"As for gold and silver, these are just savings they have left over hundreds of years, which naturally seems to be a little more, and their population is limited, and their wealth is concentrated, which is no more than that.

In any county in Datang, all the rich and noble families together will not be less wealthy than here, but there are not so many gold, silver and jewelry. Feng Daiwen continued to the slightly disappointed crowd.

"It makes sense, but if there is gold and silver, there should naturally be mines, and what is the output?" Although Li Shimin must have a source, it is impossible to know something that is too core, so he naturally wants to hear what the person concerned has to say.

"Mines naturally exist, but they are not rich mines, and their gold and silver are not traded as coins, but as ornaments, which they wear themselves, and they will also be used as tribute and donated to the temple." Feng Daiwen introduced to everyone.

"Wei Guo, do you mean that the people of the country also have gold and silver?" Xiao Yu heard the meaning of Feng Daiwen's words.

"Xiao Gong Mingjian! It is true, not only the country of Bi and even the same is the case with Nanzhao, but it is mostly silver, gold, and less jewelry, and the officials and others capture the city, just to the rich households and officials in the city, and they can't encroach on the people's wealth, so it is too embarrassing for the Tang Dynasty, but in the future, you can let the caravan go over to exchange, and you can exchange a lot of salt, clothes, farm tools, etc. Feng Daiwen deliberately raised his voice and said to Xiao Yu with a slight apology.

Xiao Yuren was old and refined, and when he saw Feng Daiwen's strange expression, he deliberately spoke loudly, and immediately understood that this was an opportunity to encourage others, but there was no malice, so he didn't mind touching his beard and nodding with a smile.

The conversation and expressions between the two were only seen clearly by a few people around them, and they understood what was going on, and no one broke it, they all smiled and nodded, and cooperated to express their satisfaction.

Come to think of it, although you can exchange cheap goods for gold and silver, if it's just that simple, then who wouldn't make a fortune quietly, and the country of Bi is really too far away from Chang'an, and it can be imagined that it took almost a year to conquer once, so this plan is obviously a bait.

"Weiguo, I don't know if Chong'er is good? What is the situation in Wa State? In the letter, Changsun Chong complained that he was isolated and no one provided any help, and said that there was not even a copper plate left in the warehouse, and as an old fox, he naturally would not listen to one-sided words, even if it was his own son.

"Zhao Guo's public security is good, I haven't seen him for a long time, as for Ling Gongzi, Xia Guan has not seen it when he passes by Wa State, it is said that he is busy with government affairs, there is nothing in Wa City, most of the young and strong people have been transferred, and there are no officials." Feng Daiwen didn't have anything to hide, so he smiled and said truthfully.

The eldest grandson Wuji could naturally realize that what Feng Daiwen said was the truth, and he couldn't help but be angry, his son really felt like he couldn't hold up the wall in the mud, and he was actually busy with affairs, so he could imagine what was going on.

"Hehe, what I want to ask is how the Wa people live in a structure." The corners of the eldest grandson Wuji's mouth twitched twice, and he asked with a slightly embarrassed smile.

"There! Poor and backward, half-herding and half-farming, wearing animal skins, living in wooden houses, fortunately, nature loves, eating a lot, there are baby-sized fruits, and trading is also bartering. Feng Daiwen saw that many people were interested, so he took out a part of the dried jackfruit that he originally planned to keep for his daughter to taste for everyone to taste.

"Baby-sized? It's huge. The crowd was visibly taken aback, and asked with wide eyes.

"Yes, it's true, but this thing likes high temperatures, and can only be planted in Lingnan and Nanyang." Feng Daiwen said with a smile.

"Uh-huh, good, fragrant, sweet! It tastes good! Under Feng Daiwen's painful expression, more than a dozen ministers ate the dried fruits that they took out.

"Beautiful! It's so beautiful! At this time, the craftsman took out the jadeite after rinsing it with water, and Xiao Yu couldn't help but admire.

Everyone hurriedly looked over, only to see a piece of jade, a touch of emerald green, so green as if it was about to come out of the water, which attracted people's eyes deeply.

The other piece is Ming Fei, there is a little green outside, and there are actually two pieces the size of adult fists in the middle, which makes Feng Daiwen begin to doubt life.

"Is this really providential? A piece of imperial green and a piece of Ming Fei are all matched with Li Shimin, and they are two pieces selected at random. Feng Daiwen thought in surprise.

"It's beautiful! The color is bright, pure, touched by hand, delicate, smooth, it is really a rare treasure! Du Ruhui couldn't help but take it over and take a closer look at it and admired.

The Du family was originally a rich and noble family, and they had a good eye for jade and other objects, and when they heard Du Ruhui's praise, others also came up to take a good look at it, and nodded to affirm this statement.

"These two pieces should be rare things among them, jade, yellow is rare, the father is really blessed, and a finger is actually two treasures." Feng Daiwen couldn't help but sigh.

"Can the saint let the old minister choose a piece, take it out and play with it slowly, and ponder it into an ornament, which is also a rare pastime." Yan Shigu was rarely interested, and stepped forward to say.

"Aiqing chooses to be!" Li Shimin naturally would not refuse the request of Yan Shigu, who had always had a clean sleeve, and agreed without hesitation.

"Hey, hey! Thank you, Holy Lord! "As an old man who is almost seventy, no one will mind if he occasionally makes a small request and is naughty, because everyone knows that almost all of the Yan family members are pure people with few desires and good style.

Yan Shigu arched his hand and thanked him, and he didn't pick and choose, he stepped forward and picked up a stone in front of him at will, handed it to the craftsman, took out a silver ingot with a smile and said: "This money is the hard-earned money that the old minister gave to transport the soldiers." ”

Feng Daiwen didn't refuse his kindness, smiled and took it, and asked the guards to put it away.

Li Shimin saw that many people wanted to get a piece, but it was difficult to speak, so he asked people to divide all the ores into four grades according to their size, and then said: "Today, I will make a village, according to my identity, one piece per person, one piece will be ten taels of silver set by Elder Yan, whether you can produce good things, you will have your destiny." ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord! Such an elegant and vulgar thing to appreciate, the old minister also participated. Xiao Yu said with a smile, and after speaking, he casually pointed to a stone of the size arranged by Li Shimin.

Seeing this, the others also entered with a smile, and those who did not bring silver were put on the account, and there were not enough craftsmen, so they asked the guards to slowly peel off the stone skin with knives, and it became a lively market outside the Suzaku Gate.

It didn't take long for some people to cheer and sigh, and some people sighed in disappointment, the first Datang Gambling Stone Conference kicked off inadvertently in Li Shimin, but this time almost half of the people earned, because this batch of stones is really good, and they are all open, and they only want to have color, even so, half of them are lost.

(End of chapter)