After dinner, Yun Zheng and his friends took Jia Yao to Bailang Lake.
There are not only kiln factories there, but also workshops that produce honeycomb coal.
Many people who migrated from Beihuan were arranged to work there.
Over this period of time, a small town has formed there.
"How many new cities do you plan to build?"
On the way to White Wolf Lake, Jia Yao suddenly asked Yun Zheng.
"For now, let's just plan to build three cities!"
Yun Zheng did not hide it, "However, building a city is not easy, let's do it step by step! In fact, what I hope most is that I don't have to build a city at all."
Not even building a city?
Jia Yao smiled bitterly in his heart.
...
...
She heard the hidden meaning in Yun Zheng's words.
Yun Zheng’s main purpose in building the city was to suppress Bei Huan.
If Beihuan surrenders completely and never has second thoughts, he certainly won't need to build a single city.
But is this possible?
Of course not!
Even if she said that Bei Huan would never have two minds again, Yun Zheng would not believe it!
Therefore, it was inevitable for Yun Zheng to build a city.
She could even think of the approximate locations of the three cities that Yun Zheng wanted to build.
Once these three cities are built, Dagan's control over the land south of the Yellow Sand Sea will be greatly strengthened.
This land is getting farther and farther away from Beihuan.
Jia Yao kept sighing in his heart, but he could do nothing.
This piece of land was ceded by Beihuan and now belongs to Dagan.
Yun Zheng wants to build a city on Dagan’s territory. Can she stop him?
Jia Yao was silent for a moment, then asked, "Does what you said last time still count?"
Yun Zheng shrugged, "I've said too much, I don't know what you're talking about."
Jia Yao bit her thin lip and said, "It's about asking us to use the gold and silver to buy food."
"Of course it counts."
Yun Zheng nodded, "However, there is one thing I need to tell you. There has been a large-scale flood in the south of Dagan. The price of food in the interior has increased a lot. If you want to buy food, it will definitely be much more expensive than before."
"I know." Jia Yao nodded gently, "I brought about 10,000 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 said jokingly, "Your family background is quite rich!"
"I'm just about to sell everything I have!"
Jia Yao looked at Yun Zheng angrily.
There are relatively few gold and silver mines in Beihuan. Most of the tribes in Beihuan practice barter, and rarely use gold and silver to settle accounts.
The army of Beihuan also had no salary, but only gave preferential treatment to the families of the standing army.
The reason why the Northern Huan army liked to plunder was also related to the lack of pay.
They usually do not receive any salary, but they can keep a portion of the loot after capturing an enemy city.
Ten taels of gold, although it didn't empty all of Bei Huan's assets, it was still a huge loss.
However, for Jia Yao, it is worth it as long as he can buy food with the gold.
Yun Zheng thought for a moment and gave Jia Yao the answer, "300,000 dan!"
"good!"
Jia Yao agreed readily.
Seeing Jia Yao being so straightforward, Yun Zheng and Miao Yin couldn't help but look as if they had seen a ghost.
How strange!
This woman doesn't even bargain?
You know, whether it is Da Gan or Bei Huan, it is much more difficult to obtain gold than silver.
Ten thousand taels of gold are equivalent to one million taels of silver.
Under normal circumstances, these 10,000 taels of gold could at least buy more than one million dan of grain.
Even if the transportation distance is long and the cost increases significantly, buying 700,000 or 800,000 dan of grain will definitely not be a problem.
I only gave her 300,000 dan of grain, and she didn't even bargain?
This is not like Jiayao's character!
"Why don't you bargain?"
Miaoyin finally couldn't help asking.
"Do you think he will give me a chance to bargain?"
Jia Yao curled her lips and looked at Yun Zheng.
"Won't!"
Yun Zheng laughed and looked at Jia Yao approvingly, "Not bad, you've learned to be smart!"
Upon hearing this, Jia Yao couldn't help but glare at Yun Zheng secretly.
She has become smart!
She was forced into it.
No matter how precious gold is, it cannot be eaten.
Now, Yun Zheng has the food in his hands, and she is thankful that Yun Zheng is willing to sell the food to her.
She bargained again, but Yun Zheng simply refused to sell her the food, and she was left with no tears.
Chatting along 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 just less than three months, this place has changed a lot.
Looking from afar, you can see many busy figures.
Huge brick kilns have been built, and thick smoke is billowing out of the chimneys.
However, the air here smells a bit pungent.
Jia Yao frowned slightly and followed Yun Zheng and the others to the kiln factory.
When they walked into the kiln factory, the pungent smell became stronger.
Most of the workers in the kiln factory were covered in dust and dirt, and many of them had a dirty cloth covering their faces, 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 there to prevent anyone from causing trouble.
Just as they walked a little inside, Yang Xu, the manager of the kiln factory, hurried over with his men to greet them.
"Greetings to the prince, and to Madam Miaoyin..."
Yang Xu trotted forward and saluted respectfully.
Yun Zheng nodded slightly and pointed at Jia Yao, "This is Madam Jia Yao."
"Meet Madam Jiayao."
Yang Xu hurriedly saluted Jia Yao, but he became uneasy in his heart.
Jia Yao just nodded slightly but said nothing.
"Let the rest of the people disperse, and you take us around!"
Yun Zheng ordered.
"yes!"
Yang Xu immediately dismissed the rest of the people and took Yun Zheng and the others around the kiln factory.
Yun Zheng followed Yang Xu around the kiln factory and asked about the conditions of the kiln factory.
The kiln factory here mainly produces red bricks and green tiles. The firing time is relatively short, and they can produce about 30,000 red bricks and 20,000 green tiles every day.
In addition, there are two kilns specifically used for firing blue bricks, which take a longer time to fire.
It takes ten to twenty days to make a kiln of green bricks, including the firing and cooling time...
"Princess!"
Just as Yang Xu was reporting to Yun Zheng, several crying voices suddenly rang in their ears.
A few people looked over subconsciously, and saw several kiln workers with their mouths and noses covered, saluting Jia Yao in the Beihuan etiquette.
Seeing this, Jia Yao couldn't help but panic and quickly glanced at Yun Zheng's expression out of the corner of his eye.
Since these people moved here from Beihuan, they are big shots.
But now they still pay tribute to him according to the etiquette of Beihuan. If Yun Zheng blames them, they will inevitably suffer physical pain.
As Jia Yao expected, Yun Zheng's face suddenly fell.
It was obvious that Yun Zheng was very dissatisfied with the behavior of these people.
Jia Yao glared at them angrily and shouted, "Don't you even know the basic rules? Why don't you pay your respects to the prince and Madam Miaoyin?"
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