Shao Xun happened to be in Jingu Garden when he received the land deed.
It was such a hot potato that no one dared to take it.
At the same time, it is also a huge wealth, and I don’t know how many people are staring at it.
In fact, if he had a choice, Shao Xun would rather sell the well-decorated buildings, precious flowers and trees and other valuable things in Jingu Garden. He only wants the land.
But this can only be thought about.
"These houses were originally decorated with many pearls, agates, amber, rhinoceros horns, and ivory, but now they have disappeared." Shao Xun looked at the scattered pavilions and pavilions built against the mountains and sighed: "Let people come in. Bar."
"No." Chen Yougen immediately ran out of the door and ushered in the person who presented the land deed.
Shao Xun sat on the stone pier and waited quietly.
The thawed Jingu water flows gurgling between the terraces and pavilions, making a tinkling sound from time to time.
In the pond, the fish jumped high and made a happy "plop" sound.
The birds were chirping and jumping happily on the branches, which made the manor even more peaceful.
There are regular bluestone roads under your feet.
Stone railings were even built on both sides of the road and many lifelike animals were carved.
Shi Chong'er's mother-in-law is so luxurious!
"Yang Ming meets the general." Not long after, a young man of frail age bowed and saluted.
"Your surname is Yang, but are you from the Yang clan?" Shao Xun asked.
"Yuan Zong Yang's son made the general laugh," Yang Ming replied.
"What's going on?"
"I present the deed of the Golden Valley Garden to the general."
Shao Xun was silent for a moment.
In fact, he already knew that the other party was here to deliver the land deed, because he made his intention known outside the mountain gate.
After thinking for so long, he has made up his mind: So what if we take over this garden?
When Shi Chao arrived, he moved in directly.
If Shangguan Si could stabilize his position in Luoyang, he would not let Jinguyuan go.
I, Lao Shao, was the leader of the Luoyang army, and was automatically labeled as "corrupt and tyrannical". If I didn't do some tricks like occupying fields and robbing civilian girls, would I still be considered a martial artist?
Yang Ming observed his words and saw that Shao Xun was silent. He handed the land deed to Chen Yougen, took two steps back and bowed.
Chen Yougen handed the land deed to Shao Xun.
Shao Xun took a cursory look, put it away, and then asked: "The queen sent you here, do you have anything to say?"
Yang Ming glanced at Chen Yougen in embarrassment.
"Just tell me, this is my confidant, I won't avoid anything." Shao Xun said.
"The king of Dongping sent an envoy to the capital to meet the emperor secretly and cried for a long time, saying that the king of Donghai was illegal..." After Yang Ming finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Shao Xun.
"Continue." Shao Xun urged.
"The envoy also mentioned that in the Xuzhou shogunate, there were many assistants who secretly communicated with the King of Donghai to advise him." Yang Ming continued: "The King of Dongping was worried and asked the court to make a decision for him."
Shao Xun closed his eyes and fell asleep, thinking silently.
The imperial court calls the shots? The court cannot decide.
From the emperor's perspective, he certainly didn't want to see Sima Yue lead Xuzhou again. But what if there is external pressure? For example, Sima Yue gave orders to Mi Huang to mobilize troops and horses to intimidate the emperor and empress.
Admittedly, this is a bit ugly. When negotiations are still possible, Sima Yue will not really break up.
But Shao Xun suspected that he had lost his patience, and Sima Zhu was just struggling to death and subconsciously asking for help.
He couldn't delay much longer.
"Did the envoy say what King Dongping would do?" Shao Xun asked.
"No." Yang Ming shook his head and said, "But King Dongping recently expelled two of his staff and strictly investigated spies in Xiapi. He will not give up Xuzhou willingly."
Shao Xun nodded slightly.
How could Uncle Fang, who was on one side of the separatist regime, be willing to hand over his territory?
If what Yang Ming said is true, then it is impossible for Sima Yue to capture Xuzhou without troops. Even now, he cannot pass through Xuzhou along the post road and return to Luoyang.
