Jingzhao Mansion, as the core of the northwest, although it has declined in the Guanzhong Plain now, in the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, the status is not very high, as the capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties, Jingzhao Mansion, even the four Kyotos have not been fished.

The four capitals of the Northern Song Dynasty are almost all concentrated in the Henan and Hebei regions, rather than the traditional Guanzhong Plain, but relatively speaking, in the northwest, it is also a large city.

Although the Western Xia and Liao kingdoms restricted the sale of large-scale livestock, there were sporadic breeding, and there were some, coupled with the existence of the heritage, the population of Jingzhaofu was much more than that of the general northwest cities, which contributed to the development of Jingzhaofu.

On the west side of Jingzhao Mansion, there is a huge cattle and horse trading market, this cattle and horse market, which is larger than Baozhou, has always attracted a large number of merchants, at least 1,000 sheep are traded every day, which also makes it the largest livestock distribution center in the northwest.

With Xi'an as the center, it radiates the entire Northern Song Dynasty, most of which are transported to Bianliang through official roads, and even through the developed water system of the Grand Canal, to all corners of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

But since more than half a month ago, a publicity based on the Weizhou transaction began to open on a large scale.

At first, no one cared, because Weizhou to Xi'an, almost more than 600 miles, relatively far away.

But with Han Qi's endorsement, coupled with the advertised deal, it is 10,000 horses and 50,000 cattle, cattle and horses, which are basically the most scarce in China.

In particular, some large landowners who have huge land at home really buy dozens of cattle, even if they don't make money, as long as they are transported home, it is very cost-effective.

A few hundred miles is a difficult one for ordinary people to surpass, but for these merchants, as long as they are sure that there are goods worthy of their visit, it doesn't matter if they go once.

Especially now, this is Han Qi's endorsement, with Han Qi's status in the northwest, large-scale publicity, after a series of publicity, almost half of the northwest, including some places in the Central Plains, already know that there is a large-scale livestock auction in Weizhou.

There may still be some cautious businessmen who are still worried about where the source of this cattle and horses is, but when the news of the First World War in the Northwest began to spread from Bianliang to the outside world, everyone was not worried, and they took the entire Lingzhou and conquered Xingqing Mansion, no matter which one it was, it was a big book.

And what is there in Western Xia, except for the so-called green salt, aren't they these cattle and horses, these are all trophies.

Cattle and horses, these large livestock, in the Northern Song Dynasty, is definitely in short supply, cattle needless to say, the farmers' favorite livestock, a family, especially a poor family, their life, the greatest hope, is to have a cow, a family with a cow, but also the cow is regarded as the most valuable in the family, sometimes, even when people are hungry, first ensure that the cattle are full.

If it is said that cattle can only be regarded as crops, at most, and there is a meat eating point, horses are different, compared with cattle, horses are more explosive, faster, and more suitable for commercial transportation.

The commerce of the Northern Song Dynasty was developed, although most of them relied on the water system connected by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but in other places where there was no water system, land transportation was also quite intensive.

The reason is very simple, interests, the northwest does not produce grain, but where does the grain sent to the northwest come from, 10 times the profit, enough for many people to give it a try, the carriage has become the largest carrier, not necessarily to transport grain, some are relatively small, the value is relatively high, the sales volume is relatively large, and it is also the best choice.

Compared with the human-powered cart, the efficiency of the carriage is higher, the cost is shorter, and it has become the best choice, the reason why there is no large-scale popularization, is because horses have always been in short supply, especially the horses of the Liao State and the Western Xia, they have great strength, good endurance, and are more suitable for the environment of the northwest, but because of the restrictions of the Western Xia and the Liao State, it is not easy for them to get horses, and horses are more expensive.

A horse as high as 100 guan, it sounds very expensive, plus a few cars, this investment is not something that ordinary people can afford, plus a part of the labor cost, the total investment of a comprehensive carriage will exceed 150 guan.

But the profit is also amazing, a stone of materials, on the waterway, transported thousands of miles away, may not be the same freight, this is where the efficiency of water transportation lies.

The land route is different, a stone of grain, transported from Bianliang to the northwest, 2000 miles away, the freight is as high as 6 runs, which is six times that of water transportation, and even if the carriage can not be compared with water transportation, it is much stronger than manpower, conservative estimates, controlled in about three times that of water transportation, all of which are net profits.

This also makes the carriage freight high, take Bianliang to Xi'an, 1000 miles away, a carriage can transport about 10-12 stone items, 100 miles a day, 10 days, the freight is about 30 yuan.

