Chapter 338 The counterattack begins
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After several days of turmoil, Huangfu Shao Puyang and other merchants gathered in a vineyard.
This grape estate was the heritage of the pregnant girl at that time. Later, it was given to Nangong Qingyan and became the property of the Nangong family. Currently, Nangong Qingyan represented the Xia Kingdom on an envoy to Tumu, and celebrated the promotion of the eldest princess of the Great Mu Dynasty to the demigod, and settled here.
Before long, the merchants could see their queen walking behind the curtain.
The trend of the mythical era is different from that of later generations, and there is little suppression of women. For the sake of herself and her son, Nangong Qingyan came out of the royal court harem over the years and used the legacy left by her pregnant daughter to set up constituent areas for the Xia Kingdom in various kingdoms, and took control of real power with the acquisition of Ji Le. It was her protection that the trade in the Xia Kingdom became more and more prosperous.
"Queen!" Everyone saluted quickly.
"Okay, let's get up. This is not the country." Nangong Qingyan swept around everyone: "It seems that all Tumu's merchants are here."
"I believe that everyone has heard about the situation in the past few days. The currency of our country is no longer usable. The gods behind this are the purpose of persecuting our country and destroying our economy. Therefore, don't continue trade in the near future. Moreover, foreign countries are about to face turmoil, and we will try to help you return home."
"The state will make partial compensation for your losses."
"Return to China?" Huangfu Shao couldn't help saying: "Queen, although the news has been sent in the country, the Great Mu Dynasty has good relations with us. There are many gods here who are close to us. They will not directly persecute us merchants, right?"
"Unsure. But this risk cannot be taken." Nangong Qingyan said seriously: "Any innocent sacrifice of any citizen is something we do not want to see. I do not want to see the wound on the body of the 'Your Highness'."
Huangfu Shao shut up when he was involved in the Ling Palace.
But Nangong Qingyan said it well. In foreign countries, they not only represent themselves, but also the image of a country.
A businessman said weakly: "But I still have two funds that have not been settled cleanly. Now I am facing such a thing..."
"That's another thing that I want to say."
"You have reported all the money you haven't received yet. Let's see if you can reconcile and eliminate it."
For example, Huangfu Shao wanted to buy a batch of medicinal materials, which was to purchase goods. Several other merchants planned to collect the final account of porcelain from Tumu. Then, just check the account and let the porcelain merchants on Tumu pay for the medicinal materials. Then Huangfu Shao and other merchants settled the money through Xia Kingdom by themselves.
"It's best to be able to directly cancel the account. If it can't be eliminated, come to this palace and we will settle the bill with cloth and silk."
In the Qin and Han dynasties, in addition to hard currency such as gold and silver, another valuable item was cloth. Many times cloth could be used instead of coins. After Nangong Qingyan got domestic news, he immediately prepared cloth and silk for the price compensation.
"Anyway, during this last period, you must remember a principle - never use new coins!
Don’t go to the Temple of Wealth to exchange new coins. Even if you want to trade with foreign merchants or even have to trade with foreign merchants, you must inform the embassy to facilitate the embassy to regulate."
At that time, Ji Le left a sum of money in various countries for investment. Almost every country left a sum of money from Xia. Nangong was authorized by Ji Le and used the money for settlement for the people if necessary.
"What if they use Suri SCO when they buy something?"
"Don't even collect. Your act of accepting Suri's new coins is to promote the circulation of coins and add a lot to the growth of the God of Wealth."
It’s okay to collect money itself. After all, Ji Le studied the composition of new coins and tried to get some currency.
But such things cannot be carried out on a large scale. If the new currency is suppressed and depreciated by Xia Kingdom, it will be the one who suffers the loss.
Nangong Qingyan said: "Don't worry, as long as we endure this month, we will get better from next month."
"You go back and clean up first. If you have family and children, let them and Luan'er go back to China first."
"The princess is here?" Huangfu Shao was shocked and asked quickly: "Why is the eldest princess in Damu? It is not as good as the domestic one abroad. I am not familiar with the place. What if I have one?"
Yang Luan, the eldest daughter of Nangong Qingyan and Yang Ke, is seven years old this year.
"She followed her secretly. When she found out, she was already in the envoy team. This time she happened to send her back to China first. If you have children of appropriate age, you will send her back together."
The merchants immediately thought about it. That is the future eldest princess. If they take the opportunity to build relationships, they can even be favored by the eldest princess...
Huangfu Shao made up his mind and turned around and packed his son to deliver him, perhaps he could seek wealth.
The tea merchant Pu Yang is an old man who grabbed his messy beard: "Escort back to China? I wonder how to go on this road? Should we prepare for escorts? Or should the queen, your female soldier, escort them personally?"
"General Meng Tian will come to pick him up." Nangong Qingyan said meaningfully: "Everyone, the war is not far away."
Meng Tian came to escort the merchants back to China, in order to demonstrate national strength, and took this opportunity to observe the terrain of Damu.
When the merchants heard Nangong Qingyan's hint, they immediately understood.
"Don't worry, your highness, we will prepare for it afterwards."
The merchants who do business abroad can also be regarded as spies. Their understanding of foreign customs and customs can be used for reference by their own country.
Soon, everyone went back to pack up and prepare.
With the queen's personal guarantee, they temporarily suppressed the turmoil in their hearts. Except for going out to observe the market every day, they no longer purchase.
