The spring breeze is beautiful overnight, and the taste is not enough for outsiders.

After getting up the second day, Wang Xiang looked at Ju Yiya, who was still asleep, and gently helped her cover the quilt before getting out of bed and dressing.

He was a little unaccustomed to wearing Xizhou's clothes, and it took him a long time to barely put them on.

As usual, he went to see his father-in-law, King Gaochang, and when he saw that only Wang Xiang came out alone, Ju Wenya seemed to think of something, and glared at Wang Xiang with an unkind face, Wang Xiang could only smile awkwardly.

Laifu had been waiting outside the palace for a long time, and said that he would take him to see the shop today.

"Young Master, you can come out."

Wang Xiang glanced at Laifu who couldn't wait and smiled: "What's the hurry, this store can't run again, by the way, what did you bring with you from Chang'an this time?" ”

"It's all wine brewed in our winery, and there were a few tavern owners who wanted to buy wine from me yesterday."

"Tavern?" Wang Xianghu glanced at the triumphant Laifu suspiciously, the tavern in Xizhou is not a pure tavern, it is the same place as the Qinglou in the Tang Dynasty.

Laifu knew what he was thinking when he saw Wang Xiang's expression, and hurriedly said, "I'm just going to talk about business, and I haven't done anything else." ”

Wang Xiang shook his head amusedly, the secret of the Xizhou Tavern was told to him by Li Huiming, and Li Huiming had been running into the tavern every day these days, and he felt a little happy.

"What are you nervous about, it seems that you are not too young to speak, and it is time to find a family member."

Laifu blushed and waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, young master." Let's go and see the shops first. ”

Wang Xiang smiled slightly. I still remember when I first came to Datang. Laifu is still an ordinary servant in the Marquis of Linchuan's mansion, and his biggest wish is to save enough money to ask for a daughter-in-law to have two fat babies, and now the money he has saved is enough for him to ask for a few daughters-in-law, but he is focused on a wine shop.

When they arrived at Chinatown, many people had already gathered there, and when they saw Wang Xiang coming over, they all gathered around to say hello.

Wang Xiang naturally knew what they were thinking, smiled and said, "Don't worry, after the Chamber of Commerce is built, those who want a shop can go to the Chamber of Commerce to apply." At that time, there will be a special person in charge of the affairs of the store. ”

As for the shops that Wang Xiang chose for himself, of course, he didn't need to apply, he chose the three shops with the best location, and Laifu was pleasantly surprised when he saw it, and immediately found someone to come over to repair the shops, one of the shops hung the signboard of a wine tasting shop, and the other two had not yet made plans.

In fact, Wang Xiang had already thought about it, one of the shops was going to be used to open a grain store, and now that Datang has potatoes, the people don't worry about food at all, so the excess grain can be sold to the countries of the Western Regions in exchange for other things, which is also an important task for him to go to the Western Regions this time. Let the countries of the Western Regions become dependent on the grain of the Tang Dynasty, once a country has to completely rely on other countries for even basic food, then it will lose the ability to resist.

For the countries of the Western Regions, food has always been their biggest problem. I heard that Datang will supply a large amount of grain in the future, and everyone is very interested, and they have come forward to ask about the price of grain, after all, if the price is too high, even if a large supply of grain is meaningless.

Wang Xiang raised his hand to signal everyone to be calm, smiled and said: "His Majesty the Heavenly Khan remembers that the people of the Western Regions often do not have enough to eat, so he decided to supply a large amount of grain to the countries of the Western Regions, and as for the price, ......."

Seeing that Wang Xiang suddenly said nothing, someone suddenly became anxious and asked, "What is the price?" ”

The person who asked was a Yanqi businessman, who had just experienced a war recently, and there was an extreme shortage of food in the country, and the news of Datang's large supply of grain at this time was simply great news for them.

Wang Xiang smiled faintly: "The grain supplied by Datang is bartered. ”

"How do I barter?" The crowd became more curious.

"For example, Yanqi." Wang Xiang took out a piece of coal mine and said with a smile: "Yanqi has such black stones, and a cart of such black stones can be exchanged for a cart of grain." ”

Everyone couldn't help whispering when they heard this, they had never heard that stones could be exchanged for grain, and the Yanqi merchant who had just asked was even more surprised, and said uncertainly: "What the deputy envoy said is true?" Can a cart of black stones be exchanged for a cart of grain? ”

Wang Xiang nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, as long as you can pull a cart of such black stones, I will give you a cart of grain." ”

Kasan was also in the crowd, and he was not particularly surprised when he heard Wang Xiang's words, there were really too many black stones like this in Yanqi, and he couldn't dig them all by himself, and Wang Xiang had already told him that their previous trading agreement was still valid, which meant that he could also exchange a cart of black stones for a glazed stone, which was a unique treatment.

After Wang Xiang's confirmation, the Yanqi merchants in the crowd were all pleasantly surprised, and the merchants of other subject countries were also extremely envious, in their opinion, this was simply a pie-in-the-sky thing.

"Then what can we Gaochang exchange for food?" A Gaochang businessman couldn't help but ask.

Hearing his question, everyone stopped whispering and looked at Wang Xiang expectantly.

Wang Xiang glanced at the somewhat nervous Gaochang merchant and smiled: "There are many cattle, sheep and horses in Gaochang, so naturally you can exchange cattle, sheep and horses for food." ”

After listening to Wang Xiang's words, the Gaochang merchants were obviously a little disappointed, it was not easy for cattle, sheep and horses to grow up, compared to Yanqi who exchanged stones for grain, and besides, they used to exchange cattle and sheep and Datang for food, so disappointment was inevitable.

Wang Xiang Yingying smiled and said, "Of course, you have other choices. ”

"What choice?"

"Wool."

"Wool?" The Gaochang merchant was puzzled and didn't know what Wang Xiang meant.

"It is not easy for cows, sheep and horses to grow, but wool is different, and it will not take long for wool to grow back after cutting."

"What do you mean...... Wool can also be exchanged for food? ”

Wang Xiang laughed: "Yes, the same weight of wool can be exchanged for the same weight of grain from me." ”

There was another uproar in the crowd.

Previously, Yanqi's exchange of stones for food had already made them feel incredible, and now they said that they could exchange wool for food, if it weren't for Wang Xiang's identity here, they really thought it was deliberately entertaining themselves.

Wang Xiang's consideration is actually very simple, the people want to have no worries about food and clothing, potatoes can solve the problem of "food", and "clothing" depends on these wool.

In later generations, woolen clothes were all high-priced, but no one in Datang would think of using wool to weave clothes, so naturally they didn't know the value of these wool, and in winter, any silk and satin were not as warm as a woolen sweater.

A cart of grain is only worth a few dollars, the same weight of grain for the same weight of wool Wang Xiang is a big advantage, if all made woolen clothes profit will not only increase several times, I am afraid that ten times a hundred times the profit is not impossible.

But in the eyes of other people, wool is a useless thing at all, and it will grow longer after cutting, and they still feel that they have taken a big advantage by exchanging wool for food, so of course there is no objection to what Wang Xiang said about exchanging the same heavy wool for the same heavy grain.

Wool for grain is not only a surprise for Gaochang people, these Fanbang vassal countries in the Western Regions are nomadic peoples, raising a lot of cattle and sheep, after hearing such news, the quick-thinking businessmen have made up their minds to go back to collect wool as soon as possible, such a good thing may soon spread, the price of wool will also rise, at this time go back to collect wool can make a fortune first. (To be continued......)