Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 199 28 Generals of Yuntai ([-])

"Why can't you just exchange your armor and weapons with oxen and horses?"

Wuhuan Shanyu did not meet Wang Bian and others in person, but a Wuhuan prince came forward to discuss further smuggling trade.

Prior to this, during the Xinmang period, Liaodong had already contacted Wuhuan and carried out small-scale smuggling trade.

Wuhuan obtained the ironware, tea, and salt he wanted most from Liaodong, and Liaodong obtained cattle and horses from Wuhuan.

But the scale is very small, and it is very inconvenient to barter.

"How many cows and horses do you think can be exchanged for a copper-tipped arrow or an iron-tipped arrow?"

"Or how many cows and horses can one piece of armor exchange for?"

"Or how many cows and horses can one stone of salt and one stone of tea exchange for?"

Wang Bian asked back with a smile.

When these questions were asked, Prince Wuhuan pondered for a long time.

This kind of arithmetic problem, even if the central plains arithmetic experts come, it will take a while, let alone a grassland nation like Wuhuan.

"Eh..." Prince Wuhuan calculated for a long time, but he didn't know how to exchange things for things to be reasonable. He couldn't kill the live cattle and exchange them by the catty, and Liaodong didn't want dead cattle either, so he asked, "Then how should I go?" ?”

"Your country sells cattle, horses and livestock" to us, and we give your country the corresponding five baht money, and then your country uses five baht money to find us to buy the needed materials. "Wang Bian replied.

"It's the same as Guanshi in the Central Plains." Prince Wuhuan spoke in jerky Chinese. Wuhuan has been a vassal of the big man for seven or eighty years. Some nobles have learned Chinese, but they are not fluent.

Wuhuan used to trade customs with the big Han, but it only lasted for a short time. Because of the long war between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, the customs of the Han Dynasty were often closed, so Wuhuan wanted salt and the like. You can only go south to rob or find smugglers.

In the past, they usually looked for smugglers in Yuyang County and Shanggu County.

But more than ten years ago, the four major families in Liaodong sent people to secretly contact Wuhuan in order to establish a smuggling business.

Since then, the two parties have continued to smuggle on a small scale for more than ten years.

"Then, what is your pricing?" Prince Wuhuan asked.

It seems there is a play!

Wang Bian was secretly happy in his heart, and then he presented the plan that had been made before:
"A full-grown cow is [-] yuan, a calf is [-] yuan, a mature horse is [-] yuan, and a pony is [-] yuan."

"A set of light armor is 30 yuan, a set of heavy armor is 15 yuan, and a set of vest is [-] yuan."

"An iron arrowhead is ten yuan, a horse spear is five thousand yuan, a long spear is five hundred yuan, a pot (iron utensil for cooking) is twenty thousand yuan, and a ring head knife is two thousand yuan."

"Salt is one thousand renminbi a stone, a bolt of linen is five hundred renminbi, a silk is two thousand renminbi, a woolen sweater is two thousand renminbi, and tea leaves are six thousand renminbi a stone."

In Wang Bian's quotation, luxury goods such as silk are slightly cheaper than those in the Central Plains, while armor and the like are much more expensive than in the Central Plains. He just hopes to guide Wuhuan to give priority to buying luxury goods.

Prince Wuhuan first asked his few people who knew a little bit of arithmetic to calculate for a long time, then nodded and approved the price, but still ordered a servant in Wuhuan language: "Go and get the Han representative who smuggled merchants." call."

"Understood." The servant agreed, and went to call the representative of another group of smuggling merchants.

Wang Bian looked at the Wuhuan servant who was leaving, feeling a little puzzled in his heart.

Not long after, when Wuhuan and Liaodong were discussing smuggling trade matters, a Han came to Wangzhang, first saluted Prince Wuhuan, then glanced at Wang Jian, and finally said to Prince Wuhuan: "Dear Prince, we There is already a cooperative relationship, why do you need to find a new partner, is there something we are dissatisfied with you?"

This Han is a representative of the merchants in Yuyang County and Shanggu County. He has been stationed in Wuhuan Shanyuting for a long time to observe the changes in the situation in Wuhuan.

For a long time, the trade with Wuhuan has been monopolized by merchants from Yuyang and Shanggu counties, and other merchants cannot get involved at all.

However, their trade with Wuhuan is also barter, but the scale is larger than that of Liaodong.

"My friend, of course I am satisfied with your trade, but I have some other new friends. The goods they bring satisfy me even more. They are willing to sell armor. Do you have any?" Like a demon who burned, killed and looted in Han.

A few years ago, it was Prince Wuhuan who led troops south to plunder Liaoxi County and killed many Han people. He was a cruel murderer.

But such a cruel murderous demon can also make such a corporal attitude when negotiating trade.

"Armors are only available in the government, and it's okay to make private ones secretly, but the quantity should not be too large, because too many will easily arouse the court's suspicion." The representative of the Han merchants explained.

"You know, I'm not very interested in your Han people's silk, wine and other luxuries. I can barely accept tea. After all, mutton is too greasy, and tea is needed to clear the stomach."

"However, what we need most are those cauldrons that can cook food, iron weapons that can fight and kill people, and armor that can protect our lives."

"You are not willing to sell these things, so we have to find other partners."

Prince Wuhuan is not a person who indulges in enjoyment, and it is difficult to seduce him with the luxury goods of the Han Dynasty, but those iron bump armors are more attractive to him.

"The sale of the armor is too important. I need to go back and ask the opinions of the masters." The representative of the Han merchants replied.

"I am waiting for your news. Before that, I will continue to trade with new friends." Prince Wuhuan replied.

"Thank you." The Han merchant representative saluted and bid farewell to Prince Wuhuan, then glanced at Wang Jian and the others, and finally left with a cold face.

When the representative of the Han merchants left, Prince Wuhuan smiled and said to Wang Bian: "You have also seen that there are many merchants who want to do business with me, Wuhuan. Don't you consider lowering the price of the armor? Increase the price of cattle and horses?"

Only then did Wang Bian understand that Prince Wuhuan did not call another group of Han merchant representatives to make them quarrel, but to use their competitive relationship to force Liaodong to make concessions in trade.

"We can continue to lower the prices of silk and linen." Wang Bian tentatively said.

"It doesn't matter how much silk you sell, what I mean is, your armor and those iron weapons." Prince Wuhuan shook his head and said.

Wang Bian was not sure whether the group of Han merchants would sell the armor. If they didn't sell it, Liaodong would naturally be able to monopolize the armor trade and raise prices. If it is given to the Wuhuan barbarians, Liaodong will not be able to rely on monopoly trade to raise prices.

"Can we go back and ask the owner what he wants?" Wang Bian can't change too many trade terms without authorization.

"Of course." Prince Wuhuan was not in a hurry. Now that the Han people are in civil war, it is no longer possible to sweep their courts as they did decades ago.

They are very safe now, and with the collapse of the dynasty order in the Central Plains, there will only be more and more Han merchants who dare to sell ironware to nomads without the restraint of the central court.

The current situation is extremely beneficial to Wuhuan, and the Han merchants can only compete with each other inwardly, and in the end, Wuhuan gets the advantage for nothing.

(End of this chapter)