"My lord, there is a Karasuma man outside who asks to see you......"

In recent days, after Wei Shuo had a large amount of green salt, tea and other materials unloaded from the ship, merchants and retail investors came to trade every day. In less than two days, Wei Shuo has exchanged thirty ordinary horses. Although these horses could not be used as war horses, they were more than enough to cultivate the land.

On this day, Wei Shuo was immersed in the room to calculate the transaction results, but unexpectedly, Mr. Liu hurried in from the outside, saying that there was a visit from Karasuma. Wei Shuo's heart moved, and he sighed secretly: "The big deal is coming!" ”

"Hurry up, please!"

As soon as the words fell, two stout men pushed the door in, carrying short knives at their waists, and they knew by looking at their outfits that they were Hu people. The two of them were not restrained, and after coming in, they kept looking up and down, obviously not expecting that the Wei Dong family, which had been famous all over the world recently, would be so young.

"In Weishuo, Xialao Mountain, I don't know which leader of Karasuma is the two strong men?"

The two glanced at each other, and the middle-aged man on the left stepped forward and said, "Presumably you are the famous Weidong family, I am from Liaodong Karasuma, in Xiasumaru, and this is my younger brother Nengchen next to me." I heard that Wei Dong's family bought it in Liaodong, and I came to visit it today. "Speedu learned the etiquette of the Han people and bowed his hand to Wei Shuo.

Wei Shuo nodded slightly and said, "It turned out to be the leader of the speed pill, disrespectful and disrespectful!" Yes, we are indeed buying horses now, whether they are ploughing horses or war horses. According to the price agreed with the local merchant a few days ago, an ordinary horse can be worth 10,000 yuan, and the price of a war horse is slightly higher, about 80,000 yuan, depending on the quality of the horse, the price can be increased. ”

After listening to Wei Shuo's introduction, the two brothers Speedu and Nengchen were suddenly shocked, and it was obvious that the price offered by Wei Shuo far exceeded their expectations. I saw Nengchen looking at his brother with excitement on his face, and suddenly said a few nonsense.

Although Wei Shuo didn't know what the two brothers were talking about in Hu, he could guess a thing or two. His old god was saying to the two Karasuma: "Captain Quickaru, my price is very fair, and there is no intention of deception." In addition, this time I brought a large amount of daily necessities such as salt and tea, and you can directly exchange them for horses. ”

The two Karasuma people couldn't bear it anymore, so they only heard Nengchen hurriedly say: "Big brother, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, this time I finally met a refreshing big businessman, let's hurry up and trade, in case we miss our tribe this year's winter, it will be troublesome." ”

Speedu steadied his mind and asked, "Wei Dong's family, there are five hundred war horses and three hundred farming horses in my tribe that can be traded, all of which are used to exchange for salt, tea, grain and other materials, I don't know how much can be exchanged?" ”

Wei Shuo calculated in his heart and replied: "If the quality of the war horses of the Leader of the Speedu tribe is good, your five hundred war horses are probably worth about 50 million yuan, and if they are all used to exchange for food, they can probably be exchanged for 5,000 stone of grain, which is enough for 5,000 people to eat for two or three months, I don't know how many people in your tribe there are?" Is this enough food for you to survive the winter? ”

When Speedu learned that he could exchange five thousand stone of grain, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "There are about 20,000 men, women, and children in my tribe combined, and there are 3,000 warriors, and five thousand stone of grain plus cattle and sheep and other food stored in the tribe are enough for my tribe to survive this cold winter." ”

He immediately turned his head and instructed his brother Nengchen: "Nengchen, you hurry back to the tribe and bring our horses here, and we will trade with the Wei Dong family immediately." ”

"No, big brother!"

Neng Chen turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Wei Shuo. I saw Wei Shuo smile bitterly: "Don't worry, the leader of the speed pill, Wei still has a few words to say." The food he carried with him this time was not much, only 4,000 stone in total, and no less than 2,000 stone was sold in the county the day before yesterday. Now there is less than half of it left, if the leader of the speed pill can trust Wei, these two thousand stone grain can be counted as fixed money, and in the next two months, I will transport another three thousand stone grain to your tribe, I don't know if it is possible? ”

"This ......" Speedu couldn't help but fall silent when he heard this, it wasn't that he couldn't trust Wei Shuo, it was really related to the winter rations for tens of thousands of people in his tribe, so he had to be cautious. But if he didn't accept Wei Shuo's conditions, he had no other way to raise enough food.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Speedu still decided to accept Wei Shuo's credit, and in this way, Speedu and Wei Shuo reached a deal of 800 horses, of which 500 were war horses alone. With 800 war horses, Speedu exchanged 5,000 stone of grain, 2,000 stone of green salt, 3,000 stone of tea and a large number of other daily necessities from Wei Shuo, basically exchanging the materials brought by Wei Shuo this time.

