Chen Qing added: "Actually, even if I knew that they were taking the waterway to go north through the Yellow River, I would not set up checkpoints everywhere to strictly check. This is a system issue. Since the checkpoints have been canceled and the trade routes have been dredged, they cannot be easily blocked anymore. They should
Solve the problem at the source. For example, they cannot purchase Panax notoginseng, or they simply do not know the military drug formula. The fundamental reason is that we have a problem at the source. Let them know the hemostatic effect of Panax notoginseng, and then purchase it in just three days.
A thousand dan sanqi, this is the lesson that should be learned."
Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Panax Panax notoginseng is not a ginseng. It can only be grown in Liaodong. In fact, Hebei can also grow Panax notoginseng in large quantities. The key is that our wound medicine formula has been leaked. But this year we are likely to
Attack Hebei, so the other side is in urgent need.
Otherwise, Wan Yanchang can plant a large amount in Hebei, and there is no need to spend 90,000 yuan to come to Jingzhao to purchase a large amount. So this is a special situation. If the other party succeeds, we will admit defeat and the matter will end here."
"What do you plan to do with those merchants selling medicinal materials?" Zhong Huan asked again.
Chen Qing said slowly: "I ordered them to confiscate the proceeds from selling Panax notoginseng, and then let them all go, including the businessman named Wu."
"Let it go!"
Wang Hao and Zhong Huan looked at each other, and Wang Hao said anxiously: "Your Highness, if we let them go, more businessmen will follow suit!"
“In order to follow suit, someone must be willing to be the one being taken advantage of!”
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Panax has never been a banned item. Last year, I ordered each drug store to purchase no more than ten tons of Panax notoginseng at a time. It was not because I was afraid of it going out, but because our military also needs to use it in large quantities. Now the military
The reserve was sufficient, so the druggist was able to collect one thousand tons in a short period of time. As for the druggist selling the other party one thousand tons of Panax notoginseng, it did not violate the ban. The ban is limited to drug stores, and the other party is a businessman. I can't because he sold it to the other party.
If the medicinal materials are sold to Hebei merchants, the whole family will be killed."
"But the other party is a businessman disguised as a Hebei intelligence agent."
"This has nothing to do with drug dealers!"
Chen Qing interrupted Wang Hao, "It is impossible for him to know the identity of the other party. You are the leader of the internal defense and have rich experience. Do you think this Hebei businessman will pat his chest and tell the other party that we are intelligence spies from the Jin Kingdom? Please take good care of him in the future.
Would a Hebei businessman say that?"
Wang Hao shook his head, "No!"
"That's it. You are the internal guards. You can immediately realize that the other party is an intelligence agent of the Jin Kingdom. That is your experience and expertise. But the drug dealer does not have this ability. We cannot be harsh on the drug dealer, but this person named Wu
The drug dealer also has a heavy responsibility. He knew clearly about the hemostatic effect of Panax notoginseng and could roughly guess its use, but he did not report it to the inner guard in time, but was only interested in profit. Therefore, I determined that although he was not guilty, he had done something wrong, and ordered the confiscation of his medicine.
The huge profit from selling Panax notoginseng was his punishment."
Wang Hao and Zhong Huan both lowered their heads and had nothing to say. Chen Qing could feel that they were dissatisfied, but he didn't want to explain any more, so he said to them: "You have captured four of your subordinates this time. You can squeeze more out of them."
There is a lot of information. I am very concerned about this Pi Xiangyang. He is a powerful person. He can retreat calmly from under your nose. Wan Yanchang will definitely continue to reuse him. You must master more information about this Pi Xiangyang to prevent being defeated by him again.
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"Follow the order!"
The two of them bowed and left.
Chen Qing asked again: "What time is it now?"
Chao Qing bowed and said, "Report to Your Highness, it's almost noon."
"You go and inform Counselor Zhou, and I'll treat him to tea at noon."
