The white sugar given to the envoys of the Song Dynasty was a sugar bowl painted and baked by Yan Qing.
Yan Qing was also extremely popular in the Song Dynasty.
Because the Song Dynasty was rich, Yan Qing's paintings were sold for sky-high prices in the Song Dynasty.
When the sugar jar was delivered to the envoy of the Song Dynasty, Liu Ziye was discussing with a young man wearing a black gown and playing with a folding fan about planting sugar cane in the Song Dynasty.
"The Queen has a reward——"
Liu Ziye went out to receive the reward and thank him.
The young man who was playing with the folding fan suddenly lit up his cobalt blue eyes when he heard about "The Queen".
He raised his eyes and stared at the door.
Liu Ziye came in holding the exquisite white porcelain jar with floral patterns.
The young man closed the folding fan with a snap, "What reward? Show it to me."
Liu Ziye immediately held the jar with both hands and said, "Young Master Song, this is a gift from the king of the Song Dynasty to me, you can't take it away!"
This young man is none other than Song Tao.
"I just want to take a look. Who said you want to snatch it? Bring it!" Song Tao's cobalt blue eyes were extremely bright.
"Just looking at it? Absolutely not grabbing it?"
"Long-winded!"
Song Tao spun up and snatched the jar from Liu Ziye's arms.
"The most famous official kiln in Daliang, Yan Qing...is the authentic work of Yan Qing."
Song Tao looked at the jar and became more and more shocked.
Liu Ziye also widened his eyes, "Let me tell you, the painting style looks a bit familiar! It's actually Yan Qing's original work? No wonder the palace official who gave it to me said that His Majesty Song must like it!"
"Your Majesty, don't you like Mr. Yan Qing's paintings the most?"
Song Tao thought for a moment, and a smile appeared in his cobalt blue eyes.
"You and I almost became fools who bought a casket for a pearl." He said, "She must not have given this jar as a gift. What is in the jar is her real intention."
Liu Ziye was slightly startled and hurriedly stepped forward, "Open it, open it quickly and take a look. What is it that is so expensive that it needs to be decorated with Mr. Yan Qing's paintings?"
Song Tao opened the jar, and the sweet smell of sugar cane mixed with the faint fragrance of flowers hit his face and was refreshing.
Song Tao was immediately stunned... looking confused and confused.
This smell is so familiar...
In the deepest part of his memory, the things he had sealed seemed to be about to break out of the cocoon.
"Ah, is this the snowflake candy that has been so popular recently?"
Liu Ziye's exclamation interrupted his memories.
The two ordered someone to bring a spoon and scoop out some snowflake candies.
"The rumors are true. This snowflake candy is as white as snow. If you look closely, it looks like ice crystals, crystal clear."
"The smell is sweet and fragrant, the taste is...well, it's so sweet!"
Liu Ziye put a little bit of snowflake sugar in the tea.
When the snowflakes melted, he was about to sip tea.
"What are you eating secretly? You're hiding it from me!" Liu Jiaren strode over, her nose twitching slightly, "It's so sweet."
She didn't pay attention to the beautiful jar, but first stared at the tea cup that Liu Ziye had just picked up.
She stepped forward to grab the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
"You actually hid the best tea and refused to let me drink it? It's so sweet and fragrant. It's much better than the tea the emperor rewarded me with!" Liu Jiaren said angrily.
"It doesn't smell like tea." Song Tao said.
Liu Jiaren didn't dare to look at him...not because she was afraid of him.
When she looked at him, especially his deep and beautiful eyes, she couldn't help but blush.
"It's not the fragrance of tea, what is it?" Liu Jiaren asked awkwardly.
"It's snowflake candy." Liu Ziye pointed to the top-notch jar, "Go to the palace and thank the Queen. Ask the Queen if she has any plans to open up border trade."
"If your Majesty has this intention, can you introduce sugar cane to our Song Dynasty for cultivation?"
