Chapter six hundred and twentieth: gluttonous feast(1/2)
Mountains are worthless in this era.
Of course, for Bachel, selling his territory is another matter.
However, the Chen family should not be neglected, and he is very clear about the Chen family's energy.
At this time, Bachel smiled and said, "Mountains? Those mountains are not worth a penny, why... are you interested in these mountains?"
"Natural." Chen Zhengxin nodded and said, "Dashi Trading hopes to purchase some assets in Persia, of course... it's just buying at will. If the general is interested, you might as well make some transactions."
People like Bachel are a generation of Persian heroes. They naturally have to think about anything they do.
He was undecided and thought for a while, "I wonder how much is your business willing to bid?"
Chen Zhengye had done his homework early in the morning, so he casually said: "That mountain land has been measured by someone. It is probably 13,000 hectares, all of which are mountain lands. The Chen family... can bid 90,000 jin. If this is combined with gold, it will be equivalent to 3,000 taels of gold. How about it?"
The Persians did not use copper as their currency, and most of them still used gold as their main currency.
However, the Chen family’s money house has a special service to directly exchange silver notes for gold. At present, the silver notes of about thirty knots can be exchanged for one or two taels of gold!
In this way, if the Persians disliked the copper coins exchanged with silver notes and were worthless, they could exchange gold with silver notes at any time, and they were not deceived. In order to facilitate exchange, the Chen family transported a large amount of gold to the Persian money house, providing this type of service to the Persians.
At first, Bachel didn't care, and he didn't want to sell the mountains and forests, but now Bachel was moved.
This is by no means a small amount!
Where is three thousand taels of gold?
Although the worthless mountain land covers a huge area, in fact, he never thought of selling it.
It was a mountainous land of the Bachelor family. It was originally used for hunting. Such a valuable thing actually didn't make much sense.
The price given by the Chen family was obviously reasonable, and it was actually much higher than his expectations!
This land is very large and is near the capital. The mountains extend along the coast. The only disadvantage is that there is no output.
But now...the price of the Chen family is obviously very tempting.
Just when Bachel was hesitating, Chen Zhengxin said: "In addition, I heard that the general is interested in the porcelain and weapons of my Chen family. The Dashi Trading Company is already selling firearms and porcelain. If the general wants to buy it, he can also talk to me in detail."
"Weapon?" Bachel squinted his eyes and his heart suddenly moved.
He was the largest noble in Persia, and the reason why he was supported by the nobles was because he had the largest territory and the most abundant income. Naturally, he could raise the most samurai.
In this place where lords are everywhere, warriors mean power!
What Bachel is actually really afraid of... is not anything else, but other intentions shown by Chen Zhengxin. The Chen family can sell weapons to Bachel, which also means that the Chen family can also sell them to other lords.
And this... is too scary, because if other lords purchase large quantities of weapons, it will obviously be very unfavorable for Bachel.
What Bachel needs to do is to form an advantage in strength among the lords. Only in this way can he have greater voice in Persia.
The Tang Dynasty's ordnances... do have many advantages, such as their swords, which are often sharper, and their saddles, stirrups and even horseshoes. Bachel has also seen samples of security teams appearing in Persia, which are indeed excellent.
Of course, what made Bachel even more interested was the Tang Dynasty's firearm. This thing is very interesting, but it is relatively expensive.
It is obvious...Bacher needs a good army.
He did not expect the Tang Dynasty to sell these magical weapons, but the Chen family was willing to sell them, which was obviously beyond his expectations. Since that was the case, no matter what, he certainly wanted to buy them.
To buy, you have to need a lot of money, which means you have to raise money. It is obviously not a bad idea to sell some useless mountain land.
Only in this moment, he had an idea in his mind.
Therefore, Bachel said with a smile: "I have heard of your country's weapons for a long time. If you are willing to sell them, you might as well talk about them."
Chen Zhengye said calmly: "Let's do this, it's better to have a day than choose a day. Three days later, the Dashi Trading Association will hold an exhibition in the capital of the country. If the general is interested, he can see it with his own eyes. As for the details, he might as well talk about it again. It's just that mountain and forest..."
"Sold." Bachel responded happily!
Since he was determined to spend a lot of money to buy weapons, it was obvious that it was natural to sell some useless mountain land in order to raise money.
Chen Zhengxin was calm on the face, as if he had realized that he would sell it for a long time, so he nodded calmly and said, "Since that's the case, then you might as well trade it as soon as possible."
In fact, there are many people like Chen Zhengxin. Under the instructions of Dashi Trading Company, they frantically purchased a large amount of assets. Many shopkeepers of Dashi Trading Company swept across the Western Regions, Dashi and Persia, and even entered Japan, and acquired a large number of land, mountains and forests, and even in the desert of Dashi, large tracts of land were bought as if they were not worth money.
And these lands are actually very low in price.
After all... Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the land and forests of various countries often have not been abundant and have not been developed at all. For those who have these land and forest assets, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worthless.
On the other hand, various places began to hold exhibitions under the operation of the Dashi Trading Company. There were countless Datang cotton cloth, silk, porcelain, weapons, and agricultural tools, and merchants and lords from all over the country gathered!
It has to be said that most of these people have never been to the Tang Dynasty, but at this time, through this exhibition, they have seen the wealth of the Tang Dynasty.
