Chapter 9: The Benefits of Trade

The sergeants moved all the ransom back to the barracks, which caused a sensation in the barracks, and the soldiers rushed to watch, and many soldiers reached out to rub the soft sheep "wool", which were all good sheepskins, which were necessary for winter on the grassland, and were also sold in the market.

Kang Bas also rushed to hear the news, he was more interested in those "jade" stones than sheepskin, the river area is rich in the famous "jade" gemstones, he used to be in the jewelry business, and he has a good eye for the "color" and price appraisal of jewelry "jade" stones.

These "jade" are all coarse "jade", which has not been polished, and the large pieces of rough stone are very inconspicuous at a rough look, but if they are polished and carved by craftsmen, these "jade" stones will shine and be worth a hundred times.

Combas squinted his eyes and picked up the "jade" stones to check one by one, these "jade" stones are all beautiful "jade", and if they are carved well, they can be sold for a good price.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing came over and smiled at Kangbas: "How is it, do you see any 'door' path?" ”

Kang Bas put down the "jade" stone, pointed to the sheepskin and said: "These sheepskins are all good goods, and there is a special 'door' in the West Market to buy, and a sheepskin is five dollars." ”

"Prices have gone up so much! When I was hunting, such a sheepskin was worth two pennies. ”

"That's a rough sheepskin, and it's only worth two hangings now, this is Xue Yantuo's golden goat."

Combas picked up a sheepskin, closed his eyes and stroked it carefully, "The wool is slender and soft, the best leather, the winter is very warm, many Sogdian merchants come to buy this sheepskin, in Sogdia and the Great Food, this sheepskin is very popular, if the general wants, I can help the general sell it." ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "This sheepskin is not for sale, it is used as a military product." ”

He turned around and instructed Liu Jundao, the commander of the army: "Liu Changshi, each brother in the army will issue five of these sheepskins, and the residents of Dali County, regardless of whether they are military households or not, will be issued three for each family, which can be 'handed over' to Du County Cheng to do, and the Turkic residents will be included, and then send ten thousand sheepskins to Yu Shuai, and the rest of the sheepskins will be stored." ”

As soon as his order came out, the soldiers around immediately cheered, five sheepskins per person, on the "wool" blanket, it was much warmer to sleep, and many soldiers' homes were also in Dali City, which meant that they would get double shares, and several soldiers rushed to the camp to spread the news to the whole army.

Yang Yuanqing pulled Kang Bas aside again, and asked him with a smile: "Talk about these 'jade' stones, it should be good!" ”

Kangbas is a businessman, and he is very "fine" in his bones, he saw that Yang Yuanqing rewarded these high-quality sheepskins to the soldiers, and he felt a little pity, this kind of high-quality sheepskins sold to Sogdia were worth ten dinars, and they could be exchanged for three coarse sheepskins, and he lost a good opportunity to make money, he sighed secretly in his heart, and his thoughts turned back to the "jade" stone.

"'Jade' stone is a high-grade and beautiful 'jade', if it is polished and sold, any piece of 'jade' with the size of a 'chicken' egg can be sold for dozens of dollars, and these 'jade' have 500 catties! If carved well, it can be worth tens of thousands of dollars. ”

Yang Yuanqing has another idea in his heart, Jinshan is estimated to have a "jade" stone vein, if he can find this vein, wealth will continue to come, what he needs most now is a "jade" craftsman, just now he inquired, although there are many stonemasons in Dali City and Fengzhou, but there is no "jade" craftsman, can only go back to the capital to invite.

"Lao Kang, when will you go back to the capital and find two good 'jade' craftsmen for me."

"I'd love to go back, but I'm going to sell this shipment, but at least it won't be until 'Spring' when there will be Turks to do business."

Kang Bas sighed, his heart was anxious, all his capital was invested in this batch of brocade, he couldn't go to Luoyang Xindu to buy a store without selling the brocade, the reason why he came to Dali City with Yang Yuanqing was because he didn't have enough money to buy a store, so he wanted to borrow Yang Yuanqing's "Jiao" city supervisor to make a lot of money, but this year the grassland was extremely cold, and the Turkic merchants didn't come to buy goods at all, he could only wait until the "spring" day, but he was worried that when the "spring" day was sold out, the opportunity would be gone, he was anxious, but he didn't dare to say.

Yang Yuanqing understood his thoughts, so he patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I will help you sell the goods." ”

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Leaving the barracks, he returned to the county office, passing by a desolate construction site, Yang Yuanqing's brows furrowed again, although he came back for only a short day, and things were complicated, but nothing could compare to the unfinished city wall that annoyed him, without the inner city wall, the defense capacity of Dali City would be weakened by half, and he couldn't wait until the 'spring' day anyway.

"General, are you worried about Xue Yantuo?"

Yang Sien's voice came from behind him, he slowly stepped forward, staring at the inner city wall that had not been repaired, Yang Yuanqing nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I can understand Yi Lost Bowl's hatred for me, according to the 'nature' of the grassland people, he can't give up, I suspect that he is likely to attack Dali City." ”

"Will he?"

Yang Sien was a little unconvinced, "But the grassland people are not good at attacking cities." ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head and said: "It was on the grassland before, the war of the emperor for 19 years, it was because Dulan Khan made siege weapons and prepared to attack Datong, so the imperial court was the first to strike, the skills of the grassland people are common, the Turks will make siege weapons, Xue Yantuo will also, although from common sense, Xue Yantuo will not dare to attack the Sui Dynasty, but Yi Lost Bowl will be 'blinded' by hatred, and he is likely to sneak attack Dali City before returning to Jinshan." ”

"It's next year's 'spring' day, and the general thinks he will attack Dali City on next year's 'spring' day?"

