Will the leather goods and beef tendons be very profitable? Liang Chuan wondered what kind of medicine the two men were selling in the gourd. Looking at the situation, the great elder Tsering was still a little reluctant to sell!
He listened to the negotiation between the three people and was confused.
How could a very ordinary transaction lead to such a big battle and such caution?
In Liang Chuan's eyes, smuggling salt is the highlight, and it is also a major crime in his understanding. If caught doing such an act, beheading would be a trivial matter.
He didn't understand that what Ye Fan was selling now was similar to the smuggling of arms in later generations!
The Tang Dynasty had the first to make a crossbow with three armors, and the three armors entered the underworld!
You can have arrows but not crossbows, you can have soldiers, but absolutely not armor!
Armor represents the organization and equipment, and it means that it can compete with the regular army. This is a major event that no ruler can sit idly by.
In this era, it is unrealistic for ordinary people to ask them to forge super equipment such as chainmail and light armor. They usually use captured animals to make leather armor!
In ancient times, the best leather armor was made of rhinoceros skin. It is said that leather armor made of this material could not be penetrated by an arrow from a long bow. The defensive performance is quite strong!
But rhinos are difficult to hunt. They have their own leather armor, and they are quite terrifying when they collide! Moreover, this kind of animal has been shot almost since the Tang Dynasty. It is difficult to see the word Si in history books since the Tang Dynasty. Excessive hunting has made them extinct long ago!
The one with the largest quantity and relatively stable performance is cowhide!
The leather armor has been strengthened with lacquer, that is, tung oil, and then integrated into a piece of armor by skilled craftsmen. The defensive power of such leather armor should not be underestimated.
When two people fight against each other, with such a piece of leather armor, they can basically be invincible, but the defense against strong bows and hard crossbows is still slightly insufficient!
Even the strings for bows and arrows are made from cowhide, and with a little bit of nettle added, they become inelastic bowstrings!
The bow string cannot be elastic. The power of the bow comes from the bow arms. When the bow arms have no wood, they can be replaced by horns.
Ye Fan didn't propose buying horns. They were too heavy, not as processable as wood, and not practical at all, so he didn't like them.
Dali is different from Tubo. Tubo's timber resources are relatively scarce, of course not absent. There are also many virgin forests on the plateau, but cutting them down is difficult!
Although beef tendons can also be used to make strings, they cannot be used on rainy days. The most disgusting thing about Guangnan is that there are many rainy days, so the beef tendons are purchased to process bow arms, not to make bow strings!
The early nomads also used beef tendon to make strings, but later they gave up this material and switched to silk and linen composite bow strings, which were more durable and stronger.
Anyway, as long as these two things are shipped to the south, there will be no market for them!
Liang Chuan didn't know all this.
The agreement between Elder Tsering and Ye Fan was reached very quickly and very smoothly.
This time Ye Fan casually made a price, and Tsering agreed to all of them.
There is no point in negotiating the price anymore.
In this transaction, Ye Fan is the one who takes the initiative. As Ye Fan himself said, Ma Erdun does not want this transaction, and there are still a lot of people on the plateau who want to do it. Leather goods and beef tendons are as abundant as rice. Which tribe doesn't pile them up into mountains? When the time comes, they will only be eaten away by moths. Their final destination is either burned or discarded. Instead of doing this, it is better to sell them and make money!
Tsering only hopes that in this cooperation, Ma Er Dun will stand up from now on. They have been marginalized by Tubo for too long. Many tribes west of the Lancang River don't want to see Ma'erdun, they just want to treat them as salt sellers. They also want to go to the Jokhang Temple to give lectures one day. The prerequisite for this is to have enough strength!
The road can only be walked step by step!
Open the situation first, and then you can break it in the future!
Three thousand kilograms of pink salt, and the rest were made of leather goods and beef tendons, filled the entire caravan.
The prices of the two offset each other, and Ye Fan also made a lot of money! Because the price of these leather goods and beef tendons is
The price is quite low, almost like giving it away for free. The main cost is the price of pink salt. This thing is really expensive. Only Mangkang has it in the world!
Tsering collected Ye Fan’s tea and wine, then sold his own salt and leather goods, and finally gave Ye Fan a lot of money. This was equivalent to making money twice in one trip, and he could still fill up his own goods. , this kind of deal is the most cost-effective!
But Tsering doesn’t have to worry about losing money in this business. Pink salt is worthless and the price is very high. Although Quzhen originally There had been discussions about cooperation with Liang Chuan, but Tsering didn't mention anything about it, so both parties remained silent and followed Ye Fan's plan again.
No one expected that Ye Fan, a new major shareholder, would be added. All they could say was that the plan could not keep up with the changes.
The tea obtained by Tsering will soon be circulated in the Tubo market. Mardun is the outpost and gateway of Tubo. The pricing power of this tea is also in his hands. Ye Fan earns four times the profit from him. He could easily earn it back from other Tibetans, as long as the other Tibetans still drink tea!
