It's just that Xiao Jinxing didn't seem to care very much, he pretended not to hear, and asked Zhezhe:

"How many people have come with you?

How many goods have been shipped? ”

Zhezhe was obviously ready to reply, and when he saw Xiao Jinxing asking, he immediately replied:

"Five hundred horses, and skins are worth fifty thousand loads of grain.

I hid the Yuyu people and horses in a col between Huangshuibei and Qinlan Mountain in a pre-agreed place.

And I've observed it all, it's a place where the officials never go,

But hunters and mountain dwellers may occasionally go there to hunt and gather medicine. ”

Xiao Jinxing listened carefully to Zhezhe's words while thinking, and nodded when he saw him finish speaking.

"Don't worry, in the past few months since you left, some disasters have happened in the Qin Kingdom,

First of all, earthquakes occurred frequently, and people's homes were destroyed.

Since then, there has not been a single rain, and most of the crops that should have been planted in the spring have lost their agricultural time.

Now more and more displaced and hungry people are gathering outside the city, and the government will not notice it.

As for the hunters, mountain people, or something, I'll think of a way. ”

Zhezhe listened to Xiao Jin's words and talk about the disaster, but suddenly showed a look of sudden realization, he patted his thigh and said:

"I was talking about why so many people gathered outside the city, and it turned out that there was a disaster here.

I also heard when I went to the Youchong tribe that there has not been a drop of rain since last autumn on our Youyu tribe.

If this continues, the loss of cattle, sheep and horses in the tribe will be great.

I was in a hurry to tell you, but after I came, I suddenly forgot to talk about it. ”

Xiao Jinxing frowned when he heard this, but then he stretched his brows again, and said to Zhezheyan, who was thinking about something:

"Don't worry, in another month, we will have food.

These days, Brother Zhezhe, you will take the guys in the shop to transport the horses and skins back.

Just remember not to let the guys see that there are noble people.

Their red hair is too conspicuous.

Moreover, the horses and skins should also be transported in batches, so as not to let those who care about it look at it and cause some trouble. ”

After Xiao Jinxing finished speaking, he glanced at Zhezhe again, and patted him on the shoulder again.

Coming to the Qin State with Zhezhe were more than 200 men from the Chong tribe,

Under the leadership of Bortu, they were stationed on the north bank of the Yellow Water at the southern foot of Qin Lan.

After Zhezhe returned to Lanlu County, everyone was bored walking horses and fishing, and had nothing to do.

If it weren't for the fact that the dry food they brought with them was almost exhausted, they would have lived freely.

However, the troubles caused by the shortage of dry food did not last long, and Zhezhe returned from Lanlu County with a lot of food.

After eating these most delicious foods in their lives, Zhezhe asked them to wrap their hair in cloth from now on.

Although there are 10,000 reluctances in Bol's heart, he is already in a foreign country and there is nothing he can do.

After all, what Zhezhe said was also for their safety.

Not to mention that the person who gave this order was a nightmare that he would haunt for the rest of his life.

Zhezhe ordered some of the fur horses to be transported through the Yellow Water, and the men from Lanlu County would come here every few days to bring the goods that had passed through the Yellow Water back to the county seat of Lanlu County.

In the process, the guys could only see some strong men wearing hair wraps carrying goods from a distance

Therefore, it is impossible for them to think that those people with wrapped heads would be Di people from the north.

A month later, the carriage from the south entered the county seat like a long dragon in the amazement of Lanlu County.

The countless sacks that were neatly stacked on the carriage told everyone that this was a large caravan,

For Lanlu County in the north, a caravan of this scale is a behemoth that the people of Hexian County have never seen before.

For this reason, the county commander, the county lieutenant, the county Cheng and the three princes in the county government all came to Xiao's shop to find out.

And Xiao Jinxing also held a banquet in the shop to entertain these parents and officials in Lanlu County.

During the dinner, the principal who came to the transaction on behalf of Qu Bao specially explained to these officials the transaction agreement reached between Qu Bao and Siu Kam Hong.

He also took the initiative to show the official and commercial documents issued by the Qin State for Qu Bao.

The officials of Lanlu County were suddenly pleasantly surprised to find that this Xiao Jinxing had such a deep background.

And he was like the god of wealth, falling into the world, in the barren Lanlu County.

Every official was thinking in his heart how much business tax benefits a businessman of Xiao Jinxing's size would contribute to the county.

And they also understood that it was a figure they had never imagined.

But on the surface, everyone's compliments and praise for Xiao Jinxing are like yellow water bursting its banks and out of control.

Xiao Jinxing and the chief of Qu Bao are both old and sophisticated people, so they naturally deal with this situation of power and interests.

In the midst of the staggering, Xiao Jinxing immediately proposed that in addition to paying a full amount of business taxes to the county government, he would also regularly bear the burden of opening porridge shacks for refugees in the county.

But at the same time, Xiao Jinxing also asked the county magistrate to agree to allocate the land north of Huangshui to himself for stockpiling.

