It is natural for Wu Zetian to ask, after all, this matter is strange, and it is always reassuring not to ask clearly.

Qin Shaoyou pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, can you allow your ministers to tell you in private?" ”

Wu Zetian listened, nodded his head, and said lightly: "The rest of the people, let's all retreat." ”

Cui Jing and the others were full of questions, and they also wanted to hear this, but seeing that Qin Shaoyou refused to speak, many people couldn't help but feel annoyed in their hearts, so that everyone even forgot about the Li family's infighting.

This matter is indeed too weird, if there is no reason, it is really a little itchy in the heart, but Your Majesty has a look, even if everyone is unwilling, at this time, they have to restrain their curiosity and obediently leave.

The Xuanzheng Hall was suddenly empty, only Shangguan Wan'er remained, Shangguan Wan'er was about to leave, but Qin Shaoyou said: "Shangguan is waiting for the edict...... It doesn't hurt to listen to it. ”

Shangguan Wan'er pursed her lips, but her eyes fell on Wu Zetian's body.

Wu Zetian said thoughtfully: "If he asks you to stay, you can keep it." ”

Wu Zetian's voice had a starry trill, obviously her mood was still excited, for Wu Zetian, this matter was like a long drought and a charcoal in the snow.

Qin Shaoyou was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "When the minister went out of the fortress, he was attacked by the Khitans, and the minister counterattacked on the one hand to show the national prestige, and on the other hand, he passed a letter, and the general of the black tooth Changzhi was out of the fortress and cheered for the minister's courage. In this way, the tribes of the desert were afraid of our Great Zhou court. The warriors who destroyed the Khitan were not the elite guards of the Great Zhou, nor were they the border troops like tigers and wolves, but the militia of my Great Zhou, the militia of the district, and they still had such strength. Will not the tribes be afraid? ”

"But it's just an appetizer, and what the minister really intimidates these people is the princess tea ......."

"Princess tea?" Wu Zetian frowned, and his face flashed with astonishment.

Qin Shaoyou smiled and said, "The minister wants to ask." If there is no salt in my Great Zhou at this time, then the people will suffer, and even many people, a large number of people will be killed and injured, and the people's livelihood will wither. At this time, someone brought salt, which increased the life expectancy of the people, and among the ridges, the peasants were more energetic, more wasteland was opened up, and the annual income of the imperial court increased dramatically. ”

Wu Zetian couldn't help but say: "Could it be that this princess tea is salt?" Qin Shaoyou, when did princess tea become a must-eat? ”

Qin Shaoyou briefly explained the importance of tea. The staple food of the people in the customs is mostly rice, vegetables and fruits, and there are also steamed cakes made of wheat.

At this time, Wu Zetian couldn't help laughing, she suddenly remembered that this guy was originally a cook, and if it was about ingredients in this world. There are really few more knowledgeable than Qin Shaoyou.

Besides, Qin Shaoyou is not a hypocritical person, what he said is easy to understand, Wu Zetian nodded, and said slowly: "What do you mean." Those who eat meat every day, if they can't eat vegetables and fruits, they have to eat tea, otherwise their stomach will be upset, and in the long run, their stomach will be ulcerated. Sooner or later, a stubborn disease will arise? I understand, princess tea...... There is something interesting about it. ”

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but say, "So...... Why don't people in the desert eat fruits and vegetables? ”

After all, she is a 'nerd', she has grown up in the study house since she was a child, and she knows everything about the things in the palace and the high gate, but when she encounters this kind of thing, it makes Wu Zetian and Qin Shaoyou laugh.

Shangguan Wan'er's pretty face couldn't help but blush slightly, and she said angrily: "Did I say something wrong?" ”

Qin Shaoyou shook his head and said: "In the desert, there are only endless weeds, where are there any vegetables and fruits?" If it is to be transported from the customs, the Shangguan should not forget that the vegetables and fruits will rot as soon as the time is long, and the grassland departments want to eat fresh vegetables and fruits every day, but they are afraid that it is more difficult than climbing to the sky. ”

Qin Shaolobby is telling the truth, in fact, the difficulty here is not only a matter of preservation, but also because after the vegetables and fruits are out of the jam, the road is far away, and it is often hundreds of thousands of miles away, a cart of vegetables and fruits, I am afraid that I can't supply a few people, how many of these millions of desert people can eat? After all, not everyone is Yang Guifei, who can teach people thousands of miles away, just to eat a few lychees.

Wu Zetian now knows the wonderful use of tea, but there is a trace of something unusual in her eyes, she never imagined that this kind of diet that is good for everyone can also become an important 'strategic resource', so she put her hands behind her back and said deeply: "That is the case, then this tea-making thing ......."

Her voice was deliberately dragged here, as if she was still hesitating.

