A day later, Wang Kai returned.
"Canal Marshal, the matter is settled, but the Sun family can't ask for that much. At most, they can ask for seven hundred catties of gold.”
"Moreover, the head of the Sun family is personally leading a caravan and transporting food to Mount White Wave. He said that he really wants to get to know the canal marshal and that he respects a hero like you the most in his life.”
"Are you saying that he didn't even see the gold and directly brought the food here?”
"That's right, canal marshal, I came back to report first. I estimate that the Sun family's caravan will arrive tomorrow afternoon.”
"This Sun family head is quite bold. Doesn't he know that we're bandits? They actually brought food here? Aren't you afraid that we'll swallow you and your goods?”Zhao Feng smiled.
"This Sun family head is quite capable. He started his business from scratch and built it single-handedly.”Wang Kai said.
"To be able to do so much from scratch in this era is indeed amazing.”
……
The next afternoon, just as Wang Kai had said, the Sun family brought more than sixty carriages. Most of them were grain, and a small portion was iron ore.
Zhao Feng also gave him face and came down the mountain early to personally welcome him.
Zhao Feng and the Sun Family Head were both surprised.
? The Sun Family Head was shocked by Zhao Feng's appearance.
Zhao Feng was shocked by the age of the Sun Family Head.
"I am Sun Bo, the patriarch of the Sun family.”“
"I didn't expect the canal marshal to be so young and handsome. He will definitely have a bright future.”
"Patriarch Sun, I didn't expect you to be so young. Since you're a guest, why don't you come with me to the white wave for a chat?”Zhao Feng smiled.
"This mountain is called White Wave Mountain, and my name is Sun Bo. It seems that we are fated, so I naturally have to trouble you.”
"Right, canal commander, these are the grains and iron ores I brought over. There's a total of 120 catties of grains and 1000 catties of iron ores.”
"Please find someone to verify it.”
Zhao Feng was stunned after hearing this because the price of these goods far exceeded seven hundred jin of gold.
? Zhao Feng looked at Wang Kai and thought that he had heard wrong.
Sun Bo saw through Zhao Feng's thoughts and quickly said,"There's no need to ask, canal marshal. I just want seven hundred jin of gold.”
"According to the market price, 700 catties of gold can be exchanged for 100 catties of grain and 1,000 catties of iron ore.”
"But I, Sun Bo, respect the Canal Marshal and think that he is a hero. I gave the extra twenty catties of grain to the Canal Marshal, so I sponsored it.”
Twenty catties of grain was not a small amount. This was 2,400 catties of grain.
Sun Bo was going to lose out on this deal.
"Since Master Sun is so generous, I, Zhao Bolong, will not decline. Please come up the mountain.”
When they reached the mountain, Sun Bo revealed his true intentions after a feast.
To put it bluntly, he wanted to do business with Zhao Feng.
"Canal Marshal, with my strength, I really can't take all your gold, but I can.”
"I heard that the canal marshal wants warhorses. I have connections with the Xiongnu. Moreover, the Xiongnu people love gold very much. I can pull strings and let the canal marshal exchange for warhorses.”
"Oh? I wonder how gold can be exchanged for warhorses?”Zhao Feng asked.
"At the current price, a hundred catties of gold can be exchanged for about fifty warhorses.”
"If I go and exchange, I can exchange for about fifty-five horses, and all of them are A-grade warhorses.”
"I've also seen the two hundred warhorses at the foot of the mountain. To be honest, they're all ordinary goods. They're far inferior to the real Xiongnu warhorses.”Sun Bo said.
Zhao Feng nodded his head because he knew that the warhorses he had taken were at most B grade warhorses. There were even some C grade warhorses.
These warhorses were not bad for short distance charges, but there was still a big gap between them and A-grade warhorses.
During the Western Han Dynasty, especially during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were many horse farms. At that time, in order to defeat the Xiongnu, they really put in a lot of effort.
However, after Wang Mang usurped the throne and Liu Xiu re-established the Eastern Han Dynasty, the former horse farm was almost abandoned.
In addition, in recent years, the Xianbei and Wuhuan at the border were considered honest, so they had never built a large horse farm.
Where could he get warhorses?
It was a transaction.
One of them was the Qiang people of Liangzhou. They were a semi-nomadic and semi-farming people. The warhorses they produced were quite good. All of them were tall horses.
The other was the Southern Xiongnu, which was also not bad.
The last one was Youzhou, which was the closest to the Wuhuan and Xianbei. Both sides had trade during peaceful times.
But in recent years, it was not so easy to get warhorses.
Han Sui of Liangzhou rebelled and occupied Long Pass, strangling the only trade route with Liangzhou. The Liangzhou warhorses could not reach Hedong at all.
The Wuhuan people of Youzhou had also been stirring up trouble recently. The two sides had become somewhat stiff and constantly had friction. Although there was no war, there was no longer any trade.
Now, the only thing that could be traded was the warhorses of the Xiongnu.
Therefore, the price of warhorses had been so high in the past year that there was no market for them.
Especially in places like Jingzhou and Yangzhou.
No matter how much money he had, it was useless because the warhorses would be bought before they could reach those places.
? Now that Sun Bo had taken the initiative to show his goodwill, Zhao Feng naturally had to use this opportunity.
Zhao Feng now had eight hundred people under him.
If these 800 people were all cavalrymen and fully equipped, the impact would be quite exaggerated.
Putting everything else aside, 800 cavalrymen against 2,000 to 3,000 infantrymen was as easy as playing.
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