After the people who sent the message from the government left, the patriarch of the small tribe almost shouted and shouted to the young men of the tribe. Unfolded the letter brought by the messenger and read it in a voice that almost trembled.

"The inferior bull can be exchanged for 70 hu rice, the senior bull can be exchanged for 90 hu rice, and a sheep can be exchanged for 20 hu rice....... If you don't want to exchange rice, you can exchange it for other goods of the same value, but the goods are limited until they are sold out! The next sale will be in a month! ”

After the patriarch finished reading, the tribe suddenly became calm. One cow can be exchanged for about 80 hui of rice! What is this concept? That's the equivalent of 4,500 kilograms of grain! (Datang's kilogram unit is smaller than the current kilogram unit)

5,000 kilograms of grain! It's enough for a tribe of more than 100 people to eat for more than half a month. In other words, their rations for the next few months can be exchanged for only a few cows and a few sheep! This is much more cost-effective than those black-hearted businessmen they dealt with before! It's a great deal!

Moreover, cattle, sheep and horses can be exchanged not only for food, but also for many necessities of life. For example, what people love and hate - salt!

Since Chen Fei invented the purification technology of refined salt, the salt production of Datang has increased exponentially, and it has become a profiteering industry that has made the imperial court blush.

Nowadays, the salt sold in the Chen Ji caravan was obtained by the imperial court and sold on behalf of the imperial court.

Don't look at salt as a very expensive thing in Datang, but in this saltless and edible prairie, this thing is more valuable than gold, and it is often priceless.

Now that you can buy it at the bazaar, how can you not surprise them?

Not only salt, but also many other goods, such as iron pots, kitchen knives, silk cloth, and so on. Although the parchment scroll says that a family can only buy an iron pot and a kitchen knife, it is enough to make the herdsmen of these tribes crazy.

The ironware made in the Tang Dynasty has always been very popular in the foreign domain!

"Huh? Look, patriarch, even wool can be exchanged for something! A literate young man came up and looked at it, pointed to the bottom line of the parchment roll and said in surprise: "One hundred catties of wool can be exchanged for ten rolls of mosquito coils, which is necessary for mosquito repellent....... Wool? There is a lot of wool! Wouldn't it be nice if this thing could really repel mosquitoes? ”

"Is there anything that magical? Really? The herders were skeptical.

"Everyone!" The patriarch put away the parchment scroll and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, it's really fake, let's go and see if it's okay to go for a walk, if what is written above is true, wouldn't it be of great benefit to us?" ”

"yes, that makes sense, let's go to that town!" Someone chimed in.

"Yes," the village chief nodded, and then called out the names of some of the young men, and told them to prepare the cattle and sheep that they had intended to slaughter—these cattle and sheep would have to be slaughtered sooner or later, and it would be better to exchange them for the town, and perhaps to leave fodder for the other cattle and sheep.

The patriarch also made a good calculation, and after roughly calculating the things that needed to be purchased and the price, he asked people to prepare tents and other items, and headed in the direction pointed by the messenger overnight.

Sixty miles away, they drove the sheep for a night and a morning, and at noon, they finally came to the "city" in the mouth of the Tang.

It's a bit reluctant to say that the town is really a little reluctant, because this town is also a little too cold, and from the outside it looks like an earthen fort, and the outside is all piled up with mud, and it is simply put on a layer of wooden planks, which is regarded as a "city wall".

If you dare to call it a "town" in the mainland of the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that people will laugh off their big teeth, but fortunately, this is on the grassland, so no one will dislike this temporary town in tatters, but let some young people who have never seen the town be amazed, and look at this "small town" with wide eyes and curiosity.

"Let's go, don't look at it, let's go into the city, this city is nothing, if you have a chance, you can go to Chang'an City to see, tsk, that's called the real city, this small city is in front of Chang'an City, it's just a little grasshopper on the grassland, it's not worth mentioning!"

The patriarch's words immediately aroused the curiosity of the young people, and they asked the patriarch to take care of the matter of Chang'an City, but the patriarch just shook his head, a trace of memory flashed in his eyes, and then sang a pastoral song and drove the sheep into this nameless town.

After entering the city, I found that although it looked tattered on the outside, it was ...... inside More tattered! Not even a decent room!

The city was almost empty, with few buildings except for a few wooden houses and a pen for keeping horses. The rest of the tents that could be seen were almost all erected.

Although there is no detailed division of the city, there are people who are responsible for the reception arrangements, and the sleeping tents are arranged in one area, the shops where they buy things are arranged in another area, and the cattle and sheep and horses and other livestock are arranged in the prison.

In this way, the city is quite orderly and does not look crowded and chaotic.

To the surprise of the patriarch and the others, the people in the town... It's more lively than they think! Probably the nearby tribes and tribes have received the news, so now there are no less than a hundred people wandering in the city, and about seven or eight tribes have rushed over.

The patriarch couldn't take care of rest, and he didn't even have time to eat, so after hastily tying up the cattle and sheep, he hurried to the shop opened by the Tang people.

After just walking around for a while, the patriarch and the others were pleasantly surprised to find that the price of goods recorded on the parchment scroll... It's all true! This price is half cheaper than the usual black-hearted merchants! How not to surprise them? After the surprise, it is to quickly bury your head in the selection of goods, buy all the things you need, and save the slow start and have nothing to buy.

During the purchase, they also got the exact news from the officials patrolling the city: the previous election of officials is true! Ten days later, there will be an assessment here, as long as the literate people have the opportunity to participate, once the assessment is passed, they can be made an official by the imperial court and manage the tribes in an area!

In other words, if you pass the assessment, you will at least be a small commander during the previous reign of Xue Yantuo, and you will have absolute authority among the tribes under your jurisdiction!

The patriarch and the others had not yet recovered from this surprise, and the second and even third news made them almost shout out with joy!

The imperial court will open schools in the towns, and as long as they pay ten sheep, their children will learn to read and write, and they will have the opportunity to become officials in the future.

In addition, the scale of the town will be expanded, and the Chen Kee Chamber of Commerce will build a workshop here to provide herders with the opportunity to work, and they can receive corresponding rations for a day's work, and they will get more for their work! This was unthinkable to herders before! There is no such operation at all!

No matter what the herdsmen of these tribes thought of Datang before, but from this moment on, some subtle changes have occurred in their hearts, it seems... Slowly hope to become a real Tang people!

(End of chapter)