The next morning, Li Xiao, who had finished washing and breakfast, climbed the walls of Jintang City with An Qian, and while enjoying the magnificent and desolate northern scenery outside the city, chatting casually.

"An Qian, the wool used in Jintang City is now exchanged for it from the Tumot tribe."

"That is, at the end of last month, all the wool that Tumo's subordinates shaved were sent over, with a total of about 550,000 kilograms. We have already met our requirements and divided the upper, middle and lower 3 qualities into packages and packages."

Li Xiao nodded, but thought to himself that under normal circumstances, wool can be sheared twice a year, the first time is from April to May, and the second time is from September to October. He remembered that the Tumot Khan Dapur said last time that there were more than 60,000 sheep in the Tumot tribe. So, based on the production of 8 to 10 kilograms of wool per sheep, the shearing volume can reach 480,000 to 600,000 kilograms of wool per sheep. These 550,000 kilograms of wool are indeed the entire wool output of their entire tribe.

"Mr. Li, the wool sent by Tumote's troops this time is about 120 kilograms per wool, which is about 4,580 kilograms, including 1,100 kilograms of top-quality products and 2,100 kilograms of medium-quality products. The rest are all low-quality products. According to the price you set, the lower-quality products are 5 cents of silver per logram, the medium-quality products are 8 cents of silver per logram, and the high-quality products are 1 tael and 2 cents of silver per logram. The total value is nearly 3,000 kilograms of silver."

After listening to An Qian's detailed introduction, Li Xiao showed a happy smile on his face.

To be honest, the price given by Li Xiao is too cheap. In later China, there will be no one to be a bird.

You should know that in modern China, the price of a pound of good wool was 50 yuan in 2000.

But in this era, wool was not valuable. The reason was that the dewaxing technology was immature, which led to the inability to make wool products into clothing, so it was not popularized. The Mongolians, as the source of raw materials, could only make these wools into greasy and crude felts. Therefore, Li Xiao was able to purchase these wools, which was equivalent to turning them into treasures and gaining an additional wealth.

For the extremely difficult Tumot tribe, the 3,000 taels of silver is a considerable income.

In this situation where one side is extremely strong and the other side is completely dependent, Li Xiao certainly has absolute pricing power.

In the late Ming Dynasty, because the production process was relatively primitive and backward, the utilization rate of wool was still relatively low. According to An Qian's preliminary estimate, generally speaking, 4 kilograms of wool can produce one kilogram of wool due to oil removal and degreasing treatment and transportation losses. According to the length of a wool wool, a weight of about 500,000 kilograms of wool wool can produce about 34,000 kilograms of wool wool.

According to the sales price of 8 taels per wool wool, the sales can reach 272,000 taels. Excluding labor, raw materials and manufacturing costs, the net profit can definitely reach more than 200,000 taels!

Compared with such amazing profits, the money spent on Li Xiao’s acquisition of raw materials is almost negligible.

"Reported to Lord Li, our army did not buy the wool from Tumote's troops, but instead exchanged the sea salt and iron tools transported from our army's Chifengwei. After all, these items are urgently in short supply on the grassland. Among them, sea salt is sold for 10 taels, which is 100 taels, totaling 1,200 kilograms of sea salt. In addition, the price of iron tools for replacement is 8 taels per small iron pot, 5 cents of silver per iron needle, 5 cents of silver per horseshoe, and 5 cents of silver per fire chopsticks..." Seeing Li Xiao thinking, An Qian continued with a smile.

Listening to An Qian's joyful report, the joy on Li Xiao's face spread even more.

An Qian seems kind, but this transaction is so bad!

Because of this price, I am almost robbing money.

This trading method of buying wool at an extremely low price and selling your own products at an extremely high price is so cool!

"Very good! General Manager An, after the funds are sufficient, he will immediately expand the spinning mill and weaving factory to expand production as much as possible. In the future, except for the Tumote tribe, the rest of the Mongolian tribes will establish commercial channels with them as soon as possible!" Li Xiao ordered An Qian with joy.

Li Xiao and An Qian walked and chatted, and unconsciously came to the viewing hall on the north gate of Jintang City. As soon as the two of them found a seat on the city tower, they saw a cavalry pegasus galloping from afar.

"The chief manager, general manager, outside the gate, a large brigade of Mongolian Tartars arrived!"

The cavalry entered the city with a strong breath, and quickly walked up to the city wall and delivered a gift to An Qian, who was looking at the city wall with Li Xiao.

"Oh, the Tumote tribe, didn't we come to sell wool just a month ago?" An Qian was obviously a little surprised when he heard the report. Then he asked the sergeant, "Who is the person who came?"

