Forced to farm for the princess

With a "bang", King Jue's table was smashed hard, and the food containers on the table jumped, and everyone around him pulled out their sabers, and Kunel gave an order , the head of the messenger is offered with both hands.

The envoy continued calmly, "King Jue should know better than me, if there is no consequence of Dachang's caravan, although you come to Dachang every year to grab one, what can you grab in the past two years? Especially last year's autumn harvest , didn’t snatch a single piece of grass back.”

The messenger turned around and said again: "Of course, now that Ranjue and Dachang have repaired, our princess will naturally not see Ranjue in trouble, so I proposed to make a deal last time, and save the need for further calls. The court can't stand the fight anymore, but our northwest is different, an acre of thousands of catties of grain can be eaten and thrown away, the choice depends entirely on the King Ranjue."

In the tent, the subordinates looked at each other a few times. Although they knew that the envoy might be exaggerating, it is said that the caravans in the past two years had brought out things that had never been seen before.

"Our majesty is easily agitated, and I am too excited to hear this news. Please, please wait for our majesty to discuss with his subordinates before escorting you back to Dachang." Someone immediately stood up and smiled at the messenger.

The envoy took a second look at the man, wearing the robes of a Dachang person, his face was no different from that of a Dachang person, not to mention the weird tone of speaking the Dachang dialect like the Ranjue people, this is definitely a person from Dachang, right? .

It seems that this person's status is not low, and he can still make decisions for King Ranjue.

The envoy didn't say much, and said with a smile: "You're welcome, I don't know how to address you, but you seem to be from Dachang, but you can persuade King Ranjue."

"I don't dare to do it, but it's all appreciated by King Ranjue, please come here." The man smiled and lifted the curtain of the tent, and asked someone to take the envoy down.

Many of Ranjue's subordinates were dissatisfied with him, but for King Ranjue's sake, they did not dare to be rude to him.

"Yu Jin, you..." Seeing that the man had left, King Ran Jue hurriedly got down and walked to Yu Jin's side, as if he didn't quite understand what he meant by doing so.

Kunel opened his mouth, and Yu Jin knew what he wanted to say, and said, "I know that I am not afraid of Dachang, but as the messenger said just now, the northwest has money and food, what do we have? Even the clothes they wear The vine armor can't be cut down, and I dare not set fire to it."

"You're trying to build up other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige, but I'm all warriors, so I'm not like your Dachang people..."

"Herba!" Kunel yelled before Herba said something even worse, the tent fell silent, and Yu Jin patted him to calm him down.

"Didn't Dachang want us to do business? Let's go and see what kind of business they want to do."

"I don't know how to sell war horses!" King Ranjue thought for a while, his voice low.

Yu Jin smiled lightly and lowered his eyes, "Of course I can't sell it."

The two parties found a place that was considered safe for each other. Wei Ruojin was sitting in the wilderness. There was a clay stove on the desk. Water was boiling on the clay stove. They just waited for the guests to come and make a pot of tea.

"I've seen the prince and concubine." Yu Jin bowed when he saw these two people.Before Lin Heng could speak, King Ranjue stretched out his hand to pull him up, and said dissatisfiedly, "This king never asked you to salute, why are you still saluting to others, get up."

Yu Jin was a little embarrassed, blushed slightly, waved his hands, and said, "Forgive me, Your Majesty is always informal."

Seeing the two getting along, Wei Ruojin felt a little interesting, stretched out her hand to invite them to sit down, and said, "You don't need to be too polite, this time the prince and I are just talking about business with Ranjue on behalf of Northwest."

However, King Jue sat down carelessly, while Yu Jin was just like a son of a family, with excellent education. The news brought back by the messenger yesterday made Wei Ruojin very curious about this person, and now he is so curious.

"This is the new tea of ​​this year, both of you, try it." Wei Ruojin poured the water that had been left for a while; soon the tip of the nose was faintly wafting the tea fragrance, which smelled very good, but when you sniffed carefully, you couldn't smell it. But my whole body relaxed a lot.

Light-colored water was poured into the cups in front of them, but Yu Jin didn't move. After Lin Heng and Wei Ruojin took a sip from the cups, they followed their example.

The entrance is just the vague tea fragrance, and then it is slightly bitter, and after swallowing, the tip of the tongue produces fluid and returns to sweetness.After tasting it only once, Yu Jin fell in love with the taste, and the greasy taste of the barbecue in the morning disappeared immediately.

"Good tea."

"This..." Wei Ruojin didn't know his name yet.

"My next Yu Jin is an aide next to King Ranjue."

Wei Ruojin didn't ask any further questions, and added another cup of tea to him, saying: "If Ranjue agrees to do business, this tea is also one of the items that can be traded, but Ranjue and Dachang's living habits are too different, most of them eat meat. Tea can relieve tiredness."