Qin Shaoyou heard the sound outside the strings, and couldn't help but say; "Your Majesty, doesn't it mean that the imperial court came forward to create a tea bureau?"

Wu Zetian glanced at Qin Shaoyou meaningfully, but did not make a sound.

Qin Shaoyou smiled, but shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter must not be allowed, the minister has no selfish heart, if Your Majesty wants this secret recipe, the minister can enter at any time, Your Majesty's meaning, the minister also understands that the manufacture of this tea is in the hands of the minister, and the minister is a foreign minister after all, it is better to control the desert tribes in the palace, but the minister dares to ask, the desert tribes are coerced by this tea, is it only because of the tea?" ”

Qin Shaoyou shook his head and continued with self-questioning: "Your Majesty, the reason why they are restrained is only because of monopoly, because there is only one place in the world that can make this tea, and there is no other semicolon, but if the minister hands over the secret recipe and lets the imperial court be responsible for making tea, then the minister has to ask, can the officials and craftsmen appointed in the tea making bureau that His Majesty wants to build guarantee that they will not leak the secret recipe?" This thing can indeed make huge profits, and once someone leaks it out, even if His Majesty repeatedly orders and reiterates that tea is not allowed to be made in various places, but under such huge profits, I am afraid that it will not be long before someone in various states and counties will use various methods to make princess tea, and whoever has the ability to transport tea to the Turks will be able to make a windfall, so ...... There are more people who sell than buy, this princess tea doesn't matter to the desert tribes, they can't buy it here, they can buy it from Your Majesty, if Your Majesty refuses to sell, there are also those smuggling merchants, as long as they have something to exchange, they don't worry about no one to deliver princess tea to them. ”

Wu Zetian couldn't help frowning when he heard this, Qin Shaoyou's meaning, she understood, that is to say, the current situation, just because Qin Shaoyou controlled all the production of princess tea, and the formula was only in Qin Shaoyou's hands, but once he entered the imperial court, then of course Wu Zetian could not make tea by himself, so he must appoint officials to do it, and the soldiers of the iron battalion, as long as you appoint officials, you must let them be proficient in the manufacturing process, but are these officials, big and small, really reliable?

Instead of believing them, it is better to believe Qin Shaoyou, Qin Shaoyou is right, once this recipe spreads, then there will be more people making tea, and the desert departments will not buy it from Qin Shaoyou or the imperial court, but will also buy and sell it in other places. But where there are huge profits, there will definitely be people who take risks.

Wu Zetian couldn't help laughing, and his face relaxed: "I don't have any other intentions, you don't have to worry about it, since this tea is what you came up with, it is naturally your business, how can I let you suffer losses in vain." ”

Qin Shaoyou glanced at Wu Zetian deeply before he said, "Your Majesty...... In fact, His Majesty did not let the ministers suffer losses, in addition to Weichen, there was also Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping. ”

This sentence seemed to remind Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian suddenly realized, and suddenly remembered that this princess tea was indeed made by Qin Shaoyou and Li Lingyue, and the tea making was monopolized by the imperial court, and now that I think about it, it is really far better to let Qin Shaoyou do it, on the one hand, the huge profits are shared by Qin Shaoyou and his daughter, on the other hand, Qin Shaoyou is indeed more reliable than other ministers, and regardless of whether he is loyal or not, but one thing is enough for Wu Zetian to finally choose Qin Shaoyou, That is to say, Qin Shaoyou is not a member of the Li family, and he is not too close to Wu Sansi, and this is actually enough to ensure his loyalty.

Wu Zetian smiled and said, "Hmm...... You just mentioned the tea-making bureau, but reminded me that I should run a tea-making bureau, this yamen is placed in your Zhuangzi, I Qin ordered you to make tea, and also make tea, as for other things, how to arrange manpower, how to ensure secrecy, I don't care, this is your business, all in all, you have to be in charge of making tea, something went wrong, I want you to ask, but you have to need, all temples and prisons, I will also order them to do their best to supply, as for the output, it is naturally you and Li Lingyue, I don't take a penny, save you muttering in your heart, I am competing with you two juniors for profit, as for the Turkic contact, you have to do everything in detail, report to me at any time, Qin Shaoyou, what do you think. ”

Qin Shaoyou is actually most worried about Wu Zetian's greed for a while, and his tea business is yellow, this is his own profitable business, seeing that from now on, he will have a lot of money, and he can earn money lying down, if Wu Zetian comes to snatch love with a horizontal knife at this time, Qin Shaoyou is afraid that he has the urge to hit the wall, and now, with Wu Zetian's 'message', he finally breathed a long sigh of relief, so he said with a smile: "Your Majesty Shengming, please rest assured, as long as the minister still has a breath of this matter, it will be done properly." ”

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