"Report to General Li, according to them, it was a number of Mongolian tribes who sent people outside the gate north of our Jintang City and brought a brigade of cavalry guards to the scene, saying that they wanted to trade with our Jintang City."

"oh."

Li Xiao and An Qian looked at each other, and both of them smiled unconsciously.

"It's really like Cao Cao. Cao Cao has arrived. It seems that the Tumo tribe has tasted the sweetness. The other Mongolian tribes are coming to get a share of the pie." Li Xiao laughed.

"Haha, how could such an opportunity to make money alone be taken over by the Tumote tribe? No matter which Mongolian tribe knows the news, it will be unable to hold back." An Qian also looked happy.

Then he ordered: "Let their cavalry stay outside the pass, and do not enter our Ming Dynasty, and proclaim the heads of the caravans of their tribes to meet at my Jintang City."

"Get orders!"

On an open space outside the north gate of Jintang City, Li Xiao sat high and received a group of Mongolian merchants from afar.

In order to prevent spies from being mixed with, Li Xiao was unwilling to expose the production secrets in the city at will, he received them outside the city for proper reasons.

Caravan leaders came forward one by one and bowed to Li Xiao.

"Kuthellai, the leader of the caravan in Neman, pay homage to General Li!"

"Sangchen, the leader of the caravan in Kalaqin, pay homage to General Li!"

"Lejin's Ministry..."

"Yongxie Budou..."

"Asuit tribe..."

"Ordos Ministry...".

"Bal Tiger Tribe...".

The head of the caravan of the Mongolian tribe of seven tribes, everyone reported to Li Xiao in a respectful manner in a stiff Chinese manner, then lowered his head and walked past Li Xiao and sat down on the chair beside him.

After hearing the tribe name they reported, Li Xiao found that these tribes were basically nearby tribes of the Tumot tribe. Perhaps it was because of their arrival that they could get the news as soon as possible and send a caravan over.

"Everyone comes to my Jintang City through the Tumote tribe. I'm afraid it's a fight." Li Xiao said with a smile on his face.

The leaders were shocked, and then, the leader of the caravan of the Neman tribe, Huthellai, stood up and bowed to Li Xiao and said, "What the Lord said is, in order to enjoy the trade rights with your tribe, the Tumote tribe sent cavalry to attack us. Fortunately, our seven tribes and others defeated them together, and then came to the city of your tribe."

Li Xiao's brows suddenly frowned slightly.

At this time, An Qian whispered to Li Xiao: "Mr. Li, it seems that we need to give the Tumote tribe a warning. If a small tribe like this dares to stop our army from trading with the Mongolian tribes, our army will stop its trade rights!"

Li Xiao nodded and whispered: "Mr. An is right. To tempt him with benefits, you still need to force him to make these unruly Mongolian tribes imprison him. This is my official will take care of this."

Li Xiao signaled Huthellai to sit down, and then said to them loudly: "Everyone, since you are willing to trade with my Jintang City, I will definitely maintain the smooth flow of this business road. I can assure you that the Tumo tribe attacked the caravan in the future will not happen again. Once this business road is established, you can trade with our army with confidence."

As soon as Li Xiao said this, the leaders of the Mongolian caravans below all looked relaxed.

An Qian interrupted at this time, "I wonder what items do you have to trade with our army?"

After hearing An Qian's words, Huthel Laiten of the Neiman tribe stood up and said loudly: "Mr. Li can give priority to trade with my Neiman tribe. You must know that my Neiman tribe raises 120,000 sheep, twice that of the Tumote tribe. It produces wool twice a year, and each time it can produce more than 1 million kilograms of wool. There are also nearly 10,000 cattle, horses and other livestock every year..."

Before he could finish his words, Sangchen of the Kalaqin tribe, who was standing beside him immediately interrupted: "Hmph, what's the point of raising 120,000 sheep! My Kalaqin tribe raises 190,000 sheep, and the wool production can reach more than 1.8 million each time, and the cattle and horse production is also more than you..."

Before he could finish his words, he was immediately interrupted by the caravan leaders from other tribes.

They mocked and showed off each other here, but Li Xiao sighed in his heart.

The current Mongolian tribes have been fighting with the Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty over the years, and the Ming Dynasty closed the border market, which has led to the survival situation of the Mongolian tribes being very difficult. The population and the amount of livestock have actually decreased greatly. Compared with the heyday of the Mongol Empire in the old days, it is simply incomparable.

You should know that in later China, Balichurchin alone, raised 20 million sheep, among which millions of the best sheep.