It's not impossible to take a detour, but isn't it too embarrassing?
Shao Xun suddenly felt that Sima Yue was also quite difficult. There are only a few thousand recruits on hand, and they have been trained roughly for three or four months. If they were to fight Sima Zhu head-on, they would probably make a big show of their faces.
Is this the winner of the Eight Kings Rebellion? The water content is also too high.
Back then, Sima Yi mobilized tens of thousands of forbidden troops to fight in a bloody battle with Zhang Fang and Lu Ji's 300,000 troops for half a year.
Such a person can still barely be called a powerful minister.
The farther Sima is, the worse he is than Sima Yi.
Shao Xun thought for a while and felt that if Sima Zhu didn't understand, Sima Yue would eventually "sway him". Under the pressure of the army, if Sima Zhu didn't want to die, he would eventually give in.
That's about it.
"You go." Shao Xun waved his hand.
Yang Ming bowed and retreated.
It seems that a new storm vortex has formed in Luoyang, and many people are not willing to see Sima Yue come back.
So, do I?
The figure of Concubine Pei appeared in Shao Xun's mind.
It seems - I don't want to see Sikong come back either.
****
After the remaining snow has melted, people are already doing spring sowing in the suburbs of Luoyang.
Shao Xun, who rode here on horseback, stopped to take a look.
After the autumn harvest last year, no overwintering wheat was planted. This spring, millet will be sown.
It seems that wheat cultivation has not yet been promoted on a large scale, and this will not happen until the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Even in the early Tang Dynasty, millet was still the main food in the north, although the proportion of wheat sown at that time had greatly increased.
But as long as they taste the sweetness of growing wheat, the people will not be able to stop. By the Northern Song Dynasty, wheat cultivation in the north had become very common, completely overwhelming millet and becoming the mainstream crop.
Times are moving forward after all.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was still a large area of land left fallow, mainly due to insufficient soil fertility.
By the Wei and Jin Dynasties, fallow farming was no longer as frequent as in the Spring and Autumn Period. The amount of land cultivated once a year had greatly increased, and there was even a small amount of two-year and three-crop farming. It can be seen that people at this time knew how to maintain farming better than in the Spring and Autumn Period. Soil fertility.
An agricultural society is based on agriculture.
Perhaps, we can think of ways in this regard.
When it comes to fighting or farming, both hands must be strong.
"Master Shao, we have reached an agreement with the cattle market. The more than two hundred bullocks in the pen belong to us." Mao Er came over on a donkey and said happily.
Shao Xun turned to look at him and asked, "It's your first time negotiating such a big deal, how do you think?"
"The palms of my hands are all sweaty." Mao Er sighed: "I was afraid of being cheated and that the purchase would be too expensive. I bargained over and over again, and in the end I almost got beaten."
"Haha." Chen Yougen and others all laughed.
Mao Er also laughed.
He had done some research beforehand and roughly knew the price of farm cattle, but it was the first time he was negotiating such a big deal and he was still extremely nervous. We had obviously agreed on a price, but we were still suspicious and felt that we were paying too much, so we continued to haggle.
After a lot of spitting, I finally negotiated a better price. As a result, I felt less confident again and felt that I should bargain again...
If he were not accompanied by soldiers from the training team, Mao Er would most likely be beaten.
"How much did it cost?" Shao Xun asked.
"Four bolts of silk and one end." Mao Er replied.
"Not bad, I thought it would be five." Shao Xun said.
The price of farm cattle is not static. In fact, it is affected by the relationship between supply and demand and fluctuates greatly.
In the Tang Dynasty, a farm cow cost more than 3,000 yuan in some places, and more than 2,000 yuan in other places. When it was the cheapest, it even dropped below 2,000, and when it was the most expensive, it cost more than 7,000.
In addition, in the era of serious shortage of precious metal currency, physical transactions were often adopted. Silk and grain can be used to buy cattle, and a temporary valuation is enough.
