Deng Ai heard that sheepskin had been hyped to such a high price, which was purely malicious gouging. In addition, people from all countries and ethnic groups speculated and pushed the price up. He thought to himself: "No matter what, we have to report to the king first."

Immediately, I quickly wrote a book and I will reward you quickly.

At the same time, in order to promote tea cakes, Deng Ai deliberately promoted tea cakes near Jiulong Ridge, and gave a few taels to herders to go back and try, teaching how to drink them and explaining the benefits of tea to nomadic peoples.

Within two days, the post station sent a letter to the palace of the Yan King.

When Gongsun Xiu saw the scout entering the hall, he thought good news was heard. When he opened it, the price of sheepskin soared. Xianbei herdsmen, Wei people, and Yan people all participated, and the price of sheepskin increased seven or eight times.

"Master, what should I do?"

Jia Fan frowned immediately. Although the large amount of tea returned from Wu Kingdom was enough to become a hot item for Xianbei herders, he could not withstand the rising price of sheepskin.

Gongsun Xiu snorted coldly: "It's okay if you speculate and stock up on goods, but there are even merchants from Dayan who are reselling sheepskins from the Xianbei region. You really don't know how to live or die."

Jia Fan was very angry and snorted: "The world is prosperous and all comes for profit. Although gentlemen do not pick up the road, villains are harming others and self-destructive, and they are abandoning the public because of their own personal gain. The price of sheepskin itself is relatively expensive. Now sheepskin is a shortage of my big swallow. Everyone wants to speculate the price to heaven - this is clearly to pay all the money on us."

He also felt angry. These people first got the news and rushed to buy sheepskin as soon as possible, which was equivalent to selling the premium part of the price, and finally took over by Yan State. This place became a dead end because sheepskin was an urgent product of Yan State. Merchants raised the price desperately and started playing the game of beating drums and passing flowers.

Waiting for Yan State to be the fool who took the last shot.

Jia Fan pondered: "The king, the old minister believes that it would be fine if there is no sheepskin clothing. In the cold winter, you can use ordinary robes to fill willow catkins to keep warm. The current treasury allocates a lot of money to the Goguryeo people under the rule. They are already quite nervous and can only wait for the next year."

Gongsun Xiu snorted: "Of course, you can't buy it with money. One piece of sheepskin is fried for a thousand yuan. The sheepskin we want is not a small amount. If you really buy it at this price, wouldn't it cost tens of millions of yuan? That's not worth it. They are planning to steal the orphans, but the orphans are planning to steal theirs."

When Jia Fan heard the king mentioned the word "robb", he was shocked: "The king did not plan to buy it, but sent troops to rob it directly?"

"That won't be."

He shook his head and sent troops to grab it. Of course, the consequence was that there was no chance of trading with each other. After all, it was not Mo Huba, the Xianbei Murong tribe who traded with the State of Yan, but the herdsmen running around. Once the herdsmen had given the preconceived impression, the opportunity for trading with each other on the border was basically over, and they could no longer buy excellent war horses and other supplies.

He pondered for a long time and asked Jia Fan: "The Censor believes that it is possible for ordinary people to buy sheepskin with two thousand yuan?"

Jia Fan shook his head and said, "Two thousand dollars are enough to cover the annual expenditure of a family of five, and it is still more than enough. Perhaps wealthy people are willing to buy it, after all, there is no shortage of food and drink at home, but if you live in a difficult life, you will naturally wear a robe in winter and don't want to spend it on this sheepskin."

Gongsun Xiu nodded: "In other words, as long as I, Dayan, don't buy sheepskin, these guys who are stocking up on goods will basically not be able to sell them, right?"

Jia Fan was stunned and then said, "It should be so. These people firmly believe that the king will buy the sheepskin they have hoarded."

"Since that's the case, I asked them to believe more deeply, and the merchants who hoarded sheepskin in western Liaoning thought that the sheepskin would increase to 4,000 yuan, or 5,000 yuan."

Gongsun Xiu snorted coldly, and had an idea in his heart: "According to Deng Ai's letter, the largest amount of sheepskin hoarding fell into the hands of three people, all for selling it to us at a high price. This is a good thing. One of them is Wuqiu Zong, the son of Wuqiu Jian, the other is the Xianbei chief Murong Nan, and the other is Huang Junyuan, the merchant of his country. Now all forces are making a big fuss about sheepskin and trying to make a quick money, so we will teach him that he has lost all his money."

Jia Fan was surprised: "The king thought, what should we do?"

