Don't want a horse, want a cow, this is a little unimaginable, when the news came, Han Qi was also a little strange, but with a little understanding, he also understood a little, without other interests.

Compared with the horse, the ox is of course a little better than the horse, because the horse can directly generate value for the caravan, and the role of a horse for the caravan is not known to be much higher than that of a cow, he can be assembled into a carriage and can transport goods to the north and south.

In the past, there was a fixed amount, that is, a car was about 5 to 10 yuan, and these were even shown in this Lingzhou transaction.

Just look at this transaction, they came thousands of miles away, and it only took 7 days in the middle, and if it was a fast horse, it would be faster.

Efficiency equals money, that's true.

The businessmen of this era already have such a cognition, so at the Weizhou Conference, the vast majority of businessmen chose horses.

There is and there is not, these are two concepts, after having it, from 1 to many, from more to more, the difference between this is a bit big.

These businessmen, after coming to Lingzhou, the first purpose is horses, if they can have the opportunity to get more horses, this is not a good result, which will greatly increase the transportation capacity of the Chamber of Commerce.

The transportation capacity of the Chamber of Commerce is not unlimited, a Chamber of Commerce that needs up to 20 vehicles, all of a sudden has 100 vehicles, this is not a good thing, this is a nightmare, to maintain these cars, to feed the horses, to hire workers, but if the transportation volume does not reach a certain level, it will not work at all.

The merchants are actually looking forward to getting enough income on the Lingzhou side, if the consumption of this material is unlimited and huge, of course they can take this opportunity to expand the number of convoys on a large scale.

The Lingzhou project is also a huge to terrible project, involving Lingzhou, as well as the huge siege of the four roads, the construction of thousands or even tens of thousands of miles of canals, the huge, almost terrible reservoir of water, these sieges, in the entire northwest, and even the Northern Song Dynasty, are unprecedented, perhaps not as good as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but also much larger than the general canal.

For such a huge project, with an investment of maybe tens of millions, the materials he needs are not unlimited, and even the materials provided by the merchants are only a part of it.

Important materials, such as cement, for example, steel, bricks, for example, need to be purchased or produced, and this is where the most consumption is made.

Now there are businessmen who can supplement this number, Han Qi is also very satisfied, not only gave a good price, but also, in order to motivate these businessmen, he quoted the general number of materials, about 30% more than expected, so that with the current volume of 2000 cars, it will take about 1000 times to be satisfied.

This time the transaction amount is 100,000, does not mean that the total is 50 million, this time the Chamber of Commerce brought materials, the price is higher, in fact, in the demand, is mainly food, a car 10 is a very suitable number, which means that businessmen need to provide a total of about 20 million materials.

The amount of materials required is given, and a clear number is also given on the time, 40 days, there are about 100 days before the beginning of spring next year, and the materials must be in place a little earlier, so there are almost 60 days to continue construction, even if these people want to take the news alone, Han Qi will notify others of this transaction, not to mention, they can't stop it.

The demand for horses is not unlimited, for these chambers of commerce, 2000 fast carriages, is basically close to the limit, maybe really make efforts, you can get out of hundreds, but for these chambers of commerce, such efficiency is not high, after this transaction, they have determined, the specific type and amount of materials needed in Lingzhou.

Before, some things are not very suitable, they prefer to bring, a car in 300, or even higher, so that the profit will be higher.

In the era of underdeveloped transportation, all kinds of transactions, has not yet reached a peak level, relative to commodity saturation, the vast majority of commodities and logistics, are unsaturated, in this case, there is no bulk commodity transportation, or more demand for things, carriage transport is like the air and express delivery of later generations, the higher the price of the item, the better the effect.

But in fact, Lingzhou needs, but it is a lower thing, the development of Lingzhou, needs a lot of materials, these materials are mostly some basic materials, their price is not high, suitable for merchants to transport, the best thing, is food.

That's right, it's grain, it's simply processed, and it's packed in a special way, and a wagon can hold 12 to 14 stone of supplies.

If it is a high price like salt, of course, it is profitable, but what Lingzhou needs most is grain, not even those high-priced things such as rice, but things that can satisfy the stomach.

For example, flour, or grains and the like, these things are what Lingzhou needs the most at present, the price is not high, but it is the most urgent.

