"Mr. Su Taijian, a few months ago, I learned that your lord has returned safely and was promoted to the envoy of Qinfeng and Jingyuan in your country. I am really happy for you. I wish you all the best."
Your Excellency, your future is bright, you will be prosperous, you will be a high official, you will have a beautiful concubine, you will be rich and happy."
Su Jin smiled slightly, Queen Yelidulan had a very sweet mouth, and even started to flatter her when she opened her mouth.
"I know the details of the peace talks between Song and Xia. Your Excellency is leading the peace talks. Although you are harsh on me in Daxia, I actually say that it is beneficial to our wild tribes. Your Excellency will abide by the agreement between you and me and prohibit trade between the two countries."
This move has really made a big difference, and I would like to thank you again for your hard work to maintain it."
"The agreement with Huizhou was originally planned to be fulfilled when the road thawed in February next year. However, the situation in our country has changed recently. Since the heavy snowfall two years ago, famine has spread throughout our country. The people are suffering from hunger and cold. Several tribes in the north have already died.
There is a trend of rebellion. In view of the critical situation, it is we who
When the Yeli Tribe is showing off its talents, I sincerely request that the transaction be carried out in advance in exchange for food to alleviate the crisis. This is an opportunity for our Yeli Tribe to gain leverage and we must not let it go. If we can help the emperor resolve the famine, he will definitely value it. I
The Yeli tribe can be expected to regain strength."
"This is what I am ordering Duanyun to send you a handwritten letter. Duanyun is here to take full responsibility for contacting you. I hope you can understand my situation and pray for your permission..." [
After Su Jin read the letter, he reached out and lit it on the candle. When the fire was strong, he threw it into the brazier and watched it turn into ashes. Then he raised his head and asked: "Your Xia country is really suffering from famine now."
What?"
Yeli Duanyun said: "Yes, but it is not yet the critical moment. There is still food in the country, but it is only food for the army and for the city. There is no hope of helping the people."
Su Jindao: "You tell me such important news, aren't you afraid that I will lead my troops to attack you?"
Yeli Duanyun stared at Su Jin's face and said: "Afraid! Of course we are afraid. We are afraid that you are using our Yeli tribe to obtain important information about Daxia, and we are afraid that you will treat us like monkeys. When writing this letter, my aunt
I was worried, but I told him that although Mr. Su is not a serious person, his character is still trustworthy."
Su Jin laughed and said, "What do you mean by not being a serious person? Are you scolding me?"
Yeli Duanyun sneered and said: "You are still pretending. Even my aunt knew about your affair with my cousin Ah Li. You deceived her of her innocence and ran away afterwards, leaving my cousin to miss me every day. Now she is still missing her."
You are too thin to look good, do you think you are a serious person?"
Su Jin blushed and said: "This...how could this happen? Ah Li told me personally that she was just playing with me. She also said that the women in your party would like whoever they like, and they did not mean to marry that person. But now she has
Why is this?"
Yeli Duanyun spat: "You men love to hear such words. It's best to eat without taking responsibility. Who told you that our Dangxiang women are so casual? In fact, our Dangxiang women love themselves more than you Song Dynasty women.
Among our Dangxiang clan, if a woman is seen
If you want to get pregnant, you need to marry that person. If that person doesn't want to marry, you can only stay alive for the rest of your life; not to mention... not to mention that both you and Ahri are like that. Who else can Ahri marry besides you?
She said that because the two countries were hostile and you had a wife, so she had to say that."
Su Jin was sweating like rain, and Qiqi Ai Ai said: "This...if I had known this, I wouldn't have provoked her."
Yeli Duanyun sneered and said: "You can say three words without provoking. It is natural for men and women to be happy. She likes you, even if she doesn't say anything, doesn't move or look at her, her heart... too
It's not a matter of provoking or not provoking you." Yeli Duanyunduan's face turned red and his expression was a bit strange.
Su Jin smiled bitterly and said, "What should we do?"
Yeli Duanyun said: "How do I know? That is your business, but if you betray Ah Li, I will be the first to not spare you. I will send someone to cut off your dog's head and take it back to Ah Li."
Su Jin stuck out his tongue and said: "That's awesome. We'll talk about this later. Let's deal with the matter at hand first. Your aunt wants to trade grain now. There is no problem on my side. I have prepared the grain. On the wasteland
I have also built three inns, but I don’t know how your construction is going. Also, the transaction price and quantity of the first batch need to be finalized. In addition, the route needs to be inspected again. I don’t want to cause trouble because of haste.
