Chapter 573, Really Cheap
Bukhara looked carefully in front of the full-length mirror, gently touched it with his hand, and looked at himself in the mirror, showing that his well-groomed beard was so majestic.
"Haha, it's really a mirror, it's really a mirror~"
"It's incredible that there are such big mirrors in this world~"
Looking at this full-length mirror as tall as himself, Bukhara's hands couldn't help but tremble.
Speaking of mirrors, one cannot but mention one person, the Persian merchant Siham.
Siham arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, bought a lot of mirrors, and finally brought them back to Persia after many hardships.
With the mirrors he brought back, Siham was not only made a nobleman by the Persian emperor, but every mirror he brought back was sold for a sky-high price, and it is not too much to describe Siham as becoming rich overnight.
This kind of mirror, which can clearly reflect everything in people, also quickly became popular in Persia, and countless dignitaries and dignitaries did not hesitate to buy a mirror.
It's just that the mirrors brought back by Siham are limited after all, and there is no way to meet the Persians' demand for mirrors, and the price of this mirror has also risen again and again, becoming something that the powerful are feverishly chasing.
Even in the Ottoman Empire and Italy on the Mediterranean side, a small number of mirrors were scattered in these places, which also caused a frenzied struggle among the aristocracy.
However, the mirrors that Siham brought back are all small mirrors, because the distance is long, the small mirrors are better to keep and carry, and the number can be more.
This full-length mirror in front of him, a mirror that can reflect all people, is a priceless treasure in Bukhara's eyes at this moment.
"The Ming people are really as rich as the legend, and they have so many mirrors, and even the mirrors they use are so big."
Bukhara's eyes turned to the side again, and all kinds of mirrors were placed, any mirror was very large, full-length mirror, mirror with dresser, hanging mirror, wall mirror, etc., all the mirrors were very clear, and everything in front of him was clearly illuminated.
This reminded Bukhara of the Ming depicted by Siham.
When Siham returned to Persia, he not only gained wealth and status, but was also invited by many to hear his description of the mysteriously powerful and rich eastern power.
In Siham's depiction, the Ming Dynasty was a country of great wealth, where almost everyone wore beautiful silk and used porcelain in their daily lives.
Daming is still an extremely powerful country, it has a very large area, from the westernmost part of the Ming Dynasty to the east thousands of miles before he arrived at the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is also thousands of miles to the south.
The capital of the Ming Dynasty is very large, prosperous, with a population of millions, where there is a building, splendid, all of which are decorated with all kinds of exquisite glass, just like a palace in the sky.
The Ming people are very confident and very arrogant, they think that the Ming is the center of this world, and the places outside the Ming are barbarian lands.
This is the Ming Dynasty depicted by Siham, a mysterious, rich, and powerful country.
In the past, Bukhara was still somewhat unconvinced, but now, he does.
These Ming people in front of them are all dressed in gorgeous and uniform clothes, their goods are so exquisite, and all of them are priceless good things.
Porcelain, silk, and these dazzling glassworks are unbelievably numerous.
"It's cheap from afar, how can these things be sold?"
Bukhara asked, pointing to the full-length mirror.
"This mirror is very expensive, about 5,000 taels of gold!"
The man in charge of receiving Bukhara was a man named Sun Lin.
Sun Lin couldn't understand what Bukhara was saying at all, but it didn't matter, anyway, along the way, there were many languages that he couldn't understand, and business could still be done.
Sun Lin took out a small blackboard, wrote the number 5,000 in Arabic numerals on it, and then took out a tael of gold and said.
"It's too expensive, it's too expensive, my friend~"
"Can it be cheaper~"
Bukhara also couldn't hear the Ming language, but he could read Arabic numerals, and with the numbers and gold written by Sun Lin, coupled with some body language, he immediately understood that this thing would sell for as much gold as 5,000.
Then he took Sun Lin's chalk and wrote the number 500 on the small blackboard, which meant that he was willing to pay 500 taels of gold to buy this mirror.
"No, no~"
When Sun Lin saw it, he immediately shook his head again and again, 500 taels of gold, this is too cheap, that is, the price of 5,000 taels of silver, this price is almost able to buy in Daming, but this is in Tianzhu, they came here thousands of miles away, and selling 5,000 taels of gold is already very conscientious.
"5,000 taels of gold, less than a little will not be sold."
