I feel that the blood of the Turks has gradually begun to fade, and although this first transaction has not yet begun, the Turks have actually changed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThey are no longer as brave as they used to be, but have begun to covet comfort. In the past, when the Turks had natural disasters, their first thought was to go to the southern Han people to loot, so that they could loot enough food and supplies, even women. But now, these Turks often have the first idea, that is, to trade with the Han people, and trade those things that are too much to eat or even waste. For example, dairy products, and maybe even something else in the future. Now, at the moment it's just dairy, and I don't know what else will be in the future.

"By the way, there is news from our imperial court, and in the future, all kinds of wool or something from you can also be used for trading, and even we can exchange them with you!" said the official of the mutual market supervisor.

"Wool? What do you want wool for? "Yes! What do you want wool for? ”……

The Turks did not understand what these Han Chinese wanted wool for, but the officials of the mutual market supervisor did not say, only that they could trade wool. But they didn't know that these wool were already planning to make wool sweaters. Perhaps people born in the new century in the later generations will rarely pay attention to sweaters, because there were many more down jackets in that era, and basically down jackets were mainly worn in the city. However, when he was a child, on the contrary, down jackets were relatively few and much more expensive at that time, and he still wore cardigans when he was a child.

This wool sweater is a kind of warm clothing, and the warmth effect is between cotton clothes and ordinary clothes. The price of cardigans is not so attractive compared to cotton clothes and down jackets, but it has a huge advantage, that is, it is close-fitting. Cardigans can be knitted very close-fitting and not as bulky as down jackets and padded clothes. Shi Bufan planned to use the wool of the steppe Turks as a procurement material, and after arriving in the Central Plains, he could let those female workers or some tailors jointly "tackle key problems" and strive to get the technology of this woolen sweater. In this way, the people of Datang can have a new warm thing in the future, and they don't have to rely on hunting birds to get feathers all the time.

Shi Bufan also knew that a large amount of overfishing was not good, and when he did not popularize cotton in the Tang Dynasty, he naturally wanted to set his sights on this sweater. And sweaters have the advantage of further increasing the trade channels of the Turks. Don't look at it as just an increase in trade channels, but it is tantamount to further disintegrating the Turks' solution to the problem of materials by force. Whether it is wool or various dairy products, for the Turkic people it is actually something that can be produced continuously. As long as the cattle and sheep are still there, the goat's milk, milk, mare's milk, and wool are actually things that can be continuously produced and can have a stable income.

In fact, many nomads are very envious of the Han people in the Central Plains. Although they seem to be weak as a mouthful of Han people, in fact, they know very well in their hearts that they envy the Han people for not having to fight with natural disasters and the environment, because the ancestors of the Han people have helped them gradually improve various environments, and they do not have to endure frequent natural and man-made disasters, and they do not have to endure nomadic herding everywhere and can have a stable water source. You can even live a stable life, and you don't have to worry about diseases every year, as well as all kinds of animal plagues. Anyone wants stability, not turmoil. The Turks are essentially a people, and no people in this world is absolutely belligerent. Maybe you will be warlike in the beginning, but when you have wealth, you will want to be safe. Careerists are only a minority, and more ordinary people want stability and comfort, rather than fighting with the natural environment every day.

"Can you really use wool? We also have to shear a lot of wool every year, and you also harvest this wool? "Yes! It would be great if that was the case, we have another place of income. ”……

The people of the small Turkic tribes talked about it here, and even the merchants of the large tribes were also red-eyed. This kind of thing, which was originally worthless, is suddenly worth a lot, and looking at the other party's purchase, it is still not a small amount. If they make a large purchase in the future, there is no need for the Turks to fight for a little food. As long as the Han people are willing to purchase and trade grain, then everything can be done comfortably. Why should they fight so hard to exchange these worthless things for food? Why take the risk to go to war, not to mention that these Han people didn't come to procure, they would also lose it.

