Chapter 844 Negotiating the Price

The prince has said that a good horse requires one or two hundred taels of silver.

Of course, when merchants transport tea over a long distance, the cost will naturally be greatly increased. If they change horses and go back, it is normal for the price to increase several times.

And for her, there are almost no shipping costs.

Gu Fei took out a pack of tea she bought from her bag. A small pack weighed one pound. She handed it to Kurban, "This is the tea I brought here. You can let He Zhuo taste it."

Kurban took the tea and said it to He Zhuo. He Zhuo nodded. A woman came over and took the tea and started cooking it not far away.

After a while, the tea was brewed and poured into the tea bowl. He Zhuo tasted it with a smile on his face.

This tea tastes better than the ones he usually drinks, with less bitterness and a clearer aroma.

Gu Fei took out another small bag of tea and said, "This is top-quality tea. It's very expensive. It's my gift to you."

He Zhuo was very happy after hearing this. He took it and carefully opened it and smelled it. The fragrance was very strong.

He carefully wrapped the tea leaves, handed them to a maid next to him, and gave a few instructions.

The maid took a handful, boiled it in a small copper pot, poured it into a tea bowl, and handed it to He Zhuo.

He Zhuo first smelled the fragrance, and then slowly took a sip.

He closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, then pointed at the tea cup and said excitedly: "I want this, I like drinking this, this tastes so good, I want a hundred catties of this tea."

Gu Fei smiled after listening to the translator, "This kind of tea is very expensive. It was the tea that the emperor of the British Dynasty drank. There is not that much production. I will give you fifty kilograms at most. Fifty kilograms of tea will be exchanged for five high-quality horses."

He Zhuo was even more happy when he heard Kurban said it was the emperor who drank the tea, "Okay."

Then the man who took the account book discussed with He Zhuo, and then talked to Gu Fei for a long time. Gu Fei probably understood that their tribe has about 10,000 people. If there is enough tea, they can consume more than 100,000 kilograms of tea a year. Tea is good for relieving tiredness, digesting food, and refreshing people. They drink it with all three meals, and even one meal is indispensable.

After discussing for a long time, it was finally decided that a total of 100,000 jins of ordinary tea leaves would be exchanged, more than half of which would be Pu'er, a half of which would be green tea, and 100,000 jins of salt. Some of the remaining iron pots would also be needed, as well as some silk and cotton cloth, and flour. and rice.

Gu Fei took some paper and took notes. She smiled at He Zhuo and said, "I will send these things over as soon as possible."

He Zhuo was a little anxious. The tea leaves given to him by Gu Fei were too little and he could only drink them for a few days. The tea the emperor drank tasted good. "How long is the fastest?"

Moreover, there has been a severe drought in the Northland in the past two years, and there have been many fewer caravans. Now many people have no tea to drink.

Gu Fei thought for a while, "I can't say that, but within ten days."

After all, purchasing these miscellaneous things and settling accounts all take time.

He Zhuo looked at Kurban in confusion, thinking that he had made a mistake in the translation. Kurban nodded affirmatively, "This girl is a goddess. She can travel thousands of miles in one day."

As the leader of the tribe, He Zhuo naturally would not believe such words casually. He just nodded, "Then I will wait for the good news about the girl."

Gu Fei and Kurban stood up to say goodbye. They sent Kurban home first and made an appointment with him to come back to him in a few days.

Then he took Qin'er back to the prince's palace, made a list and had it handed over to the prince.

Ten thousand horses were finalized, which was still far from the 40,000 horses that the prince wanted.

Gu Fei thought for a while, why not go to the court's horse farm first?

The closest one is the racecourse on the Longyou side, more than a thousand miles away from Gu Fei's hometown, Lincheng.