There is only a border between Liu Bei and Mayi. They are aware of every move that happens in Mayi. Now most of the merchants in Northern Xinjiang have a stronghold in Mayi, and Mayi has become the most prosperous commercial city in northern Xinjiang. These merchants
Most of them are Han merchants.
Liu Bei himself could only restrict some small businessmen from going to Mayi, but he could not restrict the rich merchants of Youzhou. All he could do was restrict the entry of grain into Mayi, but he could be here in Youzhou, but he could not restrict the direction of Bingzhou.
Not to mention the Huns and Xianbei who constantly transported cattle and sheep to Mayi in order to obtain goods from Mayi. The number of cattle and sheep in Mayi is more than 100,000 words. To put it bluntly, if all meat consumption is eliminated, Mayi has already
It is almost the same as modern society, so Liu Bei's attempt to use food to restrict the development of Mayi basically went bankrupt.
Jian Yong said: "What Yide said makes sense. It is less harmful for us to make some furniture than food. Moreover, the reason why the Yellow Turban Army rebelled was because they were poor. If Lei Gong raised all his followers to be rich, they would be
There is no fighting power. I don’t know if you have noticed that it has been almost a year since Lei Gong came to Mayi, but his men have not attacked the Han Dynasty’s counties. They have not even attacked Yanmen Pass, which is a step away from them. It is so bad.
The only Yellow Turban army fighting was Lei Gong.
Yong thought that it was because the Lei Gong tribe was rich, even richer than most people in the Han Dynasty, that they were unwilling to fight. After coming to Mayi, they did not take the initiative to attack anyone. Yong thought that the Lei Gong tribe was safe because of the small wealth.
It is no longer possible to become the enemy of our big man.
Yong thought that it would be better for the imperial court to order the Lei Gong Ministry. If Lei Gong continues to develop like this, it is absolutely impossible for the Xianbei people to let Lei Gong go. When the two sides start fighting, the imperial court will be able to take the initiative."
Liu Bei thought for a moment that Lei Gong was indeed not very aggressive. He even liked to farm and develop various industries and did not want to be a rebel at all.
To be honest, Zhao'an Lei Gong was beneficial to both the court and Lei Gong. The Mayi he occupied was the place that the court had abandoned. Now that Lei Gong occupies it, it can even be said to help the court guard the border. It can allow the Lei Gong Ministry to help the court reduce the pressure of the Xianbei invasion.
, you can even rely on the pressure of the Xianbei people to make Lei Gong have to rely on the imperial court, so that the imperial court can defeat a large enemy without any bloodshed. Chaoan Lei Gong can be said to be a matter of killing multiple birds with one stone.
Zhang Fei said: "Although there are many benefits to Zhaoan Lei Gong, it is impossible for the civil and military officials of the imperial court to agree. Don't forget that Lei Gong's hands are filled with the blood of the nobles and nobles of Jizhou. They even refused to Zhaoan Zhang Yan, how could they possibly do it?
An Lei Gong."
"We might as well talk about building homes and looms to sell to Mayi. This fabric is not bad and can be sold in Youzhou for 2000-3000 yuan. Some people want it. We can agree with Lei for 10 or 20 pieces.
We need to replace the woolen cloth with a loom. Mayi now lacks tens of thousands of looms. I think they will agree!"
After Zhang Fei and the others mentioned it, Liu Bei and the others remembered the bloody feud between Lei Gong and the Jizhou clan. This was a deadlock, and they could only give up this unrealistic idea.
Guan Yu, who had only been thinking for a long time, said: "Why can't we also learn from Lei Gong to weave woolen cloth? There are Wuwan people everywhere in Youzhou, and there is no shortage of wool. Why can't we do it ourselves!"
Su Shuang smiled bitterly and said: "The wool of the Hu people has a very strong smell. In the past, the Hu people didn't know how to use wool to spin yarn. We don't know how Lei Gong processes wool, so naturally we can't learn his skills!"
Liu Bei was surprised and asked: "Can't we secretly learn the methods of Thunder God, so that we can also collect wool in Youzhou?"
Zhang Shiping smiled bitterly and said: "Mayi is the territory of Thunder Lord. There are 200,000 to 300,000 people who are loyal to Thunder Lord. Our every move is under their surveillance. If we go to a place we shouldn't go, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out at all."
Yi! It’s not that no one wanted to steal Thunder Lord’s secret technique, but they were all caught by Thunder Lord and went to mine for minerals.”
Liu Bei thought for a while and asked: "We can also find someone to find a way to remove the smell of wool. It makes no sense that Lei Gong can do it, but we can't make it even if we have a look. A sweater only costs 3-4 kilograms of wool but can be sold for thousands."
Money, if we can make this kind of money, we can solve many problems in the Tuntian Academy!"
Su Shuang frowned and said: "I'm afraid this will take a lot of time, and it may not be successful. After all, wool is very rare among us big men, and few people will think that we can use it to weave clothes! Most people have never seen it.
I’ve seen it before, let alone dealing with wool!”
Liu Bei said: "I will find a way to summon carpenters and make furniture and looms, and you will also find a way to process wool!"
After the discussion, they split up. Liu Bei hired carpenters among the people in the fields to build homes and looms, while Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping and others were looking for talents who could deal with the smell of wool.
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The popularity of sweaters in Mayi was quickly discovered by Hu Shang, who actually had a brand-new fabric!
The appearance of woolen cloth surprised them. This cloth was not only finer and better to the touch than linen, but also thicker. The most important thing was that such a good cloth only cost 1,000 yuan. When Hu Shang saw Xu Wei, he looked like a fool. You must know that even if
Even simple linen cloth can be sold for thousands of dollars on the grassland. In the eyes of Hu merchants, even 10 sheep for such good cloth are worth it.
So they used all the money they earned from selling wool to buy woolen cloth. However, these Hu merchants brought over 10 carts of wool but could not afford even one cart of woolen cloth. Then they turned around and sold all the cattle and sheep they brought to Xu Wei.
, but even so they could not buy enough woolen cloth for a cart.
Xu Wei found that the price of woolen cloth was not the price he had originally planned, so he went to Old Man Wang and asked: "Old man, isn't our price 500 yuan? How come you doubled it?"
Old Man Wang: "Qu Shuai, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are when you are not a family member. Now Mayi's monthly salary exceeds 50 million yuan. It is not easy for us to produce good fabrics. Why do you sell them so low? Yours is linen."
Price! Our woolen cloth is no worse than silk, so the price will naturally increase. Look at the current price, these barbarians are going crazy! Qu Shuai, you don’t even know the price of my big man. Woolen cloth is worth this price. I
Niu Gui also asked Niu Gui to bring 10,000 pieces of woolen cloth to the grassland, and the price was more than 3,000 yuan. Otherwise, because we in Mayi were short of manpower, I wouldn't want to give any of them to these Hu merchants. Wouldn't it be better for us to sell them ourselves for 3,000 yuan?
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Xu Wei was really speechless. Although he had been here for more than a year, he still made many common sense mistakes. And Old Man Wang always believed that Xu Wei was an immortal who was demoted to earth, so it was not surprising that Xu Wei made
These mistakes, but to find ways to make up for Xu Wei's mistakes.