I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 102, Zhao'an's Knot
There is only one border between Liu Bei and Mayi, and they are aware of every move in Mayi. Now most of the merchants in northern Xinjiang have bases in Mayi, and Mayi has become the most prosperous commercial city in northern Xinjiang. These merchants Most of them are merchants of big men.

Liu Bei himself can only restrict some small businessmen to go to Mayi, and he can't restrict even the rich merchants in Youzhou.

Not to mention that the Huns and Xianbei people kept transporting cattle and sheep to Mayi in order to obtain goods from Mayi. There are more than [-] cattle and sheep in Mayi. It is almost the same as modern society, so Liu Bei's plan to use food to limit the development of Mayi is basically bankrupt.

Jian Yong said instead: "Yide also has a point. Compared with food, we make some furniture, which is less harmful. Moreover, the reason why the Yellow Turban Army rebelled was because they were poor. If Lei Gong raised all the people rich, they would instead No combat effectiveness. I don’t know if everyone has noticed that Lei Gong has been in Mayi for almost a year, and his men have not attacked the counties of the big Han. Even Yanmen Pass, which is one step away from them, has not attacked once. It’s not good. The Yellow Turban Army that fought was only Lei Gong.

Yong thought that it was because the Lei Gong Department was rich, even richer than most of the Han people, so they were unwilling to fight. After coming to Mayi, they never took the initiative to attack anyone. It is no longer possible to become the enemy of our big man.

Yong thought that it would be better for the imperial court to order the Lei Gong Department. As long as Lei Gong continues to develop like this, the Xianbei people will never let Lei Gong go. When the two sides fight, the imperial court can take the initiative. "

Liu Bei thought for a while, Lei Gong is indeed not very aggressive, he even likes farming and developing all kinds of crafts, and he doesn't want a rebel at all.

To be honest, Zhao’an Leigong is good for both the imperial court and Leigong. The Mayi he occupied was originally a place abandoned by the imperial court. Now Leigong’s occupation can even be said to be helping the imperial court to defend the border, allowing the Leigong Ministry to help the imperial court reduce the pressure of the Xianbei invasion , You can even rely on the pressure of the Xianbei people to make Lei Gong have to rely on the court, so that the court can also solve a major enemy without bloodshed. Zhao'an Lei Gong can be said to serve multiple purposes.

Zhang Feidao: "Although Zhao'an Lei Gong has many benefits, it is impossible for the civil and military officials of the imperial court to agree. Don't forget that Lei Gong's hands are full of the blood of Jizhou clansmen. They even refused to Zhao'an. How could they Mr. An Lei."

"Let's talk about building furniture and selling looms to Mayi. This kind of fabric is not bad. If you want to sell it in Youzhou, some people want it for 2000-3000 yuan. We can make an agreement with Lei Yue about 10 or [-] pieces. The wool cloth is exchanged for a loom, and now Mayi lacks tens of thousands of looms, and they will agree to it!"

After being told by Zhang Fei and the others, Liu Bei and the others remembered the deep blood feud between Lei Gong and the clan of Jizhou. This is simply a deadlock, and they can only give up this unrealistic idea.

Only Guan Yu, who was thinking for a long time, said: "Why can't we also learn from Lei Gong to weave woolen cloth? There are Karasuma people everywhere in Youzhou, and there is no shortage of wool. Why can't we do it ourselves!"

Su Shuang smiled wryly: "The wool of Hu people has a very strong smell. Before dealing with Hu people, they didn't know how to use wool to spin yarn. We don't know how Lei Gong handles wool, so naturally we can't learn his skills!"

Liu Bei was pleasantly surprised and asked: "Can't we learn Lei Gong's method secretly, so that we can also collect wool in Youzhou?"

Zhang Shiping smiled wryly and said: "Mayi is Lei Gong's territory, and there are 20 to 30 people who are loyal to Lei Gong. Our every move is under their surveillance. If we go to places we shouldn't go, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave the horse at all." Yi! It’s not that no one wants to steal Lei Gong’s secret technique, but they were all caught by Lei Gong and went to mine.”

Liu Bei thought for a while and asked: "We can also find someone to find a way to remove the smell of wool. It doesn't make sense that Lei Gong can do it. We can't make it when we have a shape. A sweater is only 3-4 catties of wool, but it can be sold for thousands of dollars. Money, if we can earn this money, it can solve many problems in Tuntian Xiaowei's Mansion!"

Su Shuang frowned and said: "I'm afraid it will take a lot of time, and it may not be successful. After all, wool is very rare among us big men. Few people would think that we can use it to weave cloth and clothes! Most people have never seen it. I’ve seen it before, let alone dealing with wool!”

Liu Bei said: "I will find a way to gather carpenters to make furniture and looms, and you will also find a way to deal with wool!"

After the discussion, they split up. Liu Bei recruited carpenters among the people in the village to build furniture and looms, while Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping looked everywhere for talents who could deal with the smell of wool.

The words are divided into two parts.

The popularity of sweaters in Mayi was quickly discovered by Hu merchants, and there is a brand new fabric in Mayi!

The appearance of wool cloth surprised them very much. This cloth is not only finer than linen, but also thicker. The most important thing is that such a good cloth only costs 1000 yuan. Hu merchants look at Xu Wei like they are looking at a fool. Even simple linen can be sold for thousands of dollars on the grasslands. In the eyes of Hu merchants, it is worthwhile to exchange 10 sheep for such a good cloth.

So they bought woolen cloth with the little money they earned from selling wool, but these Hu merchants couldn't even afford a carload of woolen cloth when they brought 10 carts of wool.Turning around, they sold all the cattle and sheep they had brought to Xu Wei, but even so, it was difficult for them to buy enough woolen cloth for a cart.

Xu Wei found that the price of the wool cloth was not the price he had originally set, so he approached the old man Wang and asked, "Old man, isn't our price 500 yuan? Why did you double it?"

Old man Wang: "Shuai Qu, you don't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. Now the monthly salary in Mayi is more than 5000 million yuan. It is not easy for us to produce a good fabric. Why do you sell it at such a low price? You are linen Price! Our woolen cloth is no worse than silk, so naturally we have to increase the price. You see, these barbarians are crazy about the current price! Qu Shuai, you don’t even know the price of my big man, woolen cloth is worth this price, I He also asked Niu Gui to bring 1 pieces of wool cloth to the grassland, and the price was more than 3000 renminbi. If it weren’t for the lack of manpower in Mayi, I wouldn’t want to hand over any of them to these Hu merchants. Wouldn’t it be good if we sold it for 3000 renminbi? "

Xu Wei is really speechless. Although he has been here for more than a year, he still makes many common-sense mistakes, and the old man Wang always thinks that Xu Wei is a fairy who was demoted to the earth, so it is not surprising that Xu Wei made a mistake. These mistakes, but to find a way to make up for Xu Wei's mistakes.

(End of this chapter)