In the cold wind, Zheng Gao tightened the fur on his body, but he still felt that there was no warmth on his body, which made him curse in a low voice, and by the way, he also scolded the Jurchens here, and then stomped his feet a few times to warm his body.

The Zheng family is the surname of Goryeo, Zheng Gao is also a nobleman, but unfortunately their family fell as early as his father's generation, and by his generation, everything that the family could sell has been sold out, fortunately, one of Zheng Gao's aunts married another nobleman, thanks to the blessing of that aunt, he was able to be a small official in the Yongbian Dadu Protectorate, although it is not enough than the above, but at least it is more than the bottom, and he himself has a little talent, after these years of operation, their Zheng family has some hope for revival.

Thinking of the above, the corners of Zheng Gao's mouth couldn't help but show a little smile, and then he thought of today's errand, and the smile on his face was even brighter, this time he didn't know what was crazy about his hair, seeing that it was about to enter winter, and it was about to snow on this side of Changbai Mountain, but an order was suddenly issued from above, saying that it was to let the various states and counties in the west try to buy the old ginseng of the Jurchen people who have been more than 100 years old, and the acquisition at any cost can be as much as possible.

For this order from above, Zheng Gao was also a little puzzled at first, there is nothing on the Jurchen side that they can look at and see the specialty, and only ginseng is still worth some money, but although ginseng is a valuable medicinal material, it is not used much, so except for some particularly old ginseng, they are not very willing to buy, so Zheng Gao is also very curious about the purchase of century-old ginseng this time, and it was not until later that he inquired from someone in the know that it turned out that this matter seemed to be related to the envoys sent to the Great Song Dynasty. It is said that a nobleman of the Great Song Dynasty needed a hundred years of ginseng, and their envoys from Goryeo wanted to appease others. That's why I sent the news back to China, hoping to buy more century-old ginseng.

Knowing the reason for the incident, Zheng Gao immediately felt that this was a good opportunity to tie up with his boss, so he took the initiative to apply to Shangguan to personally go to the Jurchens to buy ginseng, and his Shangguan was also very happy about this, after all, if he could hand over enough ginseng. He will definitely be able to get the favor of his superiors, and maybe he will be able to move up a few levels as soon as he is happy.

It is precisely because of this that Zheng Gao's purchase of ginseng went very smoothly, and his Shangguan also prepared a lot of goods for him to trade, thinking of these goods, the smile on Zheng Gao's face became even brighter, because he knew that the Jurchens had always been stupid, as long as he could reduce the price by a few percent, then the goods saved would become his private property. At that time, he will use these extra goods to exchange for some more Jurchen specialties, and then sell them after he goes back, which is a lot of income, and thinking of this, he feels that his body is not so cold.

Zheng Gao's Yongbian Daduhu is not far from Changbai Mountain, and he usually has no less contact with the Jurchens, so he had already inquired clearly before he came, knowing that the Jurchen Wanyan Department did not know why they retreated to the vicinity. So he chose the first trading partner as Wanyanbu, because he knew that Wanyanbu was a large tribe of Jurchens. There must be a lot of ginseng in the tribe, and if he can change all their 100-year-old ginseng, maybe he can go back directly.

Thinking of this, the anxiety in Zheng Gao's heart also decreased a lot, and he was standing patiently outside the station of Wanyan at the moment, and it didn't take a while. I saw two young people walking out of the Yan Ministry, led by a young man in his twenties, who looked whiter than the average Jurchen, and strangely did not have a beard on his face, and looked feminine. It's a little uncomfortable.

Zheng Gao didn't care about these two young people who came out at first, because he had been in contact with the Wanyan Department before, and knew that their leader was a middle-aged man, and he had already reported his identity just now, and the leader of the Wanyan Department would come out to greet him in person no matter what, so he thought that these two young people were just ordinary Jurchens in the tribe.

However, what Zheng Gao didn't expect was that he saw the white-faced young man who was the leader walk up to him with a smile, and then saluted slightly: "But Zheng Ji of Gaoli, after finishing the Yan Clan's leader, Ah Guda, is polite!" ”

Seeing that the young man in front of him, who was younger than himself, actually claimed to be the leader of the Wanyan Division, Zheng Gao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but then he thought that the Jurchens often fought with each other, and it was normal for the leader of the tribe to change two heads in three days, so he quickly reacted, and said with a smile at the moment: "It turned out to be the leader of Aguda, and the official is Zheng Gao, and this time I came here to discuss with the leader!" ”

"Oh, I don't know what a happy thing it is?" Originally, according to etiquette, Aguta should have invited Zheng Gaojin to the tribe to discuss in detail first, but he has never had a good impression of the Koreans, and his current strength has increased greatly, and he did not take the petty official sent by the Koreans in his eyes, so he even saved his politeness, and asked directly.

