Chapter 141 Commercial Practices of the Great Han Kingdom

The sandalwood bracelet on Yun Lang's wrist has been shiny with the oil he played, and when he turns it slightly, there will be a mysterious oil light circulating.

This kind of light is generally referred to as treasure light.

Therefore, if something wants to become a treasure, it is indispensable to have its own unique light.

For example, gold, pearls, precious stones, jade, diamonds, etc.

The glow-in-the-dark cup can emit a faint glow at night, and naturally it quickly becomes a treasure of a new variety.

This kind of cup is carved from Qilian Mountain jade, most of which are dark green, and the advantage is that the quality is very constant, it will not explode when it is high temperature, and it will be safe and sound when it is cold, so it is best to use it to warm wine.

Since Huo Qubing defeated the Huns in Hexi, the Hexi Road was opened, and the first people to use this passage were not soldiers, but merchants.

Strange to say, jade is just a good-looking stone in other places, in the Han Dynasty because of the culture that has been passed down since ancient times, and because of the excessive preference of the Han ancestors for jade, this thing has become a strange commodity with inflated value.

It is also because these caravans carry a large amount of jade into the customs, a small pass not far from Yangguan has a new name - Yumen Pass!

And Yangguan, a military fortress that is obviously much larger than Yumen Pass, can only be called Yangguan because it is located on the yang side of Yumen Pass.

From this point of view, people seem to prefer commercial activities to military activities.

Hordes of camel riders carried jade from Yumen Pass into the Hexi Corridor, carrying jade that was worthless in the Western Regions after a long journey to Guanzhong, and those stones would bloom in the hands of Han craftsmen.

There are many jade in the Han family.

The most important thing is, of course, to use it as a ritual vessel, from the emperor to the minister, all need to carve the jade into jade, jade, jade and other ritual vessels, and put them on when worshipping the ancestors to show respect.

Thus, jade has divinity.

Because of the divinity, nature is precious, and because of the preciousness, his commercial value is also reflected, and it is the first value of human beings since they understand the importance of the "rite", in ancient times, jade can be exchanged for precious food and women.

The most terrifying thing is that the Han people's demand for jade seems to be endless, no matter how much Kunlun jade enters the Great Han Kingdom, it will be consumed cleanly, and there will never be a superfluous time.

This is not in line with the laws of commerce, after the Han people get the jade jade, the first thought is to treasure, not sell, so everyone who gets the jade is actually the last person to take over.

Liu Che's palace was full of the most and best jade, jade, he didn't like bulky bronzes, nor did he like rough pottery, as for lacquerware, he always felt that it had a taste.

If it weren't for the porcelain fired by the Yun family, his daily necessities would basically be all jade.

After the princes died, they would cover their whole bodies with golden jade clothes, and they would not forget to stuff special jade objects in their mouths, nostrils, ears, and even anus to ensure their immortality.

This Yunlang expedition to the north also shouldered the important task of getting some cheap jade for the palace ministers.

For example, the old thief who is old and virtuous wants to get an anal plug to use after death.

I don't know what the body structure of this old thief looks like, and he needs a hundred pieces of jade to make an anal plug in one breath......

Of course, Er Kuan's original words are not like this, his original words said: "A gentleman is like jade, and old decay cannot become a gentleman's jade, you might as well use jade to decorate the coffin used after death......"

The golden jade clothes are not qualified to wear them, but when he dies, there are only his family members around him, who knows if he will wear them?

Anyway, it will be buried in the earth, and only tomb robbers will be able to get a glimpse of it in the future.

The famous Changsha king Liu Yong was a heavy lover of jade, and his father, Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, died during the Yuan Shuo period.

That is, the owner of the Changsha Palace, who was often patronized by Cao Xiang and them, died, and all the lawless things that happened in Changsha were written off by the emperor, and Changsha became a peaceful feudal country again.

However, the consequences are still serious, they lost the right to rule the kingdom, and only the right to enjoy part of the taxes of the feudal state was left.

A wealthy feudal state, his king has nothing else to do except for poverty and luxury, so the bored Liu Yong fell in love with jade and tombs.

He built fifty-three tombs for his father Liu Fa, which can be regarded as inheriting their family's loyalty and filial piety.

It's just that the jade is used more, and I don't know what method Liu Yong used to get in touch with Cao Xiang, this time, Cao Xiang wants to get fifty carts of jade for him!

