Those words were naturally deliberately said by Huo Gang, as for whether the other party could understand the meaning of his words, Huo Gang didn't care, he just did it easily, and it was also a foreshadowing for the future, if Huo Gang and Jieli reached an agreement at this time, don't think about it, Xue Yantuo will definitely not dare to rebel, then Huo Gang will inevitably affect the situation in the surrounding area.

So he won't cooperate with Jieli to form an alliance no matter what, and it is impossible for Jieli to send 70,000 sheep to Huo Gang, this number of sheep is already quite a lot, besides, sending these sheep from the direction of Wuyuan is not easy in itself.

In fact, Huo Gang can be regarded as digging a pit for Xue Yantuo, if the relationship between Xue Yantuo and Jieli is not good enough, then it is estimated that Jieli will directly order Xue Yantuo to take out this batch of sheep, if Jieli really thinks so, then it is estimated that Xue Yantuo will directly resist at that time, and no matter what the fight between Xue Yantuo and Jieli looks like, it will be good news for Huo Gang.

In history, Xue Yantuo finally surrendered to Datang, and then partnered with Datang to destroy Jieli, now, with Huo Gang here, Huo Gang can't give him the opportunity to surrender Datang, because if Xue Yantuo surrenders Datang, it will not be a good thing for Huo Gang, at least not for now.

The speed of the return journey was much faster than when they came, and Huo Gang's horses were not comparable to the horses of Modra, so it only took a few days before and after Huo Gang and them rushed back to Yumen Pass.

Let Gongsun Lin and them first go to the Drinking Horse River to feed the war horses for a few days, these war horses have been on the road for more than ten days, and they need to be fed well for a few days with good forage such as spiritual spring water and alfalfa grass.

And just when Huo Gang had just returned to Yumen Pass, Mingyue, who was far away in Yiwu City, received the latest tip.

"What you said is true?" Mingyue stood up directly from her position.

"Yes! It was the City Lord Shi Wannian who asked me to relay this news to the Deputy City Lord of Mingyue, and it just happened a few minutes ago. The visitor said in a respectful tone.

"Let's go over and take a closer look, and I'll report to the leader." Mingyue stood up directly.

"Yes!"

Mingyue, who went to the City Lord's Mansion, quickly figured out the ins and outs of the matter, what happened this time was what Huo Gang was waiting for before, and it could also be said that it was not what Huo Gang was waiting for.

Zhao Qi is a native of Gaochang, he is not an ordinary Gaochang person, he is a businessman, the location of Gaochang is better than Yiwu, and Gaochang is also richer, the population is more, Gaochang is complete, unlike Yiwu is basically a city, there are some villages and towns below, and Gaochang alone has fourteen counties, with a population of nearly 400,000 people.

And Gaochang also has a perfect system under the king, most of which are connected with the system of the Central Plains, in this case, Gaochang naturally has some big families, of course, these families have no way to compare with the families of the Central Plains, but in Gaochang is also considered to be prominent.

However, although Zhao Qi is from Gaochang country, he is doing business in Yiwu City, mainly in the business of grain, cloth, and salt, Gaochang has salt, and the arable land is also good, so there is also a surplus of grain, and there are also some iron tools and the like, although it cannot make steel, but on the whole, it is naturally much stronger than Yiwu City.

Yiwu was wiped out by the Han a few months ago and became a part of the Han, at first Zhao Qi was afraid that his shop would be gone, but then the leader of the Han Dynasty, Huo Gang, did not seem to target them, everything was business as usual, and the city lord was still Shi Wannian.

It's just that the city guards of Yiwu City have been completely replaced, and the armor on the thousand guards is extremely hot to see Zhao Qi, but these soldiers are different from the soldiers of Yiwu before, their military law is very strict, they will not charge casually, and they will never embarrass people, as long as you abide by their rules here.

So Zhao Qi and the other businessmen were a lot more relieved, and their business was not affected at first, but later, when Huo Gang, the leader of the Han Dynasty, opened a few shops, their business was not good.

Although it is said that the other party's shop is not aimed at ordinary people, nor is it for selling things, but mainly for ordinary people in Yiwu City to exchange food, as well as salt, linen and other materials, using food stamps.

And the price seems to be very cheap, at least I heard that those civilians who work can earn a lot of food without working for a day, oh, by the way, they seem to have adopted new weights and measures, what kilograms, and tons, the previous units such as stones, buckets and so on are no longer used.

But Zhao Qi and the others secretly calculated that about one kilogram was equal to the previous two catties, and one stone was equal to 60 kilograms.

This time, the matter is also very simple, it is a villager named Song Shan in the village near Yiwu City, who wants to come to him to buy a red silk cloth and some iron tools used as tools, and his son is going to marry a daughter-in-law, which is a dowry for preparation.

