Nimi was lost in thought.

For such a thing as trade with the Han Dynasty, the countries of the Western Regions are all scrambling to be the first.

Without it, it's just a big profit!

Silk, ironware, and even salt from the Han Dynasty were hard currency in the Western Regions.

But......

In the past, what everyone used to trade with the Han Dynasty was generally gold, silver, and jade.

Few people were willing, or daring, to trade their animal skins with the Han.

Because, that will inevitably lead to the revenge of the Huns!

That is, Wusun, relying on his large size, occasionally plays such a trade model.

Even so, I don't dare to make it too obvious.

So......

Nimi knew that this was the Han Dynasty people forcing themselves to stand in line.

Xiongnu or Han Dynasty?

It's a bit tangled and uncomfortable.

The Han Dynasty, for Wusun, is really a little far away.

From Juyan to Wusun, at least three thousand miles!

And the Huns' Richai King Daxu stood directly at the gate of Wusun.

After thinking for a while, Nimi asked tentatively: "The livestock transportation is too far away, and the country is worried, the journey is tiring, and there are many dead and wounded......"

"How about exchanging furs for your country's horseshoe?"

When Zhang Yue heard this, he laughed and nodded, "Yes!" China has never been strong! ”

Livestock, especially Wusun horses, which are special products of Wusun, are of course very desirable to the Han family.

It is a national policy to introduce Wusun horses and improve local horse breeds.

However, for Zhang Yue, Wusun Ma is not necessary.

Dawan horses can also help!

Moreover......

In Zhang Yue's view, the era of cavalry is likely to enter twilight soon.

Because......

As long as the workshop garden continues to develop according to the class class, it is likely that it will be able to produce suitable steel in less than ten years.

And point out the technology tree of the file and boring machine.

At that time......

It was the time when the queue was shot, and the cavalry would become an auxiliary branch and a flank cover for the infantry.

On the contrary, it is the fur this resource, and the demand in China will increase day by day!

Nimi was taken aback by Zhang Yue's generosity, but the nomads had no gratitude.

This is especially true of Usun.

Otherwise, Nimi would not have appeared here, but would have brought his own people to help his Uncle Shan Yu fight.

Even the country of Wusun does not exist.

It was established with the support and help of the Huns.

The first generation of Kunmo's arrogant personal guard cavalry, even more than half of them, was distributed to his subordinates after the death of Mao Dunshan according to the tradition of the people who drew the bow.

And the land of Wusun is to hunt arrogantly with his own people, and after following Lao Shangdan Yu to defeat the Yue Clan, Lao Shangdan Yu rewarded his righteous brother.

Therefore, the relationship between Wusun and Xiongnu is that of brothers, at least cousins.

However, when it was time to betray, Hunter Jiaomi didn't even blink an eyelid.

Therefore, Nimi immediately knew that he should hurry up and finalize the details of the trade, so as not to regret the Han Dynasty.

"Your Excellency, how do you trade this fur and shoes?" He asked, almost impatiently.

Zhang Yue smiled and shook his head slightly in his heart.

"Rong Di has no relatives and is greedy, it is better to cut down ......"

"The ancients don't deceive me!"

But on the surface, he was very kind, and he said softly: "If your country is willing, I will write to my lord the Son of Heaven, and you will be easy to ...... fur."

"And it will not make your country suffer, all kinds of leather products are determined by the price of Juyan market!"

Nimi listened and nodded, extremely satisfied.

He knew the Pingjia system of the Han Dynasty, and even the entire Western Regions, no one knew about it.

Because, everyone is extremely eager for their own business travel, and they can also enjoy the Pingjia treatment of the Han Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the arrogant Han Dynasty people refused all the Pingjia demands of non-Han merchants, resulting in many people selling their goods to those second-class dealers at a low price outside the Yumen Pass.

Now, the Han Dynasty is willing to open up this preferential treatment to its own merchants for Wusun.

How is Nimi unhappy?

He even immediately thought that the Wusun merchant could go and harvest the leather from other regions and sell it to the Han Dynasty.

Be a second-class dealer too!

The profit is very large.

I listened to Zhang Yue and said: "In addition, our country also buys your country's wool ...... in unlimited quantities."

"A stone of wool, tentatively a horseshoe......"

Nimi listened and rolled his eyes, and immediately asked, "How much is a stone?" ”

"One hundred and twenty catties ......," Zhang Yue explained, "It is the weight of the gold cake in the hands of one hundred and twenty noble envoys!" ”

There is no way, on this earth, except for the Han scholars and the Roman nobles of the European continent, the level of mathematics of other kingdoms/city-states is miserable!

Say it, and you may not believe it.

The Huns learned the skill of counting the population sixty years ago, when they were taught by the great traitor Zhongxing.

With the outbreak of the Han-Hungarian full-scale war, a large number of Han Dynasty vassals and generals gathered in the Xiongnu royal court.

Zhao Xin, Wei Lu, and Li Ling were all crowned kings successively and married the daughters or sisters of Shan Yu.

As a result, the mathematical masterpiece "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" of the Han Dynasty was introduced to the Xiongnu, and the mathematical level of the Xiongnu people immediately improved by leaps and bounds.

However......