This is clearly a promise given after getting drunk...... Cao Xiang had to fulfill this promise, I don't know why, just looking at the sincere words in Cao Xiang's letter, Yun Lang had to grit his teeth and admit it.

As for the various strange requests of the important ministers in the court, there are countless of them, Gillian, Wei, and Changping, there are also requirements, and there are quite a few of them.

prepared for them, the emperor's share can naturally only be more and not less, and if it is counted, there is no way to explain less than a thousand cars of Yunlang.

Thinking of this, Yun Lang couldn't wait to pull his hair bare, God knows what those people wanted so many jade plugs for!!

"The Law of Jade" was introduced in this context...... As long as the jade caravan passes through Hexi, it must pay 30% of the jade to the government as the entry fee.

This trade route was so prosperous that in half a month, Ganzhou Chengchengguan received a large amount of jade.

The room was filled with uncarved jade, which looked inconspicuous on the outside, not much different from a pile of pebbles.

But that's it, Sima Qian and Dongfang Shuo were lying on the pile of stones, looking at one stone and one stone at a time.

At this time, the two noble literati disappeared, and their sleeves were heavy, and God knows how much jade they contained.

After pretending, he still stood opposite Yun Lang with a face and said with a sad face: "Junhou, such a clever and reckless seizure will lose the face of my Han country!" ”

Yun Lang pretended not to see the jade on the sleeves of these two people, picked up the teapot and took a sip of tea: "Do you think it is reasonable for these Hu people to easily exchange these stones for all kinds of products of my Great Han Kingdom?"

Jin Zhu Yubei can't be eaten or thirsty, but it can be exchanged for our silk, lacquerware, gold and iron, tea, paper, pen and ink, if I don't limit the amount of jade that can enter Guanzhong, we don't know how long we will have to eat! “

Sima Qian probably felt that the sleeves were very heavy, so he put the heavy sleeves on the table and said to Yun Lang: "It's useless to do this, it will only make the price of jade in Guanzhong skyrocket, and the Great Han Kingdom will suffer even more!" ”

Yun Lang sighed, picked up a piece of jade that leaked out of Sima Qian's sleeve from the table and said, "Mutton fat white jade......"

Sima Qian snatched the jade from Yun Lang's hand and continued to ask: "Say it quickly, your "Jade Law" is unreasonable. ”

"Can you put away the white jade in your sleeve first, and then use Zhang Tang's tone to force me to ask me if it's okay?"

Sima Qian smiled: "I took my Yulu." ”

"I remember that when you left Chang'an, His Majesty paid you for a year at a time.

Or double! ”

Dongfang Shuo played with a crystal clear jade seed and said, "This is a eunuch!" ”

Yun Lang said helplessly: "People who can sell jade don't care about a little more money, since it is a luxury product, then set the price high, and completely isolate the connection between ordinary people and this thing."

Moreover, I think this thing must be regulated, otherwise it will really suck our blood from our Great Han Kingdom.

To be honest, only the things that can be produced on the land of the Great Han Kingdom are really good things, such as this thing! “

As Yun Lang spoke, he picked up a piece of Qi Lianyu from under the table and put it on the table.

Dongfang Shuo, who had just seen countless top-grade white jade, Sima Qian and the others looked at the green jade in front of them clearly, and then pouted: "Stone? ”

Yun Lang smiled silently, and took out a few round jade cups from under the table and said: "Grape wine luminous cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately, drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times!" ”

"Hiss......" Sima Qian and Dongfang Shuo gasped in unison, with the talents of the two of them, it was easy to distinguish the meaning of the four sentences just now.

"A sentence is a good sentence, but this thing is still a stone!"

This sentence proves that the two not only have a literary vision, but also have a business vision.

Yun Lang was helpless, and took off a string of yellow rosewood beads from his wrist and put it in front of them and said, "This thing is now worth more than gold!" ”

Sima Qian looked at the beads, and then at the luminous cup, then pulled the white jade in his sleeve inside, twisted the few whiskers under his chin and said, "You want to make a treasure again?" ”

Yun Lang nodded and said: "Any good thing from outside, we need to find a substitute in the country as soon as possible, if it is a seed, we will try to plant it, if it is something made by a craftsman, we will imitate it, if it is something that cannot be replaced, we must slander it and make it worthless completely."

In this way, it is the means for our Great Han Kingdom to communicate with foreign countries! “