On the side of Lan Gongzi Ranch, agriculture cannot be developed on the pasture, and only grazing can be done. And grazing can't accommodate others, and Bai Gui's family is enough.

In normal pastures, there are at least about 2,000 horses. If there were horse traders from the north, and they would buy these horses, there would be more horses in the pastures.

When there were too many horses stockpiled on the pasture, the last method was adopted again, and the grazing was carried out in batches. Usually the horses are tied to the stable, eat the hand-cut forage, and let some horses out for activities at regular intervals every day.

So! There is no room for others to graze on the pasture.

The only way to develop agriculture is to rely on the mountains in the north and grow dryland crops in the mountain cols. Just like Zhao Nu's family, they can only grow dryland crops, not crops such as rice.

Because of geography, so! No one wants to move here. Opposite! They are all willing to migrate to Linquan Castle.

In fact! At the foot of the mountain all the way to the border of Zhao, agriculture can be developed.

In the past, when Lan Gongzi was not unlucky, the population here was also very dense. On the other side of the ranch, there is also a small market town. In the market town, there are also merchants from the north.

This market town, like Yinshan Town, was a trading center. The merchants of Zhao led to that level and traded directly with the merchants in the north.

Later, Lan Gongzi was framed, and many of the residents above were killed. Others! Either they were driven away, or they couldn't stay anymore and moved away automatically. Slowly! It's abandoned.

Right now! It is no longer possible to revitalize this place and develop it into a trading center. Without trade, it is true that there are not many people who can be fed.

In the current ranch, in addition to more than 100 people who raise horses, there are only less than 200 people in Zhao Nu's family. The last time there were nearly 20,000 horses, there were only about 500. When it's busy, it's no more than a thousand people.

How can we develop the population here?

Bai Gui had a headache for a long time, but he couldn't think of a good way.

Liberalize taxes, let those who are willing to migrate not pay taxes for many years, encourage them to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and develop the ancient road from pastures to Zhao State.

And then! A trade market with horses as a trading center was developed here. It is mainly based on horse trafficking, supplemented by other businesses.

On the side of Linquan Castle, it is mainly a commodity and also sells horses.

Is it possible to build a special horse trading market here? Are northerners willing to traffic horses here?

Obviously! Regardless of whether the northerners want to come or not, the people of Zhoudi are absolutely willing to come.

The horse trade at Linquan Castle cannot be banned. Because! Horses are an important means of transportation, whether it is the northerners coming to Linquan to do business, or the people from the surrounding areas going to Linquan to do business, they are inseparable from horses.

When people from Zhoudi go to Linquan to do business, they generally use a small number of horse-drawn carriages to go over, and then buy a large number of horses and carry the goods back. That's the only way! to buy more horses.

Horses! It is an important strategic material, and it is too important for the people around it. Horse! It's worth so much.

So! The horse business of Linquan Castle is irreplaceable.

The grassland people trafficked horses to Linquan, which was a short distance and costly. So! Willing to buy cheaply. And the people of Zhoudi can buy cheap horses when they come to Linquan, so they are naturally willing to buy them in Linquan.

But! After the people of Zhoudi bought cheap horses from Linquan, they transported them back to Zhoudi, and the cost was also very large. They had to pay taxes in Linquan, and they had to pay taxes when they came to Zhongshan after passing through Yinshan Town. After crossing the border to Zhao, you have to pay taxes. Taxes along the way, the cost is large.

If a horse trading market is established in the ranch of Lan Gongzi, there will be less taxes from Linquan and from Zhongshan. Zhao's taxes, paid by him, can be much less.

The tax paid by small traders is definitely heavy, while the large traders pay an annual tax, which is naturally light.

Encourage horse dealers in the north to transport their horses to the ranch of Lan Gongzi, and ensure that the price of their horses is more expensive than Linquan, and there should be people who are willing to come.

And the traders in Zhoudi saw that there were horses for sale at Lan Gongzi Ranch, although it was more expensive, but the road was close, and after considering it comprehensively, they should still be willing to come here.

The road is near! The commercial risk is small.

After taking it all together, Bai Gui felt that it was very feasible to build a special horse trading market on the side of Lan Gongzi Ranch.

After all the procedures were thought out, he summoned the shopkeeper in Zhongshan Kingdom to ask for everyone's opinions.

After listening to his plan, everyone was silent for a while, and then they started to discuss. Opinions are unanimous, some think it's feasible, some think it's difficult.

People who think it's hard think that there has always been a horse trading market in Yinshan Town, Zhongshan Kingdom. Although the trading market has been transferred to Linquan, it is impossible to completely ban it.

There are many businessmen who like to deal with old customers and do business with acquaintances. Because! In the north, unlike Zhoudi, Zhoudi people are more honest, while northerners have poor credit. So! They only do business with acquaintances, so don't worry.

It is for this reason! The horse trading market in Yinshan Town has always existed.

Two! Many merchants in Yinshan Town are dissatisfied with Baekyu.

Since Bai Gui built the city in Linquan, the business in Yinshan Town has been weakened, affecting many people who have been doing business in Yinshan Town for generations.

Three! The trading volume of Yinshan Town declined and was no longer prosperous, which seriously affected the taxation of the local aristocracy. Thereby! Aroused the discontent of the local aristocracy.

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land.

The town of Yinshan has "zhenyi", which are local landowners who live a luxurious life on taxes. With less taxation, their extravagant life will inevitably suffer.

In the towns, there were also the great nobles who collected their taxes. On top of the great nobles, there is also the king of the Zhongshan Kingdom.

So! The reduction of taxes in Yinshan Town will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among many people.

If you build a special horse trading market on the ranch of Lan Gongzi, it will once again hit the nerves of the nobles of Zhongshan Kingdom.

Opponents oppose it from this point of view.

Other than that! There are also some naysayers who are worried: Can we build a horse market here?

The key question is: Are the horse traders in the north willing to travel more than ten or twenty days to traffic horses to Lan Gongzi's pasture?

You don't have a horse, and you're still trading a fart?

Without a seller, where are the buyers?

After listening to everyone's analysis, Bai Gui sighed and said, "It seems! Only count on mining! ”

"Mining?"

Bai Gui smiled bitterly: "If there is a mine on the mountain here, we will open the mine." And then! We build a smelter here, and we build a foundry here. If we find another way, we won't offend the nobles of Zhongshan Kingdom! ”

"Don't you know? Is there a mine on this mountain to the north? ”

"If there is a mine? It is the king of Zhongshan again, and we must not only pay taxes to Lan Gongzi, but also pay taxes to the king. When the time comes? If the other party asks for a sky-high price, can we not bear that tax? ”

(End of chapter)