Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 461 Happiness Comes Too Suddenly

Xiao Yu from central Sichuan and Shelong from Yunnan are also doing big business. Wang Hao once again proved his ability to predict things like a god and see things in front of Shelong. When he was wearing a domineering military uniform and riding a When the little Yunnan horse returned to Yunnan, Wang Hao had already prepared many things for him.

For example, the notoginseng in the list given to him by Li Shimin, this kind of medicinal material that needs to be excavated before flowering in autumn, divided into roots, and dried in the sun. Wang Hao took advantage of the season to help him prepare dozens of carts, and , and a large number of clansmen are busy with this matter.

Also ready, there are Chonglou, Pearl Ginseng, Maca, Fritillaria, Walnut, Schisandra, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, etc. As for tea, you can get a lot of it at any time here.

Moreover, Meng Shezhao's young men were all organized in some ore mountain areas by him, repairing houses and building sheds, and building workshops.

Shelong suspected that Wang Hao had heard Li Shimin's explanation to him on the spot, and had seen the list of items in his hand.

"Wang, Prince, can I call you that?" She Long asked Wang Hao with seven points of awe and three points of apprehension.

Wang Hao smiled and said, "It's okay, most people in Guanzhong call me that. It's much more pleasing to the ear than the great wizard you call."

Shelong continued to ask, "Did you also go to Guanzhong?"

Wang Hao shook his head and said, "If I go to Guanzhong, who will organize people to help you get so many things out?"

"Then how do you know that I will need these things when I come back from Guanzhong?"

"Reckoning."

"Reckoning? Are you people from the Central Plains so powerful? No wonder we Bai people have legends about your Zhuge Wuhou who is as good at predicting things as a god."

"Hehe, there are naturally few people as smart as Zhuge Wuhou, but it's not difficult to figure out these things. Now, you can take these goods and go to Xiao Yu to exchange ten times the grain, ironware, and All kinds of goods you brought back.

When you finish the exchange and escort the things back, I will give you more of these things, and you can return more things in exchange.By the way, you have to ask Xiao Yu to send more people over, just say, you have a lot of copper mines here, and you need them to help organize mining and preliminary smelting into copper materials, so that they can be transported to central Sichuan to make coins. "

"Uh, this, ten times?" She Long's eyes widened, and he looked at Wang Hao in disbelief.

Wang Hao nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, it's ten times the amount. I believe he will be willing to exchange it with you."

In Shelong's perception, the things Wang Hao prepared were worthless things growing all over Yunnan, and the spirits, canned food, ceramics, perfume, etc. he brought back from Guanzhong , They are all incomparably precious things. It is too subverting his cognition to exchange these useless things in his hands for ten times the good things.

He didn't know that a catty of precious Chinese medicine was worth in Guanzhong, ten catties of grain, or canned food, or spirits, couldn't be equated with it at all. Often, every penny was worth tens or hundreds of cash, which was rare. , One tael can be sold for several times, Wang Hao roughly said ten times, and he was too lazy to calculate for him one by one, besides, it was his goal to let Xiao Yu feel the huge profit.

Shelong felt that happiness came too suddenly. He just went to Guanzhong. People in the tribe praised him ten times more than before, especially when he brought back the supplies from Guanzhong. After it was distributed to everyone, the way everyone looked at him was no longer respect, but admiration.

He felt that this was the effect of his majestic military uniform, so he decided to wear this uniform from now on, and he wanted to imitate some capable subordinates for himself. Anyway, he brought back from Guanzhong. Less fabric like this.

At night, in a clean house, Wang Hao lit the incense to repel mosquitoes, and wiped a lot of toilet water on his body. These things made by Sun Xiangfu can indeed improve his comfort in Yunnan .

Soon, Zhang Cheng came in to pay a visit.

"My lord, everything is as you expected. Li Shimin didn't believe in the struggle between Tuyuhun and the Dangxiang ministries, so he sent Li Ji and Niu Jinda, each with [-] troops, to attack and probe. , and secretly sent [-] troops into Shuzhong to defend, it seems that they are worried about Tubo."

"Hehe, if Li Shimin didn't have some real skills, how could he get to where he is today step by step. By the way, what is the current combat strength of the Tang army?"

Zhang Cheng replied. "Very strong. With only 3 troops under his command, Li Ji was able to counter-attack in the face of a 10,000+ Tuyuhun army ambushing him. Fuyun's army lost [-]% of the battle and took more than [-] prisoners. After that, he relied on his vast territory , the army was fast, avoiding the battle everywhere, Li Ji was afraid that he would lose his way, so he was advancing steadily and slowly.

Niu Jinda also had 3 horses, and defeated the 10,000+ coalition forces of the party's ministries head-on, and captured all the old and young of the party's ministries by attacking one village. Like the nomads, they live a homeless nomadic life. "

"It's only 3 horses. Facing an ambush of 10,000+ troops, how can they fight back? And defeat the 10,000+ coalition forces of various ministries head-on?"

