It has been a few days since the state banquet, and Shen Ning learned about the general situation of the banquet from Shen Zejing, and also knew that Shangguan Changzhi was praised by Emperor Changtai because of the riding competition, although he felt a little depressed, but he was helpless. She was very curious about how Shangguan Changzhi won the riding technique, but the grasshopper couldn't detect it, so forget it. Fortunately, there was another news from the grasshopper, and it was that the person was finally sent to Chen Xiuqi's house, and Shen Ning was a little happier.

Shangguan Changzhi was praised by Emperor Changtai, and many people had thoughts in their hearts, the second prince Shangguan Chengyou was not very anxious because he was going to marry Shangshu of the Ministry of War after the year, except for feeling a little uncomfortable, but it was okay. The third prince, Shangguan Yongping, had a much more ugly face, and cursed alone in the mansion: "I actually let the fifth child win!" I knew that Xiyan's horses were so weak, so I asked for a competition, maybe now I have made a meritorious service......" is not only envious of Shangguan Changzhi's victory, but also regrets that he did not ask for a competition.

Concubine Li in the palace was also very happy, for a few days, Emperor Changtai turned over her brand, she also waited carelessly, the whole person was gentle and gentle, and Emperor Changtai was also very happy.

There was a long table in the middle of the concierge hall in the Honglu Temple, and the people of Dayong and Xiyan were sitting on both sides of the table, both of them were polite, and there was no sign that they had just been arguing about the mutual market with red ears, and they were almost fighting.

In fact, the mutual market has existed for a long time between Dayong and Xiyan, Changtai also had a mutual market supervisor in the early years, and later with the growing strength and nuisance of Xiyan, Emperor Changtai withdrew the mutual market supervisor, and closed the mutual market near Yibang in Xining Road, until the battle of Yibang later, the mutual market of Dayong and Xiyan has not been opened again. Now, more than eight years have passed, the situation between the two countries is becoming more and more calm, and there are more and more exchanges, and the resumption of mutual markets is an intention of both countries. What is being debated now is not whether the mutual market should be restarted, but how to set up the mutual market and how to trade in the mutual market.

Dayong's side, headed by Honglu Temple Qing Qian Tongshi, there are household servants Jiang Chenghai, Shaoqing Fang Congzhe, Honglu Temple Cheng Li Zhuo and Shangguan Changzhi, Dayong's bottom line is that the mutual market is to be opened, but how to open, there must be Dayong to have the final say! Otherwise, it will be like more than ten years, so that Xiyan can get more benefits, and it will contribute to Xiyan's prosperity in vain.

Xiyan's side also has its own considerations. Originally, the resumption of the mutual market was the trend of the interests of the two countries, which was also a practice in the past, so it was okay to follow the previous practice, Xiyan was responsible for providing excellent horses, Dayong was responsible for paying for the purchase, and Xiyan used the money to buy goods from Dayong, isn't it a mutually beneficial thing? Dayong is still shouting that Dayong must have the final say on what to do, and this is not the attitude of sincere peace talks.

Shangguan Changzhi ostensibly came to make soy sauce, but in fact he thought a lot. How to open the mutual market to be more powerful for Dayong? The Five Princes' Mansion couldn't come up with a charter for a while, because Li Ke'an, Xu Sansi and others were better at planning the overall situation, and there was no effective way to deal with the economy.

Jiang Chenghai, the head of the household, thought more, Xiyan meant that according to the practice of previous years, it was absolutely impossible, in previous years, Xiyan used Dayong's money to mine iron ore and sell iron tools, so that it would become stronger and stronger, and Dayong became the wronged leader. But money can't be used, what else can be used instead of money to exchange Xiyan's horses and iron tools? He is in charge of the country's finances, and he doesn't want to give Xiyan a penny, but what is the best way? He couldn't help but have a big head.

Because the two sides did not come up with a feasible charter, the discussion of the mutual market was held in this way, and although several chief officials were anxious, some people were not so anxious. The reception deputy envoy Shangguan Changzhi and others took Sima Zhen and others of the Xiyan Mission to carry out a trip of eating, drinking and playing in Jingzhao, tasting the food of Jingzhao, and tasting the famous scenery of "Flower Stream Gold" on Shifu Street. In the process of Sima Zhen and others playing, the two countries also held a second mutual market discussion, naturally there was no result, but they argued with each other again, and in private, Qian Tongshi and others also had a lot of meetings and drank a lot of wine, and even scratched a few hairs short, and this mutual market dispute was not resolved.

Regarding the dispute between Honglu Temple over the mutual market, Shen Huashan and Shen Zejing also knew, Jiang Chenghai and Shen Huashan, the household servants, had a good relationship, and the two of them often drank a little wine or something in private, especially recently Jiang Chenghai was depressed, and the number of times he came to Shen Huashan increased, so he naturally knew the situation of the mutual market. Shen Zejing often went to Shen Huashan to report and ask for instructions, so he naturally knew about this.

"Mutual market?" This night, Shen Zejing also told Shen Ning about the mutual market, not that Shen Ning should think of any way, and he didn't know how, so he talked about this matter.

