Chapter 1100 Selling Booty
Although Youzhou has good development, they have never had any real experience. It is better to farm in Chang'an than to have a far distance.
Especially after the Tang Dynasty launched the land reclamation system, as long as they work hard, they can cultivate more land, and the excess grain will be their food.
The vanguard troops were stationed in Youzhou for only half a month before they were stationed, which was what happened after they rescued 100,000 people and returned.
Originally, Li Shimin and others were very worried about Zhang Zhongjian, but now they are not worried about him with the vanguard.
The number of troops on both sides is similar. If they really want to win over the Tang Dynasty, there will inevitably be a battle.
Besides, the vanguard troops sent troops to help them drive away the Tubo soldiers. Now they have succeeded, it will be unreasonable if they don’t leave. At this time, spreading some news that is not conducive to the other party will arouse suspicion from the people. At least everyone will think about what kind of thoughts Youzhou is doing.
During this period, Li Yuan sent a large amount of supplies to Shangzhou, but Li Yuanji's 100,000 troops did not leave Youzhou.
He was also afraid that the Pioneer Army and the Zhang family would attack Shangzhou City, leaving 300,000 troops would also play some role.
Naturally, it is impossible for the vanguard soldiers to leave easily. The excuse they used was very straightforward, which was to be prepared for foreign invasions in advance.
This is the enemy's selfless Han people must be prevented. The soldiers of the Tang Kingdom cannot meet the conditions for defending against foreign enemies. There is no problem with Youzhou soldiers standing up to take on the main points.
There is another thing: the 80,000 captured horses are sold outside Shangzhou, and there will be trading markets where there are Youzhou soldiers.
In less than half a month, it became the largest cattle and horse trading market in the Tang Dynasty. Tubo carried a lot of cattle, sheep and horses.
Pei Qingxuan thought about it and decided to sell these materials on site, otherwise the cost of transporting them back to Youzhou would be too high, so it would be better to exchange them for money directly.
Li Shimin was the first to come up after receiving the news. This time he led his troops out and suffered a loss because of the lack of cavalry. If he faced the Tubo cavalry again, no matter how well they practiced in infantry, he would be at a disadvantage.
After learning a lesson, he can't suffer any further, so he decided to support the cavalry no matter how much the price he paid.
"Mrs. Sister-in-law, long time no see. Can the Grand Governor come in?"
Pei Qingxuan said when she heard Li Shimin coming, she showed off her compliment, and knew in her heart that she wanted to play the emotional card.
No matter what, I will have to accept it according to Li Xiuning's younger brother.
Although Li Cheng of both sides is different, he still has to make real money in matters of interests, so it doesn’t matter that he has a better attitude. At this moment, Pei Qingxuan’s mentality is no longer the same as a copycat queen, but a person who truly keeps his emotions introverted and treats them calmly when encountering things.
"Of course it's good. If you have anything to do, you might as well say it directly. No matter what you have to say, you have some relationship with your husband's family, you will never lose your face."
Pei Qingxuan gives Li Xiuning face but does not mean that she will give up benefits. She can still do this? After all, how can it be cheaper for outsiders if it is her own thing?
Li Shimin was not embarrassed to speak to Pei Qingxuan. He was just here to get some cheap faces.
"What is my sister-in-law talking about? This time I came here to discuss the horse business. Eighty thousand horses were paid in batches, and the price was 30% lower than that of iron ore?"
Pei Qingxuan did not agree immediately. The atmosphere was a bit awkward at this time? The price reduction of 30% lower is really embarrassing.
The market price of horses is already high? Especially after the large number of caravans and carriages are used, horses are in demand. The original market price of horses is 25 jin? The average price in recent years has been around 30 jin.
Occasionally there will be no more than two cents of money.
Pei Qingxuan’s price is 32 stakes per horse. If you reduce it by 30%, you will be at least stake in the market price? It was not a loss, but this time the price is priced from the market demand.
It would be great if the Tang Kingdom lacked horses and gave a price of 32 guan to sell 80,000 horses. If the forces outside Youzhou wanted to buy them, they would be limited.
The price of so many people sold this time is naturally to increase? Li Shimin's price is due to her original intention and naturally she cannot agree.
"Friends are favors? Business is business? So this is impossible? If you want 80,000 war horses, you need to pay according to the sale price, and it is not easy to say that the price will rise after a while."
Isn’t Pei Qingxuan just talking about it? Li Yuan? Those wealthy families don’t care about these horses? If you want it, take action quickly.
The reason why I said this to Li Shimin? It is because Wagang City can provide iron ore, otherwise the price paid according to gold and silver may be thirty-five silos per horse? Don’t forget that these are war horses and well-trained war horses.
It doesn't matter who sells it to anyone, it can make the Tang Dynasty's power chaotic.
Is Li Shimin a person who does big things? He heard that he had no room to say and signed the contract directly, and 80,000 horses were paid with ore.
After Pei Qingxuan sold the horses, he reduced the burden on the vanguard soldiers, and the remaining cattle, sheep and animals needed to be discussed by merchants and people from aristocratic families.
Want to compare horses? Cattle and sheep don’t have to worry about sales at all, and Pei Qingxuan won’t forget to use these animals to earn more benefits? So the pioneer soldiers started to take action and made air-dried beef jerky outside Shangzhou City.
The water is used to improve the food for the soldiers and cook it into hot pot, and also to refine the fat into butter.
In order to increase the storage time, the transport vehicles of the Pioneer Army were specially modified and added ice cubes to transport all butter that could be preserved for a long time back to Youzhou for use in restaurants and restaurants.
"It smells so good. It's really a luxury for those Youzhou soldiers to make beef jerky every day."
Zhang Zhongjian's troops were stationed in the suburbs and sent people to monitor the situation of the Pioneer Army every day. It was a torment for these people who were stalking every day. It was a pity that they could only watch but not eat them.
A few days later, the merchants waited for the whole team to arrive and saw the beef jerky hanging around the barracks, and they were all shocked by this scene.
For them, beef cannot be eaten or eaten at any time. It is impossible to slaughter oxen and it is just an iron rule that even the nobles cannot see so much beef.
Seeing the barracks hanging everywhere with dried beef jerky, they were swallowing their saliva while walking.
What about the cow that promised?
Pei Qingxuan knew that the value of the secondary processing would increase, so she did this. Another thing is that no one could say anything about this because of the Pioneer Army.
Don’t think that the merchants who come here don’t know the value of these cattle. The purpose of buying them back is to sell them to those nobles and nobles for consumption. After all, it is not that the plowing ox is very large and very easy to deal with when they are taken back.
Now most of them are jerky and are made with fine salt, which is much more expensive than raw meat.
The businessmen were surprised and their hearts were bleeding, so that the cost of their acquisition would increase greatly.
Chapter completed!