In fact, from the beginning, Yang Rui had discovered that Yuan Shu's net worth was not very high, and he was reluctant to spend money on war. This could be seen from the variety and quantity of goods he purchased.
Before the beginning of the prequel plot, Yang Rui gradually opened up all kinds of materials to Yuan Shu, and relatively limited the purchase of other forces. Yuan Shu's agent's transaction volume also increased significantly.
However, among these purchased goods, Yuan Shu's personal needs accounted for about 30% of the proportion. For example, the Asahi Pill, a personal desire item, appeared in almost every batch of Yuan Shu's orders.
The Rising Sun Pill could be attributed to one's personal desire. In the most recent purchase, Yuan Shu had even purchased a large number of DIY modern clothing, which was a type of commodity provided by the Dragon Soul and other large player organizations.
This kind of clothing was designed to meet the habits of the player group, cater to the taste of the player group, and satisfy their novelty. It almost had no additional attributes.
However, for some reason, Yuan Shu took a fancy to this kind of clothing. After he became the Emperor, he immediately sent people to Zhiwu County to order thousands of sets of women's clothing of various styles. He said that he wanted to unify the women in the palace.
It was worth mentioning that after Yuan Shu became the Emperor of Shouchun, other forces did not interfere or target him. This gave Yuan Shu a lot of time to catch his breath. He was much luckier than in the historical records and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
However, Yuan Shu wasted this time on large-scale construction and filling up the harem. Everything in his daily life was perfect according to the highest standards of the Han Dynasty Imperial Family.
Especially in the number of harem, Yuan Shu even filled up his harem with many beauties, causing the number of harem beauties to exceed 10,000!
Therefore, it was not surprising that Yuan Shu ordered thousands of sets of uniform. It was likely that he would continue to order in the future. Otherwise, he would not be able to satisfy the needs of the entire harem. Moreover, the number of harem beauties was still increasing.
It was no wonder that Yuan Shu ordered so many "Asahi Pill". If it were not for the fact that this pill was magical and focused more on supplementing deficiencies, Yuan Shu's old bones would not have been able to bear it.
Yuan Shu had spent a lot of money on all kinds of orders. Coupled with the fact that Yuan Shu had started a large-scale construction project in Shouchun City, his finances had become tight. Therefore, the volume of transactions between him and Yang Rui had not increased.
It wasn't difficult for Yang Rui to see where the problem was. That was why he came up with the idea of "bartering" for Yuan Shu. In the context of the game, population was also a strategic resource.
It could be said that at this time, the population in Yang Rui's territory was no longer as tight as before. However, it was still far from a saturated state. Therefore, Yang Rui considered starting from the population.
Moreover, Yang Rui did want Yuan Shu to be able to hold on for a while. This was why he made an exception for the trade. Otherwise, the trade between the members of the merchant alliance would all have to be done with the East China Sea currency.
The system currency could not complete the trade within the merchant alliance, so it would not allow the use of people as a trading method.
As soon as Yang Rui proposed the idea of bartering with people, Yuan Shu's agent found Yang Rui in less than two days. He also brought a large number of refugees to exchange for some supplies.
In fact, even Yuan Shu's agent was not confident that he could exchange for many supplies. After all, the people he brought to Zhiwu County were all untouchables in Yuan Shu's territory.
These people could only beg in his territory, and a considerable number of them were old, weak, sick, and disabled.
However, Yuan Shu's agent was quite tactful. The first batch of people he brought to exchange were mostly selected, and the number of old, weak, sick, and disabled was relatively small.
The reason why Yuan Shu's agent kept some of them was to see Yang Rui's attitude.
"May I ask if all 1,000 people can be exchanged for food? How much food can be exchanged for?"
After entering Zhiwu County, Yuan Shu's agent led a group of refugees to Wei Xiu 'er and asked carefully.
After all, it was the first time that Yuan Shu's agent did such a business. He was afraid that he would be ridiculed and ridiculed if he did not do well.
"Here, this is the exchange price. You can take a look. Those who are naturalized in Xuzhou will have to exchange for half the amount … "
Wei Xiu 'er directly threw a handwritten book to the agent and told him to look at it himself.
The agent took the book and looked through it repeatedly. He found that the price of people with various physical conditions was indicated. For example, people between 15 and 40 years old, if they were healthy, could be exchanged for 100 jin of food.
If their age was suitable, but they were sick or had other defects, the amount of food needed to be exchanged would be lowered. The lowest amount could even be exchanged for 10 jin of food.
These were the standards that Wei Xiu 'er had set herself. Yang Rui had only suggested the barter through a letter.
If Yang Rui was present, he would probably feel that these prices were too outrageous. A living person could only be exchanged for 100 jin of food. It would be difficult for him to accept.
"That's good. The thousand people I brought with me this time will all be exchanged for food. I'll have to trouble Madam Jun Tianming to select and set the price …"
Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu's agent was very satisfied after looking through the list. He didn't raise any objections and even looked at Wei Xiu 'er gratefully.
Recently, Yuan Shu's agent had been doing very well in the merchant alliance. As long as Yuan Shu's agent obtained the goods that other members couldn't get their hands on, Yang Rui's side wouldn't refuse.
There were even many agents who wanted to buy through Yuan Shu's agent. A small portion of them succeeded, but most of them didn't get their wish. Wei Xiu 'er had specified the list of goods to be traded and had specifically specified that certain types of goods must be strictly disseminated.
To put it bluntly, Yang Rui was intentionally looking after Yuan Shu in order to strengthen Yuan Shu's power and weaken the other feudal lords as much as possible.
"Many thanks for Madam Jun's generous reward. This one will go and search for refugees. I guarantee that there will be enough people sent over every day. I hope that you can take care of them …"
Yuan Shu's agent found out the truth and obtained a total of several tens of thousands of jin of food. He then bid farewell to Wei Xiu 'er and left in a hurry.
Since the news of the barter was confirmed, Yuan Shu's agent naturally had to hurry back to report to Yuan Shu. He also organized more people to search for more people and bring them to Siwu City to exchange for goods.
Actually, after Yuan Shu's agent left, Wei Xiu 'er and the others started to get busy.
On top of the original selection, Wei Xiu 'er needed to continue to screen out those with special abilities among the thousand people. For example, those with professions. Everyone's value needed to be rediscovered and they couldn't just look at their physical conditions like before.
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