Zhan Zhumen

Eighty catties of good tea for a good horse?
Huo Xi couldn't help thinking in his heart.

She bought this batch of inferior tea at a price of one hundred catties and one hundred renminbi, and the price of co-authoring was one cent per catty.The price of Chinese tea in Chamasi is about a few dollars, and the price of good tea is from five dollars to more than one tael.

Her bad tea has golden flowers, and the selling price is more than double that of good tea.Based on her original purchase price, it has already doubled by more than ten times.

"The price of a good horse is around a hundred taels?"

Huo Xi felt that the price of this good horse was a bit expensive, and the price of this good tea was too cheap?

Mu Yan smiled and said: "This is not Jiangnan. The best tea costs one tael and one gold. Of course, the nobles in the Western Regions can also afford one tael and one gold tea. It's just the good tea from the tea horse department and the best tea from Jiangnan. It can’t be compared. As a war horse, the price of a good horse has always been expensive. But compared to the early days of the Li Dynasty, 150 catties of good tea can be exchanged for a good horse, which is much cheaper.”

"According to this calculation, the price of a horse is about seven to eighty taels to a hundred taels of silver. It is so expensive, why don't we raise it ourselves?"

"The imperial court also has several horse farms in the southwest. Although Xifan is now a vassal state of our dynasty, the emperor believes that asking for horses from Xifan is still subject to others, so he opened several horse farms in the southwest and other places, but the imperial court allocates them every year. A lot of money, but the horses that are finally supplied to the army are not as good as each year."

Neither quantity nor quality.

Mu Yan sneered.The money allocated by the imperial court has been dropped layer by layer, how much money is left after falling to the racecourse?Even if all of it falls to the racecourse, how much is used to raise horses?
"The sky is high and the earth is far away, are you greedy?"

If they are exploited layer by layer, they will not be able to raise any good horses, nor will they be able to provide a few horses for the army. "Then let's exchange it with tea."

"The court's racecourse is useless. There are many reasons why good horses cannot be raised. One side has soil and water and the other has people, so horses are the same. The terrain of my dynasty is not as good as that of the Western Regions. The horses raised are generally short and short, and are not suitable for long-term raids. Years ago, my father-in-law and I fought against the northern Tatar Wala in Mobei. Most of their cavalry carried two or more horses so that they could change at any time to meet the needs of the raid. However, I had few horses and insufficient cavalry. Fighting against the grassland peoples has obvious disadvantages. Therefore, the imperial court spared no effort to exchange horses from the Western Regions, and also exchanged silk with North Korea, and many war horses were exchanged every year."

"Then your Zhuang soldiers, I heard that there are a thousand elites who are equipped with horses? How did you hide it from the court's eyes?"

Mu Yan raised an eyebrow.

"Are you proud?" Huo Xi laughed at him.Is this your own place to decide for yourself?

"Not all of them are good horses, half of them are medium horses. But they are completely enough for use in the southwest region."

"That will cost a lot of money." Huo Xi felt a little pained.

"That's not a lot of money, it's a lot of money. They are poor to support their husbands." Mu Yan would often tease him in front of Huo Xi.

"Horses are the money of horses, as well as harnesses, such as harnesses, saddles, ropes, horseshoes, etc. A horse will cost at least seven or eight taels to ten taels of silver for equipment. Besides, a horse eats and drinks in January It can range from a few dollars to one tael. The heavy armor worn by a cavalry is another two to thirty taels... Madam, every day when my husband opens his eyes, he sees bills from all over the place flying towards him."

Huo Xi laughed loudly... "No wonder you were so stingy before."

Is it okay if he doesn't pick? He used to be really poor.More than a bunch of people are waiting for him to raise, and horses also want him to raise them.The horse is waiting to eat every day.

"Then the exchange price of our batch of tea is higher. Don't exchange all of them, save some of them and send them to the capital and various places in the south of the Yangtze River to sell. It's also good for you to save more money for horse silver."

"It's better for Madam to be sympathetic to her husband." He ordered out, "Did you hear Madam's order?"

Xun Wu and the others said in unison: "Yes, this subordinate will follow Madam's orders."

After finishing the golden camellia tea, Huo Xi led Mu Yan to Caiyun Courtyard to see several of her workshops.

"Ma'am!" Everyone came forward to say hello everywhere they passed.

"This is the Son of Heaven."

"I have met the prince." "Excuse me."

Wow, the prince looks so majestic, standing with his wife, it's a good match.What a match made in heaven.Everyone dared not look directly at them, but only dared to secretly look at them, as if they saw a pair of Bi people.

"Already shipped?"

This mushroom sauce is delicious.While visiting, Mu Yan asked Huo Xi, his Xi'er had grown a pair of hands holding money, and his mind was full of ideas about making money.

Huo Xi nodded, "It's all been shipped, and the sales are pretty good. But the profit is not big, and it's just helping to solve the redundant labor of military dependents."

Mu Yan had already heard about the military family blocking the door.Mu Yan was very dissatisfied with the fact that the Mu family pushed such a thing on Xi'er. At that time, regardless of the fact that the battle ahead was still going on, Mu Yan broke out in the tent.Only then did the Duke of the State give the garden to Xi'er.

"I have written to the court about the military expenses and military fees owed by the court, and my father-in-law also said that he will help find a solution. It will be resolved in a short time."

"Well, it's good if it can be solved. But for this part of the remaining labor force, it is still necessary to arrange for them to have work to do, a steady flow of water, a stable life, and less worries for the soldiers in front, so that the army will be stable and fight the enemy bravely."

Mu Yan looked at her very relieved after hearing this.

His Xi'er is different from the woman trapped in the back house. She understands current affairs, understands him and sympathizes with him, and can talk to him.He sighed more than once that it was enough to have her in this life.

"So you will continue to open this workshop?"

Huo Xi nodded. Yesterday she heard that Aunt Jun had sent two stewards from her dowry shop to take over the workshop of the Jun family. It seemed that Aunt Jun didn't want her to take over the business alone.

"Jun Mingzhang originally wanted to unite with other merchants to run me down and shut me down. He raised the price first so that my business could not continue. After I accepted the business from Kunming City, he lowered the price so that he could monopolize the business. Unexpectedly ..."

"I didn't expect you to make him a lot of money. And the shop and workshop didn't fail." Mu Yan smiled.Jun Mingzhang underestimated Xi'er too much.Xi'er's Guangfengshui only has two shops in the capital?
"That is." Huo Xi was quite proud. "I'm still too soft-hearted, or else I'll make him a few more price differences, and just fight him out with an eye for an eye."

But this is not in line with her original intention of making money quietly.

In the business field, it is also important to keep people on the front line, so that we can meet each other in the future.Unless he can be suppressed so that he can no longer stand up, otherwise he will do too much and be prone to backlash.At that time, they will be retaliated by the other party's family, and both sides will suffer.

Walking to the flower shop, Mu Yan couldn't help but stop in his tracks with a burst of fragrance.

"The smell is similar to what you rubbed on your body." Mu Yan tilted her head and sniffed on Huo Xi.

"Well, the sesame oil I extract from flowers is even better than the styrax from the Dashi Kingdom! At that time, whether I sell sesame oil essence or balm, it will cost a lot of money, and I can't buy it with silver. It's just that the extraction is not easy, the conditions are simple, and the production is not good. not much."

"What good things can't be bought with money?" Mu Yan strode into the flower shop.