This time a trade channel was opened again, so that the Turks would also have more income, and naturally they would not want to fight. If you continue to fight, let's not talk about whether you can win the war, and even if you win, what if you win? They will inevitably have a bad relationship with Zhongyuan, and in the end, once Zhongyuan stops trading, then they will lose even more. In the long run, gradual trading actually yields more money, which is something that anyone with a basic political mind can come up with, and the first thing that comes to the mind of the Turks is definitely not war.

"Of course, we also need quotas for wool procurement. A horse gets a certain quota, and the quota related to wool has not yet been given by the imperial court, but if you want to sell wool or something, you must also sell war horses, otherwise you can't get a quota! The official of the border mutual market supervision said.

Those small tribes immediately patted their chests and agreed to sell their war horses, anyway, there are few of them, and it is impossible for them to beat those big tribes with war horses. It is better not to prevent it, so it is better not to prevent it, and strive for some good life for the herdsmen to win over the people. Soon, the herders were also preparing to register with the border supervisor and negotiate how much quota they would receive. However, they also have to make corresponding commitments to take out war horses in exchange for quotas, of course, it is impossible for Datang to ask for these war horses in vain, and they also spend silver to buy, and ordinary Turks are not at a loss. Of course, the significance of the war horse is not in the price, but in the fact that it has a great military increase for the Han people. In many cases, the Turks were reluctant to sell their horses, but under the standard of this horse and trade quota, they were willing to sell their horses in exchange for quotas.

The border mutual market supervisor quickly gave these Turkic merchants a standard wooden card, which is a standard quota, and a representative of the trading power of three hundred catties of dairy products, but at the same time, a war horse must be sold to Datang.

"Bastard, you wait for me, you dare to sell war horses to the Tang people without authorization, you wait! We Khan will not let you go! Stubbornness said angrily.

However, some people took the initiative to say: "Jieli, I am the eldest son of Xue Yantuo's leader Yi Nan, Bazhuo, this time I was ordered to trade with the Han people, and this time we Xue Yantuo are willing to sell war horses to the Tang people." We are willing to trade with the Han Chinese, especially since we also have a lot of things. Compared to the places where you Turks live farther north, we Xueyantuo people are already Mobei. We need more supplies, so I am willing to take the initiative to trade with the Han Chinese. ”

Soon, the self-proclaimed Xue Yantuo Gongzi took the initiative to come over and was also ready to register.

The officials of the mutual market supervisor were also very shocked, this one actually sent the eldest son, that is, the heir of the tribe, to trade in person, which can show that he attaches great importance to it.

"Are you Xue Yantuo's son? Our Shi Shi Wai Lang said, let me hand these over to Xue Yantuo's highest status. Since you are the heir of Xue Yantuo this time, then I will also hand it over to you! These divisions have five hundred quota wooden cards, and in the future, you Xue Yantuo people can directly obtain the trading power of five hundred standard quotas, which can be regarded as a gift from us! ”

That Xue Yantuo Gongzi Bazhuo was also excited, although these Turks were not very proficient in commerce at present, they obviously vaguely felt that although this trade seemed to be relatively balanced for the time being. However, the Turks are still at a disadvantage, their respective tribes are scattered, and their products are seriously homogeneous, which is nothing more than dairy products, war horses, and some wool and so on. They are not only scattered, but also have serious homogeneity of products, so it is difficult for them to sell at a high price under the business background of Datang, which has amazing official authority, rich product variety, and high added value.

What's more, they don't have as much authority as the Tang Dynasty government to control their subordinates, so it is inevitable that they will tear each other down and reduce prices. However, as we all know, the Turks are still at a great disadvantage in this trade, and it is not a balanced trade. Through the restrictions given to them by trade quotas, Shi Bufan directly forced them to sell dairy products and sell war horses at the same time, so that Datang could get a lot of war horses. These Turkic people have serious homogeneity of their products, and who Datang buys and how to sell them are all in Datang's hands. The Turks, the seller, are not at all a person with pricing power.

