Chapter 501 Can he really provide me with tea and silk in Daxia?(
Chapter 501 Can he really provide tea and silk to Daxia? (Fourth update)
Author: sunny
Chapter 501 Can he really provide tea and silk to Daxia? (Fourth update)
And the tall man Noguo narrowed his eyes into thin slits and looked at the wealthy Tokyo businessman.
"What I am asking for is tea, and secondly, silk. If I can really get it, maybe I can think of a way for me?"
"Tea, if it's just a few thousand kilograms of tea, I can think of a way."
"How many kilograms, I just said, how many kilograms can I get?"
Weiming Yeguang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, he stretched out his thigh and firmly grabbed Duan Zhongping's arm.
Seeing the expression on Taina Yeguang's face, it seemed as if he could see a red and tender rabbit licking its head and limbs in front of a vicious wolf.
Duan Zhongping pulled back his wrinkled old legs uncomfortably and forced a smile.
"It's really hard to say how much it will bring. After all, do I need to risk losing my head to do those things..."
"If you ask again, even if I risk my life to get it, I still won't be able to get enough cotton..."
Weiming Yeguang stared intently at Duan Zhongping in front of him, as if trying to figure out whether the scheming wealthy businessman from the Song Dynasty was playing a trick on him or whether he really had that ability.
At this moment, Duan Zhongping was scratching his scalp in distress. At this moment, he wished he could scratch himself bald and let Weiming Yeguang see his pain and embarrassment.
And the little calculation in Wei Ming Yeguang's heart was also crackling.
I want to know whether the Song Dynasty gave Xixia a yearly gift of 10,000 taels of red silver, 10,000 bolts of silk, 20,000 guan of money, and 20,000 jins of tea.
However, as the trade between Song and Xia was cut off in those years, Xixia needed to spend a lot of money every year in exchange for tea and silk from Liao.
If that person had his legs and wrists reaching the sky in Tokyo, even if he was in the northwest border, he could safely transport hundreds of thousands of acres of cotton back to the Song Dynasty.
It is enough to show that that old boy is not simple. Maybe he really has a way to get the tea and silk that Xixia urgently needs.
And now, as of tomorrow, Xingqing Mansion is already in a fight over the supply of necessary supplies.
Especially after the Liao Kingdom also cut off trade with Xixia, the price of tea outside Xixia was simply outrageous.
Weiming Yeguang looked at the wealthy businessman from the Song Dynasty in front of him with bright eyes, as if he saw a pile of human-shaped gold ingots.
The external greed made Wei Mingyeguang eager to agree to Donglai.
But the problem is that there is not much farmland in Weizhou, and the big shopkeeper wants five times the planting volume last year.
If the 150,000 acres were doubled five times, it would be a full 750,000 acres. That number is indeed not a small amount.
Just like Weizhou Jingsai Military Division, for so many years, the grain reserves have been floating eastward for hundreds of thousands of dan.
And if 750,000 acres of land are really used to grow cotton, the food income of the entire Xixia will be affected.
But no, when I think about it now, there is a shortage of tea and silk in Xixia abroad.
If he could get enough tea and silk from the great shopkeeper, then he would really have made a great contribution to the imperial court.
If you ask again, if you can get the approval of the country's leader Li Qianshun, or if you can acquiesce, then.
It is not impossible for Weizhou to dedicate half of its nearly 200,000 acres of land to growing cotton. After all, no one would be dissatisfied with the money.
After the two of them had a secret discussion in the Dutong Army Mansion for most of the night, Duan Zhongping took his leave.
After leaving the Dutong Military Mansion, Gu Min quietly jumped on the carriage and asked in a low voice how Duan Zhongping was doing.
"It's hard to say now. Based on Lao Ming Ye Guang's observations, he must have been tempted."
"As for Bu Nao, he said that he needed to think about it carefully. At the same time, he kept asking me whether it was really possible to get tea and silk, and he kept asking about the amount..."
"It seems that those things are really enough to impress those Xixia barbarians."
Gu Min couldn't help but smile gloomily, and after chatting with Duan Zhongping for a few more words, he respectfully got out of the carriage and continued to act like a loyal follower.
And among their team of more than a hundred people, fully one-third were not capable agents of the Imperial City Division of the Song Dynasty.
After Gu Min and Deng Da murmured quietly, they saw the Xixia soldiers on night watch approaching in front, and they kept their mouths shut in a tacit understanding.
It wasn't until the wrong party was out of sight that Gu Minna whispered to Deng Da.
"I'm afraid that Master Fu would like to stay there for a few more months. Just in time, I'll try to get in touch with the people there and conduct a thorough investigation. What did they find out there..."
"The last general will be bright red."
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The very next day, Duan Zhongping went to the Dutong Military Mansion again to see Weiming Yeguang, but he was rejected.
A deputy commander of the capital received Duan Zhongping and told him that Weina Yeguang had to leave for several months due to urgent matters.
I very much ask Duan Zhongping to stay here safely. It won't be long before he, Weiming Yeguang, will come back and continue drinking and talking with shopkeeper Duan Da.
What Duan Zhongping didn't expect was that it was not because he didn't think well and made the mistake of avoiding seeing the famous Ye Guang.
But at this moment, Fu has led his close soldiers and is racing towards the Xingqing Mansion on horseback.
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As the person in charge of one of the Twelve Military Divisions of Xixia and the person in charge of the important military town of Xixia, Weiming Yeguang's appearance in Xingqing Mansion is naturally no small matter.
The young leader of the Xixia Kingdom, Li Qianshun, did not expect that the general who had always been loyal to his duties would suddenly come.
As for Bu Nao, after hearing the purpose of Weiming Yeguang's visit, he immediately summoned the general who commanded the army.
After listening to Weiming Yeguang's statement about the Song Dynasty's wealthy businessman's intention to purchase cotton in Xixia, he was even willing to smuggle tea leaves at the risk of having his head chopped off over the cotton.
Li Qianshun couldn't help but fall into doubt, and his first thought was whether riding on the horse would trap the Song Dynasty.
Until then, Weiming Yeguang, who was standing in front of him, started to talk hesitantly about the origins of the wealthy businessman from the Song Dynasty.
I had no choice but to set aside some fields to grow cotton, and I have already received rich returns.
Another thing is that plants like cotton must grow in places with large temperature differences and dry climates with little rain in order to grow vigorously. Such growth habits are indeed very suitable for the Xixia region.
Only then did Li Qianshun dare to believe that the matter was true. After all, Imagina Yeguang did not dare to joke about such a big thing.
"Seventy-five thousand acres are used to grow cotton. If this happens, he will be short of nearly a million dan of food in Daxia."
"Is what the king said true? If he can provide him with a large amount of tea and silk in Daxia..."
Hearing those words, Li Qianshun couldn't help but hesitate. Now that Xixia had bought the tea and silk, it was really causing a headache.
