"Oh, it's so hot, it's shearing sheep, if you don't shear the sheep, the sheep will get sick from the heat!" Mulan explained.

Several old men were surprised, "And this one?" Isn't it okay to lose the wool and these sheep to strip off their clothes and be naked? ”

Ma Er next to him smiled and said, "It's just animals, how can they know what shame is?" ”

"That's true!" Several old men nodded.

Hua Mulan asked at this time, "I don't know what the old masters are doing when they come from afar today?" ”

Master Hong of Suiyang City said with a smile: "The young castle lord doesn't want to be a bright person and don't say dark words, we are all engaged in livestock trading, of course I came to you to buy a batch of livestock, and now there is a shortage of meat on the market, you don't know!" ”

"Okay, let's invite a few masters into the castle to rest, and let's talk in detail while drinking tea!" Mulan said and made a gesture of reaching out.

"Okay, please!"

The old men and Mulan entered the Huajiabao together, and sat down in the hall.

After the tea came up, Mulan asked, "I wonder how many animals each master needs this time?" ”

Master Pi of Zhexian County said with a smile: "This time, Pi plans to buy 1,000 sheep and 300 cattle at one time!" ”

"I want fifteen hundred sheep and two hundred cattle!"

Several other masters also reported the number one after another.

Hua Mulan smiled: "A few masters came just in time, now almost 10,000 sheep have been sheared, and you won't get sick anymore when you rush back!" Come, go and prepare 10,000 sheep and 2,000 cows! ”

Master Li of Suiyang City hurriedly beckoned: "Come slowly, come slowly, young castle master, shouldn't we negotiate the price first?" Wouldn't it be beautiful if you had all the cattle and sheep ready, but the price of the sale between us was not negotiated? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, you should negotiate the price first!" Several other lords also chimed in.

Seeing this, Mulan smiled and said, "That's good! Or according to the old rules, because you buy in large quantities, you can't weigh every sheep or cow, so you can only calculate the price according to the quantity, whether the cattle are strong or thin, let the burgers drive them with whips at will, just make up enough quantities, I don't know if you think so? ”

This method is the most convenient and trouble-free way, there are always some thin and fat animals in each group of livestock, and it is impossible to say who will suffer and who will take advantage, and these old men are all together, and it is not easy for Mulan to negotiate the price separately with them, so they can only be sold at a unified price.

All the old men nodded and said, "Good! ”

"Since all the lords agree to follow this method, let's talk about the specific price, today's price is two hundred yuan per sheep, and six five hundred yuan per cow, this is the price of rams and bulls, if it is a sheep and cows, the price will rise by two percent!"

The shopkeeper Li of Suiyang City shouted: "Young castle master, are you kidding, a few days ago, a sheep was only 800 yuan, and a cow was only 400 yuan 200 yuan, and you have grown fifty percent!" ”

"That's it, Young Castle Master, you're too unkind, aren't you? This price increase is also outrageous! ”

Hua Mulan raised her hands and pressed it, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, listen to tell you, you don't know, in this season, livestock can eat the most, my ranch can eat a mountain every day, just this month, I am a heavy loss, I also know that it is not good to raise the price suddenly, but I Huajiabao really can't afford this kind of loss, so I must raise the price to make up for the loss, and please understand one or two!" ”

Master Fu of Bo County said: "Young Castle Master, it's not authentic for you to do this, we also know that you are losing money, but you can't pass this loss on to us people, right?" We don't have as much money as you, and we can't afford to lose money! ”

Hua Mulan shook her head with a smile and said: "Everyone, I know your feelings, but you are just intermediate merchants, I know that you will not lose money no matter what, I will increase the price here, and you will naturally increase the price when you sell it to the butchers and other traders, how can you bear the loss?" You are all shrewd people, how can you suffer such a loss? ”

Master Hong of Suiyang City said with a bitter face: "If we raise the price and sell, we will have to buy it from the butchers and other small traders!" ”

Hua Mulan was very patient and said: "Everyone, my Huamu people dare to guarantee that ninety percent of the cattle and sheep in the entire Liang County are in my Huajiabao, even in the entire Henan region, the livestock in my Huajiabao can account for more than eighty percent!" If I don't sell cattle and sheep here, there will be almost no cattle, sheep and meat in the market south of the Yellow River, so there is still an extreme shortage of livestock and meat in the market, otherwise you wouldn't have come to me, but gone elsewhere, right? ”

Hua Mulan obviously hit the nail on the head, and several old men looked at each other and were deflated.

Master Li still wanted to fight for it, and said: "In this way, the young castle master, is it okay to have one less castle?" This business is a long-term business, and it is not a one-time deal, you can't always make a price as much as you want, and you are not allowed to return the price, right? ”

"That's, that's it, one less percent, okay?"

Hua Mulan thought about it, this time the price was suddenly raised by more than fifty percent, the range is indeed larger, no wonder these old men don't accept it, so he said: "Several old men are regular customers, I don't drop a little, you are afraid that you will not be comfortable, so let's do it, a fixed price, half a percent, no more!" ”

Seeing Mulan's resolute tone, these old men also knew that this was the maximum concession, so they had to agree.

In fact, they also know that almost all the livestock south of the Yellow River are now in Huajiabao, if they don't buy from here, they will have no place to buy in a short time, and from the perspective of market demand, even if it doubles, I am afraid that it will be in short supply. After all, almost all the officials and citizens have not eaten mutton and beef for more than a month.

In the next few days, according to Zhao Junsheng's explanation, Mulan's price increased by 10% every day, which made the livestock traders complain, but they had to endure the pain.

The traders who were the first to buy a large number of livestock saw that the price of livestock in Huajiabao was skyrocketing every day, and they immediately stopped selling what they originally wanted to sell, and decided to wait for the price to rise to about the same before selling, and they were ready to make a big profit.

In this way, the price of cattle and sheep south of the Yellow River is strongly affected by Huajiabao, and the price given by Huajiabao has become a weather vane.

After 14 days, the price of cattle and sheep directly increased threefold, and the logistics business of the post stations and post houses under the jurisdiction of the Fa Cao Department was also spread, and the number of private letters and goods received increased day by day, which also created a large number of letter writers in Liang County to appear and make a living from it.

Taishou Mansion, Law Cao Bureau.

The book ordered Shi Pei to approach Zhao Junsheng's class room in a daze, he closed the door and walked in front of Zhao Junsheng, bowed his waist and whispered: "Join the army, there is another official document sent to Taishou from above!" ”

"Where?"

Pei Jin took out the silk bag from the big sleeve and handed it to Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng quickly opened it after taking it, took out a scroll and unfolded it, this official document said that the emperor entered the territory of Liang County two days after the imperial drive, and asked Wan Dugui to take the soldiers and horses to meet him, and he could bring some officials of the county to accompany him, and these officials should be able to answer the military and political affairs of the county asked by the emperor at the critical moment.

Zhao Junsheng silently packed the official document and handed it to Pei Jin, and asked, "Have you read the above content?" ”

Where did Pei Jin dare, shaking his head like a rattle: "How dare your subordinates?" ”

"Pass my words, everyone is not allowed to go anywhere these days, no one is allowed to ask for leave during the duty period, and I will be properly handled with the official affairs that I am responsible for, if anyone has a problem, the official will let him not eat and go around!"