"So that's how it is. It's been several years since I came to Ranjue. I can get used to many things, but I always miss eating."

"There are more things to eat in the Northwest now." Wei Ruojin waved and said a few words to the people around him.After a while, many plates were placed on the case table, all of which were things Yu Jin had never seen before.

"Try this, mashed sweet potato and wheat flour, then fried dry, no sugar added, it's not bad as a snack, it's fragrant and crisp." Wei Ruojin introduced one by one, "Unfortunately, we won't have glutinous rice until next year, I think glutinous rice It tastes better when you do it."

Yu Jin tasted it, it was crispy and sweet, the sweetness was just right, it was not greasy but also left an aftertaste, it was really good.Kunel was a little dissatisfied, he ate whatever Yu Jin ate, and finally said, "It's nothing more than that."

"It's true, but you don't have one, and you can't grow it." Lin Heng was even more dissatisfied, what does Ah Jin mean by this, he has never eaten these things, why did he just give them to people he just met, and laughed so pretty.

Kunil stared at Lin Heng, and Lin Heng stared back without any hesitation.

Wei Ruojin wanted to touch his forehead very much. At this moment, why did Lin Heng suddenly become childish? Did he come to discuss business with him, or did he want to mess things up.

"My lord!"

"Your Majesty!"

Wei Ruojin and Yu Jin looked at each other, ignored the people around them very tacitly, and continued: "I want to open a mutual market. Apart from the transactions between the two parties, wouldn't it be better if people from the two clans can also buy and sell each other? Besides, Because Pinghe Town borders Ranjue, there is a small gathering place where Dachang people and Ranjue people live mixed together."

"There is such a place?" Yu Jin was a little curious. Ever since he was brought back to Ranjue Royal Court by Kunier, even a Ranjue slave could look down on him.He said again: "I don't know what the princess wants to exchange?"

"Sheep, wool, horses, whatever you have, can be traded. What the Northwest can do is also very simple, salt, tea, oil, grain, and cloth."

Yu Jin looked at Wei Ruojin suddenly, his eyes were extraordinarily bright, "So, is it true that the Northwest is said to be particularly rich in the past two years?"

"We can't even talk about being rich. It's really impossible for people in the Northwest to eat three meals a day, but if you give me a few more years, maybe I can do it." Wei Ruojin took another sip of water.

Yu Jin didn't speak, but no matter how reckless King Jue was, it didn't mean he was stupid. Wei Ruojin wanted to eat dry food in the northwest, but apart from them and the slave owners, even ordinary herdsmen might not be able to eat dry food twice a day. Not to mention slaves, it is more common to not be able to eat a single meal a day.

"What do you want to change?"

Yu Jin heard Kunel's words and knew that the matter had been settled.

"This is what we wrote before, you two can read it, everything is negotiable." Lin Heng handed over the written contract, along with a booklet.

"This..." Yu Jin wanted to ask when the angel took out the letter that day, but he lost the opportunity to ask and forgot about the following things. Now seeing this thing that was used to write is very novel.

"This is paper, and it's unique to the Northwest. It can be traded," Wei Ruojin said.

"It's very convenient to write and carry, but it doesn't look very good to preserve."

"It can be stored for a long time in a ventilated and dry place. The new species is still being tested, so don't worry." Wei Ruojin stopped talking after finishing speaking, and let Yu Jin feel for herself.

However, King Jue was dissatisfied again, but seeing Yu Jin reading the pile of words seriously, he didn't want to disturb him.He could only hold back the cup of tea and drank it in one gulp, then frowned, it didn't taste good, although it relieved the tiredness.

"No problem, but war horses are not for sale, if you have to buy them..." Yu Jin looked at King Ranjue, and said: "War horses are not for sale for the time being."

Kunel nodded in agreement.

"Okay, we'll talk about the war horse later." Wei Ruojin was not in a hurry at all, if he didn't sell it now, he would have to sell it in the future; besides, they also occupy a lot of grassland now, so if they can't buy it, can they raise it themselves?

What's more, after those herdsmen tasted the sweetness, they would be more willing to raise cattle and sheep than war horses.

"You said just now that the two races would open up a mutual market. You must have already thought about the location. Can I ask?" Yu Jin put away the paper and asked.

"Of course, if Northwest establishes the mutual market within its borders, the Jue people will not dare to come here, so I plan to establish it here, how about it?"

This is the place where the Northwest King and Ranjue King made a contract, and it is only a day and a half away from Pinghe Town. If the mutual market is set here, both Ranjue people and Dachang people can rest assured.

