Chapter 1851: Arrival
Sure enough, as Wang Yongzhu and Song Chongjin expected, not only the next morning, but all the way to the royal capital, no one dared to send dancers and maids to the door.
As the saying goes, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and in order to show importance, many of the owners of the caravan personally follow the team.
This way, in Chicheng County is fine, although the county is a little smaller, in recent years it has also become prosperous, eating, drinking and having fun is inferior to Jiangnan and Beijing, but in the northwest, it is already second to none.
They could endure hardships, otherwise they would not have followed the caravan all the way north, through the desert, and the more they marched to the king of the steppe, the more people slowly grew.
The barren places on the outskirts of the grassland are all small tribes or small families, most of which live together in groups.
The closer to the royal capital, the more abundant the water and grass, these rich and good places are naturally occupied by those princes and noble families.
Their tents were taller and more luxurious, and when they chose a place to live temporarily, the people of the family, as well as the slave girls and servants who served them, were all surrounded on the left and right, and they looked like a village or a town.
Because they have to live in pursuit of water and grass, and have no fixed place to live, they are here for one month, and a hundred miles away for the next month.
Therefore, a lot of daily necessities and the like are very lacking.
In the Great Chu Kingdom, there are also merchants who walk through the villages and alleys, who will carry these goods on their backs and go to the most remote places to make a hard-earned money.
But the grassland is vast, and the risk of doing a line is not proportional to the income, so no one does it.
They only have that few times a year, and during the festival, the herdsmen of the nearby hundreds of miles will gather, and the merchants will also arrive with goods at this time.
Everyone took this opportunity to purchase supplies for several months at a time, otherwise they would not know where to buy them next time.
Even in this kind of market, daily necessities are very scarce, and not only that, but the price is also very expensive.
Anyway, these businessmen are not afraid, if you don't buy it, someone will buy it.
These herdsmen have never seen this kind of caravan, up to all kinds of luxuries, things that have never been seen before, down to needles and threads, as well as all kinds of condiments, tea bricks and other daily needs, dazzling, almost dazzling.
Whether in terms of quality or otherwise, it is many times stronger.
Moreover, with the consent of the country's senior officials and lords, how can they endure it, and they can't wait to buy everything they need at once.
The family is poor, not to mention anything else, but daily necessities must be bought.
Rich and wealthy families, in the past, they could only pick up some princes and nobles in the royal capital to pick up the remaining things, but now they have seen these luxury goods brought by the merchants of Dachu, and they have never seen them, and they have listened to the introduction of these businessmen, where can they bear it?
Especially the aristocratic ladies, when they see all kinds of silk, brilliance, all kinds of delicate jewelry, and what rouge gouache, needless to say.
These goods have been screened by Wang Yongzhu and Li Changnan, and they are divided into three grades: medium, high and low.
Naturally, it is the most expensive kind sold to rich nobles, and these grassland nobles want to say that they are rich and do not take money as money.
When you see what you like, you have to pay for it as much as you want, and if the silver is not enough, the gold and precious stones will be brought up on a plate.
Those low-grade goods, as well as daily necessities, are also very sold, in addition to the princes and nobles, ordinary herdsmen, and those female slaves or something, they can't help but contribute the money they have accumulated for many years.
Those caravan owners have been like rats that have fallen into a rice vat for the past two days, and they are too happy to live.
Originally, many of them planned to spend money to find a woman to have fun.
But as soon as they came, Wang Yongzhu's prestige that night made them a little taboo, and the business was so hot that it was too late to go back to the tent every night to count the silver and count the goods, and the demand for women became more and more light.
They all think about making money first.
There are smart traders who are no longer limited to selling things out and collecting the money back, but have begun to buy the good things in the hands of the herdsmen in private.
Or simply barter, anyway, these things can be lowered in the grassland, and if they are sold back in Dachu, it will make a lot of money.
This time, they were backed by the mission, and they were accompanied by people from this side of the grassland, so they didn't have to worry too much about safety. Unless the two countries turn their faces, that is, the entire army will be wiped out, otherwise they will be able to return home safely.
But such a good thing, there is only such a time, no matter whether they can have this qualification next time, even if they do, no matter how many caravans they gather to enter the grassland, there is no mission and army to sit behind, and there are no officials from the grassland on the side, God knows how many people will be red when their business is so prosperous, and they will make money every day?
This grassland is vast, and I can't say that one day, it will be ambushed and robbed, and then all buried in a corner of the grassland.
So even if you don't have the opportunity to enter the grassland again in the future, you have to make enough money this time.
With this idea, how many goods were dumped along the way, and how many grassland skins and the like were quietly purchased and loaded into horse-drawn carriages.
These traders are shrewd, and those small actions naturally did not hide from Wang Yongzhu and Song Chongjin.
They are optimistic, even encouraging, about this.
After all, you must know that this selection quota is not just a random selection, you must first review the qualifications, pay a deposit, and export tariffs.
All of this income has to be turned over to the state treasury.
These caravans now buy these goods from the grasslands, and when they return to China to enter the customs, they have to pay a tax, and the more goods they buy, the higher the taxes and fees they need to pay.
Not only that, Wang Yongzhu and Li Changnan had already instructed the caravan under their names to have a golden pot, and this wind was also brought by them.
As for the attitude of the grassland, now that the two countries have signed a document, and Qi Le still needs Song Chongjin, he will naturally not turn his face for this.
Song Chongjin and Wang Yongzhu have received information several times, and many nobles and bandits on this side of the grassland have long been eyeing them, but with Batu in the middle, they don't dare to make a move.
It's just that now Batu can only reluctantly make them dare not do it, but he has not given up, and there are still many spies following behind, looking for an opportunity.
You must know that this is to go to the royal capital to meet the king of the grassland and the queen of Ajan, and there can be no accident, if something happens, the king of the grassland and the queen of Ajan will be investigated, and they will not be able to escape.
simply just filmed the spies and followed, waiting for them to return to Dachu, that was the real danger.
Song Chongjin and Wang Yongzhu naturally know this truth, but the most important thing at the moment is naturally to meet Qi Le.
Finally arrived at the royal capital of the grassland, looking from afar, this royal capital is like a pearl on the grassland.
The royal capital was leaning against a high mountain, and at the bottom of the mountain was a large lake, and the royal capital was built next to the lake, and although the walls were not very high, they were all surrounded by white rocks.
The buildings in the city are not very luxurious, but most of them are made of white stone, and even the roads in the city are paved with white stone slabs.
The king is not very big, and it is inhabited by the king of the grassland and his harem family and children, as well as the princes and nobles who were trusted by the king of the grassland and the queen of Ayan.
The closer to the palace, the more powerful and confidant the minister.
Outside the royal capital, there were many stone-stacked houses or ornate tents, which were other places where the nobility lived.
These tents are brightly coloured, like petals, and hold the white stamens of the royal capital in the center.
Although it is not as rich as the history of the capital, it is also very remarkable to build a city of this scale on the grassland.
Wang Yongzhu only glanced at it, and probably could guess that this should be Qi Le's idea and handwriting.