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Chapter Five Hundred and Two: Masters of the World(1/2)

Under the leadership of Songtsen Gamph Khan, the Tubo Kingdom was in an upward period.

Although it is not a big deal at this time, the accumulated wealth is still quite rich.

At this time, Songtsen Gamphan was obviously impressed by the advanced economic theory of the Han people.

Especially the man named Zhu Wenye, his detailed theory made Songtsen Gamphan admire him.

This is actually understandable.

At this time, Tubo was still in slavery, culture was still in the primitive stage, and even in the economy, even the currency was very primitive, and bulk trade was still in the barter stage.

With such a cultural and economic system, Songtsen Gamphan, even if he was a very smart and wise person, saw Zhu Wenye's articles, it was probably equivalent to a monarch in ancient Roman times, and saw Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations".

Damn, it's too advanced, it's a bit unbearable.

So, I was convinced and could only kneel down.

Of course, no matter how amazing Zhu Wenye’s article is, he doesn’t understand it very much. Moreover, many words and sentences are difficult to understand with Songtsen Gampohan’s cultural level, but this does not prevent Songtsen Gampohan from understanding the essence of these articles. To put it bluntly... the magic porcelain will continue to rise, and will continue to rise, and rise to the sky.

Divine porcelain is wealth, and Divine porcelain is everything. Now, hundreds of cattle and sheep are exchanged for one Divine porcelain, and in the future, it can be exchanged for 10,000 heads.

This is a profitable deal.

Since that's the case...what else can be said?

Hurry up and pull the wool from the Tang Dynasty.

Under the leadership of Liu Xianghe Lunzannong, a huge transaction has begun.

Originally, the Tang Dynasty was more or less vigilant about the trade in pig iron and salt.

But if the other party just wants to exchange a large amount of grain, cattle, sheep and slaves for the IOU from the Chen family’s money house, there is no reason not to trade.

At least Shuofang is obviously very interested in this.

Liu Xiang was a Han man and knew very well that Shuofang needed a lot of labor, and they also had a strong demand for cattle, sheep and horses.

And it just so happened... after the Tubo defeated many tribes, some of them were cattle, horses, gold, and food.

A large number of transactions were going on in a crazy manner. In fact, even Shuofang was a little confused about what the Tubo people were doing. Seeing the other party's sudden large-scale trade, they were a little nervous and quickly compiled the book to Chang'an.

Chen Zhengtai read the book review... he looked confused.

In fact... he had thought that the Tubo people would also get some fine porcelain back.

I just didn't expect that... the Tubo people would be so big.

But I don’t know which god is, who has such great ability, can make the always-savvy Songtsen Gamphan learn from the styles of the aristocratic families and just make a move.

This is unreasonable.

Can the Tubo people understand such profound things?

Chen Zhengtai was asking questions. At this moment, he was really puzzled, but at this moment, he was amused and crying.

Seeing that Chen Zhengtai wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, Wu Xi looked a little crying, she was very curious, looked up at Chen Zhengtai and asked with confusion.

"Mr., what's wrong?"

Chen Zhengtai put down the letter gracefully and said lightly.

"I originally expected that in two months, once the funds on the market broke, our fine porcelain would not be sold."

Wu Qi was the one who knew the most about the accounts and nodded subconsciously.

"Yes, the reason why everyone buys fine porcelain is because the essence porcelain can keep rising. The reason for the rise is that countless funds on the market are chasing highs. But once the funds are exhausted, the price will not rise anymore. Once it doesn't rise, after a long time, everyone will naturally start selling something. When everyone sells the bottles, the price will plummet. After that... as the teacher said, there will be a trampling... At that time, who will countless bottles be sold to? According to calculations... it can last for at least two months, but what does the teacher mean by this? "

"New funds may come." Chen Zhengtai sighed and said speechlessly.

"The Tubo people didn't know what crazy they were going crazy, but they started to grab bottles on the market. In order to raise funds, they sold a large amount of gold, cattle, horses, food and slaves to Shuofang..."

"Ah." Wu Qing shouted in surprise.

After thinking for a while, Wu Yu carefully analyzed it.

"Mr., there are variables again. If there is new funds, does this mean that Jingci will continue to chase high prices, or even... the time it takes to break through will be longer."

Chen Zhengtai nodded first, then shook his head.

"I can't say it, judging by the way of Tubo, it's like taking a desperate bet, which is also something that puzzles me. Did the Tubo people... take the wrong medicine? Although I want to fool... no, although I want to trade with the Tubo people, I just want to get some cheap things, but... I didn't expect them to be so crazy. Songtsen Gamphan, I have heard for a long time, is also a wise lord. Who told him to do such an irrational thing?"

Wu Xi smiled instead.

"My teacher, this is a bad word. How did my teacher teach me at the beginning? It is said that there are smart people and stupid people in this world, but in the face of desire, they are actually the same. Profits make people confused. This is the right reason in the world. When profits are 10%, smart people will become fanatical. When profits are 90%, 100%, or even several times the profits, then... there is no difference between smart people and stupid people in this world."

"I know what you mean." Chen Zhengtai frowned, and his mind was full of questions: "But the only thing that puzzles me is that first of all, you have to make people realize that there is huge profits. But the Tubo people... can that pitiful common sense of economics understand this? This is why my teacher wants to break his head but can't understand it now."

Wu Xi understood, but Chen Zhengtai didn't think that the Tubo people were too smart and fell for this.

It was precisely because of the mentor that the Tubo people were almost like children who were savvy in terms of calculation and economics. They could not even understand what this thing was, and logically speaking, they should not be fooled.

