The princess and her consort returned from the voyage and alarmed the governor of Yangzhou!
After the merchant ship unloaded some of its cargo to trade with the wealthy Yangzhou merchants who came after hearing the news, the Yangzhou Governor came to the port with his officers and soldiers.
Going out to trade overseas gave Li Jingzhong a lot of experience.
He was already very smart and was highly valued by Li Sixu. Under her training, Li Jingzhong has become very proficient in business.
At the dock, he was discussing business with a wealthy businessman from Yangzhou who had arrived. When he saw the governor of Yangzhou appearing, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"The princess has returned from the voyage. It has been a difficult journey. The palace has already made arrangements for the princess's consort to take care of her."
"My lord, it's unfortunate that you are here. The princess has been away from her homeland for several years. She misses the bustling markets of the Tang Dynasty very much. She has already landed ashore and is taking the young prince to go shopping with her consort."
The imperial court has sent letters to Yangzhou several times, stating that if there is any news of the princess's return, it must be reported in time.
The princess finally returned to the Tang Dynasty, but she missed her. The governor of Yangzhou secretly hated himself for being too late, so he turned around and took his people to the market to look for her.
As soon as the Governor of Yangzhou left, a small dumpling wearing a Tang shirt came out from the embankment with short legs and hugged Li Jingzhong's leg.
"Sugar Man, Sugar Man!"
Li Jingzhong, who was discussing business with others, saw the princess consort chasing the young prince from the embankment. They were all wearing coarse clothes and their faces were deliberately darkened.
With this kind of appearance, you won't attract any attention when you are in a crowd.
Li Jingzhong couldn't help laughing, and leaned over to pick up the young prince and coax him: "Okay, I will take the young prince shopping now to buy delicious candy figures."
He left the business negotiation to his confidants, hugged the young prince and followed behind the disguised Li Sixu and the consort.
The streets in Yangzhou were lively and bustling, and the young prince wanted everything he saw. Li Jingzhong bought him a candy figure, and he fell in love with the spinning windmill.
He sweetly called Li Linhuai: "Daddy!"
Li Linhuai accompanied the princess to pick out hairpins and ignored him at all.
The young prince was about to pout, but he blinked his clear and translucent eyes and grinned at Li Linhuai: "Daddy, Prince Consort!"
After being away from home for three years, the ship docked in Yangzhou. The princess was interested in shopping. She was afraid that being yelled at would offend the governor of Yangzhou who came to find someone. Li Linhuai hurriedly took him from Li Jingzhong and patted him on the butt. .
"Brat!"
His butt hurt, the young prince pursed his lips, and his eyes were misty.
Li Jingzhong was most afraid of the young prince crying, so he hurriedly paid the money to buy the windmill and stuffed it into his hands.
Then the little prince, who was about to cry, broke into tears and waved his windmill at Li Linhuai in a showy way. When Li Sixu finished picking out the hairpins, the little guy threw himself into her mother's arms and complained quietly.
"Dad is bad, princess and mother don't want..."
Li Sixu knew that this little guy who liked to compete with the manager for favor meant that she should ignore Li Linhuai, and she couldn't help laughing.
Squeezing the little man's tender cheeks, Li Sixu teased him: "If mother doesn't want father, then who does she want?"
"I want Yi'er!"
The young prince put the candy man that he had licked into Li Sixu's mouth: "Yi'er is good, Yi'er is good-looking."
Caught off guard, Li Sixu's expression froze as she opened her mouth and was stuffed with a saliva-covered candy.
Li Linhuai slapped the young prince's butt again: "I've told you, you can't put anything stained with your saliva into your mother's mouth."
The young prince felt aggrieved: "Daddy stuffed me..."
Li Jingzhong, who had always been serious about his words, almost failed when he heard clearly what the young prince was mumbling.
It took a lot of thought to suppress his smile, and he was planning to use the excuse to go to the jewelry workshop in front of him to avoid the prince-in-law's suppressed anger from burning on him.
At this time, I heard a customer in front of the cloth stall saying happily: "Is this batch of cotton cloth really sold to me at a price that is 20% cheaper than yesterday?"
"This is still false. The price of cotton cloth made of white folds has increased recently because Tibet is going to war with the Tang Dynasty. I heard that Tibet has withdrawn its troops from the Bolu Kingdom in the Western Regions. If the war cannot be fought, the price of cotton cloth will fall again. .”
"You are my regular customer, how can I sell you cloth for extra money?"
The cloth stall owner said cheerfully: "I'll sell it to you at 80% of yesterday's price. I'm an honest shop."
Although Baidie was introduced from the frontier areas and some people began to plant it in Jiangnan, the main production area of Baidie cotton cloth is still in the frontier fortress in Lingzhou.
I bought the cotton cloth I wanted at a price that was 20% less. The woman who bought the cloth was very happy. She asked curiously: "A few days ago, it was said that our Tang Dynasty was going to war with Tibet. Why didn't we do it again?"
"It is said that the Dashi Kingdom suddenly sent troops to Tubo. Dashi is difficult to deal with. How can Tubo dare to mess with our Tang Dynasty at this time."
The cloth stall owner talked about it with great interest, and approached the woman and said: "Since you are my regular customer, I will tell you quietly that my son is working as an errand in the Dudu Mansion in Yangzhou. I heard that the tenth princess who went out to trade with China was on a mission. The coastal countries have quietly formed an alliance with the big food country. Now they have nothing to fear from Tibet. The border fortress cannot afford war, and the cotton cloth from Lingzhou will not raise the price..."
The stall owner thought he was in a busy market, biting his ears and saying a few words, but no one would listen.
Little did she know that all her words fell on the ears of Li Jingzhong and the consort, who had keen ears.
After hearing these words, the prince-in-law had a subtle expression, and Li Jingzhong was even petrified.
Because the princess was on an envoy to Dashi and did nothing, but when she left the capital of Dashi, the princess said that Dashi would definitely start a war with Tubo within the next year.
Li Jingzhong didn't understand why the princess was so sure?
At this time, even the downtown area of Yangzhou was rumored to be at war between Dashi and Tubo. It was obvious that the princess knew what was going on. When he saw Li Sixu and the consort carrying the young prince forward, he hurriedly trotted to follow them.
"Princess, I don't understand very well. I always feel that I have caught something, but I can't guess. Is the war between Dashi and Tubo related to the batch of strange medicine and Mafeishan that the princess sold to Dashi at a sky-high price to treat wound infections?"
"You finally guessed it!"
Li Sixu looked confident and reminded Li Jingzhong: "It is not only related to the batch of medicines sold at exorbitant prices, but also to the white cotton grown in the Tubo area of Lingzhou."
As if he was enlightened, after Li Sixu reminded him, Li Jingzhong suddenly realized.
Li Linhuai, who was holding the young prince in his arms, nodded: "Just as you guessed, the princess has already begun to lay out the layout during the seven years she spent in the frontier fortress, and white cotton is one of the crops suitable for Tubo and the border fortress area."
"Persia and overseas countries love the silk fabrics of our empire very much. However, overseas countries are not suitable for growing mulberry and linen. Tianzhu and Persia have already had cotton and linen fabrics. Dashi used cotton and linen fabrics to take the lead in trade with Tibet. .”
"The princess planted white cotton in Lingzhou seven years ago. Liang Dong figured out the loom again, so the cotton weaving industry also flowed into Tubo. Tubo trade was no longer hindered by the food. Tubo's arrogance grew rapidly, and Tubo's arrogance grew rapidly. How can you swallow this huge food?"
