Chapter 40: Temptation and Wooing
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Under Allen's arrangement, Zhao Hu and the three of them walked into Xinghua City with a state of awe.
Soon, their mindset changed from curiosity and surprise to amazement because of what they saw and heard in their eyes and ears.
In this Xinghua City, there are many novelties that they have never seen before. For example, the transparent glass windows of the Xinghua King's Palace, the clear glass mirrors, the sharp and hard swords, the white rice, the sweet wine, etc., all made them deeply fascinated. These items were never seen in the house of the landlord in the western part of the country.
Zhao Jin, one of the three, was surprised and suddenly thought that if the three of them bought these novelties of Xinghua Kingdom and transported them to Dongli Kingdom, especially Yunzhou, where Huangling Village belonged, to sell them, they would definitely be extremely popular and would definitely make a lot of money.
Zhao Jin, who had a wide range of thoughts, couldn't help but immediately ask the people of Xinghua Kingdom whether the glass mirror was sold or not, and if it was sold, what would it be for.
From the moment the three hunters entered the city, Sheehan had been keeping a close eye on their expressions and reactions. Seeing that Zhao Jin was interested in the glass mirror, Sheehan immediately appeared and introduced the price to Zhao Jin. He told Zhao Jin that as long as there was gold and precious items, they could be exchanged for glass mirrors.
Hearing this, Zhao Jindun was a little embarrassed and said, "I don't have any coins, and I don't have any precious items. "The most precious thing he has in his hands is the bow and arrow that he relies on to catch animals. However, he saw that the guards of Xinghua Kingdom were obviously not short of such weapons, which made Zhao Jin a little uneasy.
Sheen saw Zhao Jin's embarrassment, but he didn't think so, his mind was not only on the small business in front of him. Sheen had already had an idea, and he also expected Zhao Jin's reaction, so he didn't say much when he saw this, only patted them on the shoulder, and immediately invited them to drink together.
Zhao Hu, Zhao Shi, and Zhao Jin looked at each other, and then at the soldiers who followed them, they were a little afraid of the soldiers. Seeing that the soldiers did not react, they did not refuse Sheehan's invitation.
Sheen took the three of them to a house in the city, and asked several nearby residents to prepare a meal, accompanied by Linggu wine, and brought Alan to greet Zhao Hu and the three together.
When Zhao Hu and the three of them saw Allen, they wanted to kneel down and thank them for saving their lives. Alan got Sheehan's suggestion, and hurriedly stopped the three of them from moving, and asked the three of them to sit down for dinner without being polite.
Under the warm hospitality of Sheen and Allen, Zhao Hu and the three of them gradually relaxed their hearts, and everyone chatted happily together, staggering glasses of wine.
Seeing that the atmosphere at the wine table was very good, Sheen took the opportunity to propose that Xinghua Guo was trying to form a business group and go to Dongli to do business, but he had to delay for a long time because he had no leader.
Zhao Hu, Zhao Shi, and Zhao Jin drank wine, coupled with the warm hospitality of Sheen and others, so that they had already thought of reciprocating. So, when the three of them heard this, they immediately patted their chests and promised Sheen and Alan that they could be guides and take them to Yunzhou, the eastern country, to repay Allen for saving his life.
The promise of the three of them was in Xi'an's arms, and he immediately sincerely thanked Zhao Hu and the three for their righteous actions. However, Sheehan thought that he couldn't just express his gratitude in words, so he took out three documents to hire the guide, and asked Zhao Hu, Zhao Shi, and Zhao Jin to sign and pledge, promising to pay the three of them.
In the document, Sheehan promised to give them a house in Xinghua and give them a place to live in Xinghua City. They were also given a generous fee in advance for their hard work in leading the way - three high-quality machetes.
After such a generous thank-you resignation failed, Zhao Hu, Zhao Shi, and Zhao Jin were not polite, and happily pressed their fingerprints on the paperwork, and the employment agreement was established.
After dealing with Zhao Hu and the three of them, Sheen took the paperwork and left first, but he still instructed Alan to arrange someone to entertain Zhao Hu and them.
A few days later, Yi Xingchen returned to Xinghua City, and Sheen immediately reported to him the whole story, especially the progress of forming a merchant group to conduct foreign trade transactions outside the Forgotten Valley.
Yi Xingchen listened carefully, and of course he was very much in favor of Sheen's idea of sending a merchant group to the east. If Xinghua wants to develop, it must not always be nested in the valley of oblivion. The best idea is undoubtedly to use Xinghua City as the central point and expand as much as possible, so foreign trade is undoubtedly a shortcut.
The north of the Forgotten Valley is blocked by icebergs with a harsh environment and is not easy to climb; while the west, beyond the continuous mountains, is the old enemy of Xinghua State, the Roman Empire and the Western Regions Alliance, and the war situation is uncertain and not peaceful, and Xinghua Kingdom cannot go back; as for the south, it is a hundred southern barbarian countries, with backward civilization and chaos, and it is not appropriate to intervene until Xinghua has a certain strength.
After calculation, it is naturally only feasible for the East, and the East leaves the country, the domestic situation is stable, and there is no war, so it is naturally the best choice for Xinghua to carry out commercial and trade activities.
With Yi Xingchen's support, Sheen is more able to do things freely. Immediately afterwards, according to Zhao Hu's description of what he saw and heard, Sheen also took out a simple business report for Yi Xingchen to see.
The main content of this business report is about what types of goods should be handled by the merchant group, and how they should trade with the eastern country. This naturally needs to be made by Yi Xingchen as the final decision.
Yi Xingchen also needs some time to make a decision on this issue.
Because, in Xinghua country, there are not many commodities that can become foreign trade. Before Yi Xingchen re-established the country, the standard of living here could not even reach the level of self-sufficiency, let alone any remaining items to exchange.
And now, with the support of Yi Xingchen, Xinghuaguo finally has products that can be used independently, such as forget worries wine and Linggu wine. However, although these two kinds of wine are the most important sources of wealth for Xinghua at present, they must also be supplied to Huaguo first, and unless there is a surplus, they will not meet Yi Xingchen's requirements.
Therefore, most of the commodities that Yi Xingchen can choose can only be the industrial commodities of Huaguo that he transported through the space channel.
If it is shipped from China, there are naturally many options to choose from, but Yi Xingchen is still subject to some restrictions. Among other things, he first needs to consider the two most important factors|:
First, the volume of the selected goods should not be too large, so that it can be convenient for Yi Xingchen to use the space channel to transport to Xinghua Kingdom;
Second, the value of the commodity should be high enough, at least to be able to make a higher profit in the east.
Combined with Sheehan's report and after some careful selection, Yi Xingchen finally chose small cosmetic mirrors, counterfeit gemstone jewelry, and table salt, which are common in the small commodity market in China, as the first choice for trading with Dongguo.
Of course, as the beginning of trade between the two sides, Yi Xingchen did not expect to make much money in the short term with these goods, so he and Sheehan had the same idea, mainly to use these commodities to allow the Xinghua Kingdom caravan to leave the country in the east to open a market and gain a foothold. (A good activity for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you to take!Follow up~點/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread), participate now! everyone has a prize, now immediately pay attention to qdread WeChat public account!)
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