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Shopkeeper Cui wrapped his hands in his long sleeves, walked through more than a dozen tents, came to a white cowhide tent, and slowed down.

"Shopkeeper Li, I'm Lao Cui, can I come in?"

"Please come in!" Shopkeeper Li's voice was respectful.

Shopkeeper Cui opened the curtain and entered the account, but immediately bowed to the young shopkeeper Li.

Shopkeeper Li was gently wiping a horizontal knife, and there were more than ten people sitting under him, but they were all the leaders of the guards. He waved his hand lightly towards Shopkeeper Cui, "Okay, I'm Shopkeeper Li outside of this plug." ”

"Yes, yes!" Shopkeeper Cui hurriedly whispered in response. Despite this, he still maintained respect on his lips. The person in front of him was not the nephew of the third lady of the Cui family, but the officer arranged by Li Dashuai in his caravan. Although he didn't know the true identity of this shopkeeper Li, he knew that this person was a general trusted by Li Dashuai.

This caravan was actually completely organized by Li Dashuai of the Zhenguo Army, although he and more than a dozen caravan leaders who often traveled outside the fortress were old acquaintances, but this trip was actually requested by Li Dashuai. All the goods and guards were from the Zhenguo Army, and only a dozen of them were real merchants.

He didn't know what Li Dashuai was going to do, but he dispatched 3,000 people at a time. So many commercial goods were mobilized into the jam. It can't be as simple as really coming to do business with the Khitans. But he also knew it. Don't ask what shouldn't be asked, don't say what shouldn't be said, and the head of the Cui family also warned him before he set off to obey the orders of this shopkeeper Li.

When he was in Dengzhou, he keenly saw that the Zhenguo Army was doing combat readiness mobilization, and the scale of that mobilization was definitely preparing for a big battle. The head of the family also implicitly mentioned that this time he was going to send troops to Liaodong. The Goguryeo people in Liaozhong are now unable to protect themselves. There is no need to send too many troops to deal with them, so the shopkeeper Cui vaguely guessed in his heart that this time it may be that the drunkard does not mean to drink, ostensibly to deal with the Goguryeo, but the real one should still be pointing at the Khitans, and the goal is to recover the territory of Andong Daduhufu.

Along the way, he speculated that perhaps this 'caravan' came this time to spy on intelligence, or to assassinate the Khitan leader. Although the future is dangerous, he has no choice.

Shopkeeper Li sheathed the knife. Poured a cup of hot tea for the shopkeeper Cui and handed it over. Mildly smiled: "How about it, the Khitan leaders are done arguing?" ”

Shopkeeper Cui smiled and nodded, the goods brought by the caravan this time were indeed in demand, and it was the first time he had seen these Khitan nobles fighting so disregardlessly, just like wolves fighting for meat.

"After fighting for most of the day, it was finally allocated. The wine was divided into four parts, half of which was divided equally between the Khan of Barat and the son-in-law of Yelude, and the other half was divided equally among the other eighteen parts. Other silk silks, porcelain, and glass ornaments were also distributed. ”

This time the caravan was full of goods, but almost all of them were luxury goods and consumables. There was not a single piece of iron, swords, and armor, which were the most important items in the previous trade. This disappointed the Khitans, who had just begun to settle down and farm, and whose population was now expanding rapidly. The Khitan wars continued, and there was a great demand for weapons and armor, but the Khitans did not refine them, and they had to buy a large number of iron tools from the Central Plains and the Bohai Sea, Silla and even the Western Regions every year.

In the past, the Khitan people mainly bought ironware from Duli Town and other places, and the Cui shopkeeper entered the plug every year, and the biggest selling commodity was ironware, then tea and silk, porcelain and other things.

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Li just smiled.

"I explained to them, saying that there were wars in several places this year, and weapons and armor were very well checked on the road, so I didn't carry them. Barat Khan and others also discussed with me, saying that they asked me to have the opportunity to get another batch before the year. Say yes, no matter how much, they are willing to buy it at a high price. They also want to buy clairvoyant mirrors and divine fire. ”

"Hahaha!" Shopkeeper Li laughed loudly.

These Khitans really have a good idea, but this caravan belongs to the Zhenguo army, how can they sell their weapons and armor. Selling tea, wine, perfume, glass, porcelain, and silk, in order to exchange for cattle and horses, etc., and selling ironware, as long as fools will sell them to them.

"Since the Khitans have allocated the share of goods purchased, has the transaction price been negotiated, and what will the Khitans trade?" Shopkeeper Li asked.

The caravans that came to trade with the Khitan would not collect money, and they basically bartered. All kinds of goods are transported from the Central Plains, and after being sold, they are exchanged for all kinds of cattle and horse skins, and then transported back to the Central Plains. Transporting money back, this is the stupidest transaction, and besides, the Khitans don't have so much money to trade.

