"Cigarettes as tribute?"

Looking at the little eunuch in front of him, Tang Jin looked at the other party in disbelief.

"Yes...... Yes, Your Highness, this is the emperor's will, the slave does not have the courage to falsely pass on the holy decree, if you don't believe it, you can see for yourself. ”

The little eunuch was stunned by Tang Jin's staring, and his speech was a little unbright. On weekdays, when they arrived in Beijing, the eunuchs who went out of Beijing to announce the decree were not all treated as VIPs, and all the county guards and prefects had to accompany Xiao Haosheng to serve.

But in front of Tang Jin, this little eunuch really didn't dare to put on a score. Although he is only a county magistrate in his official position now, he is still the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, a first-class minister of the Tang Dynasty, and his own identity as a son. He believes that as long as he dares to put on a score, he is afraid that he will not have to think about getting out of this Yulin County alive.

Ignoring the little eunuch's apprehension, Tang Jin copied the holy decree, waved his hand at the other party, walked back while watching, and sat on the chair next to him, only then did he put down the holy decree in his hand with a frown.

After a while, the corners of Tang Jin's mouth suddenly flashed with a hint of mockery, looked in the direction of the capital, and muttered to himself: "Tang Yu, Tang Yu, are you scared by the master?" That's all you have the courage to live up to your reputation as a cheap emperor. ”

is as witty as Tang Jin, how can he not see Tang Yu's intention to suddenly classify cigarettes as tribute?

On the surface, this is a great honor, with the production of a county can become a tribute exclusively to the royal family, how many of the entire Datang can have such an honor?

But in reality? Once the cigarettes are listed as tribute, Tang Jin can no longer sell them privately, but must pay tribute to the imperial court for all the cigarettes produced.

"Tsk, do you think I'm going to be annoying?"

Tang Jin looked at the direction of the capital with pity, his eyes full of malice. Of course he won't do it if he openly resists the order, then he will only be caught by Tang Yu with a bigger handle. But he can't resist the decree, can't he change goods? You must know that the production process of this thing has been slightly changed, and what is made is two things that are very different, didn't you ask me to pay tribute? Okay, I'm obedient, you give me money, I pay tribute. What the? Something that pays tribute is wrong? Sorry, we sold it

It's always been this.

To put it simply, Tang Jin is that I can't beat you, but I can disgust you. He just wanted to make the brand "Royal Tribute Tobacco" stink, so that Tang Yu could not steal the chicken and rice, and finally had to obediently send back the right to operate the cigarettes.

Thinking of it, Tang Jin went to the tobacco factory on the same day to announce that the imperial court would list cigarettes as tribute, and for a while, the people of the county were happy from the bottom of their hearts and were very proud of it. Tang Jin, on the other hand, took advantage of the situation to make better cigarettes as an excuse to reform the tobacco-making technology, omitting several steps in one go, which can at least reduce the taste of cigarettes by 80 percent, which is better than directly smoking leaves.

If other prefectures and counties that produce tribute dare to do this, I am afraid that if it is not from the county Shoudao county order, it will be wiped out, but the county order of Yulin County is he Tang someone. I don't know how many times I've been working against the emperor openly and secretly, and I don't have any fear at all.

As for whether the people will be dissatisfied with the ban on "tribute" qualifications in the future. To be honest, Tang Jin is really not afraid of this, the imperial court sells fake cigarettes for various legions, and its effect is definitely not as good as real cigarettes, once the tribute qualification is cancelled, Tang Jin will send the real cigarettes to them, can these suffocated guys not go crazy to purchase? When the time comes, who cares about what tribute is not tribute?

In this way, after the first batch of tribute cigarettes was produced and escorted to the capital by a special person, Tang Jin watched the escort team with an expression of waiting to see a good show.

"I'm really curious about how Tang Yu will react after tasting this batch of cigarettes."

A few months later, inside the Imperial Study

Looking at the tribute cigarette in the delicate tray in front of him, Tang Yu picked up one and looked at it carefully. Not to mention, although the price is a little more expensive, at least the packaging looks a lot better; When I smell it again, the smell is much more fragrant than before.

"Hmph, measure how smart your kid is, in the face of power, you are still nothing!"

Saying that, Tang Yu viciously put the cigarette into his mouth, lit it slowly, and took a deep breath, just wanted to experience the feeling of wanting to die, but suddenly felt a spicy taste in his throat, and his mouth was full of the smell of dead branches and leaves.

"Ahem, ahem!"

coughed for a long time before Tang Yu recovered. Looking at the cigarette in his hand in disbelief, Tang Yu frowned

"Wang Daban, are you sure this is the new tribute tobacco?" ”

The prince nodded without doubt: "Back to the emperor, it is indeed the tribute cigarette that only arrived at noon today, and the old slave personally went to the household department to pick it up, and no one has touched it before this." ”

The emperor likes to smoke, which is a well-known thing in the whole capital, so much so that smoking has become popular among civil and military officials, in order to get closer to the emperor. Therefore, in the supply of cigarettes to the emperor, the prince is now very careful, even more cautious than supervising the imperial meal, and there can be no mistake.

"Could it be that this one has gone bad?"

Cigarettes will deteriorate, Tang Yu knows this, he has not smoked cigarettes that taste extremely disgusting because of deterioration before, although it is not as serious as it is now, but what if this is more serious than deterioration?

With a fluke mentality, Tang Yu picked up another one, re-ignited it, and took a sip gently, and in an instant, another dead leaf burned filled the entire mouth.

"Tang Jin'er!"

Tang Yu flipped the valuable jade plate in front of him to the ground, how did he not know that he was being pitted by Tang Jin again.

"Okay, well, I really underestimated you. I thought you would be weak this time, but I wanted you to give me something about the quality of the goods. Okay, good, I must make you look good this time! ”

After saying that, Tang Yu walked to the side quickly, personally opened the brocade box and took out the jade seal, and at the same time ordered: "Princess! Ghostwriting for me, Yulin County ordered Tang Jin, deliberately handed over inferior tribute, fooled the saint, you can recall the capital, and deal with it according to the law on a later date! ”

"Your Majesty, you can't!" Who knew that the prince had no intention of writing at all, but knelt directly on the ground, "Your Majesty, the quality of the tribute is defective, according to my Tang Dynasty law, the light one will be assigned to the army, and the heavy one will be divided by the palace punishment." These two, no matter which one you give to His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, the side of King Dongxian...... It's hard to explain. ”

Tang Yu immediately sobered up when he heard this. Fang Cai only cared about getting angry, but completely forgot that Tang Jin was not just one of his courtiers. Although people are indeed on an errand under themselves now, and it is okay to abolish his officials, but if he wants to abolish his people, Tang Duo will agree? That's his only son! If he dared to give him a hair, Tang Duo would dare to take the four major corps of the Eastern Regions to the capital in person.

(To be continued)