After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

On that late autumn day, just after noon, Amu and his party set off towards the Four Winds City in Yue Kingdom.

Knife Mountain...

There is no more sword on the mountain of swords that has not been around for hundreds of years!

The building on the top of the mountain still stands in the clouds.

The door is closed.

No more gatekeepers.

Of course there will be no more guarding dog.

The world is still the same.

It seems that everything is as before and the world is at peace.

But in the autumn of this year, some big things still happened.

such as……

The emperor of the Huang Kingdom, Yu Wenfeng, finally accepted Zhong Bo's suggestion. He did not send troops down the Lijiang River to target the Yue Kingdom.

He did another thing!

He sent officials from the Ministry of Works to recruit craftsmen across the country!
It seems that just like Li Chenan, he also recruits skilled craftsmen from various industries!

Because he wants to build a city in the south of Nanxi Prefecture!

That's where his Second Eagle army was wiped out!
The city is called Border Town!

It is reasonable to build a city in this place.

After all, there is only Death Valley between here and Ningguo!

Opposite is Youzhou on the North Desert Road of Ningguo.

Li Chenan also built a city opposite.

The name of the city is Yanjing.

Although only one city wall has been built now, it is also because Ningguo is short of money.

That city will always be repaired in the future.

He also established that place as a county, named Youdu County!

It seems that he attaches great importance to that place.

If the number of people in Youdu County gradually increases, it is not impossible to fill up the death swamp.

Then this border town in the Wild Country became the most important military fortress in Nanxi Prefecture.

This money is worth spending!
Zhongbo also agreed with this.

But no one knew that two Taoist priests were secretly sent to this city, which had just begun construction.

Desolate country.

The deserted city.

The back garden of the palace.

It's still late autumn in Yujing City in Ning Kingdom, but winter has already entered in Nanxi Prefecture in Huang Country, and the first snow since the beginning of winter has fallen.

The falling snow made the color of dusk darker, and lanterns were already lit up in this rather simple palace.

Several lanterns were also lit up on an elegant wooden building in the back garden.

The Emperor of the Wild Kingdom, Yu Wenfeng, is currently on the second floor of this small wooden building.

A pot of charcoal fire was lit in the house, and an iron net was set over the charcoal fire. On the iron net was a copper kettle.

Sitting opposite him was Zhong Bo, the Prime Minister of the Wilderness Kingdom.

When the water in the pot boiled, Yu Wenfeng took a pinch of tea and put it in.

There was a smile on his face.

"Father Zhong, since you have been by my side for so many years, I won't talk about your contribution anymore. I found that I have changed many habits in this subtle way."

"A habit from you!"

"Like drinking tea."

"You know the way we barren people make tea, it's completely different from the way we make tea in the Central Plains."

"People in the Central Plains make tea with water, but we barren people use milk and butter to make tea."

"Have their own characteristics!"

"It's just that now I'm used to this way of making tea. It tastes lighter and not as rich as butter tea."

"It's also more gentle, not as bold as drinking butter tea."

"Sometimes I wonder, is this habit a good thing or a bad thing?"

"After all, it is something that has been passed down by the barren people for thousands of years. If it is gradually lost like this, I'm afraid it won't last more than two generations... They won't even know how to make butter tea!"

"The tea production in our deserted country is very small! We have to buy it from the three countries in the Central Plains. Tea from the Central Plains is so expensive!" "Salt must be bought from the Central Plains, and tea must also be bought from the Central Plains... Now from the North Desert Road of Ningguo The salt road from the other side has been cut off. Li Chenan came to Bei Mo Road and not only killed my second eagle,"

Yu Wenfeng carried a pot and poured tea, then handed a cup over. He raised his thick brows, looked at Uncle Zhong, and said:

"He also cut off the most important salt road in our Great Wilderness Country!"

"Now on the other side of the Yue Kingdom... Since Father Zhong said to wait another year, I agree. After all, when the Yue Kingdom is in more chaos, it will be twice the result with half the effort if my army goes there."