If this matter comes out, not only will your Yeli tribe be punished, but I will also be punished by death in the court."
Yeli Duanyun said: "My aunt said that everything will be in accordance with your request. As long as you agree to trade as soon as possible, the other side can't wait. At most, within a month, there will be food shortage and chaos in the country."
Su Jin said: "Then I'm welcome. I currently have one million and forty shi of grain on hand. According to my purchase price, plus the cost of transporting it here, it is about 700 shi and the total is about one million."
Guanqian, since it is a kind of thing, I will still price it according to seven hundred coins per stone. Your war horse has a transaction price on the black market of Da Song Dynasty, which is about sixty coins per horse, but you can't give it to me at this price.
The price I require is thirty-five guan per horse, which means fifty shi of grain in exchange for a good horse. If the quality of the horse is too low, the price will need to be lowered."
Yeli Duanyun opened his eyes wide and said: "You are so shameless. My good horse from the northwest is worth nearly a hundred taels of silver in your Song Dynasty. You only gave us thirty-five taels of silver per horse. You are a complete profiteer. No, like this
We suffered so much."
Su Jin's cowhide was pierced, and he said angrily: "Then what's the price?"
Yeli Duanyun said: "A hundred stones of grain are exchanged for a horse. This is a fair and reasonable price. You can also make a profit. We are all happy."
Su Jin shook his head like a rattle and said: "No, no, one hundred shi of grain is seventy guan. At this price, my work is basically in vain, and I will even lose money; you must know that the price of grain I gave you is only seventy guan."
A hundred pennies and a stone, I'm afraid the price you sold to Li Yuanhao in Xia Kingdom will be doubled. I don't make money to work for you in vain, only a fool can do it. Besides, when these horses come, I have to spend food and grass to feed them, and it will cost a lot of money.
Money; and I can imagine that none of you have anything to eat now, and the horses must be fed poorly, and their hair must be long and skinny, and they must look terrible. Even if they are killed and eaten, no one will buy them. I am not taken advantage of.
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Yeli Duanyun stamped his feet and said: "My aunt will not let you fool me. Your Song country will go crazy thinking about our horses. Don't talk about these useless things. Will you agree?"
Su Jin shook his head and said: "No, no, the price is too expensive and I can't afford it. How about giving up on it?"
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The arrogant little leather boots kicked randomly on Su Jin's precious mahogany desk, leaving dozens of small holes. Su Jin grimaced in distress and refused to let go.
"Okay, then tell me what price you can accept. I'm warning you, don't talk nonsense. Even if we don't trade with you, we can still trade with Tibet and the Uighurs. It's not like we can't accomplish anything without you."
Su Jin thought: "Tubo and Uighurs are all horse-producing areas, so it would be strange to ask for your horses." But when the deal has reached such a point, it is naturally impossible to blow it off. The purchase of grain and the construction of three transfer stations have already been spent.
I lost nearly 1.3 million yuan. Nowadays, grain cannot be sold at a high price in the Song Dynasty. I misappropriated the deposits of Huitong Bank to make investments. I can't lose money on my first investment.
"A fair and reasonable price, fifty guan for a horse and seventy shi for a horse. If the price is higher, you can do business with Tubo. I don't have that much money to fill the hole." Su Jin said.
Yeli Duanyun stared at Su Jin for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "Okay, it will be your price, but this is just the price this time, and the price may increase in the future."
"Maybe the price will also drop." Su Jin said reluctantly.
Yeli Duanyun gritted his teeth and said: "One day, I will let you have a taste of my aunt."
Su Jin made a pun: "I really want to taste you."
The price was finalized, and the grain worth one million guan was bartered at the price of 50 guan for one horse, which could be exchanged for 20,000 war horses; this was a large number, and 20,000 war horses just stopped there.
It is an overwhelming herd. It is impossible to complete the transaction of so many horses at one time. Although the Yeli tribe currently raises more than 150,000 horses, they have to provide tens of thousands of horses to the Xia army and leave quite a few horses.
A portion of the base number of horses is produced, so the 20,000 horses can only be traded in batches.
Su Jin did not object to this, but for the sake of caution, Su Jin decided to walk along the route of the horses in person. Although it would delay more than ten days, the transaction was too important. Not only was the transaction sensitive, but the period was also very important.
Very sensitive.
Without further ado, Su Jin notified only a few close officials such as Mahan of the Dynasty early the next morning, and followed Yeli Duanyun with more than a dozen of his followers and left the city pretending to be casual.