I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 281: Big or Small

It was not yet time for the trade to open today, so Shen Xiaoye had a smooth journey and arrived outside General Wang’s central military tent.

When the guards went in to report, she looked up and saw Lu Guanhe sitting at the lower end of the tent.

After a while, Shen Xiaoye was led into the tent by the personal guards, and saluted to General Wang who was sitting in the main seat. The latter just smiled and said nothing.

While Shen Xiaoye was trying to figure out what he meant, Lu Guan winked at her. She received the signal and quickly took the little cloud cat off her shoulder. She clasped her fists again and said, "General, I am sorry for not disciplining you properly. I am here to apologize."

"If that's the case, accept the punishment." General Wang didn't waste any words and made a judgment immediately.

Just now the guards reported that they had found the wild beast that appeared last night, and it turned out to be a domesticated black cat.

Shen Xiaoye didn't take good care of a cat and ended up causing trouble for everyone in the barracks for half the night. He must be punished.

Because she had fought for the court, the cat was kept by his side and taken good care of.

Lu Guan stepped forward and said, "General, how about letting my nephew take the blame instead?

Miss Shen is a little girl after all, it would be bad if she got hurt anywhere by the beating."

General Wang was amused: "Did I say I would spank you?"

"Please make it clear." Lu Guan also got acquainted with the other party from his uncle.

Shen Xiaoye also said: "Junior is willing to accept the punishment." This kind of thing can be a big deal or a small one.

General Wang said, "How about a fine? One hundred taels of silver for the soldiers in my camp who have suffered so much, and a full meal of mutton."

"I'll go get the silver right away." Shen Xiaoye would certainly not object. Little Black Cat squatted beside her, unable to understand.

It's just that he ran in. If other wild animals broke in, who would they ask for the hundred taels except to shoot them?

But Shen Xiaoye didn't think so. The huge camp was filled with soldiers wearing armor and holding torches. The wild beasts had already run away. Who would come here to make trouble?

Only small animals that have received special training dare to come in and take a look. Once discovered, they will be shot on the spot.

One hundred taels is actually buying back the life of the little black cat.

General Wang said, "You don't need cash. When the market opens, you can exchange cloth for some sheep from the Dada people.

A piece of blue cloth and two goats, they will certainly agree."

After a pause, he continued, "You are only allowed to bring in one hundred rolls of cloth. Go ahead."

The arrangement was so clear that no one could escape.

The two men bowed and took their leave. Soon after they left the camp, they met Guard Chen who was guarding outside.

Shen Xiaoye walked very slowly, leading the horse. Her attention was all on the merchants outside the camp gate, who were preparing to enter one after another.

“Lu Guan, when I am exchanging sheep inside, can I contact the many merchants and distribute the remaining cloth to them?

After all, everyone has a contract to trade there, so they would subconsciously think that I have one too, so it would be hard for them to lower my price. "The merchants who can enter the market are all as cunning as foxes. If she rashly looks for someone to sell her goods outside the market at this time, she will definitely be forced to lower her price a lot.

You can consider looking for the friends of the young master of the Wu family first.

After counting, she had a total of 150 pieces of red printed cloth, minus 100 pieces of blue cloth to exchange for sheep... um... 300, a little less.

Lu Guan nodded: "Very good, but if you can't bring it in, others will still be suspicious."

"It's good to be suspicious! I can come and go freely, which proves that I have the ability.

Let's hurry up and get in before everyone else, so that everyone will remember us." Shen Xiaoye would not let this opportunity slip away. Before she finished speaking, she had already jumped on her horse and galloped a long way.

What could Lu Guan do but ride his horse to catch up with her as quickly as possible. He originally wanted to use General Wang's relationship to enter the horse market through the back door, and if the cloth was not enough, he could just look for a small caravan outside the market to replenish it.

But all the plans fell through when the little black cat appeared.

When they came over again, several trucks of goods covered with tarpaulins passed by the merchants queuing up.

As everyone was in doubt, they saw a soldier standing in front of the gate. After lifting the tarpaulin to check, he let the car driven by a girl in without asking for anything to be shown.

Several bosses or shopkeepers who saw this situation for the first time all went to ask the soldiers, but the news they got was naturally that they didn't know.

When these people wanted to look for Chen the guard and others who were guarding the remaining goods in the wagons, the large fence gate of the market was moved away, and everyone was eager to go in and no longer cared about anything else.

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There are two entrances and exits in the horse market, one for merchants from the Great Zhou area to enter and exit, and the other for Dada people to drive their cattle and horses in and out.

In theory, if you are trading for several days in a row, you can stay with the goods at night and wait until the market opens the next day.

But there are too many people in Kedada this time. If we drive some of them away, we are worried that they will spread to various border towns to rob. Living in Ma City will cause many living problems.

So General Wang was not allowed to stay overnight from the very beginning.

Following the guidance of the soldiers, Shen Xiaoye walked straight to the edge of the formal transaction without looking around.

The area they arrived at was mainly a livestock area, where the sounds of people and cows, horses and sheep mixed together. The Dada people were already in place, looking around anxiously.

Those who couldn't wait for the caravan were already exchanging items with the officials of Taipu Temple.

Shen Xiaoye thought to himself, the Great Zhou had clearly captured many cattle and horses on the battlefield, but there were still so many here. No wonder Dada could recover so quickly after every defeat.

"It turns out that Guanjia and Dada arrived earlier than the caravan." Lin Erniu thought that they had to wait until the caravan brought in the goods before they could start.

Shen Cungeng said: "Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, the horse market is mainly for the imperial court to buy horses. The merchant caravan is just to make up for the shortcomings."

There are many livestock here and the smell is bad. Now that the autumn wind is blowing, the smell is even worse.

Shen Cungeng, Erniu and Zhuangzhuang immediately covered their noses with their hands. Seeing that Xiaoye was fine, the three of them were very impressed.

"You don't have a chance to talk to big merchants now." Lu Guan was very foresighted and brought a few more handkerchiefs and handed them to several people to tie.

Shen Xiaoye waved her hand and said, "I'm not that squeamish. People in the Imperial Household Department don't wear them."

As she spoke, she took out some cloth from the cart and gave each of them a piece. "Little cat, you stay here and watch over the cart. We'll be back soon."

As soon as a few people stepped into the trading area with cloth in their arms, their cloth clothes instantly attracted many cargo owners.

The enthusiastic Dada people immediately swarmed over. Cloth was a good thing. When there was a shortage of food in winter, they could use it to exchange for food with other tribes.

Of course, they would rather exchange it directly for food, but the Great Zhou only allowed exchanging a fixed amount of food with the Imperial Household Department, not with merchants.

But no matter what, cloth is a hard commodity and can be exchanged for anything in Mobei.

This one said: My sheep are fat and fragrant.

The one who said: If you want a horse, you can buy a good mare that can give birth to a foal.

Someone else said: Come and see my cows, they can plow the fields.

The Chinese language mixed with Dada language surrounded the young men, but Shen Xiaoye and Lu Guan said loudly in Dada: "We only want sheep."

In an instant, the enthusiastic cargo owners retreated like the tide, leaving only a dozen people with sheep.

Looking at their eager eyes, Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but sigh inwardly that no matter how enthusiastic these people are now, they will be merciless when they swing their swords towards the Great Zhou on the battlefield in the future.