However, the money brought by this person is not enough, the money in his hand is only enough to buy half a horse, but he really has no money in his hand, and he Zhao Qi has no way to do it without money, so it is naturally impossible to sell the silk silk directly to the other party.

It just so happened that there was only one red silk silk left in his shop, Song Shan was afraid that someone else would buy it, so he asked Zhao Qi to wait, he said that he was going to exchange for grain, and then sell it to others, and he came to buy it after changing the money.

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Qi was a little curious, so he asked him what to exchange for money.

As a result, Song Shan took out a cloth bag from his body and opened it carefully, and inside was neatly placed, the food stamps issued by the Han Dynasty.

When Zhao Qi saw this, he immediately realized that although Zhao Qi was a businessman, he was also a warm-hearted person, and then he thought about it, it would take a lot of time for this person to exchange it for grain and sell it again, and it was estimated that he would not be able to return to the village even today.

After dark, the city gate was about to be closed, and the official store of the Han Dynasty exchanging grain was not far away, so Zhao Qi simply thought about it, and directly asked him to give the food stamp, and then gave him the cloth.

When Song Shan heard this, he was also very happy, because if he couldn't go back today, he would have to stay in the city for one night, and it would cost money to stay for this night! So he thanked Zhao Qi several times, and then gave a full number of food stamps, took his things and left.

Because Zhao Qi collected food stamps, this Song Shan not only bought cloth, but also bought a little more refined salt, saying that it was necessary to hold a banquet, Zhao Qi was also a little curious and asked a few more words, and he knew that this middle-aged man Song Shan had a total of three sons and one daughter in his family.

Because Song Shan has a hunting skill, and is a famous hunter in the village, he can hunt in winter and exchange fur for some food, so his family is considered a rich family in the village, and there is no shortage of food at ordinary times.

And after the leader of the Han Dynasty opened the coal mine, the three sons of Song Shan's family were all working for the chief, because the family did not have a shortage of food, and they were afraid that they would be ruined by rats when they came back, so this food stamp has been saved without exchange, and a lot has been accumulated.

After understanding, he said congratulations and sent Song Shan away, because he still had to open a store, so Zhao Qi was not in a hurry to exchange, because it had been so long, this big man did not understand other Zhao Qi, but there was one thing, that is, under the rule of the new leader, this big Han power up and down, he did what he said, so he was naturally not afraid that his food stamps could not be exchanged.

On this point, Zhao Qi admires Huo Gang very much, it is said that Huo Gang, the leader of this big man, is a god in the sky, is it a god descending to earth, but this year, since Yiwu City was surrendered by the other party, there have been several rains near this Yiwu City, which can really be described as smooth weather.

And Gaochang, which is not too far from Yiwu, did not rain so much, and it is precisely because of this that although Zhao Qi is not from Yiwu, he does not dare to have the slightest disrespect for Huo Gang.

Zhao Qi only went to exchange the grain the next day, originally Zhao Qi thought that it was easy for him to exchange grain or other things, but what surprised Zhao Qi was that he did not encounter any obstacles when exchanging, but the other party carefully inquired about the source of the food stamp, and even asked everything clearly, even the name of Song Shan.

Zhao Qi didn't think much about it, because in his opinion, after all, he was just a shopkeeper, and he shouldn't have food stamps in his hand, since the other party asked, he was probably afraid that the food stamps in his hand would not come from the right way, so Zhao Qi naturally told the other party.

After asking, Zhao Qi couldn't help but ask: "This Langjun, can't we exchange this food stamp?" ”

Zhao Qi can't be blamed for thinking so, because in his opinion, the other party's food stamps are just to facilitate the payment of remuneration to those laborers hired by the recruiters, which is much more convenient than the issuance of copper coins.

But to his surprise, the other party smiled directly and said: "Of course not, this food stamp is officially issued by us, and we will exchange it for whoever takes it, and many people are family members who take it to exchange." The main thing is that you don't feel like you work in a coal mine, so let's ask. ”

"Oh, I see! So can I change anything here? Zhao Qi immediately arched his hand and asked, because after he came here, he suddenly found that there were actually a lot of things that could be exchanged here.

"Yes, everything here can be exchanged." The other party nodded very dryly.

"Can I take a look, then?" Zhao Qi had some curiosity.

"Of course you can, anyway, no one, let me introduce it, for example, in terms of grain, we only have rice and wheat here, the exchange price is 4 yuan per kilogram, salt is also 4 yuan per kilogram, and there are also cloth, silk 6 yuan a meter, a horse 14 meters, fine linen 4 yuan a meter, white linen is also 4 yuan a meter, burlap is 2 yuan a meter, a horse is 16 meters."

"Wait, this brother, I want to ask, is this silk horse a Datang standard horse?" Zhao Qi's eyes widened violently, because he had discovered something unusual! He had learned that the price of one yuan of this food stamp was about the same as a penny of copper coins, and they were all converted according to grain.