At noon, the business in Qingfeng Teahouse was not bad, the business was full, but it was very quiet. This was something other teahouses could not do. Since the owner of the teahouse was changed to Lu Jin, he made fine adjustments to the operation of the teahouse. Not only did he re-
Let Fengcha appear in the teahouse, and the Fengcha is paired with famous porcelain from the official kiln. Of course, it is expensive. As long as you can afford it, even if you are a businessman, you can still enjoy Fengcha from the official kiln.
He also hired two highly skilled tea ladies who could make tea in various ways.
These fine-tuning results are very good. In just one month, Qingfeng Teahouse's ranking has gone from around a dozen to the top five. No teahouse can produce authentic Feng tea, and no teahouse dares to sell the famous porcelain from the official kiln.
For guests to use, it was Lu Jin's courage that made Qingfeng Teahouse famous. Many high-end customers who had been lost due to the luxury restriction order came back.
However, the tea room for senior officials is located in the elegant room at the back, which is separate from the teahouse lobby in the front, and cannot be entered or exited from the lobby.
Chen Qing ordered two portions of barbecue rice. Zhou Mi shook his head and said, "Every time His Highness invites me to tea, it's always barbecue rice. Can you change it to something else?"
Chen Qing said with a smile: "The barbecue rice in the store is large, I can eat enough, but I can't eat anything else."
"Can't you just ask them to increase the amount? Do you have to let them do what they want?"
Chen Qing laughed dumbly and said to the maid next to him: "Give him a grilled fish rice with sour plum juice. I still have grilled fish rice, but I want to add a piece of fish."
"I'll add a piece of barbecue too!"
Not to be outdone, Zhou Kuan said: "It's his treat anyway, even if it's the best."
The maid covered her mouth with a smile and nodded, "I understand, please wait a moment. Tea is still the same as usual?"
"the same!"
After the maid left, Zhou Kuancai curled his lips and said: "There is a Fengcha official kiln here, can't you afford it?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "A pot of tea costs hundreds of dollars. I use the official kiln every day, so I can't afford to be taken advantage of."
"That's you, I don't have much chance to use the official kiln!"
"Don't call it poor. In my memory, I gave you at least two sets of Ru kiln tea sets and one set of Guan kiln tea sets. I understand. Have you collected them all and are reluctant to use them?"
Zhou Kuan blushed, "Of course, if you accidentally drop such a valuable thing, there is no place to cry."
At this time, their lunch was delivered and the two of them started eating.
After lunch, Cha Ji brought another sencha. Chen Qing picked up the tea cup and said: "I want to invite you to drink tea today. I mainly want to hear your opinion. I am considering imposing a blockade on Hebei and cutting off trade and personnel exchanges. Do you think it is right?"
feasible?"
"Is it because the March 7th Incident made you unhappy?" Zhou Kuan asked with a smile.
"The root cause of the Sanqi Incident was the leakage of military prescriptions. I also knew at the time that banned drugs were useless, and Wan Yanchang could grow them himself, so I didn't list them as banned substances. But through this incident, I discovered that Hebei was selling a lot of drugs from us.
We purchased supplies from Hebei, but we purchased very few supplies from Hebei. The Jin Kingdom minted a large amount of coins, but used them to exchange for our supplies."
Zhou Kuan shook his head, "His Highness said before that it was a good thing for the other party to use silver for shopping, but now he feels it is inappropriate. If His Highness wants me to support him, it's best to tell the truth."
Chen Qing waved his hand to ask Cha Ji to step back, and then said to Zhou Kuan: "The main reason is that I found that the opponent's intelligence agents are getting stronger and stronger. I am really worried that Tie Huolei's secret will be leaked. At this critical moment, I am afraid of an accident.
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Zhou Kuan thought for a while and said: "Your Highness can suspend trade and personnel exchanges. I have no objection, but I still have to remind Your Highness that if the other party really gets the Iron Fire Thunder information, even if you block all channels, they can still use Eagle Letter
Send it out, so the key is not the circulation, but the root. As you said yourself, the root of Panax notoginseng is the leakage of the military drug formula. I suggest that Your Highness go through it from beginning to end to see if there is any leakage."
Chen Qing nodded, "You are right, we still need to take precautions from the root."