The reason for his request is also sufficient,

The yellow water and Qinlan Mountain there are two natural barriers that can protect the safety of goods.

Moreover, the pasture between Huangshui and Qinlan Mountain is inaccessible, and it is enough for the daily stocking of horses.

What's more, the county's enclave, which is blocked by yellow water, does not belong to any family.

Under this "reasonable" request, the county order immediately agreed to Xiao Jinxing's request,

He also instructed the county lieutenant to make every effort to help Xiao Jinxing maintain the safety of the place in the future.

The guests at this banquet were happy, and everyone was happy, and Xiao Jinxing also sighed.

It seems that his plan has succeeded once again.

A few days later, Qu Bao's caravan unloaded the grain and grass and returned to the south with the fur goods of the Xiao family's shop.

Because according to the agreement between Xiao Jinxing and Qu Bao, a month later, their second batch of grain will be sent to Lanlu County again.

In the past few days, the director of Qu Bao, who seems to have nothing to do, is actually secretly observing Xiao Jinxing's business according to Qu Bao's instructions.

Although the shopkeeper's absolute trust in Xiao Jinxing can be clearly felt from the tone of his own shopkeeper, as a high-level person in charge of the Qin State, Qu Bao's business must not be confused.

Therefore, this time to trade with Xiao Jinxing, Qu Bao specially arranged for the principal Fang San to come in person.

But after a few days of observation, Fang San was surprised to find that Xiao Jinxing's furs, horses and other goods were not only of good quality, but also very large in quantity.

Although it is still not worth mentioning compared to the scale of its own business, this kind of scale can obviously be ranked in the north of Qin.

He doesn't though

understands why Xiao Jinxing chose to open a shop in this poor mountain and remote place to do business, but after a few days of contact,

He still recognizes Xiao Jinxing's character, wisdom and the scale of his business.

At least, he would never feel that his big shopkeeper was just taking care of Xiao Jinxing.

With Xiao Jinxing's greetings to Qu Bao, Fang San hurriedly returned to Xijing after bidding farewell to Xiao Jinxing.

In the month of waiting for the second batch of grain to come to Lanlu County, Xiao Jinxing transported half of the grain and grass to the north bank of Huangshui, and the other half of the grain and grass sent a small part to the county for paying commercial taxes and dealing with officials, and the rest of the grain was handed over to Ayi'er, so that she could find another way to sell it in the shop.

After all, this business pays attention to buying and selling, and for more than half a year, the shop has always only accepted fur horses, and has not sold goods to make money, which is still easy to make people suspicious in the long run.

However, when the Xiao family shop sold the grain publicly, the doubts of those few who were suspicious were all gone.

And to Xiao Jinxing's surprise, because most of his own grain is produced in the southern Chu State, it far surpasses the local grain in Lanlu in terms of quality and taste.

Under Qu Bao's care, the purchase price of these grains was extremely low, so much so that the price of grain in the Xiao family's shop was even lower than that of those grain stores controlled by the local clans.

Therefore, there is an endless stream of people who come to Xiao's shop to buy food every day.

But when Xiao Jinxing learned about it, he was shocked,

hurriedly ordered people to raise the price of grain, which made his business a little colder.

But even so, it still can't stop some middle-class families from coming to buy grain.

Xiao Jinxing smiled bitterly, and he didn't know if this was a crooked fight or an unintentional insertion of willows.

A month passed in a flash, and when Fang San came to Lanlu County again, he was full of praise for his fur goods in front of Xiao Jinxing.

Because those high-quality furs and horses from the extraterritorial grasslands were snapped up as soon as they arrived in Xijing, where could they be transported to Chu for sale.

Therefore, after discussing with Qu Bao, Fang San sent the second batch of grain with Qu Bao's instructions to increase the trading volume.

And Xiao Jinxing was naturally happy, he knew that there was nothing else on the grassland, and there were as many fur horses as there were.

So he agreed to Fang Sanben's request.

The next transaction was scheduled for the spring of the following year, and the volume of transactions increased tenfold to this year.

Fang San was calculating the huge profit brought by ten times the goods in his heart, and at the same time looked at Xiao Jinxing with some doubts,

He couldn't believe that Siu Kam Hing was able to receive so many furs and horses in such a short period of time.

Ten times as many as horses alone are five thousand.

And five thousand horses is enough for a country to have cavalry to fight all the way.

But when the smiling Xiao Jinxing nodded and signaled that there was no problem at all, Fang San realized that he really underestimated this young northern businessman.

But also, how can the person who can get the favor of his own shopkeeper be a thing in the pool?

When Fang San left Lanlu County again, his attitude towards Xiao Jinxing was no longer the care and assistance of elders and juniors.

After he said goodbye to Xiao Jinxing very politely, he began to think about the amount of ox carts, carriages and laborers needed to deliver grain to Lanlu County next year.

Even he had never been involved in such a large-scale food trafficking.

So even if there's still a year left, it's enough to make him a little excited when he thinks about it now.