Chapter 113 Farming War
When Shao Xun received the land deed, he happened to be in Jingu Garden.
This is such a hot potato that no one dares to ask for it.
At the same time, it is also a huge wealth, and I don’t know how many people are staring at it.
In fact, if he had a choice, Shao Xun would rather sell the well-decorated buildings, precious flowers and trees and other valuable things in Jingu Garden. He only wants the land.
But I can only think about it.
“These houses were originally decorated with many pearls, agates, amber, rhinoceros horns, and ivory, but now they have disappeared.” Shao Xun sighed as he looked at the scattered pavilions and pavilions built against the mountains. Said: "Let someone come in."
"No." Chen Yougen immediately ran out of the door and brought in the person who sent the land deed.
Shao Xun sat on the stone pier and waited quietly.
The thawed Jingu water flows through the pavilions, making a tinkling sound from time to time.
In the pond, the fish jumped high and made a happy "plop" sound.
The birds were chirping and jumping happily on the branches, which made the manor even more quiet.
There are regular bluestone roads under your feet.
Stone railings were even built on both sides of the road and many lifelike animals were carved.
Shi Chong'er's mother-in-law, what a luxury!
"Yang Ming meets the general." Not long after, a young man of frail age bowed and saluted.
“Your surname is Yang, but are you from the Yang clan?” Shao Xun asked.
"Yuan Zong Yang's son made the general laugh." Yang Ming replied.
“What are you doing here?”
“I present the title deed to the Golden Valley Garden to the general.”
Shao Xun was silent for a moment.
In fact, he already knew that the other party was here to deliver the land deed, because he made his intention known outside the mountain gate.
After thinking for so long, he has made up his mind: So what if we win this garden?
When Shi Chao came, he moved in directly.
If Shangguan Si can stabilize his position in Luoyang, he will not let Jinguyuan go.
I, Lao Shao, am the leader of the Luoyang Army. I am automatically labeled as "corrupt and tyrannical". If I don't do some tricks like occupying fields and robbing civilian girls, am I still considered a martial artist?
Yang Ming observed his words and saw that Shao Xun was silent. He handed the land deed to Chen Yougen, took two steps back and bowed.
Chen Yougen handed the land deed to Shao Xun.
Shao Xun took a cursory look, put it away, and then asked: "The queen sent you here, do you have anything to say?"
Yang Ming gave Chen Yougen a troubled look.
"Just tell me, this is my confidant, I won't avoid anything." Shao Xun said.
"The king of Dongping sent an envoy to the capital to meet the emperor secretly and cried for half a day, saying that the king of Donghai was illegal..." After Yang Ming finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Shao Xun.
“Continue.” Shao Xun urged.
“The envoy also mentioned that in the Xuzhou shogunate, there were many assistants who secretly communicated with the King of Donghai to advise him.” Yang Ming continued: “The King of Dongping was worried and asked the court to make a decision for him.”< br>
Shao Xun closed his eyes and fell asleep, thinking silently.
The imperial court calls the shots? The court cannot decide.
From the emperor's perspective, he certainly did not want to see Sima Yue lead Xuzhou again. But what if there is external pressure? For example, Sima Yue gave orders to Mi Huang to mobilize troops and horses to intimidate the emperor and empress.
Admittedly, this is a bit ugly. When negotiations are still possible, Sima Yue will not really break up.
But Shao Xun suspected that he had lost his patience, and Sima Mao was just struggling to death and subconsciously asking for help.
He can't delay much longer.
"Did the envoy say what King Dongping would do?" Shao Xun asked.
"No." Yang Ming shook his head and said: "But King Dongping recently expelled two of his staff and strictly investigated spies in Xiapi. He must not be willing to give up Xuzhou."
< br>Shao Xun nodded slightly.
How could Uncle Fang be willing to hand over his territory to one side of the country?
If what Yang Ming said is true, then it is impossible for Sima Yue to capture Xuzhou without troops. Even now, he cannot pass through Xuzhou along the post road and return to Luoyang.
