After two rounds of negotiations, Abe Sadaren finally purchased 10,000 sets of armor and 50,000 stone of grain from the Song army at a price of 1 million taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold, including a collar of leather armor, a spear, a war knife and a pair of bows and arrows.

Of course, because it is leather armor, the cost is relatively low, if it is iron armor, then the price is completely different, the cost of this set of armor is about thirty yuan, and Fanning sold it to Mutsu at three times the price, which is already a conscience price.

The most expensive thing is grain, 10,000 taels of gold to buy 50,000 stone rice, a little bit of black heart, you must know that in the Great Song Dynasty, 10,000 taels of gold can buy 300,000 stone rice, and the Japanese grain producing areas are a little cheaper, Fanning sold it to the other party at six times the price, how could Abe Zhenren not know?

However, for the sake of Song Junken continuing to sell armor to Mutsu Okuni, this food price Abe Sadaren can only pinch his nose and admit it.

Moreover, the Song military ships delivered to their doors, saving them the hardships of transporting grain and the imminent blockade of their grain by the imperial court.

Five days later, Di Qing accompanied the lieutenant Pang Zhong back to Tang County, and Fan Ning handed over the agreement with Japan to Pang Zhong and asked him to go back and tell the Son of Heaven that the agreement could only take effect after the Canadian seal.

On the second day of Di Qing's departure, Zhu Pei, who had been out for nearly ten days, finally returned to Tang County.

These days, Zhu Pei, accompanied by Jian Meizi and Xu Qing, followed the brothers Akihito and Mingli to the tribe of the Kun people to see the life of the indigenous people she had never seen before.

In the room, Zhu Pei happily looked at the gifts given to her by the Kun people, an old bear skin was placed on the bed, and other precious jewels such as pearls, corals, and tortoiseshell turtles.

"A-Ning, I didn't expect them to be really hospitable and simple, so I gave them some snacks for the children, and they gave me so many precious jewels and a bear skin."

Fanning asked curiously, "Where did you get your snacks?" ”

He remembered very well that Juppé only carried a small burden with him, where was the refreshment?

"Of course we do it ourselves!"

Zhu Pei smiled and said, "Don't you believe it? Sister Jian can make dumplings and steamed cakes, make red beans into refried beans, and knead small steamed buns of various shapes, and I also learned it. ”

Fan Ning glanced at Jian Meizi, and Jian Meizi smiled coldly, which was considered to be an acknowledgement.

"I'm sure you'll do it, but what about the materials? Flour, eggs, red beans, sugar, oil, where are these things? ”

"Of course I bought it at the grocery store, and I have everything over there."

Fanning was still a little skeptical, and asked Mingren and Mingli, who were sitting on the side, "Is this really the case, a few snacks can be exchanged for so many treasures?" ”

Akihito sighed, "How can it be so easy, Miss Pei taught the Kun women how to make noodles, how to make dim sum, how to use pots, how to use steamers, and taught them for several days, more than a hundred Kun women have learned, and people thank her for giving so many valuable gifts." ”

That's reasonable! The Kun people are not fools, how can a few small snacks be exchanged for so many precious jewelry?

Fanning glanced at Juppe again, and saw her pouting and sitting on the side, looking a little unhappy, obviously Akihito didn't keep her secret.

Fanning smiled again and asked Akihito and Mingli, "Then how much did you earn?" ”

Mingli sighed, "Don't mention it, we lost a lot this time." ”

Akihito responded on the sidelines, "An unprecedented loss! ”

Zhu Pei couldn't help but sneer: "Listen to their nonsense, when they came back, they couldn't close their mouths with laughter all the way." ”

Fan Ning hugged the shoulders of the two brothers and said with a smile: "I know you, count the silver all day and cry poor, honestly, how much did you earn this time?" ”

"It's true that there was no last time to make money, that's the truth."

Akihito smiled bitterly and said: "In order to have a good relationship with them, the pots and pans we brought were given to them as gifts, and more than a hundred daggers were given, and in the end we sold tea cakes and taught them to make tea, they liked it very much, it was not bad, a golden bean for a cake of tea, ten times the profit, and also exchanged for pearls and tortoiseshells, conches and the like, the profit was slightly lower." ”

Fanning's heart moved, and he showed me the golden bean, "What kind of golden bean?" ”

Mingren grabbed a handful of yellow and clear golden beans from a pocket and put them in Fan Ning's hand, Fan Ning took their bag of gold beans, which weighed thirty or forty catties, at least four or five hundred taels of gold, and the two made a small fortune, Fan Ning picked up a golden bean, pointed it at the sun, squinted his eyes and looked closely, sure enough, it was made of gold grains, which showed that there was placer gold in Kunzhou, Fan Ning hurriedly asked: "Where did they find it?" ”

"We didn't ask!" Mingli said cautiously.

