bayedsolid Chapter 262 Success
Chapter 262 Success
"Someone is making a lot of noise in the post station, it's giving me a headache."
Who was this person referring to? Could anyone present not understand? The merchant from Fulin Kingdom glared at the man, then was ushered back to his room by the waiter!
Before leaving, the merchant from Fulin Kingdom gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, thinking to himself: "Hmph, let's see what you can do here! The matter is already settled, do you really think the people of [country name] will buy their goods?"
Fulin Kingdom is waiting to see the Jin Kingdom merchants make a fool of themselves. By wasting time here, they are essentially leaving their goods unsold and empty-handed, having earned nothing in the end!
The merchants from Fulin Kingdom coldly mocked the merchants from Jin Kingdom, saying they were unaware of this because they were not in a hurry.
In a few days, it will be the Spring Festival in [country name].
Spring Festival is an important festival in the country of Yuan. It usually falls on the fifth Wu day after the beginning of spring. It is the day when the people of Yuan worship the land god. The people and the royal nobles of Yuan will hold grand sacrificial activities. Afterwards, the royal nobles will come to the common people to taste the delicious food of the people.
The merchants of Jin Kingdom wanted to show everyone on this day just how good their goods were!
This is also a way to promote the brand of their products!
For this reason, his caravan members have been guarding the goods day and night for the past few days. Even when unloading the goods, they were very careful, afraid that someone would see what was inside. The reason for sending people to guard the goods these days is also for this reason.
The Spring Festival has finally arrived. The goods from Fulin Kingdom were all handed over the day before, and they are only left here because the merchants from Jin Kingdom are still here.
They really couldn't understand why the merchants from Jin Kingdom were still staying in Yuan Kingdom. What were they up to? Or were they just stubbornly holding on, desperately trying to find someone to take over their businesses?
In order to find out what they were up to and what their plans were, the people of Fulin Kingdom stayed at the post station.
Of course, they wouldn't admit that they stayed behind just to see them make a mess of things.
The merchants from Jin Kingdom were well aware of their thoughts, but they had to remain calm. This was something Lord Ye had arranged for them to do, and they couldn't afford to mess it up!
So the merchants from Jin Kingdom made their preparations in complete secrecy, keeping everything a secret from everyone else.
On the morning of the Spring Festival, some of them took their things to the stalls they had rented on the street the day before.
This stall cost a lot of money to rent.
All of this was done to bribe and influence officials in the State of Yuan, so that they could sneak into this street.
When the royal family of Yuan Kingdom returns from their tour, they will stop here and visit the street vendors, which will naturally draw their attention to them.
So this money was well spent.
The royal family rode in a magnificent palanquin through the streets early in the morning, and the people lined the streets to welcome them. Afterwards, they went together to the Altar of the God of Soil and Grain to offer sacrifices.
Finally, the sacrificial ceremony ended, and the palanquin returned along the same route, stopping at one of the busiest streets.
The people knelt and bowed before him, only daring to stand up because of his grace.
"Hmm? What is this?" Suddenly, the Queen of Yuan Kingdom, who was on an inspection tour, saw a strange stall with all sorts of things on it that they had never seen before.
The leading merchant from Jin Kingdom then introduced, "Your Majesty, this is pearl milk tea! It is made with white sugar and brown sugar."
"Pearl milk tea, what a lovely name! And what kind of sugars are white sugar and brown sugar?" At this moment, the little princess standing behind her also heard the commotion and came up. The Empress did not scold her for her rudeness, which shows how much this little princess was favored.
The little princess had never seen this strange drink before. It was neither black nor gray, and it was hard to imagine that it was a drink.
However, the black bead inside does indeed look exactly like a pearl.
Under the princess's watchful eye, the guard next to her picked up a bowl, took a sip, and, finding no poison, nodded in approval.
The little princess quickly took another bowl, and the queen, seeing that the drink was not poisoned, let her have it.
The little princess took a sip, and her eyes lit up instantly. "It's delicious! So sweet!"
The little princess finished the whole bowl in one go, but after she finished the milk tea, the "pearls" in the bowl fell to the bottom. The little princess hesitated and looked at the "pearls" at the bottom of the bowl.
"These 'pearls' are edible?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, that is certainly possible."
This bubble tea is currently the most popular drink among young ladies in Jin Kingdom, and Jin Kingdom merchants are not afraid of failing to win the favor of nobles.
Sure enough, after hesitating, the little princess still ate a "pearl". This pearl was quite chewy, and it took her a while to break it.
"Not bad, the name 'Pearl' is indeed fitting, it's really delicious!"
The little princess asked for another bowl to drink, leaving the Empress helpless. However, she hadn't forgotten the important matter at hand. "I've never heard of the white sugar and brown sugar you mentioned earlier?"
"Your Majesty, both white sugar and brown sugar are refined sugars."
"Ha, even the malt sugar from Fulin Kingdom doesn't dare to claim it's refined sugar, yet you dare to boast that you use refined sugar in front of the royal family!"
Upon hearing this, the Empress's eyes flashed with authority, and though her lips remained unspoken, her dignified and regal bearing commanded the silence of all around.
Those around her were so intimidated by the Empress's imposing presence as the head of the harem that they all knelt down.
The Jin Kingdom merchant immediately knelt down as well.
"I dare not deceive Your Majesty, but I will tell the truth!"
The Empress naturally recognized the man's identity from his very first sentence, since he spoke with a broken Yuan dialect, so he was unlikely to be a native of Yuan.
The merchant from Jin Kingdom had no intention of concealing his identity. Seeing that he had achieved his goal, he immediately revealed his identity: "Your Majesty, I am a merchant from Jin Kingdom, here in Yuan Kingdom to do business. I hope Your Majesty will understand."
The Empress did not expose his purpose. Seeing this, the merchant from Jin Kingdom boldly opened the oil paper wrapped with white sugar.
"Your Majesty, this is the white sugar I was referring to. As the name suggests, white sugar is as fine and clean as sand, without any impurities! That's why it's called white sugar!"
The Queen and those around her saw what was placed on the table. Under the light, the white candy was so pure and delicate that no one present had ever seen such candy before!
“T-T-T, what is this?”
"This is white sugar produced in our Jin Kingdom. We're not just selling white sugar here in the Yun Kingdom. Brown sugar and oil are also things we're selling this time." After saying this, the Jin Kingdom merchant stood up, placed the oil paper on the table in his palm, and held it up to the Queen.
"Your Majesty may give it a try."
The person next to her reached out to test the poison first, but the Empress waved her hand to stop him. The guard who was testing the poison watched as the dignified and noble Empress picked up some pure white sugar from the snowflakes, put it on her fingertip, and then put it in her mouth.
The sweetness in my mouth quickly dissipated and disappeared, leaving no impurities, only pure sweetness.
Then she turned her head and saw the oil in the pot next to her, which was as smooth as water. The empress was instantly shocked.
A commotion erupted around them. When did Jin Kingdom acquire such a thing?