"According to your instructions, in this transaction, we require the Khitans to use war horses to trade, and the war horses are not enough to use ploughing cattle, and then use leather goods, and then pull horses, all kinds of ores, and gold and silver. This time, the total value of all our goods is 2 million guan, and the last one is traded with the Khitans, saying that it is okay, a war horse is fifty guan, a ploughing ox is five guan, and a calf is two guan. Each sheep is 500 yuan, a good sheepskin is 100 yuan, and the price of cowhide, horn and tendon is also agreed. ”

Shopkeeper Li nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, Shopkeeper Cui is worthy of being an old shopkeeper, and the price is very good. A war horse is now at least 80 in the Central Plains, a good 100 in the middle, and even more expensive in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if Dengzhou is closer to Liaodong, a good horse has to be eighty or ninety. Although it is said that it will be much cheaper to buy horses directly in Khitan. But now it's half cheaper, and the credit for this is a lot of money for the shopkeeper Cui.

"I will remember the credit of the shopkeeper Cui, and I will repay the credit to the boss when I go back."

"In fact, it is also because there are too few caravans in the Central Plains this year, so the price will be much cheaper than in previous years. Moreover, the Khitan ministries also hope that we can make a few more trips, so the price is so favorable this year. ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper Cui took out a list, which was the harvest of this trip, which was full of 10,000 war horses. 100,000 head of cattle. There are also 20,000 horses. As well as a variety of leather goods. There is also a return gift from Barat Khan to the commander, 10,000 horses and 10,000 oxen, and 200,000 sheep.

In this way, that is 10,000 war horses, 30,000 ordinary horses, 110,000 cattle, 200,000 sheep, and all kinds of leather goods.

"I'm afraid that's more than two million, right?"

"It's a bit more than that. However, many of them were gifts from the leaders of the twenty tribes to the marshal. Shopkeeper Cui said with a smile.

When Shopkeeper Li heard this, he somewhat understood, Li Jing was so strong and rich, and the gift he gave to Bara Khan was the envy of everyone, and now they were competing to give Li Jing a gift, of course, they also wanted to get a return gift.

Looking at this list, Shopkeeper Li couldn't help but be moved, 10,000 war horses, this is a precious strategic material, even if the Zhenguo Army is not short of horses. However, these horses can give the cavalry a better choice of horses, and at the same time, the mobility of some infantry can be greatly improved. The early infantry of the Zhenguo Army were all mounted infantry. It is only now that the continuous expansion has led to a significant decline in the proportion of infantry horses. If a large number of horses are equipped, the infantry can be equipped with horses again, greatly improving mobility.

And 30,000 horses and 110,000 cows are equally exciting. Not only can it be used for military purposes, but it can also be distributed to the various military cantonments below, and with so many cattle, the fields cultivated this year will certainly increase greatly.

Even these 200,000 sheep can be slaughtered directly in the Khitan, made into canned food and transported back to the mountain cities on the front line in southern Liaoning, which is an excellent war preparation material.

"The Khitans' demand for trading has exceeded our expectations." Shopkeeper Li sighed a little.

"No, Shopkeeper Li didn't know what to say, Nabalat Khan had purchased a large amount of leather goods and mined a lot of ore this year. Now, this batch is divided into twenty parts, and he has only bought a small part, and his things are still piled up in warehouses. ”

"Gotta find a way to get it." Shopkeeper Li said excitedly.

"This is not a big problem, tomorrow I will talk to Barat Khan again, as long as we sign a contract with him, and give him a little profit. I think he'll agree that we'll buy his goods and ship them away, and then we'll ship them to him next time. As soon as it came to doing business, Shopkeeper Cui immediately became shrewd.

Shopkeeper Li nodded, and after discussing with Shopkeeper Cui for a while, he decided to hire a group of people from the Khitan to build a barrel factory directly here, cut wood to make large wooden barrels, and then hire a group of herdsmen to kill sheep and make canned food here to bring back.

For this reason, the shopkeeper Li sent someone back to southern Liaoning to report to Li Jing, asked Liaonan to send another batch of goods, and sent someone to receive horses, cattle and other things. On the one hand, he asked the shopkeeper Cui to continue to buy those old and weak cattle and sheep from the Khitan tribes for slaughter.

Shopkeeper Cui talked to the tribes, and the response was very enthusiastic. They were very happy that Shopkeeper Cui was willing to exchange all kinds of spices, perfumes, tea, wine, etc. for those old cattle and sheep who could not farm. Anyway, in the past, when it was winter, the Khitans also had to slaughter a large number of livestock. Now that these livestock are sold to Cui's shopkeeper, they can also be exchanged for a lot of tightly sold goods, how can they be unwilling.

