Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 119 Spring Festival in the Grassland
In the vast Mobei grassland, it is very difficult to see a piece of emerald green nowadays, because it is winter now, and it is difficult to see the crimson sunset even in the sky.

Dark clouds covered the entire sky, and occasionally yellow light shot down from the gaps in the clouds, giving the world beyond the Great Wall the necessary light.

The Xianbei tribe in winter seemed very peaceful, without the chill of the past.

At this time, the herdsmen are relatively free. They have nothing important to do, but use the forage that has been stored long ago to take care of the large animals such as cattle, horses and sheep, so as to ensure that they can survive the severe winter.

But Liu Bei is very busy, because the Spring Festival is coming.

Xianbei people do not celebrate the Spring Festival, but this does not prevent enthusiastic herdsmen from helping Liu Bei prepare for his own festival.

It has been some time since he came to the Mie Chida tribe, and he has gradually adapted to the life of a herdsman far away from his homeland, and has been recognized and even respected by the Xianbei people!

Even the tribal leader Kirby Neng attached great importance to him. When he learned that the warlord Liu Bei wanted to celebrate an important festival of his own nation, he immediately dispatched many servants and Han captives to help, and even promised that he would go to celebrate on the day of the festival. It's all about giving him a happy holiday...

All these changes were due to the fact that, as a warlord, he never put on airs, always stayed with the herdsmen at the lowest level, and taught them many skills.

Those are skills enough to improve their living standards!
For example, the art of making boots, Liu Bei made products popular in the desert by improving the skills he learned when he was young, and then he passed on this skill to the handy herdsmen in the tribe, making leather boots a unique specialty of the Michida tribe !

His teaching skills are very simple and easy to understand. He not only demonstrates in person, teaches by hand, but also does not ask for anything in return, so the speed of popularization is also very fast.

There is never a shortage of leather in the grassland, and the raw materials are abundant. After processing by the herdsmen of the Michida tribe, the texture is exquisite and fully meets the daily needs of the herdsmen. Coupled with the promotion of the caravan, the production and sales have expanded rapidly, and even gradually monopolized the entire grassland. market……

This increased the income of the herdsmen who made leather boots a lot, and naturally the nobles in the tribe also benefited a lot.

Recently, he is trying to study how to make wool blankets.

This thing is also in great demand in the cold Mobei grassland, but the leather blankets originally made by the herdsmen are too rough, neither durable nor beautiful.

Liu Bei keenly discovered the business opportunity...

It's not that Liu Bei is good at inventing and creating or has a unique vision, but when he was in Zhuojun, he saw merchants selling woolen blankets, which are both warm and light. Now, for his livelihood, he is also thinking hard about it.

The herdsmen guard so many wool sources, but they don't know how to use them, so he came up with this idea.

After many attempts, and after consuming a lot of raw materials, Liu Bei also made some small achievements and made a few samples.

This soon alarmed the leader Kirby again. After coming to test the performance of the product in person, he was sure that this would become a major source of income for the clan again!
And Liu Bei also said that if we can continue to select wool with different textures, we can make high-end products with better quality, and then we can sell them at different prices, thereby increasing the profit of the products.

Kirby, who had tasted the sweetness of the leather boot industry, was ecstatic when he heard it. He could imagine that these things made from the originally worthless wool would be operated by caravans and flooded to various tribes in the grassland again, thus How much profit did he bring to his own Mi Chida tribe...

"It's also cold in the northern border of Han, and Han people are not afraid of the cold like Xianbei people, and there are few people raising sheep there, so it is difficult to obtain wool, so if this product can be sold to the border of the northern border of the Great Han, it will definitely gain a lot Qili!"

Seeing that Kirby was happy, Liu Bei smiled and continued.

He knew that Kirby had already fallen into the trap of merchants. When he proposed to establish his own caravan of the Michida tribe and got the other party's consent, Liu Bei knew that this would be the result.

Of course, this is not because Liu Bei is good at doing business. On the contrary, he has never had any experience in doing business. He has these thoughts and predictions simply because he finds that the business activities in the grassland are too closed and low-level.

