In Mayi, Xu Wei was responsible for planning the development direction and system of Mayi, but he was very impatient with Mayi's daily chores and rarely dealt with them. Most of them were left to Old Man Wang.
If Ma Yi was regarded as a country, then Old Man Wang would be the prime minister. With his assistance, Xu Wei would not have made many common sense mistakes!
Just like the price of woolen cloth this time, Xu Wei thought it was a lot to earn more than twice as much, but Old Man Wang knew the price of goods in the Han Dynasty. Good linen cost 600 yuan, and silk cost 2000-3000 yuan. Their woolen cloth was more than
Is the silk bad? If you order it for thousands of dollars, it will be robbed by the merchants who come to Mayi!
Sure enough, Old Man Wang knew the prices of Dahan products better than Xu Wei. Even if the price of woolen cloth doubled, Hu Shang's attitude towards woolen cloth would still be crazy!
"Qushuai, I still have 300 sheep, 100 cattle and 100 horses in the tribe. Qushuai can leave me 1,000 pieces of cloth. When I bring these cattle and horses over, I will trade them for your cloth!"
I know this will bring difficulties to Lei Gong Qushuai, so I am willing to order these fabrics at a price of 1,100 yuan per piece." A Huns named Liu Xiong came to Xu Wei and begged.
Liu Xiong had no choice. Lei Gong's fabric was too good and the price was too low. He was worried that if he left like this, he wouldn't even get a single piece of wool, so he had no choice but to find Xu Wei and place an order in advance.
Xu Wei was stunned when he heard that the price had increased.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and found out that Liu Xiong was actually such a rich man, and he promised: "Everyone here is my friend of Lei Gong. You have asked for this, and I will definitely help you leave 1,000 pieces of cloth!"
"Leigong Qushuai, there are thousands of sheep in my tribe. I will also pay 600 yuan for each sheep, and you will also leave me 1,000 pieces of cloth!"
"Lei Gong Qushuai, I can get 300 cows. Isn't Qushuai's land reclamation here? Cows are definitely indispensable. The price is easy to negotiate!"
"Qu Shuai, I can get 400 horses, all of which are good horses. Qu Shuai is not planning to form a cavalry, but war horses will definitely be indispensable. I just ask him to help me keep 2,000 pieces of cloth!"
Each of these Hu merchants begged Xu Wei to help them leave the cloth, for fear that others would get there first.
Xu Hao looked at the Hu merchants surrounding him and promised them one by one: "Okay, I will definitely leave the fabric for you, but you must come here quickly, otherwise I will not be able to wait for you for a month."
, if the animals you mentioned were not brought to Mayi, you can’t blame me for selling these fabrics.”
Upon hearing this, these Hu Shang quickly spent all the money they had on them to buy fabrics and left with their caravan.
And Mayi developed a kind of fabric that was comparable to silk and spread quickly throughout the world. Anyone who had seen woolen cloth praised it as a fine fabric.
And the low price of 1,000 Wen caused a sensation around Mayi! This is not just selling silk as linen, Mayi's Lei Gong is simply a fool.
The merchants who had seen the woolen cloth were so excited when they heard the price that they immediately led their men to Mayi! Suddenly there were more merchants in Mayi.
And just when the textile factory's production capacity exploded and woolen cloth became famous in northern Xinjiang, Xu Wei's old friend Zhen An came to Mayi again.
And he did not disappoint Xu Wei and really brought a lot of food.
Before the grain was unloaded, he went to Xu Weidao and said: "Commander Qu, I have fulfilled my mission. 100,000 shi of grain are already in the Pianguan warehouse. This time I brought 10,000 shi of grain first. The remaining grain can be shipped within 10 days."
All transport routes are located in Mayi County.”
Xu Wei was shocked. Zhen An's caravan had thousands of carriages. With such a huge caravan, Xu Wei could only sigh that the Zhen family was indeed the richest businessman in Jizhou!
Xu Wei asked curiously: "Shop manager, when such a large caravan passed through Yanmen Pass, the guard of Yanmen Pass did not stop you from leaving. This is not just a small amount of food, but tens of thousands of stones of food!"
Zhen An smiled and said: "Shuai Qu didn't hear clearly. I said that the place where the food is stored is in Pianguan!"
Xu Wei really didn't know where this gate was.
Zhen An did not let Xu Wei guess, but directly answered the mystery: "Pianguan is in Xihe County, only a hundred miles away from Wuzhou occupied by Qu Shuai."
Xu Wei was surprised and said: "You came from the territory of the Huns. Aren't you afraid that the food will be robbed by the Huns?"
This Zhen An is so bold, he actually went straight through the Huns' territory!
Zhen An smiled and said: "It's not like we passed through the territory of the Huns. We first went backwards on the Yellow River. Otherwise, these 100,000 stones of grain would not have reached Pianguan so quickly!"
"But the Huns did not dare to touch the goods of my Zhen family. The head of the family bribed the Huns Chanyu Qiangqu and asked him to write to the court saying that he wanted to buy 100,000 shi of grain to solve the food crisis of the Huns. Last year, he lost 4 soldiers in the encirclement and suppression of Quqiangqu.
There were tens of thousands of people, but the imperial treasury was empty at that time and could not even come up with compensation. Qiangqu did not say anything. Now Qiangqu only said that he wanted to buy some food to tide over the crisis, and the imperial court was not feeling cold in the hearts of such loyal ministers.
, naturally I agreed.”
Xu Wei said with a joking smile: "The 40,000 horses who surrounded me last year were all horse thieves, and they have nothing to do with Qiangqu. Doesn't the imperial court know this news?"
Although Zhen An didn't know what half a dime meant, she could still tell the general meaning of Xu Wei's words.
He smiled and said: "The people below naturally know, but few people will report it to the court. This kind of thing has always been concealed from the public, and the soldiers in Bingzhou will not ask for trouble to tell the truth. They
They were also afraid that the imperial court would order them to attack Qu Shuai. In order to prevent such a situation, they naturally did not dare to say anything.
Moreover, the 40,000 horse thieves were also found by Qiang Qu himself. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are his men. They did have a battle with Qu Shuai and were wiped out by Qu Shuai. These are not fake, right?"
Xu Wei continued to ask him: "The shopkeeper transported so much grain to Mayi. Obviously he couldn't hide it from anyone. Are you afraid that someone will report it to the court and bring more harm to your Zhen family?"
Zhen An smiled and said: "Our Zhen family helps the Huns transport grain. This is an order from the imperial court. Our master is loyal to the country. As for why these 100,000 stones of grain appeared in Mayi, it has nothing to do with us.
It’s the Zhen family’s business. You have to ask why the food given to them by the Huns ended up in the hands of Qu Shuai!”
"And even if the court knew about it, they wouldn't ask too much. The Huns have been very loyal to the court over the years. When they fought against the Xianbei a few years ago, the Huns sent out 20,000 cavalry, and these people were basically wiped out.
, even a Chanyu died on the grassland, and then lost 40,000 tribesmen under the orders of the imperial court. How could the imperial court pursue such loyal ministers for such trivial matters? This does not chill the hearts of loyal ministers!