C37 (1/2)
These issues were all considered by the temple, but it was the emperor who gave the order to arrange the conduct of the relations between the two countries, so the temple was mainly about receiving and persuading the emissaries of the State of Richie to meet with them.
The Jing Zhao Estate was a lot more trivial, but it was no less troublesome than the Hong Dian Temple.
Although the matter of Lin Chuan concerned the entire country, the people from Shang Jing Zhao's residence didn't care about this.
The popinjays who had suffered minor injuries in the Fragrant Mist Pavilion weren't short on money. What they needed was a breath of relief. No one would be happy if they were disturbed by a proper slap.
The same merry caravans, the owners of the ships sunk by the ships of Richie, the merchants were not short of money, but they would consider more about money.
The repair of the ship that was hit, the loss of the cargo on board, the medical expenses of the wounded sailor, the cost of his own mental damage and so on.
Most importantly, what if the merchants raised the price on the spot because of the damage to the goods?
Not only would the president's influence on Liang Jing's prices be unbearable to the common people, but it would also reduce the tax revenue within Liang Jing City this year.
If there was no tax, then it couldn't be used by the people. This way, the Beijing prefecture's year-end performance evaluation would be very low. As the capital of the Ming Xuan Empire, the emperor would definitely be furious …
”Actually, I feel that the Jing Zhao Estate is more suitable for Brother Yu than the Hong Dian Temple.”
Lu JinNian finished chewing on the fried fish and continued, ”Hong Dian Temple has been in contact with foreign envoys. The slightest mishap is a major relationship between countries. Although the starting point is very high, Brother Yu's identity is very important.”
”Hmm, I'm afraid that once they enter the Hong Dian Temple, there will be people blabbering about it. It would be better for them to linger around in the Jing Zhao Estate for a while to convince those people.”
Pei Yu smiled bitterly and said, ”I know, but I don't think there's anything wrong with the Capital Mansion.”
He was the son of the Prime Minister, and his aunt was the Imperial Consort of the harem. No matter what he did, he would always be taught that he had a backer.
As a result, he would rather stay in the Han Lin Courtyard for longer than to lend his father a single bit of strength, as the matter of the Jing Zhao manor was complicated, and he needed to communicate with Liang Jing Quan. This was more than suitable for him, it was just that now …
”Richie Country will definitely not admit their mistakes on their own, and apologize to those silkpants and merchant brigades for their compensation. The Emperor will also not take out his own funds to pacify and compensate those merchants.”
Lu JinNian said in amusement, ”Brother Yu, you're worried about that? ”It's actually quite easy to handle.”
Pei Yu said slowly, ”Oh? I am listening. ”
”That's a boat with the sign of the nation of Richie. It must be built by their country of Richie, right? If you bring an emissary of the Ruixi Country with you, the sailors will definitely be from the Ruixi Nation, right? ”
”That's right.”
”That's it.” Lu Jinniang narrowed his eyes. If there really was a tail behind him, he would definitely be shaking it very happily, ”Chisel their boat in the middle of the night.”
”Just say that the emissaries of the RuiXi Country were eager to visit our country, but who would've thought that something would happen on the ship? That was the reason why the incident at Lin Chuan happened.”
”To save the face of the Reich emissaries, and to put the blame on them, though it may end up on that poor captain.”
”But as for the reason why everyone knows it so well, let's not talk about it. We can still continue to talk about it. In our opinion, compensation or something of the sort is also good for us as well.”