Guo Yang's caravan returned, but Tianshui Village was calm.

This is what Guo Yang means, what he wants is profit, a caravan that can trade the world for a long time, not excitement and cheers.

According to everyone's meaning, the caravan returned with a full load, and it should be celebrated in a big way, at least let the people of Tianshui Village get drunk and dream for three days and three nights. However, Guo Yang firmly opposed.

"It's an inexhaustible asset, and if you want those dogs to remember, go for it." Guo Yang left the next sentence and returned to the Moon Fox Courtyard.

The people of Tianshui Village, who originally thought of showing off, shut up. They knew that Guo Yang was right, such a caravan was simply a rare treasure, their strength was too weak, and once the treasure in their hands was remembered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Not only can it not be hyped up, but it must also be more secretive, which is what Guo Yang means.

Therefore, when the caravan approached the surrounding area of Jicheng, it was broken into pieces and entered Tianshui Village as a single small trader.

……

In the Moon Fox courtyard, Guo Yang secretly summoned Wang Huzi.

This man has experienced a fright before, and after more than a year of caravan training, he has fought seventeen or eighteen battles, and he is almost nine deaths, so he seems to be very mature.

Along the way, he finally saw the horror of Guo Yang.

From the Lonely Bamboo Monarch to the Snitch Rogues, some seemingly incompatible characters and forces were organized by Guo Yang in some way, not only helping Guo Yang's caravan wholeheartedly, but also joining one after another, becoming another more secretive caravan.

During a trip to Liaodong, Guo Yang's caravan was like a seeding machine, opening up trade routes and sowing the seeds of self-improvement in commerce and trade wherever he went. Wang Huzi firmly believed that it would not be long before these seeds would take root, sprout, thrive, and become a cornucopia and talisman for Guo Yang's caravan in the future.

Of course, Guo Yang couldn't tell him that the proprietress of Ruyun Inn played a key role in this.

He summoned Wang Huzi to learn more about the caravan's trade in Liaodong and what the harvest was this time. Some of these things have already been told in detail by Anu, but some details, especially in terms of supply and demand of goods, need to be asked to Wang Huzi, after all, he is the leader of the caravan on the surface.

"The goods we prepared at the beginning were adjusted under the guidance of Yin Song, the minister of the Lonely Bamboo Country, and I was a little confused at first, but it turned out that the old fox was really powerful, and we made a lot of money." Wang Huzi said.

"Well, the Guzhu Kingdom is a descendant of Wang Hai, the ancestor of my Great Shang, and if you want to say that the most proficient in business in the world, it is probably them. It's just that the country of Guzhu is declining, and the servants of the old and new factions are suffering from internal friction, which is really a pity. In the future, we will communicate more with the people of Yin Song's faction. Guo Yang said indifferently.

"Yes, my lord." The king's beard bowed in agreement.

Guo Yang took the wine, solemnly saluted Wang Huzi, and said, "It's been hard all the way." ”

Wang Huzi hurriedly served the wine and said, "As long as this caravan can be achieved, Wang Huzi's fate is nothing." ”

"Business has to be done, life is more important. From now on, the only thing I ask of you is that you must give me life and bring the caravan back. Guo Yang said gently.

"Yes." The king replied with a bow.

The caravan's first expedition lasted more than a year, and there were many hardships, even if Wang Huzi recounted it concisely, it was enough to move Guo Yang.

The biggest crisis is war. More than a dozen military forces in the land of Liaodong have been fighting endlessly for many years, either to fight for land, or for hunting grounds, or for salt fields, or for a breath of air.

In a word, it's too confusing.

If you calculate it carefully according to the manpower and material resources spent, Guo Yang's caravan not only made money this time, but also lost a lot. Although on the surface, it seems to be the result of everyone's joint support, but if it goes on in the long run, it is a little bad.

Secondly, because of the long-term war, the people there are much poorer than those in the Jicheng area. Fortunately, Yin Song foresaw this situation in advance, and eliminated all the goods that were originally intended to be sold to the commoners, and added a large number of goods that only the nobles could use, which made money.

"If you fight every day, you have to find a way to prevent them from fighting, or to control the scale to a certain range. If the people are poor, then they must be rich. In this way, our caravan will be able to earn more money. Wang Huzi said with a deep groan.

Guo Yang looked at Wang Huzi with admiration and said with a smile: "A trip to Liaodong finally made our Wang Huzi start to use his brain, a good thing, this is our biggest profit!" ”

As he spoke, Guo Yang asked Anu to prepare a sumptuous banquet and entertain Wang Huzi.

……

Overall, the caravan went out for the first time, so to speak, with a full load.

The knife coins are not very profitable, less than 30,000 pieces, because there is no unified circulation currency in many places there, most of the time it is a trade in goods, and the most common special currencies such as shells and sheep crutches cannot be used at all in the south of Jicheng.

It seems that the lack of currency unity is also a major reason for the difficulty of doing business.

