Scarcity is expensive!

Jia Lei completely understood this sentence today, and when he came to the Mansi village with dozens of truckloads of grain, he was treated as a distinguished guest.

How expensive is it?

The treatment of the star-rated hotel, Jia Lei and his group of people have been running around the grassland for ten days, and they can finally take a hot bath and sleep beautifully on the bed.

"Village Chief Jia Lei asked us to come over for a welcome banquet!" Sasa said.

"Oh! Jia Lei nodded, changed into clean clothes and said.

"Give me the clothes, I'll wash them for you later." A Mansi woman who was sent to take care of Jia Lei said.

"I'm sorry for you, you can take this!" Jia Lei thought for a while, took out a box of skin cream from his bag and handed it over.

The wind on the prairie is strong, which he originally prepared for himself!

"Thank you! The woman said happily.

"No thanks, you've done me a great favor! I've got a lot of dirty clothes here. Jia Lei said.

"You're wrong, you've done our tribe a great favor, and we can't buy food everywhere in our village this year. The woman said.

"Then let's all be polite, do we all help each other!" Jia Lei walked out after speaking.

The tribe's village is located in the foothills of the Ural Mountains, which is far from the swamps and depressions below, but this makes it impossible to cultivate large areas of food crops in the woods.

"Welcome guests from afar, please be seated!" the village chief said to Sasa and Jia Lei.

Several leaders in the convoy came, and the others were arranged outside, to Jia Lei's surprise, Kerr and Mo Bei glanced at each other, and did they sit at the table and stand behind Jia Lei with a tacit understanding.

"What are you doing here?" Jia Lei asked in Chinese.

"You are a big boss now, and we can only let others know that you are an important person, and only then will others know that you are the owner of this batch of grain. Mo Bei said.

"On the grassland, everyone eats together, and I really didn't think about it! What a great idea you have in mind!" Jia said.

"This idea is not what I thought, it was the old man next to me who thought of it!" Mo Bei said.

"Kerr, how did you come up with the idea?" asked Jia Lei.

"Thanks for the compliment! It's not a big deal, it's all written on the bodyguard code. Kerr said.

"Recently, I've been reading this bodyguard code, and most of the above words are about how to help the boss pretend to be B and how to shoot the boss's ass...... It's useless!" Mo Bei said.

"Actually, this is quite useful, I hire bodyguards for most of the year to make decorations, and to compete with other rich people when attending various banquets. I can't get to fight and kill once a year!" Jia Lei sighed.

Jia Lei was talking to the two bodyguards here, and Sasa was sitting on them and catching up with the village chief!

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Of course, the first time Sasa and the village chief met, they talked about the old of each tribe, but the old of the two tribes.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you guys of the Udo tribe!" said the Mansi chief.

"yes!" Sasa nodded in agreement.

Because of the planned economy of the Soviet Union, the Sasa tribe's previous herding model of nomadic herding with water and grass has become captivity, and the Mansi people can get supplies from the Soviet government every month, so they have less contact with the outside world.

"We are really glad that you are here this time! You know, we are worried about the lack of food for the winter this year. Patriarch Mansi said.

"Didn't you send people to the city to buy food?" asked Sasa.

"But I can't buy it, we are too remote here, I sent someone to the city of Surgut to inquire, and there is almost no food there. We don't produce food here at all, and there is a coup d'état and independence going on above! I don't know if we will be able to buy food this year, and we don't know which government will give us food, so we have to figure out what to do. Patriarch Mansi said.

"I don't know what the situation is in Yakutia, where did you get your food this year?" asked the village elder.

"It's the same with our Wuyou tribe, and we don't have time to take care of our ethnic minorities in the mountains, so we can only rely on ourselves to buy food! This year, Jia Lei has come back from country M to help our tribe buy food, so we won't starve!" Sasa pointed at Jia Lei and said.

"Yes, how did your tribe know him, and is the grain sold by this Chinese man reliable?" asked the Mansi patriarch.

Jia Lei is our own person, my cousin's son. Sasa said proudly.

"Strange, why haven't I heard of it before, your father has relatives in Huaxia?" asked the Mansi patriarch.

Don't look at the distance between the two tribes, but the social circle of these nomads is too narrow, so they are very clear about the gossip of their only companions.

