Yang Congyi didn't think they had such strength.

If this situation is not coordinated and stopped, it will definitely damage the interests of the Huiyi fleet in the end.

Before entering the palace to meet the old king, he first sent someone back to the camp to meet Lu You and learn about the transaction.

Dozens of days later, Lu You wrote to the newspaper, saying that the recent transaction volume has declined rapidly in the past few months, and now the fleet still has more than 20 ships of goods, with the current transaction speed, I am afraid it will take four or five months to trade all the goods, and the fleet does not have so much time, please think of more ways in the country, it is best to sell the goods within three months, silk, porcelain trading volume is good, tea sales are very poor, you have to think of a way quickly.

The receipt of the letters, together with what the messenger saw along the way, can basically confirm that there is indeed a powerful and powerful robbery, which hinders free trade and adversely affects the trade of the Hui fleet.

Yang Congyi did not rush into the palace, this matter is likely to be related to the Adira he is more familiar with, he is in a high position, has an army in his hand, and is most familiar with the Great Song Dynasty mission and fleet, this is in someone else's territory, so he has to be cautious.

So I first found an opportunity to invite Adila to the embassy to talk to him about the feelings of visiting Fatilla, and then talk about overseas trade, Mediterranean ports, and the Great Song Dynasty goods loaded into the sea.

When Yang Congyi said that the price of the Great Song Dynasty goods loaded into the sea was as high as three times the price of the Great Song Dynasty, the other party's expression suddenly became a little uncomfortable, he thought that the Great Song Dynasty fleet would increase the price of the goods accordingly, but Yang Congyi did not say anything about it, but instead said, the Great Song Dynasty goods he saw in that port were still too few, and the Great Song Dynasty mission brought a lot of goods, Fatila was a very rich place, and there were many merchants, since the Great Song Dynasty goods could be sold at three times the high price, I don't know why they didn't come to purchase the Great Song Dynasty goods?

Adira, naturally, has no convincing explanation.

Then, Yang Congyi tactfully told him about the people of the Great Song Dynasty mission who traveled back and forth between Cairo and the Huiyi camp, and asked them if the Fatila army had any dissatisfaction and suspicion about the Great Song goods that had been purchased by the past merchants and the goods they purchased, and if this was the case, the Great Song mission could immediately leave with the fleet and go to the surrounding countries to trade.

Adira immediately denied it, promising that he would immediately send someone to verify the investigation.

Yang Congyi told him that if in their opinion, the Great Song Dynasty goods are fine, then provide a good business environment for the merchants of Fatilla, after all, it is not easy for the Great Song fleet to come once, if the fleet arrives here, the Fatila merchants will not be able to buy the Great Song goods, and the Great Song goods will not be sold, the fleet is likely to turn around and leave immediately, and it is estimated that it will not come again next time.

What he meant, Adila heard clearly, so he immediately promised that Fatila would definitely provide a good environment for the Great Song Dynasty to trade goods, and the Fatila people would definitely be able to buy all the goods they brought, and there would not be even a porcelain bowl left!

Yang Congyi was very relieved to receive this reply.

A few days later, Yang Congyi entered the palace and talked to the old king about the matter, and the two reached a consensus that trade is free, mutual benefit and reciprocity, and commercial taxes can be overcharged, but gold and silver coins can be collected, and goods cannot be collected directly, otherwise they will be no different from robbers.

More than half a month later, good news came that Fatilla's big and small merchants could already trade directly with the Great Song fleet.

Yang Congyi's hanging heart finally let go, the Great Song Dynasty goods transported two or three hundred miles to the seaside, you can earn several times the profit, he believes that all the merchants of Fatilla, no matter how big or small, will go back to the Yi camp to fight, for a piece of the pie, make a lot of money.

Regarding the tea problem mentioned in Lu Youxin, Yang Congyi also thought of some ways, every time distinguished guests came to the embassy, he invited them to drink tea, and recommended tea to them many times, but unfortunately the effect was not good, they were also big cannibals, and they seemed to be different from the Seljuks, and they were quite worried about this.

By chance, he found that the locals prefer sweet foods, bitter, astringent, spicy, and in short, strange-smelling things, which are rarely eaten.

Inspired by this, when the embassy received visiting businessmen and VIPs again, Yang Congyi ordered to add sucrose to the tea, and the bitter and fragrant tea suddenly became sweet.

The taste in one bite is amazing, I can't put it down after two cups, and I don't want to leave after three cups!

They immediately became interested in tea.

Yang Congyi took the tea leaves and told them that these dry leaves are actually from the tea tree, which is made of the most tender leaf buds on the tea tree, which is a treasure given to human beings by nature, healthy and clean, and drinking more tea can also make people live longer.

Arabs do not drink alcohol, usually except for drinking water, milk, there are not many drinks, after the tea from the East is sweetened and flushed, the sweet smell is overflowing, it is definitely a delicious drink that they have never seen before, so sweet tea soon spread among the high-ranking officials and nobles.

