webnovelfull Chapter 112: A new idea of merchants in the Great Zhou Dynasty: capturing people from the Northern M
Chapter 112: A new idea of merchants in the Great Zhou Dynasty: capturing people from the Northern M
Since these Northern Mangs are unwilling to do business, let’s use the rules of the Great Zhou to let them know what free trade is!
That night, Zhao Laosan's guards attacked the small tribe.
This is not the headquarters of the Lanlu tribe.
It's just a small vassal tribe on the periphery.
Zhao Laosan rushed over with his guards and took control of the entire family while the chief of the small tribe was still sleeping.
The next day, under the coercion of Zhao Laosan.
The chief gathered all the men who could ride horses, and then they were all captured by Zhao Laosan and his guards!
Dozens of guards and more than a dozen musket barrels.
He actually took control of the Beimang tribe of more than a thousand people in one fell swoop.
The whole process was so smooth that even Zhao Laosan found it unbelievable.
After Zhao Laosan took control of the tribe, he counted the results of the battle and was overjoyed!
This small Beimang tribe actually has several thousand livestock.
Together with the little chief's treasure, this is much more money than the hard-earned money from selling goods!
At this moment, Zhao Laosan's mind became active.
Why are you still doing business?
How can you make money by robbing?
When Zhao Laosan drove the captured Northern Mang slaves and a large number of livestock back to Mobei.
The entire Mobei was boiling!
This money can be earned this way?
What Zhao Laosan didn't expect was that these Northern Mang slaves were actually more profitable than livestock!
Ever since Zhang Xiuchai used blast furnace to smelt iron, he began to produce ironware on a large scale.
Demand for coal soared across Kyoto.
The price of coal has risen, and the demand for coal in Kyoto cannot even meet the demand for burning coal by cutting down trees.
Some smart Luzhou businessmen began to transport underground coal to Kyoto.
The ever-increasing coal prices allowed the merchants who first transported coal to Kyoto to make a fortune!
All of a sudden, many mining mines appeared in Luzhou!
But mining is dangerous.
The government of the Great Zhou also had important audit indicators for the population of the people.
If there are too many deaths in a place, the local officials will be held accountable.
Therefore, ever since the mines were opened in Luzhou, the government has been keeping an eye on these mines.
Once a mining accident occurs, the mine owner will be severely punished by the government.
But this group of mine owners soon discovered, why must they use people from the Great Zhou?
The people of the Great Zhou are human beings in the eyes of the government.
But the people of Beimang are not considered human beings!
Buy slaves from Beimang and let them go down to the mines to mine!
The cost is much more cost-effective than hiring the people of the Great Zhou!
Even if someone died in the mine, as long as the death toll was not high, the government would turn a blind eye.
For a time, the price of slaves in Beimang also rose sharply.
The Northern Mang captives brought back by Zhao Laosan this time were instantly snatched up by Luzhou merchants.
Away from the big spectrum!
This is the first time that Zhao Laosan makes money like this!
He didn't sell a single product, but he earned more money than he could earn in several years!
Zhao Laosan's experience soon spread throughout Mobei.
This is also a way to make money!
More merchants simply cancelled their plans to sell goods.
They recruited rangers in Mobei and formed a special armed team to attack the surrounding small tribes.
When the Mobei delegation returned to Mobei, the minor criminals exiled by Jingzhao Yin also became sought-after mercenaries.
The myth of a certain armed group’s immense wealth was circulating throughout Mobei.
In the Mobei Palace.
The King of Mobei was talking to his son.
"Father, I heard that merchants have stopped trading recently. They all hired rangers to attack and capture slaves in Beimang."
Li Guangmao said with some reluctance.
The King of Mobei disagreed.
"Mobei is not the Great Zhou. You can't survive here using the Great Zhou's rules."
The King of Mobei said, "I understand your majesty's intention. Mobei is the barrier of the Great Zhou and also the testing ground of the Great Zhou."
"You can't survive here by relying on etiquette and laws."
"Besides, those Northern Mangs are also barbarians and beasts. They showed no mercy when they invaded the Great Zhou, burning, killing, and looting."
"It's not wrong to catch the beasts!"
King Mobei said this, and Li Guangmao nodded.
"But I heard that those rangers not only captured the men of Beimang, but also robbed many Beimang women."
The King of Mobei laughed and said, "It just so happens that there are more men than women in Mobei, and I am afraid of trouble."
"Besides, if you marry a woman from Beimang, she will become our Mobei woman."
"I must give the order!"
"If you marry a Beimang woman, you can apply to register as a Mobei resident, and you will be a citizen of Mobei in the future!"
When Fu Qing arrived at the Mobei Royal City, he couldn't believe that this place was actually outside the Great Wall.
The city is built very neatly, the market is prosperous, and the city is thriving!
This doesn't look like the frontier area; it's clearly the scenery of the prosperous city of Yuhang!
The King of Mobei received Fu Qing with great ceremony.
Fu Qing is a disciple of Zhang Yingchai, a nationally renowned craftsman. He must be a talented person!
The King of Mobei is now in a state of eagerness to seek talented people.
After asking about each other's well-being, the King of Mobei said:
"Master Fu, are you used to staying in Mobei?"
"Your Highness, I thought the area outside the Great Wall was poor, but I didn't expect it to be Jiangnan on the Great Wall!"
"Hahaha, Master Fu, you're too kind! When I first came here, it wasn't like this."
The King of Mobei said: "Thanks to the wisdom of His Majesty, who has supported us in Mobei a lot, we are where we are today."
Fu Qing also said admiringly: "This is also the result of King Mobei's hard work!"
The King of Mobei became even happier and asked, "I heard that Lord Fu has a treasure for me?"
Fu Qing nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, please look!"
Fu Qing took out a stack of design drawings.
Of course, King Mobei couldn't understand these complicated drawings. He asked curiously, "What is this?"
Fu Qing replied: "This is the design drawing of the wool textile workshop that I have improved."
"What it is?"
Fu Qing said, "I was in Kyoto and read an article about Southeast Asia in the New Residence News."
"I have also decided on a new palace newspaper. I wonder which one Master Fu is talking about?"
Fu Qing replied: "It is the story of how Western merchants used cotton and textile machines to make clothes that sold well everywhere."
"Your Highness, I was thinking at the time that thin cotton and silkworm cocoons could be made into silk thread."
"What about wool? Why can't it be made into silk thread? And then made into clothing?"
"Today's woolen coats are all made from the skin of sheep and the cashmere."
"This kind of coat is very warm, but the sheepskin is very scarlet, and the people of my Great Zhou don't like it."
"Another reason is that it's very expensive. You have to slaughter a sheep to make one piece of clothing."
"So I studied this machine that can weave wool into wool yarn."
"We can use this thread to weave clothes! Then we can make clothes that are both warm and light!"
The King of Mobei was overjoyed when he heard this: "There is such a magical tool! Sir Fu, the thing that is most in short supply in the northern grasslands is sheep. I will invest in a workshop right now!"
Fu Qing said, "Your Majesty, before I left Beijing, the Ministry of Works allocated money to me, and this workshop is also considered as the property of the Ministry of Works."