After all, the big businessmen who have been able to make money outside in the past ten years have not been short of money. For them, a month of suspension is only a small loss, let alone the state compensates them. And some countries have personally come forward to help solve those urgent orders that cannot be stopped.
Xia Kingdom’s meaning is very clear. As long as the citizens are not involved in the Suri New Coin, everything will be easy to say.
A month later, Xia Guo merchants basically retreated from the international market. Even though there were still several large merchants who signed contracts in units of years and were still trading. However, it was only after-sales service of previous orders and no new orders were signed.
The embassy and merchants also returned to China in three batches under the escort of Meng Tian's army. The first batch was Yang Luan and his family, and General Meng Tian personally led his troops to support her. The second batch of merchants was protected by Xun An. As for the third batch, that is, the last batch of Nangong Qingyan herself, she still needs to stay for a few days and come to pick her up after Meng Tian and others return.
And in the last few days, Nangong Qingyan, Huangfu Shao and others continued to send servants to inquire about the situation in the Damu agricultural market...
In Archeng, the Prol family is having lunch today. The Prol family, also known as the "Silver Wolf Family", is known as the relative of the Moon God. However, with the fall of the original Moon God, their family's situation in the Tumu Dynasty became increasingly unfamiliar. They went from a great noble who interfered in the government affairs to a desolate settlement, hiding in Archeng in the west of Tumu to survive.
But no matter how far they are, they still have considerable wealth and dozens of slaves. With their current wealth and honor, they are still enough to enjoy three generations.
The head of the house, Am Proul, walked to the restaurant, sat in his seat, and scanned today's lunch. Suddenly, he showed an unhappy expression.
"Why are there so few dishes today?"
Strictly speaking, it is not that there are few dishes, but that there are very few vegetables. There are mostly greasy dishes such as big fish and meat on the table.
"I said that I want to maintain my health recently and need to eat more vegetables to supplement nutrition instead of meat."
At present, due to Nangong Qingyan's social relationship, it is popular for Tumu nobles to use doctors in Xia to conduct health diagnosis.
At the suggestion of a doctor, the head of the family decided to try a diet of more vegetables and less meat for a month.
The official bowed and said, "Master, the vegetable farmers don't have many vegetables on the market today. These vegetables were snatched by me and two slaves at a high price."
They bought a cart of vegetables at a price of three times the usual price and made only two summer fried vegetables.
The head of the family looked unhappy, but he still endured it. After all, he was the housekeeper who had been with him for more than 20 years, so he couldn't scold him.
A girl from another family complained: "Mother, today's pumpkin cup is so small."
In her hand, there was a pumpkin cup the size of a bowl, which contained the cooked cane sugar glutinous rice porridge, which was constantly emitting an attractive aroma. In the slightly yellow rice porridge, there were also a few red wolfberry particles floating, which made people feel appetite.
The mother touched her daughter's head and said helplessly: "The pumpkins sent by the vegetable farmers these two days are small. It is said that the vegetable gardens in the suburbs are like this. I will go to other places to order in two days."
There is no intuitive concept of crop yield reductions in slightly wealthier families and even noble families. They just complain a few times and continue their lives.
But the farmers and slaves at the bottom of Tumu are different.
The agricultural gods were still merciless to the Tumu Dynasty. They did not cut off their agricultural output much. However, the output that was shorter than in previous years was only enough for the Tumu Dynasty to produce and sell it on its own, and not starve its own people to death or cause famine.
But the enjoyment of the god-born nobles has become a habit. For example, the Prol family bought a cart of vegetables, but when cooking, they only used the middle heart and threw away all the other leaves. Therefore, the cart of vegetables finally only stir-fryed two plates of vegetables.
For example, use a lot of ingredients to season the soup, or serve it in a plate and embellish it.
According to Tumu's hedonism in previous years, the output this year is definitely not enough. Not to mention that without initial discovery, Nangong Qingyan decisively took action to buy a lot of grain in his own name with the only remaining cloth, as well as grain imported from other countries, etc.
In short, famine broke out in the Tumu Dynasty.
This is the first time Tumu has encountered such a problem as "Great Famine" in decades.
The Tumu Dynasty was like this, not to mention other kingdoms whose yields were cut by half. There are also countries such as Bado, whose agriculture was underdeveloped and could only rely on imports.
For a moment, the joy of the God of Wealth that had just joined forces to suppress Xia Kingdom was instantly covered by famine.
No matter how important money is, can it compare to your own life?
After seeing the news from the country, Nangong Qingyan finally breathed a sigh of relief: Your Highness’s counterattack has begun.
After thinking about it, Nangong Qingyan decisively ordered: "Go to send a post, I want to entertain the noble daughter of the Damu Dynasty."
The famine began and the chaos was approaching. Nangong Qingyan understood that it was time to return to China. Before going back, she planned to find the place for her businessmen. She also showed off the national strength of Xia Kingdom and then used up all the batch of grain, fruits and vegetables she had just purchased.
I heard that Damu Agriculture has reduced its production? But I just imported a batch of agricultural products from you.
Are you surprised? Are you surprised? Are you envious? Are you envious? Do you want to buy it again?
Bang - I will use all of you for a banquet.
I saw that there was nothing, it was gone! I couldn’t finish it, so I just poured it out, and I’ll piss you off to death!
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Chapter completed!