"In a few days, Benjue will enter the palace to preside over the palace banquet, and now it seems that there is not much time left for the flat darthead to think about it, and you must prepare to go to the Uighurs again as soon as possible." Flirting and scolding can certainly make people feel happy, but the business cannot be delayed, otherwise once a man loses his career, I am afraid that he will not even have the qualifications to flirt.

"In such a hurry?" Ping Dart Head frowned. After all, he has only been back for a few days, especially now that it is winter, if he goes again this time, it will not be able to go back and forth in two months.

Wen Qihang sighed: "I also know that I am in a hurry, but this time our errand is not very beautiful, although the price of cattle has been contained, but it has not dropped much, at least it has not met the expectations of His Majesty."

This time when we enter the palace, if Your Majesty asks, we are afraid that it will not be easy for us to explain. ”

Ping Sihai asked, "This is the reason why Wen Jue is willing to pay more taxes?" ”

"Part of it." Wen Qihang nodded and said, "Actually, we have invisibly offended many people this time, especially the nobles in the Jingshi. Zhu County ordered to come to collect taxes this time, maybe those people are doing the trick, I just don't want to be caught by them. ”

Although Wen Qihang's current title, in Jingshi, a place where there are many nobles like dogs, it is not as big as the official position of Wang Ba in the Bianshui River, but the nobles are the nobles. If you are put on the name of a businessman by someone with a heart, it will be a self-depraved person, and it will be much easier to be cleaned up by someone in time.

After all, the merchant at this time had the lowest status among the four people.

"But far water can't save near fire." Ping Sihai frowned and said, "In the current weather, if you want to make a round trip to the Uighurs, it will take at least three months if everything goes well. ”

The ancient roads were already difficult to follow, especially after entering the territory of the Uighurs, and there were no such roads in the steppes at all.

In the cold winter of the lunar month, as long as there is a heavy snowfall, it is possible to delay the trip indefinitely.

Wen Qihang agreed: "Ping Dart Head is good, but the expectation is very important, as long as we can give people a false impression that we can continue to transport cattle, the price of cattle will not rebound, especially in the spring of next year, before spring ploughing, the price of cattle must be suppressed, this is already a matter of the safety of the country, we cannot be lucky." ”

In ancient times, it was particularly important for the people to take food as their heaven and ensure food production, and the most fundamental reason for the peasant uprising was because of hunger. The needs of the people are actually very simple, as long as they can eat their stomachs, they can resolve countless bloodsheds.

Now because there are more than 4,000 cattle entering the market, although those nobles have learned the stock skills of replenishment in later generations without a teacher, the cattle price has also lost its momentum to rise because of the lack of funds.

Under the premise that those nobles have not organized their money again and pulled up the price of cattle and sold goods, it is necessary to maintain the stability of the existing cattle price.

Ping Sihai worried: "Ping is a little harder, but there is no problem, but in winter, it is not a simple matter to transport thousands of cattle and horses back from the Uighurs. ”

Wen Qihang nodded: "I also consider this, the forage for cattle and horses in winter may be very scarce along the way." However, Benjue still has some friendship with General Pan, so you can ask him to prepare it on your behalf. ”

Driving thousands of cows and horses for thousands of miles in winter is not as easy as in autumn, where so many cows and horses need to eat and drink along the way. In the autumn, cattle and horses can be driven into the fields and eaten by themselves, even if they are purchased from the people of the towns along the way. But in the winter, the town would not prepare forage for the thousands of cows and horses.

Ping Sihai frowned and said, "This is always troublesome to the army, isn't it appropriate?" ”

Wen Qihang smiled bitterly and said, "In normal times, maybe we don't need to trouble the army. But in the winter, if you don't want to bother, I'm afraid you can't do it. ”

"........." Ping Sihai was slightly stunned before sighing: "What Wen Jue said is very true. ”

At the end of the Five Dynasties, banditry was serious, especially in the border areas, where bandits looted and plundered. If it is a normal time, after estimating the strength of both sides, as long as it is hard stubble, the bandits will generally not work hard, and the wild meat all over the mountains can still fill their stomachs. But in the winter, those bandit villages with insufficient supplies, in order to survive the cold winter and not be frozen to death, whether they can fight or not, it is better to fight desperately than to starve to death.

