Daily life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 38
"Oh? You know?" Mo Jun's eyes flashed, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Hehe~~ No matter how incompetent Zuo Teng is, he is still a city sheriff. How could I not know that they are messing with my city's farmland in broad daylight?"

"Then you're not going to stop it?"

"How to stop it? Zuo Teng seems to be the governor of Nanyang County now, but he has no military power in his hands and is far away from the power center. Sometimes even the memorial on the above table cannot be presented to the king."

Zuo Teng clenched his fists tightly, but in the end he couldn't put them down, and said dejectedly: "Since the ninth son returned to the country, he has been fighting with the general. Both of them are high-ranking and powerful, and a little movement is enough to change the fate of countless low-level people." .”

"Zuo Teng thinks that he is weak and powerless, unable to participate in the vortex of this power struggle. But since I am the governor of a city, I can't watch the people under my rule suffer disasters because of the struggle at the top. Say, how innocent are these civilians!"

After listening to Zuo Teng's narration, Mo Jun was slightly surprised.

to be frank.

The governor of Nanyang seems to have a more thorough view of the current internal disputes in South Korea than he imagined.

But on second thought, it seems normal.

A person who can become the sheriff of a city, even if he is not a smart person, is certainly not an idiot.

Some time ago, in Xinzheng, the capital city, the struggle between the great general Ji Wuye and the ninth son Han Fei was almost known throughout the city, but anyone with a little bit of officialdom savvy could clearly see the vortex.

But this time Ji Wuye chose Nanyang for the chessboard. It is obviously impossible to say that Zuo Teng, the governor of Nanyang, knew nothing about it.

After roughly confirming that there is really nothing wrong with Zuo Teng's surrender, Mo Jun took out the secret letter from his arms, stretched out his hand and handed it to Zuo Teng, saying.

"I hope you won't disappoint Qin Guo."

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Walk out from the Sheriff's Mansion.

Mo Jun took off his night clothes, changed into ordinary clothes, and transformed into an ordinary but handsome businessman again.

"Then, it's time to go to Xinzheng to have fun."

Mo Jun has not forgotten the real purpose of his trip to Korea, he was ordered to enjoy... ah no.They ran here specifically to avoid the limelight.

Since it is a shelter from the limelight, it is naturally impossible to stay here for only a day or two.

After such a long time, if you don't find a place with a slightly better environment, it will be quite a torture for Mo Jun.

Korea is very small.

The entire land area of ​​South Korea, if placed in Qin and Chu, would be about the size of a county.

Therefore, although Nanyang is a border city of South Korea, it actually does not take long to travel from Nanyang to the capital Xinzheng.

Mo Jun rode the carriage and wobbled all the way, and it only took half a day to arrive at Xinzheng.

Compared with the remote Nanyang, Xinzheng is undoubtedly much more prosperous.

Not only the pedestrians on the road are dense.

The buildings on both sides are also more regular, with railings and carved lacquer, blue bricks and green tiles; red doors and white windows, pavilions and pavilions, complement each other, full of the beauty of ancient style and charm.

Although the area is small, when it comes to extravagance and prosperity, it is hardly inferior to Xianyang.

After Mo Jun entered the city.

First, he found an inn to put down his horses and horses to salute. Although he really wanted to go straight to Zilanxuan now, considering that he still had business to do, he held back his urge for the time being.

According to the message left during the previous contact, Mo Jun took a while and successfully got in touch with Xiong Da.

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

Not long after, Xiong Da and Xiong Er came to the inn.

Compared with a year ago, the appearance of Xiong Da and Xiong Er has also undergone considerable changes. Xiong Da doesn't look as thin as before.

But the biggest change is Xiong Er.

Perhaps it was the large amount of nutritional supplements in the past year, and Mo Jun once asked Yao Gui to use a mature tonic elixir and a little [Life Crystal] to make a bowl of medicine, which made Xiong Er make up for the malnutrition caused by malnutrition. deficit.

Now Xiong Er has not only grown in size again, but even his original 'natural power' talent seems to have been fully developed.

The "Song of No Battle" practiced by Mo Jun is not suitable for Xiong Er.

But Yaogui has traveled for many years, and he has naturally accumulated some martial arts mentality. The two discussed it and finally selected a horizontal martial arts called "Hundred Refining Xuanjia" for Xiong Er to practice.

This martial art focuses on defense, and can temper the body into a hundred-refined black iron. With its "natural power", it can be said to be both offensive and defensive.

