Xiao Rui acted as a relief: "Lao He, it's not that I'm stingy. It's okay if you want to make some money from it, but the problem is that it's such a large amount, and I'm going to lower the price with them. If you are a middleman, how can I be embarrassed to push your price? If you are asked to press other people's prices, but you offend people, it is causing trouble for you, and you can't do it. ”

Da He Mo was so moved that he almost knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Rui, "Brother Xiao, don't say anything." Lao He doesn't earn the price difference in the middle, and the right to give the eldest brother you an errand to Zhang Luo, otherwise you have to send people to contact the Khitan tribes one by one, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It's more convenient for me to go. You don't have to worry about the price, how to calculate it? Isn't there such a saying in the Central Plains, what is it called......"

"My brother is settling accounts."

"Yes, yes, my brother will settle the account! The market price is as much as the ......"

When Xiao Rui heard this, he said in his heart, is this product pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? My order of 1,000 heads is not the market retail price.

"Lao He, bulk purchases are not a one-off purchase, and the price is lower than the market price. We are brothers, you are a supplier, let's make a price, if it is appropriate, it will be set today. Then the Turks interfered and didn't let you sell horses to me, and they didn't care if I bought cattle, right? ”

Da He Mo rubbed his hands a little embarrassed, hesitated for a long time, and whispered tentatively: "Or, three hundred words?" ”

"How much?" Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows. The heart said that I originally planned to pay five dollars of silver, but the farming cattle of Datang were more than three taels. Anle's bison here is seven dollars a head, and it is not easy to sell, and they all dislike bison meat is not delicious. That's right, right? Three hundred wen, is it three coins, not three taels?

"Two hundred? It really can't be lower, if it's lower, it's about to catch up with the price of cowhide, and it's hard to explain when you go back. ”

Xiao Rui almost knocked over the cup in front of him, two dollars? Do you know what you're talking about? A cow in my beef restaurant sells for twenty taels, which is not counting the cow in the water. If the cost is two dollars a head of silver, tsk, how many times has it increased? A hundredfold?

Thinking of this, Xiao Rui directly picked up two wine glasses and said boldly: "Come on, come on, let's bow today!" I, Xiao Rui, recognized you as a brother. ”

Xiao Rui, who didn't drink, made an exception for the first time, and returned to the county guard mansion drunk, and the two ladies were waiting in a hurry, saying what happened after we left? How do you drink like this?

The next day, the sun was high and Xiao Rui got up, thinking of the deal that was finalized yesterday, Xiao Rui couldn't help but introduce it to his wife.

"What do you say? Buy a thousand cattle from the Khitan in one day? Are you crazy? We are here to buy war horses, why are you buying cows? Li Shengnan was puzzled.

"Don't get excited, you can't stand the cheapness, two dollars for a cow, two dollars! A thousand heads are only two hundred taels. ”

Li Shengnan was so angry that he was almost speechless, "Is two hundred taels less?" That's two hundred taels a day, how much income does our drunken immortal building earn a day? It's not enough money to buy war horses, so you use them all to buy cattle? Is it the contract that the Khitan people poured you wine, drunk you, and signed in a daze? I'll look for him! ”

After saying that, he picked up his sword and was about to go out.

Xiao Rui hurriedly stopped, "Shengnan, you listen to me." 200 Wen, we have taken a big advantage, do you know the price of a cow in Chang'an? Starting with three taels, a good ploughing ox can even be sold for five taels of silver. ”

(The official price of Datang is one tael of silver for one penny, that is, one thousand Wen.) Converted into the purchasing power of later generations, it is about one penny equal to four soft sister coins. After the Song Dynasty, it was about three pieces, and the Ming Dynasty was about it. Two pieces or even lower. ）

(The author is not an academic, just to choose a close unit of measurement, according to the penny top four soft sister coins set.) In other words, the Khitan bison is 200 yuan a head and 800 yuan? It's simply the price of cabbage. How much does beef retail cost in 2023? It's 43 blocks on our side. How can a cow be sold for 8,000 yuan. ）

