12dz Chapter 480 Imprisoned
Chapter 480 Imprisoned
Seeing Zhao Jiuling chatting with overseas businessmen, Ruan Zhaoxia was also a little surprised.
"Sister-in-law, I don't understand a word Brother Zhao said." Ruan Zhaoxia said.
Shen Sui'an: "I didn't understand a word either."
But looking at the surprise and appreciation in the eyes of the overseas businessman, it can be seen that Zhao Jiuling is not just talking nonsense, he is really able to communicate with overseas businessmen.
After a long while, Zhao Jiuling bowed and said goodbye to the overseas merchants and returned to Shen Sui'an.
"He is a merchant from Russia. The tea he bought had been soaked in water, and he wanted to return the tea to the merchant." Zhao Jiuling said.
"How can tea leaves that have been soaked in water still be sold? This is too despicable and shameless." Ruan Zhaoxia frowned.
Zhao Jiuling nodded gently, "Sister, why don't you go back first? I want to go to the government office with Yalav."
Yarav is the Russian merchant.
"Okay." Since Zhao Jiuling is going to help, he must have his own plans.
Shen Sui'an left two servants with Zhao Jiuling and then took Ruan Zhaoxia back.
Ruan Zhaoxia was still somewhat reluctant to leave. She wanted to go to the government office to watch the excitement and see how Zhao Jiuling would help the Russian businessman.
"Just wait for Jiu Ling to come back and then ask him about the process. You can't go and see it in person." Shen Sui'an saw through her thoughts, but he didn't dare let a little girl run around in South City.
Without saying a word, he took Ruan Zhaoxia back to the palace.
Although there were already overseas merchants in the Southern Dynasty, there were very few people who could speak overseas languages, and local merchants were also very wary of doing business with overseas merchants.
But using soaked tea leaves to fool overseas businessmen is a bit too much.
This will affect future fleets going out to sea for business.
However, Zhao Jiuling did not expect that they had already arrived at the Maritime Customs. After the official in charge listened to their demands, he turned his green eyes and looked at the tea merchants, and suddenly smiled perfunctorily.
"This tea has been shipped for several days. It is unknown whether it has been soaked in water due to improper storage during these days. Who... who are you? What is your relationship with them?"
Zhao Jiuling: "I am the translator hired by Yaraf."
A translator is someone who specializes in translation work for overseas businessmen.
"Sir, our tea is well-known far and wide for its quality, and it is all purchased from the Jiuding Trading Company of the Yong Dynasty. It is clearly this strange-looking man who is swindling us. Please, sir, help me." The tea merchant said loudly.
Zhao Jiuling turned his head slowly, "You said that these tea leaves were purchased from Jiuding Trading Company?"
"Everyone knows that Jiuding Trading Company's tea is the best. All of it is shipped directly from Minzhou." The tea merchant straightened his back.
"When was the tea from Jiuding Trading Company delivered to the Southern Dynasty?" Zhao Jiuling frowned.
He did have his own tea garden in Minzhou, but part of his tea was now shipped to Kyoto City and part was sent overseas, as the trade route to the Southern Dynasty had not yet been opened.
How come there is tea from Jiuding Trading Company in the royal capital?
"In that case, please ask this husband to go back and check carefully how his tea leaves were soaked in water, and don't wrongly accuse others without any reason."
"When you do business in our Southern Dynasty, you still have to abide by the integrity of our Yong Dynasty merchants and don't wrongly accuse others."
Zhao Jiuling didn't expect that the director of the Maritime Customs would be so confused.
He didn't even bother to check and just concluded that it was Yarav's fault.
No wonder the trade of the Southern Dynasty has been inferior to that of the Yong Dynasty for so many years. Even if sea transportation is opened, I am afraid that overseas trade will not be able to be carried out.
"If this is how the Ministry of Rites handles things, then I have no choice but to take Yarav to the Ministry of Rites." Zhao Jiuling said in a deep voice.
The Supervisor was furious when he heard this. "I think you are the one who is here to cause trouble. How dare you, a liar, come to the Maritime Customs Office to defraud people?"
Zhao Jiuling's dark eyes were cold and he turned to say something to Yarav.
Neither the supervisor nor the tea merchant understood, but they guessed that there were definitely not many good words.
"Come here, arrest these two men. They sneaked to the Maritime Customs Office. If I don't teach you a lesson today, you will come to cheat our merchants in the future." The supervisor gave the order.
"Stop, do you know..."
Zhao Jiuling interrupted the servant and said, "If you act like this, you will bring shame to the Yong Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, the Tiju became even more angry and immediately ordered the arrest of Zhao Jiuling.
"Sir, if you want to arrest our young master, you must think it over carefully." The servant of the palace reminded.
Zhao Jiuling is the younger brother of the Regent Princess.
"What else can I think about if I just catch a liar?" Tiju sneered.
"Young Master?" The two servants looked at Zhao Jiuling.
Zhao Jiuling said, "You go back first."
It is obvious that the Chief of the Maritime Customs was in collusion with the tea merchants, and similar things have happened countless times.
Shen Sui'an intended to develop overseas trade. If the reputation of the Southern Dynasty was ruined because of these people, who would be willing to do business with Southern Dynasty merchants in the future?
When the servant saw that Zhao Jiuling was willing to be arrested, the two looked at each other and hurried back to tell Shen Suian about it.
Shen Sui'an asked someone to go to the palace to pick up Yao Xinling and took her for a walk on the street.
"The royal capital and Kyoto city look similar, but if you look closely, there are still many differences," said Yao Xinling.
"Yes, I'll take you to try the local food later. It's different from the food in Kyoto." Shen Sui'an said with a smile.
But just as they sat down in Shenghui Building and before they had time to eat, two servants who followed Zhao Jiuling came over.
"Where is the young master?" Shen Sui'an's face darkened when he saw that they were the only ones there.
The servant told the whole story about how Zhao Jiuling was captured by the Commissioner of Maritime Customs.
The smile in Shen Sui'an's eyes gradually faded.
Ruan Zhaoxia slammed the table and stood up, "This is too much. The Maritime Customs didn't even investigate, but actually concluded that it was Brother Zhao and the others' fault. What a corrupt official!"
"Sir, do you have anything else to say?" Shen Sui'an asked.
The servant shook his head, "The master only said that the truth would come out."
Shen Sui'an snorted, "Didn't the tea merchant say that he bought his tea from Jiuding Trading Company? Let the people you brought go to Jingzhao Prefecture and sue the tea merchant for stealing the tea from Jiuding Trading Company."
"Then let the tea merchant come out and explain clearly where his tea comes from."
Yao Xinling said, "What about Zhao Jiuling?"
Shen Sui'an sneered, "The Maritime Customs will personally send him out."
She didn't even know that the Maritime Customs in the royal capital actually colluded with merchants to defraud overseas businessmen. If she really wanted to open up the sea for trade in the future, who would dare to come to the Southern Dynasty?
Zhao Jiuling was helping her eliminate the woodworms in advance.
In less than an hour, the second manager brought by Zhao Jiuling went to Jingzhao Prefecture to submit a petition to appeal for justice.
The prefect was smarter than the director of the Maritime Customs. He first sent someone to secretly inquire and found out that Zhao Jiuling had a close relationship with the Regent's Palace. He immediately accepted the complaint and sent someone to the Maritime Customs to bring the person forward.
Since the case is to be tried, the parties involved must naturally be brought to Jingzhao Prefecture first.