Chapter 385: Reception Trouble
The arrival of a large number of cattle and horses from Lingzhou also represents that the entire Weizhou Conference has actually reached the time to open, and the goods and goods, including the money, are in place, and then it is an opening process, and then, according to the rules, the transaction is carried out.
If you want to get the goods, you must participate in the auction, and the basis of the auction is to separate the goods according to the difference between the stacks and numbers.
These cattle and horses, there will also be a process, sorting, sorting, classifying, even if some plans have been made before, but before the opening of the Weizhou Conference, it will take time to do everything well, not to mention, three or four days before the opening, there are already businessmen gathered, they can't wait until the opening day of the real cattle and horse conference, before rushing to Weizhou.
The arrival of more and more people has further exacerbated the pressure on Weizhou, which has accelerated the construction of temporary structures, but most of the visitors still do not have enough room to rest, and they can only squeeze into cramped yurts.
Of course, some high-status people, of course, will not be crowded in it, the houses that were rented by the residents before, they could live in it at that time, the master, or a higher level person came, of course they had to let it out, and in the end, the rooms outside the city were still full, and the yurts outside were crowded.
This is also a helpless choice, if it is changed to the 21st century, it will definitely be a bad review, not many tourists will continue to stay, but in this era, their core purpose is to go to the auction of livestock, in order to obtain livestock, even if it is a large price, they are willing to accept, not to mention these hardships.
In fact, the merchants of this era are far from being as freshly dressed and angry as the big businessmen of later generations, this is an era of hardship, even if they are big businessmen, escorting a large number of goods, often thousands of miles, sleeping in the open air, are there any highways and rest areas, what can they pay attention to, maybe compared to ordinary guys, eat more meat, drink more water, but at best it is only a little more.
Living in the house, only the status is highlighted, and the others are not much better, Weizhou's reception capacity, which is what it looks like.
However, there is an exception, that is, food, although there is not much food here in Weizhou, but the cattle and horse conference, the main trade, is livestock, cattle and horses will be divided into groups, but sheep will not, directly can be traded, even in a special market.
The expensive sheep on the side of Bianliang is five or six hundred wen a head, and even a house of 200 wen a day can afford to live, and the mutton can also be eaten, which has become one of the most important foods at present.
However, the gathering of businessmen made Weizhou very lively, almost 70,000 outsiders, 1.5 million cattle and horses, almost the whole day and night were boiling, especially the cluster of cattle and horses, it was a small movement, just neighing.
Fortunately, there is no such thing as a bombing camp, and the people responsible for taking care of the cattle and horses are relatively senior herdsmen, who are very aware of some characteristics of cattle and horses, and mostly put some of the more docile cattle and horses together, and some are particularly irritable, and they are placed separately.
Of course, most of the fierce horses are the best of the best, and only the strong ones will be short-tempered, and these horses will not be included in the herd, and will be auctioned separately.
Merchants were less interested in these than in the generals or nobles, and they were more interested in these horses, which were better than ordinary good horses.
The entire Weizhou Conference is imminent, and in fact, the Cattle and Horse Conference, as early as 10 days ago, has been opened, and the preliminary investigation and testing.
The cattle and horses that arrived more than ten days ahead of schedule were the first batch to be tested, and even if they were not grouped, some chambers of commerce that were interested in them also sent personnel who arrived in advance to carry out testing.
Their first-hand information also verified the origin of these cattle and horses, which were all relatively outstanding cattle and horses in Western Xia, which made them first relieved their hearts and also passed on a message, that is, this is a very good business.
However, the largest scale of testing was still after the arrival of the large army, and Han Qi himself also thought about letting the cattle and horses move faster first, and the sheep would be slower.
Generally, it is an experienced master, take a general look, look at the weight, and the proportion of meat, and ensure that it is good not to suffer a loss, Weizhou here, relatively low prices, basically, what sheep to buy, unless it is a malignant disease of sheep, otherwise will not suffer.
The key is the cattle and horses, which must be looked at one by one, otherwise, the transaction of 20 horses and 100 cattle is not a small amount for any chamber of commerce.
Arriving early can improve efficiency, and when the time comes, the auction will open directly and can be completed quickly.
However, at present, Weizhou, because of the reception problem, there are many problems, simply the reception of people, there are continuous problems, if 1.5 million animals arrive, there will be huge pressure.