"And the process of making sugar..."
Song Tao smiled and said, "Isn't she just trying to do business by giving this candy? However, I'm afraid she won't give it to Song Dynasty easily."
Liu Jiaren listened to the back-and-forth discussion between the two.
She suddenly smiled, "I knew she could do it! I'll put on women's clothes and go to the palace to ask for an audience!"
Song Tao lowered his eyes, gently rubbed the folding fan with his fingers, and said slowly, "The northern border of Song State borders the southern border of Daliang."
"Yunning County is a good place to grow sugar cane. If a trade market can be established near Yunning, it will be very convenient for the Song Dynasty to sell tea and silk to Daliang."
"It's also very convenient to buy snowflake candies from Daliang. For tea farmers in Song Dynasty, the silkworm market is a good thing."
Liu Ziye also said, "Our monarch has always planned to open up trade, but the monarchs before Daliang had too conservative ideas. Now is the best time!"
When Liu Jiaren went to the palace to see Wen Jin.
Chen Ba, who was far away in Chen State, also received the snowflake candy brought by Wen Jin's order.
This is the earliest snowflake candy made when it was tried in the palace.
After Chen Ba tasted the wonderful taste of this candy, he also read the description of this candy in the attached letter.
With ecstasy in his eyes, he immediately took the jar and went to the palace to see Emperor Chen.
"This is a good thing. It has the effect of strengthening the body, and its taste is incredible."
"If the Chen State and the Song Dynasty trade with each other, we can take the opportunity to introduce this 'snowflake candy'. It is said that this is a crop product."
"Our country, Chen, can also grow this plant. It will greatly benefit the production and life of the people of our country, Chen."
Chen Ba has not investigated at this time. In fact, sugar cane cannot be grown in most places in Chen country.
Only a small area bordering Yuqi can grow sugar cane.
But this is not important. What is important is that he wanted to take this opportunity to persuade Emperor Chen to establish friendly relations with Liang.
Although he was a military general, after he went to Liang State as an envoy... his mentality and philosophy underwent a change.
Constantly fighting back and forth does no good to Chen Guo.
Seizing every opportunity to build yourself up and strengthen yourself is the right way!
What Mr. Qi said to him was all bullshit!
Ever since Wen Jin rescued his mother, he discovered that you can't just take things at face value.
We need to think deeply and have a longer-term perspective.
Emperor Chen was particularly curious about Liang after hearing his description of Liang...especially the princess of Liang.
"You said that the snowflake candy and the sugar cane were all the idea of the Princess of Liang?" Emperor Chen asked.
Chen Ba cupped his hands and said, "Back to my emperor, she is no longer the princess, but the queen of Liang Kingdom."
Emperor Chen nodded, "Interesting woman... I will send you to the border to take charge of border trade."
"In addition, I am writing to the Emperor and Queen of Liang. After the establishment of trade, I agree that the merchants of Liang can enter our land of Chen with the official customs clearance documents."
"For those who have customs clearance documents, Chen Guo can ensure that they enjoy the same rights as the people of Chen Guo in the territory of Chen."
"Do not attack or rob caravans without reason. Ensure their personal and property safety."
"At the same time, I, the merchant Chen, should also enjoy the same rights when going to Liang Kingdom!"
Chen Ba was overjoyed, but his face was calm and he accepted the order.
When he returned to his house, he immediately ordered his servants to pack their bags.
At the same time, he also wrote to the envoy of Chen State who was still in Liang State.
The envoys of Chen State envied Song State 120,000 times.
"Song State still has foresight! There are women among their envoys!"
In order to make it easier for Liu Jiaren to enter the palace and seek an audience with Wen Jin, she had already taken off her male disguise and revealed her daughter's body as early as Xiao Yuchen's accession to the throne.
But now, Liu Jiaren can directly ask for permission to enter the palace and discuss with Empress Liang face to face.
But they could only watch helplessly and shed tears of envy.