Among the goods brought by the caravan, most of them were specialties of Liaodong, among which precious medicinal materials accounted for the majority.

Guo Yang roughly calculated, this time brought a variety of precious Chinese medicinal materials eighty packs, including a large number of ginseng, deer antlers, snow clams, frog oil, Ganoderma lucidum and other rare things, and, the most commendable thing is that Wang Huzi through the transaction with the Beirong people, with three knives in exchange for thirty-eight tigers, belt bones and meat are all superb.

On the territory of the Zhou people, those high-ranking nobles liked the things that made them red, or those things that made them alive.

Of course, the most precious is ginseng, which is extremely rare in the Zhou Dynasty for a hundred years, and those ministers and princes are reluctant to enjoy it at all when they get one, and they are all the kings who paid tribute to the Zhou people.

Guo Yang thought that the ginseng he got might allow Zhou Dog to live for a few more years, and he felt a little unhappy, but as a businessman, he often had to make compromises about it.

"If you earn enough money, anyway, those people will live for three or five years longer, which is similar to living for three or five hundred years, and sooner or later they will all die." Guo Yang thought about it like this, and his mood was a little more relaxed.

The caravan also brought back a large number of mink skins, black blind skins and other rare things.

Wang Huzi's vision is unique, so the mink skins exchanged are sable skins, which are more expensive than the common mink skins in Liaodong, and often a sable skin can be exchanged for more than a dozen bantam horses.

Guo Yang touched the soft, smooth, plush and fat, and glossy sable skin, and he couldn't put it down.

He could even imagine how striking it would be for those Zhou aristocratic mothers-in-law to have a mink scarf in the middle of winter, on days when the north wind was blowing snow.

Of course, it is also very possible that these precious mink skins can only be hung around the necks of those Zhou Dog nobles in the end, but these are not what Guo Yang has to care about, what he needs is money, and he sells these goods.

The caravan also brought back a batch of hay, which made Guo Yang very puzzled, and, according to Wang Huzi, this might be what Anu meant.

Guo Yang became interested all of a sudden, and immediately sent someone to bring him some hay, he was really a little curious.

Soon, Guo Yang saw the Ula grass that Anu attached great importance to.

This kind of grass looks ordinary, not at all inconspicuous, white flowers, just some dry grass stems and leaves, which are quite soft to the touch.

"There are three treasures in Liaodong, ginseng and mink pi ula grass." Anu said angrily.

"Anu, I know the ginseng and mink in front of me, they are all treasures, and they are simply more expensive than iron. But this Ula grass ...... What is it for? Guo Yang inquired suspiciously.

Anu smiled and didn't speak, but reached out and took off Guo Yang's leopard skin boots.

Suddenly, a suffocating stench quickly filled the entire house, and spilled through the cracks in the doors, windows, and thatched roofs, turning away the swallows that were about to enter.

Guo Yang scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Anu, what are you doing with my boots?" ”

"Wash your feet." Anu pinched his nose and ran out, quickly brought a bucket of hot water, put a few handfuls of coarse salt in the water, and began to let Guo Yang soak his feet.

"Ah, it's so comfortable, it's been a long time since I've been so comfortable......" Guo Yang groaned comfortably, and his face showed a rare flush.

After soaking his feet, Anu opened all the doors and windows to let the stench of the house clear, and then he took out a small bundle of ula grass, kneaded it into a ball of soft wool grass, and carefully put it into his boots with bone needles and twine.

Guo Yang looked curiously at Anu's ten fingers like frozen turnips, and he did all this with great flexibility, and couldn't help but be very interested: "Anu, what's the use of these things?" ”

"Keep warm." Anu said.

"The leopard boots are warm enough." Guo Yang said.

"Deodorizing." Anu said again.

"Except ...... Uh, okay. Guo Yang shut up.

"Ula grass is the grass of the poor." Anu said while putting on Guo Yang's boots, "It grows in the forests and swamps in the far north of Liaodong, and is born to keep out the cold. ”

"I understand that in the bitter cold land over there, as long as you can survive, you naturally have some ability to keep out the cold. But this deodorization ...... I've never heard of it. Guo Yang said depressedly.

After listening to Anu's explanation, Guo Yangfang knew that at the beginning, this kind of Wula grass was only used by the poor to keep out the cold, and it was not famous. But then the son of a tribal leader was playing in the snow, and he got frostbite on his feet, and he used many expensive herbs to no avail.

Until one day, a man who was good at medicine got lost in the deep mountains and old forests, and happened to be rescued by the leader of the tribe. After returning to the tribe, the good healer looked at the chilblains on the chief's son's feet and searched for healing medicine, only to discover that the most humble and inconspicuous Ula grass in the world was actually a panacea for frostbite.

In addition, after the doctor's in-depth investigation, it was found that this ula grass also has a great effect, that is, it can suppress the foot odor caused by wearing boots for a long time.

Since then, the reputation of this Wula grass has spread, and hundreds of years later, it is called the "Three Treasures of Liaodong" along with ginseng and sable.