Poor family mother and son

Although Chu Qing dragged Kelidi to the inn and fed him with some delicious food every day so as to give Liu Ju, no, it should be said to give Emperor Daxuan enough time to think, he could not delay it too long.

It has been delayed for more than half a month, during which the "sincerity" that Kelidi mentioned was also delivered.

It can be said that it has been a long journey to drive the cattle, horses and sheep all the way from Voss to Yong'an Mansion.

They set out more than a month in advance, just to let them rush to Daxuan, eat the grass of Daxuan, and cause disaster to the grassland of Daxuan.

It can be seen that King Voss also made plans early.

Chu Qing was not happy when he saw the cattle and sheep, because they were all skinny, but it didn't matter. He would buy them from the Voss Kingdom in the future.

These are small things. The big thing is that the emperor has not given Liu Ju the decree.

Kailidi has been looking for Chu Qing frequently in the past few days. Fortunately, he can't be found eight out of ten times. Of course, Chu Qing makes excuses to avoid seeing him.

This gave Liu Ju a little peace of mind, but he still started to get sick - oral ulcers.

Chu Qing thought that she had given the emperor enough time to consider. Since he did not respond, Chu Qing would not wait any longer.

When buying and selling, the two parties will negotiate the price. As for how to pay taxes, that is a matter between the fourth prince and the Daxuan court, and Chu Qing has nothing to do with it.

In this regard, the fourth prince was also confident - if he was not allowed to buy Yongan Gong's things, the Daxuan court would not be able to make any money from him.

If the tariff is set too high, the result will be the same. At worst, they will break up, and he will find an opportunity to talk to Chu Qing about smuggling.

The emperor was still undecided. Chu Qing thought about it for a few reasons.

One is that these new things in the Chu family are all profitable, but they haven't figured out how to plan them yet. The other is that they are worried that Chu Qing will separatist power.

Even if there was no military separatism, Chu Qing also made economic separatism.

It's just that no matter how difficult it is to control Yongan Gong, they can't think of a better way.

Let them figure it out on their own. Chu Qing finally decided to handle these import and export management issues by himself, which could be regarded as providing the court with an idea.

Therefore, for three consecutive days, Chu Qing invited Liu Ju, Li Jin and Huang Zhaoxian to the scene to participate in business negotiations with the fourth prince Kailidi.

As a result, Liu Ju not only suffered from ulcers in his mouth, but also Huo Ya began to rebel, and his entire face became swollen and painful - this fire was really serious!
Liu Ju really didn't want to participate, because this negotiation might put him at risk - Chu and Qing started negotiations without any instructions from the court, and he represented the court by coming forward.

The responsibility is great and there is no way to avoid it.

But if you don't participate, wouldn't it mean that you just sit back and watch all this happen, which is equivalent to acquiescing to this deal on behalf of the court?
Everything is true inside and out, but in short, it's like sitting on pins and needles.

During the intermission, Chu Qing couldn't bear to see Old Man Liu whose face was swollen and deformed, so he told him a classic line: "It's hard to sleep on the knife. I'll treat you to stew for lunch."

It has been seven or eight years since Daxuan and Voss officially established diplomatic relations, but there has been little progress in trade. This time, Chu Qing took the lead in establishing "Siguan" in Yong'an Mansion and Linyang Mansion to serve as customs management departments.

This will rationalize the trade trend between Daxuan and Voss.

Yong'an Mansion is temporarily managed jointly by Yong'an Gong and Fu Yamen, while Linyang Mansion is temporarily managed by Fu Yamen alone.

Regarding the tariff issue, Chu Qing also made a detailed plan. After reading it, Liu Ju couldn't fault it, but he was worried: "The imperial court will not approve it."

It won't pass if you can't find any faults, because you just think the tax is set too low.

Whether it is low or not, who knows who is greedy.

"That's what Lord Shangshu needs to worry about," Chu Qing said with a smile: "I can completely negotiate this long-term deal with Kelidi in my personal capacity. In that case, the things I can sell to them will be wider. .”