The price of flour and miscellaneous grains is not high, according to the Bianliang side, the price of 400 Wen for one stone, plus the freight, about 700 Wen, although a car down, it can also reach 4 guan freight, but the total value is above, it is less than 10 guan, it can not be regarded as the lowest price, it can only be regarded as medium,

But the rest, Lingzhou doesn't need it, and even what it brought this time is the result of Han Qi's generosity, some high-priced things are obviously more, these things can be used, but they can't be used more, and even when the siege of Lingzhou is completed, it may not be used up.

Han Qi accepted them, on the one hand, it was a thousand dollars to buy horse bones, and he always had to give these pioneers a little benefit, if he didn't give any benefits, who would help Lingzhou in the future, on the other hand, these things were not without value, although it was impossible to use them up in the current development, but in the future, when this development entered a certain level, it could also be used.

In this sense, it doesn't matter if you charge a little more, but you can't charge too much, you charge a little more, it's for four or five years, if you can't use it up in thirty or fifty years, it's not buying horse bones, it's stupid.

Under Han Qi's clear statement, these chambers of commerce also understood that they could only rely on numbers, but because of this, they couldn't choose horses.

If you can repeat high-value items, you can make the rapid increase in value of goods, and use the value-added money to continue to buy horses, which can support a good virtuous circle, then it is normal to buy horses on a large scale, and perhaps in the future, there will be various problems with the increase in horses, and there will be no big problems under the premise of high profits.

But now, he can only make cheap ones, that is to say, 2,000 carriages, his total value is only 20,000 yuan, even if there is a profit of about 15% at a time, it is only 3,000 yuan, if all the horses are purchased, the cost cannot be recovered, and the business cannot be continued.

Not to mention that it takes time to equip all kinds of vehicles, and it takes time to hire some grooms, and simply increasing the number is a big problem, 2000 cars, cars, is already a limit, and when you are fighting, there will be problems.

In this case, they had no choice but to abandon the horse in favor of the cow.

Compared with horses, which can only be used in caravans and caravans, the use area of cattle has expanded a lot, the biggest role is to plow the field, and then to eat, and there is also a role, that is, as an ox cart, which is much worse than a horse-drawn cart, but it is also a means of transportation.

In the whole of northern China, there is a huge space, as long as cattle are sent to these areas, in the huge cities, these things are really not to be sold, let alone those farmers.

Every farmer lacks a cow, and they can even use a loan to let a farmer own a cow, or hire a cow at the time they need it, whether it is a sale, or a lease in batches, the cost can be recovered on a large scale.

Similarly, if you choose cattle, the pressure to recover costs is not so great, and it will be much easier for them to mobilize funds in the future if the total value is fixed to a certain extent.

There is only 40 days, which is remarkable, it is 3 trips, this time it is a total of 100,000 yuan, and the next two times, it is only 40,000 yuan, and you don't even need to sell things, you can directly mobilize the inherent funds, in this case, cattle are the best choice.

After knowing the reason, Han Qi smiled slightly, interests, it is no wonder, choosing cattle and horses, for Lingzhou, the impact is not great, he just received the news from Weizhou, the cattle and horse conference has been successfully completed.

The final effect was the same as he expected, a total of 20.8 million were sold, and the horses were not all sold in the end, 200,000 horses, this number is a bit much, more than 1,000 chambers of commerce, an average of more than 100 horses, and finally 180,000 were sold, and the price was about 110 yuan, that is, 19.8 million.

Even the best-selling horses did not complete the transaction, cattle and sheep are even more impossible, compared to the fast horses, the freight of cattle and sheep, a little high, they finally added up to about 1 million, which is the source of the final number.

More than 20 million, very good, Han Qi asked the messenger to order them, continue to place orders to the Chamber of Commerce and Qianzhuang, by the way, to transport more goods, to Lingzhou, you can also exchange the items that can be exchanged, cattle, horses and sheep, as long as Lingzhou has, you can, I really don't want this, you can also ask for money, but it will take time, and at the same time, the price will be lower.

20 million funds, plus may be as high as more than 15 million cattle and horse transactions, which is enough to provide enough materials for the project in Lingzhou, which will be the foundation of the capital, as long as it survives this winter, Lingzhou is destined to be different.