Chapter Ninety-Four: The Xiongnu Deal
"Alas!"
Forget it, anyway, the winter wheat will be harvested in a few days, and the Yellow Turban Thieves will come out to loot everywhere. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
When the time comes, I have to exterminate a few groups of yellow turban thieves to alleviate my own crisis.
After harvesting the winter wheat, it is necessary to immediately spring plough and cultivate chestnut rice.
The ripening period of chestnut rice is about 170 days, and when the autumn harvest comes, it is from September to mid-September.
In mid-September, chestnut rice is harvested, and then wheat is quickly cultivated, which is called winter wheat.
Therefore, when harvesting chestnut rice and wheat, the yellow turban thieves will come out to grab the grain.
Last year, Zhao Feng moved to Zhuangzi after the cultivation season.
If it can be ten days in advance, Zhao Feng will cultivate some fields by himself.
Zhao Feng was still thinking.
Outside the room, Xu Fu inadvertently interrupted: "Family master, there is a Hun traveling merchant who asks to see you!" ”
Zhao Feng retracted his thoughts: "Please come in." ”
After the Huns walked into the room, they put their right hand into a fist at the mouth of their hearts, then bent down seventy-five degrees, and said, "In Xia Miao Liangji, I have seen the head of the Zhao family!" ”
Then he straightened up and continued: "I didn't expect the head of the Zhao family to be so young!" ”
Zhao Feng snapped: "I didn't expect Your Excellency to speak Chinese so well." ”
Miao Liangji touched his slag beard and said with a smile: "I have been doing business with you Han people all the year round, and I naturally speak fluent Chinese. ”
Zhao Feng thought about it, felt that it was too, and made a gesture of please; "You may be seated."
"I'm not used to your Han kneeling and sitting style, and I hope the head of the Zhao family can allow me to use our own sitting posture." Miao Liangji bowed slightly.
"Please take care of yourself."
Then I heard Miao Liangji say a few words outside the door, which Zhao Feng didn't understand.
A Hun youth walked in with a small bench.
Miao Liangji sat on the small bench and said with a smile: "Let the head of the Zhao family laugh." ”
"Where, where, let me gain knowledge."
Can you not increase your knowledge, the stool just appeared in front of you.
Although it is a small bench similar to that of later generations, it is also a stool.
Zhao Feng has been kneeling for almost a year and has basically become accustomed to kneeling, but if he can change his sitting posture, he must change it.
In the past, I felt that if I suddenly got a stool to sit on, I was afraid that there would be bad remarks about myself.
Now, since there is a stool, it can be said that it is a study of the Huns.
However, it is still not too early to implement it, so as not to have an unexpected situation.
"Okay, let's get down to business, come to me, what do you want to do?"
As soon as Miao Liangji waved his hand, the young man of the Huns immediately served some dairy products.
Finding that Zhao Feng did not have a particularly surprised eye, he said: "This is some of the special delicacies of our Huns, please taste one or two of the Zhao family." ”
"In addition, I am very interested in the fine wine made by the Zhao family, and I hope to buy it in large quantities for a long time."
Zhao Feng didn't plan to brew fine wine in large quantities at all, after all, now that there is a shortage of food and too much brewing, he always feels that his conscience can't get over it.
He politely refused: "This kind of fine wine is not suitable for brewing!" Presumably, we should have inquired at the foot, and we only came out of the twenty altars in a few months. Can't supply it in large quantities! ”
Miao Liangji smiled, with an expression of disbelief, and said: "We Huns like to go straight, I won't go around in circles, I will exchange one of our Hun war horses for ten jars of wine." What is the Zhao family's idea? ”
Zhao Feng made a rough calculation, and now the price of the war horse is 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, and the price of his own jar of wine is 3,000 yuan, obviously he makes a little money.
In addition, the further south the war horse is, the more expensive it becomes.
Especially now that Zhao Guo and Julu have been blocked by the Yellow Turban Thief and the Black Mountain Army.
can sell war horses to Luoyang, and a war horse is worth at least 100,000 yuan.
But Zhao Feng knew that the Black Mountain Army would be begging to surrender in a few days, although the specific time was unknown.
It's a great opportunity to think about it, but unfortunately I don't have the capital.
However, there are too many horses sold, and if you are not careful, there will be no bones left that may be eaten by others.
Forget it, it's useless to think about it if you don't have money.
But Zhao Feng also knew that as the battle became more and more intense, the war horses would become more and more expensive in the future.
However, if you want to come back, you will get richer and richer in the future.
It's a tough question.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Feng: "To be honest, this price is very suitable." ”
"We don't really have that much wine, though."
Miao Liangji frowned: "At most, one war horse can be exchanged for nine altars of fine wine, but it must be large!" ”
Zhao Feng secretly complained in his heart, I obviously said that I was satisfied with the price, but I didn't have wine.
How did you think I didn't think the price was right?
I like it though.
"I'm a person with the first reputation, and I really don't have that much wine. I promised you now, in case I can't take it out in the future. ”
Before Zhao Feng finished speaking, he saw that Miao Liangji's face began to look ugly.
Immediately, the conversation changed: "So, you should tell me how much wine you need, and how long." ”
Miao Liangji heard Zhao Feng say this, and nodded: "I need five hundred jars of fine wine, and the time must be delivered to me before April." ”
Zhao Feng thought about it carefully, it might be related to the large-scale sacrifice of their Xiongnu in May.
The Xiongnu had three large gatherings a year.
In the first month, the leaders will meet in the court and hold a spring festival.
In May, the assembly was held in the city to worship the ancestors, heaven, earth, ghosts and gods.
In September, the horse fattened, the conference was in the forest, and the school was full of people and animals.
And now he does have three hundred jars of wine in his hands.
However, these fine wines were planned by Zhao Feng to be shipped to Luoyang after a while.
Whether it is paying tribute to fine wine or selling fine wine for money, it is enough for Zhao Feng to buy a county position.
But the opportunity to buy a horse is rare.
After thinking about it, Zhao Feng gritted his teeth: "Okay, fifty-six war horses, in exchange for five hundred and four jars of wine, but you need to pay a deposit of thirty percent first!" ”
The reason why Zhao Feng agreed was because the premium of this wine was originally very high, and the price of the horse was about 10% cheaper, so there was no reason not to change it.
As for the money to buy officials, we can only think of a way when the time comes.
It's really not good, so I'll go to Luoyang and sell ten war horses.
Miao Liangji touched his scumbag and said with a smile: "Okay, I like to do business with refreshing people!" ”
"It's okay to have a deposit of thirty percent, but how about seventeen war horses as a deposit?"
"That's a good feeling!" What Zhao Feng is most worried about now is the source of the war horse.
Zhao Feng had analyzed it before, whether it was in Bingzhou or Yizhou, there were not enough cavalry, and it would not be possible to mix at all.
So at one time, Zhao Feng was ready to take people to Jingzhou, or Yangzhou for development.
But Zhao Feng also knows that Jingzhou and Yangzhou have too many families, and it is not easy to mix.
And the money spent to form 5,000 cavalry can form 20,000 infantry!
Soon, Zhao Feng wrote the contract.
After Miao Liangji read it, he laughed and said, "Okay! Then I'll come back in two months. ”
Zhao Feng just stood up and was about to send it off.
"Stay! No need to send each other, farewell! After Miao Liangji finished speaking, he left directly.