The hereditary son, Lan Gongzi, was not in the ranch and went to visit friends in the settlement of the Hu people.

The head of the ranch is a disabled uncle in his fifties. One-armed, without a right arm. He was a native of Zhongshan and had his right arm cut off by the Hu people's saber in a battle with the Hu people. Although he survived by luck, he lost his combat effectiveness because of it.

Seeing that the others were very good friends, Bai Gui took him in and gave him full responsibility for the ranch.

This pasture is theirs not only for the grasslands at the foot of the mountains, but also for the mountains along the border. Because it is a border mountain, it is naturally very large and cannot be crossed. Most of the places are full of trees, and there are many wild animals on the mountain.

The most beasts are still wolves. Wolves use this as a base and often haunt the surrounding grasslands, becoming a pest to the grasslands. Because they have mountains as cover, they hide in the mountains once they are surrounded and suppressed by humans.

Since the one-armed management of the ranch, dozens of hunting dogs have been raised in the pasture, not only to protect the safety of the pasture, but also to occupy the mountain as the king, using the mountain to develop animal husbandry. Horses are raised in the grasslands under the mountains, and cattle and sheep are raised in the mountains.

In just over two years, there are already thousands of adult horses and two or three hundred foals on the ranch. There are countless cattle and sheep, and when the hunting dog finds a stranger entering, it will chase you and bark to remind the owner.

This pasture is divided by a river. Outside the river, they all belonged to the main nobles of the Zhongshan Kingdom. It can also be said that this is an abandoned site. If there were no rivers, Lan Gongzi might not be able to inherit it.

Although there are not many of thousands of adult strong horses, it is not an easy task to transport them from Zhongshan to Chu.

It is not surprising that the nomads of the north have thousands of good horses at home. Of course! Refers to the leader among the nomads. Ordinary people can have three or five horses, a few cows, and dozens of sheep, which can be regarded as a wealthy family.

And some people, because of illness or other reasons, can have a horse to ride, a cow and a few sheep, it is good. There are also people who are truly proletarian and have nothing.

Think about it: what kind of cavalry can be equipped with thousands of good horses?

If you want to transport all these good horses to the Chu State, you must use your brains. In fact! These horses are far from enough. Because! Everywhere you go, you have to "pay taxes" along the way. Starting from Zhongshan Country, Zhongshan Country does not have to pay the "horse" tax. Starting from the Zhao Kingdom, you have to pay the "horse" tax, and the horse is the tax.

If you sell horses from Zhongshan to other countries, you must pay customs duties. And passing through Zhao and other countries, you have to leave the horses as taxes, or customs duties.

And then! After passing through the state of Zhao to enter the state of Wei, and then turning to enter the state of Chu. In addition to Zhao Guo, Weiguo, Song and other countries are all small countries, and under the pressure of Chu, the toll tax has to be paid, but not much. But! As a businessman, you have to take the initiative to get in touch with the people who are in charge of this in these countries.

The county officials are not as good as the county management, and if you don't bother with others, it will be difficult for you to do business in the country in the future. As a businessman, Bai Gui will not be short-sighted and only do business. If you want to do business through this road in the future, you have to make a fuss with people.

Furthermore! Others don't collect your toll tax not because they don't want to pay taxes, but because they are forced by the pressure of the Chu State, they don't dare to collect your taxes.

So! If you take the initiative to tie up with others, you can often achieve a win-win effect.

Of course! It's not for nothing! You leave some good horses for this country, and they will give them to you at cost. Or! Barter, giving you an item of equal value. Even! Some small countries are in short supply of good horses and are worried about not being able to buy good horses. You sell horses and leave them good horses as they pass by, just to solve their urgent needs.

Furthermore! If you eat other people's mouths and take other people's soft hands, you can make other demands when others get your benefits, and ask for Ben back in disguise.

Although Zhongshan Country does not have many horses of the Hu people, but! There is no shortage of horses. So! Not to mention thousands of horses, even tens of thousands of horses exported to Zhao can also pass the customs declaration.

After Bai Gui finished looking at the ranch, he drank with the one-armed uncle for a day before leaving the ranch and going to the Hu businessman.

If you want to export 1,000 good horses from the Chu State, you must prepare 3,500 good horses. After passing through the Zhao Kingdom, you will leave behind 800 horses. Otherwise! People will never let you live. After passing through the Kingdom of Wei and the Kingdom of Song, you have to leave at least one or two hundred good horses as a toll tax. What about other small countries? Without dozens of horses as a toll tax, your next business will definitely not be good.

So! Bai Gui decided to go to the Hu merchants who lived in the border market town of Zhongshan and negotiate with them to buy a large number of horses from the Hu people.

There are many Hu people and horses, and they can keep the horses outside the border gate and transport them to Zhongshan in a way that is broken into pieces. A little adds up. So! It is absolutely not a problem to buy two or three thousand horses from them.

Cash transactions with these people, that's impossible. Bai Gui could take out the money to buy thousands of good horses, but it was not a businessman's work. Especially in ancient times, in this era of barter, no one wanted to do this.

What is money? It's just a copper block.

Only by exchanging physical objects for physical objects can everyone feel at ease. Both parties are willing to do so, and they feel that they will not suffer a loss.

can be used as a merchant saint Bai Gui, and the way of bartering is not done by him, a merchant saint. The white wolf with empty gloves is the ability.

Today, he wants to persuade the Hu people: drive the horses to the south and make direct transactions with the people of the Great Zhou.

You sell me the horses, or exchange them with me, that's a loss. You can drive your horses directly to the south and trade with the people of the Great Zhou. That's it! is a businessman.

Can't? What's not to dare? Is it good for us to work together? We formed a caravan and marched to the south. You know: the bigger the caravan, the safer it is.

Language barrier? It does not matter! I'll be your translator. Furthermore! What do you want to do with verbal communication? How much do people give me for a horse, don't they? I will change it if I think it is worth it, I will not change it if I think it is not worth it, I will not change it, is it not okay?

What other concerns do you have? Or? Our partnership? You use the horses as the capital, and I promise you how much goods you get back. Other than that! You can also take a trip to our Great Zhou Kingdom, right? What a great opportunity, or free tours.

With Bai Gui's eloquence, coupled with the honesty he gave people before, convincing those rectum-bearded people is not a sentence?

Many businessmen among the Hu people have long been looking forward to doing business in partnership with Bai Gui and doing business in the Great Zhoutian.

In the eyes of the Hu people, the commodities of Da Zhou are all treasures. Needless to say, food, especially cloth, silk and jewelry, are treasures that can make the Hu nobles crazy. And also! The various household utensils produced by Da Zhou are also very popular among the Hu people because of their practicality.

And their horses, cattle and sheep are all worthless, except for eating meat.

It's worth it to exchange your worthless stuff for the treasure of Da Zhou.