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Chapter 80 Pretending to be a Pig

Ji Sibo took two mouthfuls of meat, put it down in disgust, and curled his lips, "There's no fuss about tea, we brought a whole ten boxes of tea bricks with us this trip."

Ji Fushou snorted angrily, "You can't stop your mouth if you have something to eat, can you?"

Only then did Ji Sibo shut up.

A light flashed in the old man's eyes.

"Do you want to make tea? I'll ask my wife to boil a pot of hot water for you."

The old man got up and yelled out of the tent, then went back to the tent and sat down, looked at Ji Fushou and rubbed his hands, "You just said that if we need anything, you can use it as borrowing money?"

Ji Fushou nodded, "Do you want tea, old man?"

The old man nodded and replied, "It would be the best if you could give us some tea."

He coveted Ji Fushou again, and asked cautiously, "I wonder if you have any salt?"

Unwilling to be lonely, Ji Sibo wanted to open his mouth again, but when Ji Fushou gave him a stare, he pursed his lips.

Ji Fushou said apologetically, "Old man, we didn't bring much salt. It was used to roast meat when we stayed in the field. If you want, I can give you a little bit of salt."

The old man's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth cracked, "That's good, that's good."

At this time, the old man's two sons and Kui walked in. The oldest man with a beard and a pot of hot water was still holding a pot of hot water in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Dada, those people's horses and carriages are settled. Well, this is the hot water Eminem asked me to bring in."

The old man nodded, pointed to the bearded man sitting on his left and introduced, "This is my eldest son, Jumai."

Pointing to the man on the right, "This is my second son, Xie Musi, and my third son is Batur."

Then he asked the eldest son, "Where is Batur?"

Ju Mai replied, "Going to feed the cattle and sheep."

Kui followed and brought a set of teacups. Su opened a pouch from his waist, took out some tea leaves, and made tea with hot water.

Seeing that Su Da grabbed so many tea leaves with one hand, the old man was in great pain. After the tea was brewed, Ji Fushou and Ji Sibo couldn't wait to drink a cup of tea, and then they felt relieved.

Ji Fushou began to gossip, "Old man, I heard that many merchants in Daqi come here to collect furs. I wonder if you have any furs here?"

The old man nodded, "Yes, the young master wants to collect the fur?"

Ji Fushou nodded, "I went to the border town before, but the fur in the border town was divided up by people. As a newcomer, I couldn't get a piece of the pie. I also heard that the fur here is good, so I wanted to try my luck."

"Xiemus, go and bring the fur to show the guests."

Xie Musi got up and went out, and came in shortly after carrying the half-human-high fur.

Ji Fushou and Su twiddled their furs together, and Su made gestures from time to time.

Ji Fushou returned to the blanket and sat down, "Old man, how do you sell your fur?"

The old man said, "These furs can be used to make coats or blankets. There are many merchants from all over you who come to buy our furs by bartering. Just one fur here needs a tea brick Change."

The old man's two sons, Ju Mai and Xie Musi, seem to be taciturn people, just quietly drinking milk from a big bowl.

Ji Sibo didn't seem to have any objection to exchanging a tea brick for a fur, and he still held the teacup and drank the tea.

Ji Fushou glanced at Su first, Su was dressed as a steward at this time, and he played the duties of a steward very well. He frowned and began to bargain, "Big brother, your price is so high, no businessman will pay for it." Dare to collect your fur.

The general price is ten furs for one tea brick, and it is a good fur. Your fur is not the best, and your pile of furs will be able to exchange for one tea brick. "

A tea brick weighs five catties. If it is ordinary tea, it costs eight hundred cash per catty, and five catties is only four taels of silver.

And a piece of fur was transported back to the capital to be processed and then sold. A blanket that was a bit worse could be sold for 20 taels of silver a piece, and a blanket that was better than that could be made into a cloak was often sold for more than 50 taels of silver.

It is a huge profit to exchange a tea brick bought for four taels of silver for ten furs that can be made into blankets or cloaks. It is no wonder that even if the merchants in Daqi know that Xiliang is raiding the border from time to time, they still take the risk to buy furs here.

The pile of furs that the old man asked his son to bring was tightly bound, no less than 20 furs, and Su exchanged one tea brick for more than [-] furs, which was obviously a bully.

But haggling, the old man demanded a lot, and since Su pretended to be the steward of the merchant's house, of course he would pay back the money on the ground.

Hearing Su's words, the old man immediately wrinkled his whole face, "No, no, my fur here is not as bad as you said. Even if it can't be made into a cloak, it can be made into a blanket. It's very warm. A tea brick is like In exchange for my fur, your merchants in Daqi are indeed a lion's mouth."

Su continued to haggle with him, "It's not that our lions are talking too much, it's really that your fur can only be regarded as low-grade, otherwise we will pay according to the market price, how about ten pieces of fur for one tea brick?"

The old man obviously didn't want to accept the low price, and shook his head, "No way, it's too little."

After hearing Su's words, Ji Fushou suddenly had a look of enlightenment on his face, and then he continued: "Old man, we only came after asking the price. I think it's like this. It's a snowy day. You kindly took us in." , let’s set a price, how about eight furs for one tea brick? I’ll give you another tea brick as a loan.”

The old man hesitated for a long time, seeing that Ji Fushou and Su both insisted on the price, he had no choice but to agree.

Su counted the furs, and there were [-] tea bricks in total. Ji Fushou decided to exchange four tea bricks, plus one as a gift, and asked Kui to go out and open the box to bring in five tea bricks.

The tea leaves that Ji Fushou brought were all ordinary ones, the expensive ones such as Biluochun, Lu'an tea, Dahongpao, etc., were too disadvantageous to trade for fur. This kind of ordinary tea was the most popular in Xiliang.

After the successful barter transaction, both parties were in a good mood. Ji Fushou asked with a smile: "Old man, I don't know which tribe you are from? Why is there only one family here?"

The old man sighed, "We are from the Tiele tribe. Our family's cattle and sheep are too few to be qualified to follow the leader, so the whole family came out to raise cattle and sheep."

Xiliang was divided into five tribes: Bayegu, Tiele, Pugu, Tongluo, and Qigu. Among them, Bayegu was a royal family, and each tribe had a leader. Only those with more cattle, sheep and horses in their families could follow them. Be close to the leader, because the leader will occupy a land rich in water and grass, and people without wealth cannot enjoy it at all.

And the more cattle, sheep and horses a person has, the more powerful they are. Because they are not strong, they will be robbed of their livestock. In Xiliang, livestock is the embodiment of strength.

People who are not strong enough are not worthy of following the leader. Every tribe has many families separated like the old man, living with a small number of cattle, sheep and horses.

Ji Fushou nodded clearly, and asked again: "Then how far is the nearest tribe here? I brought a lot of goods, and I want Yi Fumao."

The old man didn't hide it, "A hundred miles ahead, there is a small tribe, and you should be able to trade a lot of fur there."

Ji Fushou thanked him with a smile, then yawned wearily, and took the people away apologetically. Under the warm hospitality of the old man, he took Ji Sibo to live in Xie Musi's tent.

When the old man returned to the big tent, the three sons were waiting inside.

The old man changed his simple and honest appearance before, lowered his voice and asked: "How, what goods are loaded in the carriage brought by those people?"

　The old sayings are too brain-burning, the next book will write Su Shuang's current words, φ(>ω<*)
　　
　
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