Of course, Huo Gang said that words on purpose. As for whether the other party can understand the meaning of his words, Huo Gang didn't care. He just did it casually, and laid a foreshadowing for the future. If Huo Gang and Jie Li reached an agreement at this time, there was no need to think about it, Xue Yantuo would never dare to rebel, and then Huo Gang would inevitably affect the surrounding regional situation.

So no matter what, he would not cooperate with Jie Li, and Jie Li would not be able to send Huo Gang 70,000 sheep. There are already many sheep in this number. Besides, sending these sheep from Wuyuan is not difficult.

In fact, Huo Gang is also considered digging a hole for Xue Yantuo. If the relationship between Xue Yantuo and Jie Li is not good enough, then Jie Li will probably directly order Xue Yantuo to produce this batch of sheep. If Jie Li really thinks this way, then Xue Yantuo will resist directly. No matter what the battle between Xue Yantuo and Jie Li will be good news for Huo Gang.

In history, Xue Yantuo finally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and then jointly destroyed Jie Li with the Tang Dynasty. Now, with Huo Gang here, Huo Gang would not have given him the opportunity to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, because if Xue Yantuo surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, it would not be a good thing for Huo Gang, at least not a good thing for at present.

The return speed was much faster than when we came. Huo Gang and his horses were not comparable to those of Modra, so Huo Gang and his friends rushed back to Yumen Pass in just a few days.

We asked Gongsun Lin and the others to go to the Hehe River to feed the war horses for a few days. These war horses have been on their way for more than ten days and need to be fed with good forages such as Lingquan water and alfalfa grass for a few days.

Just when Huo Gang returned to Yumen Pass, Mingyue, who was far away in Yiwu City, received the latest tip.

"Are you saying true?" Mingyue stood up directly from her position.

"Yes! It was Lord Shi Wannian who asked me to pass this news to Deputy Lord Mingyue. It happened just a few minutes ago." The visitor spoke respectfully.

"Let's go, let's go over and learn more carefully. I want to report to the leader." Mingyue stood up directly.

"yes!"

Mingyue, who went to the city lord's mansion, quickly figured out the whole story of the matter. What happened this time was what Huo Gang was waiting for before, or it could be said that it was not what Huo Gang was waiting for.

Zhao Qi is from Gaochang. He is not an ordinary Gaochang. He is a businessman. Gaochang is in a better position than Yiwu. Moreover, Gaochang is richer and has a larger population. Gaochang is complete. Unlike Yiwu, it is basically a city. There are villages and towns below. There are fourteen counties alone, with a population of nearly 400,000.

Gaochang also has a perfect system under the king, most of which are connected with the Central Plains. In this case, Gaochang naturally has some large families. Of course, these families cannot be compared with the Central Plains families, but they are also prominent in Gaochang.

However, although Zhao Qi is from Gaochang, he is doing business in Yiwucheng, mainly engaged in grain, cloth, and salt business. Gaochang has salt and arable land is also good, so there is also a surplus of grain. In addition, there are some iron tools, which cannot make steel, but overall, it is naturally much better than Yiwucheng.

After Yiwu was destroyed by the Han Dynasty a few months ago and became part of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Qi was afraid that his shop would disappear at first, but later, Huo Gang, the leader of the Han Dynasty, did not seem to target them. Everything was the same, and the city lord was still Shi Wannian.

It’s just that the city guards in Yiwu City have been completely replaced. The armor on the 1,000 guards made Zhao Qi extremely jealous. However, these soldiers are different from the soldiers in Yiwu before. Their military laws are very strict, and they will not charge random fees, and they will never make things difficult for others. As long as you abide by the rules here.

So Zhao Qi and the others were relieved a lot. At the beginning, their business was not affected much, but later, when Huo Gang, the leader of the great man, opened a few shops, their business became difficult.

Although the other party’s shop is not aimed at ordinary people, nor does it offer takeaways, it is mainly used to exchange grain, salt, linen and other supplies for ordinary people in Yiwu City, and food coupons are used.

And the price seems to be very cheap. At least I heard that those civilians who work can earn a lot of food if they don’t work for a day. Oh, by the way, they seem to have adopted a new measure, kilograms, tons, and other units. They are no longer in use.

But Zhao Qi and the others secretly calculated that about one kilogram is equal to the previous two kilograms, and one stone is equal to their 60 kilograms.

This time, the matter is simple. A villager named Song Shan from a village near Yiwu City wanted to come to him to buy a piece of red silk and cloth and some iron tools as tools. His son in his family was going to marry a wife, which was a betrothal gift for him.

