"Old woman, when I went out on the street today, I heard that wool can be sold for money!"

In an ordinary farmhouse courtyard in Xianyang City, the gray-haired old man had just returned from the market, and his face was happy, and he ran into the house happily and said.

"What? Wool? Haha, old man, you're afraid you're not crazy about money, are you? How can wool be sold for money? ”

When the old woman, who was sewing and mending her clothes with a needle, heard this, she didn't take it seriously at all, and continued with the work she was doing.

"Really, this is true, I specially asked someone, saying that this is the latest content in today's newspaper, saying that the little boy buys wool at a price of five cents per catty!"

Seeing that he didn't believe it, the old man stomped his feet anxiously.

"Little boy receive? Then it's even more impossible, the paper mill and wine shop opened by the little boy, what do you do with those coaxing wool? ”

The old woman was even more incredulous, and shook her head with a smile.

"Oops! Why don't you believe it? After I sold the eggs in the market, I asked the gentleman at the hexagram stall next to me, and there was indeed this article in the newspaper, in addition to collecting wool, I also recruited female workers who could weave, and the salary was quite a lot! ”

"Also recruit female textile workers? Could it be that wool can be spun into cloth? Shouldn't it? Even if that thing can be made into cloth, who would want it? ”

The old woman was slightly convinced.

"Don't worry about so much, wool is five wen per catty, and our more than 20 sheep can be sold for more than four hundred wen, which is enough for us to spend two months!"

Thinking of this, the old man's eyes lit up.

The children have all started a family, and in these two small grass houses, only the old couple are left.

Farming must not have that physical strength, and on weekdays, it is to raise some poultry and livestock for some money!

If wool can really be sold for money, it will solve a lot of problems for their family!

"Done! Since you can sell it for money, let's cut it quickly, don't wait until it's too late to stop harvesting! ”

Hearing the purchase price, the old woman put down her needle and thread and hurriedly put on her shoes.

Even if this thing is fake, what they have lost is just some effort, and it is not a loss!

Once it's true, it can bring a lot of benefits to their family!

"Click...... Click......"

Just do it, the old couple found scissors, one held the sheep down, the other quickly shaved, and after a while, the hair on the white sheep was shaved clean.

"It is said that the little boy advertised in the newspaper that each sheep can be sheared twice a year, and now after shearing, when the wool grows just for the winter, the weather will be warm next spring, and it can be sheared again, and at the same time selling for money, it can also let the sheep have a cool summer!"

Looking at the pile of wool on the ground, the old man's mouth couldn't close.

"If these wools can really be sold for money, we will keep the lambs that will be bred in the future, and every year just selling wool will be enough to eat and drink!"

The old woman waved the scissors quickly, and she couldn't close her mouth with joy.

"You can rest assured, you can definitely sell it, when does the little boy talk and it doesn't count? This is creating welfare for our people! I heard that not only our wool is collected, but also the grassland is also collected, do you think about how many sheep those people on the grassland have? Even they all received their orders, how could we be inferior to this? ”

"Haha, yes, yes, the little boy is absolutely reliable, as long as it's not that you, the old man, is deaf and misheard!"

The old woman laughed playfully.

"Sister-in-law, do you also shear sheep at home?"

At this moment, outside the fence, a middle-aged woman carrying a sack on her back passed in front of the old couple and greeted them.

"Yes, the old man went to the market, and I heard that wool can be sold for money, but I don't know if it's true or not, so let's cut it first!"

The old woman looked up and saw that it was a nearby neighbor, so she spoke truthfully.

"Really! It's absolutely true, my son bought a newspaper on the way when he came back from school, and read it to me personally, no, the sack I was carrying behind me was filled with wool, and I was about to go to the purchase place to sell it, but unfortunately I raised too little, weighing only more than 20 catties! ”

The middle-aged woman's face was also uncontrollable joy.

Even if he only has more than 20 catties, he has 100 yuan to take, which is equivalent to more than ten days' salary for an adult man!

"That's not bad, haha!"

"No, I never dreamed that now wool can be sold for money!"

"Yes, I have to cut it quickly, after cutting it and selling it for money, I will buy a few catties of wine for our old man and bring it back, and then make new clothes for myself!"

"Haha, old sister-in-law, let's think of a piece, go back and sell it for money, let's go and choose materials together!"

"Done!"

……

Newspapers are now a daily necessity for all literate people, and semicolons have been set up in all counties.

The content of the daily newspaper is delivered by Kuaima, and the closer ones can be published at the same time as Xianyang City, and even if they are later, they can be published and distributed the next day.

Therefore, the news that wool can be sold for money spread quickly, and people flocked to the purchase point to weigh, record, sign, and take the money!

All the people who came out of the acquisition point were happy and couldn't close their mouths!

There were garrisons all over the Xiongnu, and the news naturally spread quickly.

After hearing the news that wool could be sold for money, the people's first reaction was not to believe it, and each family sent a representative to the patriarch to discuss!

"Patriarch, wool costs five cents per catty, should we sell it or not?"

Everyone sat around the carpet and set their eyes on the old man at the head.

The old man's face was full of wrinkles, and he lowered his head and thought carefully.

"What to sell? It was the Qin people who broke our country, and we can't do business with the Qin people! ”

"That's right, the Qin people are cunning and have too many crooked thoughts, and we can't take advantage of doing business with them!"

As soon as the words fell, two strong men spoke out against it.

"You can pull it down, you two have cattle in your family, and the total number of sheep in your family is less than twenty, of course you don't advocate selling!"

"That is, among the rest of us here, which family does not have a hundred or so sheep? If you sell it, you can sell it for at least 2,000 wen at a time, how much grain do you have to buy! ”

"No, now Daqin allows us to trade, shear two stubbles of wool a year, that is, about 4,000 Wen, go to Daqin to buy some grain, plus our mutton, we can definitely spend this winter beautifully, and we don't have to worry about running out of food in winter......!"

Everyone's meaning is obvious, most of them support trade with Daqin and sell wool to Daqin.

"Wool is a useless thing, if it can be exchanged for money, it can indeed increase a lot of income for the people on our grassland!"

After a while, the old patriarch finally raised his head and said slowly.

"No! Old patriarch, have you forgotten how their Great Qin attacked our grassland? ”

The strong man who held the opposing opinion hurriedly persuaded.

"It's already been beaten, what else can I do? Could it be that those of us who are still alive are still ...... not eating or drinking? ”

However, the old patriarch didn't listen to him at all, and continued: "We couldn't eat enough when Mao Dun was still there, and now even he has become a prisoner, if we don't have a way to go, maybe how many people will starve to death this winter!" ”