It’s not impossible to take a detour, but is it too embarrassing?
Shao Xun suddenly felt that Sima Yue was also quite difficult. There are only a few thousand recruits on hand, and they have been trained roughly for three or four months. If they were to fight Sima Zhu head-on, they would probably make a big show of their faces.
Is this the winner of the Eight Kings Rebellion? The water content is also too high.
Think back then, Sima Yi mobilized tens of thousands of forbidden troops and fought a bloody battle with Zhang Fang and Lu Ji's 300,000 troops for half a year.
Such a person can still be called a powerful official.
The farther Sima is, the worse he is than Sima Yi.
Shao Xun thought about it and felt that if Sima Zhu didn't know the truth, Sima Yue would eventually "sway him". Under the pressure of the army, if Sima Zhu didn't want to die, he would eventually give in.
That's about it.
“You go.” Shao Xun waved his hand.
Yang Ming bowed and retreated.
It seems that a new storm vortex has formed in Luoyang, and many people are not willing to see Sima Yue come back.
So, do I do it?
The figure of Concubine Pei emerged in Shao Xun's mind.
It seems—I don’t want to see Sikong come back either.
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After the remaining snow has melted, people are already doing spring sowing in the suburbs of Luoyang.
Shao Xun, who rode here on horseback, stopped to take a look.
After the autumn harvest last year, no overwintering wheat was planted. This spring, millet will be sown.
It seems that wheat cultivation has not yet been promoted on a large scale, and this will not happen until the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Even in the early Tang Dynasty, millet was still the main food in the north, although the proportion of wheat sown at that time had greatly increased. But as long as they taste the sweetness of growing wheat, the people will not be able to stop. By the Northern Song Dynasty, wheat cultivation in the north had become very common, completely overwhelming millet and becoming the mainstream crop.
Times are moving forward after all.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was still a large area of land left fallow, mainly due to insufficient soil fertility.
In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, fallow farming was no longer as frequent as in the Spring and Autumn Period. The amount of land cultivated every year increased greatly, and there was even a small amount of two-year and three-crop farming. It can be seen that people at this time were more mature than those in the Spring and Autumn Period. By now we have learned more about how to maintain soil fertility.
Agricultural society is based on agriculture.
Perhaps, we can think of a way from this aspect.
When it comes to fighting or farming, both hands need to be tough.
"Master Shao, we have reached an agreement with the cattle market. The more than two hundred bullocks in the pen belong to us." Mao Er came over on a donkey and said happily.
Shao Xun turned to look at him and asked: "How about negotiating such a big deal for the first time?"
"My palms are all sweaty." Mao Er sighed: "I'm afraid I was deceived and was afraid that the price would be too high. I bargained over and over again and almost got beaten up in the end. "Haha" Chen Yougen and others laughed.
Mao Er also smiled.
He had done some research beforehand and roughly knew the price of farm cattle, but it was the first time he was negotiating such a big deal and he was still extremely nervous. We had obviously agreed on a price, but we were still suspicious and felt that we were paying too much, so we continued to haggle.
After a lot of spitting, we finally negotiated a better price. As a result, I was no longer confident and felt that I should bargain again...
If he were not accompanied by soldiers from the training team, Mao Er would most likely be beaten.
"How much did it cost?" Shao Xun asked.
"Four bolts of silk and one end." Mao Er replied.
"Not bad, I thought I wanted five." Shao Xun said.
The price of farm cattle is not static. In fact, it is affected by the relationship between supply and demand and fluctuates greatly.
A farm cow in the Tang Dynasty cost more than 3,000 yuan in some places, and more than 2,000 yuan in other places. When it was the cheapest, it even dropped below 2,000, and when it was the most expensive, it cost more than 7,000.
In addition, in the era of serious shortage of precious metal currency, physical transactions were often adopted. Silk and grain can be used to buy cattle, and a temporary valuation is enough.
