That afternoon, Ren Baqian met Qinglian again in the palace.
"I have seen Your Highness." Qing Lian stepped forward and bowed gracefully.
"Well, I'm an acquaintance, let's talk about the purpose of coming." Ren Baqian nodded, and then chuckled. "I heard that when you entered the city, there were hundreds of cars. Are you here to pay back the money?"
"Your Highness is right, the purpose of this trip is to pay back the money. Su Gong has never forgotten the agreement between Su Gong and His Highness." Qing Lian said. "But apart from paying back the money, there is one more thing to ask His Highness for help, which is easy for His Highness."
"Let's talk about it first!" Ren Baqian actually had some guesses in his mind after learning about Qinglian's team last night.
Although he doesn't know everything about the situation in Suqing in the north, he can more or less guess a thing or two.
At the time of Su Qing's uprising, the people in Duofu (Great Xia is divided into regions by prefectures) were already in dire straits.
Su Qing swept over millions of refugees, and the fight between the two sides was in full swing, affecting not only millions of people.
People in a large area were displaced, or were coerced into the rebellion army, or were busy fleeing for their lives. The discipline of this kind of peasant uprising army is completely conceivable, and wherever it passes, it is like locusts crossing the border.
Who will farm in this situation
If no one is farming, it must be to buy food.
"Your Highness, in addition to returning part of the remuneration agreed with His Highness for this trip, we also want to buy some food." Qing Liangong said.
"Hehe, hehehe!" Ren Baqian smiled happily, and the incomprehensible laughter echoed throughout the hall. "Come to Dayao to buy food... It's a good thing you guys can figure it out!"
Dayao is short of food for thousands of years, and the annual imported food also accounts for a large proportion.
Of course, this was two years ago.
"Your Highness, let's not say that Izumo is now occupied by Dayao. Dayao himself is no longer short of food, and even rich. If Your Highness can lend a helping hand at this time, we will be grateful. What's more, if we If we lose, His Highness is of no benefit. If we continue to stand in such a stalemate with the Great Xia court, that's what His Highness wants to see the most!" Qing Lian straightened up and said slowly, not in a hurry, with a kind of confidence in her voice, It is self-confidence in self-knowledge.
She believed that what she said was what Ren Baqian thought.
"Da Xia... To be honest, Xia Baichong is dead, and I don't have any complaints about Da Xia anymore. By the way, do you think I care about Da Xia?" Ren Baqian smiled and said. "I don't care whether you win or lose, or each of you takes sides."
"I believe what Your Highness said. If you master the Izumo, you will control the lifeblood of your throat. No matter whether it is salt, food or weapons, you can no longer restrain Dayao. Warriors are their strengths. These, coupled with His Highness's Wisdom, Dayao has no shortcomings."
"Perhaps they fought over and over again, and they were just fighting for the right to rule that land for decades."
Qing Lian said in a soft voice, raised her head and stared at Ren Baqian without blinking.
"I have no interest in that piece of land!" Ren Baqian shook his head, this is the truth, he really has no interest in that piece of land. It is not so easy to defeat, occupy, conquer and rule a country.
Whoever does it knows.
If it wasn't for his bald head, Ren Baqian felt that his hair would have grown white, and this was just an Izumo.
In fact, this area is enough for him to play now.
Dayao plus Izumo is equivalent to three-fifths of Huaguo's area, and it can be regarded as a superpower on Earth.
The endless treasures in the 60,000 mountains and the mines in Izumo are all waiting to be developed by yourself.
There is no need to forcibly occupy another piece of land. With so much hostility, it is a headache every day to wipe out the rebels and appease the people.
In fact, Ren Baqian would rather see Dayao surrounded by high-rise buildings, cars, trains, ships, and airplanes, while still living in a feudal society beyond the border. This kind of stark contrast will be very interesting.
Qing Lian saw that Ren Baqian's words were true, but she also understood that people are subject to change. Just because the other party isn't interested now doesn't mean he won't be interested in the future.
"In any case, a regime that has friendship with Dayao is always good, and it will save His Highness a lot of trouble in the future." Qing Lian smiled, and her estimation of the success of her trip was——九success rate.
So no matter what Ren Baqian said, she would not worry.
But Ren Baqian didn't intend to whet her appetite, he was ready to agree to the other party.
The yields of those high-yield crops are too high, jumping from three to four hundred catties per mu of local crops to three to four thousand catties per mu, or even six to seven thousand catties, and there are two seasons a year.
It is estimated that after two months of harvest, the price of sweet potatoes will drop to five cents and three catties.
Recently, I am preparing to promote cellars and saltpeter ice to store these crops. At the same time, we are sorting out the production process of sweet potato wine, sweet potato starch, potato starch and vermicelli.
If a batch can be sold, it can relieve a lot of pressure.
After two months of harvest, it will be the rainy season, and there will be half a year to prepare slowly.
"Let's get down to business, how much money do you bring and how much grain do you want to buy?" Ren Baqian asked.
Hearing Ren Baqian's words, Qing Lian was not surprised at all: "Your Highness, we brought a total of 15 million taels of gold, silver and jewels this time, of which 10 million is part of what Su Gong agreed with your lord. There are five million taels of gold and silver to buy sweet potatoes, potatoes, and pumpkins."
Ren Baqian made the calculations in his mind, according to the current market price of sweet potatoes, three yuan per catty, thirty yuan per bucket, and three hundred yuan per stone. However, selling them must not be calculated on the basis of three coins per catty. First of all, the market price will be affected, and many of them have to be sent from other places, plus travel expenses, at least calculated on the basis of six coins per catty.
Moreover, after they buy back these high-yield crops in large quantities, they will be able to bloom and bear fruit in the area occupied by Suqing from the second half of this year to next year.
Anyway, this is what I brought back from the earth. Did they pay the copyright fee
This is still a sweet potato, and the price of potatoes and pumpkins is even higher.
Ren Baqian silently calculated before raising his head and said: "I can sell you one million stones of sweet potatoes, five hundred thousand stones of potatoes, half a million stones of pumpkins, and one hundred and fifty thousand horned oxen, and send someone to help you deliver them to Pingcheng. If it is delivered in five months, you will have to pay an extra two million taels."
The price is equivalent to seven times the current market price, but the price cannot be calculated according to the market price. Two million shi is 100,000 tons. In this era, the transportation volume is simply insane.
Based on the current muddy road, an ox cart is usually about half a ton. Calculated based on one month's round trip, 40,000 ox carts and 20,000 escorts are required for five round trips. The loss of food and fodder during the period is not a small number.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Qing Lian smiled slightly, without any intention of bargaining.
In fact, being able to buy so much food here is already a success. As for the price, that is the least of my concerns.
In many cases, it is not that the more you buy, the cheaper it is, but the more you buy, the more expensive!
Not to mention, apart from Dayao, there is no other place where they can buy food. Ren Baqian sold them the price with conscience, and he thoughtfully delivered the goods to Pingcheng.
Of course, the harvest is not small, seven million taels is higher than the previous year's income of the Dayao treasury.
And this is the first time that a large amount of currency has returned other than robbery.
After the matter was settled, Ren Baqian could finally ask the question he wanted to ask.
In his opinion, it is much more important than these grains!