Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1130

Freshly steamed Shilloga is fragrant.

The docile Silla maid served Xu Shibi and others, the majestic founding prince of the Qin Dynasty, but he had never eaten such a thing.This Silla endemic plant, also known as Tugua, is a lumpy stem that is very powdery and glutinous.It can be steamed or baked, and it is very delicious. It is said that it has good medicinal value and has the function of warming and tonifying.

"I didn't know there were such things in Silla before. I only know that Silla has ginseng, gastrodia elata, bezoar, and Silla maids are more famous."

A person next to him smiled and said, "Ginseng, gastrodia elata, and bezoar are valuable. If they are transported to the Central Plains, they can be exchanged for a lot of money. Even if it is a maidservant of Silla, the Silla Kingdom cannot stop it repeatedly. A gentle and young Silla Maid, but it is worth several young and strong Turkic slaves or Gogulin slaves, and Kunlun slaves are the best goods in the hands of slave traders in Renma City."

No matter how delicious this Xinluoge is, it is just a snack. Even if it can be used for medicine, it is not as precious as ginseng and gastrodiae. It takes up space and is worthless when transported on a boat. Silla people can lose money to grandma's house .

As Wei Wei Shaoqing, what delicacies has Xu Shibi never eaten?His family was a well-known landlord in Henan in the Sui Dynasty, with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and thousands of servants.His elder brother is Xu Shiji, who now guards Anton and is the Duke of the state.

"If you want to enjoy it, I think these Silla people will enjoy it. Look at the three surnames and six nobles, why are the holy bones and real bones? Those days are called beautiful. They are all silk and satin, painted and powdered, which one is not With large gardens and high towers and pavilions, at first glance, one would think it was a wealthy family in Chang'an or Luoyang."

"Shaoqing, this is incomparable. Although these nobles of Silla are enjoying life and dreaming, but look at the outer city of Jilin, it is dirty, messy and dilapidated. The nobles are indeed living and dreaming, but the people below are not clothed. How many beggars are there? This is still the capital, and other places don’t know how poor they are.”

Xu Shibi smiled, "The bone product system in Silla is deeply ingrained, which of the royal family and nobles are willing to let go?"

"I heard that Silla is quite chaotic now. There are always rebellions every now and then. There are rebellions by the nobles to fight for the throne, and there are grudges and murders by noble families. Even the local people rebelled because they couldn't survive. Although they are all small Small troubles, but it also shows that it is indeed very unstable. Now that the trade between Daqin and Silla is prosperous, the nobles are more and more oppressing the common people in order to enjoy themselves. Now the coastal islands are full of pirates, and they cannot survive. fled to sea."

After Xu Shibi finished eating a Xinluoge, he was still a little unsatisfied.

"Bring another one." He said to the Silla maid who was standing far away.

Sure enough, the Silla maid immediately brought another one over.

"Do you understand Chinese?"

The maid nodded.

Xu Shibi turned his head to look at his companions, everyone understood.

"Okay, you step back, you can't come in without a call."

The maid immediately withdrew.

"Looks like you have to be more careful with what you say."

"Shaoqing, it seems that the king of Silla is very unwilling to marry the princess, what should we do?"

"The main thing is that Guoxian Jin Yuxian, who made trouble!"

"Why is Jin Yuxin so opposed? I heard that the king wants him to marry Princess Deman and pass the throne to him in the future."

In the hall today, although Xu Shibi's words shocked the king of Silla, in the end the king of Silla did not agree to send the princess to Qin.

Obviously, this old man who has been king for more than 40 years has a deep city.

"I would like to cut Loulan with the sword at the waist." An official said, "Why don't we follow the example of the Han envoy, find a chance to kill Jin Baijing, and then install another obedient king and forget it."

These words awakened Xu Shibi, maybe there is a way to break the deadlock.

Jin Yuxin received a letter, which was sent by the Qin envoy from Silla, saying that he was going to visit him.

"Hmph, a group of wolves and ambitious people, have no good intentions, see you."

A steward in the mansion persuaded, "Although the Qin people are ambitious, it's better not to offend them."

"Yes, although Qin people are evil, if we offend Qin envoys, our family will not be able to do business with Qin people in the future." The three surnames and six tribes are the top of Silla, and they are also the most active in Qin Luo's trade today. Or, through trade, these people can make a lot of money, and then purchase all kinds of silk and silk, spices and frosting, exquisite gold and silver artifacts, and even the exquisite armor and swords.

"Okay, send someone to reply, just say that I invite you to a banquet tonight."

A steward immediately said, "At that time, we can discuss a deal with the Qin people. I heard that the Qin people brought a lot of good things. If we can eat this batch of goods from them, we will definitely make a lot of money. Pen."

The stewards of the Jin family were even discussing what to trade for the good things in the Qin envoy's hands. Gastrodia elata, bezoar, and ginseng are no longer as rare among Qin people as they used to be, and their prices have dropped a lot.On the contrary, gold, silver and copper ingots, as well as slaves are very popular, especially docile maidservants, who are more valuable.

However, slaves are not easy to deal with, especially docile young slaves. I don’t know how many Silla maidservants have been sold to cross the sea every year these years. Now Silla maidservants are also very valuable in Silla.

