When Shao Xun received the title deed, he happened to be in the Golden Valley Garden.

It's such a hot potato that no one dares to ask for it.

At the same time, it is also a huge wealth, and I don't know how many people are staring at it.

In fact, if he had a choice, Shao Xun would prefer to sell the well-decorated buildings, precious flowers and trees, and other valuable things in the Golden Valley Garden, and he only needed the land.

But this can only be thought about.

"These houses, which were decorated with pearls, agate, amber, rhino horns, and ivory, are now gone." Shao Xun looked at the pavilions and pavilions built on the mountain, and sighed: "Let people in." ”

"No." Chen Yougen immediately ran out of the gate and led the person who sent the title deed in.

Shao Xun sat on the stone pier and waited quietly.

The thawed Jingu water gurgled through the pavilions, making a tinkling sound from time to time.

Inside the pond, the fish leap high and make a cheerful "plop" sound.

The birds chirped and jumped happily on the branches, but the contrast made the manor more secluded.

The footsteps are full of regular bluestone paved roads.

There are even stone railings on both sides of the road, and many lifelike animals are carved.

Shi Chonger's mother, what a luxury!

"Yang Ming, see the general." It wasn't long before a young man of weak crown age bowed and saluted.

"Your surname is Yang, but you are from the Yang clan?" Shao Xun asked.

"Yuanzong Yang Clan, let the general smile." Yang Ming replied.

"What happened?"

"Present the title deed of the Golden Valley Garden to the general."

Shao Xun was silent for a moment.

In fact, he already knew that the other party was here to deliver the title deed, because the people showed their intention outside the mountain gate.

After thinking about it for so long, he had already made up his mind: what if he took this garden?

When Shi Chao came, he lived in directly.

If Shangguan Si can stabilize his position in Luoyang, he will not let go of Jinguyuan.

My Lao Shao is the head of the Luoyang army, and he is automatically labeled as "greedy", and if he doesn't play some tricks of occupying the fields and robbing the people's daughters, is he still a martial artist?

Yang Ming observed his words, saw that Shao Xun did not speak, handed over the land deed to Chen Yougen, took two steps back, and bowed.

Chen Yougen handed the title deed to Shao Xun.

Shao Xun took a cursory look, put it away, and asked, "The queen sent you, do you have something to say?" ”

Yang Ming glanced at Chen Yougen in embarrassment.

"Let's put it bluntly, this is my confidant, and I don't avoid everything." Shao Xun said.

"Dongping Wang Nan sent an envoy to Beijing, secretly saw the Son of Heaven, cried for a long time, and said that the king of the East China Sea was lawless......" Yang Ming finished speaking, and then raised his eyes to look at Shao Xun.

"Go on." Shao Xun urged.

"The envoy also mentioned that among the Xuzhou shogunate, there were many wingmen who secretly communicated with the king of the East China Sea and spoke for him." Yang Ming continued: "The king of Dongping is very worried, and he asks the court to make decisions for him. ”

Shao Xun closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, thinking silently.

The court is in charge? The court can't be the master.

From the perspective of the Son of Heaven, he definitely did not want to see Sima Yue lead Xuzhou again. But what if there is external pressure? For example, Sima Yue gave Mi Huang an order to mobilize troops and horses to coerce the emperor.

Admittedly, this is a bit ugly, and when negotiations are still possible, Sima Yue will not really tear his face.

But Shao Xun suspected that he had lost his patience, and Sima Nan was now just dying, subconsciously asking for help.

He won't be able to drag it out for long.

"Did the envoy say what the king of Dongping would do?" Shao Xun asked.

"Nope." Yang Ming shook his head and said, "But King Dongping has recently expelled two staff members, and he is strictly investigating the spies in Xiapi, so he must not be willing to give up Xuzhou." ”

Shao Xun bowed slightly.

How could Uncle Fang, who was on one side of the separatism, be willing to hand over the territory?