"Okay, okay, but when the time comes, will this land belong to Ranjue or Dachang?" Kunil said in a deep voice, looking at Wei Ruojin with unfriendly eyes.

"Of course who has the ability and who does it belong to? Are you afraid?" Lin Heng replied with a slightly mocking smile on his face.

"you……"

Kunil was held back by Yu Jin, and Lin Heng was touched by Wei Ruojin, and the war between the two sides was about to become red at the touch of a button, and the battle between the x young x team disappeared and became invisible.

"Since you both agree, then please print your letter on this contract." Wei Ruojin took out an identical contract at some point. "Two copies. After you are satisfied, press your personal letters and the transaction will take effect. To show my sincerity, tomorrow, I will put a hundred stones of grain here as the first trading item in the mutual market."

The hundred shi grains were said to be traded on the mutual market, but they were actually traded to Kunel; even if the Ranjue people got the news, they would not be able to come here tomorrow.

One hundred shi of grain can be sold quickly if exchanged for gold and silver, but Wei Ruojin said that he does not want gold and silver, he does not lack these things, Kunel's face changed, and he said angrily: "I said no to the war horse! "

"We don't trade horses, we trade cattle and sheep."

"Okay!" Kunel glanced at Yu Jin and said, "Ten cows and 25 sheep will be exchanged for your one hundred shi of grain."

Yu Jin's mouth twitched invisibly, you idiot.

"Okay, since you're so straightforward, I'll give you another stone of sweet potatoes. You can dig two holes in front of the tent and bury them to sprout them. If you don't mind ordering two boxes, you can take them away after planting them, so you can eat them from time to time. To vegetarian dishes." Wei Ruojin said.

Yu Jin was a little curious about how sweet potatoes had something to do with vegetarian dishes. When the caravan came, Kunier replaced him with sweet potatoes. He liked the taste very much, but he didn't know about the others.

"I will keep people here. When the sweet potatoes are buried, if you don't understand, just ask them directly. Now that the cooperation has been reached, then the mutual market will start next month."

The business negotiation with Ranjue for the first time went very smoothly, Wei Ruojin was in a good mood, because King Ranjue was also here, and they only stayed for two more days before returning to Xinglin City. Before leaving, they gave Yu Jin a piece of paper.

As soon as she returned to Xinglin City, Wei Ruojin started to get busy. First, she asked Xiang Yi to build a venue that could accommodate hundreds of people, as well as goods and livestock, within a month.

"There should be a lot of brick kilns in the northwest, and a large amount of green bricks can be transported there. With cement, the speed of construction should be faster. In order to avoid shortage of manpower, I will ask a group of people from Ranjue to help. Come on, follow our rules."

Xiang Yi didn't speak for a long time.

Wei Ruojin recalled, and said: "Basically, you don't have to worry about the residential area of ​​the hospital, just leave the rest to others, and don't let one thing stop you, the Northwest needs to be rebuilt in the future There are so many places, you can’t finish it by yourself, you have to let others try, right.”

After talking about Xiang Yin, Wei Ruojin was afraid that he would make a mistake again, so he immediately arranged for someone to send him to the grassland garrison; after that, there was a steady stream of bricks and cement, and the garrison dug a small puddle nearby. Ponds can save a lot of drinking water.

Not long after, Ranjue drove a group of slaves over to work. Xiangyi only cared about how his house was built, and he didn't interfere at all.

However, when the slave owners learned that the people who work here can eat three meals a day, and they can work for five days and have one day off, the eyes of the people in Dachang are not right.

Especially when they knew that their slaves were treated the same as Dachang people.

Dachang people are really rich!

Some Ranjue people began to move around. There is so much work here, there must be no shortage of food.However, when they were about to grab and run, Kunel directly led his warriors to block them, and after that, all the property of those people became King Ranjue's.

Wei Ruojin just smiled when she knew about it, no matter what Ranjue people think, he has taken over the place there; he can trade grain for trade, he can also trade grain for war, and he can kill them with energy. However, it would be better if King Jue resolved these matters.

Wei Ruojin left the sheep in Pinghe Town, where there are still rabbits. At that time, he didn't go to see how many rabbits there are now. During the Chinese New Year, there must be a lot of rabbit meat to eat.

He didn't know if the cattle in the grassland were suitable for plowing, so he put his brains into the village, put on a nose ring, and after raising them for a few days, Wei Ruojin asked the young people to start taming the cattle to plow the fields.

Although it was hard to control at the beginning, the young man was full of smiles after only two tries. This is much less labor-intensive than pulling people in front. If he is well tamed, one person can plow several acres of land in a day.

Zhuangzi's enthusiasm for cattle taming is much higher. After the cattle are tamed every day, fresh grass and clean water are given, which is very meticulous.

