C199 Borrowing chicken to lay eggs (1/2)

Because of Guan Yu's and Li Zicheng's episode, it wouldn't be good for them to provoke Xiao Wen.

Although he unexpectedly won Guan Yu's battle, he couldn't guarantee that there wouldn't be any more problems that would agitate Xiao Wen.

Although he had lived in both Song and Ming dynasties, he had witnessed the end of the feudal era, and the growth of capitalism. But he was still a prince of the prairie after all, so he didn't understand the thoughts of the group of treacherous merchants.

To him, wool was a windfall. For him, soap was just a political bargaining chip.

What he needed was their very existence.

As for how much he could earn from the wool and soap businesses, he didn't really care.

As long as the business wasn't too bad.

Thus, after Xiao Wen had probed him a few times, he waved his big blade and made a relatively cheap price for Ran Feng.

In the future, the Xiao Clan's caravan would be able to purchase the grassland wool at the price of one-third of the big man's price. If the wool can be washed with soap for the first round and is of good quality, the price can be raised to half the price of the big man.

No matter what, this was still a cheap price.

As for the trade, it was usually held in Dragon City and the territory of the South Desert Aries Tribe that was very close to the Cloud County.

As for the price of soap, Xiao Wen needed to open the market in order to confirm the price.

After all, soap wasn't something without substitutes in ancient times. In ancient times, people would replace soap with soap.

Therefore, this is not a monopoly business, unlike ice.

In the end, Xiao Wen told them the truth about the three thousand Manchu Tarantula slaves.

”Haha!” After a group of people were defeated by Mister Xiao from the clouds, they were unwilling to return to the Qing Kingdom? This was a windfall! Perhaps I can go south with you, on the one hand, to see you off, and on the other hand, to take back the slaves. ”

As for the actual fighting strength of these thousands of barbarians, he didn't care about them at all.

As far as he was concerned, the collapse of an army was the collapse of an army. As long as he activated one of the ten thousand riders, he would be able to swallow it whole.

At the same time, Xiao Wen made a deal with Ran Dun.

”Just now Prince Roughton told me that he would like to bring some craftsmen here. I was wondering what craftsman I should bring. ” Xiao Wen said to Ran Dun.

”A general?” he asked.

Xiao Wen clasped his hands at Rao Dun and said, ”Jeweler!”

Upon hearing those words, Ran Hong frowned.

”Why aren't you a bricklayer, a carpenter or a blacksmith?”

What he was looking forward to was Xiao Wen bringing this kind of craftsman over.

Only they could turn his country into a country like the farming countries of the south, with cities everywhere.

They had the great palaces of the Aral Sun Palace and the Forbidden City of the Kingdom of Ming, and the wonders of the Twelve Golden Men of the Qinhuang Kingdom and the Yellow Crane Tower of the Tang Kingdom, and the great cities of Chang'an and Bianliang, with their tall wooden buildings and millions of people walking up and down the busy streets.

But, what was the meaning of sending the craftsman over?

However, Xiao Wen said, ”It's wrong for the prince to think so. Let me ask you, how much jewelry do the Huns get from the Western Regions every year? ”

”Innumerable.” As for how much gold, silver, and jewelry they could take from the west every year, Renton had no idea, so he could only speak vaguely.