An average of 2 people in a carriage, accommodation, food, plus the cost of eating horses, a trip down, at least about 7, some high-value, or commercial products, will be higher, a year, as long as 20 times, the investment cost of the carriage, will be recovered.

Of course, it is impossible to run continuously in a year, and it is not possible to fill the carriage with goods, not every day, but for the Chamber of Commerce, it is quite cost-effective to invest in a carriage, according to the net profit of 50 yuan a year, which is already quite low, and it can quickly recover the cost in long-distance trafficking.

As for the life span of the horse, if it is used with a little care, a 3-year-old horse can be used, and it can generally last until 15 years old, that is to say, a horse can even earn back 4 times the income after 12 years of use.

Merchants, as long as they put in a carriage, can be in the non-stop long-distance trafficking, obtain a stable income, this is no one can refuse, before the horse is priceless, often a group of horses, appear in the market, soon, by the wealthy, people to buy out, far from the bottom of the small business, can contact.

Now, 10,000 horses, according to the figure of 50-100 per horse, 10,000 horses according to the three horses, good horses and horses, basically an average of about 100 horses, plus the number of cattle, the total number is very amazing.

According to Han Qi's estimates, 10,000 horses and 50,000 cattle are almost about 1.5 million guan of income, and part of this money will be used to reward the three armies, about 500,000 guan, which is enough to satisfy everyone involved in this operation, and the other 1 million guan will be used to establish a defense system and develop the entire Lingzhou.

At that time, as the general manager of the four roads, he only had 300,000 guan, and now it is 3 times, under the premise of the northwest system that has been formed, further establishing, dismantling, and by the way, carrying out some preliminary work of reclamation, when 1 million guan is put into it, how much income will there be. Not to mention, when 10 million animals finally enter the Northern Song Dynasty in the future, what kind of changes will there be in the end, thinking about it, Han Qi can't help but be extremely excited.

Han Qi is not worried, these things can't be sold, how much the Northern Song Dynasty lacks large livestock, this point, Han Qi understands very well.

For example, as the Central Forbidden Army, when Han Qi came to the northwest, he brought 4 armies and 10,000 forbidden troops, and these 10,000 people were the absolute main force, including at least 500 horses and 1,000 cattle to carry heavy troops, and similarly, more than 10,000 people were recruited.

With the help of these, 10,000 people rushed from Bianliang to the northwest in less than 40 days, which was quite fast for the march of the forbidden army.

But what about ordinary armies? Generally, the weaker forbidden army, the total number of cattle and horses, may only be a quarter of the elite, as for the box army, or the border army, basically, can only rely on two foot boards.

This is also one of the reasons why some troops are slow in efficiency, on the canal, they can also rely on the strength of shipping to arrive quickly, but in the northwest, it is obviously a distance of several hundred miles, but they have walked for a month, and the reason is that the means of transport are not good.

The elite forbidden army is still like this, and in the midst of a critical war, it will not be able to change the poor transportation capacity, let alone other caravans.

There are very few special cases like Dingjun, Zhao Xin when he arrived in Miaojiazhuang, he had captured dozens of northwest horses, plus sufficient funds, out of Miaojiazhuang, several investments have made a profit of more than 10,000 guan, 100 guan can't be bought, 200 guan is always okay, so from the daimyo to the Dingjun, there has been no shortage of horses.

Ordinary caravans, how can they be compared with Zhao Xin, let alone these in the northwest, the decline of the Guanzhong Plain, the gradual poverty in the northwest, this is a foundation, even the foundation is gone, how can the superstructure be very good.

Most of the horses in the northwest are supplied to the military, ensuring that under the pressure of the Northwest War, there are enough mobile power to ensure that there are very few horses that can be left for civilian use, as far as Han Qi knows, the top 10 caravans in the entire northwest platoon, with an annual transaction volume of more than 1 million guan, the number of horses they own is also very small.

The largest caravan had 102 horses of various types, and the least one had only 27 horses, this was not an ordinary small merchant vendor, this was a large caravan, they didn't have money to buy horses, they couldn't buy money.

When there may be only about 1,000 horses put into the entire northwest market every year, ninety percent of them will be taken away by the military to supplement the army, and the rest, after deducting some nobles and officials, the horses that really circulate in the market are very few.

These big merchants knew for the first time that a large-scale horse trade was about to take place in Weizhou, and after knowing through their channels that this matter was not a lie, a wave that swept the entire northwest began.