For recruiting herdsmen to directly slaughter cattle and sheep and help transport goods back to southern Liaoning, they also immediately agreed, and the delivery price given by Cui's shopkeeper was very high, which made it difficult for people not to be moved.

They also vaguely know about the fact that the shopkeeper Cui is making canned food, but some of the people on the grassland are cattle and sheep, and they will kill them if they want to say it, so why make it so troublesome. In their opinion, canned food is just cured meat, and no one cares.

The shopkeeper Cui has been talking about business with people from various tribes day and night, and has bought a large number of materials, many old horses, old cattle and sheep, as well as all kinds of leather goods, as well as various minerals and so on. Anyway, even if it is an inconspicuous and ordinary thing in the eyes of herdsmen, this generous and bold shopkeeper Cui is willing to buy it.

Fine wine, perfume, tea, spices, salt, glass, porcelain, silk, cloth, rock sugar, poems, Buddhist scriptures, Buddha statues, gold and silver jewelry, etc., the long list of goods on the Cui shopkeeper's list made these Khitan nobles very happy.

However, as soon as they mentioned medicines, food, iron tools, weapons, armor, etc., Shopkeeper Cui showed an embarrassed expression. Although there were several deals that were struck in the end, almost all of them were the most ornate and precious armor and precious weapons for sale. Each piece is extremely precious, thousands of gold armor, unicorn armor, fish scale armor, mountain armor, the same up to a thousand pieces of horse lance, iron spear, sword sword, etc., these things can only be bought in a few sets even if they are the Yili Sumires of various tribes.

For Shopkeeper Li, he didn't have to worry about buying a hundred sets of such weapons and armor. For the war, the Khitans spent tens of thousands of sets of iron armor, and only bought a hundred sets of sophisticated equipment in the end, and they were scattered in the hands of various leaders, and the threat to the Zhenguo army was almost equal to nothing.

Shopkeeper Cui is busy talking about business all day long, but Shopkeeper Li has successfully fought with the Khitan nobles who are waiting for the firewood book ceremony in the Khan's court these days.

In particular, Yelu Pugu of the Khitan Diera Department has become an excellent friend with the shopkeeper Li, and he is about to marry Jinlan.

On the grassland, after galloping together for a long time, Shopkeeper Li and Yelu Pugu only harvested a very rich harvest, and they were immediately full of many foxes hunted. This is the best time to hunt foxes, foxes are cunning, and only the best hunters can hunt them. And the fur of the fox is extremely valuable.

At the beginning, it was the excellent archery skills of the shopkeeper Li that surprised Pu Gu, and by now, the relationship between the two has been extremely close.

When they arrived at the riverside, the two dismounted to drink water and feed the horses.

Shopkeeper Li handed his wine bag to Pu Guzhi, he took it and took a sip, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "This wine is really boring, but it's a pity that it's too expensive." "Last time, his family also bought a lot of liquor, but there are so many warriors in the tribe, everyone wants to buy some spirits that can only be drunk by warriors, but as a result, he doesn't have much in his hands, and he can only drink a little bit every time.

"Jerod is about to hold a firewood ceremony, is it that your brother Jeruza stabbed them and they have nothing to do?" Shopkeeper Li asked casually.

As soon as he heard Yelu Xude's name, Yelu Puguzhi's face suddenly became a little ugly.

He poured a big sip of wine and exhaled a long breath of wine, but did not speak.

Shopkeeper Li pretended to be surprised and asked, "Could it be that he refused to let go of them after he became Yi Lijian?" If that's the case, your family is in danger. ”

"My father's ninth Dierabu is out of the Sumire, and Yelu ruthless doesn't dare to touch us."

"Maybe he doesn't dare now, but since he dares to kill your uncle Yeluyun Deshi, and dares to threaten to kill all the men of Yeluyun Deshi's family, then this person may not be able to deal with common sense. He was only the son-in-law of Barat Khan, and he dared to assassinate your uncle, and he refused to let your brothers go. If he really becomes a Sumire, the next one may be to deal with your family. After all, your father is the ninth Dierabu Yi Lisumire, and he is also worried about the re-election in three years. ”

Pu Guzhi said angrily, "He dares! ”

"What is he afraid of, your uncle has already been assassinated, what else is there to dare to do. I think this man is very domineering, and the last time he distributed the goods, he didn't even give face to the Bala Khan. Shopkeeper Li continued.

Seeing that Pu Guzhi's face was getting more and more gloomy, Shopkeeper Li hit the railroad while it was hot: "Actually, in my opinion, this matter is very easy to solve." ”

"Brother Li teach me!" Hearing this, Pu Guzhi turned his head violently and looked over, and said in an eager voice.

"The Central Plains has a saying that it is called to repay the other with the way of the other!" Shopkeeper Li said with a smile! (To be continued......)