The Reborn Wife is Farming - Chapter 1224 Enemy or Friend (3)

This should be a stall belonging to a tribe or a caravan. Xiaobao judged from their personnel and the goods on the stall that they belonged to the largest stall in this area.

With a mentality of giving it a try, the two ran to their booth and pulled up a piece of fox fur to ask the price in golden language.

The stall owner only glanced at them and quoted a price in golden language.

Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong raised their eyebrows slightly, it was really feasible, they looked at each other, and began to pick up things seriously, picking up all the furs and medicinal materials they fancy, and asking the price once.

The stall owner originally just let them choose, and had to deal with other customers. Seeing that they asked more and more questions, and seeing that there were so many guards behind them, he turned his attention to them, beckoned the two of them, and let them Responsible for other guests.

Satisfied with the situation, Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong began to select more carefully, with regret on their faces, and said in golden words: “It’s a pity that you still have too few medicinal materials here. Although the fur is good, the quantity is also small.”

The stall owner glanced at the guards behind them and the clothes on the two of them, pondered for a while and said: “If you two intend to make it bigger, we still have some goods in hand.”

“Oh?” Xiaobao asked enthusiastically, “I wonder if we can take a look?”

The stall owner stood up, pointed to the things that Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong had asked about the price, and said to his subordinates: “Keep these,” then turned around and said to the two of them, “Please follow me.”

The stall owner took them into the cloth curtain at the back. Behind each large stall there was a place surrounded by the cloth curtain on three sides, and a cloth curtain hung from the opening. enclosed space.

At first, the two thought it was for them to rest, but now it seems that it is a place to discuss business.

Little Bear asked curiously, “Why don’t you just make a felt bag?”

People on the grassland carry felt bags with them, wouldn’t it be better to do that?

“It doesn’t rain today,” the stall owner explained, “Our lamp oil is very precious!”

The head of this four-sided curtain thing is empty, and it is bright and majestic when sitting in it, but if the felt bag is dark inside, you will have to light an oil lamp to see the goods. I don’t know if this business will be successful. They don’t need to spend such a big cost. .

Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong didn’t expect them to save this, and it was both funny and sad for a moment.

There were five or six large packages piled up inside, and the stall owner didn’t even invite them to sit down, and directly pulled the packages over and opened them. Four packages were all fur, and two were medicinal materials.

The stall owner said: “These things are very expensive. Many people take them out to look at them, but few people buy them. But I think you have the ability. How about it? Do you want it?”

Only two guards came in with Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong, while the others stayed outside, and the stall owner ignored them and looked directly at Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong.

The two teenagers squatted down to look at the goods, and said while looking: “These furs are really good. We have seen many stalls before, and there are very few such goods. If I asked the price early in the morning to buy them, you should not hide them.” Get up and put it out to see if anyone buys it.”

The stall owner snorted and said, “These are too expensive. Most Han people touch them, ask the price, and then leave. I’m annoyed.”

Xiao Bao smiled and said, “It’s about business. If the price is not suitable, you will give up. How much do you offer?”

Stallholders quote one by one.

Xiao Bao said with a bitter face: “It is indeed too expensive.”

Little Bear also interjected, “This is different from the price quoted by my uncle.”

“When did your uncle start this business?”

Little Bear lied confidently, “The first two years!”

“That’s right, now the price has gone up!”

“Then it’s impossible to increase by nearly 30% all of a sudden, right? It wasn’t that expensive two years ago when we were in war. Why is it getting more and more expensive now that we’ve settled down?” Both Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong showed dissatisfaction on their faces.

The stall owner’s expression was not good, and he snorted: “Do you think we are willing? Although there were wars in the past two years, there were still Daqi’s caravans that could enter the grasslands, tea and silks can be bought, and Jinting still has a lot of salt. mines, so salt is not difficult to buy, but now that the war is over, Dajin is gone, but Daqi’s caravan no longer enters the grassland. When you go into the town to buy, each person is not allowed to buy more than two catties of salt per day… The things you have packed are too expensive, and we have to raise the price.”

The stall owner saw that the two teenagers opened their mouths wide, they were in a slightly better mood, and their complexions softened slightly, and then said: “Besides, our life on the grassland is not easy. The weather has changed rapidly in the past two years. Last winter, it was snowing heavily, and we didn’t cut too many furs.” There are quite a few, not to mention medicinal materials, what you are seeing now are the good products that our tribe has saved from last year, if you want more, I will give you a cheaper price.”

The stall owner lowered his voice and said, “However, if you have tea, silk or salt, we can also barter directly, and it will be cheaper then.”

Xiao Bao asked innocently: “Didn’t it mean that only the imperial court can sell salt?”

The stall owner said in a low voice: “The imperial court doesn’t care about the amount of one or two catties.”

Little Xiong was full of regret, “Salt needs salt, so we didn’t bring it, but we still have some tea and silk.”

The stall owner immediately cheered up. Although there was no salt, it would be nice to have tea and silk, so as not to take money to buy from Han stalls or shops. Those people’s things are very expensive.

Xiaobao immediately asked the guards to go back and bring back all the tea and silk that hadn’t been sold yet. They continued to pick out the goods, asking the price, and quietly inquiring about the news on the grassland.

The tribes on the grassland didn’t feel much better because Dayuan replaced Dajin. At the beginning, Wo Kuo canceled a lot of exorbitant taxes, but within a few months they started to collect them again.

In the final analysis, Qi Xiuyuan and the others should be blamed. They captured Dajin’s capital in advance and directly occupied Dajin’s treasury. Dayuan did not have the treasury left by Dajin, and was short of money for everything.

There is no money to reward heroes, no money to appease the army, no money to help the victims, and Wo Kuo does not have a brother who can earn money and wholeheartedly help him, so he can only increase taxes. In addition, he also sent troops to attack Xixia. It’s better for them to go to the battlefield than to keep them here and force yourself to reward them, right?

So the people on the prairie don’t have much sense of belonging to Dayuan now, their lives are miserable, and they are running around for their livelihood every day. Even so, God doesn’t show favor. The severe drought and heavy snow on the prairie from time to time, although only in some areas , but the impact is also large.

If there is a natural disaster in Daqi, the imperial court will provide relief and reduce or exempt taxes, which is impossible in Dayuan, so everyone can only move closer to Daqi as much as possible, so the disputes along the border have arisen in this way.

Although Da Qi has a strong army, there is no need to fight with these people on the grassland every day, and directly set up a bargaining field for private transactions, so as to prevent them from forming a team to fight grassland when they have no tea, food, or salt.