Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 304 Two Major Events
After two rounds of negotiations, Abe Zhenren finally bought 100 sets of armor and 1 shi of grain from the Song Army at the price of [-] million taels of silver and [-] taels of gold. One set of armor includes a collar of leather armor and a spear , a sword and a pair of bows and arrows.

Of course, because it is leather armor, the cost is relatively low. If it is iron armor, the price is completely different. The cost of this set of armor is about [-] guan, and Fan Ning sold it to Mutsu for three times the price. It is already a conscience price.

The most expensive thing is food. 1 taels of gold can buy 1 shi rice, which is a bit unscrupulous. You must know that in the Song Dynasty, 30 taels of gold can buy [-] shi rice. It is even cheaper in Japan’s grain-producing areas. Fanning sold it at six times the price. Selling to the other party, how could Abe Zhenren not know?
But for the sake of Song Jun's willingness to continue selling Bingjia to Mutsu Country, Abe Sadazato can only hold his nose to recognize this food price.

What's more, the Song army delivered the goods to the door by ship, saving them the hardships of transporting food and the upcoming food blockade by the imperial court.

Five days later, Di Qing accompanied Zhongguan Pang Zhong back to Tang County. Fan Ning handed over the agreement with Japan to Pang Zhong and asked him to go back and tell the emperor.

On the second day after Di Qing left, Zhu Pei, who had been out for nearly ten days, finally returned to Tang County.

Accompanied by Jian Meizi and Xu Qing these days, Zhu Pei followed Ming Ren and Ming Li brothers to the tribe of the Kun tribe to see the life of the indigenous people that she had never seen before.

In the room, Zhu Pei happily flipped through the gifts that the Kun people gave her. An old bear skin was placed on the bed, and there were other precious jewels such as pearls, corals, and tortoise shells.

"Ah Ning, I didn't expect them to be really hospitable and simple. I gave their children some snacks, and they gave me so many precious jewelry and a bear skin."

Fanning asked strangely, "Where did you get the dim sum?"

He remembered very clearly that Jupe only carried a small bag with him, where could he have some snacks?

"Of course we did it ourselves!"

Zhu Pei smiled and said, "Don't you believe me? Sister Jian can make glutinous rice balls and steamed cakes, make red beans into bean paste, and knead small steamed buns of various shapes. I have also learned it."

Fan Ning glanced at Jianmeizi, Jianmeizi smiled coldly, admitting it.

"I believe you can do it, but what about the ingredients? Flour, eggs, red beans, sugar, oil, where are these things?"

"Of course I bought it from a grocery store. There's everything there."

Fan Ning was still a little skeptical, and asked Ming Ren and Ming Li who were sitting beside him, "Is that true, how many treasures can you get in exchange for a few snacks?"

Mingren sighed, "There is no such easy thing. Miss Pei taught Kun women how to make noodles, how to make dim sum, taught them how to use a pot, how to use a steamer, and taught them for several days. More than 100 Kun women all After learning, people thank her for giving so many precious gifts."

This is reasonable!The Kun people are not fools, how could it be possible to exchange so many precious jewels with a few snacks?

Fanning glanced at Jupe again, and saw that she was sitting aside pouting, looking a little displeased, obviously Akihito didn't keep her secret.

Fan Ning smiled and asked Mingren and Mingli, "Then how much did you earn?"

Ming Li let out a long sigh, "Don't mention it, this time we have suffered a lot."

Akihito echoed from the side, "This is an unprecedented loss!"

Zhu Pei couldn't help sneering and said: "Listen to their nonsense, when they came back, they laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths."

Fan Ning put his arms around the shoulders of the two brothers, and said with a smile: "I know you, counting your money all day long and crying for poverty, tell me honestly, how much did you earn this time?"

"It's true that I didn't make money last time, that's the truth."

Akihito smiled bitterly and said: "In order to build a good relationship with them, we gave them all the pots and pans we brought as gifts, and we also gave them more than 100 daggers. In the end, we sold tea cakes and taught them how to make tea. They like it very much, and it’s not too bad. One golden bean is exchanged for one cake of tea, and the profit is ten times higher. They also exchanged pearls, tortoise shells, conchs, etc., and the profit is slightly lower.”

Fan Ning's heart moved, and he showed me the golden beans, "What kind of golden beans?"

Ming Ren dawdled and grabbed a handful of yellow golden beans from a pocket, and put them in Fan Ning's hand. Fan Ning picked up their golden bean bag, which weighed thirty to forty catties, and at least four,500 taels of gold. , the two made another small fortune, Fan Ning picked up a golden bean, pointed it at the sun, squinted his eyes and looked carefully, it was indeed made of gold grains, which meant that there was gold dust in Kunzhou, Fan Ning quickly Asked, "Where did they find it?"