According to the numbers reported by each tribe, Li Xiao quickly calculated that even if there are only these seven tribes, each time they harvest wool, they can obtain a total of about 7.6 million kilograms of sheep and produce 475,000 wool velvets. Even if the price of wool velvets in the future, they can only be sold at a price of 5 taels per wool, the total selling price can reach 2.4 million kilograms of silver!

Li Xiao estimated that at least 2.2 million taels of the meeting would be net profit.

If the total wool production in a year is doubled, the net profit can reach 4.4 million taels!

As soon as he entered and went out, Li Xiao made a huge profit of almost sky-high prices.

With this huge amount of silver, it will be very easy for Li Xiao to expand his power to support his army.

What's more, he didn't have to spend money to buy wool, because for these Mongolian tribes that were extremely lacking in daily necessities, the sea salt and iron produced by Li Xiao were more attractive, and they were more willing to exchange wool for these items.

After Li Xiao's silk is produced in the future, these silks will also become necessary luxury goods for the nobles and princes of Mongolia.

There are too many business opportunities in the entire Mongolian market. Li Xiao was extremely glad that he successfully obtained the long-term use rights of 30 miles near Jinjiazhuang Fort that day.

After some bargaining, Li Xiao finally reached the following agreement with them.

1. The wool they produce is also purchased twice a year, divided into three products, middle and lower, and purchased at the same price.

2. The purchase of silver for wool is exchanged with sea salt or iron tools.

3. Because the Ming Dynasty closed border trade, every transaction was conducted outside the gate.

4. If Li Xiaojun buys horses and plowing ox, he will also arrive with sea salt or iron tools.

5. If more sea salt and iron are needed, you must spend money to purchase it and deliver it with one hand and you must not be owed to credit.

6. In order to reduce adverse effects, all transactions are carried out in the two trades this year. At other times, borders are closed and trade is not carried out.

7. The trade time is in early May and early October each year, and each market opening period lasts for one week.

After negotiating the agreement, Li Xiao noticed that many leaders of Mongolian merchant leaders looked thoughtful.

Li Xiao knew what they were thinking.

It is estimated that many people have the idea of ​​sending troops to loot when they are in a trade.

Especially the leader of the caravan Sangchen, the leader of the caravan of Kalaqin, who was in the Later Jin Dynasty, and the leader of the caravan of Naiman, Kutellai, seemed to have inexplicable smiles on their lips.

Seeing their expressions, Li Xiao laughed in his heart. It seems that if you don’t beat you guys who always have plundering genes, you will think that Li Xiao is an ordinary Chinese businessman who can bully at will.

"Everyone has heard it clearly. My Li Xiaoqiu said in front of me. Our army can trade fairly with you. So if someone has the intention of plundering our army or other tribes, don't blame Li for being rude!" Li Xiao looked around everyone and found that they were listening carefully. He sneered and said, "Li will detain all their goods, annihilate their army, kill their caravan leaders in public, and forever prohibit their tribe from trading with our army!"

As soon as Li Xiao finished speaking, Hutellai and Sangchen were shocked.

At this time, the leaders of various caravans made their statements and swore on the spot to ensure that their tribes would abide by the rules and would never do robbery during the transaction.

Seeing them with a respectful expression, Li Xiao knew that his warning had worked.

Then, he talked with them for a while, then sent them back, and agreed that because of the special situation this time, Li Xiao allowed them to send the wool outside the pass and exchange sea salt and iron tools in two weeks.

After everyone agreed and left, Li Xiao and An Qian laughed.

"When I return to Chifeng Guard, I will send money immediately. You will immediately recruit refugees and expand the factory. You must ensure that the wool you have invested can be digested and produced smoothly." Li Xiao said to An Qian with a smile.

"Don't worry, sir. I will definitely coordinate this matter and will never delay the production progress of our army." An Qian replied with a smile.

"When the funds are more abundant, Jintang City will also be covered with bricks to make this city stronger and more reliable, and become a solid pillar of our army on Xuanfu North Road!" Li Xiao said with a longing look on his face.

"I will follow the orders of the Lord."

Afterwards, Li Xiao ordered An Qian to send an envoy to the Tumote tribe to send an order, asking them to be honest and that if there is any further attack on the caravan, their trade with them will be suspended in the future.

Li Xiao stayed in Jintang City for two more days in joy. That afternoon, a guard suddenly came to report that Ingma, the daughter of the Khan of the Tumot tribe, led dozens of guards to ask for Li Xiao.

Li Xiao was shocked, what did she do in Jintang City?

Li Xiao thought for a while and ordered the guards to arrange accommodation and rest in the hotel outside the city, let Ingma enter the city alone, and take him to the General Officer's Hall.
Chapter completed!