On the coast of Hairui County, Haitian County.

In a drying field, fisherwomen are drying seaweed on a rope.

A fisherwoman, dizzy, raised her eyes to look out into the sea.

The silver light of the setting sun dazzled her eyes, and she couldn't help but close her eyes, and curiously opened her eyes again, and found that the light was different from the silver light on the sea, and it was a little yellow.

The fisherwoman looked closely, and found that the yellow light gradually appeared black and bright, and it seemed to be fluttering.

The fisherwoman stood up in shock and said to a young girl: "Young village master, look, there is something on the sea, could it be a shark?" ”

The girl stood on an overturned boat, covering her eyes with her hands, and a big wave came and swallowed up the black dots, and after a while, the black dots came out unyieldingly, and the yellow light was reversed, and it was getting closer and closer.

Soon, the true face of the black dot appeared, a man dragging a raft, holding a brass mirror in his hand, and his clothes were ragged, like a chicken in soup.

Seeing a large group of fisherwomen on the shore, the man quickly hugged his body tightly and said alertly: "Scatter it?" ”

Fisherwoman: "......"

Seeing that the woman didn't understand, the man rolled his eyes and said, "Hold back? ”

Fisherwoman: "......"

Seeing that the woman still didn't understand, the man's face turned red, and finally stood up, turned around like a monkey, and squeaked in his mouth, listening to the voice as if it were: "Kunda? ”

The fisherwoman couldn't help but sympathize, this man, I'm afraid he's a fool, right? What are you talking about?

The girl at the head finally couldn't stand it anymore and said impatiently: "Who are you?" Why did you come to my Hairui County? ”

As soon as the man heard that it was Hairui County, he stopped jumping, was stunned for a moment, and immediately burst into tears and said, "I, Zhang Hanqing, are finally back!" ”

This sentence is the words of Daqi, and the fisherwomen finally understood.

The girl at the head frowned and said, "Who are you, how did you float back from the sea?" Except for the Yun family, no one can live at sea for a long time. ”

As soon as he heard about the "Yun family", the man's face quickly wrinkled into a walnut beard, and he said with a look of indignation: "Don't mention the Yun family to me!" Dare to abduct my good boy!! I, Zhang Hanqing, swear to die unyieldingly, and I will never leave my homeland!! ”

Wu Siyue suddenly said: "Are you the last batch of people who went to sea with the Yun family?" ”

Zhang Tongsheng nodded his head and said: "Yes, Yun Mubai wants to take me back to Yunqing Kingdom and write a biography for him, and I, Zhang Hanqing, will never bend my waist for ten thousand taels of silver!" ”

Zhang Tongsheng straightened his back, and he had the spirit of "An Neng broke his eyebrows and bent his waist to deal with the powerful, which made me unhappy".

Wu Siyue tugged at the corners of her mouth, sighed and said, "Zhang Tongsheng, do you know that the batch you took on the boat was not the last batch of ships of the Yun family to leave Daqi?" ”

Zhang Tongsheng: "......."

Zhang Tongsheng looked at Wu Siyue with a question mark on his face, not knowing why.

Wu Siyue nodded his head and said: "Queen Yun is now in Hairui County, waiting to meet with King Yunqing and the ambassador and envoy, and go to sea to leave Daqi together." ”

"Yun Mubai is still in Daqi?" No wonder he didn't find Yun Shoufu when he boarded the ship last time, it turned out that he didn't board the ship at all, and Zhang Tongsheng suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Zhang Tongsheng immediately smeared oil under his feet and wanted to slip away, only to feel a pain in his legs and stomach, and was kicked by Wu Siyue, and said with a pity: "I'm sorry Zhang Hanqing, our martial arts family has guarded the dock for the Yun family for generations, you, just follow King Yunqing and board the boat again." ”

Zhang Tongsheng: "......"

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With the departure of the crown prince, the new emperor's centralized power was highly centralized, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

In the golden autumn of October, there was a bumper harvest of grain.

Liu Xiwang happily found Xiangling: "Xiangling, our bean paste orders are countless, I want to sign soybean planting agreements with all counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the silver earned will definitely be multiplied several times, more than ten times." ”

Xiangling frowned and said: "Brother Xiwang, I remember that I once told you that soybeans must be planted in limited quantities, never overharvested, and cannot guide Daqi to adjust the planting structure on a large scale." ”

Liu Xiwang was puzzled, he could make a lot of money, why didn't he make it?

Xiangling didn't explain much, and said solemnly to Liu Xiwang: "Brother Xiwang, help me send a letter to my eldest brother, Jiangbei is only limited to planting soybeans in Lin'an County, and other counties will never cooperate in planting, a pound of soybeans is not allowed to overcharge, a jar of soybean paste is not allowed to produce more, regardless of whether there is a difficulty in silver turnover, you must hoard more than 100,000 catties of grain every year." ”

Liu Xiwang had no choice but to retreat, although he didn't understand why, but Xiangling was the absolute authority of the Chu family, and he said it well, and there must be an absolute truth in Beihou.

Xiangling thought that this matter would be done, but she didn't expect that when Ling Qingyue went down to the court in the afternoon, she actually brought good news.

After several neighboring countries traded with each other, they sent a trade delegation to Daqi, met with the Lord of Long Live and implored the import of soybean paste from Daqi, and the price given was not bad, the amount was amazing, Qi Rui was very happy, and directly agreed to come down.

Ling Qingyue thought that Xiangling would be very happy when she heard the news, but she didn't expect Xiangling's face to be ugly.

Ling Qingyue said worriedly: "Xiangling, what's wrong?" Are you because the tax money demanded by the imperial court is too high? Or are you worried that there are not enough soybeans for raw materials? After the tax money, the price of your soybean paste is still higher than that of Daqi; As for the raw materials, the land of the Great Qi country is vast, it would be good to mobilize the people, cultivate more and plant more, we can use small soybeans in exchange for high-quality porcelain, fur, gold and silver, why not? ”

Xiangling didn't speak for a long time, but her face was cloudy, and it took a long time before she said worriedly: "Xianggong, I don't know if I'm too careful, I heard you say about this, plus what Xiwang told me in the morning, I suddenly felt like there was an invisible hand, which had secretly choked the throat of the Great Qi Kingdom." ”

Ling Qingyue was startled and said, "How can you say this?" ”

Xiangling groaned: "I once heard a case of trade war: Lu is rich in a kind of Lu Min, which is of good quality and is deeply loved by nobles. The prime minister of Qi suggested that all the nobles of Qi including the monarch should wear Lu Min, which led to a large number of Qi merchants importing Lu Min, and Lu Min was fired at a sky-high price, and the people of Lu State produced Lu Min like a swarm in order to make money, and even the fields were not planted. A year later, the State of Qi cut off the import of Lu Min, and the State of Lu starved to death due to the shortage of food, and the State of Qi recovered the State of Lu without a single soldier. ”

Ling Qingyue was such a smart person, she immediately understood the key to it, and her face turned pale.

If the Great Qi State takes a fancy to the dividends brought by the soybean trade, and the people compete to plant soybeans, the main food crops will be greatly reduced, and once the trade is canceled, the Great Qi State will inevitably cause a big turmoil.

It is no wonder that for so many years, although Xiangling knows that soybean products make money, it has been deliberately controlling the planting and purchase of soybeans, that is, he is afraid that the people's planting structure will be adjusted and the main food crops will be reduced.