Chapter 8 Well-equipped Robbers
How many goods are there for a thousand knives? Zhang Xuan now knows that most of them are rice, various rice, and most of them are old grains. Within a few dozen steps, he can smell the strange smell of old grains. He suspects that at least half of the rice here has become moldy.
Don’t doubt that as long as you can still eat, it is grain in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and some people are willing to buy it, especially in early spring when there are no green and yellow seasons. Only those with few prefectures and counties like Luoxia Prefecture and relatively large farming area can find so much old grain, which means that Lan County is better than most prefectures and counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Don’t think that these old grains will be stored here all the time. The new grains in the Great Zhou will always be more than old grains. If there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, the court will transfer grains from "rich" prefectures and counties like Lan County, and the old grains will naturally be transferred out.
Old grain represents surplus.
In Zhang Xuan's eyes, Lan County is already poor enough, but Lan County has always maintained a very amazing record, that is, no one has ever starved to death during the natural disaster. Whether you can eat enough does not matter. What is important is to have a bite and don't starve to death.
Then there are various fabrics, the most expensive ones are two broken silks. There are no mulberry trees in Lanxian County, so naturally they cannot raise silkworms and do not produce silk. Silk is not only hard currency in the Great Zhou, but also looks around the Great Zhou, and all the countries you can see on the map can be used as money for money, and it is also of great value.
In addition to silk, there are also silk, silk and satin. The most abundant is hemp, and most of them are the best linen. Lan County is surrounded by mountains on three sides and produces a large amount of sisal and jute, which does not require artificial cultivation. With a population of less than 20,000 in Lan County, the hemp on the mountain is not as fast as it grows, so there is no need to worry about insufficient raw materials.
In fact, linen is the main clothing of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The most common people use is linen and leather. Naturally, linen refers to animal skin. Both of these are cost-effective. For example, silk, silk, silk, yarn, satin, etc., only the gentry can use it. Not to mention the price of raw materials, labor costs alone are quite expensive and ordinary people cannot afford it.
Next, there are the salted fish, bacon, animal skins, and some strange things that Zhang Xuan could not recognize. These things that he looked down upon were much more valuable than the brand new linen.
Take the salted fish that makes Zhang Xuan the most uncomfortable. This is the price of friendship. Fish is not worth the money. Lan County is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is surrounded by water on one side. The water is the Han River. From west to east, it runs through the entire Great Zhou and flows into the sea in the east. The widest part of the river is three and a half miles, and the narrowest part is over a hundred feet. Such a large river naturally has no shortage of fish.
The value is that the word "salt" is salt. If salt is not produced, it is better to buy salt than to buy salt. The small salt grains on the salted fish are so few that it is difficult to find the naked eye, and it also emits a strong fishy smell. No matter what Zhang Xuan thinks in his heart, not only Lan County, but also salted fish can be spent as money in the entire Luoxia Prefecture.
Not to mention Zhang Xuan, even if an economics expert comes, he should not think about calculating the value conversion between the goods in front of him and the sword coins in a short time. OK, since my father has taken action, I think the gap will not be too big. Zhang Xuan doesn't understand. There are veterans who are specialized in the county's households.
"What should I do?" Zhang Mo said in a deep voice. He was also panicked. He had some confidence before. When things came to an end, Zhang Mo was also shaken. These things could be loaded with at least thirty cars and were taken away by the sky after the sacrifice?
Even though he had heard many rumors about monks, Zhang Mo still felt that this was unreliable.
"I don't know, I'll try it." Zhang Xuan forced himself to resist the various smells emitted by the goods and approached the goods as close as possible. Should he give him a sense of ritual?
Sitting cross-legged beside the goods, Zhang Xuan closed his eyes: The Spring Tax that was robbed near Lan County, Luoxia Prefecture, Izuyun Prefecture, was abducted on Saturday.
In order to ensure the accuracy of the sacrifice, Zhang Xuan silently recited in his heart, saying clearly the time, place and event. What if there is a robbery in the spring tax in other places at the same time? Although this possibility is not great, Zhang Xuan, who is used to being rigorous, should express it as much as possible.
Sacrifice to Luoxiazhou and the Spring Tax location is robbed, which requires five hundred coins or equivalent goods.
The information in my mind was the same as before. Zhang Xuan secretly complained, "What is the Spring Tax? The taxes in a state require this sacrifice? Only one percent of the amount of a coal mine? How does this sacrifice calculate the value?
Are these goods in front of you successful? Zhang Xuan asked in his mind.
Are all the goods around you worth 1,049 knives?
Damn it!
Really OK!!
Items worth 800 Knives!!!
Zhang Xuan muttered without hesitation that there seemed to be room for operation. For example, salted fish and salt are not difficult for people in their previous lives. Even if Lan County does not have the corresponding resources, Zhang Xuan has a way. Salted fish can be exchanged for money, and it will be exciting to think about it.
No, since the value of salty fish is that it is salty, it means that the salt in Dazhou is more expensive. If you can get salt, why should you sell salt? Wouldn't it be better to sell salt directly? Zhang Xuan found that he is more suitable for research, and doing business is such a brain-burning thing, which is really not suitable for him.