However, this man didn't bring enough money, and he only had enough money to buy half a piece of it. However, he really had no money in his hand, and Zhao Qi had no choice but to sell the silk to the other party without money.

It just so happened that there was only one piece of red silk left in his store. Song Shan was afraid that someone would buy it, so he asked Zhao Qi to wait. He said he wanted to exchange the grain and then sell it to others, and then come and buy it after the money was exchanged.

When Zhao Qi heard this, he was a little curious and asked him what he used to exchange for money.

As a result, Song Shan took out a cloth bag from his body and opened it carefully. It was neatly placed inside, with food coupons distributed by the big man.

When Zhao Qi saw this, he immediately realized that although Zhao Qi was a businessman and an enthusiastic person, he thought about it and it would take a lot of time to exchange it for food and sell it. He probably wouldn't even be able to get back to the village today.

After dark, the city gate had to be closed, and the shop where the Han official exchanged grain was not far away, so Zhao Qi simply thought about it and asked him to give him the food coupon and then gave him the cloth. Anyway, for him, strictly speaking, the exchange of food coupons was not a loss, and there was still a little profit.

Song Shan was very happy when he heard this, because if he couldn't go back today, he would have to stay in the city for one night, and staying for this night would cost money! So he thanked Zhao Qi several times, and then gave him a full amount of food coupons and left with the things.

Because Zhao Qi collected food coupons, Song Shan not only bought cloth, but also bought a little more salt. He said that it was necessary to hold a banquet. Zhao Qi was also a little curious and asked a few more questions. Only then did he realize that the middle-aged man Song Shan had three sons and one daughter in his family.

Because Songshan has a skill in hunting and is a famous hunter in the village, he can hunt in winter to exchange for some food, so his family is considered a wealthy family in the village and does not lack food.

After the leader of the great man opened a coal mine, the three sons of Song Shan's family worked for the leader because the family was indeed short of food, and they were afraid that they would be ruined by mice after they exchanged it, so the food coupons were kept and they had accumulated a lot of them.

After understanding, he said congratulations and sent Song Shan away. Because he had to open a shop, Zhao Qi was not in a hurry to exchange it. Because for so long, Zhao Qi of this great man didn't understand other things, but one thing was that under the rule of the new leader, the great man's forces would do their best, so he naturally was not afraid that his food coupon could not be exchanged.

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On this point, Zhao Qi admired Huo Gang very much. It is said that Huo Gang, the leader of the great man, came down to earth by a god from the sky. Has he been descended to earth? But this year, since Yiwu City was surrendered by the other party, it has rained several times near Yiwu City, which is really good.

However, Gaochang, who is not too far from Yiwu, did not rain so much. It is precisely because of this that although Zhao Qi is not from Yiwu, he dare not be disrespectful to Huo Gang at all.

Zhao Qi only went to exchange the food the next day. Originally, Zhao Qi thought it was easy for him to exchange food or other things, but what surprised Zhao Qi was that he did not encounter any obstacles when exchanged, but the other party carefully asked the source of the food coupon, and even asked everything clearly, even Song Shan's name.

Zhao Qi didn't think much about it, because in his opinion, he was just a shop after all, and he shouldn't have food coupons in his hand. Since the other party asked, he was probably afraid that the food coupons in his hand were not from the right way, so Zhao Qi naturally told the other party.

After asking, Zhao Qi couldn't help but ask, "Mr., can't we exchange this food coupon?"

It is not a fault for Zhao Qi to think so, because in his opinion, the other party's food coupons are just to facilitate the payment of remuneration to the labor employed, which is much more convenient than the distribution of copper coins.

But to his surprise, the other party smiled and said, "Of course not. The food coupons were officially issued by us. We will exchange them for anyone who brought them over. Many of them were exchanged by their families. The main reason is that you don't seem to work in a coal mine, so let's ask."

"Oh, so that's it! Then I can change anything here, right?" Zhao Qi immediately bowed and asked, because after he came here, he suddenly realized that there were actually a lot of things that could be exchanged here.

"Yes, everything here can be exchanged." The other party nodded very simply.

"Then can I take a look?" Zhao Qi was a little curious.

"Of course, no one is there anyway. Let me introduce it. For example, in terms of grain, we only have rice and wheat. The exchange price is 4 yuan per kilogram, salt is 4 yuan per kilogram, and there are also cloths, silk is 6 yuan per meter, one piece of silk is 14 meters, fine linen is 4 yuan per meter, white linen is 4 yuan per meter, coarse linen is 2 yuan per meter, and one piece of 16 meters."
Chapter completed!