saw Yan Li coming to the old house with a team of about twenty people.

She hurried forward and said, "The strict tea supervisor is finally here. You don't know that the soil on my tea mountain has been stolen again in the past two days."

She sent people to guard it every day, but unfortunately it was impossible to prevent it, and things were still lost.

Yan Li looked surprised and asked, "Does this thief think that he can grow Mengshan tea just by having the soil?"

He was somewhat speechless. How could the hard work of several generations be stolen so easily?

Jiang Yin shrugged and said, "I don't know if it can be grown, but it is still useful to improve the soil at home."

What she meant was almost naming names, saying that it was done by the other three major families nearby.

But do they understand that this is not a long-term solution? She really doesn't understand what those families are thinking.

"Don't worry." Yan Li said with a smile, "I'll have my people guard it right away. It doesn't matter if you lose the soil, but it won't damage the foundation of your tea mountain for the time being.

This time I have sent people to all five hills, so any situation on any hill can be discovered immediately."

There are people guarding every hilltop, and these people were hired by Li Ji, and their fighting power is higher than that of ordinary guards.

In this way, not only those who steal the soil are easy to be discovered, but also those who receive the new soil are easy to be discovered.

"Five hilltops?" Jiang Yin asked in surprise, "Did Mr. Li arrange it this way?"

The Wufeng Tea Mountains are all guarded by people from the Tea and Horse Bureau, so as not to make the Jiang family too conspicuous.

I just don’t know if these people can take good care of the tea mountains and prevent what happened before from happening again.

Yan Li nodded and said, "Miss Jiang guessed correctly, it was arranged by Mr. Li, even the person is his.

"Okay, I've already sent the person here, and you can just decide how to make the specific arrangements, Miss Jiang."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and said goodbye, leaving Jiang Yin and the twenty men standing there.

Knowing that every hilltop was guarded by people from the Tea and Horse Bureau, Jiang Yin openly took these twenty people to the tea mountain to find a suitable location.

Shangqing Peak and Lingjiao Peak are not far apart, so we just need to defend the outer periphery.