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Chapter 148 Selling Grain

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

When Qian Guangzhi saw Cui Shan, the first thing he said was to greet Song Yang.

Cui Shan returned the courtesy with clasped fists and then introduced himself.

"Oh. It turns out he is Jiangzhou Wei's brother." Qian Guangzhi showed a smile on his face.

I'm even more certain that I won't be violent.

He thought that the eight hundred people on board were all Jiangzhou Guards.

The fighting power of the eight hundred guardsmen is not weak.

Of course, the current Renaissance Navy navy is not weak either.

"Cui Baihu, please come this way." Qian Guangzhi led Cui Shan towards the warehouse very politely.

Entering the warehouse, Cui Shan saw a large number of weapons, armors, and several boxes of arrows.

It’s not that Jiangzhou is in urgent need of these things, but with these things, Jiangzhou can save the time to make its own weapons.

Song Yang always wanted to make muskets and steam engines.

If the weapon problem can be solved, some craftsmen can be freed up to make inventions.

"How about Cui Baihu, these are all the best weapons, and they are all the inventory of our Jiangnan camp."

Qian Guangzhi showed off quite proudly.

This may be the only thing they have left.

Cui Shan picked out a few pieces and looked at them. They were indeed high-quality equipment.

Especially the armor, it is much better than that of Jiangzhou Guards.

And there are more than a dozen pairs of heavy armors.

Daqian's military armor is divided into two types: light and heavy.

Light armor only protects the front, chest and back, a bit like plate armor.

The heavy armor is chain mail, with iron leaves connected one by one, and there is also a helmet harness.

Can protect the entire body.

This thing is very similar to the walking armor, and its defensive power is quite strong.

Wearing this kind of heavy armor, as long as the bow and arrow are not fired close to the face, the damage can be basically ignored.

"General Qian, the stuff is very good. How much stuff can you take out, and how much food and grass do you want to exchange for it?"

After reading this, Cui Shan nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Qian Guangzhi and asked.

"Ten sets of heavy armor, fifty sets of light armor, one hundred bows, twenty thousand arrows, and two hundred swords and guns each!" Qian Guangzhi looked at Cui Shan and said.

"In exchange for two boatloads of food and grass!"

Qian Guangzhi asked for two boatloads of grain and grass, but Ma Cheng and the others only had three and a half boats left.

"Less! Less equipment." Cui Shan shook his head seriously.

"Brother, we are all from the guard station. In the past, selling the equipment of the guard station would have been a capital offense!" Qian Guangzhi pointed at the heavy armor and said.

Cui Shan shook his head and refused to give in at all: "General Qian also said that it is the past! In these days, food is more valuable than equipment!"

"Besides, our fleet doesn't have much food. If you exchange these things for two ships of food and grass, it's really a bit short." Cui Shan added.

"Hmm..." Qian Guangzhi stroked his beard and began to think about it.

Now that he has taken out these, he can casually report battle losses when he returns, but if he takes out more, it will be difficult to operate them.

However, food and grass were indeed something they were in urgent need of, and the Jiangzhou fleet obviously could not stay for long.

If we can't change more this time, if the fleet leaves, the King of Suzhou's food and fodder support will not be able to come.

Then sooner or later they will have to run out of food.

Qian Guangzhi thought about it and said, "I will give you at most one hundred swords and guns."

Cui Shan frowned and was about to speak, but heard Qian Guangzhi continue: "Do you want copper coins and iron coins?"

Qian Guangzhi led his troops on the expedition, and in addition to food and grass, he also brought a lot of copper and iron coins.

The consumption of large amounts of copper coins was huge, and the amount of copper mining could not keep up, so some iron coins were often cast to make up the amount.

Although iron coins are easy to rust and will not last long, some are cast for emergency purposes.

Qian Guangzhi came out with the money to pay the soldiers.

But these days, if you have money, you have nowhere to buy anything.

