Huang Jue, after three marriages

34 Negligence
Li Xiang's goods were almost in and out, and he had time to rest at the posthouse. When he saw the chime clock brought back by Xie Jue and Su Yue, he immediately realized that it was a good thing.

It's just that the chime bells are rare in Baghdad, and there are not many of them.

Xie Jue bought all the ones in the market, but only three.

It happened that the scholar from the library came to deliver books to Xie Jue (in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to discuss and discuss again), so he introduced the two to the self-ringing bell workshop.

(He also has a part in this workshop)

The self-sounding clocks of this era are not as fine as the mechanical self-sounding clocks produced in Europe later, and are completely handmade, but their exquisiteness and the jewels inlaid on them are more gorgeous than those of later generations.

Viewed alone, they are all exquisite and unique decorations.

Su Yue was so dumbfounded.

(She always thought that this thing was invented by Europeans. It turned out that Europeans invented mechanical chime clocks)

The two stayed in the workshop for two days, not to mention buying all the finished products of the workshop, and the semi-finished products also asked them to speed up the progress and buy them immediately.

(Li Xiang was discussing with the workshop workers what gemstones to add, while Xie Jue was stealing from the side)
On the third day of their stay, Li Xiang and Xie Jue finally saw Su Yue's mouth that was almost up to the sky (I didn't play with it) and took Su Yue to continue shopping, to see the scenery and buy things.

Li Xiang also instructed Xie Jue to buy something that is profitable and does not take up space.

(Poor Rong Shan, I saw Baghdad only two days after I came back, and I was ordered to send back the purchased goods with Li Xiang's people)
After shopping around for a few days, I bought some bits and pieces and sent them away with Li Xiang’s goods. They almost forgot about the Caliphate. As soon as they returned to the post that day, they were blocked by the Caliphate’s people. .

Let the two go to the caliph's dinner.

Baghdad is a city of enjoyment, and the nobles hold various banquets every day.

The caliph's dinner is held every day.

The dinner here is not as well-regulated and elegant as in the Song Dynasty, and the food is even simpler.

All kinds of meat!
Chicken, mutton, camel, venison...

Then there are all kinds of scones, cheese.

Then there is a bunch of fruit!
When Li Xiang and Xie Jue arrived, the banquet had already started.

The singing and dancing in the middle of the hall was in full swing.

The caliph sat on the soft seat above, and his mouth was full of oil, and the nobles sitting or lying around him also ate well.

Hearing the servants come to report that it was the merchants from the Song Dynasty, some of them sat up unconsciously.

Mo Sen was a cautious and suspicious person. Although he felt that the tea was the best quality that day, he did not report it to the Caliph immediately. Instead, he tried drinking it for 20 days.

After 20 days, the greasy feeling that made people unable to sleep was gone, and the bad breath was gone.

Even the body felt much lighter, and was praised by the little wife as more handsome.

Then he hurriedly gave it to the Caliph to drink.

When he was talking, just before the dinner was about to start, some nobles who came to the banquet also arrived. Among them, some of them heard that he and four other people had traded expensive things with a Song Dynasty, and they shouted that they would Get to know each other.

Only then did the caliph send people to find the two Song merchants.

And Mo Sen had tasted the sweetness these days, and wanted to make friends with Li Xiang and Xie Jue, so he didn't make the tea he brought, and waited for Xie Jue to come.

Just keep praising.

As soon as Li Xiang and Xie Jue entered the palace, the caliph asked them to make tea.

Not a word of kindness.

Xie Jue didn't say much, just sat down and made tea.

Hearing that the Khalifa's dinner was even more absurd than Mo Sen's, Xie Jue didn't bring Su Yue.

Moreover, even if Dashi's power is now divided into two, the caliph will still occupy the position of king.

Make tea for Harry without losing his status.

This time he also brought over the tea made by Su Yue himself, which tasted better than the one for Mo Sen.

As soon as the tea fragrance came out, it overwhelmed the smell of meat and body odor in the hall.

Those nobles who were watching a joke sat up straight.

Even if the caliphate has taken most of its territory and given up most of the management rights of Baghdad, after enjoying it for so many years, you can know a good thing once you taste it.

When the tea is in the mouth, the eyes will shine.

Xie Jue said with a smile: "This is the top quality tribute tea made by me in the Song Dynasty. It is only five hundred cakes a year. I bring only twenty cakes."

He has followed those scholars these days, and although he is not fluent, he has no problem in speaking and communicating.