Li Shengnan glanced at Xiao Rui: "You also know that it is a ploughing cow, and a ploughing cow is only worth three taels of silver." What is Khitan? Bison can't pull carts, can't plough the land, can only eat meat and skin cows. Even if you use it to cook, it won't take you a thousand a day. If you can't drink in the future, don't drink, and then talk about business, I'll talk to them. ”

Yes??? Xiao Rui really didn't expect that this daughter-in-law was really a heroine, regardless of red tape, she wanted to negotiate a deal with the Khitan for a drink?

At this time, Wei Yanran, who had not spoken all this time and was frowning and pondering, spoke, "Mo Fei, Brother Mo Feirui, do you have a way to tame the bison?" ”

Well??? Li Shengnan and Xiao Rui looked back in surprise at the same time.

Xiao Rui pulled Wei Yanran in surprise, "Amazing, you guessed it." ”

"Really? Brother Rui, do you know that the bison is extremely difficult to tame, the Khitan clan has used many methods, and the predecessors of the Central Plains have not used their brains......" Wei Yanran was a little incredulous.

"Rest assured, as long as the method is right, lions and tigers can be tamed. It's just that for the sake of secrecy, I lied to the Khitan people that I bought cattle to eat meat, and I wanted to open a special beef restaurant in all the cities of Datang, and a restaurant had one cow a day. ”

"Huh? Can he believe that? Wei Yanran covered her mouth and said in surprise.

Xiao Rui said slyly: "That's why I got drunk with the contract he signed." If the Turks knew that we had a way to tame the bison into a ploughing ox, we would definitely force the Khitans not to cooperate with us, just like last time. Therefore, in Anle City, there must be no fire bulls, I want everyone to know that the beef here is the best in the world! ”

"If you can successfully tame the bison and transport it back to Datang. That is, with an ultra-low price of 200 Wen, a large number of cultivated cattle were purchased...... Brother Rui, you, you're such a profiteer! ”

"I'm not a profiteer, this price was opened by the Khitan Dahemo Club on his own initiative, and I didn't force it."

The two of them talked enthusiastically, but Li Shengnan's face next to him was very ugly, together you are all smart people, bullying me stupidly, I still want to help you find the field, it turned out to be your design, why didn't you say it earlier?

"Hey, hey, hey, it hurts, don't drag it, Katsuo, what are you doing?" Xiao Rui was dragged by the ear and begged for mercy.

"Hmph, what to do? If you design the pit that the Khitan people didn't say earlier, it would make me ugly...... "Li Shengnan has self-esteem, and originally wanted to come with him as a guard, but he saw that Wei Yanran was proficient in arithmetic and could help Xiao Rui in business. So Li Shengnan also wanted to help and do something, but unfortunately he was really not good at it, so he could only follow as a guard.

"Where is the ugliness, let go, let go. Yan'er is in charge of counting the money and the accounts. When the time comes, you have to come, and if you change someone else, I'm afraid that the Khitan people will make trouble for me. You go with your sword, and they don't dare. I know that you are my treasurer, and I have to listen to you. ”

"Hmph, that's pretty much it. If I hadn't taken a closer look at those horses, do you think the Khitans would come to apologize to you? Li Shengnan just let go.

Wei Yanran also helped Xiao Rui out of the siege, stepped forward and grabbed Li Shengnan's arm and said, "Shengnan, don't be angry with him." Let's go, let's go to Zuixian Mansion together, yesterday's beef was delicious, and we must taste it again today. ”

"Hey, do you have humanity, why don't you make me a sobering soup, I still have a headache."

"Let your wife boil it. We are just handmaidens in charge of buying and selling. By the way, you'd better go to the study and see if there's a letter from the princess. The sound of the two girls laughing farther and farther away.

Xiao Rui was taken aback, wouldn't it, there was a letter from Xiangcheng? Did the two of them see it first?