Even Wang Hao has always been optimistic about Tang Jun's combat power, but these statistics make him a little hard to believe.

"This is the good news that the imperial court has announced to the world. It should not be wrong. It's a pity that at the military parade in Chang'an, the subordinates only saw the army in uniform. , All the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, as long as they go to the battlefield, will be equipped with iron armor all over their bodies, and all the weapons are also forged from high-quality steel materials that have reached the level of [-]-smelting steel."

"Iron armor? All the weapons are made of [-]-grade steel?"

When Wang Hao heard the news, although there was some disbelief in his eyes, he was even more excited.

Only with such powerful weapons and equipment can the 10,000 Tang army fight back strongly in the face of an ambush of [-]+ enemy troops.

Only with such powerful weapons and equipment can Li Shimin have the confidence to defend against an attack of more than 5 troops that may come from Tubo with only 20 troops.

Li Tang, now he has the strength he wanted, what an exciting news for him!
"Okay, very good, Li Shimin, Sun Zhengming, I did not misread you, Zhang Cheng, follow the plan, once it succeeds, you and I will see a powerful dynasty that will never have external worries... ·”

'Never external worries', this word, still has a trace of magic in Zhang Cheng's heart, but it will not be like before, when he hears it, he will feel his blood burning wildly.

Now, when he is going to carry out his mission, he will always unconsciously think of all the sentient beings in Chang'an City, and the simple and honest Shelong who accompanied him to and from Guanzhong. Could it be that these people shouldn't exist in this world? ?

He didn't have that much time to think about whether he should, but he habitually obeyed Wang Hao's orders. This time, he was going to several other big tribes in Yunnan. If the mission was successful, I'm afraid that the land of Yunnan would There will no longer be the smiling faces of the people who have obtained the novelty goods, and it will only be full of monstrous wars.

In early July, the weather in central Sichuan was still hot and humid. A team with more than 200 horses and hundreds of wheelbarrows appeared outside the city gate of Yizhou. The leader was Shelong. The person who greeted him was Xiao Yu.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that in less than a month, the old man will meet you again. Quickly let the old man see what you have brought."

"It's all on the list. Mr. Wang said, you have to give me ten times the goods to make this deal worthwhile. There are more than 500 cars of goods here, and you have to give me more than 5000 cars of goods, that's right."

Xiao Yu didn't even care about Shelong's etiquette and address when facing her, and took the list he handed over in one go, the more she looked down, the more golden her eyes were.

"Suming Youji came to check and check the goods."

Xiao Yu gave orders to the subordinates who followed him, and then he untied the sacks tied to the wheelbarrow by himself and checked.

The road from Yunnan to central Sichuan is not very easy, so a wheelbarrow can pass easily, and a wheelbarrow can usually only be pushed by two people in rotation. At most, it can only hold two or three bags of goods, and a wheelbarrow is only 200 yuan. Just a lot.

However, among the more than 500 trucks and more than [-] catties of goods, none of them are cheap. Even the walnuts and peppers that are produced in Sichuan itself cost more than a hundred yuan per catty, let alone Sanqi and heavy buildings. Beads and ginseng, which are rare medicinal materials in pharmacies, are all priced in dollars, in taels, in pharmacies in Guanzhong.

The value of a small bottle of Baiyao, which was previously listed as a war preparation by Tang Jun, was as high as two guan, and the price per catty was at least seven or eight guan.

Only halfway through, the joy on Xiao Yu's face became more and more intense, and he said with a smile, "For a small wheelbarrow like yours, even if I give you [-] carts, it's fine. You can go to any kind of goods you want." It is installed on the pier, and there is a water steamer from Zhonglai.”

"Ten thousand cars? I didn't bring so many people to push the carts!" She Long scratched his scalp and said a little depressed.

However, he remembered Wang Hao's other instruction, and said again, "By the way, Mr. Wang also said that we have a lot of copper mines over there, and the location has been found, but there are not so many people who can mine and smelt. I would like to ask you to send someone to mine and smelt it into copper material and transport it to Yizhou to cast money."

"Copper mines? A lot?"

Shelong nodded, and gestured to the mountain road outside Yizhou City, "Yes, there are more than a dozen mountains in one place! Mr. Wang has already arranged for people to build houses and sheds there, but, I The clansmen of Mengshezhao don’t have so many tools for mining, and they don’t have much experience in smelting, so now they can only make some corners slowly.”

"One place is as big as a dozen mountains?"

Now, it was not just She Long who felt that happiness came too suddenly, but Xiao Yu.

At this moment, he has a strong sense of agreement with what Sun Xiangfu said before. Tubo and Yunnan are both treasure lands, and the profits of doing business with them are absolutely beyond people's imagination.

"Come here, send me an invitation card to General Chai. The old man has something important to ask him to discuss."

Copper, that is money, a lot of copper, that is a lot of money, and so much money, it is natural to need more security, and the first thing that Xiao Yu thought of to be safe was the army.

(End of this chapter)