These words are spoken by themselves.

Of course, Su Yue made more than [-] cakes with her own hands, but Xie Jue didn't want others to drink it.

There is no way for these [-] loaves, the passage must be opened, and he didn't take the rest off the boat!
Caliph's eyes became brighter, and he swallowed what he wanted to tell others to taste.

After Xie Jue made the second round, which was the one for Mo Sen, he let the nobles next to him try it too.

Then, Xie Jue made a third round, which was better than Mo Sen's, but not as good as the [-] cakes given to Khalifa.

After three rounds, against the background of the smell of meat, even if you didn't taste it (the first round of caliphate was not given to others), you can still feel the difference.

A trace of depression flashed across the eyes of some nobles.

The Caliph was happy, and bought all the tea cakes for the third round at the price of 30 taels of gold per cake.

A total of [-] catties.

Then, after asking Xie Jue that he still had [-] catties of the second round of tea, he confirmed that it was for Mo Sen.

With a big wave of his hand, the Caliph let the nobles present share the price of 20 taels of gold equally.

There are about twenty nobles present here, even if Mo Sen and one of the people who attended Mo Sen's banquet were removed, each person would only have [-] cakes, not to mention Mo Sen and that man still refused to give up.

On the spot, some people said that the price should be increased to let others give up their share.

A quarrel arose directly in front of the Caliph.

The Caliph laughed and came up with another bad idea.

Ask Xie Jue to send all the tea cakes to him, and he will pay first. As for the nobles, it depends on... the follow-up...

One of the cousins ​​who had a good relationship with the caliph quit immediately, and went straight up to pull Li Xiang up (he wanted to pull Xie Jue, but Xie Jue avoided him), saying that he had gold with him, and immediately sent them to the post Take your share!

Li wanted to take this opportunity to say goodbye quickly, and left the palace with Xie Jue halfway through that cousin's dragging.

After leaving the palace, the cousin let go of Li Xiang, and asked with a sullen face, "You really only have [-] cakes?"

Li Xiang thumped in his heart, and replied in a low voice: "I still have four thousand cakes, all of which are of the quality for Mo Sen. Mr. Xie still has some good ones on board."

The cousin looked at him with slanted thick eyebrows.

Li Xiang immediately answered: "Those who are here can trade with adults at the price of 18 taels of gold per cake."

The cousin nodded slightly, and said: "I won't bully you, 20 taels will be 20 taels, and I'll give you more frankincense and ivory, but for those good ones, you have to give me another thousand cakes, and you can go to Basrati for gold. "

As he spoke, he wrote a piece of paper and handed it over.

Xie Jue frowned slightly, Li Xiang had already stepped forward to take the paper, and replied, "No problem, my tea cake is at the pier, and I can hand it to your lord."

"Very good." The cousin nodded and said, "Also, if you still have any, send some to Segma immediately."

Li Xiang was startled, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your advice, my lord!"

When the cousin saw him, he immediately understood what he meant, nodded with a smile, and didn't say much, still urging Li Xiang, forcing the two of them to go to the pier.

They arrived at the pier, and my cousin's men also arrived at the pier.

Only five hundred loaves of gold were taken, and some goods.

After they took away Li Xiang's tea cakes, Xie Jue looked at Li Xiang puzzled.

Li Xiang took a long breath and said, "Don't worry, the nobles in Baghdad take their reputation very seriously, and they won't lose us a little money. This is their check. With this, we can take it and go directly to Basrat to pick up gold."

"Who is Sage Ma?" Xie Jue asked.

"It should be the leader of the Seri people." Li Xiang sighed: "It's my fault, I was negligent. I haven't been here for a few years. I don't know that the situation in Baghdad has changed rapidly in the past few years. The Seri people are already in Baghdad. Li has an advantage, our tea is now given to the caliphate, they will definitely have opinions, those people, but..."

Li Xiang didn't finish his sentence, but just sighed.

"I told Rong Shan that I will bring another [-] cakes and tea cakes when I go back this time, is that enough?" Xie Jue asked softly.

Li Xiang was overjoyed and said: "It should be enough. The Seri people are not as rich as the nobles of Baghdad. They can afford so much at most."

I'm afraid that so many are not enough money to buy them, and they will have nothing to say about distributing them to the Baghdad nobles at that time.

They just want to take advantage, but the price of the caliphate is here. It is obvious that the Seri people will not do too much.

(End of this chapter)