As soon as the agreement was signed, both Wei Shuo, Speedu, and Nengchen brothers had satisfied smiles on their faces. For a while, the atmosphere in the room was harmonious, and the two sides laughed.

"Wei Dongjia, you are the most bold Jin merchant I have ever seen, as long as your caravan arrives in Liaodong in the future, even if you come to our Karasuma tribe to trade, I will definitely welcome them with the grandest ceremony." Speedu said while drinking the tea brewed from the roasted tea, patting his chest.

Wei Shuo smiled and arched his hand to show his gratitude, "Thank you Leader Speedu for your kindness, don't worry, as long as my fleet still comes to Liaodong, I will not forget your tribe." ”

"So thank you Wei Dongjia!"

The Speedu brothers then took their leave, and they needed to rush back to the tribe to prepare the horses to trade. As soon as the two Karasuma people left, Wei Shuo couldn't wait to meet the county commander Xiake.

In the past few days, as Wei Shuo began to sell grain on a large scale in Xi'anping, the common people in the city rejoiced, attracting many people to call Wei Shuo a great benevolent person, and even with the Xiake family, the popularity of the people also increased. The county commander Xia Ke saw that the hearts of the people in the city were becoming more and more stable, and he saw that Wei Shuo and the others were becoming more and more satisfied.

Knowing that Wei Shuo asked to see him, the busy man brought him in. As soon as they met, the county magistrate couldn't help but praise: "Thanks to the help of the Wei Dong family this time, otherwise I really don't know how the people of the county should survive the harsh winter." ”

Wei Shuo hurriedly said modestly: "The adult has won the award, this is all because the adult loves the people, I just did what I could." Wei came here today because he had something to ask the adults about something. ”

"I don't know what I want to ask? Wei Dongjia may wish to tell him bluntly! ”

"I wonder how much the county magistrate knows about the Karasuma people in Liaodong?"

"Karasuma people? In the last years of the Warring States Period, after the Xiongnu broke the Donghu, the Karasuma people moved to Wuhuan Mountain to live. Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty hunted for four years, the Han army broke the Xiongnu, expelled the Xiongnu from Monan, Karasuma immediately subordinated to the Han Dynasty, and moved south to Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, Liaodong five counties stationed outside the herd, on behalf of the Han Northern Xiongnu. ”

"In the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Guangwu's establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Karasuma moved south from the five counties to the ten counties on the edge of Liaodong, Yuyang and Shuofang. Karasuma moved south twice during the Han Dynasty and gradually grew stronger, dividing into several tribes and working independently, never forming a unified tribal alliance. ”

"It wasn't until it was broken by Emperor Cao Cao of Wei that Karasuma completely declined, and now there is no powerful Karasuma tribe in Liaodong, and most of the Karasuma tribe surrendered to the three Xianbei tribes of Duanbu, Yuwen, and Murong, and were successively turned into Xianbei people. However, there were also a small number of Karasuma people who did not want to be ruled by the Xianbei people, and moved to live in the eastern part of Liaodong. ”

"Why is the Wei Dong family suddenly interested in the Karasuma people?"

Wei Shuo explained, "I received two Karasuma people today and reached a horse deal with them, so I want to get to know the Karasuma people in Liaodong. ”

"Oh, I see!" The Xiake of the Yu clan suddenly realized: "Actually, the Karasuma people and our Jin people in Liaodong are both the targets of oppression by the Xianbei people and the Goguryeo people, as long as they are not trading with the Xianbei tribe, the Weidong family can do their own thing." ”

Hearing this, Wei Shuo's heart moved and asked, "Could it be that the situation in Liaodong has deteriorated to such a critical moment?" ”

Perhaps burdened with huge psychological pressure for a long time, and there was no one to talk to, Yu Shi Xiake suddenly heard Wei Shuo's inquiry with concern, and couldn't help but burst into tears, and said with a sad face: "Alas! The Wei Dong family didn't know, and even Zai Xia didn't know how long this Xi'anping county town could last, and maybe next year this place would fall into the hands of Goguryeo. ”