Chapter 83 Bad News
Three days later, Wu Qi arrived at Shenjiabao by boat.
The boy didn't care and went to see the construction progress of the new city wall.
He hurriedly pulled Shen Lin into the study.
"Brother Lin, something bad is going on."
"You can no longer buy good horses on the market."
"Even ordinary war horses and draft horses were almost sent by Shen Zhongxin to steal all the balls!"
Shen Lin was shocked.
This is bad food.
Dazhou was originally in Qingzhou, and there were many horse farms in the area.
However, the horse administration has been neglected in recent years.
The horse farmers didn't have enough to eat and fled one after another.
Either he went to the mountains to become a bandit, or he went to other places and changed his career in the city.
Almost all horses on the market today are smuggled from the Liao Kingdom.
Of course, there is no navy involvement.
Turn one eye and close one eye.
This kind of smuggling business cannot be carried out.
Anyway, the Zhou army was not good at field combat.
The number of cavalry troops in various places is getting smaller and smaller every day, and the demand for good horses is not strong.
On the contrary, the trade among private people, slave horses, and riding horses is very hot.
The situation is tense now.
The local soldiers were organized and trained everywhere, and the horses suddenly became very popular.
Shen Zhongxin is backed by the largest mule and horse market in the north.
If he doesn't reach out, wouldn't he be stupid?
Even if he can't use that many horses himself.
How about stocking up first and raising the price?
There is always a quota for smuggling horses.
Although the Liao people had to trade their war horses for salt and iron, they were not stupid either.
There is an upper limit on how many horses can be exported each year.
Smuggling strategic materials.
How can you scale it without official support?
The Liao people were absolutely unwilling to see a large number of war horses flowing south.
Increasing the number of cavalry in the Zhou Dynasty is always not a good thing.
"No wonder you guys have gone to Chanzhou to buy horses?"
Shen Lin was very grateful and handed him a cup of herbal tea.
"Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work!"
"Come on, let's have a drink first to relieve the heat."
Wu Qi drank the herbal tea in one gulp, smacking her lips dissatisfied.
"Where's the iced white fungus soup? Stop hiding it."
Liu Chuer walked in gracefully.
She held the boss's celadon bowl in both hands.
It is filled with tender white and fragrant white fungus soup.
There is still a slight chill.
"Brother Qi, I know you are so impatient that you can't wait any longer. Drink slowly, there is still more left."
Wu Qi quickly reached out and took it.
"My siblings are still thoughtful, so Master Qi, I'm not welcome!"
"A roar!"
This guy continued to talk while he was in trouble.
"Sixty-six good horses, all of them meet your requirements."
"This time, I brought them all along the boat."
"I'm afraid it will be difficult to find me in the future!"
"Three or two horses, with a lot of connections, I can barely get them."
"But you are still short of two hundred! Don't even think about the second-rate."
"By the way, you sent a message saying that you should hand over 600 horse-cutting knives first. I think that will work."
"Governor Zhang is a veteran, he is very forthright and has a quick temper."
"Don't worry about money."
"However, when he sees the first batch of knives, he will definitely urge you to deliver them in advance."
Shen Lin was eager to deliver it in advance.
For more than a month, the blast furnace at home has not stopped firing.
After another half month of burning, the reserve of twenty refined iron will be enough.
Delivery one day early.
Wouldn't it be better to put the money in your pocket earlier?
To avoid long nights and too many dreams.
"Now that we have enough manpower, we can work day and night."
"At the end of the month, if there are only 2,400 left, we can start shipping."
Shen Lin is full of pride and pride.
"You tell the old man that we will fully support his great cause of suppressing bandits. Is that interesting?"
Wu Qi muttered vaguely.
"You sound like... you don't want money."
Shen Lin glared and said, "You run outside every day? Don't you understand the market?"
"We have twenty refined iron here, do you understand?"
"Zhang Fengqi spent eight taels of silver to buy twenty catties, so he just hid under the covers and laughed!"
Liu Chuer chuckled.
"Okay, okay! When this order was signed, didn't the price of iron materials not increase?"
“It’s worth the money!”
"Besides, didn't we suffer a loss?"
Next, Shen Lin and Wu Qi were relatively speechless.
When it comes to making money, you can still think of ways slowly.
But where can I get top-notch war horses?
It was only after lunch that the unhappy Wu Qicai's eyes lit up.
He slapped his thigh and said.
"There is a way. Let's exchange it for refined iron."
Not much money?
Can you still sell the iron?
This method is indeed feasible.
Shen Lin looked puzzled.
"Who do you want to sell to?"
Wu Qi came over and whispered.
"Liao people!"
What?
When Shen Lin heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, no!"
"Lao Qi, it's important for us to make money, but we still have to have a basic bottom line."
"You... aren't you trying to support your enemy?"
"The Liao people took it and turned around to make a scimitar."
"Go back and kill us Zhou people again?"
"bad idea!"
"Absolutely, absolutely not!"
Wu Qixiao smiled.
"I know a horse dealer from Datong who lives in Anding."
"However, since Datong fell more than three years ago, he can be considered a Liao native."
"What do you think, let's have a game of black and white?"
The more this guy talks, the more excited he gets and is gearing up.
Anyway, we have a small stove today, and there are a few leaders in this room.
"We will send out two hundred elite soldiers and bring your sophisticated composite crossbows and hundred-refined knives."
"If you squeeze it a little, it can fit in my thousand-ton ship."
"Covering it with black felt cloth means it's food."
"The deal across the river, the moon is dark and the wind is high, hehe..."
Chen Feng and Lady Hong nodded repeatedly.
He is a good man, and his moral principles are true.
But who can tell the Liao barbarians about morality?
The two sides are incompatible with each other.
Call it a feud, okay?
Chen Yun was very calm and shook his head.
"Master Qi, I'm afraid your plan won't work."
Wu Qiyi glared, and I thought about a clever plan for a long time.
Did your boy reject it in one fell swoop?
Shen Lin agreed uncharacteristically.
"Chen Yun's words make sense!"
"Old Qi, the strategy of cheating and stealing from others is really not a good idea."
"As you said, I have already surrendered to the Liao Kingdom."
"He's just a veteran on the smuggling route, and he won't be able to guard against you?"
"Compared with him, each of us is just a novice."
The red lady's position is extremely unfirm.
He immediately agreed.
"Oh, it really can't work!"
"A bunch of pretty boys are fighting against the old gangsters, it's too bad!"
Chen Feng quickly raised his hand in denial.
"No, no, I'm very dark, not pretty."
Shen Lin wanted to grab the teacup and smash it over it.
What I mean is "Xiao Bai".
Just refers to a rookie in the world.
Why are you hooked up with the pretty boy?
Wind, horse and cow are irrelevant, okay?
Wu Qi was very sad.
Could it be that we can only take the bold path of fighting and killing?
Not shaking the goose feather fan? Bu'er is a master of clever tricks?
"What should we do? Are we really going to trade refined iron?"
"Twenty exercises, we can't bear to part with it."
"Although those unscrupulous government agencies are managed like sieves."
"They have smuggled refined iron countless times."
"It's our turn, my conscience is really hard to bear!"
Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.
Others can betray the country, but we really can't.
Shen Lin slapped the table with a firm tone.
"fart!"
“Starve the timid to death and starve the bold to death!
"Done!"
This chapter has been completed!