Wei Ruojin is very busy, and Lin Heng is also very busy, especially in reaching a cooperation with Ranjue. It is expected that King Ranjue will exchange a lot of food this year.

So, when he saw Lin Heng coming to him with a jade card, he was stunned for a moment.

"This jade tablet is something your mother left you, so I got it back again." Lin Heng laughed.

"Have you got it back?" Wei Ruojin reached out to take the jade token, it was really his, "How did you get it back?"

"There are people arranged by me in the Xiangfu. It's not easy but not too difficult to get this thing." Lin Heng said.

"I'll make you a delicious meal tonight. If I had known that there was someone in the Prime Minister's mansion, I would have gotten the jade token back sooner." Wei Ruojin smiled and leaned in front of him, kissed his cheek, and immediately retracted. , "The beard is not shaved."

Lin Heng smiled sullenly and pulled him back, "Shave me at night,"

Wei Ruojin hid back, "You are so annoying, don't you have to do anything?"

"The things that have to be done every day can be done anywhere, why not take a rest now."

It was getting dark, and Wei Ruojin was carried back to the main room by Lin Heng; Wei Ruojin didn't eat the good meal that Wei Ruojin said that night, but Lin Heng didn't care at all, he ate something better.

Wei Lun stood in the study with a gloomy face, and the jade plaque was gone, so would the caravan he found still follow the Wei family and make money for him.

He couldn't let those people know that the jade card was lost. Fortunately, when he got the jade card, he made a fake one, which happened to be useful, so people can't just use those old ones, it is better to grasp the caravan route as soon as possible. It's better in your own hands.

What annoyed him even more was that the eldest prince still refused to come out. Did he not believe in himself?

Wei Lun was very uneasy, the Fifth Prince had invited him to the East Palace twice, but the First Prince insisted on staying behind closed doors.Or wait a little longer, and wait until everything in the capital settles before freeing up your hands to deal with the rebellious sons far in the northwest!

The rebellious Wei Ruojin wakes up in the morning and sees the jade plaque in a good mood. Doesn't this mean that he got so much money from Wei Lun with nothing?Thinking about it makes me happy, and I'm playing with the jade card. In fact, what the function of this card is now is not important to Wei Ruojin at all.

As long as Wei Lun doesn't run in front of him to disgust himself, then he won't bother him anymore; one is in the capital and the other is in the northwest, wouldn't it be good to never see each other?

"Are you awake? What's wrong?" As soon as Lin Heng came in, he saw Wei Ruojin's laziness. He put down his breakfast and walked to his side. As soon as he put his hand under the quilt, Wei Ruojin slapped him away.

"Come on, I'm hungry."

Lin Heng laughed, he was an old man, but Wei Ruojin still couldn't get dressed in front of him, he could only walk behind the screen to hear Wei Ruojin getting up and getting dressed.

"The current situation in the capital is basically clear. You are right. Lin Kang is indeed not as timid as everyone sees. My people have found some things. No matter whether the East Palace can come out or not, they will definitely die." Lin Heng While having breakfast together, I will talk about some news from Kyoto.

"So, in the end, it will be Lin Kang who sits on the throne? Then our side..." Wei Ruojin frowned. Such a tolerant person can really tolerate the Northwest's almost Overdrive?

Although the Northwest is obviously owned by Dachang, if Lin Heng is recalled to the capital, he will not be able to resist the decree, and the best situation after he goes there will be confinement.

"we……"

Lin Heng picked up a chopstick dish for him, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there won't be such a day, you just have to be at ease and boldly do what you want to do, everything is up to me."

Wei Ruojin looked at Lin Heng and smiled, but he didn't know what words made him so happy, and even the speed of handling things this day was much faster.

On the day of the mutual market, Wei Ruojin and Lin Heng mingled in the caravan for a private visit. At the entrance, there was a tall archway with the words 'Changlong Mutual Market' written in Dachang and Ranjue respectively.

Lin Heng and Wei Ruojin were very satisfied with the name. After entering the mutual market, Wei Ruojin was even more satisfied. The floors were all plastered with cement, and the houses were row-by-row. The front was for display, and the back was for storing goods and living people.There is also a special place for selling livestock, which is inside, otherwise the smell will be strong.

Most of the people in this exchange market are Dachang people, but there are also Jue people, occupying much fewer stalls than Dachang people, but there are more people, all with guards.

"Wait a minute, these people are all carrying weapons. If there is a conflict, it might be bad." Wei Ruojin suddenly pulled Lin Heng back and said.It was his negligence. After all, this is not an era of excellent law and order, and it is the border again.

"Don't worry, I've already explained it, and I told King Ranjue that there are guards patrolling the exchange market all day." Lin Heng stroked his hair and led him inside.