Lu Qingjin looked helplessly at the four people who had gathered in his palace early in the morning; "Didn't you already pay the dividends yesterday, why did you come here again?"

Concubine Li smiled wryly: "Didn't you hear new news again, and we will tell you this for the first time." ”

Lu Qingjin coughed and said helplessly: "Why are there so many things recently, and what else can't be solved by the four of you?" ”

Concubine Yun sat up straight and said; "It's true that I can't be the master, I heard that a team of merchants from the Western Regions came to Shengshi Pavilion, they have been eating for half a month in a row, and the person in charge of looking for Shengshi Pavilion who led the way last night has already found Lord Changlin's mansion, saying that he wants to buy potatoes and rice, and we can't be the master and come."

Lu Qingjin was in a lot of spirit when he heard this; "What you mean is that they want to buy both crops in large quantities, but they don't plan to grow them themselves."

Concubine Li nodded and explained; "They have made it very clear that the production of these two things in that place in the Western Regions is not high, they want to buy them for a long time, and the most important thing is that they want to cook the food, which is what we are most worried about."

Lu Qingjin knocked lightly on the table and nodded; "You're right, you can't give them the recipe for cooking no matter what, but if they want to buy it for a long time, they can provide a chef for them, find a few reliable people to change it once in a while, and you don't have to worry about mutiny."

Concubine Xian thought for a while and said; "It's no longer appropriate for us to leave the palace again, it's better to send someone to invite him in, so it's better to discuss."

Lu Qingjin frowned and shook his head; "There's no need, the people who should know naturally already know, the master of the Shengshi Pavilion is our affair and can't be hidden for a long time, if the people of the Western Regions enter the palace at this time, it is difficult to ensure that the Hu people will not have any guesses, so let's go out of the palace again."

Concubine Li nodded and waved her hand, Xiao Cui went down to prepare with interest, and Concubine Shu lazily heard the words from beginning to end and smiled: "I have to sympathize with the emperor now, the concubines in this palace have nothing to do if they run out twice in three days." ”

Lu Qingjin said as he walked out with a few people; "We are also for the country, he himself became a pure-hearted emperor first, so it's no wonder that we found something to do ourselves."

The group talked and laughed and arrived at the Shengshi Pavilion, and the merchants of the Western Regions outside the door had been waiting for a while, and when they saw them coming, they hurriedly greeted them and muttered a lot, Lu Qingjin frowned and entered the private room with a cold face.

A few people from the Western Regions outside the door obediently followed, and Lu Qingjin only spoke after several people were seated; "Since you have come to Dayu, don't speak the Western Regions, if you don't know Dayu, please go back."

The leading Westerners laughed with a full face; "We will, and this time we came with great sincerity, and we also know that your status is more noble, please believe that we have no jokes."

Lu Qingjin glanced at Concubine Li, and Concubine Li opened her mouth knowingly; "We trust you, but knowing that the potatoes you want to buy can't be shipped very far, and you want a way to cook them, it makes it hard for me not to suspect that you are trying to open the same restaurant nearby."

The leading man shook his head and said eagerly; "We don't mean that, but we really don't want potatoes, after all, we can grow them there, what we really want to buy is rice, a lot of rice."

Lu Qingjin narrowed his eyes and smiled; "I see, but what kind of price can you give, you must know that it is difficult to grow rice even in Dayu."

As soon as Qin Zhao arrived outside the door, he saw a few people from the Western Regions walking out with a smile, Xiao Ling saw him and hurriedly saluted him and let him in, Qin Zhao looked at Lu Qingjin and asked, "What's going on, I just got out of the morning court and heard that you came out again, what happened to the people from the Western Regions just now?" ”

The other four people got up and left with a lot of eyes, and when they left, they gently closed the door, Lu Qingjin got up and poured him a cup of tea and said slowly; "The merchants of the Western Regions are willing to spend a lot of money to buy our rice when they taste it, and by the way, our potatoes, white fungus, peppers, and fungus are all marketable, which can make a lot of money, so we rushed over in a hurry."

Qin Zhao frowned and took a sip of tea; "This is a good thing, but the yield of rice is not very large, if it is not supplied, it will be troublesome, after all, gold cannot be eaten, and the people still have to be the mainstay."

Lu Qingjin opened the window and sighed; "The yield of rice will not be able to increase for a while, and I think that when arranging for the disaster victims to cultivate the fields, we should not only plant potatoes, after all, we can still subsidize them after making money, which is better than directly letting the people plant it."

Qin Zhao patted her lightly and said comfortingly; "Don't worry, it'll be fine, take me around in a while, it's the first time I've come to Shengshi Pavilion." ’

Lu Qingjin took his hand and walked out the door; "Okay, there are still a lot of rice here, and there are a lot of things in the vegetable garden, I'll take you to see it."

When the two of them went out, they met Concubine Yun with a few people from the Western Regions, and the leading Western Regions people said loudly; "Did you take us to see the rice, too? Let's go together, your rice is so delicious. ”

Lu Qingjin reluctantly followed a few people to the warehouse, a few bags of rice and rice were neatly placed there, and the leading people from the Western Regions stepped forward and looked at the crystal rice and sighed: "This is really great, we will definitely make a lot of money when we return to the Western Regions, and the two ladies are our best partners." ”

Although Qin Zhao had long known the nature of the people of the Western Regions who loved money, he couldn't help but snort when he saw it now; "This rice may be weathered on the way back, let alone eaten, you may not be able to look at it."

Lu Qingjin frowned and added; "What he means is that you can buy this kind of rice and go back, and we will provide you with additional methods for shelling, but you will have to buy the tools yourself."

A few people from the Western Regions muttered for a while, and the leader nodded; "Yes, but you have to send someone to send us back and demonstrate it yourself, otherwise we won't buy it."

Concubine Yun nodded happily; "Of course, I hope we have a happy cooperation, and congratulations on seeing the value of rice, and you will become the first person to sell rice in the Western Regions."

The leading people from the Western Regions were very happy and laughed; "What you said is very reasonable, in order to thank you, I decided to give priority to talking to you about the business in the Central Plains in the future, and we will definitely cooperate happily."