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Chapter 35 The Emperor's Growth Plan (33)

So here comes the question, "Where does the tea in the imperial tea room come from?"

Qi Xue's problem has gone beyond the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, and the Minister of the Ministry of Households turned his attention to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

The Minister of Rites walked out of the queue with her eyes on her, and said respectfully: "The Ministry of Rites regularly imports tea from traveling merchants from other countries every year."

Traveling merchants, a team of merchants traveling in various countries, their whereabouts are floating, and they have no fixed place to live.

They purchase according to the different needs of different countries and sell them to different places as needed. Most of the items they sell are scarce items in their own countries and are deeply loved by the people.

Because of the long distances between transactions and poor means of transportation, traveling merchants can only travel to and from a country twice a year at most.

"That is to say, even if I ask you to buy it now, you won't be able to buy it, right?"

The Minister of Rites immediately knelt down upon hearing the words, his body trembling, "I am incompetent."

Qi Xue has the urge to caress her forehead helplessly, the ancients really love to kneel down.

She was not unreasonable and knew that it was not their decision, so she raised her hand to signal them to get up.

"How about this, let's draw up a letter of credence and make a statement to Nanli, asking the Lord Nanli to allow some time."

Having said that, she paused, and looked at the Minister of Rites, "How long will it take for the next purchase?"

Minister of Rites: "It has been less than one month since the last purchase, and it will take five months to purchase again."

Nearly half a year, too long, Nanli probably won't agree.

"Where do most of the teas sold by traveling merchants come from? How long does it take to get back and forth?"

Qi Xue's idea is very simple, it takes a long time for traveling merchants to travel to many countries, it is better to send people directly to the producing country to buy it faster.

The Minister of Rites replied with a trembling voice: "Return to Your Majesty, Nan, Nanli is the largest producer of tea, and it only takes two months to go back and forth with our country."

Ah.Qi Xue sneered, "This is a drama that Nanli directed and acted."

She now sends people to buy tea leaves, and if nothing happens, the price will be driven up. She buys them from Nanli at a high price and sends them back.

Nanli Keng is an indisputable fact, but she doesn't quite understand it.

Nanli's national strength is strong, and it is obvious that it has the strength to wipe out Dayuan, why does it stand still?

If it is for the sake of peace, why do you want to make shady tricks secretly?

She doesn't think she has the strength to make Nanli afraid now, or maybe she does, but she doesn't know it?Or is there some hidden secret behind it?
She thought about King Xiang and whether he had reached an agreement with Nan Li to let Nan Li attack, disrupt Dayuan, and then take the opportunity to take power.

After the event was completed, King Xiang won the throne, and Nanli controlled Dayuan through him, without a single soldier, and without bloodshed, which was regarded as mutual benefit.

King Xiang won the throne only after being favored by Nanli, so naturally he didn't dare to be too disobedient.

One to two to achieve a win-win situation.

This is the best explanation she can think of so far. Of course, this is just her guess without evidence.

She will figure it out sooner or later, but that will be later, what she has to do now is to solve the matter in front of her.

Since Nanli had some concerns and was unwilling to use troops blatantly, she couldn't give it the slightest chance to take advantage of it.

Even if she is angry, frustrated, and doesn't want to be the emperor, she has no choice but to endure her anger.

"A letter of ceremonial amendment, please ask the Lord of Nanli to give it two months' grace, and wait until our country has gathered enough tea to send it out in time. This matter will be left to the Ministry of Rites."

Seeing that she looked unhappy, the Minister of Rites did not dare to say anything and obeyed the order: "I obey the order."

As this matter came to an end, Zhang Yu seized the opportunity to ask again: "Do you have anything important to say, my lords?"

The hall was suddenly so quiet that only the sound of heartbeats could be heard.

Zhang Yu: "Retire."

(End of this chapter)