Soon after, tea drinking soon became popular among the middle and upper classes of Cairo as large quantities of tea arrived in Cairo and were openly sold in market shops.

As tea began to be widely disseminated, tea leaves, which could be purchased in small quantities and in batches, soon spread from the middle and upper classes to ordinary households, and were sold in street shops, and the price of the accompanying cane sugar began to rise.

Half a month later, the prices of tea and cane sugar began to soar.

Tea from the Great Song Dynasty gradually stole the limelight of silk and porcelain, which had been sold for several months, and went from being the most unpopular thing to the most sought-after must-have item in every household!

A month later, news came from the Huiyi camp that because the big and small merchants rushed to buy tea and rushed into the camp, they almost caused a catastrophe, and they had to temporarily increase the price of tea to cool down the fanatical merchants.

When the news of the almost accident in the Hui Yi camp reached Cairo, Yang Congyi immediately went to the palace to meet the old king, explain the situation, and ask him to provide the necessary protection for the Great Song caravan.

Two days later, a thousand-strong cavalry left Cairo and rushed to the location of the Great Song caravan, establishing a defensive area on the periphery of the Huiyi camp, and the elite army coordinated the defense to prevent the extremely fanatical merchants from making trouble because they could not buy goods.

The hot trade in the Huiyi camp continued for more than two months, and as the goods brought by the fleet gradually dried up, there were less than two ships left, and the suspension of trading was announced, and the hopeless merchants gradually left.

After the suspension of the trade, the local goods stacked in the camp and the coast were quickly loaded into the ship, and half of the troops returned to the seashore and were closely guarded.

After arranging the defense of the camp and the fleet, Lu You rushed to Cairo at Yang Congyi's request.

As the deputy envoy of Huiyi and the deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, Lu You was taken by Yang Congyi, first met the old king, and bragged about his origins, so that the old king remembered this young man with an extraordinary background, full of poetry and books, and full of talent.

At the banquet, Lu You gave a gift to the old king of Fatilla, and that gift was a pair of words he wrote on the spot.

Yang Congyi explained to everyone that this gift is just a fluttering piece of paper, even in the Great Song Dynasty, don't want to buy it with gold and silver, real art and feelings are priceless!

After some explanation, Lu You, the deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty who exhibited calligraphy at the banquet, was instantly remembered, and it was naturally indispensable to discuss and seek after.

In the subsequent banquets and banquets, Lu You's limelight gradually overshadowed Yang Congyi, who had been in Cairo for more than half a year.

It seems that no matter where you go, the people who are sought after are always well-educated!

Lu You spent more than half a month in Cairo, where he met many people and made many connections, and then began to prepare for the return of the fleet, purchasing a large amount of rice and logistics supplies from the merchants he was familiar with.

As the weather became colder, he left Cairo more than a month later with a large amount of food and supplies he had procured, and returned to the camp in Huiyi.

Yang Congyi, who remained in Cairo, began to search for all kinds of skilled craftsmen, and he was most interested in looking for top craftsmen in glass firing, silk cotton weaving, and steel smelting. In his view, technology is to collide and communicate, and only in this way can there be rapid development.

In terms of steel smelting, Yang Congyi did not know what the skills of the Arabs were, but they were definitely stronger than the Great Song Dynasty in glass firing and silk cotton weaving, because these two types of people are almost impossible to find in the Great Song Dynasty at present, there is no glass, and there is no cotton cloth.

Since he finally came, he had to bring something more important than spices, perfumes, gold, silver and jewelry and other things to make money, if it was just to make money, Yang Congyi felt uneasy, if it was like Zheng He going to the West, it was no different! Just making money and exalting prestige, for the whole East, has no real meaning!

Cairo is the capital of Fatilla, just like Lin'an in the Great Song Dynasty, the economy and culture are prosperous, leaving the craftsmen from all walks of life, it is easy to find them, but it is not so simple to find the real masters, so Yang Congyi found Adila and said that he personally wanted to purchase a batch of glass, but if it is the most transparent glass, it is best to bring the craftsmen who fired them, in addition to the steel smelting craftsmen, silk and cotton textile craftsmen.

Half a month later, Adira sent all the things and craftsmen that Yang Congyi needed to the embassy.

The glass sent is indeed transparent glass, but it is not particularly clean, there are a lot of impurities in it, and it is not very clear to see things through the glass, but what makes him very uncomfortable is that none of these glasses are flat, either bottles or cups, and there are many strange things, which should be used for viewing.

And there are many craftsmen, there are thirty or forty people.

Yang Congyi unceremoniously left them all behind, stayed in the embassy to eat and drink, and treat them like guests, this arrangement gave Adira and the craftsmen a huge vibration, they did not expect that the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty would actually offer lowly craftsmen highly, which is unimaginable in Fatilla!