Su Wan took the five hundred taels of silver she had received from Bai Zhiyi and strolled around Youzhou City at will.
When she arrived at a grain store, she stepped inside without hesitation.
The owner inside was talking to a man with a small braid.
One of them arrogantly said, "Why can't I trade these things for all the grain in your shop?"
The boss refused, not even glancing at the goods, saying, "You Western Rong people are always bullying others. You want to exchange some random things for grain? Where in the world is there such a good deal?"
Su Wan looked at the seeds in the hand of the man with a full head of braids.
Suddenly, my eyes lit up. The seed was oval-shaped, covered with white and grayish-white cottony hairs, and the seed itself was brownish-black with a black seed coat.
Isn't this just cotton from later generations?
Are the Western Rong people now cultivating cotton on a large scale? If so, then attacking the Great Jin in winter would be incredibly easy for them.
The soldiers not only do not have to endure the cold of winter, but if the soldiers of the Great Jin were only wearing hemp clothing, half of them would freeze to death in the cold winter months.
Indeed, every autumn harvest or in winter, the Western Rong people would attack their eastern neighbors and plunder most of their winter supplies.
Meanwhile, the soldiers of the Western Rong wore thick fur coats to fight against the soldiers of the Great Jin. When the two armies met, the Great Jin successfully stopped the Western Rong's attack.
However, the losses were extremely heavy.
The shopkeeper scoffed, "Your stuff is plentiful in the mountains of our Great Jin Dynasty. It's completely foreign stuff. Don't try to fool me."
Su Wan suppressed her surprise. Did cotton appear in the Great Jin Dynasty? And it was even considered useless and discarded.
If the Western Rong people mastered the cultivation of cotton and the technology of making cotton cloth, then the Western Rong would not be to be underestimated.
But the man's words also relieved Su Wan.
"I don't know what this thing is either, but it looks quite rare. There's a saying in the Great Jin Dynasty: 'Things are valued for their rarity.'"
The shopkeeper stroked his small mustache, his eyes gleaming with shrewdness. "That depends on what's rare," he said, pointing to the cotton seeds in the sacks. "These aren't rare."
Trying to trade these things for his food is a pipe dream.
Moreover, General Jade Face has declared that not a single grain of grain from the Great Jin Dynasty shall be sold to the Western Rong.
Even livestock rations were not allowed to be sold to the Western Rong.
In the Northwest region today, the Jade-Faced General is practically everyone's emperor.
Su Wan looked at the bags of cotton seeds piled up in the room. No one knew the importance of these things better than her, a person from the future.
His full head of braids made it immediately clear that he was a Western Rong person.
The Western Rong people have always had an inexplicable confidence in the Great Jin Dynasty.
He said, "Hmph, your Great Jin is nothing special. If we're talking about rare things, our Western Rong's warhorses are the rarest. Looking across the four kingdoms, who can compare to our Western Rong?"
That's true, but the shopkeeper didn't know how to respond.
It was because of the warhorses of the Western Rong that the Great Jin suffered a lot of losses.
Seeing his pale face, Su Wan stepped forward and glanced at the cotton seeds, even though she wanted all of them.
But she could only feign disdain, "They're just a few ugly things, and you're really full? Since you say that the most precious thing to you Western Rong is warhorses, why don't you trade them for warhorses?"
The man with a full braid looked at Su Wan and thought that this effeminate-looking man was really delusional!
"Want warhorses? You'll have to trade them for cities of the Great Jin!" the man said arrogantly.
It seems that the Great Jin Dynasty is nothing more than an ant.
No one wants to hear outsiders lie to their country, even if that person is a shopkeeper.
Seeing that the shopkeeper had nothing to say, the Western Rong man with a full head of braids looked at Su Wan and mocked her maliciously: "We Xiong Rongren are not like the men of your Great Jin, who all look like women and have to use chopsticks to eat. Unlike us Western Rong, we love wine and meat and eat them in big mouthfuls. We also have unique dishes that we eat with our hands."
Su Wan looked at the man in front of her and suddenly laughed, "That's great! I've never seen such a Western Rong person before. Why don't you sell me this rare item, and I'll treat you to a good meal? What do you say?"
The man with the full braid didn't expect that this pretty boy in front of him would actually buy his things.
In reality, he only brought these things to deceive the people of Da Jin.
Unexpectedly, this time he encountered a formidable opponent. Not only did the other party look down on what he had, but they were also unwilling to sell him grain.
Now that this sissy wants to buy his things, he's naturally happy to oblige. As for those arrogant words he just said, he'll just consider them as farts he just let out.
Then he burst into laughter and immediately changed his form of address, "Young man, are you serious? You really want all these things from me?"
Su Wan only showed a helpless expression, "There's nothing I can do, I just like this thing because it catches my eye."
A glint of light flashed in the man's eyes. He walked up to Su Wan, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "To be honest, young man, my family is poor, so I thought of cutting down these things on the mountain to sell for money so I could buy some food to get through the winter."
Su Wan's shoulder almost dislocated from his pat, and she couldn't help but hiss.
"Young man, your small frame is no match for you. I only gave you a light pat, and you can't even stop. If you were to encounter a woman from the Western Rong, you would definitely be ridden by one of them."
After he finished speaking, he gave Su Wan an ambiguous smile.
Su Wan: "..."
Men get together and all they do is talk about women. Isn't that boring?
I couldn't help but roll my eyes inwardly.
"How much are these things for?" She didn't want to continue the conversation and instinctively moved away from him. "I'll take them all. If you need more in the future, just bring them over. I'll take as many as you have."
Despite his tall and rugged appearance, the man with a full head of braids is actually a meticulous person.
He deliberately said, "I also got these things from hunting in the mountains of your Great Jin Dynasty. You can give me whatever you think is appropriate."
Since you're already so familiar with each other, the other person will feel embarrassed.
But all I heard was Su Wan saying, "That's great! I don't have any money either, and this isn't anything rare. Why don't you just give it to me? I'll treat you to something delicious."
The man with braided hair froze instantly.
He had never seen anyone so shameless. He was just being polite, but the person took it seriously!
If he had known this person was so honest, he should have asked for an exorbitant amount.
He transported the goods to Da Jin, but didn't even earn a penny for the journey fee, which made him so angry that he wanted to curse.
At this moment, Su Wan threw three taels of silver into his arms and asked him, "Do you really want to go to the biggest restaurant in the city?"
"Go!" Damn it, even a few are better than nothing. He quickly caught up with Su Wan.
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