Chapter 795: Opening of the Market II
Mo Li knew that the king of the Huns was eager to open the market, and wanted to exchange the gems and cattle and sheep of the Huns for more winter clothes.
Therefore, it was agreed that the market would be opened within five days at the earliest, and at the same time, the king of the Huns would be allowed to go back and prepare, and the location would be ten miles away from the border city where the two armies negotiated peace. This would be safe for both sides, and both sides would have to send troops to garrison them.
The king of the Huns also saw that this Mo Shizi really wanted to solve the war between the two sides and wanted to exchange for permanent peace, so he was also very concerned about the opening of the market, and hoped that after the opening of the market,
It can really bring benefits to the people, and also let the Xiongnu embark on a different fate, so that they don't have to live forever and starve forever.
The merchants of the Central Plains were indeed much smarter than the Huns, and it didn't take them a few days to discuss the plan for opening the market.
Because these merchants also need to open the market to earn silver, the Xiongnu have been at war with the border city before, and the interests of these merchants have been greatly damaged, almost half a year, the merchants have not been spent in the border city, and they have not taken a few orders of business at all.
The opening of the market at this time is a great opportunity for these merchants, and perhaps this is the last chance before the year. It's a chance to make a lot of money, and you can make money openly.
Mo Li only looked at it slightly, and immediately understood in his heart, it seemed that these businessmen still didn't understand their intentions.
This is an open market, not a commercial market, and it is impossible to get huge profits from the Huns, and it is not allowed under the current circumstances.
If you want to do business well when the market opens, you must maintain the principle of fairness and impartiality. The king of the Huns is not stupid. Could it be that the Central Plains people will have spies, and these Huns will not?
Their furs were only earned in the hands of these merchants, and they earned a few dozen taels of silver. But as soon as the merchant changed hands, he sold it for a few hundred taels, and no one could stand it.
The king of the Huns will definitely refuse, and Mo Li hopes that this mutual market will not only give the Huns a chance, but also give himself a chance to make friends with the king of the Huns. Mo Li's eyes were cold, and the gaze that swept towards those merchants became even more gloomy.
"You'd better think it through. The mutual market is a mutual benefit, not just a cheap one. Since the things of the Huns are genuine. Why do you deliberately take advantage of it?
At this price, you should think carefully about how to treat this mutual market and how to do your duty as a businessman. ”
Mo Li's words made the businessmen below blush. In fact, the businessmen also saw it clearly. Mo Shizi just wanted to help the Huns, not let them go to war with the Central Plains again, and let the common people live peacefully.
In this way, although everyone earns a little less, if this market has always been there, it seems to be a good thing to get gems, cattle and sheep from the Huns, as well as the unique products of the Huns.
And now that the merchants here have been negotiated, Mo Li immediately began to deal with the opening of the market.
And the people of the city were still worried about the war. I didn't expect it to be solved in such a peaceful way in the end, anyway, it was just an exchange of goods. Mutual benefit, it is good not to fight.
However, on the day of the opening of the market, the people in the city still closed their doors, for fear that the Huns would enter the city, even if the city gate was closed, even if there was a Mo army guarding it, but the experience of the common people getting along with the Huns for generations told everyone that they could not believe in the Huns lightly.
Mo Li stood on the city tower, looking at the opposite side riding on a tall horse, and also watching the merchants on both sides who were trading from a distance. The expressions on the faces of both of them were faint, but the satisfaction in their eyes was real.
Mo Li is happy that the Xiongnu can no longer make a living by plundering other people's things, and of course, there are also selfishness.
However, Mo Li understands that this time he has solved the predicament of the Huns, which will inevitably make the King of the Huns grateful to him. Of course, it doesn't take much, just a few points.
At the beginning of the opening of the market, it was stipulated that there was only half an hour, which was safer. Of course, under this heavy snowfall, it is really comfortable to stay like this all the time.
Although Mo Li and the Huns had set up their own tents before, it was a very simple kind of tent shed, with only one top that could block the snow in the world, but all other places were worn, so that it was convenient for everyone to trade.
You won't get wet with snow. But the snow doesn't fall on the body, and it's cold in the snow wind all the time!
The Huns were better, but the Central Plains people couldn't stand it, and rubbed their hands coldly, but their faces were full of joy. The more goods you receive now, the more money you can earn when you ship them back to Jiangnan and other places.
However, the goods in this transaction are limited, and they are all clearly stipulated by the two countries. Everything must be limited, Mo Li doesn't want to teach the Huns a single qiē in the Central Plains, so that they will think, and the interests of the Central Plains people in this transaction will become less and less.
For example, weapons, the Huns did not know how to build weapons, so they could use very few weapons, and they used to buy more from the black merchants of the Central Plains.
Now Mo Li wants to pinch the border city to death and firmly control the merchants. The soldiers of the Huns could only give it to themselves, it was impossible for them to buy it, and no merchant dared to sell it to them.
No matter how fierce the Huns were, when there were no soldiers to cry, they only had brute force. However, Mo Li didn't know that it was this Hun king who had already begun to smelt soldiers in private, but these weapons had not yet been completed.
And the iron ore that was smelted was very difficult to find, but the king of the Huns believed that as long as he persisted, he would be able to train sharp weapons and not lose to the Central Plains.
So when he saw that there were no weapons on the trading list, the king of the Huns was more at ease. How could he be, and he wouldn't dare to trade soldiers to cry. This is the real tiger breeding!
This opening of the market made Mo Li and the King of the Huns have different calculations, but what happens to these two people in the end depends on their fate!
The king of the Huns looked at the cattle and sheep in exchange for a large amount of grain, a large amount of cotton cloth, and knew that these things could be enough for more people to eat than cattle and sheep, so that more people did not have to go hungry.
And those gems produced by the Xiongnu made the Xiongnu king realize that the exchange is really a good thing, and he uses what he has extra or is not very needed in exchange for what he needs most, and the Xiongnu do not necessarily rely on war to get more.
For example, what I gained today is definitely more than everyone imagined. Especially those tribal kings who had opposed the Xiongnu king and the opening of the Central Plains before, all stopped squeaking.
Because real food and clothing can keep the people from starving to death or freezing to death, which is what everyone really needs. Isn't it just for eating and drinking?
The king of the Huns did not say anything wrong with the tribal leaders, but ordered his people to come and receive today's grain.
There are some things to say, but it is better for them to see with their own eyes what is right and what is wrong.
The king of the Huns hoped that one day, he would really be able to lead his people to live a worry-free life as he thought. As for that Mo Shizi, this time the Huns owed Mo Shizi a great favor. (To be continued......)