Gongsun Xiu sneered: "According to the present, the Wei army does not need sheepskin. After all, the Wei army is good and has enough food, so there is no need to consider this. Most of the people who are fighting for sheepskin and stock up on goods in western Liaoning are just ordinary people, as well as some wealthy merchants. Don't they want to hype up sheepskin? We continue to increase the price and push the price up all the way, so that the illegal people think that as long as they hold the sheepskin, they can make money by replacing the next day."

Jia Fan was stunned, "Is the king ready to imitate Guan Zhong of the Spring and Autumn Period?"

"Of course, if the lawless person wants to make the lonely sucker, he will wait for his money to lose his money."

He sneered and said, "Transfer from my imperial edict, Zhaobu, all over the country: Nowadays, the Yan State has shortage of sheepskins, and those who have stockpiling goods at home can sell them to the government."

Jia Fan smiled and said, "As soon as this imperial edict was issued, I clearly told the people of the world that sheepskin will become more and more expensive."

Gongsun Xiu stood up, walked down the steps, looked at the door of the palace and said, "I went to western Liaoning and brought hundreds of thousands of kilograms of tea cakes exchanged from Wu to see if I could get some good things."

After saying that, he looked at Yan Xu, "Come on a car immediately, and all personal soldiers will disguise their merchants and set out for western Liaoning."

Yan Xu was excited, raised his head, and quickly walked out of the hall to prepare.

The next day, 600,000 kilograms of tea were loaded by one thousand vehicles, and Gongsun Xiu divided it into ten teams. After all, traveling at the same time was unprecedented in scale and it would inevitably be suspected.

It took almost fifteen days to enter western Liaoning along the way, bypassing the Qin River in Wuhou, entering the territory, and finally arrived at the camp where Deng Ai was stationed.

Gongsun Xiu poked his head out and saw Deng Ai coming out to greet him quickly, and asked in a low voice: "How is the tea promotion?"

Deng Ai smiled and said, "According to the instructions of the king, I opened a camp here to explain the benefits of drinking tea to the herdsmen. When they saw the herdsmen, they gave one or two kilograms of tea without paying any land. Two or three thousand kilograms were given. After everyone had drunk it, they all felt that it was of great benefit. Now they all thought about coming back to ask for a few more kilograms."

He nodded, and said, "You are doing well. The herdsmen are in short supply of daily necessities. There is almost no other food except cattle, sheep and horses. It is extremely difficult to eat fruits and vegetables on weekdays. Now we sell tea cakes to tell them the beauty of tea cakes, which can relieve greasiness and calm the mind and sober up. Besides, the herdsmen who eat meat all year round have been hot and greasy for a long time, and it will be difficult to digest in their stomachs and will breed various diseases. Tea cakes are tea drinks for Chinese people, and for herdsmen, it is a elixir."

Deng Ai nodded and said, "I have exchanged tea cakes once in the mutual market at Jiulongji. Herders love the efficacy of tea cakes very much and want to change them to 100 or 200 kilograms. Now there are more herders who know the benefits of tea drinks every day."

Gongsun Xiu was overjoyed and said, "Then the next time we trade together, we don't need to promote it anymore, but we can directly change the sheepskin with the herdsmen. Now that the reputation has spread, the herdsmen hear that there are such things, they will naturally ride their horses and will soon spread throughout the grassland."

Suddenly, he saw a timid figure behind Deng Ai. It was Lai Zhaoxin. He frowned and said, "Who is this person?"

Lai Zhaoxin smiled awkwardly and greeted him. He had long seen that Deng Ai's identity was extraordinary, so he nodded and bowed in everything. Seeing that the young man in front of him actually made Deng Ai look so low, he was even more scared. He was another person with a considerable background.

Deng Ai smiled and said, "This man is proficient in Xianbei language and is familiar with the various rules of the Han-Hu trade. He is a rare talent. Of course, the price he has to pay is also high."

Gongsun Xiu laughed and said, "Money is not a problem. Those who can work harder will naturally get more. If you can have the ability to help us change the sheepskin, you will naturally be rich in rewards."

When it comes to money, no one can stand the temptation. Lai Zhaoxin scratched his head and laughed: "A villain will do things for you through fire and water. To be honest, if it weren't for a few taels of silver, no one would want to come here. Although the herdsmen here seem pure by nature, most of the herdsmen at home have cattle and sheep without worrying about food and drink. Once the weather is bad, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow. No matter how pure the herdsmen ride on horseback, they are robbers, and it is common for them to go south to rob the border people."

Deng Ai said aloud: "You should do your business for us, and you will naturally not be wronged."
Chapter completed!