When they sell dairy products, they have no pricing power, because they are seriously homogeneous, and the internal cohesion is not enough, and the authority of the higher authorities is not strong, so naturally they can't stop the scattered Turks from selling by themselves, plus the people of Datang leave dairy products, there will be no big harm, so it is a buyer's market in Datang. However, while they buy grain, tea, steel, metal and other daily necessities, they do not produce tea there, the grain output is very low, and they also do not produce steel, salt, and other materials. Tea is an important thing for nomads to maintain their body nutrition, food is a material for survival, salt is also precious, and steel is the basis of weapons. So these materials are all necessary for them, they use Datang's non-essential goods and Datang said to produce, but they must need it, so it is strange not to suffer a loss. Even for various reasons, their trade is still at a serious disadvantage.

Shi Bufan asked to use war horses in exchange for quotas, and they all had to agree, because they were a very big disadvantage in trade, even if Datang offered greater conditions, they didn't dare not agree. A small trade has increased the cost of looting a lot, and it is impossible for them to continue to raise the courage to loot.

Pulling out the heat of his eyes, he said: "I once heard your messenger surnamed Qiao mention that Shi Yuan Wailang is a very good person, it seems that Shi Yuan Wailang is really good!" ”

"The messenger surnamed Joe?" The officials of the mutual market supervisor obviously didn't know about it, but he still knew that this kind of thing could not be revealed casually, as if he hadn't heard it.

Ba Zhuo was also surprised, but he soon knew that this official of the mutual market supervisor may not know that Qiao Shiwang had gone to Xue Yantuo to canonize his father as Zhenzhu Khan. At present, in fact, the relationship between the two sides has not been made public, and Xue Yantuo is already preparing to accumulate strength and look for a suitable opportunity to turn his face with the Turks. However, at present, Shi Bufan has sent a quota, does that mean that he supports Xue Yantuo? If other tribes want to get quotas, they have to exchange them for war horses. However, the five hundred standard quotas that Xue Yantuo obtained for no reason were tantamount to increasing their strength.

Who to trade with now and how to trade are all in the hands of Datang, Datang is willing to give them 500 unconditional quotas, which means that they can get more benefits, I don't know how many people are red-eyed for this quota? In exchange for quotas, of course they were willing.

Sure enough, the other tribes are also red-eyed, with an unconditional quota of five hundred, so who of them is not red-eyed? According to the previous idea, this 300 catties of dairy products, that is, dried cheese, can be exchanged for at least 300 stone of grain, because cheese is a high-value commodity, and the value is much higher than that of ordinary grain. Three hundred catties of dried cheese can be exchanged for at least three hundred stone of grain, which is even enough for dozens of people to eat for a year. And this quota of 500 is enough for a tribe of tens of thousands of people to eat for a year.

Tens of thousands of people, even in the Turkic steppe, is the standard of medium-sized tribes. Who wouldn't be blushing to get so many quotas for no reason? Many small tribes are also very hot when they look at this Xue Yantuo's heir, because this quota represents survival materials, and this Xue Yantuo has obtained so many quotas for no reason, which shows that Xue Yantuo people are "related" within the Tang Dynasty!

Some small tribes have already considered whether to cooperate with the Xue Yantuo people, because for those Turkic people who have milk is a mother, whoever can have enough supplies can let them call their ancestors. Xue Yantuo was able to get so many quotas out of thin air, which meant that he could feed more people, and none of these people on the grassland were desperate for survival. With a stable source of income, it can attract many herders to come and take refuge.

However, this made that stubborn and distracted person turn dark, and looking at that Xue Yantuo's plucking, his face became even darker.

"Kuye, this is the Tang people sowing discord!" Bazhuo looked at this obsessive gaze, and immediately knew that this was an extraordinary strategy, and it was actually sowing discord, or was it so open-minded to sow discord. (To be continued.) )