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Chapter 819: The war caused by tea

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When it came to this issue, Liu Xin had a headache, and she waved her hand and said, "I am not confused yet. I am strong in the past, and I will discuss it later."

Chen Gong got up and said: "The establishment of a reserve is related to the country's foundation, how can it be delayed again and again."

Liu Xin said displeased: "Then, according to the wishes of all the officials, who should be the reserve?"

Guo Jia handed over and said: "Since ancient times, he has been a protagonist, so why not discuss it!"

Zhang Fei said loudly: "Liu Bang is cowardly, how can he shoulder this important task?"

As usual, whenever it comes to the matter of Li Chu, the court will be divided into two camps, and there will be a quarrel. At this time, Jia Xu, who had just returned to Chang'an to report on the changes in the Great Qin Empire, walked out, arched his hands all around, and said: "The prince has left his parents since he was a child, and it is inevitable that the prince has a little cowardly character. The minister has an idea. , It is better to arrange a position for him for a period of one year. If within one year, the eldest prince still has no improvement, in the future, everyone will not mention the matter of making him a reserve. If it is within a year, the eldest prince will do all kinds of things The performance is impeccable, Weichen thought, Your Majesty won't have any more opinions."

After Liu Xin pondered for a moment, he understood what Jia Xu meant. Jia Xu's proposal can not only temporarily resolve the disputes between the ministers, but also buy him a year, so as not to have to argue about the Lichu every time he goes up to the court.

Seeing that the ministers were still arguing, Liu Xin coughed dryly and said: "My love, I think the text is reasonable, what do you think of it?"

In fact, Jia Xu's compromise opinion was still acceptable to everyone, so they stopped arguing. Liu Xin nodded, then said to Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, you are the official secretary, you can leave this matter to you."

Because Liu Bang's identity is special, and Tian Feng knew that Liu Bang didn't have much ability, he deeply felt that this task was very difficult. After the dispersal of the dynasty, Tian Feng hurriedly convened several principal officials of the staff department to discuss the position to be arranged to achieve the purpose of investigating Liu Bang, but also not to cause any major troubles because of Liu Bang's lack of ability. After several discussions, everyone unanimously proposed that Liu Bang be assigned the position of Chang'an Eastern Lieutenant.

Chang'an Dongfang Lieutenant is also the school lieutenant in charge of public security in the east gate of Chang'an. There are wealthy people living in the east gate of Chang'an. Therefore, although the position of this eastern lieutenant is low, the responsibility is heavy. It is very difficult for ordinary people to enforce the law impartially. As the eldest prince, Liu Bang had a distinguished status. No matter what kind of people did not dare to play prestige in front of him, it was a very good choice for him to serve as the northern lieutenant.

The court has its own court rules, and Liu Xin stipulated that no one can disclose everything discussed in the court. Therefore, even though Chen Gong, Cheng Yu and others are standing with Liu Bang on the issue of Li Chu, they will not tell Liu Bang himself about the investigation of Liu Bang, and they are all out of the common heart. There is no personal relationship, and there is no need to take this risk.

However, Liu Bang stayed in the palace all day, bound by various rules, and couldn’t play with Liu Yu and the others. He was so bored a long time ago. I heard that he was asked to be a northern lieutenant, even though he was just a mung bean. The little official of Zhima Da, but he was also full of wishes.

Liu Xin's ear roots finally calmed down a bit, and he began to refocus his energy on the issue of the Great Qin Empire. The Mirage has been formally disbanded, part of it has been assigned to various counties and counties for arrest work, and the other part of the elite has been gathered to form a new organization called the Dahan Foreign Intelligence Service.

The activities of the Dahan Foreign Affairs Office are strictly restricted outside Dahan and are responsible for spying on the intelligence of the countries surrounding Dahan. However, surveillance, investigation, and wiretapping are not allowed against the citizens of Dahan's own country. It's just that the surrounding countries such as Dawan and Kangju are more friendly to Dahan, so it is very easy to spy on the news. But Wusun, Shendu, and Guishuang's attitudes were not clear, but because they were frightened by Dahan's powerful force, they did not dare to obstruct Dahan's Foreign Affairs Office's actions.

This time, in order to understand what the Great Qin Empire wanted to do, the Foreign Affairs Office of Dahan had to break through the previous area and continue to travel westward. Liu Xin also knew that their mission this time would be difficult, so he assigned the special forces to them. It was with the help of the special forces that the Dahan Foreign Affairs Office overcame numerous difficulties and brought back the news that Liu Xin needed urgently.

After a bloodbath and looting of foreign caravans, the Great Qin Empire temporarily ceased. The imperial palaces of Rome are filled with exquisite silk and porcelain, and Putimius can enjoy the magical tea that can make him a hundred times more energetic every day. The nobles in the city no longer need to pay large sums of gold and silver to buy luxury goods from the far east. Most of the property confiscated from foreign caravans are also distributed to them. Timius offered his opinion.

However, the good times did not last long. Porcelain as smooth as white jade, silk as smooth as a baby's skin have always been the favorites of the Daqin nobles. These things are basically durable goods. Without foreign caravans, the inventory in their homes can be used for a long time. time. But tea is different, it is gone after drinking.

Just half a year later, the chief steward of the Great Qin Palace came to Chez and reported to Putimius that the tea in the palace had been drunk. Putimius is very strange. According to his estimation, the tea stolen from the foreign caravans can be drunk for at least three years. But they made a fatal mistake and did not take good care of these tea leaves. The humid climate around the Mediterranean has caused the tea to become damp and mildewed.

Putimius lived like this when there was no tea before. Now that he is used to drinking tea, it suddenly disappears. Putimius always feels that there is something lacking in life. Putimius reprimanded Chez severely when he was about to come, and then sent several close attendants who were responsible for keeping the tea to the guillotine.

But doing so can only calm his mood a bit, and can't completely solve the plight of lack of tea. And there are other aristocratic Daqin aristocrats who are also unsure because they can't buy tea. Although Putimius is the Emperor of Qin, if he leaves the support of these nobles, his throne will be shaken immediately, and the elder's house that has lost power may even make a comeback.

Putimius had to face up to the small tea issue, even if it wasn't for himself, but for the sake of the entire Daqin aristocracy. As a result, Putimius issued a new decree allowing foreign caravans to enter Rome and openly sell tea, silk, porcelain and other magical goods from the East. But at the same time, Putimius ordered the price of these products to be limited, and the price of all products should not exceed one-third of the price before the tea ban.

However, after this new decree was promulgated, no foreign caravan was willing to enter the territory of Daqin. The caravan in Daqin's home country has also been boycotted by neighboring countries, and no one wants to sell these commodities to them. Foreign caravans are unwilling to do business with Daqin people. The price limit order has compressed their profit margins. More importantly, the bloody scene in the city of Rome has made those foreign businessmen frightened. Without ten or eight years of effort, I’m afraid It is difficult to make them change.

Putimius didn't feel ashamed and turned into anger, and since he couldn't buy it with money, go grab it! The reason why the Great Qin Empire has today's territory is that it was plundered through wars, and he wanted to launch a war triggered by tea!