It turned out that the reason why the mission stayed in Jingzhao for so long was for the mutual market, there was no news about the mutual market in the previous life, and then Xiyan and Dayong started a war again, until Shangguan Changzhi ascended the throne, and the mutual market in Xining Road was still closed. I don't know if Shangguan Changzhi has a countermeasure?

Shen Ning thought that Shangguan Changzhi would definitely convene his staff to discuss countermeasures, and he would definitely take advantage of Xiyan to come to Yong, although he had already won the praise of Emperor Changtai, but it would be more than that. No, I want to preempt him and come up with a way to exchange markets, but I can't let him make any more meritorious contributions.

Shen Ning tossed and turned, thinking about it repeatedly, constantly recalling the things about Xiyan in his previous life, and the mutual market of Xining Road was related to the trade routes of Xiyan and Dayong, which was really important. She remembered that in the previous life, Shen Zeyuan, Shen Yuhong and others went to Xining to open up the Xining trade route, and most of the Shen family's wealth was scattered on the Xining trade route, and before they received any results, the incident happened in July of the third year of Zhengzhao, and Shen Ning didn't know about the later things.

Xiyan, Hushi, Xining Commercial Road......

This night, Shen Ning didn't sleep well at all, and his face was ugly when he woke up in the morning. The four maids of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting have been coming to Qingzhuju for more than a month, and it is the first time they have seen Shen Ning's yin face, and they don't even dare to breathe for fear that something will go wrong.

Looking at the trembling appearance of the four maids, Shen Ning smiled, am I so scary? couldn't help but look much calmer, and also invited a few little maids to talk, waiting for Qiu Ge to come back.

Qiu Ge went to see Qiu Wu, and of course he was exchanging news with the grasshopper by the way. Naturally, after knowing about the mutual market, Shen Ning told them to pay more attention to what was special about the Xiyan Mission, and because the Xiyan Mission had been playing in Jingzhao for several days, it was also very convenient to spy on the news, and it did not attract the attention of many people.

Among them, the grasshopper also specially mentioned a thing: Xiyan people drink a lot of tea every day, and the weather in Jingzhao in September is already very cool, but they all seem to be very thirsty.

At the same time, Yan Shang also reported to Shen Zeyuan: "Since the Xiyan delegation entered Beijing, Longjingzhai's business has been excellent, especially the middle and lower grade tea, which has sold very well. Shen Zeyuan also smiled when he heard this, Yan Shang, this kid really has a set of business, and he is also very serious and responsible, although he is not very old, he is indeed a good seedling, worthy of cultivation, he is a little grateful to Shen Yu.

When reporting the income of general affairs to Shen Huashan, Shen Zeyuan also told the situation of Longjing Zhai, and said, "I didn't know that Xiyan people liked to drink tea so much, so I knew that I should prepare more." Unexpectedly, the speaker had no intention of listening to the heart, Shen Huashan listened to this sentence at once, Xiyan people like to drink tea, why has no one heard of it before? Yes, I haven't heard anyone say that Xiyan people like to drink tea, is there any mystery in this?

But his mind was clogged, and he didn't think about what was going on for a while.

Shen Ning was also thinking about the grasshopper's report, drinking a lot of tea? There shouldn't be anything wrong with this, otherwise the officials of Dayong would have known about it a long time ago, why didn't anyone care about this issue until now?

What Shen Ning didn't know was that the people of Xiyan would not only drink a lot of tea, but also eat a lot of meat, and compared with tea, the amount of meat was even more considerable.

Shen Ning didn't sleep well for a few days, the four big girls in spring, summer, autumn and winter looked a little worried, although Qiu Ge knew that Shen Ning was bored with something, but there was nothing that could help, and the other three were thinking about whether Shen Ning had changed the weather in autumn, and she couldn't sleep well and eat poorly, especially Xia Ci, she tossed hard in the small kitchen, planning to do her best to make a few delicious things to make Shen Ning appetizing.

On this day, she brought Shen Ning a new dish, which she had made idly in the early days: braised duck with tea. Xia Ci said while serving vegetables to Shen Ning: "Girl, you taste it, this duck is not fatty, it is stewed with tea, and the oil is gone......" Shen Ning was thinking that Xiyan people like to drink tea, and when he heard Xia Ci's words, he asked: "Tea, what tea?" ”

"The tea leaves all the fat of these ducks, but it's delicious, you can taste it......" Xia Ci saw that Shen Ning seemed very interested, so he repeated that sentence, and said that this was very effective that she had tried, so let Shen Ning eat more.

So that's the case, the tea leaves have removed all the fat, so that's the case. Shen Ning finally figured out Xiyan's eating habits, and finally figured out why Xiyan and Dayong went to war soon after the tea market was closed due to the rebellion in Northern Xinjiang in the previous life.

Immediately, she said that she liked this dish very much, and instructed Xia Ci to send this dish to Shen Yushi, Shen Zejing, and Shen Huashan on the second day, and also instructed the person who delivered the dish to repeat what Xia Ci said: "The tea leaves all the fat of these ducks, but it's delicious......" and told the three people to listen to it and so on.

And then it's just waiting for the next development.