If what Yang Ming said was true, then it would be impossible for Sima Yue to take Xuzhou without using troops. Even, he can't pass through Xuzhou along the post road and return to Luoyang now.

It's not impossible to take a detour, but it's too embarrassing, right?

Shao Xun suddenly felt that Sima Yue was also quite difficult. There are thousands of recruits on hand, and they have been trained roughly for three or four months, and if they fight Sima Nan head-on, I am afraid that they will have to reproduce a big face.

This is the victor of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings? It's too much moisture, too.

Back then, Sima Yi mobilized tens of thousands of forbidden troops and fought a bloody battle with the 300,000 troops of Zhang Fang and Lu Ji for half a year.

Such a person can barely be called a powerful minister.

Sima Yue is far inferior to Sima Yi.

Shao Xun thought about it and felt that if Sima Nan didn't know each other, Sima Yue would eventually "shake people", and under the pressure of the army, if Sima Mao didn't want to die, he would eventually give in.

That's about it.

"Let's go." Shao Xun waved his hand.

Yang Ming bowed and retreated.

It seems that a new storm vortex has formed in Luoyang, and many people don't want to see Sima Yue come back.

So, am I willing?

Shao Xun's mind came up with Concubine Pei's figure.

It's like- I don't really want to see Sikong come back.

******

In the suburbs of Luoyang after the remnants of snow melted, there were already people sowing in spring.

Shao Xun, who rode his horse here, specially stopped and looked.

After the autumn harvest last year, the overwintering wheat was not planted, and the millet was sown in the spring.

It seems that wheat cultivation has not yet been popularized on a large scale, and this will not be until the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Even in the early Tang Dynasty, millet was still the main crop in the north, although the proportion of wheat sown at that time had been greatly increased.

But as long as they taste the sweetness of growing wheat, the common people will not stop. By the time of the Northern Song Dynasty, wheat cultivation in the north had become very common, completely overpowering millet and becoming the mainstream crop.

After all, the times are moving forward.

In the spring and autumn period, there is also a large area of land fallow, mainly due to insufficient soil fertility.

In the Wei and Jin dynasties, fallow was not as frequent as in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the land cultivated once a year old was greatly increased, and even a small number of two-year three-cropping cultivation appeared, which shows that people at this time have better known how to maintain soil fertility than in the Spring and Autumn Period.

An agrarian society is agriculture-oriented.

Perhaps, we can think of a way in this regard.

In wars and farming, both hands should be firm.

"Master Shao, we have negotiated with the bull market, and the more than 200 bulls in the pen belong to us." Mao Er rode over on a donkey and said happily.

Shao Xun turned his head to look at him and asked, "How about talking about such a big deal for the first time?" ”

"The palms of my hands are full of sweat." Mao Er sighed: "I was afraid that I would be deceived, and I was afraid that it would be expensive, so I bargained over and over again, and I was almost beaten in the end." ”

"Haha." Chen Yougen and the others all laughed.

Mao Er also smiled.

He had investigated beforehand and probably knew the price of the cattle, but he was still nervous for the first time to negotiate such a big deal. Obviously, a price was negotiated, but he was suspicious and felt that he was too expensive, so he continued to bargain.

After some spittle, a better price was finally negotiated. As a result, I was not confident again, and I felt that I should bargain again......

If it weren't for the soldiers of the teaching team to accompany him, Mao Er would most likely be beaten.

"How much did it cost?" Shao Xun asked.

"Four horses of silk and one head." Mao Er replied.

"Yes, I thought it would cost five." Shao Xun said.

The price of cattle is not static, in fact, it is affected by supply and demand, and fluctuates greatly.

In the Tang Dynasty, a ploughing cow was more than 3,000 yuan in some places, more than 2,000 yuan in some places, and even fell below 2,000 when it was the cheapest, and rose more than 7,000 when it was the most expensive.

In addition, in the era when precious metal money was seriously insufficient, physical transactions were often adopted. Silk and grain can be used to buy cattle, and the temporary valuation is OK.