Weizhou Ling has built all kinds of livestock pens as much as possible, but there is still some time to complete the complete completion, and he somewhat underestimated the pressure brought by the large-scale cattle and horse conference, tens of thousands of people, especially tens of thousands of people with deep pockets, merchants and products, the complexity of which is really beyond imagination, this is a new topic.
Han Qi even had a simple exchange with Weizhou Ling, and fixed the Weizhou Cattle and Horse Conference into a long-term trade fair in the way of building large-scale permanent houses in a long-term process.
Then, it is necessary to renovate the problems that have arisen, for example, to build more inns, and to use special permanent and semi-permanent livestock pens to meet the needs of daily and temporary meetings.
Han Qi knew very well that it was a matter of capacity, Weizhou, a small city with only one or two thousand households, with a population of no more than 10,000 people, had to bear seven or eight times the total population, or even more personnel, which was really difficult, which required large-scale construction and temporary requisition of some professional personnel.
For example, Xiao Er, service staff, and chefs and the like, of course, all kinds of materials are indispensable, and all kinds of people come, but most of the consumption is very high, and if you don't prepare in advance, you can't eat this profit.
The problem pointed out by Han Qi is quite acute, and it is also a problem that needs to be solved urgently, but the Weizhou Order also raised a very realistic problem, there is no money.
Money is not omnipotent, but there is no money but absolutely not, a small Weizhou, just to undertake such a cattle and horse conference, temporary buildings and large-scale livestock pens, invested tens of thousands, really took out everything, and then built a large-scale permanent room, it is simply impossible.
can't eat a fat man in one bite, Han Qi is also very helpless, especially now, on the premise that even the basic livestock pen has not been completed, rashly let the cattle and horses station, once there is a problem, it will be a big trouble.
Chaos and turmoil, this is impossible, not to mention that these businessmen who participated in the cattle and horse conference are all very talented, let's just say that the military strength of the entire Weizhou is enough to suppress it.
Weizhou itself has 500 forbidden troops and 1200 van troops, this part of the combat effectiveness is negligible, what really brings great stability to Weizhou is the 2 armies brought by Han Qi.
These 5,000 elite forbidden troops who have been trained and even seen blood, in the name of protecting Han Qi, have already arrived in Weizhou, and it is the labor of Weizhou itself that is responsible for maintaining order, and they are mainly just in case, so they are not scattered and stationed in a centralized manner.
The elite forbidden army, after the strengthening of the Northwest War, although the soldiers or something, did not continue to update, but the war horses or something, all the best used, excellent war horses, plus the training of the Northwest War, may not be able to compare with the elite Xixia Liao heavy cavalry, placed in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is definitely an irresistible force.
However, they are mainly aimed at people, if someone takes the opportunity to make trouble, they can clean it up, but when there is a large-scale turmoil in the livestock, more than 1 million animals, scattered, how much damage will be caused to the dense crowd, even Han Qi does not dare to guarantee.
He can only slow down and wait until this kind of temporary camp in Weizhou is almost ready, and when he arrives, he can put 1.5 million livestock in different places, so that even if there is a problem, he will lose a part.
This is the disadvantage of patting the head, although the efficiency is improved, but the hidden danger is huge, for the Northern Song Dynasty, even a large-scale bazaar may have problems, not to mention this, involving tens of millions of cattle and horse conferences, Han Qi also felt that his head was big and full of confusion when the cattle and horse conference was about to open.
The 1.5 million livestock, which could have arrived in 10 or even 8 days if they had been moving forward with all their might, had been delayed for 12 days, and had to arrive three days before the opening of the Livestock Conference.
The climax is also after the arrival of the cow and horse, no matter how you judge, it is also a rough, not a whole, 100 through a horse, if you don't look at it, a few blind choices, then I'm sorry for my own money, whose money is not blown by the wind.
If you don't survey carefully, see clearly every cow, no horse is good or bad, how can you give a basic opinion and auction it.
Except for a very small number of waiting households, the rest of them are all big businessmen, the largest of which even mobilized 2 million yuan of funds and sent a huge team of more than 200 people, they may not throw all the money here, but if the goods of this cattle and horse conference are really good, it is not impossible.
With the help of Weizhou personnel, the cattle and horses entered the corresponding area, which was previously roughly separated, and now, by professionals, through numbering and adjustment, are distributed to different areas, and then the herders will adjust according to the previous plan, so that the first batch of livestock to participate in the auction will be selected first, waiting for the start of the investigation.