Especially the various weapons are even more unimaginable. Swords made of steel, excellent crossbows, and even firearms are dazzling.
So there are countless orders.
These lords had to take out the gold they had stored to exchange for silver notes, and then use the silver notes to purchase the goods they wanted.
But... these exquisite and expensive treasures of the Tang Dynasty are good, and the only thing that is the only disadvantage is that they are expensive.
The same farm tool was only 400 ci, but when it arrived here, the price of gold was nearly three ci.
Because of the high price, for the vast majority of the Western Regions, Dashi and Persians, they were obviously deterred.
But...weapons are still hot.
The lords have a tradition of raising a large number of warriors in this system of feudal division. When someone buys weapons, others must buy them!
Even if most lords save money, this weapon is a necessity.
Because everyone knows that no matter how much money you have, it will be meaningful to be kept, and these excellent weapons are the ones that protect their castles and wealth!
If others buy everything but don’t buy it yourself, your strength will surely plummet in time. At that time, the loss will not be even money, but your own life.
Money houses took this opportunity and even launched lending services.
The Chen family has always had a tradition of borrowing. Everything can be used for mortgage. There will be special people who value your territory, future taxes and all your property, and then lend it to you with lower interest.
In order to encourage everyone to borrow, the bank even launched an aid plan. In this aid plan, all the loans are low interest and the interest rate is very low. Compared with the lords lending to others, the profit-making model is almost the same as giving money for free.
This... finally made all the lords and merchants enthusiastic.
As a result, the money shop business suddenly became popular. At the same time, in order to get money, the lords began to sell out some assets that seemed to have little profit!
From mountains to forests, even some land with meager output, and their own ports, they can all be converted into money for purchasing arms!
Order orders are very popular, but the cheap cotton cloth and farm tools are no longer in the spotlight.
"Vizier, Vizier..." Half a month later, an aide hurriedly found Bachel.
Vizier means the title of prime minister or high-ranking nobles.
Bachel was sitting on the blanket on the ground, and a servant made him a tea that he bought at a high price from the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. He heard that such tea was very popular among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, so Bachel also wanted to try it. However, when the tea was in his mouth, he felt a bitterness at the tip of his tongue, which made him frown and almost sprayed the tea out.
Baher really couldn't imagine how this tea tasted slightly bitter, so how could it be loved by the nobles of the Tang Dynasty?
So he smacked his lips and frowned and said, "Get the milk."
So the servant hurriedly took the goat's milk and sent it to Bachel. Bachel drank the warm goat's milk in one gulp, which diluted the bitterness in his mouth, so he couldn't help but say, "The goat's milk is still good."
After he said that, his eyes turned to the person who came.
The person who came was his housekeeper, who was responsible for some territorial management and other affairs for him on weekdays.
Bacher said: "What's the matter?"
The butler said, "I heard that Asha has purchased another batch of swords and swords, which are 300 pairs."
Bachel raised his eyebrows.
He discovered that after the Tang Dynasty came, although he was doing business with people everywhere, he was even willing to sell excellent weapons. This was a very kind move!
But Bachel gradually realized that something was wrong.
Because the Dashi Trading Store sold weapons like crazy, it aroused the enthusiasm of many lords, but it just triggered internal competition among lords.
Originally, all the lords were on the same level, using crude weapons and armor. Even if they were novices pecking at each other, at least, in Persia, everyone was novices anyway.
The problem now is that the sales frenzy caused by the emergence of Dashi Trading made all the lords, especially Bachel, feel tired!
If someone else buys it, you have to buy it. Otherwise, if someone trains a good warrior, but your warrior is still using trash iron, how can you make other lords respect you?
But once you buy it, how much should you buy? If you buy it less, you cannot form combat power and you cannot form an advantage. But if you buy too much, the price of this weapon is not expensive.
Asa mentioned in the housekeeper has always been a big concern for Bachelor, because this person has always disobeyed Bachelor!
This Asa comes from one of the oldest families in Persia. His territory is quite large and he has always been eyeing Bachelor!
Bacher frowned deeply and said, "How many gold and silver coins do we have..." But then, he couldn't help but say, "How much money do we have?"
The large currency of Persia is mainly composed of gold and silver coins, with round and non-holes. There are patterns on both sides of the money. These patterns are pressed with molds. The front of the silver coins is the bust of the king, and their beards, buns and clothing are all Iranian-style, especially the crown, which is rich and complicated.
At this time, the Persian Sassanid Dynasty, every time a king was replaced, a new coins were cast on the bust of the new king. Therefore, it can be seen from the coins that the crowns of each king have their own characteristics, different from each other, and the styles were very exquisite.
However, the arrival of Han merchants instantly caused the original monetary system to collapse.
The root cause is that the goods of Dashi Trading Company are very popular, and lords and merchants ordered them one after another. However, the goods of Dashi Trading Company must be traded with money tickets. Therefore, people had to exchange gold coins and silver coins into money tickets and then traded with Dashi Trading Company.
Even if the money house gives you a loan, the people give you money tickets, and even transactions of land such as mountains, forests, and ports are mostly the case.
This led to people becoming willing to accept money tickets, after all, money tickets can be exchanged for corresponding gold and silver at any time.
Over time, even Bachel was too lazy to use how many gold and silver coins to measure it!
To be continued...