Seeing that Ah Guda didn't plan to invite himself in to talk, Zheng Gao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he was a little annoyed in his heart, if it was usual, I'm afraid he would have thrown his sleeves and left, but today he came for ginseng, if he fell out with Wanyanbu, I'm afraid that if he wants to buy enough ginseng, he will have to run to many places.

Thinking of this, Zheng Gao had to endure the anger in his heart, and showed a smile again on the surface: "Leader Aguta, in fact, this matter is indeed a good thing for you, during this time, a businessman came to the Great Song Dynasty, and asked me to see a large amount of ginseng in Goryeo, originally the Korean ginseng produced in my Goryeo was his main purchase goods, but later I heard that the ginseng of Changbai Mountain is also good, so I want to buy some, this official came this time to ask, is there any ginseng in your tribe, preferably more than a hundred years old, We're willing to pay a premium for some! ”

"Buying ginseng?" After Ah Guda heard the intention of the Goryeo official in front of him, he also glanced at the other party with some suspicion, they used to do some transactions with the Goryeo people in the Wanyan Department, and ginseng and fur were the main goods of the transaction, but as far as he knew, ginseng was not very popular in Goryeo, and many tribes dug up ginseng, but sometimes no one wanted it because of the bad vintage, and the result could only rot at home, and they had encountered this situation more than once.

In addition, Ah Guta also knew that their transactions with the Koreans were all their initiative to go to the border market opened by the Koreans to trade, which was the territory of the Koreans, and people could reduce the price as much as they wanted, and the Koreans had never taken the initiative to go to the territory of the Jurchens to trade, so this Zheng Gao in front of him suddenly ran to buy ginseng, which made the suspicious Ah Guta can't think about it.

Seeing that Ah Gu did not show a surprised expression after inquiring about his words, but showed a contemplative expression, which made Zheng Gao suddenly have a bad feeling, and hurriedly spoke again: "Ah Gu beats the leader, this official also heard that Yan is the largest tribe in the vicinity, so he personally came to trade, we are very sincere, a ginseng more than a hundred years old can be exchanged for a cart of grain, if it is more than five hundred years of ginseng, you can exchange it for five carts of grain, of course, if there is more than a thousand years of ginseng, the price can be negotiated separately!" ”

Hearing Zheng's high price, Ah Guda sneered and said: "Ginseng that is more than a hundred years old can be exchanged for one cart of grain, but five hundred years can only be exchanged for five carts, if it is according to your algorithm, wouldn't it be possible to exchange ten carts of grain for a thousand years?" ”

Everyone knows that the longer the year of Changbai Mountain ginseng, the more valuable it is, but its price is not superimposed according to the year, for example, a ten-year ginseng may cost ten yuan, but a hundred-year-old ginseng is not worth a hundred yuan, but at least a thousand yuan, if it is a thousand-year-old ginseng, the value is even higher, the Jurchens did not understand these before, and they were naturally oppressed by the Koreans everywhere, but Aguta is not an ordinary Jurchen, he is no worse than any businessman in terms of shrewdness, plus they are not short of food now, so naturally I will not agree to Zheng Gao's price.

"Boss Aguta, the price offered by this official is already very fair, and you are not the only Jurchen tribe with ginseng in Changbai Mountain, if you are not willing to sell it, then there are a lot of Jurchen tribes waiting to sell ginseng to us!" Zheng Gao also deliberately made a tough expression at this time and said, this is a way for them to try and try when doing business with the Jurchens, anyway, they can't die with a few less ginseng, but if the Jurchens have less food, then the entire tribe can only starve in winter, so the initiative of this kind of transaction is in their hands, if the Jurchens don't want to starve to death in winter, then they can only sell ginseng to them at a low price.

It's a pity that Zheng Gao miscalculated this time, but when Ah Guda heard his words, he sneered and said: "Since that's the case, then ask Zheng Jishi to find other tribes to trade, we don't miss that bit of food!" ”

After Ah Gu Da finished speaking, he turned around and left, Zheng Gao was also very surprised by this, and when he reacted, Ah Gu Da had already returned to the tribe, no matter how he called the other party, he just didn't look back, which made Zheng Gao also very angry, and wanted to turn around and leave, but he was reluctant to take this opportunity, after all, it is not easy to find other Jurchen tribes in the vast mountains, and there are many wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and if you are not careful, you may lose your life here.

Thinking of the above, Zheng Gao also stomped his feet angrily and helplessly, and then cheekily found the Jurchens guarding outside again, hoping that they could help him report again, and ask Ah Gu to come out and see each other again, and the price can be discussed again.

Originally, the Jurchens guarding did not want to report again, and in the end, Zheng Gao finally got the other party's consent at the cost of a bag of wheat, and then saw this Jurchen running in again to report, and after a while, the other party ran out again, and brought a news that made Zheng Gao even more annoyed! (To be continued......)