Chapter 697 (2/2)
Wang Yi sneaked down a few stumbling blocks.
Xu Yousi stands at the intersection, looking in the direction of the restaurant.
Gu Jiu was reading a book for recreation.
Yu Ge'er is accompanied by Gu Jiu, sitting obediently, with a serious face, like a small adult.
Gu Jiuchong laughed and said, ”I'm going to see general Pei. Are you nervous?”
Yu Ge'er nodded and shook his head.
”My mother is here, and my son is not nervous.”
Gu Jiu touched his head, ”it's normal to be nervous. He is a soldier, or a soldier who has made great achievements in the war and killed people like hell. With the spirit of the sky, ordinary people feel afraid when they look from afar. You're so young, you're afraid, you're nervous, it's normal, you don't have to feel ashamed. ”
”When my son grows up, he will not be afraid.”
”It's not good just to be long, but also to have a long brain and exercise. When you have enough confidence to face anyone, you don't have to be afraid. ”
Yu Ge'er raised his head, ”what is confidence?”
”It's how many chips you have.” Gu Jiu explained simply.
Yu Ge'er seems to understand.
In the distance, the ground vibrates and the dust flies.
Soon, people came to him and raised dust all over the sky.
Fortunately, the pavilion is a little far from the official road, and the dust has not floated over.
Pei Meng dismounted, dressed in half armour, with a sword on his waist, strode towards the pavilion.
”General Pei, nice to meet you!”
Gu Jiu stood up and took the initiative to meet.
Pei Meng smile, look wantonly at Gu Jiu, ”you are the imperial concubine?”
”General Pei can't remember. I remember that we met only once when Gu was married.”
”At that time, I didn't pay close attention to it.”
Gu Jiu greets Pei Meng to take his seat.
Green bamboo offers tea.
”General Pei has tea.”
”Tea can be drunk at any time, madam. Let's talk about your purpose directly. My time is limited and I can't waste it on unnecessary food and drink. ”
Gu Jiu whispered a smile, ”Pei general is straightforward.”
She clapped her hands. Green bamboo took out a package wrapped in oil paper from the basket and put it on the stone table. It looked like food.
Then she motioned for Peimeng to open it himself.
Pei Meng full of doubts, open the oil paper package, inside is cut into small pieces of meat.
”Is this?”
Gu Jiu said softly, ”this is beef jerky. In recent years, the cattle and sheep captured by the northwest army on the grassland were basically purchased by our Sihai commercial bank through the Shaofu. The purchase price is about 4 liang silver for an adult cow, which is very fair.
Beef jerky is made from the grassland cattle you seized, which can be stored for a long time. Beef jerky packaged like this can be stored for half a year in a humid and rainy place. In dry and rainless places, it is not a problem to keep them for one or two years.
We have also adjusted the production process and made beef jerky with various flavors. There are five flavors, spicy flavor, spicy flavor, sweet taste and salty taste, so as to ensure that it can satisfy people with any taste. General Pei, would you like to have a taste of it, so that your own soldiers can also taste it? ”
Suspiciously, Pei Meng took a piece of beef jerky and put it into his mouth. He chewed it slowly.
He ate five flavors, which was really good and chewy.
He tasted other flavors and found that he could accept five flavors, spicy and salty. I don't like spicy and sweet.
He threw the rest of the beef jerky to the soldiers and let them taste it.
Gu Jiu laughed, ”beef jerky is easy to preserve, tastes good and easy to be full. It can be used as dry food, suitable for long-distance March, and also suitable for long-term traveling merchants. ”
”You want to sell jerky to the northwest army?” Asked pemont.
Gu Jiu shook his head, ”I just said, an adult grassland cattle, our purchase price is four Liang silver. Cowhide can be used to make leather boots, knapsack, leather armor, bone can be ground into powder, mixed with food, beef tendon, beef offal and top-grade beef can be sold to restaurants.
The rest of the beef, made into beef jerky, sold all over the world. General Pei, guess, how much money can you get from an adult cow after processing
Pei Meng vaguely caught the truth.”How much money?” he asked, pretending not to know
”In the territory of Dazhou, about 18 liang of silver was obtained. If beef jerky and cattle hide products are sold in Xiliang, you can get about 32 taels of silver. ”
”40 Liang acquisition, but can sell 32 liang?” Pei Meng frowned.
Gu Jiu laughed. ”General Pei might as well think about it again. What will happen when we dump beef jerky into Xiliang in large quantities?”
Buying in 40 Liang and selling in 30 Liang will soon empty the pockets of herdsmen in Xiliang.
Pei Meng is very smart, see through the small beef jerky's strong point at a glance.
Gu Jiu also took out the list of goods, ”500000 goods were successfully transported to Xiliang King City. It is conservatively estimated that the value will reach 3 million Liang. What about the items on the list from general Pei's point of view? ”
”Excellent!”
Gu Jiu said with a smile: ”general Pei said that it was excellent. It must be very good. If the goods were transported to the King City of Xiliang, there would be no accident, which would certainly cause the plunder of the rich nobles in Xiliang. Those women, men, will be fascinated by our goods.
We only accept gold and silver trading, or exchange for cattle, sheep and horses. In order to exchange for exquisite porcelain, silk, tea and other goods, the rich aristocrats in Xiliang would pottery out their gold and silver hidden in the cellar one after another. If there was not enough gold and silver, they would trade cattle, sheep and horses from the ranch.
In order to meet the needs of noble women in Xiliang, we ensure that a batch of goods with a value of no less than 3 million taels are delivered to Xiliang King City within three to four months. General Pei guessed, how long can this kind of transaction empty the gold and silver of Xiliang city? Empty the cattle, sheep and horses from the pasture
When Xiliang was in financial deficit and the economy went bankrupt, the nobles would double squeeze the herdsmen in order to maintain a luxurious life.
This will create a vicious circle.
If there is no external blood transfusion, Xiliang is not far from the end. The whole country will be dragged down by economic bankruptcy.
The king of Xiliang could not afford a decent army.
A country without an army is a piece of fat that everyone can rush up and bite.
Pei Meng has thoroughly understood Gu Jiu's intention, ”it's a good idea to empty Xiliang's gold and silver with exquisite goods, but it's not realistic. There are also smart people in Xiliang. Not everyone is a fool. ”
Gu Jiu nodded, then said with a smile: ”at any time, smart people are in the minority. Even if the wise people in Xiliang see through our purpose at one glance, what can we do? Can he stop the noble and rich families in Xiliang from pursuing and liking exquisite porcelain and silk?
When the nobles of Xiliang were used to the luxurious and exquisite life, they were told to tighten their belts and not to buy the goods of Dazhou. Did general Pei have the courage to understand the king of Xiliang? ”
Pei Meng hesitated.
Mr. Dou, a military adviser on one side, asked, ”Madam Zhao, are you sure that you can empty the gold and silver of Xiliang and let Xiliang fall into civil strife?”
”I'm not sure, so I need Mr. Dou to advise me.”
”I didn't expect that Madame Zhao knew me.”
”Mr. Dou is laughing. Who can not know Mr. Dou, who is famous around Lu Hou
Mr. Dou stroked his beard and looked at Pei Meng.
On this occasion, he can't say much.
Pei Meng laughed. ”Madame Zhao's idea is very good. What do you need general ben to do? ”