I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 89, Mayi's Triangular Trade
Looking at them, Zhang Baiqi knew that they were unwilling, so he continued: "It's not that Shuai Lei is unwilling to reuse everyone, it's just that he hasn't thought about how to reuse everyone.

"Two days ago, Lei Gong approached me and said that he wanted us to become supervisors to supervise the affairs of Mayi, so as to prevent them from taking the path of corruption. This is a good way to join Mayi. I think everyone can try it. Give it a try?"

"Moreover, there are very few scholars here in Mayi, and there are very few people who deal with government affairs. However, Mayi needs a lot of officials and stewards. Everyone in their hometown does not say that they have read the Six Classics, but at least they are literate. It is better than Mayi. These people who have only studied official script for half a year are much better. Now Lei Gong and the others occupy more than a dozen counties. Don’t these places need county magistrates and officials? Everyone proposed to help the Tengjia Army handle government affairs. Opportunities are there for everyone.”

Zhang Baiqi's proposal made their eyes shine, and they thought it was a good opportunity.

These Qu Shuai have been in the army for a long time, and they really consider themselves military generals. When Zhang Baiqi said this, they suddenly realized that they can still be regarded as cultural people. These guys have several floors!

After finding a way out, the scene finally became lively. They asked Zhang Baiqi about the supervisor one by one. In their view, this was not equivalent to the royal history of the imperial court. It's not a step up to the sky if you look at it.

Mayi government office!

Another old friend came to Xu Wei today.

When the visitor saw Xu Wei approaching, he immediately bowed his hands and said, "Long time no see, Mr. Lei Gongqu!"

Seeing the person coming, Xu Wei smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Zhen An, I never thought you would come to such a remote place as Mayi."

"Where you are, even if it is a poor village, it will soon become a prosperous city. Isn't this the case in Mayi now? It was only a small county with a few thousand people, but now it has hundreds of thousands of people. Judging from the prosperity of Mayi, there are not many cities in Jizhou that can compare."

Xu Wei said with a smile: "The shopkeeper is too high on my ability, this is the credit of everyone's joint construction!"

Of course, there is another point that Xu Wei did not say, without the help of Jizhou aristocrats, he would not have the primitive accumulation to build such a big city.

Then the two exchanged pleasantries and Xu Wei asked, "I don't know why the shopkeeper came this time?"

Zhen An said: "The family wants to open up a business route in Bingzhou, and I just heard that Xu Shuai has produced goods like sweaters here! And they are selling well in the whole northern Xinjiang, so let me come and see if I can get a batch sweater!"

Xu Wei smiled and said: "We are old friends, so I still need to help me with this. Later I will ask someone to prepare 1 sweaters for you to take away. I just don't know if it is enough?"

Zhen An immediately nodded and said, "It's enough, it's enough!"

The Zhen family just wanted to test the waters based on the relationship they had at the beginning, but they didn't expect Xu Wei to be so generous and directly approved 1 sweaters for them.

"But I also have one thing I want to ask the shopkeeper for help!"

Zhen An said: "Please tell me!"

Xu Wei said: "The shopkeeper also knows that Mayi is a poor and remote place, and there are not many fields at all. It has always been relying on the delivery of food in the pass to maintain stability.

I came to Mayi with 20 people. Although I have newly built water conservancy and reclaimed fields, it is far from being able to quench my thirst. Although I still have some food in stock, I am afraid of sitting on the mountain. Isn’t the food in Jizhou a bumper harvest this year? , the price of grain has almost dropped to 100 yuan per stone. I would like to ask the shopkeeper to sell some grain from Jizhou to Mayi. With the relationship of your Zhen family, this should not be difficult, right? "

Xu Wei found that there were more and more people working under him, especially during this period, more and more tribesmen married wives, and they often married one and brought the whole family to Mayi to seek a living. Now Xu Wei's The audience is really making steady progress towards the figure of 30!
However, the food he brought was decreasing, which made Xu Wei more anxious, and wanted to find a channel to replenish food, and the Zhen family was the best candidate, so Xu Wei was very happy with Zhen An's arrival. Happy.

Zhen An wryly smiled and said: "As the saying goes, grain is not sold for a thousand miles, and woodcutters are not sold for a hundred miles. Jizhou is more than a thousand miles away from Yanmen Pass, and the transportation of grain to here has to be doubled. Don't say that Yanmen Pass is now strictly guarded, how does the grain get out of Yanmen Pass? Send it to Mayi!"

Xu Wei said: "Snakes have their way of snakes, and rats have their way of rats. Are you merchants still blocked by a small Yanmen Pass? I don't believe that the iron utensils on the grassland were made by Xianbei people themselves. Your iron utensils can be transported to It’s on the grassland, so it’s nothing if I want to ship out a little grain. I won’t treat the shopkeeper badly, as long as the grain can reach Mayi, I’ll buy it at 300 yuan per stone, and I promise I won’t let you suffer!”

Xu Wei didn't believe that they would really go to Jizhou to transport grain. It was amazing to transport grain here from Taiyuan County, and it was only a few hundred miles away to transport some grain from Taiyuan County!Not to mention that Jingkouguan is Jizhou, and the land of thousands of miles is just an exaggeration.

Zhen An said helplessly: "The old man still has a way to transport small batches of grain. The amount of grain that Qu Shuai needs is definitely a lot. I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult. Why don't I give the money!"

Xu Wei said: "Mayi is surrounded by grasslands. There is nothing but livestock. If you want to spend money, you can't find a place. Things you can't get in exchange for money are useless. I'm short of food now. It's useless for you to bring money here. !"

"As long as you can transport the grain, shopkeeper, we will guarantee that Mayi's goods will be given priority to you. We have known each other for more than a year. The shopkeeper should know that I am best at iron making. I need the shopkeeper's help to solve the grain problem. Mayi's Ironware will be given priority to you for sale."

Zhen An immediately figured in his mind that using money to buy and sell such a single route is of course the lowest-level method. If transporting grain and selling it in Mayi is still a bit profitable, at least there is no need for empty cars, and Mayi also provides ironware. Sweaters and various iron tools are the most popular goods on the grassland. They don't have to worry about the ban of the big man, they can get the goods directly from Mayi.

As long as the ironware is transferred to the grassland, the profit can be increased by ten times, and then some war horses can be bought from the barbarians, and the cattle and sheep will be transported from the grassland to Jizhou to sell the war horses, cattle and sheep. To Mayi, this is a perfect closed loop.

It was the first time Zhen An discovered that Mayi was such a good place. It happened to be beyond the reach of the imperial court. No one cared what they sold to the barbarians, and Mayi also had enough workshops to manufacture a large number of products for them to sell. To the barbarians!Also because Lei Gong is the imperial court's rebel, naturally he doesn't need to care about the imperial court's ban.

If this business route is successfully established, as long as the money rolls around on this trade route, there will be about 20 times the profit. This business can be done!Since Zhen An understood the triangular trading method without a teacher.

(End of this chapter)