Chapter 272 My Mother Is a Reasonable General's Wife 20
Chapter 272 My mother is a reasonable general’s wife (20)
Hardanbaatar never thought that he would one day discuss business on the battlefield.
It's just that this battle can't be fought for a while, but we can listen to what this Central Plains woman wants to say.
Under the sun, the beard on Hardanbaatar's face looked rough and manic, and his eyes widened: "Woman from the Central Plains, what do you want to say to me?"
Yu Guang smiled with a gentle face: "I am the newly enthroned Marquis of Changbei by the imperial dynasty. Luocheng, Jicheng, and Zecheng are all my fiefdoms."
Hardanbaatar's eyes narrowed severely: "You are trying to beg me to withdraw my troops."
Yu Guang stood with his hands behind his hands and smiled gently at Hardanbaatar: "It's not a beg, but I want to buy your wool and milk."
Hearing this, Hardanbaatar was stunned for a moment, then quickly became alert: "You want our cattle and sheep."
Their country is composed of various tribes, and cattle and sheep are their foundation. This woman's tone is quite serious, she actually wants to cut off their foundation.
Yu Guang shook his head slightly: "It's not cattle and sheep, it's milk and wool."
What she wants to take is the path of sustainable development.
Hardanbaatar frowned: "What do you want these things for?"
Yu Guangxiao's eyebrows curved: "This is my problem, you just need to think about what you want to exchange with me."
Hardanbaatar's expression became more solemn: "It's cold now. If you ask me to shave off the wool, do you want our sheep to freeze to death?"
Their flocks are as numerous as the clouds in the sky and they shed their hair at least twice a year.
But wool is not valuable. At best, these wools can only be used to make some felts, and the rest are gathered together and used to make fires in winter.
Every sheep-herding family has a lot of savings. Sometimes they feel cold, and they wrap wool around wood and press it on the coals to make the fire burn brighter.
As for milk
Their cows can be bred when they are one year old. Before they are eight years old, they can give birth to a calf every year.
There is milk for most of the year, and it is not a problem to produce 700 to 800 kilograms.
It's just that such cattle are fine in summer, but consume too much fodder in winter, so they will probably dispose of them in advance.
But no matter what, what Yu Guang said is really what they lack most.
Hardanbaatar narrowed his eyes hard: "Woman from the Central Plains, what you said is true."
If they had not felt that supplies were insufficient, they would not have fought in the winter.
Now if wool and milk can really be exchanged for supplies, it doesn't mean that we can't have a good discussion.
Hearing Hardanbaatar's heartbeat, Yu Guang smiled and nodded: "Of course what I said is the truth."
Hardanbaat'er looked at Yu Guang's face, suddenly laughed loudly, and threw the weapon in his hand into the arms of his captain: "Uncle Changbei of the Central Plains, you are the best friend given to the Liao people by the immortal god. Please join me tonight.
Let’s drink and talk.”
War can be fought at any time, but can business be discussed first?
If the negotiation doesn't go well, don't blame them for being rude.
Yu Guang didn't show any pretense, he directly rode on a soldier and sent him a tall horse: "You have a good horse."
Hardanbaatar raised his head proudly: "We have the best war horses, but these horses cannot be sold to you."
Horses are a prop that gives them an advantage in war, and they must not be sold.
He patted the horse's head with his peripheral vision: "It doesn't matter, I'm only interested in wool and milk."
Her current funds are too small to buy many things.
Looking at the figure leaving with Hardanbaatar from the corner of his eye, Cen Mo said: "..." We have agreed to attack the city. Could it be that my uncle was kidnapped by Hardanbaatar?
Yu Jing and Yu Xin suppressed the worries in their hearts: "General, don't worry. My uncle is a very capable person. He will be back soon. Please ask the general to send us to the uncle's house first to help him place his belongings."
Cen Mo: "." They are indeed people from Uncle Changbei's house. I don't know whether to say they are calm or heartless.
As the sun was setting, someone suddenly came over to report to Cen Mo, saying that Yu Guang seemed to be back.
At the same time, the number of victims under the city wall also decreased by more than half.
Cen Mo hurriedly walked up the city wall and happened to see people dressed similar to those of the victims pulling out horses from a distance and leaving quickly.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, a figure on horseback came strolling toward the city gate.
Although the cold wind was still howling in his ears, Cen Mo felt that his ears were very quiet, so quiet that he could hear the sound of horse hooves in the corner of his eye.
How did this woman successfully defeat the enemy without spending a single soldier in front of the battle line?
That night, Yu Guang sat in his uncle's house and wrote his first letter to Emperor Haoxuan.
The letter first expressed greetings to Emperor Haoxuan, and then wrote eloquently about his gratitude to Emperor Haoxuan.
By the way, the current situation of Beidi and the details of her existing assets are attached.
After that, he wrote clearly about his negotiation process, and that he would buy Hardanbaatar's milk at a price of five cents per catty, and Hardanbaatar's wool at a price of fifty cents per catty.
Although it is winter now and Hardanbaatar has no milk in stock, they do have a lot of wool, which will probably cost them a lot of money.
After writing the letter, Yu Guang entrusted the letter to the city patrol envoy at the inn.
Although the salaries of these people will come from her in the future, they are still serious messengers of the imperial court.
Yu Guang's status determines that every letter she sends will be sent directly to Emperor Haoxuan, so there is no need to worry about being intercepted.
And from that day on, she would send a letter to Emperor Haoxuan every week to inform him of her situation.
Emperor Haoxuan is a good benevolent king. Since he has no plans to rebel, let's get along well with him there.
The day after Yu Guang arrived at the fiefdom, Cen Mo left Luocheng with his soldiers.
Now that Yu Guang has begun to do business with the Liao people, he may have violated His Majesty's taboo at some point, so it would be better for him to stay involved as little as possible.
On the fifth day when Yu Guang arrived at Luo City, large quantities of wool began to arrive from outside the city.
The delivery people were very interested in what Yu Guang wanted to do with the wool, but no matter how they asked, the Zhongyuan people in charge of receiving the goods remained silent.
Such an attitude made the delivery person snort: These Central Plains people are too narrow-minded.
The consignees were also quite helpless. They really didn't know what the uncle wanted to do.
Pick out old yellow wool that is too dirty and smelly and let the delivery person take it back.
The remaining wool was given to the delivery person in a round number based on kilograms.
The deliveryman didn't expect that these useless things could actually be sold for money, so he immediately packed up the carriage and headed back, preparing to pass the news on to others.
One pound is fifty cents, and one hundred pounds is five taels of silver.
Those who raise sheep may have at least one hundred and eighty sheep, and the families of high-ranking officials may even have tens of thousands of sheep.
Their sheep change their wool twice a year, and each sheep can produce three to four kilograms of wool each time, which is at least six kilograms a year.
I heard that milk can be exchanged for money. The Central Plains is indeed a place where stupid people have a lot of money. Of course, we must seize the time to earn more.