Chapter 769

Before Jiang Pengji ran to the league, she explained a secret task to Wei CI.

Now the alliance is coming to an end, and the caravans sent by Wei CI also arrive in Northern Xinjiang from different routes.

The three ethnic groups in Northern Xinjiang were dazed by the sudden horse plague, which not only damaged the military combat power, but also the economy.

The big Racecourse was seriously damaged, and the imperial court gave some subsidies and support, but the small racecourse and ordinary herdsmen were unlucky.

When several caravans entered the border of Northern Xinjiang, they were surprised to see that the scene of depression was no longer lively and prosperous.

"How long has it been? How did Northern Xinjiang become like this?"

Not only do they want to know this problem, but countless herdsmen in Northern Xinjiang who have lost their families also want to know - why is it like this!

Before the occurrence of horse plague, Beijiang was a major trouble for Dongqing.

In the eyesight of Northern Xinjiang, Dongqing is just a piece of fat stained with blood. Sooner or later, they will tear it into pieces and swallow it into their stomach.

After the horse plague, everything changed.

First, the war horse died suddenly of disease and survived for less than 12%, and then the horse plague spread further and affected ordinary horses.

The quality of ordinary horses is not as good as that of carefully cultivated war horses. After the rampant horse plague, the mortality rate is terrible!

"... as you know, since the king came to power, he has integrated the three tribes in Northern Xinjiang, resulting in a sharp increase in the combat power of Northern Xinjiang. The king of the imperial court is not satisfied with this, but is still ambitious... Hasn't he cultivated war horses to attack Dongqing? In order to cultivate a large number of war horses in a short time, the imperial court even issued an edict to encourage ordinary herdsmen to raise horses in large quantities. Ordinary herdsmen can learn from horses The farm buys foals and sells them to the farm after the foals are raised. Many herdsmen make profits from it, attracting more and more herdsmen to raise... "

"Seeing that it is profitable, many herdsmen sell their cattle and sheep to raise horses, and many people borrow money to raise them..."

At this point, the old man of the caravan Tut, and his hoarse voice was a little more schadenfreude.

"Now there is a horse plague, and all the horses raised by ordinary herdsmen for one or two years have died."

Everyone took a breath of air-conditioning.

They understand that for many herdsmen in Northern Xinjiang, horses are money.

A horse plague made their efforts and money go up in the water.

Busy for several years, I didn't make any money, but I lost all my underpants.

In addition to those with rich family wealth, many ordinary herdsmen have been too poor to afford food, and countless people have broken their families.

At this time, a businessman sighed, "poor..."

Some people disagreed, mocked and sneered, "where are they poor? It is clear that the northern Xinjiang imperial court has done too much evil. If they were not ambitious, where would the herdsmen be encouraged to not raise cattle and sheep and instead raise war horses? Now it has caused horse plague. It can be seen that God has opened his eyes."

At first, ordinary herdsmen tended sheep and cattle, and there were not many horses.

Because the northern Xinjiang imperial court called on several times, herdsmen reduced the number of sheep and cattle and instead raised a large number of horses.

If not, these herdsmen will not be reduced to the point of destruction.

It is clearly the pot of the imperial court in Northern Xinjiang, but the ordinary people have to pay the bill in the end.

"Shut up." Hearing this, the people were shocked and quickly warned, "this is the northern boundary. If the barbarians hear it, you want to die, don't you?"

After a while, the caravan received very little sheepskin, rabbit skin, dried mutton and dried rabbit meat.

"The herdsmen don't raise sheep very much. How much dry goods can we receive?"

Looking at the dry goods collected, many people were sad.

It took them so many days to receive such a little thing. How can they make a job in the future.

"I didn't say how much we charge. Anyway, we don't worry about sales. We just charge. We can make money if we charge more or less."

Rao is so. Several caravans visited the three nationalities in Northern Xinjiang and received less than 20000 sheepskin and rabbit skins.

If you put it in the past, you can receive 30000 or 40000 sheepskin and rabbit skins, and more dried mutton and rabbit meat.

The scale of these caravans varies from large to small. It seems that the normal caravans have not attracted official attention. In addition to sheepskin and rabbit skin, they have also purchased many special products unique to northern Xinjiang. They have privately agreed with ordinary herdsmen to collect them in two or three months.

Nevertheless, the caravan is not optimistic about the prospect of the next acquisition.

"For these goods, I don't know how many people have gone... Next time I come, I'm estimated that I can't even receive mosquito meat..."

They bought all the goods they could buy, and almost cleaned up the reserves in the homes of ordinary herdsmen.

They will buy it again in two or three months. They are willing to pay a high price, and the herdsmen can't get the goods.

A merchant interrupted, "in a while, the pasture in Northern Xinjiang will be lush. Herdsmen can raise more rabbits and sheep... Anyway, their horses have died, and the pasture is still on hold. It's better to raise some small animals that can support their families."

If they don't find a way to support their families, these unlucky herdsmen will be hungry to eat grass.

The merchant continued, "I'll see. The rabbit is good. The cub thief is strong and grows fast."

The growth cycle of sheep and rabbits is different. You can't raise many sheep in two or three months, but you can raise rabbits.

If you want to get enough food and clothing in a short time, raising rabbits is a good choice.

The pastures in Northern Xinjiang are so big that there are grass everywhere. It's convenient to raise rabbits without bothering to feed them.

At this time, some people put forward different opinions.

"Really, as you said, they only raise rabbits, so we can only collect rabbits. I don't know how much money to lose when I come down."

The leader of the caravan tutted and said, "people in Wanzhou have money and like these things... We take the business by the way and make twice as much as we come and go, and we won't suffer a loss. No matter how small the mosquito is, it's also meat. Rabbit skin and rabbit meat earn less, but the accumulation is also considerable."

"... but..." someone hesitated, "no matter how rich maruju is, he can't always do business at a loss..."

The caravan's voice faded away.

Not only did these merchants not know the purpose of maruju, but even the people of maruju did not know what medicine was sold in the gourd.

"What does the Lord want you to do? Now it's spring ploughing. If you collect sheep's and rabbit's skin, I'm afraid it will rot in your hand."

Feng Jin looked coldly for a while and still couldn't guess Wei Ci's real intention.

Naturally, Wei CI can't disclose the specific content. The fewer people who know the plan, the better.

If Feng Jin guessed it by themselves, it's another matter.

Weici shook his head, "It's a secret. CI can't reveal anything without the Lord's consent. If Huaiyu is curious, ask her again when the Lord returns. As for sheep's skin and rabbit's skin... Although spring ploughing is coming, the purchased animal skin is not useless. The whole maruzhou has been under the Lord's command, and the number of people has increased sharply, which is more than that of Xiangyang County. If you don't make good the next winter's day as soon as possible Are you still in a hurry when you're ready for the cold? You can think of us as taking precautions and making plans for the coming year. "