As far as Zhang Yue knew, the Xiongnu regarded this knowledge as a forbidden.

Except for the twins, it is forbidden for other clans to learn, possess, or hide.

The name is beautiful: My Great Huns have their own national conditions here, and the things of the Han people are not suitable for the Great Huns, which will make our warriors cowardly and our nobles cowardly!

Therefore, in addition to the royal family and the vassals of the Han Dynasty, the mathematical level of the other nobles of the Xiongnu was still standing still.

Zhao Chongguo told Zhang Yue a joke about the Huns, near Junji Mountain, there was a tribe called Hequ, the chief of the tribe gave birth to a genius son, at the age of eighteen can count the 1,321 males of the whole clan!

Shan Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was recruited to Shan Yuting, and was appointed as the head of the left household, specifically responsible for counting the people and livestock of the royal court.

This joke may be an exaggeration, but it also shows more or less the mathematical ability of the Huns.

If the Xiongnu are still like this, the mathematical calculation ability of the Wusun people may have to put a big question mark.

Zhang Yue seriously doubted whether the little Kunmo in front of him had the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide within a hundred!

Therefore, I can only explain it to him in as much detail as possible.

No way, wool sweaters, it's about the future!

After hearing this, Nimi exclaimed: "Why do you need so much wool to get a shoestr?" ”

"Your country also looks down on wool too much......

"This lot of wool is enough to weave dozens of brown cloths, and even several pieces of cloth!"

"Brown cloth? Cloth? Zhang Yue was puzzled, and then reacted.

At this time, the primitive simple wool textile industry had already developed.

Inspired by China's ancient spinning techniques, the women of the nomadic tribes of the Western Regions and the northern part of the Makunan were spun wool and horsehair into yarn to make brown cloth for the common people and the nobility.

These woolen fabrics then flowed into northern China and became one of the sources of winter winter cloth for the northern residents.

The most direct evidence is that Emperor Gao once ordered that merchants should not wear cloth, and the name of cloth is prominently listed.

In addition to the primitive wool textile industry, at this time, simple cotton textiles also appeared in the Western Regions.

Zhang Yue investigated the situation when he was researching and preparing for the cotton spinning industry.

These cotton textiles, known as 'stacked cloth' in the Han Dynasty, are generally white in color, so they are called white stacks.

Now, in Chang'an, you can even buy better quality printed fabrics.

However, whether it is brown cloth, cloth or stacked cloth, it is a fairly primitive and simple technique.

The most complex printed fabrics also use only 23 warp threads and 26 weft threads.

And because of the limitations of spinning technology, the yield of these fabrics is very low!

Moreover, in addition to printed and folded fabrics, the prices of the other three kinds of fabrics are very low.

The most valuable cloth, only two-thirds of the price of silk!

This is still the price in Chang'an!

If you go to Juyan, I am afraid that one piece of silk can be exchanged for a dozen pieces of cloth.

Therefore, Zhang Yue immediately said: "Don't you know that even if it is all woven into cloth, the value of one hundred and twenty catties of wool is far lower than that of my country's horseshoe?" ”

Zhang Yue's price for the horseshoe is 2,500 yuan!

This price code, of course, is very dark!

In fact, the cost of a horseshoe is now no more than 300 yuan at most, and with the advancement of technology, after mass production, its cost will drop by half!

However......

High-tech goods can always be sold at sky-high prices!

Just like the chips of later generations, in essence, they are just a worthless silicon wafer.

However, the developed countries in the West have sold it at a sky-high price!

When he heard this, he immediately shut his mouth.

He knew the reason why brown cloth and cloth could not be sold at a high price in the Han Dynasty.

Because it tastes!

Moreover, it is easy to be contaminated with various parasites, so the Han Dynasty people who have a habit of cleanliness do not like it very much.

Zhang Yue looked at his appearance, and hurriedly reassured: "Of course, your country is a friend of the Han family, in order to take care of the friend, this official is willing to ask the Son of Heaven to give special grace to your country, and give your domestic wool a more reasonable and suitable price!" ”

Listening to this, Nimi immediately thanked: "Thank you, sir!" ”

Zhang Yue looked at him and said with a smile: "In addition to the shoester, there are many commodities in my country...... Perhaps it is what your country needs...... In this workshop garden, there is one, do you want to see it? ”

When Nimi heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he nodded busily: "Please take a look!" ”

Zhang Yue laughed when he heard this, clapped his hands, and Ding Zhuan, who had been prepared a long time ago, immediately asked people to take an item and a well-known iron tool in the future generations, a must-have product for every family: iron pot.

Of course, this is a very bulky primary product.

The whole iron pot is cast from clay with the gray cast iron with the largest output in the Han Dynasty.

The technology content is very low, and the manufacturing cost is extremely low.

As far as Zhang Yue knew, after Ding Xuan successfully cast this iron pot, he calculated the cost.

Up to two hundred dollars!

Among them, the vast majority is the raw material cost of pig iron!

But it was such a simple iron pot, and as soon as it appeared, every Wusun person couldn't take their eyes off it.

The muddy expression is even more exaggerated.

He swallowed his saliva vigorously, barely suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked Zhang Yue: "Honorable officer, how many pieces of this can be exchanged for a stone of wool?" ”