As soon as these words were said, Zhao Guansheng was so shocked that his scalp was numb, and the smile on the white-haired Ye Guizhu suddenly disappeared. Although he was already old, his gaze, which seemed kind and kind, suddenly became particularly sharp, and he turned Du Shiyi and Pei Ning like a knife, and then said lightly: "Since that's the case, let's accompany your distinguished guests, and I won't be with you."

If he heard afterwards that Du Shiyi, who had once suppressed the wealthy merchants everywhere in Chengdu, was so slow to treat such a small village in Yazhou, Zhao Guansheng could laugh out loud, but now he had a face-to-face collision with someone, he felt not pleasure, but was frightened. Sure enough, he tried his best to hide himself among others, but Du Shiyi looked at him and then walked slowly towards him. At that moment, he didn't know how many thoughts were wandering around in his heart, and even had a flash of thoughts, but he immediately extinguished himself.

He is just a businessman. If he really does that, would he want to confiscate his family and exterminate his clan?

When Du Shiyi came to him, he forced a smile and then praised in a respectful tone: "Du Shiyu, please forgive me for not knowing Mount Tai before..."

Before he could finish his explanation, Du Shiyi asked with a smile, "Justice Ye called the Lord Zhao Lang just now, but the name of the Lord is unknown?"

"Zhao Guansheng." Knowing that it would be in vain to fool him at this moment, Zhao Guansheng had to honestly report his surname. Just as he was struggling with what Du Shiyi would ask next, he suddenly heard a voice inserted into the slanting: "Zhao Lang is my guest, please don't intimidate him."

Seeing that the Lord Ye Ghost had appeared beside the two of them at some point, Zhao Guansheng was in a conflict for a moment, and wanted to use the words he had just instilled with the Lord Ye Ghost to further arouse his hostility towards Du Shiyi and send the group away, but he was afraid that it would arouse Du Shiyi's suspicion. Just when he was in a dilemma, Du Shiyi moved slightly and faced the white-haired old man.

"Just just now, this Zhao Lang and the Lord Ye seemed to have been doing tea business for many years, so that the Lord Ye agreed to him and would not do business with outsiders?"

"So what?" Although the government started to register households in the early Tang Dynasty and was under the jurisdiction of the government, the government did not include the direct management of the Liao households as they did for ordinary Han households. He, the ghost master who was in charge of tribal sacrifices, was far more authoritative than those villages. In addition, his anxious temperament, even the government rarely provoked him. Moreover, Zhao Guansheng said a lot of bad words about Du Shiyi to him, and in his eyes, he had already beaten people to a cunning person. Naturally, he spoke without hesitation.

"Du Shiyu was an imperial envoy of the court, but my village is just a simple place, so I dare not ask Du Shiyu to stay for a long time."

Zhao Guansheng was very confident that if it were any court official, the hard words of the Ghost Lord Ye could make him angry and leave. However, whether it was Du Shiyi or the other Citic Pei who walked slowly, both of them were silent even when they looked. The four eyes did not pay attention to Ghost Lord Ye, and their eyes fell on him. Under this pressure, the weather was already hot, and he felt that his clothes were all wet without realizing it.

"I just came to take a look, and Lu Silang was buying some tea for his father."

Du Shiyi knew that his prestige in Chengdu was deeply rooted in people's hearts through incidents again and again. Naturally, he did not expect that his body would be shaken when he first arrived in Yazhou, which would shock the people here to obey. Sure enough, he took out Lu Qi's name, and Ye Guizhu's expression eased a lot, but looked at Lu Cong and asked: "Lu Silang, is Governor Lu really going to buy tea? Alas, Governor Lu helped the village to solve the urgent need for drinking water, but no matter what we sent it afterwards, he would not accept it. I knew Governor Lu loved tea, so I chose the best wild tea, the best Chinese tea, to send it to him."

Where did my father ask him to buy tea?

Lu Cong said this in his heart, but he did not dare to talk nonsense and ruin Du Shiyi's affairs. Sure enough, he only heard Du Shiyi smile and said, "Governor Lu is self-disciplined and never accepts gifts. How could he receive the tea from the Lord of Ye Gui? Before Lu Silang came, Governor Lu specifically told him that he must pay and buy it, and he cannot lose half a share. However, Governor Lu's favorite is indeed spring tea buds. The current price is about two pieces of silk per pound. He plans to buy five pounds back, and some are for use by himself, and some are brought back to the two capitals to give to relatives and friends."

As soon as these words were said, Zhao Guansheng knew it was broken. Sure enough, he heard the Lord Ye ask in disbelief: "Two pieces of silk per pound? No matter how good Mengshan Bajian is, can he sell it at such a high price?"

"Two pieces of silk per pound, but this is because Yazhou is close to Mengshan, so it can be so cheap. If one pound of Mengdingyajian is in Chang'an and Luoyang, a tea lover is really buying five pieces of silk everywhere, but no one is willing to sell it to him."

