At the welcome dinner held later, Yang Congyi finally understood that he was too worried.

The reason why Vipra is enthusiastic is because this year the whole country of Seljuk wants to hold a grand birthday celebration for their great king, if there are other countries to congratulate at that time, the king must be happy, but unfortunately Seljuk unified the five surrounding countries a few years ago, and the rest of the surrounding powers have more or less territorial disputes with the Seljuks, which cause wars from time to time, they cannot come to congratulate, if there are no other countries to congratulate, this birthday celebration will inevitably lose a lot of color.

Now that the king's birthday is approaching, it just so happens that the Great Song Dynasty delegation has come from thousands of miles to visit and brought rich gifts, which is a great thing. The king must be advised to take this opportunity to promote it, and after the birth of the Seljuks, the prestige of the Seljuks in the surrounding countries will be further enhanced, and the sphere of influence will be further expanded.

Because of the benefits, Vipra is so enthusiastic, and if he can make this happen, his position in Seljuk will be more secure, and he can make a lot of money. He already knew that the Great Song Kingdom was another kingdom after the fall of the powerful Tang Dynasty, and he also received news that there were seventy or eighty ships of the Great Song Mission in the open sea, loaded with goods, waiting to enter the port for trading.

The port was under the jurisdiction of the capital of Basra, and he occupied the geographical advantage of trading here, and the silk and porcelain of the East came here as expensive as gold, and if all the goods were resold by his hands, he could earn a lot of money by sitting on the ground, but unfortunately he did not have so much financial resources, and could not swallow the goods of sixty or seventy ships, so he could only take the opportunity to accompany the Great Song Dynasty delegation into the royal city to attract a group of big merchants to try it, and unite the strength of several families, perhaps he could do this business in one fell swoop.

In the past few days in Basra, after Huang Daren got acquainted with Vipra, he proposed to let the Great Song fleet enter the port to replenish supplies, and by the way, carry out some goods transactions with local merchants.

Vipra couldn't ask for it, if he could get the first batch of Great Song goods and transport them to the royal city as soon as possible, he would be able to take the lead, and he would definitely be able to make a lot of money, and he would be able to buy more goods with the money he earned, maybe he would be able to make a lot of money without uniting with others.

Therefore, he immediately agreed, and promised to provide a piece of port land for the fleet to trade, and provide all the convenience for the fleet to trade. After that, he proposed to be the first person to trade with the Great Song fleet, and Lord Huang agreed

Then he made a request, hoping to obtain the exclusive right to trade the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the Great Song fleet could only trade with him in Seljuk, and other merchants who wanted the goods of the Great Song Dynasty could only trade with him, and in layman's terms, he wanted to be the only middleman between the Great Song fleet and other merchants.

Lord Huang didn't know how to trade, Yang Congyi knew a little bit about it, he knew that this was not a good thing for the fleet, if the road was narrow, it would be impossible to sell all sixty or seventy ships in two or three months.

Lord Huang was reminded by Yang Congyi, so he told Vipra that the rice should be eaten by everyone to be fragrant, and no matter how delicious it is, one person can't eat it.

Vipra is also a smart person, originally he made a request to try it, even if the Great Song people could really agree, he didn't dare to eat alone, and Seljuk was more powerful than him in the royal city.

Before the arrival of the team to welcome the mission in Bagla, Yang Congyi hurried back to the port with Sayal on horseback, and informed Tang Xun to lead the fleet into the port to start trading.

The first batch of 100,000 horses of silk, 100,000 sets of porcelain, and 500,000 catties of tea were exchanged by the Vipra men for 300,000 taels of gold and a shipload full of spices.

When the mile-long convoy passed through Basra, it immediately caused a sensation in the city, and Vipra knew that he could earn back at least 200,000 gold coins in this business, and he could exchange twice as many goods in a month, and then he would be able to earn 400,000 gold coins.

The first batch of Da Song goods appeared on the streets of Basra half a day after Vipra's convoy left Basra, and a batch of silk and porcelain worth tens of thousands of gold coins was snapped up within half an hour.

A huge fleet of ships from the Far East lasted two years to bring countless Oriental treasures, and the fleet full of goods stopped at the port, as long as there were spices, jewelry, and medicinal materials worth 10,000 gold coins, the fleet could follow the fleet, and the fleet would leave when the monsoon began two months later.

The news spread quickly from Basra, where tens of thousands of people were shrewd merchants, and from the next day the big merchants quickly gathered money and supplies and rushed to the port to trade with the fleet, while the weaker small merchants banded together to get a piece of the 10,000 gold worth of goods and make a fortune.

Within a few days, merchants from outside Basra also arrived at the port with huge convoys, and the mountains of spices and medicinal herbs were loaded on the sea ships one by one, and the whole box of fine coral, jewelry, and golden gold coins was carried onto the main ship of Shenzhou, which was guarded by the forbidden army. Shiploads of silk, porcelain, and tea were loaded onto horse-drawn carriages from the port and shipped to the interior, or quickly transported to other countries, or stored in warehouses for sale.