This trading system is very troublesome. The simplest thing is that the prices of silk fabrics vary greatly.
Silk of the same size can be purchased for more than 200 yuan, or more than 1,000 yuan, and some silks that can be called luxury goods are even more expensive.
Silk from famous origins still commands a premium during valuation. From a place of origin that is not well known, even if the actual quality of the silk is as good, it will not be sold at a high price.
Not to mention, there are also factors such as year and style involved - in the hot and humid south, thin silk is more popular, while in the north, such silk is considered to be insufficient in materials and expensive. fall.
The silk given by Concubine Pei is of sufficient material and good quality. It is produced in Hanoi. Although it is not the first-class product in the area, it is still very popular.
For one bullock and four pieces of silk, the other party will definitely make a profit, and they won't really have to pay two cents.
"Mao Er." Shao Xun shouted.
"Here."
"Next, you will stay in Luoyang and be responsible for purchasing cattle and farm tools. Send someone to inform me after the money is spent."
"Nuo "
"There is always not enough money..." Shao Xun was helpless.
Actually, it’s great to have Luoyang as a “big city” at your back, because it is a large distribution center for many commodities.
Next to the second main residence of Wu and Shu in the east of the city is the famous horse market. Before the war broke out, business was booming and a large number of horses were traded every day.
The bull market is in the south of the city.
When Shao Xun was defending Piyong, he pursued and defeated the enemy and went there.
After the war ended in the first month of last year, Luoyang was generally at peace.
Beginning in March and April, nearby businessmen began to tentatively come to Luoyang to do business.
In the second half of the year, businessmen from a little distance also came. The cattle market, horse market, and sheep market also reopened at that time, but they were more deserted.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of this year, Xu Shi’s confidence was restored and business became increasingly active.
To be fair, Luoyang is very convenient for business despite all its disadvantages.
More than two hundred cattle are difficult to purchase in other places in a short period of time because there is no such professional distribution market. When cattle are needed for farming, they either buy calves themselves and tame them, or buy them from people they know. This is a small-scale farming economy with a low degree of commercialization.
But in Luoyang, the cattle market not only provides cattle for farming, but also cattle for pulling carts-who let the scholars enjoy this?-not to mention cattle, the sheep that pull the carts can be given to you in the sheep. A large crowd formed in the city.
While Luoyang is not destroyed yet, hurry up and enjoy the various services it provides. Every day will be lost.
After explaining to Mao Er, Shao Xun asked Chen Yougen to send a team of people to the cattle market to pick up the cattle, and then take them to Shaoyuan to prepare to send them to Yunzhongwu together.
At the same time, a messenger was sent to Yunzhongwu to prepare grain, beans and fodder there. After a long journey, the cattle lost a lot of fat and had to be replenished before they could work.
"Master Shao, do you want to buy a horse? Someone at the horse market said that there is a war in Bingzhou, and the horse traders dare not go there. There are not many horses left in the horse market. If you don't buy it now, you will have to wait a few more months. There may be horse dealers over in Liangzhou sending horses over," Mao Er reminded.
“Save it, don’t look at how much money you have in your pocket.” Shao Xun said with a smile: “Even if five families share one cattle, I still need 600. By the way, there are also It’s cheaper to buy farm tools in Luoyang, but it still costs money. Pei——The money I got is not enough.”
Mao Er was a little dejected.
As the most talented member of the first batch of Donghai student soldiers, Mao Er knew which direction he should develop.
Master Shao once said privately that he was reluctant to send him into battle and asked him to study hard. Therefore, in addition to studying literacy and studying arithmetic, he also devoted some of his energy to learning how to do business and manage people and things, and he realized that he gained a lot.
To some extent, Mao Er is already one of the core members of their collective.
The further back he goes, the more important he becomes, even more so than many Silver Spear Army officers.
Plowing fights, plowing fights, plowing is the foundation.
If we get this right, no matter how the situation changes in Luoyang, their small group can still stand firm.
(End of this chapter)