The Khitan and the Xiongnu were both composed of tribes, large and small, and the most powerful tribal leader was called a khan.
The most important thing is that the Khitans and Xiongnu in this world believe in wolf totem.
However, the Khitans believed in the Moon-Screaming Wolf God, while the Xiongnu believed in the Sun-Eating Wolf God.
Although these two wolves are both wolf gods, one is in charge of day and the other is in charge of night. They are still very different in nature.
In the eyes of the Khitan and the Xiongnu, the Chen people were like sheep, their food, rations, and slaves.
They had never done business with Chen Guoren before, they only robbed them.
Now Zhou Yi proposed to exchange his own grain for their cattle, sheep and horses, which really opened up a new way of thinking for Tuo Ba Lie.
"Okay, then tell me how we can exchange it!" Tuo Balie asked directly.
Zhou Yi didn't know what the market situation of cattle, sheep and horses was at their place, so he asked Tuo Ba Lie to talk about the price first.
Tuo Ba Lie weighed the small bag of refined grain rice on the table, then looked at the packages of mustard, pondered for a while, and said: "10 packages of rice and 10 packages of mustard are exchanged for a lamb; 20 packages of rice and 20 packages of mustard. Exchange for a big sheep. 30 bags of rice and 30 bags of mustard for a calf, 50 bags of rice and 50 bags of mustard for a big cow.”
As for the horses, Tuobali offered a higher price, requiring 200 bags of rice and 200 bags of pickled mustard in exchange.
The small bag of grain that Zhou Yi sent on the desk only weighed about 5 kilograms.
According to Tuobalie's price, a big cow costs 250 kilograms of grain and 50 bags of mustard, and the price of a horse is 1,000 kilograms of grain and 200 bags of mustard.
In Zhou Yi's opinion, this price is actually a good deal.
But this is business after all, and you should be ruthless, so Zhou Yi directly cut the price offered by Ta Ba Lie in half.
Zhou Yi originally thought that Tuo Balie would continue to fight with him to get more, but he did not expect that Tuo Balie would happily agree to Zhou Yi's counteroffer.
In the era of planned economy, an adult's monthly food ration was about 30 kilograms.
Now, Zhou Yi was willing to pay 25 kilograms of grain to buy a lamb, and Tuo Balie felt that he had made a lot of money.
If you save 25 pounds of grain, you can last for a month, but a lamb will be gone in less than a month.
This is also the reason why Tuo Ba Lie raised the price in advance. He also knew that Chen Guoren had always had the habit of bargaining, but he didn't want to be blindly beaten by him.
On the grassland, Tuo Balie could exchange 20 kilograms of grain for a lamb. According to the purchase price Zhouyi gave Tuobalie, he could still make a profit from the price difference between 5 kilograms of grain and 5 bags of mustard.
After negotiating the price, Zhou Yi discussed the trading time and location with him.
Because this was his first transaction, Tuo Ba Lie was actually somewhat suspicious of Zhou Yi and worried that he would take advantage of others in the future, so he only planned to provide Zhou Yi with a small number of cattle, sheep, and horses.
"Seven days later we will be trading in the northeastern Elm Grove. I will bring 50 lambs, 30 lambs, 20 calves, 10 bullocks and thirty horses."
Zhou Yi nodded and pretended to be sincere and said: "In that case, I am willing to pay you 100 packs of mustard as a deposit in advance."
"You have to know that this pickled mustard is more valuable than food!"
Tuobali did not doubt that this was a lie, because he knew that there was salt in the mustard. Salt was extremely valuable on the grasslands. Although there was a salt lake in their Khitan territory, the salt in the salt lake was too much. Easily poisoned.
Zhou Yi walked up to Tuo Ba Lie and asked: "Since we have decided to make a deal, I think we should get acquainted. My name is Zhou Yi, and I am the highest official of Pingjiang County. How about you, a Khitan noble? What is your name!"
"Tobaret!"
"Okay Tuo Ba Lie, in 7 days I will send someone to the elm forest to bring the remaining grain and mustard to exchange with you for cattle, sheep and horses. I hope you will not break your promise."
Tuo Ba Lie was so provoked by Zhou Yi that he beat his chest and said: "Zhou Yi of Chen State, as the warriors of the Howling Moon Sirius, we will not fail to abide by the agreement we made. We will meet in the elm forest in seven days."
Zhou Yi clapped his hands and praised: "Someone, please prepare 100 bags of mustard for him and send him out of the city!"
Not long after, a servant counted 100 bags of mustard, put them into packages and gave them to Tuo Ba Lie. Zhou Yi asked Wu Laoliu to arrange for him to leave the city.
The son of a rich man cannot sit down in court, so it is naturally impossible for him to go to the Zhouyi transaction in 7 days.
Therefore, after Tuo Ba Lie left, Zhou Yi began to look for candidates to go to Yushulin to hand over Tuo Ba Lie in 7 days.
Zhou Yi immediately thought of the major families in Pingjiang County. Zhou Yi's first choice was not Ye Guangming's family. On the contrary, Zhou Yi chose the Wang family who were grateful to him.
As for the head of the Wang family, Wang Defa felt that he had entered Zhou Yi's inner circle after learning that Zhou Yi was going to send him to exchange cattle, sheep and horses with the Khitan people.
Wang Defa quickly and gratefully assured Zhou Yi that he would definitely bring those cattle, sheep and horses back safe and sound.
"Don't worry if you go to trade this time. I will send a team of troops to protect you."
Wang Defa was even more excited and kowtowed quickly to thank Zhou Yi for giving him this opportunity.
"If you do well, your Wang family will be extremely wealthy in the future."
Wang Defa was extremely excited and thought that he must do this for Zhou Yi.
Seven days later, Wang Defa personally led the Wang family and quietly headed northeast, dragging grain and mustard.
Although the Wang family left secretly, this situation was not hidden from the Ye family and Ye Wuhua.
Although he didn't know what Wang Defa of the Wang family was arranged to do by Zhou Yi, Ye Wuhua vaguely felt that this might be an excellent opportunity to overthrow Zhou Yi.
In the evening, as the sun set, Wang Defa led a group of his tribesmen and drove a large number of cattle, sheep and horses into the city.
Ye Wuhua stood in the dark and looked at the triumphant Wang Defa, and gradually guessed what Zhou Yi had told Wang Defa to do!
More than ten days ago, Wu Laoliu captured a Khitan, but he reported it to the whole city, but Zhou Yi did not explain how the Khitan should deal with it.
Now Ye Wuhua and Wang Defa drove in the cattle, sheep and horses, and immediately guessed that Zhou Yi had probably reached some kind of exchange agreement with the Khitan.
The cattle, sheep and horses that Wang Defa came here were obtained in exchange for them.
As for what was being exchanged, there was no doubt that it was food!
"You Li Feiyu, you dare to trade with the Khitan dog thief. Isn't this just collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!"
"Hehe, as long as I report this matter to Enxiang, no matter you are Zhou Yi or Li Feiyu, you will all die for me!"
