After being expelled from the mansion, I changed the dynasty by writing novels.

Chapter 263 12 Gold 12 White Sugar

"Mother?!" The little princess looked at the Empress in surprise, then glanced at the white sugar that the Empress had just been holding between her fingers.

The Empress regained her composure, but a closer look revealed a hint of solemnity on her face.

"May I come to the palace for a talk?"

"Your Majesty's invitation is most welcome."

Those around gasped. They never expected that this seemingly insignificant foreign merchant would be invited into the palace by the Empress. What abilities did this merchant possess?

"How is it?" asked the merchant from Fulin Kingdom as he ate grapes on the table.

They were also negligent; they only just learned that the Jin Kingdom merchants were setting up stalls on the streets.

So they hurriedly sent men to monitor them.

Unexpectedly, his subordinates rushed back in a hurry after only a short while.

Seeing his flustered expression, the merchant frowned and said, "Why are you in such a panic? Tell me quickly, what happened?"

His subordinate hurriedly whispered a few words in his ear, and he immediately opened his eyes wide.

"Really?" He immediately stood up and looked outside.

The streets outside were still bustling, but not as noisy as when the royal procession had just taken place, because the royal procession had long since left the crowd.

"Go outside the palace and scout around. Report back immediately if you hear anything."

"Yes!"

The merchant from Fulin Kingdom was destined to have a sleepless night. The merchant from Jin Kingdom had not returned home all night after entering the palace. It was said that the Empress had talked with him about something and then introduced him to His Majesty the Emperor of Yuan Kingdom.

The emperor was overjoyed and found him a room in the palace to stay in!

So the men of Fulin Kingdom stood outside the palace all night but didn't get any useful information.

After all, this was outside the palace, heavily guarded, so how could they, these foreigners, so easily obtain useful information?

The merchant from Fulin Kingdom couldn't help but twitch as his men returned empty-handed.

"Tsk, I doubt they can come up with anything. Even if the emperor receives them, so what?" The Fulin merchant stubbornly deceived himself.

Sure enough, the next morning, the Jin Kingdom merchant returned to the post station from the Yuan Kingdom palace.

Moreover, they also brought back a message: the royal family of Yuan Kingdom accepted all the goods brought by the Jin Kingdom caravan, and not only that, they also cooperated with them to book their next shipment!

This completely astonished the merchants of Fulin.

"Why? Is there anything different about their goods?" They had done business with the royal family before, but this was the first time they had seen them book the entire shipment. It was clearly a sure thing that they would make a profit!

The merchants from Fulin Kingdom were envious, just as the imperial palace officials came to the post station to collect the goods.

They quickly went over to take a look.

All that could be seen were baskets of tightly wrapped wooden crates, and nothing could be seen inside.

This mysterious appearance only fueled the curiosity of the merchants from Fulin.

Alarm bells immediately rang in their minds: Could this be some kind of weapon? It's no wonder they thought so. For the royal family to take it so seriously, to send people to transport it in such a secretive manner, and not even dare to check the goods at the post station, what else could it be but a weapon!

There were guards present, and no matter how curious they were, they dared not go forward to take a look.

However, it didn't take long for them to find out what was inside.

It turns out that the maltose of their country, Fulin, was very popular among the nobles, but recently it has been said that they are using a more refined icing sugar, and a drink called "milk tea" has become popular among the noble and wealthy circles.

Milk tea has become so hard to find that it's extremely difficult to get a cup.

Maltose was no longer the confectionery sought after by these nobles and gentry; instead, they were all paying exorbitant sums to purchase white sugar from the Kingdom of Jin!

The maltose of Fulin Kingdom instantly lost its market.

When the next group of merchants from Fulin Kingdom arrived in Yuan Kingdom, they found that their caravan was ignored, while the caravan from Jin Kingdom was begged by nobles to send them visiting cards, just to buy an ounce of white sugar from them.

These merchants from Fulin Kingdom were not satisfied and secretly found someone to buy a small amount of white sugar, about the size of a thumb, for a hefty sum of five taels of gold!

It really was true that an ounce of sugar was worth an ounce of gold. I originally thought these nobles of the Yuan Kingdom had gone mad, but I didn't expect their men to uncover the white sugar that they had finally managed to buy.

They were all somewhat shocked.

"Is this sugar? Or snow?"

"If it were snow, it would have melted into water long ago when I hid it in my bosom!"

Several merchants sat around a table, forming a circle. They stared at a piece of white sugar the size of a thumb on the large table, lost in thought.

At that moment, someone reached out to try it, but was immediately slapped hard by the person next to them.

"What do you want! Five taels of gold!" It was said to be five taels of gold, but it was actually more than that, because it was extremely difficult to buy on the market. Even many nobles were scrambling to get it, and they had to spend extra money to pull strings with others to buy it.

The merchants from Fulin Kingdom pooled their money, and each of them felt their hearts were bleeding. They had originally thought they could make a fortune by going out, but unexpectedly, they lost money before they could even sell their goods!

"Try it! Is it as sweet as these nobles say, enough to melt your heart!"

"Are you stupid? Do you even need to ask? Of course you can! After all, one bite is worth five taels of gold! Five taels of gold! How could it not be sweet, sweet to the core!"

After someone nearby said that, everyone was speechless. Isn't that right?! Who would eat white sugar? Isn't that like eating gold? However, people like them can't taste the sweetness, but they can taste the sourness.

"In your opinion, could we make this kind of icing too?"

Several people shook their heads, saying, "This candy looks like it can only be made with very precise techniques. We probably can't make it with the technology we have in China now."

"Extremely difficult to replicate..."

"Hiss... When did Jin Kingdom become so powerful? In less than a year, they were able to make this icing!" The group of people were all skeptical.

In recent years, they have been trying to surpass Jin Kingdom and become the number one hegemon in the world, which has led to some competitive friction between them and Jin Kingdom in all aspects.

I never expected that they would trick me so badly this time.

Even the Kingdom of Yuan changed its attitude and treated the Kingdom of Jin as an honored guest.

"I heard that the caravan from Jin Kingdom isn't just selling white sugar this time, but also brown sugar and black sugar..." As soon as someone finished speaking, everyone around fell silent.

"Don't look at me, I don't have the money to buy these sugars to study!"

These words silenced the room even more. They all sighed, realizing that this path was blocked and their prized maltose had lost its competitive market.

This time, the merchants from Jin Kingdom achieved a great victory.

Of course, the merchants of Jin Kingdom did not only sell their goods in Yuan Kingdom.