Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Apart from Walin Village, Fucheng has never dealt with other tribes, and has no prestige in Hanhai Prefecture. Those big tribes may have some scruples in their hearts, but small and medium tribes may not.The communication between the various tribes in Hanhai Prefecture is not frequent, and the transmission of news is extremely delayed. If no one promotes those tribes, the small and medium tribes may not even have heard of Fucheng's famous name, so why should they be afraid to mention it?

Perhaps because of this, the Moxi tribe was not very friendly to the caravan from Fucheng.Even with Li Liang, a member of Valin Village, communicating in series, the price of the goods was still kept very low.

We talked once, but it didn't work out. Zhong Zhengyi turned around with a smile. As soon as he entered the yard where he was staying, his face was dark and sullen, and he felt a little bit annoyed. Could it be that the Moxi tribe thought they were easy to bully?

The Moxi tribe is different from Walin Village. There is a commercial street in the village. The caravan handles the goods without the approval of the tribe leader, just talk to the merchants directly.Because of the caravan affairs, Zhong Zhengyi was in charge of the caravan affairs, and Jian Mingyu did not accompany him.He only learned of this news after the fact. It was impossible to say that he wasn't annoyed at all. Although there was a slight turmoil in his heart, his face was very calm.

Jian Mingyu has served as the commander of the city guards for more than half a year. He is a stable person, and if he encounters such a thing, he will be overjoyed, so he has spent the past six months in vain.

The main purpose of Zhong Qingran's formation of the caravan was not to trade goods, but to use this to tear a hole in each tribe and tie some of the chief executives of the tribe to his own chariot.In this way, no tribe will easily reach a consensus on being hostile to Fucheng.With insiders holding back, Fucheng can sit back and relax.

There may be many pursuits in a person's life, but among them, the word "benefit" occupies the largest proportion, and Zhong Qingran just wants to take advantage of this.Before the caravan set off, he and Jian Mingyu discussed many countermeasures. The restrictions on the trade of goods were among the items listed by the two of them.

Jian Mingyu didn't take immediate action on this matter. He called Li Liang and asked him to buy some clothes that were most commonly worn by commoners of the Moxi ethnic group. He picked out a few city guards who had the least sense of presence and changed them into local clothes. After that, walk around the commercial street.

It seems that Jian Mingyu and his party can move around at will, but in fact someone is watching them all the time.Taking this into consideration, Jian Mingyu only let Chengwei operate on the commercial street.

The Moxi tribe is a middle-level tribe, which is not bad in Hanhai Prefecture. In the Zhou Dynasty, it was not conspicuous at all. At best, it was a small town, let alone prosperous.The commercial street is just that long, no matter how much the city guards spend their time, there will always be an end, and after an hour, they will return home one after another.

Jian Mingyu collected the information they had inquired one by one, and after thinking about it for a while, he picked out three of them and got up to talk to Zhong Zhengyi.

After a period of digestion, Zhong Zhengyi's face became less stinky, and when his third nephew and daughter-in-law came to look for him, his face became more gentle.

Jian Mingyu told Zhong Zhengyi about the situation of these three merchants one by one, and finally said: "Second Uncle, the power behind these three merchants is relatively strong. Look, how about selling sea salt, agricultural tools and ceramics to these three merchants?"

Zhong Zhengyi frowned when he heard this. Salt and iron are monopolized by the major tribes. It is not a small risk for them to intervene rashly. ?”

"Qing Ran ordered it." Jian Mingyu didn't take Zhong Zhengyi's question to heart.He married Zhong Qingran, and his status was rather embarrassing, and he was not in charge of Fucheng's government affairs. If he made such an important decision privately, Zhong Zhengyi would not have the slightest doubt, that would be abnormal.

"These three things are very eye-catching, Mingyu, tell the truth, have you seriously considered the consequences of doing so?" Zhong Zhengyi was still a little worried, with a worried look on his brows.

This matter is not a secret, Jian Mingyu did not hide anything: "Second Uncle, we have had several transactions with Walin Village, these things are not secrets, and everything will be fine if we want to hide it, it is just time for all tribes to know Sooner or later. Several tribes visited the original Fu village last year, and they don’t know how much they know. Maybe they have known it for a long time. Now that the matter has come to this point, it doesn’t make much sense to hide it. It’s better to make it clear. "

Hearing this, Zhong Zhengyi didn't object anymore, and the worry on his face gradually faded: "You know what's in your mind, so I can rest assured. By the way, Mingyu, you didn't come to me just to ask my opinion, did you?"

"Second Uncle, it's not convenient for me to come forward to discuss business matters, so I have to trouble you to deal with these three merchants." Jian Mingyu stated his meaning directly, and handed the list marked with the reserve price to Zhong Zhengyi, " How to talk about it is up to you, this is the bottom line of the price, if you really can’t negotiate, then give up, although the population of Hanhai Prefecture is small, but it’s not worth it, hang yourself on the tree of the Moxi Tribe.”

Zhong Zhengyi glanced at it, and he had the bottom line in his heart: "Well, I will go over to make contact in the next afternoon."

Seeing that the work was done, Jian Mingyu didn't stay any longer, found Li Liang, and asked, "Is there a big market day in Hanhai Prefecture?"