So Qian Guangzhi planned to trade with Cui Shan using copper coins and iron coins.

Cui Shan thought to himself that all the copper and iron coins in Jiangzhou had been melted down to make tools. If he could take some back, they might be of some use.

And even if it doesn't, it would be nice to take it back and melt it directly as a material.

However, there was still a hint of unhappiness on his face and he said: "General Qian, you have seen what the world is like. Money is indeed of little use."

Qian Guangzhi took advantage of this face and was about to say something else when he heard Cui Shan say:

"But... we are all from the Guards, so I can make my own decisions when I'm a low-ranking official. It's not impossible for me to charge you some copper coins and iron coins."

"Oh? Thank you so much, Brother Cui! How much money do you want?" Qian Guangzhi said with a smile as soon as he heard that he had a chance.

"Of course, the more the better. It's not that important in the first place. If we want less, it won't be easy for us to explain when we go back, right?" Cui Shan said with a smile.

Qian Guangzhi thought about it. The role of coins is indeed not very big now.

"Let's do this, Cui Baihu, wait a moment, I'll collect a lot of money, and I'll give you whatever I can."

"It's just about food and grass..."

Cui Qiang waved his hand and said: "General, go and collect it. If the quantity is large enough, I will discuss with Manager Ma to give you more food and grass."

As soon as Qian Guangzhi left, Cui Shan sent his followers back to report to Ma Cheng.

It's almost dusk now.

Ma Chengke said that he would fight Cui Shan before he came out at dusk.

"Copper coins and iron coins? Not bad. If there are enough, our trip won't be in vain."

"Go back and tell Cui Baihu that if you have enough money, we can give them half a boatload more food!"

After hearing the report, Ma Cheng immediately nodded in agreement.

They still had three and a half boatloads of grain left, and they took out two and a half boatloads of food. The remaining one boatload was enough to return to Jiangzhou.

One boatload of about 200 shi of grain and grass, and two and a half boatloads of grain and grass were enough to sustain Guangzhi's three thousand men for a month.

When the boat returned to the north bank, Cui Shan felt confident and waited for Qian Guangzhi to make money.

In the end, everything went smoothly, and Qian Guangzhi came back shortly after sunset.

"Cui Baihu, ten thousand guan is just a lot more money. How much food can you exchange for this?"

Qian Guangzhi kept his attitude very low, as he had to do so when asking for help from others.

"Ten thousand guan? Well, it is indeed a lot! How many iron coins and how many copper coins are there?" Cui Shan was very satisfied.

The usual amount of money is 50,000 catties.

Daqian's copper coins are always about five pounds, and iron coins are slightly heavier.

"The exact amount cannot be calculated clearly, but it is about 40% of iron coins and 60% of copper coins." Qian Guangzhi estimated.

Cui Shan calculated for a long time. According to this ratio, it would be 20,000 jins of iron and 30,000 jins of copper.

This is quite a lot.

Qian Guangzhi didn't rush him, he just waited for Cui Shan to finish his calculation.

After a while, Cui Shan said: "Forget it, the money is indeed a lot. Let me make the decision without permission and give General Qian half a boatload more food and grass!"

"Give me half a boat more! Haha! Brotherhood, Lao Gan has remembered it!" Qian Guangzhi laughed.

He was really happy to be able to exchange for half a ship's more food.

"Huh? Lord Gan, you want to give me 10,000 more arrows!" Cui Shan added.

"This... ok! Ten thousand is ten thousand!" Qian Guangzhi thought for a moment and then agreed.

Other equipment is hard to explain, but arrows are easy to explain.

It's not up to him to say how much he wants to ejaculate.

"Deal! It will be a long night and many dreams. General Qian must hurry up and deliver!" Cui Shan said.

Qian Guangzhi promised anxiously: "Delivery! Deliver the goods immediately! Brother Cui, don't worry, I will make arrangements for you right away!"


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