The announcement about the Longevity Festival has been posted, and the number of people in Jincheng gradually increased.
When Yunshang heard Qianzhuo's report, she also gave up the idea of leaving the palace.
"Traders from all over the place, as well as some people who join in the fun, gather in Jincheng. It's hard to guarantee that there won't be some fish in troubled waters with other thoughts. At this time, it's better for me not to go out of the palace."
"Don't you want to go out and have a look? I heard that many acrobatic troupes have entered the city, and there are many new tricks that have never been seen or seen before."
"No." Yun Chang shook her head: "It's nothing to see."
Now that there is a shortage of hidden guards, every time she goes out of the palace, she has to call in more hidden guards than usual to covertly protect her, so she shouldn't add any more burden to the hidden guards.
Qianzhuo heard what Yunshang said, but she didn't persuade her any more.
In the afternoon, Luo Qingyan asked someone to deliver a box of gadgets.
"This is jewelry made of colored glaze, especially beautiful in the sun."
"This is the fabric. This is similar to the gauze fabric we have here, but the pattern is more complicated and not as soft."
Yun Shang looked over one by one, with a bit of curiosity in his eyes: "What is this?"
"Puppets, aren't they more delicate and interesting than the ones we've seen before?"
Yun Shang nodded: "I've never seen these things before, where did they come from?"
Liu Wen'an smiled: "Some other country sent envoys to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday, and sent them over."
"The other country?"
Liu Wen'an nodded: "It is said that they came from the other side of the sea. What is the country called Youyue, and there is another country called Yi Hai. Before that, they were buying and selling some goods in Lucheng. When they heard that His Majesty's birthday was approaching, they came to Jincheng. One is to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday, and make diplomatic relations by the way."
When Yunshang heard Liu Wenan mention Lucheng, she couldn't help but raised her head: "If you come to celebrate His Majesty's birthday and form diplomatic relations with us instead of their country, shouldn't their royal family or the ministers of the court come? But if you come for business Cargo, shouldn’t it be a caravan?”
Liu Wen'an did not expect that Yunshang would ask the key point all of a sudden, so he just smiled: "Yes. It is said that the royal family of their country is interested in some special products of our Xia Kingdom, so they came here with the caravan. I want to see what our countries have that they don't have."
Although Liu Wen'an said so, Yun Shang didn't believe it at all.
Most of the members of the royal family are pampered and pampered, and they traveled across the sea to Xiaguo, just to see what specialties they are interested in in these countries
I'm afraid they are the only ones who believe this.
"He is already in Jincheng? Where is he placed?"
"Yes, we have already arrived in Jincheng, and they are placed in the post station." Liu Wen'an responded, and said again: "The royal envoys sent by those two countries also have female relatives, who came to see His Majesty earlier. I didn’t bring it with me when I was there, and I still said that I would bring it into the palace in two days to meet the empress.”
Yun Chang folded her hands in her sleeves and nodded lightly: "I see."
After Liu Wen'an left, Yunshang asked someone to put all the things away and put them in the warehouse.
"The servant girl looked at these things that we have never seen before, and it is very interesting to look at. Don't you keep some of them? Put them all in the warehouse?"
Yun Chang smiled: "Because it is something we have never seen before, but it is the one they are most familiar with. It is very easy for them to do something on it, but it is difficult for us to detect it."
Hearing what Yun Shang said, Qianzhuo felt it was very reasonable, and just nodded lightly: "It seems so, that servant asked someone to put all the things in the warehouse."
Yun Chang nodded, and after a moment of silence, he said again: "Give me a list of the things in the warehouse by the way."
Qian Zhuo responded, and led someone to carry the things down, and came in with four booklets in a short while.
"These are the items in our warehouse."
Yun Chang nodded, took it and looked through it.
"Is your lady looking for something?"
"Yeah." Yun Shang nodded casually: "You heard it just now, Mr. Liu said that in two days, the envoys of the two countries will bring their female relatives to the palace for an audience. Today I received so many of them. Naturally, we should prepare some gifts in return for the things we donate.”
Yun Chang frowned: "It's just that I don't know which things are in the warehouse, which ones are in those two countries, and which ones they don't. It's hard to choose."
Qian Zhuo had no way to answer this question, so he had to blink: "Why don't you ask Your Majesty later? Maybe Your Majesty just knows?"
Yun Shang hummed, it didn't seem like she really asked Luo Qingyan, but she just looked at it for a long time, but she really didn't choose something suitable, and when Luo Qingyan came over in the evening, Yun Shang would discuss this Tong Luo said it lightly.
"I asked the officials in Lucheng and Yunzhou before, and they said that when the caravans from the countries on the other side of the coast came to us, the things they bought the most were silk and satin, porcelain, tea, embroidery, etc. It’s those countries that don’t have these things.”
Yun Chang nodded: "All right, I'll prepare these things."
Yun Shang responded, thinking to herself, these four things, porcelain is not very easy to do, but silk and satin, porcelain, embroidery, etc. are very easy to do.
It's just that even if you have to do tricks, you definitely can't use such a simple method as poisoning.
And now it is still unknown what kind of purpose the people sent by those two countries have. Everything has to be carefully thought out and planned carefully.
Luo Qingyan saw that Yunshang seemed to be in a daze, raised his hand and shook it in front of Yunshang: "What is Madam thinking?"
Yun Shang smiled and shook her head: "It's nothing, I was thinking that although the caravans of those two countries should have bought a lot of things in Lucheng Yunzhou, the tributes in the palace are all the best things from all over the world. Probably not, this is a business opportunity."
Luo smiled softly: "Madam is getting more and more proficient in doing business now, and more and more interested."
Yun Shang nodded: "Yes, I think this is a way to get rich."
After Yunshang finished speaking, she looked at Luo with bright eyes and said lightly: "You said that there are caravans from other countries coming to us to buy and sell things, so is there any caravan from our country that brought our things at high prices to those countries? Sell it in another country? Then buy something from there at a low price and sell it back to our Xia country?"
Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that the empress still wants to send someone to start a business?"
"Why not?" A light flashed in Yunshang's eyes: "Creating business is one of the first things, and the second is knowing yourself and the enemy, and you can win all battles."