Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 334: Peace Talks Continue Successfully

Ordinary people are actually very simple. As long as they can feed and clothe their families and live a stable life, they will obediently follow the arrangements. They never have high demands, they just want to live a good life.

The people of Fenggu City were the same. They knew that the war had stopped and they could go out of the city to cut firewood and sell it for money. Many people who made a living from this began to go in and out of the outer city to work hard for three meals a day.

There are also some who want to do business, sneaking out and finding outsiders to start tinkering. This is the common people, in order to survive, they must seize any opportunity.

As for the peace talks conducted by officials, ordinary people do not pay attention to them, as it is too far away from them. Only the dignitaries and government officials pay attention to them, as they all want to gain benefits from it. As a result of these peace talks, most of the benefits will definitely go to these people, because they have the capital.

Only these people can quickly gather wealth and use it for the sale of goods. In this way, the Su He family is also slowly entering this group, and they now have a small amount of assets.

After sending away the Ninth Prince Zhang Liang, General Wang An summoned his advisers to discuss how to break the deadlock in the negotiations. This proposal was made by them and was the one they were most familiar with, how to keep the peace talks going.

At this time, the skinny middle-aged strategist Jing Huairen with a beautiful beard said in a deep voice: "General, why don't we let the common people exchange things for the first time? The common people can do it in the most equal way. Then we can use their prices and species to set the conditions. This way, neither side will suffer. After all, we are here for cattle, sheep, and horses."

General Wang An thought about it and decided that it was not a good idea to prevent the common people from going out just to prevent traitors. In fact, if they wanted to spread the news, they would be able to do so. Even pigeons and eagles could not stop them. So let them go for a while. If that didn't work, they could close the door and use soldiers to do it.

General Wang An accepted his suggestion and said to him, "Huairen's suggestion is good. I will send a message to the Ninth Prince and his men immediately, and let them improve it themselves and discuss the best solution."

After receiving the news, the Ninth Prince and Wu Qirui thought this method was worth a try. They called both parties to sit down immediately to discuss how to implement this suggestion. In the end, it was agreed that both parties would send soldiers to maintain order outside, and that documents would be used to record the transaction quantity and price between the buyer and the seller.

The third prince, Yelu Yixin, also agreed with this suggestion. He immediately sent a pigeon to ask the people of Dongjie Kingdom to come and exchange goods. Daily necessities could be exchanged. Of course, cattle and sheep from Dongjie Kingdom were the main goods for exchange. Horses were also exchanged in small quantities at the request of Ansheng Kingdom.

The Ninth Prince and his men were not worried. As long as they had good things, they were not worried about not being able to exchange for horses. As long as the transaction started, they would exchange a few horses each time, and sooner or later they would be able to exchange for a large number of good horses.

Notices were posted on the walls of Fenggou City, announcing that the big bazaars of the two countries would start at a place built outside the city. Each village would send five people to set up stalls, and all the major merchants in the city could also send five people. The time was set for three days later, on the 18th of September, and I hoped everyone would arrive on time.

After everyone saw it, they told each other. The head of each village had received the news. Before the notice was posted, the message was passed down layer by layer.

The merchants wanted to seize this opportunity and hurried to prepare their goods. The Su He family also had a quota, and they were going to take tea and noodles to participate in this big fair. The Su family had prepared early, but at that time they thought they could not go, so they asked Wang Xiaohu to exchange some cow and wool for them.

If it doesn't work, I can go buy some from them. Wang Xiaohu already knew that I was going to open a wool shop. Of course, he supported the Su family, which was also for the good of the people. He smiled and said that Su He and his family should sell them the wool first.

Su He promised at that time that the first few pieces he knitted would be sent to the General's Mansion for their approval and suggestions. Su He repeatedly assured that this one would be very warm, with less cow hair and more wool, and they were never afraid of the cold in winter.