Poor family mother and son

Chapter 151 Maps need to be drawn and money must be earned

After a day of hustle and bustle, the "Sheep Shearing Festival" came to an end in the lively bonfire party at night.The amount of wool in each village has been counted, and the wool sold by each household is also packed separately.

Taking advantage of everyone's joy, Chu Qing simply settled the money together.Although it took a lot of time and the party ended very late, the herdsmen were very happy.

Their hard work every day has paid off today.In the future, they can also use silver money to buy some daily necessities that cannot be exchanged.

The happiest thing is that it is clear that if this is done in modern times, all these wools will be turned into woolen sweaters, and the money sold is enough for her to open several small factories.

Let’s do the math, an adult sheep shears four to five catties of wool at a time, with an average of nearly four to five hundred sheep per household. There are a total of more than 160 households in the three villages. Excluding what the herdsmen left behind, Chu Qing received a full There are 20 catties of wool!

Chu Qing also collected a lot of sheepskins and packed them one by one.Your own convoy can't pull it away at all!A single-horse cart can pull about [-] catties at most.

Looking at the heavy wheels, Chu Qing missed rubber products very much.

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During these days, Zhang Mingyu had led the detectives of the secret investigation department to record all the nearby terrain, from as small as a stream that came and went, to as large as the nearby mountains, and drew them into maps.I also inquired about a lot of local customs, products and cultural conditions.

The Voss are the same as Daxuan. Although they look similar in appearance, they are also divided into several ethnic groups. They gather in the territories of each tribe, and some tribes do not allow intermarriage.

Zhang Mingyu heard from the old people in the village that there were merchants from Voss who went to Daxuan long ago, so the people of Voss knew that Daxuan was a good place with rich products.

At that time, King Vos tried his best to communicate with Daxuan, but he did not proceed because of the opposition of the leaders of the tribes. Later, he regarded Daxuan as an enemy.

The reason is that the country of Vos has no ability to attack Daxuan due to its small population.The way of thinking of the Voss is to attack and invade. When they are not ready, they stop contact with other countries.

However, they also needed all kinds of materials from Daxuan to meet their own survival needs, so they kept Dong Lun from occupying it, and instead used Dong Lun as a trade transfer point, thereby maintaining the existence of Dong Lun invisibly.

As for the Daxuan Kingdom, the so-called rich products are only relative to the Voss Kingdom, and the development of the economy is the direction of the efforts of the emperors of all dynasties.The existence of the major aristocratic families brought support to Daxuan, and also formed a prison.

They believe that places other than Daxuan are barren lands, and there is no need to spend more energy and take more risks to explore.It's a bit of a closed country.

This is also the reason why the two countries have existed for generations, but they do not communicate or understand each other.

To Zhang Mingyu's disappointment, there are very few written records of the Voss people, and the few records were also lost due to wars during the succession of Voss kings.

At this moment, Zhang Mingyu looked at the sacks filled with wool, and asked clearly, "What should I do? I can't hold it."

Chu Qing was also in a dilemma: "Let the herdsmen help to cover some rain-proof things first, we have to wait for the boys to come back, and then pull them away in batches."

In the evening three or four days later, Chu Qing and the others discovered that some of the herdsmen had brought back cotton cloth. After asking, they found out that they had gone to other tribes to buy cotton cloth with the money in their hands.

"It's hot, and the children's clothes are small and torn, so they need to change some cloth to make thin clothes." They said.

"Where did you change them?" Chu Qing asked.

"Go all the way east, go to Tuhuerte, where it is cheaper to exchange cloth; go south to Virat, and exchange highland barley noodles."

Chu Qing turned to Zhang Mingyu and asked, "Did you go to these two places last time?"

Zhang Mingyu replied: "The last time we went to the place where the three tribes meet, we turned around there and came back. It should be slightly south of the central part of Voss."

This map still needs to be drawn, Chu Qing thought.

The small tribe here was annexed by the big tribe, and the big tribe was occupied by several big lords, and the whole country was divided into four parts.

It took the herdsmen three or four days to go to the neighboring tribes in a hurry.

Chu Qing decided that after the boys who returned to China to prepare the goods came back, she would divide the horse team into five groups, and lead the team all the way to find business; The spies from the secret investigation department were left to scout the way.

"Chu Qing, if you divide them into parts, there will be fewer people in each team, which is not safe!" Zhang Mingyu reminded.

"There will always be risks," Chu Qing thought for a while, "More people will make them more alert and more likely to cause conflicts.

Let our people wear ordinary clothes, join Daxuan's other caravans, provide help if they can, and try to avoid trouble as much as possible.The money is on my side to find business, and they just go to various places to draw maps.

Let the boys at home come out and expand to various small caravans later.Persevere, overcome difficulties, and strive to produce a rough topographic map within half a year! "

"Half a year?!" Zhang Mingyu yelled out loud. He felt that either Chu Qing had gone crazy, or that his ears were smoking: "You want to get a map in half a year?"

"Zhang Mingyu, things are prioritized. At present, we only need to come up with a rough drawing. The detailed and accurate drawing is the job of the Ministry of Industry." Chu Qing does not have Zhang Mingyu's serious spirit.

"You see, the imperial court wants a map, but it only needs a preliminary understanding. A detailed understanding requires professionals from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War to complete it.

A map needs to have a military role, and our secret investigation department currently only needs to mark a large geographical location.

Furthermore, I think what we should understand most is the difference between the court of Voss and our Daxuan Kingdom, the population of each tribe, the distribution of products, and so on.

You don't think we can go to war after drawing a picture, do you?Don't be so aggressive, young man!Conquering a country does not necessarily require fighting. "

"..." Zhang Mingyu concluded.

"I've had a lot of contacts with the Voss people, and the maps I get from them will be more detailed than our own, won't we?" Chu Qing said with a smile, "Otherwise, we will hire a group of people to come to their territory to draw Map, do you think our people die slowly? It’s best to keep silent and settle things like this quickly.”

This is the result of different people thinking differently.What Chu Qing wanted was not to fight between the two countries, but to generate income for himself.Drawing is incidental.

The point is, shouldn't the secret investigation department's duty be to engage in intelligence?Then do it!How can a precise map be drawn by oneself?You have to use the country of Voss.

Chu Qing's idea is to draw a map of the mountains, rivers, and dangerous passes wherever the caravan passed by along the way, and then investigate the local customs and customs as clearly as possible.After returning to Daxuan Capital, just sort out these materials.

Zhang Mingyu's idea is to carefully walk every inch of land along the border, take detailed measurements and records, and create a military map.

Alas, Chu Qing still "has nothing to do with himself, let's hang on to it".

(End of this chapter)