Just like the dimensionality reduction attack of the traversers on the ancients, Liu Bei, who has traveled a lot in the north, even if he only saw some fur, it was enough to improve the backward Xianbei people a lot.

Liu Bei also seemed to understand why the nomadic barbarians such as the Huns and Xianbei were so keen on plundering other peoples. They were really too poor and too backward!
After the caravan was established, Kirby was able to order them to carry all kinds of goods to try to trade with two nearby friendly tribes, and the result was also beyond his expectations.

Although many problems occurred in the merchant due to lack of trading experience, the overall accounts are still very impressive.

When Kirby learned that the leather boots made by his clan could earn several times more profits, his admiration and trust in Liu Bei also rose to a new level.

Not only is the profit considerable, Kirby can also learn that there is a strong demand for transactions across the grassland.

Since the Xianbei invaded the Han land, the caravans of the Han people seldom came to the grasslands. The trade here was cut off at once, and the tribes accumulated a large amount of goods, such as fur, cattle and sheep, especially those obtained by looting All kinds of utensils have a demand for trading and replacement...

So Kirby can decide to form two more caravans, of course he has to earn money, so why not leave it to others!
However, he frowned a little at the proposal of the warlord Liu Bei to go to Han to do business.

After all, the Xianbei had just launched an army to plunder the Han people, how could the other party still do business with him, I am afraid that his caravan will be confiscated as soon as it arrives in the Han area...

However, Liu Bei explained to him with a smile after hearing Kirbineng's concerns:
"Why do we have to transport the goods in person? As long as we send people to explain the current situation of the grassland, under the temptation of huge profits, there will inevitably be Han Chinese caravans coming to trade, and these goods in the tribe can be sold at a good price. Wouldn't it be better to get some iron in exchange?"

Although Liu Bei's current Xianbei language is not very standard, he can communicate proficiently.

It's just that what he said was still too novel, and Kirby still couldn't believe that the two sides who had just experienced fierce fighting could resume trade so easily?

"Of course, this may not be possible, but we won't lose anything if we try. I'll find a few smart Han people and let them go. If it doesn't work, I will be responsible. The leader will lose a few Han people at most. Slave, how?"

"The Warlord is also for the sake of the tribe. Where does the theory of responsibility come from? Since this is the case, the Warlord can do whatever he wants. I believe in the Warlord!"

After Liu Bei put forward a specific plan and made a little analysis, Kirby really made sense when he thought about it. Anyway, even if he didn't succeed, he would have nothing to lose, so why not do it.

Seeing that Kirby agreed, Liu Bei bowed his hands and stopped talking, continuing to prepare for the festival.

However, he was very excited in his heart. As long as he could send people to the northern border, he would have a lot of room for maneuver in the future.

Before he was arrested, he traveled through the Zhongshan Kingdom and met Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, big businessmen from the Northland. The two were quite courageous. If they learned about him and the business opportunities in the grassland, they would most likely send a caravan. .

It seems that my persistence has paid off, everything is moving in the direction I expected, and now that the Spring Festival is approaching, Liu Bei is also in a good mood.

Kirby is in a better mood. Even if the strategy of doing business with the Han people fails in the end, at least this new woolen blanket is a good thing!

Xianbei people have no currency and they just barter. Recently, the caravan has exchanged a lot of urgently needed items such as tea bricks and iron blocks. If things go on like this, the Miechida tribe will be extremely powerful...

And all of this was brought by the Han overlord in front of him. This time, we must take advantage of the Chinese Spring Festival to win him over.

"The warlord may have other needs here. This king has arranged for his servants to send them along. During this festive season, the warlord must not be polite!"

Seeing Kirby Neng's sincere question, Liu Bei was not polite, and took this opportunity to make a new request to Kirby Neng, so that the entire Michida tribe would change the abuse of Han captives, especially Han Chinese women and children.

After he finished speaking, he took a few steps closer and whispered a few words to Kirby...

When Kirby could hear it, he readily agreed, and loudly ordered to his subordinates:
"Pass down the order. From today onwards, my troops under Mie Chida will treat the Han captives kindly. We must not beat and punish Han people at will, let alone rape Han women wantonly. Anyone who violates my order will be severely punished!"

(End of this chapter)