Sun Lin said very firmly.
“000?”
Bukhara looked at Sun Lin's appearance and bargained again.
"No, no, it's five thousand taels of gold~"
Sun Lin still shook his head.
"My friend, this is too expensive, too expensive, five thousand taels of gold, too expensive, too expensive~"
Bukhara General Sun Lin still disagreed, and also shook his head and said.
"000 taels of gold, I can sell you this~"
Sun Lin looked at the other party's appearance, took out a much smaller mirror from the side, a mirror the size of a basin, and said.
"000 taels of gold?"
Bukhara held a round mirror with a delicate wooden frame in his hand, no matter how big the mirror could be sold for 10,000 taels of gold in Persia, and if it was shipped to the Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean, it could even be sold for a higher price.
"My friend, how do you sell this silk?"
"And how do you sell these porcelain?"
Bukhara carefully counted the gold and goods he had brought with him, and did not rush to sell mirrors and glasswork, but looked at silk, cloth, and porcelain.
These things were also very popular in Persia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Mediterranean, and they were very expensive, and they were very profitable.
"My friend~"
"This silk costs 50 taels of gold a horse~"
"These porcelain, this big one costs 500 taels of gold, this small one costs 5 taels of gold, and these medium-sized ones only cost 50 taels of gold."
"As for these cloths, they are very cheap, and they only need one or two gold horses."
When Sun Lin saw it, he also hurriedly asked people to bring a small note, and then wrote the corresponding numbers on the small note, and pasted it on these after writing, so that people could know the price of these things at a glance.
"Oh, it's so cheap~"
Hearing Sun Lin's offer, Bukhara couldn't help but sigh.
Really cheap.
Silk is a very expensive thing in Persia, the Ottoman Empire, the A~~La~~Bo~ region and further Mediterranean Europe, more expensive than gold.
In these places, the price of a piece of silk can often be sold for a few hundred taels of gold, and the point is that even if there is gold, you have nowhere to buy it.
Whenever a small amount of silk appeared, it would be immediately snapped up by the dignitaries and dignitaries in these places.
As for porcelain, it is also very expensive.
The dignitaries of these places were eager to have a complete set of porcelain, so that they could entertain their guests with porcelain at banquets, rather than with crude, unsightly things.
A plate for food can only be bought in these places for a few dozen taels of gold, and it is also priceless, and even if there is gold, you have nowhere to buy these porcelain.
Wearing robes made of silk and using porcelain to entertain guests, this is the most impressive.
But silk and porcelain are rare.
The mysterious and rich East was too far away from them, and it was very inconvenient to travel back and forth, and in ancient times, when transportation could only rely on horses and camels, there were too few and too few silk and porcelain to meet their needs.
This is also one of the reasons why the price of silk and porcelain is extremely high, the market demand is large, the supply is small, and the price is naturally high.
"What are these white things?"
Bukhara was ecstatic in his heart, this trip to Andra really made a lot of money, as long as he brought these things back to Persia, there was no problem at all to make a tenfold profit casually.
Then his eyes looked at more other commodities, there were too many things put out by the Ming people, all kinds of things, all kinds of things, all kinds of things, dazzling, dazzling.
"These are all sugars, you can taste them~"
Sun Lin filled a spoon made of porcelain and brought it to Bukhara, and then motioned for him to taste it.
Bukhara rubbed it gently, and after a careful one, suddenly the whole person's eyes couldn't help but squint.
"It's so sweet, it's sugar, it's such a beautiful sugar~"
Bukhara was immediately excited.
Sweets are something that only the rich can afford on the Ming side, and even more so around the world in this era.
Especially in Persia, the Middle East, and Europe, there are many people with a sweet tooth, but only the real aristocracy can afford to eat sugar, which is too expensive.
Sweets are so rare.
"How do you sell this, how do you sell this?"
Bukhara said excitedly, pointing to the candy.
"This thing costs 50 taels of gold a bag."
Sun Lin looked at the other party's expression, and immediately smiled, to be honest, snow candy is really a good thing, but the price is indeed expensive, not something that ordinary people can afford.
"Bought ~ Bought ~ "
Bukhara almost didn't hesitate, and immediately nodded straight, he had to be a good deal for other things, and he wanted this candy directly.
Sweets are so rare, the key is that they are so cheap, this bag of snow candy is only 50 taels of gold, which is really cheap.