"But there's a problem!"

"The food from Yue... begins to decrease in autumn, becoming less and less!"

"Right at the end of October, the last and largest shipments of grain were supposed to arrive."

"That's life-saving food to prevent our desolate country from suffering a snow disaster this winter, and to provide relief to the victims so that they can survive this winter!"

"You have been here for many years, and you know that every year there is always one or more tribes that are unable to see the next spring due to snowstorms."

"The problem we are facing now is that we cannot buy food back and there is a gradual shortage of salt. Only this tea..."

Yu Wenfeng picked up the tea cup and looked at the tea in it carefully, and after a while he drank it in one gulp.

"Now this thing is very popular among the nobles!"

"Those old guys who used to herd sheep now live in warm big houses. In the past, they drank butter tea and ate beef and mutton. Now..."

"Now they actually like to make tea around the stove like this!"

"Raise the price of tea higher and higher."

"For example, this Yushan Qiuyun from Ningguo, I heard that at the beginning, a pound was only two taels of silver... This is already very expensive, but do you know how much it sells for now?"

Uncle Zhong also picked up the tea cup and took a sip, frowning slightly:
"Based on the taste of this tea, it would not cost more than one tael of silver per catty in Ningguo... Taking into account freight and profit, it is reasonable to sell it for two taels of silver, but I don't know how much it sells for now?"

Yu Wenfeng stretched out a hand and spread his fingers: "Five taels of silver per catty!"

"This is nothing. Among the aristocratic circles in Dahuang City, wine from Ning Kingdom is still sought after!"

The deserted man likes to drink.

Maybe it’s because they live on the grassland, and they generally drink a lot!
The barren people also make wine at home, but most of the barren people are nomadic. Even if they plant crops, the crops they grow are not grains from the Central Plains, but highland barley.

Of course, the wine brewed from highland barley cannot be compared with the Huapingchun liquor brewed by Li Chenan using new technology.

Hua Pingchun was already very expensive in Ningguo.

When this thing came to Dahuang City in the Desolate Country, its price was far beyond what ordinary people could afford.

"That kid Li Chenan is awesome!"

Yu Wenfeng stood up and took a jar of wine from a shelf against the wall.

"This is Huapingchun!"

"I heard that in Guangling City of Ning State, it was sold for two taels of silver per catty, but in Dahuang City, it was sold for forty taels of silver per catty!"

"Twenty times the premium!"

“It’s still hard to buy!”

Putting the jar of wine on the table, Yu Wenfeng sat down again and looked at Uncle Zhong:

"Father Zhong, why do I feel that the plan to go south to Ning Country has not been implemented yet, but he, Li Chenan, is already invading my Dahuang City?"

"There was no fighting, but I felt a chill that penetrated my bones!"

Uncle Zhong groaned for three breaths, his face extremely serious:

"Otherwise...the emperor will send people to arrest those merchants selling tea and wine in Dahuang City!"

Yu Wenfeng took a deep breath, "I did have this intention at the beginning, but... I'm afraid it's too late now!"

"Why?"

"Because I suddenly discovered that this tea and wine have become an indispensable part of the lives of those nobles!"

"Such as my cousins!"

"They are all commanders-in-chief of the Thirteen Eagles. I went to visit them once. When they entertained me, all they served were this tea and this wine!"

"I deliberately said that I would snatch these things away due to my drunkenness, but they actually objected!"

“Because after robbing those merchants once, they didn’t dare to come back again!”

“The more you drink, the less you drink, and it will only get more expensive!”

"I invited Father Zhong here just to ask him. The more they drink, the poorer they will become!"

"When one day they can't afford to drink, I'm afraid they will think of other ideas to get money...such as deducting the soldiers' food and salary, being greedy and perverting the law, etc.!"

"This will inevitably lead to civil strife in this newly unified country."

"Don't talk about Faning until then, I'm afraid we won't be able to protect ourselves!"

"This soft knife cuts flesh...how to cut it?" (End of Chapter)