Chapter 257 Mutual Market

   Ma Dai’s mopping up of the Hu people on the border this time, although it caused a certain amount of panic to the Hu people in Yinping around Hanzhong and near the border of the Han Dynasty, it was only on a small scale.

   And this panic gradually dissipated as Ma Dai returned to Yang'an Pass.

  For those Hu people who are a little farther away, it has no effect at all.

  This kind of numbness and forgetfulness is determined by the situation of the Hu people in the Han Dynasty.

  For example, Qiangdi in Yongliang and Liangzhou, even if they were conscripted by the government as soldiers, paid taxes, or were plundered and reduced to slaves or tenants, or even had their heads taken by the border generals to receive meritorious service.

  But they are still pouring in there wave after wave. There is no way, even if they don't enter these two states, life may be more difficult.

The Qiangdi old people who have survived for decades, although they don't understand what is called the ice age, but they still vaguely feel that winter in every place, no matter in the vast sea and desert, or in the north of Liangzhou, It seems to be colder than what I remember, and spring comes later.

  For nomads, the cruelest thing is not war or other man-made things, but the coldness of winter.

  Slightly colder, for them, is how many more people will die, the life and death of froze cattle and sheep.

   Not to mention that it is getting colder every year. If you don’t go south, should you go north?

  They are not small people, they can grit their teeth and live in the northern desert.

   Just like the Xianbei people who came out of the Great Xianbei Mountain, didn’t they also leave their ancestral land of the Great Xianbei Mountain these years, and gradually gathered to the south to graze?

  Under such unavoidable circumstances, Ma Dai was at best a slap in the face, while Feng Yong consciously stood up and gave a sweet date.

Besides, when wool was first used for weaving, the technology of washing wool was not yet mature, and those bearded women who had just learned to spin and weave were not skilled enough, so for a period of time, all the cloth produced It is an immature semi-finished product.

   Later, when the 50-50 split with Hanzhong Mansion was made, Feng Yong couldn't fool Zhuge Qiao with defective products, so he kept the worst batch in his own hands.

  Although the color is ugly and the line is not good, it can always keep warm.

  In the end, only a small part was given as rewards to the workers in the pastures and textile workshops, but most of Feng Yong’s men were prisoners of war slaves, so naturally they were not eligible to enjoy this, otherwise how could they show the superiority of others?

  So Feng Tubie thinks that since it cannot be digested by domestic demand, it is worthwhile to export it.

  Anyway, he is the only one who has wool cloth in the whole world. What kind of product do you care?

  And which winter did the Hu people not freeze to death?

  No matter how rotten a product is in Feng Yong's eyes, it is also a treasure in the eyes of Hu people.

Just like the toothpaste factory that is famous for squeezing toothpaste in later generations, from "i3 silent second full" to "i5 silent second full", and finally to "i7 awesome without explanation", in fact, the performance improvement of each generation is the same. A little bit, but the price is extremely expensive.

   But even so, friends all over the world, don’t you still have to pay for it with tears in your eyes while yelling at the agricultural enterprises for their lack of success?

  Why?

   The reason is that I am exclusive, do you like to buy it or not?

  Feng Yong also wants to learn this way.

  The first product, of course, is the most primitive, otherwise how to squeeze toothpaste?

   As for when to launch new products, it depends on when these worst woolen cloths are sold.

  If the product cannot be sold, where will the funds come to pay wages? Where does the funding for technological innovation come from?

  I am a conscientious person. The labor in the workshop must be well-fed and well-dressed. Which one does not require money and food?

  Ju County opens three days before every ten days. This is the rule that Zhuge Qiao made an agreement with the Hu people at the beginning. After all, it is not every day that people come to exchange.

   Gathering everyone at the same time can save a lot of time and energy, and make it easier for barbarians to rush over in time.

   As far as it is concerned, this rule is well established.

  The biggest event every month in Juxian County is the opening of the market.

  There is a large open space outside the city, and every time the market opens, there will always be a lot of tents set up around the open space.

  The protagonist of the market opening this time was Feng Yong, and the cart that had been tightly wrapped up in the open space was lifted at this time, revealing the cloth inside.

   "The best cloth," Feng Yong took off his outer clothes, revealing the narrow sleeves of his trousers.

  If you tie your hair into a ponytail, it will be the image of a bohemian artist in later generations.

  Anyway, this place is far away from Jincheng, so you can come here in whatever way you are comfortable, and you are not afraid of someone scolding him.

   At the beginning, Zhao Guang saw Feng Yong's outfit and thought it was fresh, so he learned how to wear it once, but unexpectedly he couldn't take it off again.

  No one else, comfortable and easy to move around, wearing a skirt, it is always cool underneath.

  Finally, under the leadership of Feng Yong, even Guan Ji was put on, because it was convenient for martial arts practice.

  This time I came from Nanxiang, and the journey is not too short. This attire is the most convenient.

  I saw Feng Yong patted the goods on the car, and said, "It's very thick. It's very warm to wear this cloth blanket in winter. If you want to trade, you can come and have a look."

   On the top of the car, there are several pieces of cloth of moderate size, which are used as samples.

  There were about seven or eight Hu tribes who came to the market this time. Only the leader and his cronies could enter the open space, and the others could only stand and watch from afar.

The tribes of the Hu people are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. The larger the tribe, the more power to speak, so the leader of the largest tribe came over first, saluted Feng Yong, then picked up a piece of cloth and walked to the side, carefully Rub it, and then pass it on to your cronies.

  Then the remaining leaders came over one by one, and each got a piece of cloth, and then went back to observe among his cronies, and then talked in a low voice.

   "My lord, what is the price of this cloth?"

  The leader of the largest tribe was elected as a representative and asked Feng Yong.

   "Two sheep for one piece of cloth, or three pieces of cloth for one strong ox, only war horses for horses, and six pieces of cloth for one horse. See, one bundle of cloth is one."

   These days, merchants are cheap.

  But Feng Yong is different. He came here this time with the intention of appeasing the Hu people, and it is a political mission.

   This price is a huge profit, but when Li Yi discussed with Feng Yong, he felt that there could be more profit.

  It's a pity that a deal that involves political tasks is destined to give political concessions.

   Fortunately, it was a piece of trash wool, and Feng Yong didn't feel bad about it.

   "My lord, may I have a discussion with you?"

"Can."

Feng Yong nodded, "If you think it's too expensive, you can also exchange alfalfa seeds. I need alfalfa seeds, a lot of alfalfa seeds, and a bucket of alfalfa seeds can be exchanged for a piece of cloth. But only this month, as long as it is alfalfa Seeds, after this month, I will not harvest them."

  The queen promised Hanzhong Metallurgy to allocate 20,000 mu to help Feng Yong grow alfalfa, but in fact, Feng Yong only has 2,000 mu of seeds in his hand, which is really too little.

  However, this shortage is only in the first half of the year. In the fall of this year, he can harvest alfalfa seeds himself.

  However, if not enough alfalfa is planted, the output of green material will be affected, and the output of green material is the main factor that directly restricts the expansion of pasture.

  Therefore, the reason why Zhao Guang and Wang Xun were able to send Hu prisoners of war to Nanxiang without any scruples when they went out this time was actually the reason for exchanging cattle and sheep.

   Otherwise, what else can I do? If the flock of cattle and sheep expands too much at once and the grass is not enough to eat, can the sheep be slaughtered for meat? If that's the case, it's better to change the population.

  (end of this chapter)