Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Zhang Yuanzhi stopped the carriage and shouted that he wanted to see Jiang Yin.

Mrs. Feng felt relieved but also a little angry.

"This stupid thing, why is he blocking the road so late at night!" Mrs. Feng cursed and was about to get up and go outside the car to scold Zhang Yuanzhi.

"Wait, aunt."

Jiang Yin quickly stopped the man. Others didn't know, but she knew that Zhang Yuanzhi had already joined the rebel army.

In the previous life, it was because of this that after the Zhang family was brought to justice, the Jiang family was also implicated.

Li Ji was ambushed by the rebels just before Zhang Yuanzhi showed up. Jiang Yin didn't believe there was no trick.

Mrs. Feng sat back down and tilted her head in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yin's expression was tense: "I suspect that my second uncle is involved with the rebels. If so, we can't have anything to do with him now."

After the tea-horse trade was transferred here, Yazhou City had already strengthened its defense because of Mount Meng, and Mingshan was even more so.

Therefore, it is impossible for a large number of rebels to come to Mengshan quietly.

The fear is that Zhang Yuanzhi, this reckless man, wants to drag the Jiang family into the water and deliberately do something misleading to tie them together in the same boat.

For example, now, if the outside world spreads that they met Zhang Yuanzhi at night, and finds out that Zhang Yuanzhi has joined the rebel army.

Then, would others mistakenly think that Jiang is also related to the rebels?

She had finally gotten rid of the Zhang family and didn't want to get involved in the scandal again.

"How dare he!" Madam Feng's pupils shrank slightly, and her eyes became fierce. "Wait and see if I don't beat him to death!"

He has been living a good life for so long that he actually dares to collude with the rebels.

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Jiang Yin to react or for the carriage to stop, she leaped directly in front of Zhang Yuanzhi and kicked him out.

"Aunt!" Jiang Yin said hurriedly, "Stop the car, stop the car, protect Aunt!"

She never expected her aunt to react so strongly that she jumped out of the car and wanted to beat Zhang Yuanzhi.

When she hurried out, she saw Zhang Yuanzhi flying out.

Her forehead was throbbing and she lit a candle for Zhang Yuanzhi in her heart.

Zhang Yuanzhi fell to the ground with a thud, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and tremblingly pointed at Aunt Feng and said, "You crazy woman, I provoke you, come and hit me!"

He glared at Mrs. Feng fiercely, and couldn't help but step back a little, fearing that Mrs. Feng would go crazy and hurt him again.

"Did you provoke me?" Mrs. Feng pulled out Wang Heng's knife and walked towards Zhang Yuanzhi step by step.

As she walked, she said, "You traitor, you dare to collude with the rebels. I'll beat you to death."

The scene of the rebel army rushing into Chengdu Prefecture was still vivid in her mind, with corpses everywhere and heavy losses. How could she not be angry?

However, Zhang Yuanzhi spat on the ground and said sarcastically, "Bah, you hypocritical little girl! That sounds nice, but the rebels are much better than you guys."

Zhang Yuanzhi dares to act and take responsibility, there is nothing he cannot say about it.

"Shut up!" Jiang Yin frowned and jumped off the carriage road. "What are you talking about here? What has the rebel army done to be so obsessed with you?"

She didn't expect that Zhang Yuanzhi did not refute Aunt Feng's words, but instead spoke openly for the rebels.

This lunatic wants to get involved in muddy waters, so don't drag her into it!

Mrs. Feng was also amused by Zhang Yuanzhi's words. Seeing Jiang Yin also jumped off the carriage, she was not in a hurry to deal with Zhang Yuanzhi. Instead, she folded her hands and said, "I'll give you a chance. Tell me what's good about the rebel army?"

She slapped Zhang Yuanzhi's face with the back of the knife and said sinisterly: "If what you said is wrong, I will take your life!"

You bastards, did they sacrifice their lives in the war in vain?

After that incident, Yazhou City and Chengdu Prefecture were severely damaged, and it took a long time for them to recover and yet they have not returned to their heyday.

Feeling the coolness on his face, Zhang Yuanzhi was almost frightened to death.

He swallowed his saliva and said unyieldingly: "The rebels want to distribute things to the peasants, will you share? Where did the rebels come from in the first place? It was you who forced them to do it!

Why can't we ordinary people sell the tea we grow somewhere else? If we sell it to the government, the price will be too low to even support our families."

If it weren't for the last resort, who would be willing to give up their good life and start an uprising?

If the imperial court really wants to benefit the people, it should pay a high price for the tea. Why does it keep the price so low and not allow the tea to be sold to foreign merchants or barbarians?

Hearing this, Jiang Yin looked strange and said, "What does this have to do with you? If I remember correctly, your Zhang family doesn't grow tea, let alone trade in tea."

She really wanted to yell at Zhang Yuanzhi for being shameless. Did Zhang Yuanzhi put himself in the position of the patriarch of the Jiang family and think that everything in the Jiang family belonged to him?

Zhang Yuanyi choked and said with his neck stiff, "Who am I doing this for? It's for the entire Jiang family."

If it weren't for the Jiang family, why would he do these unnecessary things.

"Then I should thank you?" Jiang Yin rolled her eyes at him and said, "Come on, put away your hypocritical face. You are obsessed with your own interests and want to drag Jiang's into trouble. Don't dream about the Spring and Autumn Period. My Jiang's never rely on others."

Under the pretext of doing good for Jiang's family, he satisfied his dirty but mediocre heart. Did he think she was still the fool she was in her previous life?

"What other people?" Zhang Yuanzhi glared and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Aunt Feng.

"Tsk~" Aunt Feng sneered and said sarcastically, "You only have these calculations in your mind. Why don't you say that those tea growers who revolted secretly sold tea to the Yi people. In addition to exchanging a large amount of gold and silver, they also used the war horses they got back for their own use.

Why don't you say that the Yi people bought the tea sold by the rebels, which had serious consequences for the tea-horse trade!"

Selling private tea has always been treated as a serious crime. After all, after buying private tea, those barbarians are no longer willing to exchange supplies with the court.

As a result, the number of war horses that could be obtained through the tea-horse trade was drastically reduced. This also had a significant impact on the border, and many soldiers were sacrificed.

In addition, people with ulterior motives used private tea to exchange for war horses, privately recruited soldiers and caused trouble.

If the imperial court leaves it alone, the entire Song Dynasty will be affected. Shu will become a chaotic place, and the people will suffer.

Of course, a selfish fool like Zhang Yuanzhi would not think of this, nor would he care about it.

As expected, after listening to Mrs. Feng's words, Zhang Yuanzhi still looked sarcastic and said, "Stop making alarmist remarks here. The rebels just want to have enough food."

Jiang Yin's face darkened and he said speechlessly, "So, they have no food to eat now?"

"Who said there's no food to eat?" Zhang Yuanzhi immediately retorted with his neck stiff, "I took so much money, no, not at all!"

He quickly made up for it, "Who is looking down on others when they have nothing to eat?"

He gave so much money, more than enough to support an army. At least, they could have enough food to eat.