"Jia Lei is not a relative of my father's side, he is the grandson of Wu Shaman's cousin! My aunt's child, my grandfather's family has always been married to the Qing Dynasty? So Wu Shaman has many Chinese relatives. Sasa said.

"Oh, so that's the case? Isn't Ushaman's cousin from the Eagle tribe, but her own! I am good friends with your uncle Utarus, and his sister's child must have been able to believe it, and I bought this grain. Let's talk about the price!" said the Mansi patriarch.

"Yes, yes, ......," said Sasa, frightened at the name of Utarus.

"Thank you Patriarch Mansi for your trust, you can rest assured that my grain is all last year's new grain, all of which are of the highest quality! Jia Lei saw that Sasa was in a daze and didn't speak, so he could only bite the bullet and go on his own.

Jia Lei's Russian itself is not very proficient, and the Russian of the Mansi patriarch is also average, and the two of them barely set the price by gesturing.

"The price of a gram of gold and 4kg of grain is a bit expensive, can it be cheaper?" asked the patriarch Mansi.

"This price is really not expensive! I sold it at this price in Yakutia, you see! I brought grain from Yakutra to Khantymansiysk, thousands of kilometers away, but the price did not rise at all? How much gasoline money did I spend on the way!" Jia Lei began to complain.

"Gasoline isn't expensive!" muttered a man whispered, their area full of refineries, and the price of gasoline was as cheap as water.

The words "gasoline is not expensive" were inserted into the heart of Jia Lei, a Chinese man, like a knife.

In their previous lives, how many Chinese people bought a car but couldn't afford to refuel it! The price of two barrels of oil has risen year by year......

"Even if gasoline is not expensive, then my time is precious! I can earn tens of thousands of dollars a day outside!" Jia Lei said with reason.

"This ......" the other party had nothing to say.

"Jia Lei, I'm your uncle's best friend. For your uncle's sake, will you give our tribe a cheaper price?" asked the Mansi patriarch.

"Uncle, when will I come out with my uncle again?" Jia Lei thought puzzled.

"No matter, recognize it first! Jia Lei made up his mind in an instant.

"Since you and my uncle are good friends, then I will definitely give you a little convenience!" Jia Lei immediately said hypocritically.

"Oh, how much cheaper is that?" asked the Mansi patriarch.

"You misunderstand this, I'm not talking about convenience and price reduction! I'm talking about convenience that you can pay with other things, not necessarily gold. After all, our trading volume this time is too large, and you may not be able to get out so much gold for a while. Jia Lei pretended to be empathetic and said.

"You're right! I won't be able to get out of it for a while. Patriarch Mansi said.

They are going to buy a thousand tons of grain this time, and if they all pay in gold for 250 kilograms, their tribe's gold reserves will immediately be reduced by one-third.

"I think the same way, after all, hundreds of kilograms of gold are difficult for ordinary people not to get out. Jia Lei said.

"You said you could pay the bill with something else, so what else could we use to pay the bill?" asked the Mansi patriarch.

"All kinds of gems are fine, the more precious the better! Gems are small in size, and I am also easy to carry!" Jia Lei saw that the time was ripe, so he naturally put forward his own suggestions.

"Gems, can you really pay for that thing?" said the Mansi patriarch and the clansmen after a glance, and then asked happily.

"Of course, I'm actually a jewelry merchant, and I have my own jewelry brand and jewelry store. Selling food is just an occasional favor for Ushaman! If we work together happily this time, we can establish a long-term cooperative relationship in the future. Jia Lei said.

"Then you won't do the grain business in the future?" asked the Mansi nervously, after all, their Mansi had to buy a large amount of grain every year.

"No, it took two months for this batch of grain to be transported from country M to Yakutia, and in order to sell the rest of the grain, I spent so long running around the grassland, I was so tired! I only bought so much grain at once because I was worried about the freight, otherwise the hundreds of thousands of dollars in freight would have been spent in vain!" Jia Lei sighed and said.

"Indeed, the shipping fee is really expensive!" said the Mansi patriarch with a gasp when he heard the price.

"So I regret it now, although it takes too much time and energy to make money by selling grain! No wonder the merchants don't like to do the grain business, for for so long, I have been in the city selling clothes and socks to make more money than that. Jia Lei said.

"Our tribe was going to trade with you all year round...... said the Mansi Chief.

