Chapter 587 Learn to be smart

After dinner, Yunzheng and the others rushed to Bailang Lake with Gayao.

There are not only kilns there, but also workshops for producing briquettes.

Many people who migrated from Beihuan were arranged to work there.

Over this period of time, a small and sizable town has formed there.

"How many new cities do you plan to build?"

On the way to Bailang Lake, Jiayao suddenly asked Yunzheng.

"For now, we plan to build three cities!"

Yun Zheng did not hide it, "However, building a city is not easy, so let's do it step by step! In fact, what I hope most is that there is no need to build a city at all."

Don’t you build a single city?

Ga Yao secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.

She heard the implication of Yunzheng's words.

Yunzheng's main purpose in building the city was to suppress Beihuan.

If Beihuan surrendered completely and would never have second thoughts, of course he would not need to build a single city.

But is this possible?

Of course not!

Even if she said that Beihuan would never have second thoughts again, Yunzheng would not believe it!

Therefore, Yunzheng's construction of the city was inevitable.

She could even think of the approximate locations of the three cities that Yunzheng wanted to build.

Once these three cities are built, Daqian's control over the land south of the Huangsha Sea will be greatly strengthened.

This land is getting farther and farther away from Beihuan.

Ga Yao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he couldn't do anything.

This land was ceded by Beihuan and now belongs to Daqian.

Yunzheng wants to build a city in Daqian's territory, can she stop him?

Jia Yao was silent for a moment, then asked: "Does what you said last time still count?"

Yunzheng shrugged, "I have said too many things, I don't know what you are talking about."

Gayao bit her thin lips lightly, "It's just a matter of letting us use gold and silver to buy food."

"Of course it counts."

Yunzheng nodded, "However, I have to tell you that there is a large-scale flood in the south of Daqian. The price of food in the pass has increased a lot. If you want to buy food, it will definitely be much more expensive than before."

"I know." Jia Yao nodded lightly, "I brought about ten thousand taels of gold this time. How much food can I buy?"

"Ten thousand taels of gold?"

Yun Zheng looked at Jia Yao in surprise and joked: "Your family is quite rich!"

"I'm just going to sell the iron!"

Jiayao glanced at Yunzheng angrily.

There are relatively few gold and silver mines in Beihuan. Most of the tribes in Beihuan barter and rarely settle with gold and silver.

Beihuan's army also has no pay, but preferential treatment is given to the family members of the standing army.

The reason why the Beihuan army likes to plunder has something to do with the lack of pay.

They usually have no pay, but they can keep part of the proceeds from plunder after contributing to the enemy's city.

Ten thousand taels of gold, although it is not said to have wiped out all of Bei Huan's wealth, it was still a heavy hemorrhage.

However, for Gayao, as long as he can buy food with the gold, it is worth it.

Yunzheng thought for a moment and gave Jiayao's answer, "Three hundred thousand Dan!"

"it is good!"

Ga Yao readily agreed.

Seeing Jiayao being so happy, Yunzheng and Miaoyin couldn't help but look like they had seen a ghost.

Weird!

This woman didn't bargain?

You know, whether it is Daqian or Beihuan, gold is much more difficult to obtain than silver.

Ten thousand taels of gold is equivalent to one million taels of silver.

In normal times, these ten thousand taels of gold could buy more than one million tons of grain.

Even if the transportation distance is long and the cost increases significantly, buying 700,000 to 800,000 tons of grain will definitely not be a problem.

He only gave her 300,000 tons of grain, but she didn't bargain?

This is not like Ga Yao’s character!

"Why don't you bargain?"

Miaoyin finally couldn't help but ask.

"Do you think he will give me a chance to bargain?"

Jia Yao pouted and his eyes fell on Yun Zheng.

"will not!"

Yun Zheng laughed and looked at Jia Yao approvingly, "Not bad, you've learned a lot!"

Hearing this, Jia Yao couldn't help but give him a fierce look.

She is not smart anymore!

She was forced into helplessness.

No matter how valuable gold is, it cannot be used as food.

Now, Yunzheng holds grain in his hands, and Yunzheng is willing to sell grain to her, so she is grateful.

She bargained again and Yun Zheng refused to sell her the food, which made her really want to cry.

After chatting all the way, they finally arrived at White Wolf Lake.

Jia Yao remembered that the last time he passed by here was nearly three months ago.

In less than three months, this place has changed drastically.

Looking from a distance, you can see many busy figures.

Huge brick kilns have been erected, and thick smoke is billowing from the chimneys.

However, the air here smells a bit pungent.

Jiayao frowned slightly and followed Yunzheng and the others towards the kiln.

When they entered the kiln, the pungent smell was even stronger.

Most of the workers in the kiln factory have a dirty look, and many of them have their faces covered with a dirty cloth, probably to prevent dust from entering their mouths and noses.

In addition to the workers, there were also some patrolling soldiers.

These soldiers are naturally to prevent anyone from making trouble here.

As soon as they walked a little further inside, the kiln manager Yang Xu hurriedly led someone to greet them.

"I've met the prince, I've met Mrs. Miaoyin..."

Yang Xu trotted forward and saluted respectfully.

Yunzheng nodded slightly and pointed to Jia Yao, "This is Mrs. Jia Yao."

"I've met Mrs. Gayao."

Yang Xu quickly saluted Jia Yao, but became uneasy in his heart.

Jiayao just nodded slightly but said nothing.

"Let the others disperse, and you can show us around!"

Yunzheng ordered.

"Yes!"

Yang Xu immediately dismissed the other people and took Yunzheng and the others around the kiln.

Yunzheng followed Yang Xu around the kiln while asking about the conditions of some kilns.

The kiln here mainly produces red bricks and green tiles. The firing time is relatively short, and it can produce about 30,000 red bricks and 20,000 green tiles every day.

In addition, there are two kilns dedicated to firing green bricks, and the firing time is relatively long.

One kiln of green bricks, including the firing and cooling time, takes ten to twenty days...

"Princess!"

Just as Yang Xu and Yun Zheng were reporting, several crying voices suddenly sounded in their ears.

Several people looked over subconsciously, only to see several kiln workers with their mouths and noses covered saluting Jia Yao in Beihuan etiquette.

When Jia Yao saw this, he couldn't help but panic, and quickly looked at Yunzheng's face with the corner of his eye.

Since these people moved here from Beihuan, they are Daqian people.

But now they still salute themselves according to Beihuan's etiquette. If Yunzheng blames them, they will have to suffer some physical pain.

As Jayao expected, Yunzheng's face suddenly fell.

It was obvious that Yun Zheng was very dissatisfied with the behavior of these people.

Jiayao quickly glared at a few people angrily and scolded: "Don't you even understand the basic rules? Why don't you salute the prince and Mrs. Miaoyin quickly?"