Chapter 582

After Li Jing returned to Chang'an City, groups of soldiers began to withdraw to Chang'an City in an orderly manner, while a large number of soldiers were still stationed in Lanzhou city to continue to deter Tuyuhun and Dangxiang departments, and secondly to support Merton.

However, for several consecutive days, Merton still appeared and disappeared, and there was no human shadow at all. Gao Shilian had to come to block Merton himself.

"Now the disaster in Shandong, the victims are crying for food. I don't know what good plan Mo can have to sacrifice wine to exchange money for the imperial court to sell cattle and sheep as soon as possible." Gao Shilian went straight to the theme.

Merton rubbed his red eyes. He hardly closed his eyes these days. He has been investigating the situation of various tribes in Tuyuhun.

"Lord Gao, if we want to control Qinghai for a long time, we can't kill the chicken to get the egg and sell all the cattle and sheep, otherwise we can only have another war in Datang." Merton said solemnly.

Gao Shilian nodded and said, "in terms of ink sacrifice, it's better for me to take how much booty the Tang Dynasty takes."

Merton thought a little and said, "at most 30%, and we should announce this year's tax exemption, otherwise it will certainly arouse the popular uprising of all tribes in Tuyuhun."

If Datang wants to do one hammer business, it can naturally be levied more than 50%. However, Datang cannot give up the land of Qinghai, the horse herding land that Datang finally got.

"But 30% of the miscellaneous animals, I'm afraid it's difficult to solve the flood in Shandong!" Gao Shilian frowned. Although he also agreed with Merton, the flood in Shandong is right in front of him. His task here is to raise enough disaster relief funds for the land of Shandong. If the people in Shandong suffer because of a moment of weakness, it would be very bad.

Merton laughed and said, "don't worry, Lord Gao. In my opinion, there are many valuable things in Qinghai. These cattle and sheep are not the only ones. This is Lord Mo!"

"Ink offering wine!"

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When Merton entered the prefect's residence, famous businessmen came forward one after another and greeted one by one. Some made friends, and some handed in their own masters' famous posts.

Merton said hello one by one and accepted the famous posts.

When Merton came to the throne, all the businessmen were silent, with only hot eyes staring at Merton.

"Thank you for your support. The purpose of these cattle and sheep must be clear to everyone. It is to raise disaster relief funds for the affected people in Shandong." Merton said in a low tone,

All the businessmen could not help frowning. They came for profit, but Merton told them about the disaster, which was inconsistent with their plan!

Looking at the response of the merchants, Merton had expected it. He couldn't help saying: "so the purpose of the imperial court is to raise money from these cattle and sheep as soon as possible, with small profits and high sales. Naturally, the price can't be much higher?"

Merton offered a price for cattle, horses and sheep respectively, and the businessmen in the audience immediately smiled. According to the price, they really made a lot of profits.

"So this sale is based on quantity, with at least 100 heads per batch." Merton made a condition.

"A hundred heads!" a group of businessmen frowned. This number can be a lot. If they can't sell in time, they may easily fall into their own hands. However, if they can sell all of them, they will naturally earn more.

The pros and cons are naturally clear to everyone. Many big businessmen are immediately moved. Many small businessmen also begin to quietly unite and prepare to jointly eat a batch of cattle and sheep.

All morning, the first wave of sales was finally counted.

"Five hundred horses, ten thousand cattle and eight thousand sheep." Gao Shilian looked at the statistical results in front of him and was happy and worried.

Fortunately, so many livestock were sold all at once. This large sum of money can greatly alleviate the financial pressure of the imperial court. The worry is that the most cattle were sold this time, only 8000 sheep were sold, and the highest price horse was only 500.

Merton nodded and said, "the demand for cattle is endless in our Tang Dynasty, and most of the cattle in Qinghai are strong cattle, which are naturally sought after by people."

Cattle can cultivate land. One cow is enough to cover three adult labor forces. It is a symbol of a rich family. Moreover, the price of beef remains high in Datang. As long as the cattle are driven back to the Central Plains, it is naturally a business that can make no loss.

Gao Shilian frowned and said, "but what if the cattle are sold out and only the horses and sheep are left in the hands of the imperial court?"

Merton smiled, looked in the direction of Chang'an City, showed a trace of confidence and said, "since we have a problem here, we need the cooperation of our imperial court."