Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 526 Three Benefits!
"What is this?" Jushou looked at the extremely unfamiliar machine in front of him, his eyes full of doubts.

Yuan Tan smiled slightly, stretched out his finger to the spinning machine, and said: "This thing is called Ma Jun Spinning Machine, and it is a new type of machinery made by the chief craftsman under my command, Ma Jun, who will be the deputy envoy. How to use it will be discussed later." Say it again."

Yuan Tan clapped his hands and signaled his servants to lift the spinning machine aside first, and then summon someone who can use the spinning machine to come over.

Then he motioned Jushou to sit down with him, and asked, "Gongyu, let me ask you, we have banned grassland smuggling trade for hundreds of years, but the grassland smuggling trade has never stopped. What is the reason?"

Jushou didn't quite understand why Yuan Tan suddenly asked him this question, but he still answered honestly: "Of course it is profitable."

"Then, what are the benefits?" Yuan Tan laughed, inducing Ju Shou to think.

Jushou also realized Yuan Tan's intentions, and he started to get serious just as he was answering the question he had asked before.

After thinking for a while, Jushou said: "First of all, there is a lack of ironware on the grassland, and my Central Plains has a vast land and abundant resources, and the ironware is abundant. An iron pot can be sold for only a few tens of dollars in the Central Plains, but if it is sold on the grassland, it can even be exchanged for a few dollars. Thousands of dollars or even two pieces of gold!"

In fact, what Jushou said here is already a bit conservative.

Smuggling caravan, what is the biggest smuggled goods?That is to exchange iron for horses!
Gold is not the most important thing. The favorite business of smugglers is to buy a large amount of iron in the Central Plains, and then exchange it for a large number of horses, cattle and sheep from the grassland.

These livestock, when they return to the Central Plains and then change hands, the profit rate is so high that the princes are jealous!
Why did Gongsun Zan, when he was in power, adopt an iron-blooded policy towards Wuhuan, instead of Liu Yu's previous gentle and gentle policy?
In addition to the fact that the power of the Wuhuan people has developed to the point where they must be suppressed, the more important point is that the Han caravans who smuggled Wuhuan were so profitable that even Gongsun Zan was jealous!

One must know that the Gongsun family that Gongsun Zan was born in was one of the wealthy families in the Northland. In terms of superiority, the Gongsun family's status in Youyan.

Basically, it can match the position of the Yuan family in the Central Plains.

It is no exaggeration to use the word overlord to describe it.

But even such a wealthy Gongsun family is extremely jealous of the profits of smuggling. It is conceivable how profitable these caravans are?
But Yuan Tan didn't point out the concealment in Jushou's words. After all, it's not important. He nodded, which was considered to be the first point of recognition of Jushou's words, and then he still looked at Jushou, obviously waiting for his next analysis.

After pondering for a while, Jushou said: "As for the second point, there are many cattle and sheep on the grassland. The cattle and sheep can be used for meat, farming, and wool. Although the woolen clothes are not gorgeous, they are But keeping warm, small profits but high sales, is also a profitable business.”

"As for the third..."

After Ju Shou finished the first two points, there was obviously a bit of entanglement in his eyes.

After all, the third point is the real key, and it also involves some illegal things. He doesn't know whether it is appropriate to say it or not.

Seeing Jushou's embarrassment, Yuan Tan laughed, picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp, raised his hand and said, "Why do you need to be entangled, since you don't dare to say it, let me say it. The third, Nothing more than cattle and war horses!"

Prairie people don’t know how to farm, but they know how to raise cattle!
Although many of the cattle they raise are eaten by themselves, it doesn't mean that they can't raise cattle for farming.

In fact, Dahan now has many farm cattle, which were smuggled from the grassland.

The common people are so poor, if several or dozens of families combine to buy a cow to cultivate land, it is already a blessing to burn incense and worship Buddha.

How can I care about it, this farming ox is a steer from the grassland, which is not suitable for farming compared to the native cattle bred in the Central Plains?

A steer on the grassland just to eat meat is only worth a thousand dollars, and if it is exhausted, it is the price of ten iron pots or five iron knives!
But back in the Central Plains, if you sell them, let alone five iron knives, you can buy five hundred!

How many smuggling caravans are usually a few foolish and bold, who pooled thousands of dollars and bought a lot of broken copper and iron, and then dared to break through the pass, enter the grassland, and do business?

Then die outside the pass, and the bones are buried in another land, and still go forward?

Isn't it just because, as long as this business is done once, I can be safe and worry-free in this life, and the whole family can live a well-off life?
If it can be done several times, it can even keep the wealth of three generations of children and grandchildren!
"One is a farm ox, and the other is a war horse!"

Yuan Tan tapped heavily on the table twice with his finger, and said with a slightly more serious tone.

"These two income points, together with the gold, copper and iron produced on the grassland, are all the interests of the grassland! As long as the family is willing to go, I can give them all!"

Ju Shou raised his head suddenly, with three-point surprise and seven-point disbelief in his eyes, he said in a deep voice, "How will my lord give it!?"

Hearing that Jushao said that he was the Lord and not Qihou, Yuan Tan smiled brightly and said softly, "Don't worry, Lord, since I'm here to see you, the preparations have already been made."

Yuan Tan pointed to the brocade robe Jushou was wearing, and said with a smile, "Gongyu, let me ask you, why did you say that clothing made of wool can only be sold to ordinary people, and it is difficult to be considered elegant?" Where is Tang?"

Jushou was stunned and said subconsciously: "The smell of wool is too strong and its texture is rough. Everyone knows this."

Speaking of this, Ju Shou suddenly came to his senses, and looked up at Yuan Tan with a look of shock on his face: "Could it be that my lord has a way to remove the smell of wool? And the texture is fine?"

The texture of wool is rough and the smell is pungent. This problem is really not difficult for Yuan Tan.

In order to develop new products for Xuzhou, he used soap as a killer.

Washing wool with soap is a little less effective than the professional detergents of later generations.

But compared to the various cleaning methods of this era, soap is definitely an epoch-making tool!

Yuan Tan smiled slightly and said: "Exactly, Ju Shou thinks about it, if I hand over this technology to the aristocratic family, will they still be willing to go to the grassland to promote Wanghua for me?"

On one side is the butcher knife, on the other side is the windfall profiteering of wool, which almost makes the blood boil. Ju Shou did not hesitate at all, and blurted out without hesitation: "If the lord can achieve this step, other families can't guarantee it, and the Ju family is absolutely willing to do it for you." The lord advances!"

"it is good!"

Yuan Tan clapped his hands in praise, and said, "I will write down this sentence."

But after Jushou finished speaking, after calming down, he thought of another point and said: "Although there are profits on the grassland, if the aristocratic family is allowed to open up the grassland and expand the border for the big man, it will not be able to bear the burden just by relying on the guards of the aristocratic family." Soldiers of foreign races living in the grassland are attacking!"

Yuan Tan smiled proudly and said, "Don't worry, I'm also prepared. However,"

Speaking of this, Yuan Tan changed the subject, took out a scroll of letters from his sleeve robe, handed it to Jushou, and said with a smile: "You might as well take a look at this first, after reading it, we will talk about it tomorrow." down arrangements."

(End of this chapter)