"Nonsense, how can you not ask, say it quickly! Where it was found. ”

The two brothers had no choice but to swallow and say: "On the northernmost seaside, in a very shallow river, it is said that there is a lot of gold sand in the river, and they are not rare, we plan to go to pan for gold tomorrow!" ”

Fanning stretched out his hand, "Show me the map!" ”

He really knew the two brothers, and since they were going to pan for gold, they must have prepared everything.

In desperation, Akihito had to take out a hand-drawn map from his bosom and hand it to Fanning, "This is what they draw, and we will also go and find it." ”

Fanning looked at the map and laughed, this is obviously in the northern horse farm, in the northernmost part of Kunzhou, about two hundred miles from the sea, there is a low volcanic mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles from east to west, the mountain range is covered with lush primeval forests, countless streams converge into more than a dozen rivers, flowing north into the whale sea, these gold sand should be formed from the alluvial of hundreds of millions of years in the mountains.

Fanning smiled: "I will go to the north early the day after tomorrow morning to inspect, you can take my boat, and then go to find your gold sand fields." ”

"A-Ning, I want to go too!" Juppe whispered from the side.

"You just came back, aren't you tired?"

"Wouldn't you have a day off tomorrow? A day off is pretty much it, and it's a boat ride anyway, right? ”

Fan Ning didn't have anything special to do when he went north to inspect, so he smiled and nodded, "Since you also want to go, let's go north together." ”

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As soon as dawn, a large ship left the dock of Tang County and headed for the north of Kunzhou.

There were two main things for Fan Ning to go north: First, he inspected the animal husbandry situation in the eastern pastures, and the supplies sent by the Song Dynasty this time were mainly livestock, including 500 head of cattle, 2,000 woolly sheep, and nearly 1,000 mules, horses, and donkeys, plus 3,000 sheep and 200 cattle sent last year.

The second thing was to visit Sakhalin, which had left a contingent of soldiers stationed last winter, and who had survived the winter with surprising news.

They found a herd of majestic wild horses living on Sakhalin Island, and this news has been proved by the Kun people of the original Sakhalin Island that there is indeed a herd of wild horses, the number of which is about 100.

This news made Fanning and the officials of the Herding Division very excited, if this group of wild horses could be captured and transferred to Kunzhou, it would bring a better opportunity for Kunzhou war horse breeding.

In addition, Fanning also had a bold idea, whether he could let the Kun people come forward and exchange grain and the Murwei and Jurchen tribes living in the Heishui Valley for horses.

Of course, whether this idea is feasible or not is still one thing, and even if it can be implemented, it will be a few years later, provided that the Kun Scout is cultivated.

In addition to two political affairs, the Son of Heaven has decided to reward Zhu Yuanfeng with a piece of land or an island in Kunzhou in recognition of his contribution to the cause of horse breeding in the Great Song Dynasty.

Entrusted by Zhu Yuanfeng, Fan Ning also chose a more suitable island for Zhu Yuanfeng when he went north this time.

Two days later, in the early morning, the ship arrived at the Tohoku Ranch, and the boat sailed into a headland and slowly approached the shore, where there was an endless meadow and the shadows of mountains in the distance.

Zhu Pei stared at a small river winding on the bank, and suddenly asked, "A-Ning, do you think there will be gold sand in this small river?" ”

Fanning said with a smile: "The formation of gold sand is related to volcanoes, and it stands to reason that there should be gold sand in rivers all over Kunzhou, but it is just a matter of how much." ”

Zhu Pei turned back to Mingren and Mingli and smiled: "Do you hear it, hurry up and get off the boat with a hoe!" ”

Knowing that she was deliberately mocking herself, Akihito and Mingli pretended not to hear, and Akihito asked, "Aning, where is the livestock base?" ”

Fanning said with a smile: "I have to ride a horse for half an hour, and the ship will stop here for a day, let's go to the livestock base together!" ”

Mingli and Mingren looked at the small river on the bank, thinking of the golden sand in the river, how could they not be moved, and the two said in unison: "We won't go!" ”

Fanning laughed, "Whatever you want! ”

He asked Juppé again, "Will Ape go with me to see the sheep, or will I go with them to dig for gold?" ”

"Of course I'll go with you to see the lamb!"

The soldiers divided into two routes, Xu Qing accompanied Mingren and Mingli to see Jinsha, and Fanning took Zhu Pei to the livestock base.

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