My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 50: A Great Harvest (Part )
Even the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, which were briefly divided, could easily pin the northern Hu, southern Man and eastern Yue to the ground. Now the Han Dynasty, which is still in its entirety, is even more capable of abusing the surrounding ethnic minorities.

"Although the chief shopkeeper has little power now, he has shown signs of being a fledgling eagle. He will surely soar high into the sky one day. It is a great honor for my Hunye tribe to follow behind the chief shopkeeper. Although Qiqige is pretty, she is just a wild duck compared to the chief shopkeeper. It is already a great honor for a wild duck to be the concubine of an eagle!"

"Look, who said that all the Hu people are barbarians?"

"My cheap father-in-law is very discerning and knows how to handle things!"

"In that case, I will listen to what my father-in-law says." Lu Yi nodded after hearing this and paid great respects to He Xutuo in public.

"Hahaha, my dear son-in-law, please get up quickly!" He Xutuo was not arrogant and immediately helped Lu Yi up with a smile on his face.

"That's great, brother-in-law. We are a family from now on!" Hartler was also very excited, and his young face was flushed.

"Haha, congratulations to old Patriarch Hexutuo for finding a good son-in-law, and congratulations to big brother for marrying the beauty!" Lu Bu and others also congratulated them.

"But now, Xiao Xu has not married yet, and we have to wait for one or two years for this marriage." Lu Yi suddenly remembered the expectant look in Zhang Wan'er's eyes when she looked back at him when they parted from Mayi, and his heart was moved.

"It's okay. We Xiongnu are barbarians. We don't have as many rules as the Han Dynasty. But I only have one daughter, Qiqige. You must treat her well in the future and don't let her suffer any injustice."

Hearing this, Hesuto sighed and did not have any objections.

"Of course!" Lu Yi said firmly.

Now that the Lu and Hunye families have become even closer, the relationship between the two sides is even more harmonious.

Lu Yi took this opportunity to discuss business matters with He Xutuo.

"Father-in-law, according to the new alliance we signed yesterday, I will sell all the goods carried by this caravan to the Hunye tribe at a discounted price."

"Zhang Jia, you are fully responsible for this matter."

Professional matters should be left to professionals. Lu Yi pointed to Zhang Jia's general.

"Hatler, my father is old and not as responsive as before. You are also growing up, so you will be in charge of the business affairs from now on."

Hesuto thought for a moment and then pointed to Hatler behind him.

"Me?" Hartler was stunned when he heard this.

This ruthless young man who killed the enemies of the Zhade tribe without blinking an eye, now touched the back of his head with some fear.

"But Father, I only know how to ride a horse and bend a bow, but I can't do the math!"

"Hey, you're going to be the young leader of the Hunye tribe in the future. How can you be good at accounting? It's a good opportunity to practice!"

Hearing this, Hexu shook his head speechlessly and said helplessly.

"Hahaha, little brother, you are doing business with your brother-in-law, are you still worried about being at a disadvantage? Don't worry."

Upon hearing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but laugh and patted Hatterer on the shoulder.

Although this young man was a Hu man, since he was the brother-in-law of his eldest brother, Lu Bu didn't mind being a little closer to him.

"Brother Hatter, listen to your father and take this opportunity to train yourself." Lu Yi also advised.

When Hatter heard Lu Yi say the same thing, he could only sigh and follow Zhang Jia.

He would rather fight the enemy with real swords and guns on the field than waste his brain on this.

Generally speaking, Han goods can be sold at three times the price on the grassland if they are looking for profit, but it takes a long time to sell them to the frontier. Therefore, most merchants will sell them at about two and a half times the price.

This time, Lu Yi gave a 50% discount and all the goods were sold at twice the basic price.

The silk cloth worth two million coins and the one million coins of goods brought by the caravan were successfully sold to the Hunye tribe.

The total amount of gold, silver and copper coins obtained was 600 million, of which the profit was doubled to million coins.

In addition, 250 million worth of goods were obtained from the Zade tribe. In addition to all 70 horse-drawn carriages of the Zade tribe, only some cattle and sheep skins, which were special products of the grassland, were left.

The baggage carts on the grassland were in the opposite direction to those inside the Great Wall.

The cart itself was much more expensive than the horse that pulled it because of the scarcity of wood and craftsmen.

However, the overall price is still higher than that in the interior. A complete vehicle including a horse costs 35000 coins, which is still twice as expensive as in the interior.

The 70 baggage carts took up a full 245 million coins, and the rest were only about pieces of cow and sheep skins that had been treated with saltpeter.

However, cow and sheep skins are specialties of the grassland, and almost every household, whether in the Xiongnu or Xianbei tribes, has a lot of them.

It is obviously impossible to sell them on the grassland, so they can only be driven back to the interior to sell them on the way back. However, the value of these furs themselves is not high, so the profit is naturally not much. It can only be said that it is better than nothing.

However, the extra two million coins worth of silk cloth was a huge amount, and it was obviously not something that Lu Yi's thirty baggage carts could easily carry.

So Lu Yi delayed for ten days under the pretext of transferring goods from the interior.

There was no other way. This kind of thing of poaching from the alliance was a taboo. Lu Yi, who was cautious by nature, would rather spend some time and effort to cover up the lie.

Fortunately, Hexutuo did not find any clues, and Huang Yi returned to the Great Wall early.

Lu Yi's caravan camped for several days with empty carts on the grassland dozens of miles away before taking a long detour to the dense forest to load the 2,000 pieces of silk cloth that had been secretly stored onto the carts and transported to the Hunye tribe, which had already packed up all the goods from the Zhade tribe and returned.

Lu Yi used misinformation to easily and perfectly cover up his despicable act of poaching.

As a result, the caravan now had a full one hundred horse-drawn carriages, and the fleet had expanded to more than three times its original size.

The gold, silver and copper coins in his hand amounted to 1400 million yuan.

In addition, there were 500 strong horses belonging to the caravan, which were obtained from Zade.

According to the agreed ratio, 980 million coins belonged to Lu Yi, and the remaining 420 million coins belonged to Zhang.

However, in order to please Lu Yi, Zhang Jia gave up 20 yuan on behalf of the Zhang family, allowing Lu Yi to get a total of 500 million yuan. He also refused to accept his share of the horses, so Lu Yi also enjoyed healthy horses alone.

Including the more than 300 war horses he had captured in the previous two wars, he now had more than 800 war horses.

Imagine that more than half a month ago, Lu Yi had only Lu Bu as his subordinate, and his family was penniless, with only two mounts that he was reluctant to sell.

Now, less than twenty days after Lu Yi took action, he had already accumulated a fortune of tens of millions, sixty loyal subordinates, and more than 800 military horses.

With these horses, he could organize a cavalry battalion of more than 800 people overnight as long as he returned to Bingzhou.

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(End of this chapter)