Chapter 454: Buying Club (1)
The expression on Zhen Qian's face was neither happy nor angry, this is the result that Fujiwara Shuxiong is most worried about, if Zhen Qian breaks out into a monstrous anger, this does not make Fujiwara Shuxiong strange, but thinks that after Zhen Qian's anger subsides, he will calm down and talk to himself, but Fujiwara Shuxiong knows very well in his heart that whenever Zhen Qian's face is calm, it will always give people a very bad premonition.
Since Fujiwara Shuxiong met Zhen Qian in Luquan County at the end of last year, Zhen Qian always has a warm smile on his face most of the time, giving people the image of an empathetic and humble gentleman, and a gentleman can be bullied, but only Fujiwara Shuxiong can feel it up close, and this person does things eclectic and is very people can guess.
It's just that Fujiwara Shuxiong doesn't know that Zhen Qian II is a human being, and his mentality has long become extremely strong, whether it is the tempering of the previous life, or the pressure that the great changes in the Tang Dynasty will bring to him in this life, under such tempering, even the fragile rubber bands have become as hard as steel wires.
Zhen Qian, who has already looked down on everything, although he can't be said to be calm and calm when he encounters anything, he can definitely be regarded as strong-willed.
The Tang Dynasty may not let the envoys from the Tang Dynasty enter Kyoto, and the Tang Dynasty has also sent envoys to the Japanese Kingdom many times before, but most of them have not entered Kyoto to see the emperor, which Zhen Qian has long been prepared in his heart.
But I didn't think .......
I really didn't expect that what Fujiwara Kiyokawa and Kibi Zhenbei promised, the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom and the Great Nayan Fujiwara Nakamaro would be so brazen as not to admit it, and now the life and death of the two people who were promised at the beginning are now unknown, but Fujiwara Shuxiong is still there, this is cheating.
me!
Zhen Qian had no choice but to endure it, at least now he couldn't do anything.
"The Tang Dynasty is a country of gentlemen, since the Emperor and the Great Nayan Fujiwara Nakamaro are not clear about this matter, the official can only truthfully explain this matter to the Tang Emperor after he goes back, but I still hope that Fujiwara-kun can look at the friendly exchanges between the two countries and try his best to deal with this matter?"
"That's a certainty, please don't have any mustard in Zhen Lang's heart!" Fujiwara Shuxiong's expression was embarrassed, but he knew very well in his heart that if Fujiwara Kiyokawa and Kibi Shinbei were still there, this matter might have taken a turn for the better, but now that the whereabouts of the two are unknown, he can only bring the words to the Fujiwara clan, hoping to use the Fujiwara clan's influence in the emperor to change the emperor's attitude.
Fujiwara Shuxiong walked out of Zhen Qian's room with some frustration, and the servants beside him whispered a few words in his ear, and said to himself: "Shao Er Dongshang actually escaped to Hyuga Country, so it's okay!" ”
"The maritime merchants from Datang are ready to buy in three days!"
"Selling" is bidding to buy, refers to the Tang and Song dynasties a kind of gambling behavior that the whole people are keen on, from small clothes and dolls, to large chariots and horses, when selling are engaged in "selling", this word has evolved continuously, and is replaced by the word "auction" today.
In the past, the maritime merchants from the Tang Dynasty would carry a large number of goods in Kyoto and other places twice a year, and the way of trading was generally to negotiate and price privately, and only a very small number of cherished items would be carried out by buying them, and the Japanese merchants were no strangers to such transactions.
But this time, it is the first time that Datang Maritime is ready to buy all the goods, but it is not surprising, because this time the maritime merchants encountered a storm, and almost more than eighty percent of the goods sank to the bottom of the sea, and the number decreased suddenly, so it is logical to buy them.
The status of the Tang merchants and the Tang merchants in the past was relatively equal, and the Tang merchants sold their goods in the Japanese country, and they would also buy a large number of goods from the Japanese country and ship them back to the Tang Dynasty, but this time the Tang merchants obviously because the goods suddenly decreased too much, and their status rose rapidly, and they suddenly grasped the right to speak on pricing.
Although the Japanese merchants were unhappy, they had no choice but to see that the merchants of the Japanese Kingdom, Silla, and Balhae Kingdom had all gathered in the Hizen Kingdom.
Tang Shang's purchase in the Hizen country this time was a major event that the Hizen country had not encountered in a hundred years, and the Hizen country was very lively for a while.
Three days later, he was in the largest restaurant in Matsuura Castle, the Hizen Kokuji Office.
Zhen Qian and Fujiwara Shuxiong sat on the third floor and drank tea leisurely, looking downstairs, the hall downstairs was crowded with people, even the elegant seat on the second floor was temporarily changed into individual guest seats by someone with a heart, and only the few private rooms on the third floor were rented to some wealthy businessmen of the Japanese Kingdom.
This time, not only did the Japanese and foreign merchants come to Hizen Kingdom, but also some nobles from the Japanese Kingdom also sent people to participate, because they heard that some rare strange things would appear in this purchase, which attracted many people to inquire around, but there was no rumor at all.
"Have you heard, this time the envoys from the Tang Dynasty have presented many rare gifts to His Majesty the Emperor, and I heard that there are two strange things called soap and perfume, and they will also be bought here this time?" A Japanese merchant whispered.
"What are soaps and perfumes?"
"Don't know?" A seemingly shrewd Japanese merchant said: "But listening to this name should be related to the fragrance, the soap in the soap, in Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jiezi" has the meaning of washing, that is to say, it is related to washing and bathing, if you are not mistaken, it may be similar to the honey locusts and fat beads we usually use!" As for the perfume, as the name suggests, it is very perfume, and it seems that there is nothing peculiar about these two things! ”
"I don't think so, if it's just such a simple item, wouldn't it be degrading to sacrifice it to His Majesty the Emperor?"
"That's the same? We'll see! ”
A short and fat merchant drank the free tea provided in the restaurant and said: "A group of vulgar people, you don't look at the tea you drink today, I heard that these tea leaves are specially made by the envoy from the Tang Dynasty, have you ever drunk such tea before, have you ever seen such a way of drinking tea?" ”
A tall merchant who was still tall among the Japanese merchants said: "That's true! However, how did I hear that the Tang Dynasty envoy who came to our country this time encountered a storm at sea, and the gifts that he was about to present to His Majesty the Emperor sank to the bottom of the sea along with the national letters. ”
"This ......!"
The news of the storm on the way back to China has been spread in the Wa Kingdom, and many people wonder where the gift of this deputy envoy came from to the emperor, and they are also very curious about what kind of gift he gave to the emperor this time.
Before the buying meeting began, the Japanese merchants were whispering through their respective sources, and the same Japanese merchants were also preparing to hold a similar buying meeting on the third day after the Tang merchants' buying meeting, and even the merchants of Silla and Balhae were also considering whether to buy the goods they brought this time .......