Since the Chineseization was deeply rooted, Ye Guizhu naturally knew very well about the pros and cons of dealing with the Han people at such a large age. In the past, the mountain people in the villages had also transported the mountain goods and furs he had worked hard to sell to Yazhou City, but they were repeatedly bullied and deceived, and the government rarely upholds justice. Therefore, the mountain people were not willing to go to the city to deal with the Han people in Huaxu. Therefore, merchants like Zhao Guansheng who came to trade with villages regularly were welcomed.

First, Zhao Guansheng needs more things at once, and second, although his price is not very high, it is better than what the mountain people earned when they went to the city to hawk alone. Third, Zhao Guansheng knew how to be a human being and often brought some fashionable cloths in the city and even various gadgets to the mountain people. After a while, most of the people in the village had a good impression of him. Even if the ghost master Ye was in charge of the ghosts and gods, he was not immune to the world.

But at this moment, he noticed the hidden truth from Du Shiyi's words that he had never thought about before, and his face immediately became cold. However, he was not a gullible person. He turned around and bowed in front of Lu Cong, and asked in a respectful and earnest tone: "Lu Langjun, has the camellia really sold at such a high price now?"

Lu Cong just saw Du Shiyi changing his attitude in the name of his father. When he found out that the other party had turned to him and was stunned for a while, he smiled bitterly: "Since he arrived in Yazhou, he has loved drinking tea, but he refused to use others to accept gifts, so I often go to this tea market in person. In the past three years, the price of tea has increased more than doubled, and Mengshan tea, or Mengding buds, is even hard to find a leaf. This is not fabricated by Du Shiyu."

If Ye Guizhu was still hesitant in his heart when he said what Du Shiyi said, then Lu Cong said so, and he believed in his heart. He had always been very respectful to Lu Qi, the governor of Yazhou, and the other party had never repaid favors. He recognized the person himself, so how could there be falsehood? Moreover, when he went to see Zhao Guansheng, he saw that Zhao Lang, the merchant who had always been famous for his generous actions, was already sweating profusely.

Facing this scene, Du Shiyi glanced at Zhao Guansheng and said lightly: "Although the Tea Indicator is a first-time establishment, it never collects taxes from tea farmers. Instead, the tea merchants who collect tea must buy tea indices first and then buy tea. In order to prevent them from hurting the farmers, they set a government guide price of one pound of tea and half a piece of silk. I wonder what the price code is that Zhao Lang and Ye Guizhu have always traded? If the Ye Guizhu agrees, they will never sell the tea to other families, but will definitely leave it to you?"

The people do not fight with officials, which is said to be on the surface. As for the ability to make no traces behind the scenes, it is a skill. Zhao Guansheng said this to himself before, and in addition, they, the smaller tea merchants, have also connected several of them, and thought that they had directly dealt with tea growers in tea gardens and tea fields below, and they did not have the power to compete. But at this moment, he knew that he was really wrong. He no longer thought that Du Shiyi had come today because he happened to bump into him. There was no such coincidence in this world. It was obvious that the other party was prepared and had no intention of making up for his own mind.

"This...this..." He hesitated for a long time, and finally could only defend himself with the last trace of luck, "I have been trading with Ye Guizhu for many years, and I have a large amount, and I have always paid advances, so the price is naturally not as good as those rich and generous merchants..."

"But Zhao Lang told me before that those rich merchants rely on their strong financial resources, so they will put the price far lower than ten kilograms of tea per piece of silk. So I convinced me to sell all the tea produced in the village this year to you with the price of five kilograms of tea per piece of silk in previous years, and it seems like I have suffered a great loss."

Since Lord Ye woke up, there was no place that was so easy to fool, he immediately raised his eyebrows: "I let the village treat you as a distinguished guest. Whenever you come, you will definitely take out the best stock, slaughter sheep and chickens, take out all the mountain delicacies and wild game, and treat you with all your favorites. I didn't expect you to be such a traitor. If you dare to step into this place again in the future, don't blame me for being rude."

Zhao Guansheng, under the scolding of Ye Guizhu, couldn't help but take several steps and secretly regretted it in his heart. After dealing with Ye Guizhu for a long time, he thought he had figured out the details of these mountain people and knew that they did not understand price fluctuations, so he naturally had fraudulent intentions. Over the years, Shunshun Dangdang made big money and sold well, but now that he has been exposed, he not only has no face, but if the news spreads, he will no longer want to do business among these familiar households around Yazhou.

These widows are not those who can only fight and kill. Ghost Lord, who is in charge of tribal sacrifices like Ye Ghost Lord, will participate in the meeting where various ministries jointly elect the great ghost Lord. At that time, each family will communicate with each other, and his reputation will be completely terrible.
Chapter completed!