Chapter 319: The First Border Trade
"Leader Budugen, I didn't expect you to come over in person?" Liu Tao looked at the person in front of him unexpectedly.
The first time he opened the border trade, Liu Tao had to come over to check it in person, thinking that after improving the measures, he began to let Huang Zhong preside over the follow-up border trade.
"Border trade has been interrupted for a while, and the general's rules are not the same as before, so I still don't feel at ease." Budugen replied, "In addition, I am also worried that the people below are not sensible, and something has happened to destroy the border trade." β
At this moment, he was holding a bowl of tea, butter tea, and Liu Tao processed the tea leaves he got into brick tea, and then taught people to make ghee. Add ghee to the hot tea, then add a little salt.
Compared with the traditional cooking tea, after this thing came out, it was immediately loved by his corporal and even the generals. It's good to drink without alcohol.
Originally, I came to bring some over for Huang Zhong to enjoy, but who knew that Bu Dugen came over in person and happened to talk to him about the transaction.
Taking a sip, Bu Dugen felt that this thing was really good, mellow, especially the milky fragrance was very kind. It's obviously not alcohol, but it's just as pleasant to drink. Then there was a "rumbling" in the stomach, which was the sound of stomach and intestines moving.
"This is ......" Budugen seemed to realize something, and his tone was a little excited.
"This is butter tea cooked from brick tea, and the ghee is made of milk, with a little salt." Liu Tao replied, "This thing is similar to rhubarb, or the effect is better than rhubarb, at least milder." β
"Feel it, how much does this thing cost?" Budugen asked eagerly.
"There are very few brick teas in Dahan at present, so when I get the goods, it has been consistent, and the leader doesn't plan to let me sell at a loss, right? As for ghee, as a form of friendship, you can teach the leader how to make ghee......" Liu Tao said with a smile.
This thing doesn't have much technical content, so instead of trying to get it for Budugen himself, it's better to take the initiative to take it out.
"A brick of tea, how much is it?" The step root is a little difficult.
Liu Tao didn't talk nonsense, and handed over a brick of tea, after all, it was pressed very solidly, and one piece weighed almost a catty. The actual cost is 300 Wen, but the technology of processing tea leaves into brick tea is 500 Wen, right? It's just a hard-earned money of 200 Wen!
Budugen took it and weighed it, and felt that it was indeed thick. Then I saw the missing corner, not much, according to this amount, if you drink it yourself, it will not be a problem for a month......
"Four sheep, or cattle and horses of the same value, in exchange for two brick tea!" Bu Dugen thought about the price, and now the transaction price is 600 wen for one sheep, 2,400 wen for four sheep, and 400 wen for the other, which should be enough.
"Five, or equivalent!" Liu Tao didn't want to suffer a loss, and originally planned to use the border trade to squeeze Xianbei, "Who knows if the leader will be resold to other tribes, and when the time comes, more than ten sheep will have a tea brick or something...... As long as this thing doesn't get into the water, it won't be a problem to keep it for a year. β
"Okay, five is five!" Budugen thought about it, and finally agreed. The main thing is that Liu Tao reminded him that this thing can be resold to others, not much, eight sheep will be sold, and in the end he will still make money, "How many goods?" β
"At present, it is not much, only more than 20 yuan, and I have hurried to let people buy it, but even if the main production area of tea is Yizhou, there is no special cultivation of it, and it takes a lot of manual ...... to transport it," Liu Tao replied.
"I'm going to do it all!" There is no second word in the step, and it is directly round.
"Don't be in such a hurry, there are still a lot of good things ......" Liu Tao smiled, it was too easy to fool people who had never seen the world.
Iron and rhubarb belong to the bulk trade, and others ask for as much as they want. Then there is wine, which is also in high demand.
The amount of tea cannot keep up, and it can only be regarded as a small transaction. It is unbelievable that silk brocade silk also seems to sell well on the grassland. No wonder those caravans brought a lot of them, and at first Liu Tao was skeptical that this thing could be sold.
Some lacquerware is also needed, mainly for the decoration of the faΓ§ade of the nobles such as the chieftain, and perhaps the same is true of silk.
On the grassland side, furs, wool, and livestock were mainly sold, and according to Liu Tao's needs, hundreds of young and strong people were transported this time, including more than 30 and a half children.
"Can medicinal herbs be included in the ranks of commodities?" Liu Tao looked at Bu Dugen.
"We don't know what medicinal herbs you Han people need...... If you can describe the shape and shape of the project, or give us some samples, we can help. Bu Dugen was stunned when he heard this, and then made a statement.
Xianbei itself is not a pure grassland people, and it can be mixed well in the mountains and forests. Otherwise, so many skins are still obtained on the grassland?
"I'll go back and arrange this." Liu Tao nodded, the Yinshan Mountain Range is also a natural treasure trove of medicinal materials, the key is to rely on the supply of medicinal materials from Yinshan Mountain and Taihang Mountain, he can completely build Yunzhong into the largest medical holy land in the Han Dynasty.
Belch...... For the sake of insurance, maybe you can consider Taiyuan, or go to the party or something.
Lest a few hundred years later, an unfilial descendant lose the territory outside the Great Wall, and everything in this holy land of medicine will be cheaper to foreigners. As long as the grasslands are not occupied, then even if one ethnic group is wiped out, another ethnic group will soon appear.
Ethnic extermination is always the last step, and ethnic assimilation is the right way, which is more in line with Chinese values.
It's not that it can't be cheap, it's just that it's a bit disgusting to think of a neighbor in later generations who said that the Chinese medicine they learned in the past was their own, and then said that the Chinese medicine was passed on by them.
Of course, it's obviously a little too early to think about this for yourself......
However, when there is a war, the consumption of drugs must be huge. Especially in the era when there were no antibiotics, there were many more soldiers who died from wound infections than those who died directly on the battlefield.
At this stage, Liu Tao can only use high alcohol disinfection and high temperature sterilization to avoid this situation. However, given the scarcity of alcohol, priority could only be given to officers.
The transaction was completed, everyone was very satisfied, nothing happened during the period, that is, the toilet actually had to be fixed, which made him a little dissatisfied, but this toilet paper is really a good thing.
When Bu Dugen left, he even vaguely told Liu Tao: "Next time you trade, this thing can be traded appropriately." β
Sure enough, why use sticks and leaves when you can use toilet paper? It's the same no matter what the nation! Liu Tao's only concern is whether foreign countries will call China from China (porcelain) to Toilet paper (toilet paper) in the future.
In view of the good deal, Budugen also generously raised the number of horses traded to the upper limit of 2,000. And said that horses, especially war horses, can only be traded to friends according to the rules of the grassland!
Liu Tao also smiled at this and said a few friendly words to each other. It's just that I'm not too happy, after all, the step root has only raised the upper limit, but how much can be traded each time depends on how much they brought.
I have to say that Budugen can become the leader of Xianbei, and he does have some ability......