Chapter 525: A New Caravan
After Amin and his party entered Niulu, they dispersed and returned to their respective homes.
The Jurchen Niulu pattern is actually similar to that of the Han villages, where they live not in yurts, but in civil houses.
Despite his high position, Amin's house was only a large courtyard, and when he returned home and tied his horses to the stable, his son Elley came.
"Amma, I've finally waited for you back." Elley said with some excitement.
"Isn't it just that the Fan family caravan is here, why are you so breathless." Amin said as he bolted his horse.
"Hehe, Amma, you are wrong this time, it is not the Fan family's caravan that came." Elley laughed.
If it wasn't for the Fan family's caravan, how could there be so many people and horses?
Amin was slightly stunned, could it be that there are big businessmen in Daming who have taken a fancy to the benefits of border trade and want to come to this pond?
There are a lot of Ming merchants walking on the grassland, both large and small, but only the eight grain merchants headed by the Fan family can trade with Houjin.
This is the reason for strength, if the financial resources are not enough, there will not be many goods to Liaodong at all, and there is no quantity of a certain scale, even if it goes to Liaodong, it will be a loss.
There is also the reason that Huang Taiji personally designated, if there are too many merchants, among which the dragons and snakes are mixed, if there are Ming factory guards in it, it is inevitable that the bottom of Houjin will be peeked into.
Since this caravan does not belong to those eight grain merchants, if it wants to trade in Liaodong, I am afraid it will not work.
"That's... What is the price of their food? Amin asked.
Whether it is a merchant determined by Huang Taiji or not, whether the merchant will lose or not, Amin doesn't care, as long as the blue flag can be exchanged for grain, and with the urine nature of these Han merchants, the first transaction, most of them will let the price be made, and the grain exchanged for will be more.
As for the hard robbery, this idea was dispelled after only a moment in Amin's heart, one was that the concept of immovable caravans outside the Saiwai was deep-rooted, and the other was that Amin still hoped to continue trading with this caravan in the future.
After the stolen gold, silver and satin are used up, they have to exchange the special products of Liaodong and Liaoxi for food, such as Dongzhu, such as ginseng, and the largest number of animal skins.
If these things are at the right price, they will be able to have an entry in the future, Dongzhu ginseng can be found from time to time, and animal skins are the easiest to obtain.
If the price of food satisfies you, you can warn them not to go any further into Liaodong.
"Amma is Amma, and when you ask, you ask on the point." Erli patted a sycophant, "The price of food for this caravan is almost one percent lower than that of the Fan family. ”
One percent lower? Amin's eyes lit up, which means that the same gold and silver can be exchanged for more than one percent, don't underestimate this percent, the quantity is more, this percent is not a small amount.
The caravans of Fan and others have always been non-bargaining, and they are all based on the price negotiated with Huang Taiji.
"A low achievement is a percent, what is inseparable?" Amin asked, Elley's vague words leaving him a little confused.
"Oh, that's right, Amma." "They don't have much wheat and sorghum, and although the price is lower than that of the Fan family, it is not even 10 percent. ”
"Why, could it be that their food is mainly rice?" Amin frowned slightly, from those rich families in the Guannei, he also snatched rice, it was delicious, but it was troublesome to do, and it took a lot of water, it seemed that this caravan belonged to a certain big merchant in the south of the Ming Dynasty.
Elley shook her head, smiled without saying a word, and mysteriously took something out of her bosom and handed it to Amin.
An alluring sweet fragrance quietly permeated, Amin just took a breath, and his stomach "gurgled", and he couldn't help but blush, after hunting all day in the layman, he ate some cold jerky with cold water at noon, and he was really hungry now.
"Hee-hee," Elley chuckled, "Taste it, Amma, it's delicious." ”
Amin took the object and looked at the glimmer of light coming from inside the house, the skin was purple and yellow, and some places were charred.
Elley pointed beside her, "Amma, peel off the skin and eat." ”
Amin peeled off the charred skin as he said, revealing the yellow-orange-orange flesh, which was even more fragrant and attractive.
After swallowing it in a few bites, Amin felt that he had eaten a lot of food was already five or six points full.
"What is this?" Amin asked, wiping his mouth, still savoring the sweet fragrance in his mouth.
"The people of the caravan call it sweet potato, and there is another kind called potato, which has the most of these two things, and can save the price of one or five percent." Elle said.
Five in one? Amin was a little moved, which meant more food, and the thing was easy to eat.
"Let's go, Amma, there's still potatoes in the house, go try them too." Erli said, "This caravan is quite good at coming, after knowing that we are here where the owner of the blue flag is, sweet potatoes and potatoes each sent us a hundred catties, as well as dozens of catties of tea, and the person in charge said that it is tonight, and he will come to visit tomorrow." ”
"That's... Except for gold and silver satin, what else do they have? Amin asked as he walked.
"Yes, Dongzhu, ginseng, animal skins, and Wula grass, they are also willing to ask for it." Elley replied excitedly.
Ula grass is a treasure for the eastern and western parts of Liaoning, and in winter, it is used to pad shoes, which is both dry and warm, which is really a rare good thing, but unfortunately the Han people were not interested in it in the past.
"Really?" When Amin heard this, he was even more happy, he was still worried about how to increase his income along the way, but he didn't expect to hear the good news when he came back, and he was really sleepy and had a pillow.
Although the price of Dongzhu ginseng is high, it is not easy to find, there are more animal skins, but it is not always available, only the wool grass is very easy to obtain, and now this caravan is willing to accept it, which is undoubtedly an additional entry for the blue flag.
No, we have to find a way to stop this caravan, such a good thing can't fall on other flags, this matter is easy to do, just intimidate, presumably these Han people will not dare to continue eastward, besides, this is a fact, not a lie.
When the two walked into the house, the whole family had already eaten, and the Jurchens had not been civilized for a long time, and there were not as many rules as the Han people.
One by one sat on the spot, stroking their bellies, obviously eating and stretching, although they lived in a house, but the furnishings in the house were not as numerous as those of the Han people, there were no chairs, only a crude low table, and some animal skins were padded on the ground for sitting.
On the low table, there were several things of different sizes, which were specially reserved for Amin, a large purple and red one, which was a sweet potato, and a small earthy yellow one, which was naturally the potato that Elle said.
"Amma!" Seeing Amin come in, several sons shouted one after another, as for women, there are none, even if it is a great fortune, it is not allowed to be served, only in the palace of Shengjing, Huang Taiji will occasionally eat with his fortune.