"We didn't ask!" Ming Li said cautiously.

"Nonsense, how could you not ask, tell me quickly! Where did you find it?"

The two brothers had no choice but to stammer: "At the northernmost seaside, there is a very shallow river. It is said that there is a lot of gold sand in the river, and they are not interested in it. We plan to go gold panning tomorrow!"

Fan Ning stretched out his hand, "Show me the map!"

He really knew the two brothers, since they were going to pan for gold, they must have made all the preparations.

In desperation, Ming Ren had no choice but to take out a hand-painted map from his arms and handed it to Fan Ning, "They drew it, and we have to find it now."

Fan Ning looked at the map and laughed. This is obviously in the northern horse farm, in the northernmost part of Kunzhou, about two hundred miles away from the sea, there is a low volcanic mountain range extending hundreds of miles from east to west. In the lush primeval forest, countless creeks merged into more than a dozen rivers, flowing north into the Whale Sea. These golden sands should have been formed by alluvial deposits from the mountains for hundreds of millions of years.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "I will go to the north early in the morning to inspect, you can take my boat, and then go to find your gold sand fields."

"A'Ning, I want to go too!" Zhu Pei whispered from the side.

"You just came back, aren't you tired?"

"Can't you take a day off tomorrow? It's almost enough to take a day off, anyway, it's by boat, right?"

Fan Ning didn't have anything special to do when he went north for inspection, so he nodded with a smile, "Since you want to go too, let's go north together."

Just before dawn, a big ship left Tangxian Wharf and headed north of Kunzhou.

There are two main things for Fan Ning to go north. One is to inspect the livestock breeding situation in the eastern grasslands. The supplies sent by the Song Dynasty this time are mainly livestock, including [-] head of cattle, [-] sheep, nearly [-] mules and horses. The donkeys, together with the [-] sheep and [-] cattle sent last year, have formed a large animal husbandry base in the eastern grasslands. In the future, the Kun people will breed a large amount of animal power, wool sheep and meat sheep.

The second thing is to inspect Sakhalin Island. Last winter, a group of soldiers were stationed in Sakhalin Island. While they survived the winter, they also brought an unexpected news.

They found a group of majestic wild horses living on Sakhalin Island. This news has been proved by the original Kun people of Sakhalin Island. There is indeed a group of wild horses, the number of which is about a hundred.

This news made Fan Ning and the officials of the Group Herds Department very excited. If this group of wild horses could be captured and transferred to Kunzhou, it would bring better opportunities for the cultivation of warhorses in Kunzhou.

In addition, Fan Ning also had a bold idea, whether the Kun tribe could come forward and exchange food and the Shiwei and Jurchen tribes living in the Heishui Basin in exchange for horses.

Of course, whether this idea is feasible or not is another matter. Even if it can be put into practice, it will be a matter of a few years later. The premise is to train spies from the Kun clan.

In addition to two political matters, Fan Ning went north this time, and there was also a personal matter. The emperor had decided to reward Zhu Yuanfeng with a piece of land or an island in Kunzhou in recognition of his contribution to the cause of raising horses in the Song Dynasty.

Entrusted by Zhu Yuanfeng, Fan Ning also chose a more suitable island for Zhu Yuanfeng this time when he went north.

In the early morning two days later, the boat arrived at the Northeast Ranch. The boat sailed into a headland and slowly docked. On the shore was an endless grassland, and there were shadows of mountains in the distance.

Zhu Pei stared at a meandering river on the bank, and suddenly asked: "A'Ning, do you think there will be gold sand in this river?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "The formation of gold sand has something to do with volcanoes. Logically speaking, there should be gold sand in all the rivers in Kunzhou. It's just a question of how much."

Zhu Pei turned around and smiled at Mingren and Mingli: "Did you hear that, hurry up and get off the boat with the hoe!"

Mingren and Mingli knew that she was deliberately taunting them, so they pretended not to hear. Mingren asked, "A'Ning, where is the animal husbandry base?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "We still have to ride the horse for half an hour. The boat only needs to stop here for a day. Let's go to the animal husbandry base together!"

Mingli and Mingren looked at the small river on the bank, thinking of the golden sand in the river, how could they not be tempted, they both said in unison: "We won't go!"

Fan Ning laughed, "You guys can do whatever you want!"

He asked Jupe again, "Ape, come with me to see the sheep, or go digging for gold with them?"

"Of course I will go to see the lamb with you!"

The crowd divided into two groups, Xu Qing accompanied Ming Ren and Ming Li to see Jinsha, while Fan Ning took Zhu Pei to the animal husbandry base.

(End of this chapter)