At this time, Li Weida and Li Sien had taken out the heads of forty slaves.
The two of them have become immune after seeing hundreds of grinning heads during this period, and their minds are racing with thoughts at this moment.
"Master Huang, don't you think of handing over these heads to the newly appointed Governor of Xuanda, Geng?" Li Weida asked.
Huang Yi asked rhetorically: "Governor Xuanda is a new official. Is there any possibility of further promotion this year?"
"With such a high position, it would be very difficult to get promoted again!"
"Well, that's it. The icing on the cake is boring. If I give it to you and let you become a Juren or a Jinshi, wouldn't it be a timely help?"
"It must be! Just based on my bullshit articles, I won't be able to win the exam in three lifetimes."
Huang Yi blinked, then immediately changed his face to a friendly one, and said with a smile: "Then what do you want? If you want us to have a good chat!"
Li Weida knew the elegant meaning after hearing the song. Hey, he must have heard the voice and knew that it was time to negotiate the price. He said openly:
"I won't talk anymore, just make an offer! Anyway, when I got these heads, I must have followed the path of Governor Xuan to repay my merits. Master Geng has the same strategizing skills!"
Huang Yi asked tentatively: "Do you think these heads can be exchanged for three thousand stones of wheat, twenty thousand kilograms of refined iron, and three thousand kilograms of gunpowder?"
Unexpectedly, Li Weida said without hesitation: "Deal!"
Things are different now. A few months ago, if Li Weida wanted to collect three thousand kilograms of gunpowder, he would have to spend more than half a year accumulating.
But now, no one in Shanxi, Xuanfu, or Datong, including civil servants and military generals, would not give Li Weida face, and any respectable businessman would like to make good friends with the Li family.
Xuanfu and Datong are two very important border towns with many government-run gunpowder workshops. How big a deal is three thousand kilograms? Even slightly larger cities have enough inventory.
This is the importance of road and face. Huang Yi, who has just arrived, is instantly confused. Even if he has money, he cannot buy contraband such as gunpowder.
Asking for three thousand catties this time is actually a sky-high price, and I would be satisfied with three to five hundred catties.
"Ah!" The imaginary bargaining did not begin, which surprised Huang Yi, because Li Weida had slashed the price the previous two times. He wondered: "Why don't you counter-offer?"
"Master Huang wants food, iron, and gunpowder in order to raise and train troops to continue fighting against the slaves. Although I am a merchant, I also have the heart to serve the country.
If I gave the money and food to others, they might be corrupted. I was not convinced, so I gave it to Mr. Huang, which made me feel comfortable. "
In fact, he did not mention the most important point. Geng Zhanghua was awarded the title of Juren by the emperor, which greatly stimulated the big merchants in Zhangjiakou.
Too many merchants who are not short of money are eager for their children to become scholar-bureaucrats. However, the status of a scholar-official in the Ming Dynasty can be obtained through donations, but there is no way to buy the status of a scholar-official with money.
If the news that Huang Yi has the heads of these real slaves leaks out, he will probably be robbed by the big merchants in Zhangjiakou. It is unimaginable how much they will be sold for.
"Yuyou has pure love and a heart to serve the country with fists and fists! Your words are so powerful, I'm a little touched!"
"Awesome? This word is fresh and interesting! Mr. Huang always has a witty remark, I admire him very much!"
A modern vocabulary popped up accidentally, but fortunately Li Weida was also a scholar with strong understanding, so he actually understood it.
Huang Yi explained: "The books I read when I was a kid were different and made you laugh."
"Sir Huang is not only brave but also very talented. It's too late for me to admire him, so how can we laugh at him?"
"We are all old friends. Let's not be too polite. I have to entrust you to help me buy some things."
"a piece of cake!"
Unexpectedly, these heads could be exchanged for so many supplies. Huang Yi felt happy and felt that the trip was worthwhile.
So he once again entrusted Li Weida to order someone to purchase some goods such as cotton, quilts, moso bamboo, salt, celebrities, and water tanks.
If the cart still has capacity, buy wheat to make up for it.
Anyway, the more food, the better!
He also asked Li Weida to contact his family's business in Tianjin Wei to purchase a batch of sweet potato seeds or seedlings as soon as possible.
According to historical records, Xu Guangqi introduced sweet potatoes to Tianjin three times and achieved success.
It is a pity that it is too difficult to promote new crops. Although Xu Guangqi wrote many times, it did not help.
The main reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was insufficient food.
Being able to plant a large number of sweet potatoes, also known as yams, outside the customs will definitely alleviate the food crisis.
Li Weida has made up his mind to make friends with Huang Yi. Of course, he will do the things Huang Yi told him carefully and buy some sweet potato and corn seeds. This is no big deal.
He immediately dispatched capable people to deliver the message to Tianjin at high speed.
Huang Yi felt even happier when he saw Li Weida enthusiastically helping with the matter without counter-offering.
In fact, he is also a generous person. When he is happy, he does not care about losses or profits, as long as he is happy.
He asked with concern: "You should have waited until Master Geng took office to repay your merits by obtaining these real slave heads, right?"
"Of course! I also think that the heads of level 40 real slaves are too affordable. They should be mixed with the heads of coated slaves and Tatars. It will take a lot of time to get them.
Besides, my family is a bit complicated. Such a big event may alarm the whole family. It will take time to make a real decision. "
Huang Yi thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Let's keep in touch every ten days. Maybe I can get you some Tatar heads."
There are several groups of horse thieves near the base area, and Huang Yi has long wanted to suppress them.
Horse thieves include Mongolians who lost their tribes, Han Chinese who fled to the prairie, and even the Tungus race and Central Asian Turkic race.
Surrounding and attacking the horse thieves' lair will definitely result in a lot of casualties, and you should be able to collect a lot of heads.
In the absence of the heads of slaves, the merits of these heads are not high. Li Weida is a nice person, so we might as well give them to him.
Seeing that Huang Yi promised to get him more Tatar heads, Li Weida was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "That's so good! That's so good! Thank you Mr. Huang for making it happen. There will definitely be more food, iron and gunpowder." Calculate."
"You misunderstood. I am going to send you some Tatar heads."
"Haha... You also misunderstood. I was just going to use some supplies to help the army."
"Haha! So happy!" Huang Yi also laughed. Suddenly he remembered what Li Weida said just now and asked:
"Will your family leave you and choose someone else to receive a reward from the court?"
Li Weida said with a wry smile: "I am not taken seriously at home. Such great things as being able to gain fame and being born with a Jinshi class may not be my turn."
"You have already established a relationship with the Geng family, why not just make your own decision without notifying the family?"
"It won't work without notifying me. Most of the clerks, counters, and shopkeepers in Zhangjiakou are children of my family. Today's incident will be spread to my family soon."
"It seems that every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite!"
"It doesn't matter, even if the reward is given to my elder brother or seventh brother, I will be happy. I am a great contributor to the Li family anyway, and there will be more semicolons assigned to my management in the future."
