After marrying a concubine, I have the ability to read minds

Chapter 310 Negotiations 4
The Beiliang envoys got mad again!
Your Daxing prince is worthless!
The eldest prince is my eldest son in Beiliang, so precious!
Gu Xian looked at the other person's expression and could guess what they were thinking without using mind reading skills. He chuckled lightly and said, "Look, you are unhappy when you say that your eldest prince is worthless, so you can come up with one that will make us think of you." The eldest prince is worth the price, right?
I believe that if the First Prince was replaced by Prime Minister Gao today, the bargaining chip in the negotiation would not be just a thousand horses, would it? "

They really can't refute this!

Neither the First Prince nor Prime Minister Gao can be exchanged for a mere thousand horses.

[But how can the war horses of Beiliang be cheaper than the people of Daxing.A war horse worth a hundred taels in Beiliang could be sold for ten thousand gold in Daxing! 】

This is the voice of all Beiliang people. What Daxing does not have, what he has in Beiliang is worth ten thousand gold!
Ye Hanyu said hehe, anyway, he has nothing to do in the capital all day long, so why not go to Beiliang someday and find a chance to steal his [-] good horses, so the people of Beiliang will feel sorry for him to death!
Not to mention, once this idea pops up, I can't hold it down anymore!
"How can our war horses in Beiliang be compared with Daxing's war horses? Each of your horses is only worth a hundred taels, and our war horses are not even sold for 1 taels."

Gu Xian rolled his eyes: "Okay, your horses are worth ten thousand taels, how much are your cattle and sheep worth?"

Envoy: ...What the hell is this guy surnamed Gu doing?Said that the war horse said well, why did you mention cattle and sheep?
But one envoy still replied: "Each adult cow is 100 taels of silver, and each sheep is [-] taels of silver."

Now not only Gu Xian was about to roll his eyes, but even King Chen rolled his eyes big.

Mutton is [-] cents a catty, calculated on the basis of [-] catties per adult sheep, the meat yield is [-]%, which is [-] catties, and the maximum value of a sheep is at most five taels of silver. about.

As a result, when people open their mouths, they pay ten taels of silver. Is this bullying them?

The price of cattle is naturally expensive.

Cows in ancient times were very precious. Cows not only provided people with farming labor, but also played a huge role in divination, sacrifice, military affairs, water control, transportation and even the shaping of national spirit.

The laws of the past dynasties have strictly prohibited the arbitrary slaughter of cattle, unless the cattle are old and frail and unable to farm, and the cattle owner applies and obtains permission from the government before slaughtering cattle.

Even if it is a farm cattle that died normally, the owner of the cattle must report to the Yamen if he wants to sell the beef.

Moreover, can ordinary people eat beef after killing cattle?

Ordinary people don't have to think about it, beef can only be eaten by the upper class.

One is that the price is extremely expensive, sixty yuan a catty is it, one hundred yuan a catty is it, and five hundred yuan a catty is it, the common people can't afford it at all.
The second is that the slaughter of cattle must be reported to the government. When the cattle are slaughtered, the meat has already been allocated by the officials, and rich businessmen may not be able to buy it.

The ancient cattle were smaller in size, at most seven or eight hundred catties, unlike modern cows that weigh two thousand catties at every turn. A seven or eight hundred catty cow can produce about three hundred catties more meat, and the price of buying cattle also fluctuates, 30 It ranges from two to one hundred taels.

Both horses and cattle and sheep in Beiliang are heavier than those in Daxing, and their physical strength is better. This has a lot to do with their living environment. Therefore, it is normal for cattle and horses to be more expensive, but the price of sheep is outrageous. up.

The value of sheep in ancient times was more than [-]% lower than that of cows and horses. In ancient times, there was no advanced goat milk preservation or purification technology. Apart from meat, sheep’s fur is more valuable. A thing that can only be used for food has limited value. .

Therefore, the price of a sheep is determined according to its weight. If a sheep is heavier, it will be sold for more silver coins, and if it is lighter, it will be sold for less silver coins.

Gu Xian didn't argue with them, because it was meaningless, he was good at defeating magic with magic.

"The price of a war horse is ten thousand taels of silver, and the price of a cow is a hundred taels of silver. Since Bei Liang is unwilling to exchange forty thousand war horses for the First Prince, then he can exchange them with four million cattle!"

Prime Minister Gao almost knocked him down on the spot, 400 million cows?They don't have so many cattle in Beiliang!
King Chen took a sip of watermelon juice and almost spit it out on the spot!
Is Gu Xian being too ruthless?

The Minister of Rites of Beiliang said excitedly: "Master Gu, this is just a whimsical idea. Don't say that I don't have so many cattle in Beiliang. Even if I have, it is impossible to exchange so many!"

Prime Minister Gao echoed, "We will give you [-] cows at most."

Gu Xian deeply felt that the other party had a problem with his mind, and he couldn't even count, "One thousand of your horses is worth 1000 million taels, and 1000 million taels would cost [-] cows, but now you only want to give me [-] heads Niu, you can go back on everything you say, and the Beiliang Kingdom is really dishonest in wanting to negotiate!"

Prime Minister Gao could see that the pace of today's negotiations has been in the hands of Mr. Gu. They shouldn't be obsessed with the price of cattle, horses and sheep in the first place, because there is no solution to this problem.

In Beiliang, one horse can be exchanged for one cow, but in Daxing, even if they are given ten cows, they are not willing to exchange the horse for them!
"Master Gu, let's talk about horses. It is impossible for us to get the [-] horses you want. At most, [-] war horses are our limit."

Gu Xian: "Oh, then your bottom line is low enough, I really learned the lesson today."

Prime Minister Gao: It feels like it has been connoted.

"Obviously there are only a hundred taels of horses, but the price has been raised a hundred times when it comes to you. Prime Minister Gao really showed me the bottom line of you Beiliang people!"

After all, Gu Xian added another sentence: "Can you sell horses from Beiliang people to your own people for 50 taels a horse?"

Prime Minister Gao: Although the war horses in Beiliang are good things, there are too many of them in Beiliang, and almost every family has them, so when the court conscripts horses, there are at most three or forty taels of horses. Fortunately, the two countries do not trade.

"Three thousand horses! This number should satisfy your country. I added an extra thousand horses without authorization. I don't know how the emperor will blame me when I go back!"

Gu Xiandao: "[-] horses! This is the minimum limit of our country. You see how generous I am, I directly reduced you by [-] horses, unlike you, who increased it twice and only got [-] more horses!"

Prime Minister Gao felt that he was going to have a heart attack.

Can this be the same?The one surnamed Gu really grasped the essence of the phrase asking for prices all over the sky, how dare he say it!

The following negotiations fell into a stalemate for a while, Prime Minister Gao had already increased the quantity to [-] horses, which was already the highest price set by their emperor, but Gu Xianyao's quotation was still at the figure of [-] horses, Prime Minister Gao was furious I was sweating all over, but I couldn't even take a sip of the cold watermelon juice.

　Thanks to Big Eyes for the 10500 starting point coins! ! !
　　Thank you for the 100 starting coins rewarded for wandering in the courtyard without confusion! ! !
　　Thank you for the 100 book coins that were the most innocent rewards when I was young! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)