Things went smoothly next, and it was another two days of drunkenness. However, Ye Fan did not dare to touch the two girls who were suspected of being Qu Zhen. After finding two more girls to confirm their names and backgrounds, he was drunk for two days.
A full cavalry team was preparing to leave Maldun.
Ye Fan looked at the load of leather goods and sat on the horse and proudly said to Liang Chuan: "If this cart of cowhide and beef tendons is transported down the mountain, it will earn at least tens of thousands of dollars. When the time comes, it will be as agreed before we went up the mountain. Share the account!"
Ye Fan originally wanted to recruit Liang Chuan into his army, but after many good words to persuade him, Liang Chuan remained unmoved. It wasn't that Liang Chuan had concerns or something, he himself had considered it.
Liang Chuan has a special status. He is a thorn in the side of the South Vietnamese. If he accepts him directly, he will be facing South Vietnam as an enemy. This is absolutely undesirable.
Although the teams of the Song Dynasty and Nanyue have been selected, they do not need to stand on the front stage and only need to hide behind the scenes. Therefore, it is best for everyone to keep an appropriate distance from Liang Chuan at the moment!
He has even planned that if the Ye family's horse farm cannot sell all the horses, it will form multiple horse teams to increase the frequency of transportation, frequent business activities between Dali and Mangkang, and maximize profits!
The meat of Tubo is really too fat, and their little-known caravan can get countless plunders. If he sends more caravans, will he have the final say in Tubo's business in the future?
Liang Chuan wanted to say goodbye to Qu Zhen before leaving, but found that the girl had disappeared.
In the vast snowy land, he didn't know where to look for her. He wanted to find out more about her, but he was afraid of burdening her.
Until the moment before setting off, he looked around at the mountains on both sides of the river valley, but never saw the girl.
Liang Chuan's heart suddenly felt empty, and he felt a sense of sadness.
I obviously don't have a good impression of Qu Zhen, so why do I still feel like this.
Liang Chuan was even thinking about what he would do if Quzhen wanted to leave with him. He couldn't really find a cheap stepmother for Ah Yue. .
He is now involved in an important case and is living a life of no fixed abode. How can he implicate other girls.
Liang Chuan shook his head bitterly. If he liked this girl, would he go crazy at this moment? Sure enough, men can find so many reasons to shirk when they don't want her. .
Forget it, since the other party won't show up, then I can't force it. .
This is the best outcome for both parties!
When Nong Er and Nong Yao were about to leave, two Tibetan girls came to see them off with tears in their eyes.
Liang Chuan glanced at the two girls. If he remembered correctly, these two should also have had an affair with Er Nong that night. .
Nong Yao was still posting, and his face was faster than flipping through a book. The girl held his arm and kept talking about Tibetan words. He said a lot of sweet words and had a look of pity on his face, but his hands completely betrayed his pig-brother appearance, and he didn't forget to use his hands to mop people up. .
Do you know that you may not be able to eat this meat in the future? .
Looking at Nong Er again, he had a look of reluctance on his face, but he was also afraid that Liang Chuan would see his cowardly look, so he didn't have to leave where he was.
[In view of the general environment,
It is said that Nong Er was still a Yuan Yang before he went to the plateau. Unexpectedly, he was lost on this plateau for the first time!
If he hadn't come up with Liang Chuan, he would most likely not be able to find a wife in his life.
Women, the more honest they are, the less likely they will be favored by girls, unless they meet a girl who has a keen eye and knows people. But such a girl is so high-spirited, and she will never look at a boring gourd like Nong Er!
It's often those glib-tongued prostitutes who seek beautiful and easy wives. Comparing one another with others makes people angry!
Ah Yue sat on Yan Zhi's back, and the little guy was very angry when he saw him like this!
"Second Uncle Nong, Uncle Nong, you two should go or not. If you don't go, just stay and be a doorstep for others!"
Nong Er had a grimace on his face. If he was an honest person like him, if he was really asked to stay, maybe he would really do it. .
As for Nong Yao, forget it.
Nong Yao opened the Tibetan girl's arm, wiped away her tears and lied to others: "I will be here on the next trip, and I will bring you a silver bracelet then!"
Nong Er turned around and glanced at the other person, then walked to Liang Chuan without looking back and helped Liang Chuan lead the rouge horse. The Tubo girl raised her hands in the air. She wanted to follow, but she couldn't. They belonged to the private property of these Tubo nobles. That is, they didn't need to be shackled because they were women. Otherwise, how could they have such freedom and be able to send their children off? Lover!
"Let's go!"
Ye Fan's mouth was full of oil, and he missed this place very much. He ate well, drank well, and had fun. Before leaving, he gave him a lot of goods. Who doesn't like this kind of place!
Liang Chuan looked into the distance and suddenly saw the little girl from Qu Zhen's house. At this time, she was on a high ground not far from Qu Zhen's house. She was looking from a distance, with a pair of eyes constantly staring at him, and there was a scar on her neck. Wearing an extremely heavy yoke. .