But... it doesn't matter anymore. Reality has happened. If you can sell Jingci for more days, that would be great. In the next two months, I'm afraid there will be countless huge profits.

Chen Zhengtai suddenly felt better. He turned his head and noticed a problem: "Go and go, call Chen Zhengkang for me."

After a while, Chen Zhengkang was called. He was having a headache about building a railway. The manpower and material resources required for a large project worth 19 million yuan were amazing.

And when steel is laid on the ground, there will be countless troubles waiting for the research institute and Erpigou Jianye.

Any negligence may lead to a bad ending.

Now that he heard Chen Zhengtai call him, he thought... Chen Zhengtai also felt that this was unrealistic, and he felt relieved and excited.

Then he saw Chen Zhengtai looking up at him, and his eyes lit up: "I have thought about it, it's not appropriate to build a railway."

After hearing this, Chen Zhengkang was ecstatic and immediately followed Chen Zhengtai's words: "Yes, the cost is too high, and there are still many problems..."

After he finished speaking, Chen Zhengtai interrupted.

"I decided... all the wooden rail railway plans I planned before were withdrawn. This railway is more practical. Let's go to the railway, from Shuofang to Chang'an... Is the railway 19 million chunks? In this way, if you build another horizontal line, it is probably the same number, and it may be even less. After all... it has formed a scale. The larger the scale, the lower the cost. I even want to develop another railway that can connect to Xiazhou. In this way, Chang'an, Xiazhou, the starting point of the Hexi Corridor, and Shuofang and Hebei, can be connected into one piece and form the simplest network. Is this 50 million chunks enough? I have seen enough, and it may not be enough to use so much. This matter... Go back and study it quickly, and also... have the experimental railway rails been repaired? Hurry up and conduct experiments and verify them carefully, and don't make any mistakes. Otherwise, I will ask you."

Chen Zhengkang was scared and his eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth trembled slightly.

Fifty million stagnants.

This is a huge number, a huge sum of money, and it seems to be an astronomical number for Chen Zhengkang.

However, when Chen Zhengtai spoke, he said lightly, as if he didn't have money.

"Okay, stop talking. Follow this policy. If you can't do it, I'll suck you." Chen Zhengtai felt that since he was rich and powerful, the people of the Chen family probably had some signs of wanting to be Wei Zheng. In order to extinguish this sign, Chen Zhengtai was determined not to give them any chance to speak.

Next, Chen Zhengtai decided to start replying to Shuofang.

The general meaning is... it can trade large-scale transactions with the Tubo people to acquire everything they can acquire.

On Shuofang, after getting Chen Zhengtai's handwritten book, he naturally became excited. One was willing to sell, one wanted to buy, one had goods, and the other had money. Therefore... the transaction volume between them can be described as crazy.

Liu Xiang was dizzy. Anyway, he was acting on the orders of Songtsen Gamphan, but in fact... not only Songtsen Gamphan was selling goods frantically, but many nobles in Tubo asked him to convert a lot of cattle, sheep and property into IOUs.

Because of Songtsen Gamphan's promotion, Zhu Wenye's name has long been spread among the Tubo nobles. Everyone wants IOUs, and then... they ask someone to find ways to go to Chang'an to buy fine porcelain.

But they still went to a late market, because the price of fine porcelain had reached 120 jin.

Countless Tubo merchants and envoys of Songtsen Gamphan, waving countless IOUs and buying them everywhere, even more active than the aristocratic people.

This suddenly... further proved Zhu Wenye's statement that Jingci only has the possibility of rising, but no other possibility.

Lunzannong quickly tasted the sweetness because he bought the fine porcelain with the 470,000 guan, and in a few days, the value reached 520,000 guan.

Make a fortune.

While Lunzannong was sending these fine porcelains to the plateau, he continued to find ways to make Liu Xiang, who was far away in Shuofang, continue to pay. Now, the funds in his hands have dried up, and he needs money, and countless money is needed.

This is how people taste the sweetness once, especially the sweetness that can be eaten by lying down, so they no longer care about small profits.

This is like the lucky ones who won the jackpot in later generations. In fact, their final life was not good, because the sudden wealth made them squander wildly, and it also prevented them from engaging in the previous monthly salary of thousands of yuan. Once the bonus was squandered, the people were almost abandoned. Whether it was a Q household or a lucky person for gambling, most people were no exception.

Countless fast horses were passing messages to the plateau, and the team transporting the Shenzi from Chang'an to the plateau was still on the way, and it would take at least one or two months to arrive. At this time, the Tubo Kingdom had actually obtained the news from the fast horses one after another.

After all, fast horses deliver messages much faster than transporting goods.

It's rising...

It's rising again...

But for two months...there is a message almost every few days.

Songtsen Gamphan was originally thinking that the price of Shenci had soared to raise funds from Shuofang. Will the price be higher?

But when the first batch of divine porcelains he bought for more than 120 cents had now increased to 140 cents, he happily held a banquet in the palace that day.

Make a fortune.

This makes more money than plundering other people's land and cattle and sheep.

Just sit in this palace by yourself and your wealth will grow like crazy.

Of course, there is still a message difference from the plateau to Chang'an, so in a sense, Songtsen Gamphan, who was sitting in the palace, knew very well that at this time, the gods' porcelain rose more.

He personally showed everyone the two exquisite porcelains that Lunen brought back.

Many nobles and envoys made praise.

Songtsen Gamphan also showed everyone the articles of the Tubo Translation Bureau’s several revisions.
To be continued...
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