In five days, ten ships of goods were sold out, and more and more businessmen were coming, and the transaction situation was very good, which greatly exceeded Yang Congyi and Tang Xun's previous expectations, and the worries before the fleet did not enter the port were superfluous, and the preset plan was useless, and the fleet only needed to negotiate quickly and deliver the goods quickly.

Saial played a non-negligible role in the early communication and negotiation, with his assistance, the rules of the fleet and the merchant's trade, gold coin trading, and silver coin trading were basically determined, and the transaction became simpler, for example, if the merchant wanted 10,000 pieces of silk, he had to give 100,000 gold coins, or 1 million silver coins, or spices, medicinal herbs and jewelry of the same value, different medicinal materials, different values, different spices, and different values, but they could formulate a relatively fair price list, and when the transaction was negotiated, the merchant took a look at the price list. In your heart, you can judge that this transaction is definitely not a loss.

By analogy, silk, porcelain, and tea all launched a unified transaction price list in a short period of time, and the efficiency of negotiations was unprecedentedly improved.

When the fleet was in full swing, the royal city of Baghdad sent a team to welcome the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty arrived, obviously the dynasty attached great importance to the arrival of the envoys of the Great Song Kingdom, and they sent an army of 10,000 people, and the military lineup was not inferior to the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, all of them were horses and scimitars.

The next day, the army from Wang Cheng escorted the envoy group of more than 300 people to Baghdad, five or six hundred miles away.

Since the mission had no carriages and horses, if it was on foot, it would seriously affect the trip, so Vipra requisitioned hundreds of horses and dozens of carriages in advance for the use of the Great Song Mission, and the whole team traveled a lot faster, and it took five days to reach Baghdad smoothly.

Baghdad is an ancient city, founded on the Mesopotamian plain where the Euphrates and Tigris rivers flow, the history of the city has been established for thousands of years, because it is the most abundant water in the whole Arab region, the most fertile land, so the war is also the most frequent, the city of Baghra was built and destroyed, destroyed and rebuilt, and after several iterations, the whole city has become more and more powerful.

At this time, the Seljuk had unified several surrounding countries, and for a time it was strong, Baghdad was even more prosperous as the capital, and the scale of the city had reached a radius of ten miles, and it was a well-deserved center of the entire Arab region.

As soon as you enter the city, you will see that the atmosphere of festivity is everywhere, and it seems that the king's birthday must be approaching.

This is a shopping mall, the wide streets are full of shops on both sides, and there are a variety of goods, just look at it, you can see familiar things such as silk, porcelain, ivory, cloth, coral, pearls, medicinal herbs from the East, as well as a wide variety of colorful spices and medicinal herbs, and many more goods Yang Congyi has never seen before, nor can it be named, it is estimated that it is not a local product, or something from North Africa or Western Europe.

The atmosphere of doing business in the whole city of Baghdad is very strong, and it seems that it is indeed rumored that everyone here is not doing business.

In fact, it can also be understood that Seljuk is located at the junction of the east and west, the place where the north and the south are rushed, connecting the southeast and northwest, and the geographical location is very superior. In addition, the entire Arab region is dry and rainless, and it is impossible to grow enough food, and it is impossible to feed itself without making money from business.

Therefore, in the entire Arab region, not only Seljuk, but also most people in the surrounding countries also rely on business for their livelihood, but the Seljuk region of the two river basins is more advantageous, with better business conditions and a stronger atmosphere.

The arrival of the mission, as in Basra, caused quite a stir. It wasn't that there were many missions, but they hadn't seen missions from other countries appear on such a large scale in the royal city for a long time. The surrounding area is full of enemy countries, and it is rare to see their envoys, and this year the whole country celebrates the king's birthday, and the surrounding countries are as indifferent as usual. Therefore, the appearance of the Great Song Mission in Baghdad at this time is of great significance.

Walking through the long bustling streets, the mission finally arrived at the hotel, more than 300 people of the mission were all arranged into a neat and large house, the safety of the mission Yang Congyi was relieved to hand over to the Seljuks, he believed that they would definitely protect the safety of the Great Song Dynasty mission in this day of national celebration, and he needed to rest for a few days.

Three meals a day in the hotel, there are Seljuks sent in time, but the paste-like thing, as well as the roast mutton full of smell, everyone is really not used to eating, so they have to come to firewood, rice, oil, salt, vegetables and other things to cook by themselves.

The Seljuks sent a lot of supplies, some of which they had never seen before, but that didn't stop them from making sumptuous meals.

The mission rested in the pavilion for three days, and at last someone from the palace came to inform Lord Huang to go and meet the king.