Liu Ju stared at Chu Qing but said nothing.

Chu Qing's meaning is obvious: use my Chu family's things to earn tax money for the court, what else do you want?I have no need to share this bowl of broth with the court!
So Old Man Liu, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, what you should do is not to undermine me and compromise the court, but to assist me in improving and regularizing the court's foreign trade system.

The court can really earn a lot of benefits, but if the policies issued by the court are too harsh, it will return to before the establishment of diplomatic relations, and the profits of the world's import and export trade will still be controlled by merchants.

And Chu Qing reminded: "You have also heard that Kelidi put the focus of Voss's trade on me, even at the expense of 'using the power of a country';
I am now fully capable of supplying their needs. Mr. Liu, you know, I also have a tea garden in Yong'an Mansion, and the scale will be very large. "

Tea was a bulk purchase item for the people of Wos in the past, but Chu Qing now wants to compete with Daxuan tea merchants for this piece of cake.

In fact, Yong'an Mansion has always produced tea. However, due to geographical location, climatic conditions, inconvenient transportation, insufficient population and other reasons, as well as its shameful reputation as a place of exile, the development of tea gardens has been slow and its reputation has not spread.

The land of miasma, barbarism, and exile has always been synonymous with Yong'an Mansion. Almost every official who was relegated here would cry out sadly like "the soul follows the bird in the south, and the flowers in the north will shed their tears in tears."

Therefore, the development of local tea gardens has not shown its true strength.

"Yong'an Mansion will be a special economic zone, a land of prosperity, and a place of peace in the future," Chu Qing said.

Liu Ju: "..."

Headache!

Chu Qing planned to make good use of the vast mountainous areas to expand the scale of tea planting, especially the part of the mountainous area extending eastward to Jiaxing Prefecture. All of them must be utilized.

A small population is not a problem. One of the items in the negotiation between Chuqing and Kelidi today is the export of labor services.

Yong'an Mansion allows Voss Country to export labor services to the local area, and your people can work on my territory.

Chu Qing: "The projects discussed by the Japanese government today have been recorded, and two copies will be sent to you later to prevent you from copying them again."

Liu Ju: "..."

Come again!Aren't you just mocking me for not being able to make the decision and having to report to the emperor?
Liu Ju snorted heavily: "Humph! That's just right! It's the duty of a minister!"

Liu Juzai reminded Chu Qing: Everything you did was just the duty of a minister.

Chu Qing smiled playfully: "How could it be? I have gone beyond my duty long ago;

However, Mr. Liu, your duty should be to consider how to persuade the court to make the right choice;

Tall buildings rise from the ground, and glory depends on oneself; if you want to invest in a tea garden here, I will take you flying in the future! "

The person who most wanted to be taken flying by Chu Qing was Kelidi.

During this negotiation, he not only finalized all the types of imported goods that King Voss told him, but also added additional food items such as dried abalone, golden oysters, refined salt, and shredded coconut that are easy to transport.

The boatload of coconut milk that Xiaobao brought back from the island was directly ordered by Kelidi.

Chu Qing also added precious herbs, gold and silver products, and some crops, such as dome melons, fragrant pears, etc.

Kelidi was very confused about this: "These fruits will go bad on the road!"

Chu Qing re-tickled a certain spot on the previously negotiated cooperation letter: "Kailidi, did you just eat everything you said this morning?
Didn't I tell you that I will open a port in Linyang Prefecture and transport goods by sea to Yong'an Prefecture? "

Kelidi wanted to say that he was not serious about opening a port!
Emperor Xuan was not allowed to summon his courtiers to discuss such a big matter for how many months?

but……

"If Mr. Yong'an can really build a port, then we can add more cattle and sheep to sell to you!" Kelidi said.

Of the two thousand sheep, the actual number of sheep that were driven out was three thousand. In addition to the ones that died on the road, a lot of them were deducted by various checkpoints along the Daxuan route in the name of "quarantine." head.