"Yes, it will be held once a year after the autumn harvest, and the place will be in Fengcheng." Li Liang knew everything, and the leader had already ordered him to inform Jian Mingyu and his team of all the information as long as it was not a threat to Walin Village.

"Fengcheng?"

"Well, Fengcheng is the largest city-state in Hanhai Prefecture. It is located in the northwest of Walin Village. The distance between the two places is not too far. It can be reached by horseback in four or five days."

Jian Mingyu became interested as soon as he heard it: "What are the rules in Fengcheng, are we in danger in the past?"

Li Liang was stunned immediately. Except for those ancestors who found their own places to settle down, when the tribes in Hanhai Prefecture first formed a large scale, no one could build a tribe in a short period of time, especially in the past hundred years. Foreigners who set foot in Hanhai Prefecture for the first time will be absorbed by the nearby tribes, and there is no possibility of living alone, let alone a self-contained system like Fucheng.Without this precedent, he really couldn't draw a conclusion, so he told the truth.

Although Jian Mingyu had already prepared, he was still a little disappointed after hearing Li Liang's words.If Fucheng wants to live a stable life, it cannot be the target of public criticism. If it cannot integrate, it must be above all tribes.Of course, the first road is easier to take, but now, the first step is about to be taken, but it is stuck, the future is uncertain, and no one knows whether it will be good or bad.

It has just entered the early summer, and there are still several months before the annual fair, so there is no need to worry, Jian Mingyu put aside this question and turned to other topics: "Brother Li, do you know someone well in Moxi?"

"Yes, what's the matter? As long as you need me, just say it."

"I have something to ask you. Fucheng will open to foreign trade in the near future, selling various items, including salt, glass, bricks and tiles. At that time, all tribes are welcome to visit. Brother Li, please help publicize this matter." Jian Mingyu He was not polite to him, "I hope Brother Li accepts this little gift, and it will benefit Brother Li after it is done. By the way, if Brother Li can mobilize your tribe members to participate, Fucheng will definitely thank you."

Li Liang was startled, this was a big deal, without enough goods to support it, who would dare to boast so much?If it is not dealt with properly and the tribes return empty-handed, it will not only make a joke, but also anger them because of their wasted trip. What good can Fucheng do?

After thinking about it for a while, Li Liang made a decision: "Okay, this is just a trivial matter, I will take it."

As the first person in charge of the caravan, Jian Mingyu couldn't walk around casually. He had seen the commercial street before, so he didn't plan to go out again. He stayed in his room all afternoon.Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Zhong Zhengyi sent someone to tell him that he would eat dinner outside and let Jian Mingyu eat first without waiting for him.

Upon hearing this, Jian Mingyu knew that the cooperation with the three merchants was likely to be promising, and when the matter came to fruition, his mind became much more relaxed. He inevitably used a little more for dinner, and even ate an extra sheet of pancakes.

"Duk! Tuk!"

"Mingyu, it's me."

"Second Uncle, please come in."

Leading Zhong Zhengyi to sit down at the table, Jian Mingyu smiled: "Second Uncle, seeing you are so happy, it's over?"

"Well, it's all done." Zhong Zhengyi's face was slightly drunk. In order to negotiate this business, he went all out. He didn't even dislike the milk wine he was not used to. He drank several bowls during the dinner, "Mingyu, originally I planned to let one family be in charge of one item, but after thinking about it, it would be easy to cause disputes, so I invited three families to discuss together."

Speaking of this, Zhong Zhengyi thought of the group of shop assistants who looked down on people with dog eyes, and felt uncomfortable for a while, and complained: "In the beginning, not only the owners of these three shops, but even the shopkeepers were invisible. Tong Chuan, I don’t know how they got so much confidence that even a shopkeeper dared to make such a big deal.”

"Thank you, Second Uncle, what happened next?" Jian Mingyu stood up and poured a cup of hot water for Zhong Zhengyi.

"Salt and iron are good things, and pottery and porcelain are not inferior at all. As soon as I explained my purpose, the shopkeeper couldn't sit still, and hurriedly ran to inform the owner, ready to discuss in detail." Speaking of this, Zhong Zhengyi was beaming with joy. There is a kind of elated serf singing about his family, "Most of the goods in the caravan are relatively ordinary, and there are not many rare items, and the quantity is also small. The one-shot transaction does not arouse their interest. That's all I have to say Goods, long-term cooperation, none of them is not indifferent. If both parties wanted to take advantage of it and had a heated discussion on the price issue, I am afraid that the second uncle would have negotiated it long ago, and would not have come home so late."

After finishing speaking, Zhong Zhengyi took out three pieces of parchment in his arms and said, "Mingyu, these are three contracts, please keep them."

Jian Mingyu was taken aback for a moment: "Second Uncle, does the deed also work here?"

"I've inquired about it. This kind of contract is popular in the whole Hanhai Prefecture. However, it doesn't have much binding effect. It can only be used as a proof of integrity."

In this regard, Jian Mingyu expressed his understanding. Hanhai Prefecture does not have a unified political power, nor does it have a unified government order. Every tribe has different rules. Government orders can only be unimpeded within their respective tribes. They really do matter.In transactions between tribes, the contract is more about the moral constraints of the two parties who signed the contract, and they must be prepared for the other party to repent at any time.