Daqin: You have a son to help Su

Chapter 118 Bartering, the transaction of the herdsmen of the Hiniu and Goat Department
After Xun Yu carefully calculated the grain taxes of each village, he finally set out on the road with peace of mind. Looking at the total grain collected, he smiled with peace of mind. The handsome features of Xun Yu, who doesn't like to smile, made all the grain officials feel like a spring breeze.

There are only 20 households in Jiuyuan County, but the tax revenue is actually [-] shi. This is still on the premise of ensuring that the people can live comfortably.

After Fusu, Wang Meng, and Xun Yu added up, in addition to the grain used for war and trade, Jiuyuan County could also hand over [-] shi, which was not much compared to the major grain-producing counties such as Bashu and Nanjun in Western Chu.

But how many people are there in Jiuyuan County, and how many people are in those large agricultural counties?
Moreover, the young master Fusu also got the dairy products and livestock meat offered by various ministries. The dairy products can be filled with thousands of stones in pottery and presented to the king. The meat can only be taken away with salt as bacon, but Jiuyuan How can so much salt be wasted in the county?

So in the end, I brought some more dairy products to make up 1000 shi, [-] shi for corn, [-] horses, and [-] cattle.Xun Yu led more than [-] people and [-] soldiers on the road, but the manpower was still not enough.

Fusu told Xun Yu in advance: "Wen Ruo, if you don't have enough manpower, you can go to Shangjun and ask Zhao Cheng, the prefect of Shangjun, to send someone to help you. You can trade as much grain as you want in Jiuyuan County."

Xun Yu also nodded. As for the number of stones needed, Fusu believed that Xun Yu would be able to negotiate the minimum amount.

After Xun Yu left, Wang Meng sat in Xun Yu's position and handled the government affairs of Jiuyuan County as a county supervisor. When Wang Meng asked the scribe to show him the accumulated bamboo slips.

The clerk shook his head and told the county supervisor Wang Mengdao: "The prime minister returned to Xianyang City with food and grass after finishing all the government affairs."

"Xun Wenruo, you are a true gentleman!" Wang Meng admired his colleague more and more, but this made Wang Meng a little worried. In fact, he wanted to finish everything in these two days and let the young master see his ability.

But Xun Yu didn't give him this opportunity at all. When he could shirk the government affairs to Wang Meng, he finished handling the matter and then left. It was indeed beyond the reach of the ancient gentlemen.

But Fusu would not let Wang Meng take any time off. He directly arranged for the heads of various ministries to come over and discuss how to use grain, cooking utensils, and salt to trade fur, cattle, sheep, and dairy products from each ministry.

The person who came forward was naturally the son Fusu, but Wang Meng must be the one to deal with the bulk of the matter. You must know that Wang Meng is a perfect politician and one of the most capable prime ministers in the history of Zhu Xia. None.

After all the headmen tasted roasted corn, they were immediately conquered by this sweet staple food. It can be said that there are very few sweet things in this era.

Especially after King Zhutu ate two corns, he said to Young Master, "Young Master, for such a sweet thing, our tribe is willing to trade with everything that can be exchanged."

The other leaders also had the same reaction, and they were all full of praise for the sweetness of the corn.This made Fusu discover a problem. Corn can be used to make sugar. Although corn syrup is not as sweet as sucrose, there is no sucrose in this era.

Another way to get rich, Fusu nodded, and immediately asked Wang Ban to arrange for people to find villagers who are good at cooking. From now on, Jiuyuan County will have special products that can be promoted to the whole country.

In a few days, in addition to corn, there will be corn syrup produced from corn, which is a good thing for the ministries or the little chiefs below.

Herdsmen are also willing to exchange extra dairy products and dried meat for corn, especially knowing that corn can be eaten after roasting, so corn is even more popular.

Since the cheese in this era has no sugar, it can be said to taste quite sour, and not many villagers are willing to change it.But corn syrup solved this problem. Fusu was going to use corn syrup and cheese to try to see if he could make sweet cheese for Qin Wangzheng, and let his mother, Mrs. Chu, try it.

Now it is necessary for all the ministries to complete the research and production as soon as possible, and go on the road together with the corn syrup, and catch up with Xun Yu quickly, so as to increase the chips for more immigrants in Jiuyuan County.

The villagers in Jiuyuan County's welcome to this kind of barter is limited to cattle.That's right, sheep, meat, cheese, and fur are not as popular as cattle.

Cows can not only be used for plowing, but can also pull carts. It can be said that a cow is the best partner for farmers.

Around this cow, the farmers and herdsmen in Jiuyuan County started a mighty transaction. The large population frugally saved and used a whole ten shi of grain in exchange for two cows.

The transaction can also stabilize the price, that is five stones for a cow.

But some unpleasant things also happened in the middle, such as an unknown villager named Xi Niu. As soon as he heard the name Xi Niu, he knew that his father loved this creature.

Xiniu's family of three also budgeted carefully, scraping together six shi of food, and agreed with a goat herder to buy a fur coat made of one cow and four pieces of wool.

The talkative Xi Niu gave full play to its advantages in this transaction, and directly confused Li Zhi's assistant translators, and also confused the herdsmen of the opposite goat department, and even took the initiative to add some dairy products and Some jerky.

As a result, when Xi Niu borrowed the neighbor Shi's cattle and went to trade with Shi with six stones of corn, the herdsman on the other side actually regretted it. You must know that the translation was photographed by the young master as the middleman.

But the man didn't show up, and cried Xi Niu who was excited to trade. In addition to farming, Xi Niu was going to use it to pull carts.

This year's bumper harvest has caused many men and women of the right age to start talking about marriage. Xiniu's family has also negotiated gifts and dowry with a girl from the same village. Go to the car to meet your bride.

As a result, Xi Niu, who had been excited for a long time after the autumn harvest, gave Xi Niu a blow in the head, and made Xi Niu stunned. He, who is usually eloquent, just stood aside and wept silently.

But although his neighbor who was traveling with him was an honest man, he was bullied by his friend. He quit and yelled loudly at the herdsman on the opposite side, even though the herdsman who wanted to trade with Xi Niu did not come over.

After such a commotion, many villagers gathered around to learn about the situation. After learning that Xi Niu was released as pigeons, they joined Shi and Xi Niu's camp. They were all startled.

The matter in charge of the transaction was entrusted to Li Zhi by the son Fusu and the county supervisor Wang Meng. He originally wanted to finish the matter beautifully, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.

"Where's the person in charge of the Goat Department? Let him come to see me!" Li Zhi stared at his subordinates. Although he was the translator of the Goat King before, he has now become the translator of the young master Fusu.

The dignity of the two cannot be compared in the same breath. Li Zhi can now be said to be on an equal footing with the Goat King, and he is quite dissatisfied with the Goat Department's handling of affairs this time.

(End of this chapter)