The bearded guest was worried that Li Shimin would come to find him, but Li Xiu knew that from the moment when the bearded guest came to his mansion, Li Shimin in the palace might have known about this. However, he was also sure that Li Shimin would never come to see the bearded guest in front of him, especially that he would not let Princess Pingyang know that he saw the bearded guest, so as not to let Princess Pingyang misunderstand him again.

Originally, Qiuyanke and Li Shimin belonged to the same type of people, and were suspicious and cautious by nature, so they didn't believe Li Xiu's words at the beginning. However, after Li Xiu's repeated guarantees, Qiuyanke's suspicion was finally dispelled, and then lived in Li Xiu's home with peace of mind.

After entertaining the bearded father and son, Li Xiu called Shang Yuechan and was about to take her to the tea workshop outside the city. However, Yuechan carried a large box with her, which contained the accounts for the past period of time. Li Xiu saw that she was struggling to carry it, and took the initiative to take it forward, but even he felt struggling to carry it.

Finally, they carried the box onto the carriage, and then they left the gate of the Princess' Mansion together and walked through the street to the city gate. The martial law in Chang'an City was still continuing, but the national smallpox has been controlled, so the martial law order is no longer as strict as before. For example, now, as long as the imperial officials like Li Xiu can get the passable documents and then go to Chang'an after investigation.

As Li Xiu's identity, he didn't even need to pass documents. After all, the soldiers guarding the city knew him. When they saw him in the carriage, they just said hello and let Li Xiu go. After leaving the city, Yue Chan was very excited to climb by the car window and look around. Although she was only locked in Chang'an City for a few months, in that kind of environment where everyone is in danger, it makes people feel that time has passed very slowly, as if a long time has passed.

"Master, thanks to your method of growing cowpox, we will no longer have to be as scared as we are now!" Yuechan smiled at Li Xiu while enjoying the scenery outside the city with great enthusiasm.

"Haha, growing cowpox can only prevent smallpox. There are more types of plagues in this world than smallpox. If other plagues break out, I will be powerless!" Li Xiu replied with a smile at this time.

"Master, you are too modest. I have already inquired about it. Smallpox is the most powerful plague in the world. Almost half of the people infected with smallpox cannot survive. As for other plagues, they are rarely as powerful as smallpox. Now this most powerful plague has been defeated by the master, and it is no problem for other plagues!" Yuechan said confidently in Li Xiu.

She has been with Li Xiu for many years and watched him magically solve one seemingly impossible problem after another, which also gave her strong confidence in Li Xiu, as if nothing in this world could stump him.

Seeing that Yuechan had such great confidence in him, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was probably the only one in this world who knew how much he was, especially in terms of medical skills, smallpox was just an exception, but apart from that, let alone other plagues, he might not be able to treat even an influenza.

Now Li Xiu and Yuechan are chatting while walking and soon come to the tea workshop. After several years of development, the small workshop that used to be only a few dozen people has now developed into a large workshop with hundreds of people and an area of ​​dozens of acres.

In fact, in addition to producing tea, the most important thing for this workshop is to serve as a distribution center for tea goods. Tea from other places is usually delivered here first, and ratings are based on the color, aroma, etc. of the tea leaves at each level have different prices, and then sold to those merchants who exclude the purchase of tea. Because tea is an emerging industry, the output has always been unable to meet the demand, which has also led to the booming tea business. In the past, countless merchants ran to the workshop to queue up to buy tea every day.

However, with the outbreak of smallpox, not only did Chang'an City be martial law, but the roads near Chang'an were also blocked. Even locals were generally not allowed to move around, and they were afraid of letting smallpox explode. As a result, the lively tea workshop finally became deserted, and there were no merchants who bought tea at the gate. Because in this situation, tea from other places could not be transported in, and the tea in the workshop could not be transported out. Even if they bought it, it would be useless, so naturally no one was willing to buy it.

Although fewer people buy tea, the production of tea in the workshop did not stop. Except for the first few days of the explosion of smallpox, the workshop seemed to be a little panic, the other time was full of enthusiasm. Because this year's summer tea has come down again, batches of picked tea are delivered to the workshop, and these need to be fried into tea as soon as possible. Therefore, every time at this time, the tea workshop is very busy.

Li Xiu hadn't been to the tea workshop for a long time. He happened to take advantage of the opportunity to send Yue Chan to come in with her and found that the tea workshop had changed a lot, not what he thought. It turned out that his old house could not be seen at all, and he could only see rows of buildings like granaries. This is actually the warehouse for storing tea, and like granaries, they all need moisture and insect prevention.

Yuechan said that although the tea business is booming, the tea transported will not be stored for too long before it can be sold. However, because tea is too delicate, especially fearing tide and insects, it still needs to be kept carefully. This also leads to the current warehouse being far from enough. So she and Yi Niang plan to build several more large warehouses in the south of the city to avoid the tea transported from other places in the future due to poor preservation, which will lead to the reduction in the grade and thus the price cannot be sold.

"Master, look, the best tea preserved in the Tianzi warehouse over there, which is generally only supplied to the nobles in Chang'an and Luoyang, and those warehouses with the size of the land are purchased by some restaurants or wealthy merchants." Speaking of the warehouse, Yuechan also gave Li Xiu a high spirit at this time, and the tea business was almost established by her own hands, which was also her greatest contribution to her family.

"Not bad, who are the tea in the surrounding warehouses to whom are they sold?" Li Xiu nodded at first when he heard Yue Chan's words, and then pointed at the surrounding warehouses with curiosity. In addition to a warehouse with a large size of sky and several warehouses, there are many warehouses left, and it seems that there are more tea stored.

"The tea stored in these warehouses is a little worse. It is usually sold to Hu merchants in Chang'an City. They buy these tea and transport it to grasslands or Western Regions and other places. People there do not pay attention to the taste of tea, and they can still make a lot of money." Yuechan introduced with a smile.

Hearing Yuechan's introduction, Li Xiu suddenly had an idea. Thinking of a story from later generations, this made him more interested. He immediately said, "Yuechan, take me to see these teas sold to Hu merchants. Maybe I can give some advice!"
Chapter completed!