The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 695 Everywhere are Enemies (6)_1

Chapter 695: Chapter 695 Everywhere are Enemies (6)_1

You Shiyong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He was willing to wait, but the piles of grain in the room couldn’t wait.

He waited in the carriage outside until dark, but he didn’t see the two princes at the post station. In the end, You Shiyong left the post station sighing and shaking his head.

"Reporting to the Prince, the man has left." Once he left, the guard quickly went to the inner courtyard to inform Prince Chu.

"If he comes again tomorrow, continue to do as we did today." Chu Suiyun ordered lazily.

"Yes, Your Highness."

In another courtyard, Prince Rui also received the news of You Shiyong’s departure, "Interesting, but he sought the wrong person. He doesn’t even know who sent the grain back and yet dares to confront us."

"Your Highness, do we need to send someone to ’remind’ him?" one of his subordinates asked.

"No need, we just need to watch this fight from the sidelines." Prince Rui answered coldly. "Did the person who went to Shili Village come back?"

"He is back."

"Have him come to see me." Prince Rui was suddenly energetic.

Soon, a man looking like a businessman was added to the room, "This humble one has seen the prince."

"How did the negotiation go?" Prince Rui asked impatiently.

"The house manager of Shili Village is named Jue Ming, a monk from Ding’an Temple. This man is highly talented and resourceful, incorruptible and upright. There is also a second housekeeper named Yu Shaohui, the young owner of the Brave Escort Agency in Capital City who is good at calculating and meticulous in his work. Lin Changshu’s masters trust these two very much. When I was there, I met many merchants in Shili Village, including Prince Chu’s people. However, they stuck to their terms. Any transaction involving food must be traded with grain or there is no deal." The man reported respectfully.

"This king refuses to believe it." Prince Rui scoffed, "Food is one thing, I wonder if he dares to keep collecting items bred by the coastal regions, isn’t he afraid of not being able to handle it all?"

"There are a lot of merchants visiting Shili Village, including merchants from neighboring countries, and even foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes. There is no concern about not being able to sell the goods produced in Shili Village." The man explained with a wry smile.

"Did those merchants also bring grain for exchange?" Prince Rui was taken aback.

"Not entirely, some brought local specialties. For example, some merchants brought beans and various seeds. They said that some different kinds of grains have been successfully planted in Shili Village." The man reported all the information he had gathered.

Prince Rui was so surprised that he was unable to say anything.

He knew that the goods from the Northern Land were selling incredibly well, but he hadn’t expected the demand to be this high. "Are the bred stuff being sold?"

"They are being sold." The man answered carefully, "It’s nearing the end of the year and many products have been processed. In winter, they do not easily spoil. It is said that they can be preserved for a year or two."

Preserved for so long? Prince Rui pondered. It was true, he didn’t know how Chu Suifeng and his people did it, but these seafood were well preserved - shrimp skin, shrimp meat, squid, scallops, sea cucumber...

Thinking about the seafood circulating in the market, Prince Rui couldn’t help but grin wryly. He realized that eating seafood had become a trend in Daqin, and the majority of the recipes and seafood itself were actually from the Northern Land. What irked him more was Chu Suifeng’s cunning business strategy - the sauces for the dishes came prepackaged. So, the restaurants that wanted to use those dishes inevitably had to source them from the Northern Land.

"He has turned into a shrewd businessman. It seems Prince Ling marrying a woman who knows how to do business has really made him a merchant. Does this count as one’s company deciding one’s character, I wonder?" He evaluated with a laugh.

The people in the room all laughed awkwardly, but none of them dared pick up on his remark. Prince Rui was free to criticize Prince Ling because they were brothers. But as insignificant figures themselves, they found it prudent to stay in line.