Liaodong, Beisha City.

Since Li Jia came here last year and reached an agreement with the local city guard, Han merchants from Lingnan have followed one after another as if they have found a new flavor, and have received a large amount of goods, completely damaging the interests of the Li Chamber of Commerce.

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This kind of competition is vicious competition. Li Jia certainly does not allow this kind of cannibalism. In the end, the Khitans benefited for nothing.

Therefore, the Li Chamber of Commerce has become the arbiter. Every commodity that comes to Bisha City will have a minimum price. Similarly, the purchased goods also have a minimum price.

But there is one very special thing, the Khitan horse, which can only be purchased by the Li Chamber of Commerce. In other words, those Khitan nobles only believe in the Li Chamber of Commerce.

Even so, the Li Chamber of Commerce purchased only 200 Khitan horses every month. They selected and selected only a hundred horses suitable for use as war horses, and gave Goryeo 500 horses as tolls.

In addition, Guo Rong's Northern Expedition a while ago, the Khitan nobles were not fools, and their horses were not allowed to go south. In other words, in the past year or so, the number of Khitan war horses in Lingnan was only 2,000.

Naturally, this could not meet Li Jia's needs. In addition, it was almost 960 and there was no time to waste, so he immediately increased his efforts to acquire Khitan horses.

The most prosperous area of ​​Bisha City is near the City Lord's Mansion, and the Li Chamber of Commerce has established a Li Chamber of Commerce right next to the City Lord's Mansion. It is large in scale and attracts countless merchants and nobles. Pedestrians on the road are also filled with excitement when they see it.

The look of envy on his face.

I heard that this Li's Guild Hall earns a lot of money every day and there are no white men in front of the door. I am so envious!

Pulling up his sleeves, the pedestrians' steps became even more hurried.

"Big shopkeeper, the Governor's Mansion has recently asked us to get as many strong stallions as possible!"

In the guild hall, the accountant had already been busy calculating today's gross profit. On the side, the big shopkeeper in charge of Bisha City kept registering in the account book, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

"Who said this Khitan barbarian is stupid? He's just slipperier than tofu!" The shopkeeper gently put down his brush, smiled bitterly at the boy who came to report the news, and said:

"In the past few months, most of the Khitan horses acquired were mares. Of the few male horses, most of them were castrated. We finally picked out two and sent them to Jeju Island. How could there be more?

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"Hey! What the shopkeeper said is true!" The accountant on the side added:

"The five hundred horses we owe to Goryeo must not be less, otherwise the business will be reduced by more than half, and Miss Jiang of the Governor's Mansion will have to look down on us. It will be difficult -"

"That's what I said, but I have to listen to the orders of the Governor's Office..." the young man said timidly. He did not dare to say more words to the two principals.

"Stay back!" The shopkeeper waved his hand and thought.

"It's difficult -" The shopkeeper's name is Zhang Shihai. He is in his forties. He used to be in the Li Mansion and was responsible for overseas business. Now he is sent to Beisha City to be responsible for doing business with the Khitan, Goryeo, and Bohai people. He is very thin.

But he is very energetic and his eyes are bright, revealing the nature of a businessman.

"The Khitan people don't let go of hawks until they see a rabbit. If they have a horse, it will work, but the price will be doubled, so won't we lose money? When have we ever done a loss-making business?"

Zhang Shihai touched his beard, and his eyebrows were wrinkled with sadness.

"The Khitan people don't have it, but the Bohai people have it!" Mr. Accountant suggested:

"Recently, there have been many requests for weapons and armor in Changbai Mountain. Compared with the past, the number has increased several times. I think Da Shiwei has already prepared the final blow!"

"What does this have to do with us? The dispute between Changbai Mountain and Bohai Country should be avoided by merchants like us!"

Zhang Shihai shook his head repeatedly. Compared with Lingnan, this northern land was too dangerous. Not to mention the Bohai Kingdom, even in the Khitan Kingdom, the small tribes often fought for a little pasture, while the nobles stood aside and watched, as if they were watching a show.

Traveling among the grassland tribes, the Li Chamber of Commerce knew the inside of the Khitan very well. The Khitan Khan was aloof and was only responsible for collecting taxes, while the big nobles controlled the power in the court and did not care about the life and death of the small tribes.

Every year, countless people lose their lives because of this.

"Hehe, the shopkeeper, Da Shiwei from Changbai Mountain, is supported by Lang Jun. He has been sharpening his skills over the past year. I think he is unwilling to be lonely. I think the Bohai Kingdom can't calm down!"

"So what?"

"The Yalu River can go straight to Changbai Mountain, so we will send people there. When Da Shiwei goes to Longquan Mansion in Shangjing, a fight will inevitably happen. Let's prepare more equipment and barter with horses. Although the Bohai horses are inferior, they are far better than

Ma Qiang from the Central Plains!"

"Okay!" the shopkeeper shouted, "We are on the Yalu River. The Khitan people have no boats, so we can move forward and retreat freely!"

"It's not enough to just rely on Dashuwei. I heard that although the northern part of the Bohai Kingdom is a bitter cold land, there are still many tribes and more horses. Get more tea bricks. If you eat meat every day, you should drink some tea to get rid of the greasiness!"

Touching his beard, the shopkeeper laughed heartily.

Soon, several boats went straight up the Yalu River and arrived at Changbai Mountain.

Since the eruption of the Changbai Mountains more than ten years ago, the Bohai Kingdom has been severely damaged. It must be said that it was extremely unlucky to suffer this disaster not long after its restoration.

On the other side of the Changbai Mountains, the Jurchens began to thrive in the land left vacant by the Bohai people, and several tribes took root again.

Dashi Wei really did not expect that this pastureland that was once abandoned by the Bohai people would become the paradise of the Jurchens, and these tough Jurchens also left a deep impression on him.

With the resources exchanged, he quickly conquered this group of impoverished Jurchens, and then together with the Bohai soldiers he brought, he formed an elite army of 5,000 people.

These Jurchens are half fishermen and half farmers, all of them are excellent archers, and because they often walk in the woods, they are physically strong and can be compared with those Khitan soldiers.

Although the Jurchens only numbered 2,000, they fought against more than 3,000 Bohai soldiers during the battle, which was extremely powerful.

Every time he looked at these ruthless Jurchen soldiers, the ambition in Da Shiwei's heart became more and more intense, and he admired the young man in Bisha City more and more:

"With these Jurchens, coupled with these iron tools, and training for half a year, it's time to start seeing the real chapter!"

"Longquan Mansion, I'm here -"

"Report, General, a group of businessmen claiming to be the Li Chamber of Commerce are asking for an audience!" a messenger said loudly.

"Li's Chamber of Commerce? Aren't they always in Bisha City? When did they come to Changbai Mountain?"

Da Shiwei was thinking about it, but this was a good thing for him. At this moment when he was about to launch, more ordnance would mean more success.
Chapter completed!