Thinking that the history of the Qizhou Thorn just now seemed to have a lot to do with Helian next to him, and since he became the master of Jiannan, Li Qing's curiosity about the Helian family has never diminished, and he said to the white-clothed Helian beside him: "From tonight's banquet, it can be seen that this Qizhou Thorn History seems to have a good relationship with you?" ”

Faced with Li Qing's question, Helian Tong had no intention of concealing it, after all, this was not a secret matter, and said directly: "Your Highness doesn't know, this Qizhou assassin history seems to be righteous and bright, but in fact it is cunning and cunning, over the years, every time I go to Jingshi to pay tribute to the imperial tea, when I pass through Qizhou, I have to give this person some meeting gifts, which is commonly known as tolls!" ”

Indeed, every time we go to Beijing to pay tribute to the royal tea to the dignitaries and relatives of the imperial court, if we are lucky, we can indeed get a lot of money from the generous royal relatives and magnates, plus the money that the imperial court rewards every year, in general, it is indeed hot. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But from Chengdu to Chang'an for two thousand miles, during the period through countless counties, our Helian family got these properties are spent on these counties, and it is good to meet those with a small appetite, but if we meet a person like Qizhou Thorn Shi who eats people and does not spit out bones, we have to take out more money, after all, it is of great significance to escort the imperial tea, if there is no care from these counties, once there is any accident, it is not something that our small Helian family can afford, which is also the reason why these counties eat us.

Hearing Helian Tong's narration beside him, Li Qing nodded, he didn't expect that there were so many ways among them, originally thought that the Helian family could monopolize the tea industry in Jiannan Province and become the only family to pay tribute to imperial tea, and the profits it obtained every year must be extraordinary, with such wealth, it should never be so low-key and introverted to be suppressed by the Su and Zhao families, but at this moment, hearing the little master of the Helian family next to him, Li Qing understood, It seems that there is a certain reason why the Helian family has behaved like this over the years, at least it is not as powerful as outsiders imagine, and it also has its own unknown hardships!

At the same time, Li Qing's mind suddenly became active, now Li Qing is naturally not the little white who first came to the Tang Dynasty half a year ago and knew nothing, Li Qing naturally knew clearly that every time he paid tribute to tea, the profits obtained by the Helian family were enough to imagine, if it was calculated according to sixty percent of them, the money that the Helian family spent on local officials like Qizhou Thorn Shi was about fifteen thousand taels every time!

And similar tribute, the Helian family has to pay tribute twice a year, once in late winter and early spring, once in midsummer, this tribute is to treasure a year or even several years of fermented tea, the longer this tea is stored, the more mellow the tea, after tasting, it is endlessly memorable!

As for the midsummer time, it is to attack the spring to pick delicate tea leaves and summer picking before the rain tea, Chengdu Zhaogong Mountain has a humid climate, backed by mountains, rainy summer, extremely suitable for planting tea, it is precisely because of such intentional geographical conditions, Zhaogong Mountain tea has become one of the few imperial teas that can be paid tribute to the palace.

Thinking of this, he looked at Helian beside him, and a flash of fire flashed in his deep eyes, and he said directly: "When he just entered the city, how did Young Master Helian feel about the king's three hundred personal guards? ”

Hearing this, Helian Tong's immature face was silent, but his heart was turning rapidly, and he didn't understand why His Royal Highness King Shou, who was still talking about Gongcha just now, wanted to let himself express his opinion on his personal guards, although he was puzzled in his heart, but Helian Tong still replied truthfully: "Your Highness's three hundred personal guards are the real tiger and wolf journey, each of them is mighty and majestic, and they are actually fierce soldiers in the army, looking at the entire Jiannan Dao, only His Royal Highness can train such elite people!" "It is worthy of Helian who can support half of the Helian family alone at the age of a weak crown, and when he answered Li Qing, he did not forget to flatter.

Naturally ignoring the second half of the sentence, Li Qing said directly to the point: "In this case, anyway, the Helian family's money is also spent on these counties, it is better to cheapen our own people, from now on, your Helian family will be on the way from Chengdu to Chang'an, escorted by this king, this king is not like those county lions, the profit you get every time this king is only fifty percent, how?" “

Looking at the young man in Xuanyi in front of him, Helian really wanted to speak directly: "Isn't this called a lion's mouth?" As soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted to go to fifty percent of the profits, and as the actual person in charge of the Helian family's external affairs, Helian Tong clearly knew that the fifty percent profits were enough to be fifteen thousand taels! With this money, it has been able to train an elite corps of 2,000 sergeants. “

Fortunately, the person in front of him is His Royal Highness King Shou, if it is replaced by other people in front of him, he will have to go to his own general profits, and his character will have already gone away. Helian Tong was a young man, and he secretly measured it in his heart, anyway, those counties and counties are cheap, so it is better to sell it to His Royal Highness King Shou in front of him!

Judging from the repeated performance of His Royal Highness King Shou in Chengdu, it is inevitable that His Royal Highness King Shou will become the real master of Jiannan, and if he can sell a favor to His Royal Highness King Shou at this time, his family will be much better in Chengdu and even in Jiannan in the future, after all, the bloody experience of the past is in front of him.

After all, there were originally four major families in Chengdu, Xian Yu, Helian, Zhao, Su, on the surface, the four major family forces were headed by Xian Yu, the Zhao family was slightly second, the Su family was again, the Helian family was low-key and introverted, and was ranked fourth, but since His Royal Highness King Shou entered Jiannan, the Xian Yu family and the Zhao family who offended him have become a thing of the past at this moment, but the Su family has become the only powerful person in Chengdu and even the entire Jiannan Province because they were the first to get close to the Shouwang Mansion, so at this moment, if you can take this opportunity to make friends with the young man in front of you, It's definitely a sure-fire deal.

After weighing the pros and cons, Helian Tong opened his mouth and said: "What His Highness said is naturally reasonable, but now His Highness is Jiannan Jiedu, and there are many things, and the tribute to the imperial tea has been recruited by our own family to personally escort it, at this moment, if His Royal Highness personally sends a large army to escort it, I am afraid that it is unreasonable, and it will be difficult for us to entertain the imperial court!" ”

However, in the face of Helian Tong's questioning, Li Qing directly opened his mouth and said with a light smile: "Naturally, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the court, since this king has the courage to take over this matter, he naturally has the strength to deal with the imperial court, and your Helian family is a powerful person in Chengdu, and it is natural for the king to send troops to protect it, and this tribute tea is a tribute to the palace, this king is the prince, Li Qing shares the worries of his father and the emperor, and ensures that the tribute tea is foolproof!" ”

"As for those county magistrates, you don't have to worry that they will embarrass you, when the time comes, you can escort the tribute tea in the name of this king under the banner of Jiannan Jiedu Yamen, and this king wants to see that county magistrate dare to embarrass you!" (To be continued.) )