Song Qiu nodded, "My uncle plans to buy two horses for traveling. I saw them at the livestock market in Shunyang County before. The horses were not very good and the prices were very expensive. I heard that there is a horse market in Yunshan County.
, they specialize in selling horses raised by the Ula people. The horses are good and the price is right, so I wanted to go to the horse market to have a look."
"But if you want to get in, you have to spend money to buy a wristwatch. To buy a horse, you need a wristwatch!"
"My uncle saw that most of the horses there had been bought by horse dealers. He probably couldn't choose a suitable horse even if he bought a ticket, so he didn't spend the money."
"Look, there are five of us crammed into one car."
She said, looking at Akeda with bright eyes, "My uncle talks a lot, and I don't want to sit in a car with him and listen to his chatter all the way, so I really want to buy something that my uncle thinks is suitable as soon as possible.
Let him ride the horse! I couldn’t buy it at the horse market, so I thought this horse was brought to be sold by people from the Ula tribe. You are Ula people, but there are still horses for sale?”
Song Qiu said it sincerely, and it was quite true.
A Keda's expression showed a hint of joy as she listened. She couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man next to her.
Seeing that Dad didn't respond, he couldn't help but open his mouth and say something.
Although Song Qiu didn't understand, looking at her look and expression, she could guess that the girl wanted her father to sell the horse to her.
The middle-aged man glanced at Song Qiu and muttered something, and Ake curled his lips in disappointment.
At this moment, Meng Chaoqun from behind opened his mouth and came over, "Aling, what are you two doing while you are staying there? Come here quickly. After you have eaten and rested, we are on our way!"
Song Qiu turned his head and curled his lips and said: "Uncle! They are from Ula and they have horses for sale! Let's buy horses from them! If you buy a horse, uncle, you can ride a horse. I don't want to sit with you and listen to your nagging.
Woolen cloth!"
"Are they from Ula?" Meng Chaoqun raised his eyebrows, then stood up and strode over to this side, "You girl, your eyes are pretty good! They look different from us, are they really from Ula?"
As he spoke, he knelt down in front of the middle-aged man and said with a grin: "Brothers, are you from Ula? Is there really a horse for sale?"
Meng Chaoqun is polite, smiles, and speaks in a friendly manner, which makes people feel like him.
The middle-aged man was silent for a while, and then he picked up the conversation. His Chinese was just as bad as Ake's.
"Do you really want to buy a horse?"
Meng Chaoqun nodded, "Yes! We are going to Suzhou. There is only one carriage. It is too crowded for a few people, so I want to buy two horses. How did you sell the horses?"
The middle-aged man heard that there were only two horses, and he didn't look like a horse dealer, so he said: "The price we sell at the horse market is between eighty taels and fourteen taels, depending on the condition. You want a better one?"
Is the horse still average? A good horse should cost at least fourteen taels."
As he spoke, there was a hint of nervousness and embarrassment in his tone that was barely noticeable.
A good horse is only fourteen ounces?
Song Qiu thought that his brown and red horse was just an ordinary horse, not as good as their big cart-pulling horse, which was only eighteen taels!
Calculated at eight taels, even though the horse dealer is busy, he can make ten taels at a time. What a bloody profit!
If that good horse is as good as their cart horse, fourteen taels, it's really not expensive.
At this time, Song Qiu did not mention that the Ula people now have to hand over 40% of the money they get from selling horses in the horse market to the government, so the fourteen taels of silver in their hands is only less than ninety taels.
That was squeezed by the government, and the horse that the family had worked so hard to raise cost fourteen taels of silver, which was not expensive.
Meng Chaoqun then continued: "I think your big horse pulling a cart is pretty good. Do you have one like this? How do you sell it?"
The middle-aged man said: "This horse is one of the best ones I have raised. You want something like this? That's fourteen taels of silver a horse, which is a lot of money!"
Meng Chaoqun nodded, "Okay, that's it, you can sell me two!"
After saying that, he paused and said: "We are all honest people, and I sincerely sell horses to you. Don't fool me with bad horses or anything like that!"
The middle-aged man couldn't help being stunned when he saw that he was willing to buy two horses for fourteen taels of silver without even negotiating the price.
He was probably numb from the horse dealer's low price. It was the first time I met someone who was so easy to talk to and didn't negotiate the price.
For a moment, the middle-aged men, including the young man, all looked embarrassed.
After a moment, the middle-aged man touched the back of his head, with a hint of heartfelt naivety in his expression, "My horse is definitely good, and I won't fool you. But you don't know that I sell this horse at this price at the horse market."
Not bad, but you still have to pay 40% to the people in the horse market, so I don’t get so much in my hands.”
"How about this, if you really want to buy it, I'll give you five taels of silver for my two horses?"
Listening to this, Song Qiu was also moved by this man's honesty.
They all said they were willing to buy it for fourteen taels, and they didn't mention any commission on the horse market, but this man took the initiative and said that he was willing to pay five taels less.
If he hadn't told them, he would still have gained five taels of silver even if they hadn't bought it.
No wonder he was fooled by the horse dealer, this Ula man is really simple and honest.
She glanced at Meng Chaoqun, and Meng Chaoqun said immediately: "We are not from the horse market, so why are we beating you like this? Fourteen taels is fourteen taels, you promise to pick the best horse for me.
Come on, just don't fool me."
When the middle-aged man listened, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, and he said for a moment: "It's not easy for us to raise horses. In the past, we were fooled by horse dealers, but now we have to give money to the horses we worked so hard to sell.
The market turnover is 40%.
You don’t know that there are horse dealers who come to our tribe to collect horses on the pretext that they will take a commission from the horse market, and the prices are even lower!
If you don’t sell to horse dealers who come to your doorstep, you have to pay 40% to the horse market all the way to the horse market. In short, it’s all us who are losing!
In the past few years, our tribe has raised fewer horses, and our life has been tight, far less than in those years.
Brother, you are like this, I really don’t know what to say, don’t worry, I will definitely choose the best horse for you!”
Then he asked: "This place is still dozens of miles away from our tribe. Do you want to follow me to our tribe, or should I send it out to you? If I send it out, it will be dark if I rush back now.
We have to bring the horses out early tomorrow morning, where can I find you then?"
This is a problem.
Song Qiu thought about it. They were not familiar with the Ula tribe. It was unclear whether they were all chaotic or mixed, and whether they were all as honest as the man in front of her. She would have to spend one night there when she went there.
If you don't have the courage of those horse dealers, it's better not to go there rashly.
It would be too troublesome to ask someone to send it to Gongcheng tomorrow.
After thinking about the route on the hand-drawn map, she said: "There is Liujiaji about seven or eight miles ahead. We will wait for you there!"
The middle-aged man nodded in agreement, "Our tribe is not far from Liujiaji, so you just wait here. I will send a horse to you tomorrow morning when I go back!"