"I don't know exactly when, but it will take time for him to build a siege engine, at least until next year."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, and then said: "Whether he will attack or not, but take precautions, we should be prepared, I plan to go to Yushuai tomorrow, the inner city wall must be repaired, if he can't do it, then we will repair it ourselves." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled again and patted Yang Sien's shoulder, "I'll be very busy this month, come back from Yu Shuai, I also plan to go to the Tuli Tooth Tent, you'd better go back after the New Year in Jiuyuan City." ”

Yang Sien nodded silently, he could also feel that after Yang Yuanqing came back, Dali City immediately had a backbone.

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Returned to the county office, but there was no one in the county office, Du Ruhui only left a note, Fat Yu took him and several "Jiao" city supervisors to inspect the villages outside the city, the notice of the county examination has been written, a thick stack, there are more than 30 sheets, Yang Yuanqing is going to Wuyuan County tomorrow, he took more than a dozen notices.

He turned his feet and went back to his house, and walked into the dusty courtyard, but there were several "women" talking and laughing in the house, as if there were four people, two were Kangbasi's "women", and one voice was very unfamiliar.

Yang Yuanqing was hesitating whether to go in, but the maid green tea at the entrance of the "door" saw him and shouted, "Childe is back!" ”

It's not easy to go now, Yang Yuanqing had to walk into the room hard, Kang Li's little "girl" of Kang Bas was very shy, and when she saw him come in, she immediately got behind her sister, Yang Yuanqing smiled at her sister Kang Mo and nodded, but his eyes fell on another "girl", about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a beautiful face and a quiet smile on her face.

Doctor Dong did not allow her to get out of bed, she was lying on the bed, her face was thin, and her face was very haggard.

Seeing Yuan Qing come in, Chuchen smiled at him and introduced the 'girl' next to him, "Yuan Qing, this is Mrs. Fang." ”

It turned out that she was Yang Sien's wife, and Yang Yuanqing hurriedly bowed to her, "Thank you Madame for taking care of us." ”

Yang Yuanqing returned to Dali City yesterday, all the supplies in the room were complete, and there was a maid, all of which were arranged for him by Mrs. Fang, which made Yuanqing feel quite "excited" in his heart.

Mrs. Fang returned the salute to him and smiled: "General Yang doesn't have to be polite, these are all hands-on, if you need anything, you can tell me at any time, just now I also told the dust girl, come to my house to recuperate, my home is warmer than here." ”

Yang Yuanqing is going to Wuyuan County tomorrow, he is worried about how to settle out of the dust, Mrs. Fang's words made him overjoyed, "I am going to Wuyuan County tomorrow, so I will put the dust in your house, and you will take care of it for me for a few days." ”

"No problem, I'll take care of her, you can go with confidence."

After a few more laughs, they took their leave.

Yang Yuanqing sat on the head of the "bed" and held the dust and smiled: "Do you feel better?" ”

The dust is very bad, and just now she also beat the "spirit" god to talk to everyone, she couldn't help coughing again, and then she reluctantly smiled: "It's better, at least the head is not so hot, that Dong Shenyi's 'medicine' is very good, by the way, there is a gentry surnamed Xu who came to you today, and Green Tea told him that you were not there, so he left in a huff." ”

Yang Yuanqing thought about the change in Judge Xu's expression, and then asked with a smile: "Then did he leave anything behind?" ”

Chuchen nodded, "He wanted to leave a few 'color' gifts, I didn't know his intentions, so I told the green tea not to accept it, and he probably didn't worry about the green tea, so he had to take it back." ”

Speaking of this, she saw that Yang Yuanqing was a little worried, so she asked him, "Yuanqing, what's wrong?" ”

Yang Yuanqing sighed, "I'm a little worried about Auntie, you go back and see her!" ”

The color of Chuchen's face changed, she shook off Yuan Qing's hand, turned around and ignored him, and after a while, she said coldly: "I know you want to drive me back, it's only been a day, and you think I'm a burden to you." ”

"I'm worried about your body, your physique is not suitable for the cold here, Dr. Dong also told me that you are because you never take 'medicine', so the first time you take 'medicine' the effect is very good, but the second time the effect is poor, then you will be in danger, you can use 'medicine' to slowly change your physique, but he doesn't have this ability, he must go to the capital to find a famous doctor."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing sighed, "I don't want to drive you away, I'm really worried that you won't survive this winter, in the past five years, many families have lost their relatives in Dali City every winter." ”

Chuchen coughed violently for a while, and she also sighed, "Brother Yuanqing, you let me try again, if I really can't survive, then I'll listen to your words and go back." ”

Yang Yuanqing held her hand again and said in a low voice: "Actually, we should go to see my aunt first, let her agree to our marriage, and then you come to Dali City with me, and we can directly get married in Dali City." ”

Izuchen was moved in her heart, her eyes were a little red, she put Yuanqing's hand on her face, and said in a choked voice: "Brother Yuanqing, when you went out five years ago, I swore that you would not marry in this life, and I have been waiting for you for so many years." ”

Yang Yuanqing stroked her face, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said softly: "I know, I will definitely marry you, this is my promise to you." ”

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People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has a "cloudy" sunny and round, in short, Niuniu will not be tragic, this is also Lao Gao's promise to everyone, Lao Gao doesn't want to write her as a "flower" vase-

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