Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 502 So Expensive
When Li Shimin came to the throne, his biggest regret was that he did not pass on the jade seal of the country.

Liu Mu remembered that there was a record in history that Xieli was disabled and the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom returned to Chang'an after the destruction of the Later Sui Dynasty.But Liu Mu heard another theory from the survivors of the former Sui Dynasty.

That is, Yu Wenhuaji got the Chuanguo Jade Seal, and then Dou Jiande defeated Yu Wenhuaji and got the Chuanguo Jade Seal.

This point was also confirmed by Li Yuan, the Supreme Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but Tang Mi Dou Jiande did not find the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom. Now where the Jade Seal of the Chuanguo is there, it seems to be the same as the simple record in history. Li Shimin regained the Jade Seal of the Chuanguo in four years of Zhenguan. files.

Li Shimin does not believe that the Chuanguo Yuxi is currently in the hands of Empress Xiao. If Li Shimin even fights a fierce battle with the Turks, he will snatch the Chuanguo Yuxi back. The root cause of the two troubles.That's why Liu Mu suspected that the Chuanguo Yuxi was currently being secretly kept by Princess Yicheng.

Liu Mu believes that it is very likely that the Turks were beaten and maimed in history, and Princess Yicheng returned the jade seal of the country that was kept on her behalf to Yang Zhengdao before her death, and Yang Zhengdao surrendered with the jade seal to save his life.

Right now, as the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin analyzed, if the Chuanguo Yuxi is in the hands of Yang Zhengdao, I don’t know how many people in the Later Sui Dynasty would kill Yang Zhengdao and Empress Xiao, and take the Chuanguo Yuxi to the Tang Dynasty to ask for a reward .

Liu Rengui put it on the wine glass: "The two of them don't know, do they?"

"Now here, only five people know. You, me, Li Jing, Li Daozong, Baoqin."

Liu Rengui didn't ask again why Baoqin next to Liumu would know, but those who are qualified to know such confidential things must have their reasons.

Liu Mu said again: "Okay, don't be so nervous. The final decision is not in my hands. Brother Yao is still studying the formation of troops. If there is no possibility of attacking, then give up. The saint has not asked for it. The soldiers are ordered to find a stone, and the only worry is that the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry."

"Understood." Liu Rengui nodded heavily.

Liu Mu put down his chopsticks: "Take a good rest and wait for the military order."

After Liu Mu left, only Liu Rengui was left here alone, and Liu Rengui didn't drink anymore, but just sat silently, thinking about what Liu Mu had just said.

The next day, Liu Mu heard that the meeting with Tumidu was postponed for one day, and took Su Erling to the hot spring in Nuanshui Township.

The Japanese hot spring culture has existed for thousands of years. Su Woling, who has not been back to his hometown for a long time, was very happy after coming to the hot spring, with a smile on his face all day long.

Baoqin sat in the hot spring wearing a fine linen dress and willow wood.

"Lang Jun, the price of food in the north of Bingzhou has risen." Baoqin whispered to Liumu: "I got the news last night."

"How much has it increased?"

"Not a lot, sorghum has increased by [-] yuan per stone." Baoqin gave Liumu a number.

Liu Mu calculated in his mind that prices in Chang'an had started to stabilize. A stone of sorghum had dropped to around 140 Wen, and a stone of polished rice was only [-] Wen.

A rise of one-fifth is already a huge number.

Seeing Liu Mu pondering, Baoqin said to Liu Mu: "When we were in Lingnan, we heard that the plains on the other side of Funan Mountain had three crops a year, and their rice production must be higher than that in the north. There are also places in Lingnan where five crops are harvested every two years. , it’s just that they don’t know how to use fertilizer, and the yield is not high.”

Liu Mu stretched out his hand to hug Qin's waist, and then turned his head: "You mean, do the grain business from Lingnan?"

"The rice in Lingnan is not good, but the rice in Shiwei is delicious."

Liu Mu was a little surprised, and asked with a smile: "It's good to be able to eat enough, but now you're still picking the rice production area. It's really tricky. Well, what are you going to tell me?"

"I want to ask you, sir, there are many rice in Lingnan, so is it a ridiculous idea to sell rice from Liaodong to Lingnan? In other words, the same rice can be as low as [-] yuan a stone, as high as [-] yuan Qian Yishi. The price increase of sorghum in the north of Bingzhou is not because of a shortage of food, but because all the prefectures think their sorghum is better than Chang’an’s sorghum.”

Liu Mu was taken aback, Baoqin was self-taught, to this extent.

Liu Mu asked, "Then, what is the price of sorghum in Shiwei?"

"There is no quotation, because the people in Shiwei just started growing sorghum, and they don't know how to grow it yet. But the price of their soybeans is much higher than the price of soybeans around Chang'an, and their soybeans are more oily than those in Chang'an, and they are more fragrant."

"I have an idea. After returning to Chang'an, I recommend you to become an official." Liu Mu smiled happily.

Baoqin didn't answer. There has never been such a thing as a woman becoming an official.

But it doesn't mean that Datang will not be there.

"Baoqin, guess what price brother Yao will set for Tumidu's canned food?" Liu Mu brought the topic to the canned food again.

Hearing this, Baoqin said confidently: "Six guan is the lowest, and some very rare fruits should be able to reach ten guan."

Ten guan, this number scared Liu Mu.

Ten guan is equal to ten taels of silver, even if it is placed in the braid with the lowest silver price, this is a sky-high price.

And Datang was ten guan at this time, equivalent to at least 5 yuan in later generations.

"Is it expensive?" Baoqin asked in a low voice after watching Liu Mu's reaction.

"Isn't it expensive?" Liu Mu also asked Baoqin.

Baoqin smiled: "Have you ever seen cherries in Chang'an Market?"

Let Baoqin ask this question, Liu Mu said that he had never seen it before, and Baoqin explained: "The fruits are all grown by the nobles themselves, even if they are traded, they are traded with other big nobles, and the common people can only eat dry fruit. Dates, persimmons."

Liu Mu understands, there are indeed no fresh ones in the market that are not easy to preserve.

Moreover, there were no real economic fruit forests in the Tang Dynasty at all, and the fruit forests were all the private land of the great nobles.

"The can is a steel cylinder, and the steel cylinder alone is worth [-] yuan. It is not surprising to sell it on the grassland for a couple of times. Besides, for fruit, one catty of fruit is transported here from Chang'an, and two catties of grain will be consumed on the way. The money is transported from thousands of miles away, if a hundred stones of grain can leave ten stones, it will be considered as much."

Baoqin kept talking about the details of these small accounts.

Liu Mu admitted that he had indeed neglected these things. Before, the price of wool, transportation costs, etc. had been calculated for him, so he could just make plans.

Suddenly Liu Mu thought of two jokes about later generations.

One is when someone was studying in Bangzi Country, Bangzi took out an apple and cut it into eight portions, and when he gave one portion, he asked, “You must have never eaten an apple.”But I don't know that the apples bought by that family are bought in wheel boxes.

The second story is that someone bought a square watermelon in Washima, and it was almost several thousand yuan, but it turned out not as delicious as domestic ones that cost one yuan a catty, and the cheap Washima watermelons cost hundreds of yuan a piece. .

(End of this chapter)