Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 290 A Story About Tea

After the tea merchant left, the escort leader was very satisfied with the other gifts, but he was not impressed by the small can of tea. He thought to himself, how could the tea merchant be so stingy to give such a small can of tea. He put it in his drawer and forgot about it.

A year later, his mother was not feeling well, and it seemed that she had some abdominal distension due to indigestion. Because of her old age, it was difficult to control the medication, and she had not recovered for several days. The tea merchant happened to pass by and visited them. When he went to see the escort leader, he saw that he looked worried. When he asked, he said that his mother had abdominal distension due to indigestion and had not recovered.

The tea merchant asked him, "Do you still have the tea I gave you last year?"

The escort leader said, "It's in my drawer. I'll give it to you."

The tea merchant asked him to make a cup of strong tea with the tea leaves and let the old lady drink it. The escort leader did so. After drinking two cups of tea, the old lady went to the toilet not long after waiting. She felt much better and thought the tea was magical.

The escort leader then realized that the tea was picked from an ancient tea tree on a cliff in the deep mountains and old forests. There were only a few taels of it every year, and it was worth a fortune. It was known as a treasure among teas, and if it weren't for his life-saving grace, the tea merchant would not give it away easily.

The longer the tea is stored, the stronger its aroma becomes. One who understands the movement of tea knows how precious it is. Only then did the escort leader realize that he had always misunderstood the tea merchant.

Su He also read a report that when Premier Zhou Enlai received a foreign head of state, he once presented Phoenix Dancong tea to him. It is said that the highest price of this tea was one million yuan per kilogram. Sometimes, good tea is really a priceless treasure that cannot be bought even with money.

There are also many famous teas that are very expensive. If you are interested, you can check it out. In fact, sometimes money is very useful. One dollar can buy several steamed buns. Sometimes money is really useless. Ordinary people cannot buy one or two ounces of tea with their lifetime income.

As an ordinary person, Su He always adheres to her principles of life, earning as much money as she can and living according to her ability. She never covets things that do not belong to her, even more so now.

Fortunately, God is fair, and a person's life and death will not be freely determined by how much money or how much power he has. This also gives people hope to pray for the next life and the next life.

Su He never expected to have an afterlife before, but after this time travel, she suddenly felt that people should do more good deeds, otherwise there might really be retribution in the next life.

Su He's teahouse gradually calmed down, and there were still as many people as before. The sign of their teahouse told everyone that it was under the protection of the general, so no one wanted to cause trouble for them.

She didn't need to spend her time here, and thought about doing something else. Something else that could give the poor people jobs and earn some money.

She discussed this matter with Feng Dayuan and Zhu Longhai first, because they would need their help to accomplish it.

She told her plan, thinking that the people of Dongjie country were mainly nomadic, and horses, cattle, sheep, etc. were their specialties. But they lacked Ansheng country's food and vegetables, as well as various cloths, tea, eggs and other daily necessities.

In this way, we can see if we can build a trading market in the open space outside the border so that the two sides can trade with each other. However, now is a period of tension, and it is not realistic to allow the people to trade freely, for fear that spies will sneak in or the people will be bribed by the enemy.

Someone in Fenggou City needs to buy or receive the items first, and the military will send people to trade. This way, the people can benefit and no dangerous situation will occur.

When there is an opportunity in the future, we can gradually relax the restrictions. When the people on both sides are well fed and well clothed, the danger of war will be reduced, and the border towns will gradually become stable.

In Su He's past, the borders were very stable, and countries were conducting trade cooperation. Although the people were on the border, they lived and worked in peace and without any danger.

Feng Dayuan and his colleagues thought it was worth a try. In fact, even now, ordinary people were secretly exchanging goods, but only those who were brave enough dared to do it.