Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1432
"That, I want that..."

Qin Wuyou waved his hands and shouted, Qin Tian and others looked over and found that it was a stall selling dried fruits.

In this kind of autumn, there are still a lot of fruits. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone likes to get some fruits to eat.

Of course, there are also many dried fruits.

And the stall that Qin Wuyou pointed to was a barbarian's stall, selling some dried fruits from countries in the Western Regions.

They didn't know that Qin Wuyou wanted to eat that, so they walked over directly.

"This, I want to eat this..."

Qin Wuyou pointed to the raisins and said, he had eaten this before, it was sweet and sour, and tasted very good.

Although he didn't know the name, he still recognized it.

Qin Tian smiled: "I want all the raisins here." '

If his son likes it, he will naturally not be stingy.

The barbarian selling dried fruit was overjoyed when he saw a big customer, and quickly weighed the remaining raisins.

It weighs about fifty catties, so much, it's not too little.

"My lord, it's five pennies in total."

Fifty catties, five pennies.

To Qin Tian, ​​this was nothing at all, it was just five pennies, he nodded, and asked the servants who followed him to pay the bill.

But at this time, Uncle Fu suddenly thought of something, and asked, "I bought it a few days ago, and it seems to be much cheaper than this. Why are you selling it so expensive?"

Uncle Fu helped purchase many things in the Qin family, because if he was asked to purchase, the people in the Qin family were assured that he would not be greedy for ink, let alone do other things that would not be conducive to the safety of the Qin family.

He bought raisins for Qin Wuyou before, and the price didn't seem to be that expensive.

As soon as the barbarian who sold things heard this, he became worried, for fear that the deal would fail.

"Recently, several countries in the Western Regions that are rich in raisins have transferred their business to the big food country. It is very difficult for us to buy some. If there are fewer of these things, the price will naturally be high. If you don't believe it, you can buy them at Chang'an City inquired, besides mine selling raisins, you may not be able to buy them in other places."

Hu Ren explained that he felt very wronged. The price of goods has always changed with the changes in the economic market. If the supply exceeds the demand, the price will naturally rise.

Uncle Uncle curled his lips, he didn't care about the money, he just felt that this person sold the things expensively, and he was upset, but after listening to it, he felt that it made sense, so he didn't pursue it.

Qin Tian's eyes moved slightly here.

"Several countries in the Western Regions have close trade relations with the Great Food Kingdom?"

"That's right. Now that their products have arrived in Dashi Country, it is difficult for us to buy some and sell them in Chang'an City."

Qin Tian snorted, although it was just a small reaction on the trade, but it explained a lot of problems.

In fact, many times, the changes in the economy can be seen in the changes of the country and the country.

For example, in later generations, some countries will develop each other's economy if their relationship is good, and if the relationship between countries is not good, they will use economic means to curb each other's development.

Today's Great Tang and the countries of the Western Regions, or the Great Food Kingdom, also have this reason.

If the countries of the Western Regions are attached to their Great Tang, they will have frequent trade with their Datang merchants, but if they are attached to the Great Food Kingdom, they will definitely have more frequent trade with the Great Food Kingdom.

This signal is very bad.

He knew that the Great Food Kingdom had always been ambitious, and they were eyeing their Great Tang.

The Ninth Princess saw Qin Tian's worry and ordered someone to take Qin Wuyou over. This time, Qin Tian didn't object, he needed to think about it.

Chang'an City is still bustling and bustling. Many people don't know that Datang may be in trouble, and they still lead such a life of singing and dancing.
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On August [-]th, Qin Tian entered the palace early in the morning.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the imperial court rests for three days and does not go to the morning court. Only people enter the palace unless there is an important event.

Qin Tian entered the palace, which made Li Shimin feel a little strange.

In the imperial study room, Li Shimin glanced at Qin Tian and asked, "Qin Aiqing is entering the palace at this time, but what's the matter?"

Qin Tian smiled and said, "Bring something to the Holy Majesty to eat."

Hearing this, Li Shimin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The thing Qin Tian sent was raisins, and there was no shortage of such things in the palace. He shook his head and said, "Just tell me what you have, why is it so?"

He didn't think that Qin Tian went all the way to the palace to give him raisins.

Qin Tian was serious about it, and said, "Your Majesty, this thing is a good thing, and it has become much more expensive recently."

Li Shimin didn't pay much attention at first, but after reviewing what Qin Tian said, he faintly noticed something.

"As far as I know, this raisin seems to come from the Western Regions."

Qin Tian nodded, but did not continue. Li Shimin rolled his eyes and said, "Raisins in the Western Regions are expensive, but what happened there?"

Li Shimin is not an idiot. He has always paid attention to the movements of the countries in the Western Regions and the Great Food Kingdom. Now that Qin Tian is talking about raisins in the Western Regions, something must have happened in the Western Regions.

Qin Tiandao: "My lord, the Great Food Kingdom can be said to be a serious problem in the northwest of us. They have strength no less than that of our Tang Dynasty, and they are close to the countries of the Western Regions, which is very convenient. Now the countries of the Western Regions and the Great Food Kingdom Many of us in the Tang Dynasty have been cut off from trade exchanges, and it would have been impossible if the Great Food Kingdom hadn't played tricks."

Li Shimin's eyes were fixed, waiting for Qin Tian to continue.

"The trade between the countries of the Western Regions and our Great Tang is beneficial to the economic development of our Great Tang, but if they all do business with the Great Food Kingdom and do not communicate with our Great Tang, then our Great Tang's trade will be very difficult. Affected, the prosperity of the east and west cities will no longer exist."

This is a bit heavy, but it is not alarmist. Now it is only a few Western Regions that have taken refuge in the Great Food Kingdom, and some of their prices in Chang'an City of the Great Tang have been affected.

If all the countries in the Western Regions turn to the Great Food Kingdom, then the Silk Road will be broken.

Datang merchants could not make money through the Silk Road, so the impact would be huge.

Hearing this, Li Shimin slightly raised his head and glanced at Qin Tian, ​​with a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

Obviously, he also saw the seriousness of the matter behind it.

"In Qin Aiqing's opinion, what should be done in this situation?"

Qin Tiandao: "It's hard to say about this minister. Your Majesty might as well inquire in court."

Li Shimin rolled his eyes and said: "You have come here, if you have no idea, do you believe me?"

"Say it, I told you to say it, and I don't doubt you."

"Your Majesty, the countries in the Western Regions are nothing more than grass on the wall. The wind is strong there, so they attach themselves to it."

(End of this chapter)