Now Xiong Er is standing there, if he doesn't use his 'powerful' mental attack, even Mo Jun can't break through his defense.

That's true talent.

of course.

Xiong Er's entry into the country so quickly is naturally inseparable from the assistance of money.

This year, just to brew potions for Xiong Er to assist his cultivation, three plants were used up for the great tonic elixir alone, almost all of the medicine ghost's stock for decades was given to Xiong Er.

If it weren't for Mo Jun's ability to artificially cultivate the elixir now, it is estimated that if the drug ghost is killed, it would be impossible to hand over his elixir to Xiong Er for such a waste.

"Ok!"

Mo Jun nodded to the two of them as a greeting, and then said, "How is the business here?"

"Very hot."

Hearing about the business, Xiong Da's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Although there are not as many people here in Xinzheng as in Xianyang, the nobles here are more willing to spend money. Boss, you know how much our white sugar has been sold for a tael." gone?"

"How many?"

When Mo Jun heard this, there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

Xiong Da put up a finger with a mysterious expression on his face. Seeing this, Mo Jun guessed a number and said, "One hundred baht?"

Xiong Da shook his head, and then he didn't keep telling the truth, and said directly: "Not only, it's 120 baht, 120 baht for a tael of sugar."

"so much?"

Mo Jun's eyes widened, even though he had prepared before, he couldn't help being startled at this moment.

What is the concept of 120 baht?
Although the current seven countries have different currencies, only the value of gold is measured by the seven countries.

At most, the measurement varies from country to country.

For example, South Korea adopted the Dajin system after the unification of the Qin and Han Dynasties. One gold is equal to 20 taels, which is equal to 480 baht.

But now the average price of grain is only 24 baht per dendrobium.

One Dendrobium is about 120 Jin.

In other words.

The white sugar that Mo Jun sells here in South Korea can buy back about five or six hundred catties of grain for one tael.

In a more crude conversion, one tael of white sugar is equivalent to one gold coin of Qin State.

"This... is too profitable!"

Mo Jun couldn't help but be a little stunned for a moment, no wonder since the Spring and Autumn Period, no matter how chaotic the world is, there will be a large number of caravans traveling across borders at the risk of their lives.

Before, Mr. Mo thought that white sugar was expensive enough in Xianyang to sell one stone of grain for one tael.

Unexpectedly, just by crossing a neighboring South Korea, the profit has doubled tenfold in an instant. This kind of terrifying return is enough to drive any businessman crazy.

But at this moment, I only heard Xiong Da continue: "According to my understanding during this period of time, compared with the nobles in Xianyang, they are a little more restrained. In Xinzheng, extravagance is extremely prevalent, and ordinary civilians are still struggling to survive at the bottom. , but it is normal for countless dignitaries and nobles to spend a lot of money."

"In addition, rare things are more expensive, and now the sugar business is only ours in the whole world, and there is no other semicolon. So even if we ask for 120 baht a tael, it is nothing more than a leisurely move for the nobles here."

"I even suspect that even if I continue to increase the price now, there will still be a large number of nobles chasing after me..."

Speaking of this, Mo Jun didn't wait for Xiong Da to finish, and interrupted directly: "There is no need, what we are doing now is not a one-off sale, the white sugar business will maintain this price for the time being, let's talk about it after it stabilizes."

"Yes, I understand."

Xiong Da nodded, then took out a money bag from his pocket, and handed it to Mo Jundao: "This is our income during this period, white sugar plus some other small commodities, a total of 167 gold coins, and some small change, I will According to the boss's order, all of them were replaced with grain and cloth."

This time, Xiong Da brought a total of ten catties of sugar, which is 160 taels.

Now the currency systems of all countries are unstable, so Mr. Mo has long ordered that all income from Qin's foreign countries be exchanged for gold or grain and cloth.

Facing the money bag handed over by Xiong Da, Mo Jun did not reach out to take it, but said: "No hurry, you keep the money first, I still have something for you to do."

"I came here this time, and I brought you another ten catties of sugar. You will sell it at the previous price, and then start buying grain in a low-key way at major grain shops. The more you buy, the better... ·”

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　The original Tianxing Jiuge uses the unified currency system of Qin and Han Dynasties, but most of the money shown in the plot is in the form of gold coins, so the currency unit is slightly changed here.

In the future, gold and gold coins will be used to make a little distinction.

　
(End of this chapter)