Chapter 35 - 35: Opening Transport Line_1
Chapter 35: Opening Transport Line_1
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“Shouzhe, where on earth did you get fifty to sixty thousand dan of grain from?” Gongsun Qiang gasped, speaking in an almost disbelieving tone.
The Gongsun Clan of Shanyang is considered powerful, possessing tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. However, even so, the production of gram for a season does not reach fifty to sixty thousand dan! Moreover, the gram produced by a prominent family’s fertile lands must be shared with tenant farmers and annual taxes must be paid per acre. Additionally, there are also reserves for grain seeds and consumptions like insecticide powder.
From this, you can see what an astronomical figure fifty to sixty thousand dan of grain is. Even under normal circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to gather that much grain all at once, let alone under the current situation.
“I bought it from Qian’s Merchant House through a friend’s connection,” Wang Shouzhe said, “Uncle, we should not delay any longer and set off to Jucui Manor first. The carriage will follow.”
The carriages of the Gongsun Clan were specially reinforced for the transportation of minerals. The horses chosen to pull the carriages were robust and highly enduring heavy draught horses from the North. Each carriage was pulled by four to five of these horses, capable of carrying weights amounting to thousands to tens of thousands of jin.
Bought it through a friend’s connection?
Gongsun Qiang’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably, wondering where this kind of friend came from. Could he have one too? Filled with envy, jealousy, and a slight disbelief, he followed Wang Shouzhe to Jucui Manor.
Jucui Manor is one of Qian’s properties, specially designated for the storage of various bulk goods. Many bulk goods range from tens to hundreds of thousands of dan; there is absolutely no need to transport these to Changning Weicheng.