"I'll tell you a story." The chaos outside made Su Ying more sober.

As early as when she came into contact with Li Bu's mission, she should have thought about the humiliating history of the country in later generations.

Zuo Chengyi sat down and nodded slightly, "Okay." ”

Su Ying made two cups of tea, one for each person.

The fragrance of tea is overflowing.

"Let's just tell the story of tea and opium."

When she was in school, the reason why she didn't like history class was because she couldn't accept the humiliating modern history.

She summed up one thing from her limited historical knowledge that all the humiliation should have started from the Opium War.

The Opium War was caused by a huge trade balance, of which tea accounted for a considerable share.

"The Waiyi people spend a lot of money to buy tea and porcelain from us, but we have a lot of land and resources, and we need very little for what they have, so gold and silver money is flowing from the hands of the Waiyi people to us.

The foreigners were dissatisfied, and wanted to change this state of affairs, and the profits of the normal trade in goods were far from satisfying their appetites, so they despicably sold to us a thing that was easily addictive and extremely harmful to the human body......"

Later, land cession, reparations, colonies, atrocities, etc., Su Ying conveyed those words that made him extremely angry to Zuo Chengyi.

She didn't know which process of real history this dynasty that was not in the history books, but she just hoped to do her best to prevent the humiliating history from happening.

Zuo Chengyi listened to the story for a whole afternoon, and then was silent for a whole afternoon.

After listening to it, he asked, "Which book did you read the story from?" ”

This time, Su Ying didn't tease, and said bluntly: "You don't need to ask which book you read it from, we just need to remember one thing, if the superior does not have an extremely sensitive sense of smell and vigilance, then the stories I just told will happen one by one." ”

"I believe it!" Zuo Chengyi stood up and looked directly out the window, "Although there is no marijuana and opium as you said now, I am clear about the red eyes and covetousness of the Waiyi people for our tea. ”

"Huh?" It was Su Ying's turn to be surprised.

"Remember Li Bu?"

"Of course I do."

"I secretly sent someone to keep an eye on him, and I stared at him for nearly a year before I found out the clue."

"What's wrong with him?"

Zuo Chengyi sat down again and signaled Su Ying not to panic.

"In the past six months, Li Bu has been cautious and law-abiding in Da Zhou, and has hardly revealed any flaws, but one thing is that he not only dealt with all kinds of merchants, but also mingled with a large number of tea farmers during the period. When the spies from below reported it, everyone didn't care, but I felt that it was wrong......"

There are no spies who know the language of outsiders, so they can only report Li Bu's whereabouts to Zuo Chengyi.

Zuo Chengyi got the most secret reports about Li Bu's chatting with a large number of tea farmers, so he sent more people to follow Li Bu and those tea farmers at the same time.

Who knows, I found out that those originally poor tea farmers became rich overnight.

Further down, it was those tea farmers who followed Li Bu's caravan to do things.

Zuo Chengyi said: "I suspect that Li Bu wants to take those tea farmers away. ”

Su Ying suddenly remembered something, nodded again and again, and said, "Your suspicions are likely to be the truth." He will not only take away those tea growers, but also tea seedlings. ”

Historically, this has been the case when foreigners stole tea seeds and brought many tea farmers with them.

At the beginning, the tea seedlings were dead on the road, and after many years, they were successfully planted abroad.

Because of the strong brand operation ability of foreign countries in later generations, in turn, the tea was packaged into a brand and then sold to our people at a high price, making a lot of money.

And we, who should have an advantage, no longer have any right to speak in the world, and even the formulation of various rules for tea is decided by foreigners.

In short, it is embarrassing.

Zuo Chengyi saw that Su Ying's face was flushed with anger, and he said with relief: "Don't worry, the humiliating stories you told today will never be staged in our Great Zhou." ”

"Are you prepared?" Su Ying asked.

Zuo Chengyi said: "If you didn't know it before, it's fine, but now that you know, you have to be more vigilant." Before coming to you, I have also been informed to the port that it is necessary to strictly prohibit the export of any tea seedlings. ”

Zuo Chengyi had already asked people to strictly guard against Li Bu's mission.

If it is really as Su Ying said today, all humiliation starts with tea, then he must put an end to it from the root.

Su Ying hesitated: "Will the emperor listen to you?" ”

Today's Da Zhou has become a big pot of porridge.

If the emperor really had such foresight, there would be no situation in the Great Zhou today.

She looked at Zuo Chengyi again.

This man who gave her a hint that he was going to rebel.

She really hopes that this far-sighted and courageous man will take charge of Da Zhou.

At the very least, it's better than the violent faint king now.

Zuo Chengyi drank the tea that was already warm in the cup.

"Of course the emperor won't listen to me today, but-"

The latter words, he did not say.

After laughing, he said, "As soon as I came, you told me a story, and you didn't ask me why I came to you." ”

Su Ying put aside other things for the time being, and asked with a smile, "Why did you come to me?" ”

"Buy potatoes!"

"How much?"

"Buy as much as you want."

"How much are you going to bid?"

"One penny and two cents a pound."

"Isn't it a little low? Your prosperous caravans have always been in the business of making a lot of money. That's it, two pennies a pound. ”

"Zuo just heard what you said to those merchants, buy back for a penny and a catty, and if I put this price, you will make a lot of money directly from the handover, right?"

"Zuo Gongzi has good ears!"

“……”

The two talked about business and argued about the profits of the two jujubes, not at all like the serious appearance of discussing historical events a moment ago.

In the end, the two of them agreed, and they were five cents and one pound.

Su Ying finished weighing it from the merchant according to one penny and one catty, and Zuo Chengyi directly took it over and transported it away.

It's not that Su Ying doesn't want to leave the potatoes by herself, it's really that the Shen family's potatoes are also a bumper harvest, and it is more than enough for her to give them to the whole village to plant.

Originally, after collecting it from the merchants, she had to go to various villages and persuade other farmers to plant it with benefits.

Now it's okay, just hand it over to Zuo Chengyi directly.

Not only is there money to be made, but even the hassle of transporting and finding a place to store potatoes is saved.

"Deal." Su Ying went to a big matter, and he was a lot more relaxed, and he was in a good mood, so he asked more, "How much food did you deduct from those two foreigners?" ”

Those two foreigners not only disturbed the order of the grain market in the Great Zhou, but also assassinated Zuo Chengyi, provoked civil strife in the Great Zhou, and even wanted to provoke a war between the Great Zhou and the Great Wei.

No matter how he punished them, Su Ying felt angry.

She really wanted to know how much food Zuo Chengyi had withheld from them, and she also wanted to know what he would do with those two.