This trading system is very cumbersome. The simplest, silk silk price gap is huge.

The price of silk of the same size, more than 200 yuan cheap, more than 1,000 yuan expensive, and some silk that can be called luxury goods are even more incredible.

Silk from a famous source has a premium at the time of valuation. Lesser-known origins, even if the actual quality of this silk is as good, will not sell for a high price.

Not to mention, there are also factors such as vintage and style - in the hot and humid south, light silk is more popular, while in the north, such silk is considered insufficient and the price plummets.

The silk given by Concubine Pei is made of sufficient materials and of good quality, and the origin is still Hanoi, although it is not a first-class local product, it is still very popular when taken out.

A bullock with four silks, the other party will definitely have to earn, so that he will not really have to fight two.

"Mao Er." Shao Xun shouted.

"Yes."

"Next, you will stay in Luoyang, responsible for buying farming cattle and farm tools, and send someone to inform me after the money is spent."

"No."

"Money is always not enough......" Shao Xun was a little helpless.

In fact, it is very good to be backed by the "big city" of Luoyang, because it is a large distribution center for many goods.

Next to the main house of Wu Shu in the east of the city, there is the famous horse market. Before the outbreak of the war, business was booming, and a large number of horses were traded every day.

The bull market is in the south of the city.

When Shao Xun was defending Piyong, he pursued and routed the enemy and went there.

After the end of the war in the first month of last year, Luoyang was generally peaceful.

Beginning in March and April, merchants from the neighborhood began to tentatively come to Luoyang to do business.

In the second half of the year, merchants from a little farther away also came, and the bull market, horse market, and sheep market also reopened at that time, but it was relatively deserted.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of this year, Xu Shi's confidence has been restored, and business has become more and more active.

In all fairness, even though Luoyang is not good in all its ways, it is very convenient in terms of business.

More than 200 head of cultivated cattle are difficult to buy in a short period of time in other places, because there is no such a professional distribution market. When you need to plough cattle, you either buy your own calves and calves to domesticate them, or buy them from people you know, and the small farmer economy has a low degree of commercialization.

But in Luoyang, the cattle market not only provides ploughing cattle, but also cattle that pull carts - who makes scholars good - not to mention cattle, the sheep that pull carts can give you a large herd in the sheep market.

While Luoyang is not yet destroyed, hurry up and enjoy the various services it provides, and use one day less.

After explaining to Mao Er, Shao Xun asked Chen Yougen to send a team of people to the cattle market to fetch cattle, and then take them to Shao Yuan, ready to send them to Yunzhongwu together.

At the same time, a messenger was sent to Yunzhongwu to prepare grain, beans, and forage. After a long journey, the ploughing cattle have lost weight severely, and they have to make up for it before they can work.

"Master Shao, do you want to buy a horse? Some people in the horse market said that now that the state is in turmoil, the merchants of the city do not dare to go over, and there are not many horses in the horse market. If you don't buy it now, you can only wait a few more months, and there may be horse merchants in Liangzhou who send horses over. Mao Er reminded.

"Save it, and don't look at how much money you have in your pocket." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Even if five households share one ploughing cow, I also need six hundred. By the way, there are still farm tools to buy, Luoyang is cheaper, but it also costs money. Pei - I didn't get enough money. ”

Mao Er was a little depressed.

As one of the most talented students in the first phase of the East China Sea, Mao Er knew which direction he should develop.

Shao Shi once said in private that he was reluctant to send him into battle to work hard, and let him study hard. Therefore, in addition to reading and reading and studying arithmetic, he also devoted part of his energy to learning how to do business, manage people and things, and consciously gained a lot.

To some extent, Mao Er is already one of the core members of their collective.

The further he went, the more important he became, even more than many of the Silver Spear officers.

Ploughing war, ploughing is the foundation.

If you do this well, let Luoyang change, and their small collective will be able to gain a firm foothold.