That afternoon, Ren Baqian met Qing Lian in the palace again.
"Greetings, Your Highness." Qing Lian stepped forward and bowed.
"Well, we're acquaintances. Tell me about your purpose." Ren Baqian nodded and chuckled. "I heard that you brought hundreds of carriages into the city. Are you here to return the money?"
"You're right, Your Highness. I'm here to return the money. I've never forgotten the agreement between you and Su Gong," Qing Lian said. "However, in addition to returning the money, there's one more thing I need your help with. This is a piece of cake for you."
"Tell me about it!" Ren Baqian had some guesses after learning about Qing Lian's team last night.
Although he didn't know much about Su Qing's situation in the north, he could more or less guess it.
When Su Qing revolted, the people in many prefectures (Great Xia was divided into regions by prefectures) had no way to live.
Su Qing swept away millions of refugees, and the two sides fought in full swing, affecting more than just millions of people.
Large areas of the people were displaced, dragged into the chaos, or busy fleeing for their lives. The discipline of this peasant rebellion was completely imaginable. Wherever they went, they would be like locusts passing through.
Who was going to farm under such circumstances?
If no one was going to farm, they would definitely have to buy food.
"Your Highness, in addition to returning part of the promised reward, we also want to buy some food," Qing Lian said respectfully.
"Hehe, hehehehe!" Ren Baqian laughed happily, and his unfathomable laughter echoed throughout the hall. "Coming to Dayao to buy food … I can't believe you can think of this!"
Dayao had been short of food for 10,000 years, and the annual import of food also accounted for a large proportion.
Of course, this was two years ago.
"Your Highness, let's not talk about the fact that the Yun Nation is now occupied by Dayao. Dayao itself is no longer short of food and is even rich. If you can lend us a helping hand at this time, we will be very grateful. Besides, if we are defeated, there will be no benefit for you. If we continue to be in a stalemate with the Great Xia court, that is what you want to see the most! " Qing Lian straightened up and spoke slowly. Her voice was full of confidence, confidence in her own knowledge.
She believed that what she said was what Ren Baqian wanted.
"Great Xia … To be honest, I have no opinion on Great Xia after Xia Baichong died. By the way, do you think I care about Great Xia? "Ren Baqian laughed. "I don't care who wins or loses, or if you each take a side."
"I believe Your Highness's words. Controlling the Yun Nation was akin to controlling the lifeline of Dayao. Whether it was salt, food, or weapons, they would no longer be able to restrict Dayao. Soldiers had always been Dayao's strong suit. Coupled with Your Highness's wisdom, Dayao has no shortcomings. "
"Perhaps they are only fighting for the right to rule that land for a few decades."
She raised her head and stared at Ren Baqian without blinking.
"I'm not interested in that piece of land!" Ren Baqian shook his head. This was the truth. He really wasn't interested in that piece of land. It was not easy to conquer, occupy, conquer, and rule a country.
Whoever did it would know.
If it weren't for his bald head, he felt that his hair would have turned white by now, and this was only the Yun Nation.
In fact, this area was enough for him to play around in.
Dayao, together with the Yun Nation, was equivalent to three-fifths of China. If it were on Earth, it would be considered a superpower.
The endless treasures in the Sixty Thousand Mountains and the mineral resources of the Yun Nation were all waiting for him to develop.
There was no need to forcibly occupy another piece of land, bear the hostility of many people, and have a headache every day in order to eliminate the rebels and appease the people.
In fact, Ren Baqian wanted to see high-rise buildings, cars, trains, ships, and planes in Dayao. The stark contrast between the feudal society outside the border would be very interesting.
Qing Lian could tell that Ren Baqian's words were true, but she also understood that people would change. Even if the other party wasn't interested now, it didn't mean that he wouldn't be interested in the future.
"In any case, there is no harm in having a friendly regime with Dayao. It will also save you a lot of trouble in the future." Qing Lian had a smile on her face. Her prediction of the success rate of this trip was … ninety percent.
Therefore, no matter what Ren Baqian said, she wouldn't be worried.
However, Ren Baqian didn't intend to keep her in suspense. He was going to agree to her request anyway.
The yield of those high-yield crops was too high. The local crop yield of 300 to 400 catties per mu had jumped to 3,000 to 7,000 catties per mu, and there were even two crops a year.
It was estimated that after the harvest in two months, the price of sweet potatoes would drop to five copper coins per kilogram.
Recently, Ren Baqian was preparing to promote cellars and saltpeter to make ice to store these crops. At the same time, he was sorting out the production process of sweet potato wine, sweet potato starch, potato starch, and vermicelli.
If he could sell a batch, it would relieve a lot of pressure.
After the harvest in two months, it would be the rainy season, and he had half a year to slowly prepare.
"Let's get down to business. How much money did you bring and how many catties of food do you want to buy?" Ren Baqian asked.
Qing Lian wasn't surprised to hear this. "Your Highness, we brought a total of 15 million taels of gold, silver, and jewelry. Ten million taels is 10% of the portion agreed upon by Su Gong and Sir. The remaining five million taels of gold and silver will be used to buy sweet potatoes, potatoes, and pumpkins."
Ren Baqian calculated in his heart. According to the current market price, sweet potatoes were three copper coins per catty, 30 copper coins per bucket, and 300 copper coins per stone. However, he definitely couldn't sell them at three copper coins per catty. First of all, the market price would be affected. Moreover, many of them had to be transported from other places. Together with the transportation costs, he had to sell them at least at six copper coins per catty.
Furthermore, after they bought these high-yielding crops in bulk, they would be able to bear fruit in the region occupied by Su Qing in the second half of this year to next year.
In any case, he brought them back from Earth. Did they pay any copyright fees?
This was only for sweet potatoes. The price of potatoes and pumpkins was even higher.
Ren Baqian silently calculated for a while before looking up and saying, "I can sell you one million catties of sweet potatoes, 500,000 catties of potatoes, 500,000 catties of pumpkins, and 150,000 fork-horned cows. In addition, I will send someone to Ping City to deliver them over five months. You will have to pay an extra two million taels."
The price was equivalent to seven times the current market price. However, the price couldn't be calculated according to the market price. Two million catties was equivalent to 100,000 tons. In this era, this was simply an insane amount of transportation.
With the current muddy roads, an ox cart generally weighed about half a ton. Based on the calculation of a month's round trip, five round trips would require 40,000 ox carts and 20,000 escorts. During this period, the consumption of food would also be a significant figure.
"Thank you very much, Your Highness." Qing Lian smiled and didn't have any intention of bargaining.
In fact, it was already a success to be able to buy so much food here. As for the price, it was the least of their concerns.
Most of the time, it wasn't that the more you bought, the cheaper it was that the more you bought, the more expensive it was!
Needless to say, other than Dayao, they simply had no other place to buy food. Ren Baqian was already being kind by selling them at this price. He was also considerate enough to deliver the goods to Ping City.
Of course, the harvest wasn't small either. Seven million taels was more than the annual income of Dayao's national treasury.
Furthermore, this was the first time such a large amount of money had flowed back to Dayao apart from robbery.
After settling the matter, Ren Baqian could finally ask the questions he wanted to ask.
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