"Let those who can't pay the rent and pay off their debts use their daughters to pay off their debts!" ​​Jin Yuxin said.Although he is a national immortal who has won the trust of the king, he is actually no different from other nobles with three surnames and six tribes. In their eyes, those ordinary people with low bones are nothing at all.

These people are not much different from cattle and horses, they all serve the nobles.

It got dark.

Xu Shibi came to Jin Yuxin's mansion with dozens of guards, and Jin Yuxin went out to meet him in person.

Upon meeting, Xu Shibi asked someone to send a box of gifts first.

When it was opened, the eyes of the people in the Jin Mansion widened, and they saw that it was filled with crystal clear rock sugar, which was much more advanced than frost sugar. expensive.It is even more surprising when it is shipped to Silla.

A small piece of rock candy is equivalent to silver.

Although this thing is just sugar, it is not sweeter than frosted sugar, nor better than honey caramel, but it is rare, beautiful, and precious, so it is highly sought after by nobles.

Things that are extremely precious in the Central Plains are naturally preferred by the nobles of Silla.

Don't be afraid of being expensive, the more expensive the better, the more expensive it is, the more high-end and tasteful it will be, to match their noble status.

Jin Yuxin, who was very dissatisfied with Xu Shibi at first, looked at the rock candy in the box. Although the box was said to be big on the outside, with all kinds of silk lining inside and small wooden grids, etc., the final rock candy was estimated to be about ten catties, but this stuff is rich in Silla. I can't buy it either.

Ten catties of silver are only more than 200 coins, but things are rare and expensive. In Jilin, more than 200 coins can't compare with these ten catties of rock sugar.

A bright smile appeared on Jin Yuxin's face.

"Honorable Founding Marquis of Wu'an, please!"

Xu Shibi scolded a bitch in his heart, then entered the Jin residence with a smile.

Rock sugar is really rare. A few years ago, even the yellowed frosting sugar sold by Tianzhu was sold in Chang'an, Luoyang. There is also brown sugar that tastes good, and of course, rock sugar in smaller quantities.

No one knows how the royal family can make such white icing sugar, how they can still make sugar crystal clear and beautiful like gems.

Once the royal icing sugar came out, no one bought the yellowing icing sugar produced in Tianzhu anymore.Frosted sugar was originally only used by nobles, and ordinary people could not afford it.

Now that there are better ones, no one would be willing to use inferior ones.

Therefore, although royal frosting sugar is more expensive, it is sought after by the nobles, while Tianzhu frosting sugar is not cared about. It still couldn't be sold, and was eventually taken over by the Royal Sugar Factory as a raw material. After refining, it transformed into the frosted rock sugar that everyone sought after.

Those Hu merchants who originally sold Tianzhu frosted sugar vomited blood at a loss, but these people were also smart. Seeing that Qin Tang was so good, they spent all their money and hurriedly bought a batch of Qin frosted sugar and rock sugar. Sell ​​it to Tianzhu.

In the past two years, the Royal Sugar Factory has begun to promote sugarcane planting in Lingnan, Yunnan, and Qianzhong Roads, directly signing purchase contracts with those people, and even providing seedlings, technical guidance, and deposits.

Relatively speaking, sugarcane cultivation does not require so much land, and the yield is not bad, so many people are willing to use mountainous and slope land that cannot grow grain to grow sugarcane. Even if the yield is lower, it still greatly increases their income.

The sugarcane they grow is purchased by their own sugar factory in the local sugar mill, and then it is squeezed and roughly processed before being transported to a large sugar factory with convenient transportation. Finally, it is made into frosting sugar, rock sugar, etc. for sale, and the sugar that is close to it is made into Brown sugar, brown sugar.

The sources of sugar cane for the sugar factory are increasing, and the sugar output is naturally high. However, thanks to the deployment of the Royal Trade Bureau, the increase in production has not caused the price to drop sharply, because a large amount of sugar, especially high-grade frost sugar and rock sugar Goods are given priority to foreign trade.

Many Silla slaves sold to the Central Plains, except for the docile Silla maidservants, most of the ordinary thick men and women were sent to the sugarcane plantations to grow sugarcane and chop sugarcane.

The sugarcane they worked so hard to grow turned into rock sugar and frosted sugar and returned to Silla, worth a hundred times.

Jin Yuxin was holding the ten catties of rock sugar, his eyes were shining.

His attitude changed drastically, he was extremely attentive, and he kept talking about wanting to buy more rock candy, etc. Xu Shibi smiled and responded.

Arrive at the hall and set up a banquet.

Jin Yuxin toasted again and again, and soon became very drunk.

"Guoxian, I have another treasure here. I wonder if Guoxian is interested in taking a look?"

Jin Yuxin said drunkenly, "I don't know what kind of treasure it is?"

He leaned over, but Xu Shibi, who was sitting there, directly pulled out his waist knife and stabbed Jin Yuxin to the core.

Although Jin Yuxin was a master of swordsmanship, he was so drunk at this moment that he didn't expect the envoy Qin to kill him.

(End of this chapter)