At the same moment, Zhang Mo, Uncle Ma and his group could no longer close their mouths. A dazzling light flashed, and the goods in front of them were 80% less than that. Cang Tian really took away the sacrifice? My son really has the magical power of a monk?
Zhang Xuan stood up and glanced around. Things really disappeared. Not only did the hiding place of Spring Tax in his mind, but there was also an additional balance of 300 knives. This was an unexpected surprise. It turned out that the sacrifices had their own storage function.
Try to withdraw 300 knives without success. The offerings are only in and out, and you can keep the balance, so don’t think about withdrawing cash.
"Father..." Zhang Xuan gently pushed Zhang Mo. It had been a while. Uncle Ma recovered first, and his eyes looked at him were extremely complicated.
The six county soldiers not far away had long been kneeling on the ground, their heads hunched, and their whole bodies were trembling. I don’t know if they were excited or scared.
"Well, okay, not bad, you six are here. It's my uncle who passed by here, so I can't say much about the others." Zhang Mo said.
"Yes, some people are the orders." The county soldiers responded in unison. Those who could be brought by Zhang Mo were his confidants. They saw the appearance with their own eyes. I believe they would not dare to speak nonsense even if they died.
"Father, the Spring Tax location has been found. There are more than fifty people guarding me. The soldiers and armor are well-equipped..." Zhang Xuan whispered in Zhang Mo's ear.
"Oh?" Zhang Mo raised his eyebrows and then frowned, making a big trouble!
The number of people is not a problem. Fifty people are obviously not all of the robbers. Even if they are transported in the state, it is tax. In addition to the two hundred coachmen, there are also 100 soldiers in the state. When they were robbed, the soldiers in the hundred states were dispersed, with more than half of them killed or injured. It is said that the number of robbers exceeded 800.
The water in these official articles is too great. In order to reduce the blame, the robbed soldiers naturally say the more robbers, the better. The stronger the more they are, the more they can prove that they are not incompetent soldiers. Zhang Momenerqing, the old county magistrate, is.
The problem is in the excellent military armor and the description of excellent military armor. Zhang Xuan's vision is not low. If he can describe excellent military armor by him, it is really not ordinary excellent, but an excessive amount of good.
He was wearing a refined skin-covered bamboo armor, a heart-protecting bronze mirror on the front and back, a bronze helmet on the head, a spear in his hand, a bronze sword on his waist, and a half-person-high wooden shield around him. This configuration made Zhang Mo suck the air conditioner...
What do the county soldiers look like? Just look at the six county soldiers who were still kneeling on the ground and didn't expect to see that these six were Zhang Mo's confidants. They were all the best in Lan County, and Lan County was still a relatively wealthy county town.
He was covered with skin-covered bamboo armor, thickened front and back, wore a rattan helmet on his head, and held a spear in his hand. Such a set of equipment was the top-notch among the county soldiers of Dazhou.
Cut the old bamboo into long strips and dry them, soak them with oil, repeatedly expose them to the sun, drill holes and thread them with thread, and finally wrap one to three layers of animal skin, which is best with buffalo skin. Such armor has reached the level of elite government troops.
Heart-protecting bronze mirror, copper helmet, at least five kilograms of copper material, plus copper swords, are already the standard for intermediate officers. Only generals with tens of thousands of hands are qualified to wear it.
Zhang Mo only had twenty personal soldiers who had gained money within a reasonable range, and even if he bought a portion of his money, he could only afford twenty personal soldiers. Even so, he could not compare with the fifty people Zhang Xuan said.
The big head is not a bronze mirror and a bronze helmet, but a bronze sword with a waist sword. This not only requires a large amount of copper, but also a sword-casting master. Without special skills, no matter how much copper you get, it is impossible to cast copper. Pure copper is too soft and cannot be cast to kill people. It is almost the same as a stick.
How could such fifty people be bandits? The equipment on their fifty people is more valuable than Luoxia Chun Tax.
Zhang Xuan's understanding of Da Zhou was still a little worse. When he saw his father in a daze, he passed it in his mind, and then he realized that it was indeed troublesome. Someone was making trouble.
Regardless of whether you care, it is a big trouble. If you care, offend the big boss behind the scenes. Regardless of whether you lose the Spring Tax, it will be a death penalty for being cut in half.
Zhang Xuan is not a stupid student who studies hard. He is not good at human relationship accidents. It does not mean that he does not understand. The benefits of large amount of information will be revealed immediately. In less than three seconds, Zhang Xuan thought of a way to break the deadlock.
"Send more people and make great contributions, the focus is to get back the spring tax and then borrow some heads." Zhang Xuan said softly.
As an old bureaucrat, Zhang Mo's eyes shone brightly, and he was so smart that he scared away the thieves and gave face to the boss behind them. As long as he got the Spring Tax back, the number of people would be easy to deal with. Even if the population of Lan County is not large, he would kill a few people every year. The population of the entire ten counties in Luoxia Prefecture is 300,000, so it is not difficult to borrow some people.
"Mazi, let's go, you can leave four of you, and you will follow my son in the future." Zhang Mo didn't care about the use of public instruments and private use. He raised these county soldiers. Not only did he have money to get them, but his family would also be exempted from service and tax cuts. They took them, so they naturally had to take them over when they worked hard. The concept of the Great Zhou people was so direct.
Chapter completed!