"Actually, it's not impossible to trade all year round, the reason why I don't like to come here is just because your road here is too difficult! If the people of your tribe can send people outside to pick up grain, I can also trade with you once a year. Jia Lei thought about it and said.

"But you don't have that much food?" asked the Mansi elder in disbelief.

"There is not too much food, but it can only be supplied to you Mansi tribes! I have also contracted a lot of arable land in Huaxia, as long as you can exchange it for gems, I will definitely transport it to you." Jia Lei said with a smile.

He contracted 500 acres of arable land in the suburbs of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and Jia Lei felt that it was okay to grow vegetables or food.

Although Jia Lei just wanted to use this excuse to hoard land at the beginning, real estate will not be developed there in three or five years, so these lands can't be left in vain!

The key is that he can still go to the Black Province to buy food!

In a few years, the grain in the Black Province is about to rot, so it is better to sell it to Mao Ziguo for gems!

"Yes, we don't have anything else here but a lot of gems, as long as you can bring the grain, we can send someone to the nearby city to fetch it ourselves. Patriarch Mansi said.

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation in the future!" Jia Lei said, raising his glass.

"Happy cooperation!" said Patriarch Mansi.

"Patriarch Mansi, I still have a feeling of reluctance here, and I hope you can do me a favor?" Jia Lei put down his wine glass and said.

"What's the busy?" asked Patriarch Mansi.

"We brought a total of 2,000 tons of grain out this time, although we also sold some along the way, and you Manxi tribe bought another 1,000 tons, but we still have nearly 600 tons of grain left unsold. Jia Lei and the Mansi patriarch complained.

"And what do you want me to help with, sell grain?" the Mansi immediately understood

"Yes, I know that there are many tribes in the Ural Mountains, and they are rich! But we outsiders can't find our way to them, so I'd like to ask you to say hello to the nearby tribes and help me ask them. Does anyone want to buy food?" Jia Lei said.

"As far as I know, almost all tribes want to buy food. Patriarch Mansi said.

"That would be better! In that case, I have a reluctant request, and I want the Mansi chief to make it easier. Jia Lei said.

"How do you want me to do it?" asked the Mansi patriarch.

"I want to borrow your tribe's place to open an auction?" Jia Lei thought for a while and said.

"What do you want to sell?" asked the Mansi patriarch.

"Yes! After all, my food is limited, and I can only get it if it is the highest price. Jia Lei said with a bright smile.

"Okay! I'll do you a favor, but you can't sell our food at a higher price. Patriarch Mansi said.

"Of course, you're an elder, we've decided. After the deed is done, I will thank you very much!" Jia Lei hurriedly said.

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"Wow! Patriarch Mansi is so generous that he can let us pick whatever we want. Jia Lei looked at the seven or eight tables in front of him and said.

On and under these tables, there were countless gems and gemstone rough stones, large and small, and Jia Lei was so dazzled that he couldn't tell what gems they were.

"Emeralds, malachite, amethyst, lapis lazuli, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, jade, diamonds, ......," Ustan introduced Jia Lei one by one.

Wu Shaman knew that Jia Lei was a gem idiot, and he specially sent him to identify gems for Jia Lei before going out.

"Huh, what kind of stone is this, and how can it still change color?" Jia Lei passed by a table and was surprised to find that the gems here actually changed color.

The emerald on the table was green in the sunlight, but Jia Lei blocked the sunlight just now, and the stone turned red in the candlelight.

It is a new type of gemstone discovered on the birthday of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, so this gemstone is also named "Alexandrite". This gemstone is very rare, very precious! It's almost extinct......" Ustan told Jia Lei.

"Is it true? Is this kind of stone really that rare and precious? What I've never heard of before!" Jia Lei picked up a piece of metamorphosis and asked indifferently.

"It's because it's so rare, so most people haven't heard of it! As for how precious it is, let me say so! A carat of fine alexandrite is worth $1,000 to $5,000, which is more expensive than the same volume of ruby sapphires and emeralds!" Ustan said.

"What, is this thing so expensive!" Jia Lei shook his hand in fright, and dropped the stone on the table.

"In that case, you can pick out all the valuable gems for me! By the way, the two jadeites over there must be brought to me." Jia Lei hurriedly ordered.

That's red and imperial green!

The price of buying raw gemstones here is only one-third of the price in the international gemstone market.

Jia Lei really made a lot of money this time! I want to talk about "Rebirth 1990: The Invisible Rich" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~