Wen Qihang emphasized: "We can't afford accidents this time, and it is inevitable to ask the army to accompany us." Therefore, I am going to issue twenty taels to each accompanying soldier as their hardship fee, after all, it is very hard to march thousands of miles in winter. ”

"........" Ping Sihai was speechless, this damn smell set sail, a mouth, 100,000 guan, and disappeared again.

Twenty times! The soldiers' annual salaries were only a few dollars, and they had to be deducted a lot by the lords. In this era of constant war, many people joined the army just to have enough to eat. Don't say it's for twenty runs, it's just for two runs, it's enough for those soldiers to fight for their lives.

Regardless of Ping Sihai's surprised expression, Wen Qihang continued: "This amount of money is not much, if you add the previous one, this is only ten yuan for one trip." ”

"Wenjue, do you know how many soldiers there are in the Yongxing Army?" Ping Sihai asked.

"How much?"

"More than 5,000 people."

"Ahh So little? Smelling Qihang, he was surprised.

"Less?"

"yes, I thought there must be at least 20,000 people."

"........" Ping Sihai understood it, and he was planning to throw out 400,000 yuan at once!

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's settle it. General Pan also happens to be in Beijing now, and when Your Majesty holds a banquet, I will ask Your Majesty for instructions. "Wen Qihang doesn't care about the number of troops, and the top priority is to let Zhao Lao Er nod his head, otherwise no one will be able to mobilize the army privately.

"It's fine." Ping Sihai said helplessly.

"What Ping Dart Head has to do now is to hurry up and discuss with Old Man Ping when to set off, and prepare all the manpower and equipment. But I don't worry about this, after all, I've already gone through a trip to the flat dart, and I am familiar with it.

As for the goods! Benjue will be ready, but this time it may be necessary to add a few more people.

This time, the tea bricks were prepared a little less, mainly because last time, the tea leaves in the Jingshi have been bought out by us. So I specially prepared some more pottery and porcelain this time, and of course a cart of silk and linen.

The silk was given to the Uighur tribal leaders. The sackcloth can be given to the herdsmen, although we are buying and selling, but friendship is the most important thing. ”

"Wen Jue is thoughtful, and Ping admires it."

"Don't admire, you just remember not to be fooled again this time, you have to have more mothers and fewer males."

"........" saw and heard that Qihang turned on the mockery mode again, and Ping Sihai knew that it seemed that this matter had been talked about almost over. If you don't say goodbye, I don't know what ugly things this bastard will say.

And he can be regarded as seeing it, this damn Wen Qihang called himself over, saying that it was to introduce Zhu Xianling to himself, but in fact, it was to tell him how the money he deserved was spent by him like sprinkling.

In just a few quarters of an hour, hundreds of thousands of dollars of money have disappeared, and if you continue to stay here, maybe there will not be much left of the share you deserve in the end.

"Since the matter has been decided like this, then Ping will leave first."

Wen Qihang nodded: "It's okay." ”

"Ping hasn't seen his little sister for a long time, although the little sister and Wen Jue have another agreement, can the little sister be allowed to go back home with Ping?"

"Yes, yes, but the guarantor can only be Ling Mei, when the flat dart head departs, don't forget, please Ling Mei continue to come to my house as a mortgage."

"Can't it be done any other way?" Ping Sihai said depressedly. Before that, my little sister has been a guarantor for more than two months, if I continue to be a guarantor this time, it will be equivalent to smelling this bastard who has occupied my little sister for nearly half a year!

If you go back to the Huhu to exchange cattle and horses in the future, you need your little sister to make a pledge, if you go twice a year, isn't it equivalent to half a year, your little sister is owned by Wen Qihang.

It's worth it!

"If Wen Jue does not agree to replace it in other ways, I will dart all over the world, I am afraid it will be difficult to agree to Wen Jue's deal." Ping Sihai tough road. I just want to make money, but if this matter doesn't work out, it is about Wen Qihang's net worth and life, which is more important, and it should be a good choice.

Wen Qihang snorted lightly: "Are you threatening me?" ”

"Ping doesn't dare!" Ping Sihai hugged his fists and saluted. But there was no compromise in attitude.

"Well, since you are darts all over the world and want to finish, then I can't stop you. That's it! Wen Qihang sneered.

"........" Ping Sihai was stunned when he heard this. He really didn't expect that Wen Qihang would dare to scatter in two, but the problem is that there is not a single force that can go to the Uighurs instead of the four seas of the Jingshi several times! What is the confidence to set sail when this smells of sailing!

(End of chapter)