This trading system is very troublesome. The simplest thing is that the prices of silk fabrics vary greatly.
Silk of the same size can be purchased for more than two hundred yuan, or more than a thousand yuan, and some silks that can be called luxury goods are even more expensive.
Silk from famous origins still commands a premium during valuation. From a place of origin that is not well known, even if the actual quality of the silk is as good, it will not be sold at a high price.
Not to mention, there are factors such as year, style and other factors involved - in the hot and humid south, thin silk is more popular, but in the north, such silk will be considered to be insufficient in material, and the price will plummet.
The silk given by Concubine Pei was made of sufficient materials and of good quality. It was produced in Hanoi. Although it was not the first-class product in the area, it was still very popular.
For one bullock and four pieces of silk, the other party will definitely make a profit, and they won't really have to pay two cents.
"Mao Er." Shao Xun shouted.
"exist."
"Next, you will stay in Luoyang and be responsible for purchasing cattle and farm tools. Send someone to notify me after the money is spent."
"promise."
"There's never enough money..." Shao Xun was a little helpless.
In fact, it’s great to be close to the “big city” of Luoyang, because it is a large distribution center for many commodities.
Next to the two main residences of Wu and Shu in the east of the city is the famous horse market. Before the war broke out, business was booming and a large number of horses were traded every day.
The bull market is in the south of the city.
When Shao Xun was guarding Piyong, he pursued and defeated the enemy and went there.
After the war ended in the first month of last year, Luoyang was generally at peace.
Starting from March and April, nearby businessmen began to tentatively come to Luoyang to do business.
In the second half of the year, businessmen from a little further away also came, and the cattle, horse, and sheep markets also reopened at that time, but they were more deserted.
After the 15th day of the first lunar month of this year, Xu’s confidence was restored and business became increasingly active.
To be fair, Luoyang is very convenient for business despite all its disadvantages.
More than two hundred cattle are difficult to purchase in a short period of time in other places because there is no such professional distribution market. When cattle are needed for farming, they either buy calves themselves and tame them, or buy them from people they know. This is a small-scale farmer economy with a low degree of commercialization.
But in Luoyang, the cattle market not only provides cattle for farming, but also cattle for pulling carts. Who can let the scholars enjoy this? Not to mention cattle, the sheep pulling carts can give you a large herd in the sheep market. .
Before Luoyang is destroyed, hurry up and enjoy the various services it provides. Every day will be lost.
After explaining to Mao Er, Shao Xun asked Chen Yougen to send a team of people to the cattle market to pick up the cattle, and then take them to Shaoyuan to prepare to send them to Yunzhongwu together.
At the same time, a messenger was sent to Yunzhongwu to prepare grain, beans and fodder. After a long journey, the cattle lost a lot of fat and had to be replenished before they could work.
"Master Shao, do you want to buy a horse? Someone at the horse market said that there is a war in Bingzhou, and the horse traders dare not go there. There are not many horses left in the horse market. If you don't buy it now, you will have to wait a few more months. There may be horse dealers over in Liangzhou who will send horses over," Mao Er reminded.
"Save it, don't look at how much money you have in your pocket." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Even if five families share one cattle, I still need 600. By the way, there are also farm tools to buy, Luoyang is cheaper , but it also requires money. Pei——The money I got is not enough."
Mao Er was a little downcast.
As one of the most talented students in the first batch of Donghai students, Mao Er knew which direction he should develop.
Master Shao once said privately that he was reluctant to send him to work in battle and asked him to study hard. Therefore, in addition to studying literacy and studying arithmetic, he also devoted some of his energy to learning how to do business and manage people and things, and he realized that he gained a lot.
To some extent, Mao Er is already one of the core members of their collective.
The further back he goes, the more important he becomes, even more so than many Silver Lance officers.
Plowing, plowing, plowing, plowing is the foundation.
Once this is done well, no matter how the situation changes in Luoyang, their small group can still stand firm.
