Li Chen sat on the ox cart, swaying quite comfortably. The ox walks slowly, but also walks steadily, with poor shock absorption, as if lying in a hammock.

The car was still loaded with copper plates and cloth, and Li Chen was planning to go out of the city to buy things. There are a lot of copper plates on the car, because this is Yangzhou, and the imperial court has a blast furnace here, which is specially used to mint money. Of course, no matter how much money is minted, it is not enough, so it is necessary to use both cloth and silk, and there are some bad money.

Touching those inferior iron money, Li Chen couldn't help but think. If the imperial court seals all the bronze workshops in Yangzhou, maybe Yangzhou will save more money every year.

In Yangzhou, the amount of money minted by the imperial court is far less than the amount of money raised by the people. Because the imperial court has set up blast furnaces for minting money in many places, these money have been absorbed into Yangzhou, which will lead to this strange phenomenon.

Therefore, the bronze workshops in Yangzhou were sealed, and the imperial court saved a casting fee every year, and maybe it could also reduce the money shortage.

In his thoughts, Li Chen crossed the city gate and saw a huge culvert, and the water was flowing loudly. If you look closely, you can see that a lot of culverts are connected here, and this is the drainage outlet.

When Li Chen came for the first time, he was very surprised, it turned out that the Tang Dynasty had such an advanced drainage system. Yangzhou has to drain well, some areas are very good, there is almost no water accumulation, and the rain quickly flows down the ditches on both sides.

Then it all flowed here, and the southwest corner of here is a relatively low-lying place in Yangzhou. The south side is even more low-lying, and the low-lying terrain has accumulated a pond near the south gate. After going out of the city gate, I crossed the South Gate and got the Banzai Bridge, and I looked at the direction on the right, and it was the lake.

The south gate is also very lively, because it is very close to the handicraft workshop area, where many raw materials are unloaded and then transported into the workshop.

However, at this moment, in addition to the endless flow of vehicles transporting goods at the South Gate, the nearby area is also in full swing, like a construction site. There are constantly people carrying sand and mud to one place and pouring them down. I hurried back to pick up the next load. Li Chen is here to buy sand and soil.

'It's really lively, the business of the Gao Dong family is getting more and more prosperous. Li Chen crossed his hand to a dark-skinned man and said, "TOEFL TOEFL, without Li Dongjia taking care of the small business, how could there be today, the work would have been stopped long ago." He is a dark-skinned man, and his age is actually younger than Li Chen, but he is outside all the year round, his complexion is tanned, and because of his hard work, he seems to be almost the same age as Li Chen.

'Come over to me, it's not too early, hurry up and fill the car for me.' After greetings, the high boss beckoned people to move some sun-dried sand and yellow mud to a few cars that Li Chen came. In order to be in a hurry, Li Chen also rolled up his sleeves and helped carry the luck.

After finally filling up several cars, Li Chen didn't say much, waved goodbye like Boss Gao, and left with the car. It's just that there are ox carts to sit on after the tenth generation, and now they are all full, and Li Chen can only follow along.

Li Chen smiled and patted the loess and sand, these are all money. Regardless of the loess for the time being, in his eyes, these sands are not sand, they are all gold, they are all golden sand. As long as it is transported back, it can be put into the blast furnace and turned into glass.

Yesterday's auction was held, and there was nothing remarkable in modern times, and the price was sky-high. Li Chen specially prepared several sets of glass products for those people, and they were all auctioned at a high price.

Take that Abdullah as an example, for Li Chen to design a set of Koran, and fight with another Hu businessman, and finally Abdullah is a step ahead, or say that the money is more, and he patted away the glass Koran with 200 yuan... Cover.

That's right, it's a slightly thicker glass plate with a few words of the Qur'an on it, and of course it can't be the whole thing. It's not impossible to write the full text, but how much time does it take to make a book, and the thickness is not thin. The important thing is that that kind of thing shatters when it falls, and if it really turns into a glass book, I'm afraid few people will want to buy it.

And why did Abdullah buy it? Quite simply, because he was appointed by the imperial court to manage his compatriots, and to negotiate with the imperial court on behalf of his compatriots.

Generally speaking, two of Suleimande's compatriots have higher status, one is the patriarch, who is a priest of the ****** religion, who is responsible for preaching the scriptures and leading people in prayer. And the other one is Fan Chang.

The people of Fan are all living in Fanfang, and the court assigns the chief of Fan to be responsible for handling the affairs of the people of Fan, civil affairs, if there is a **** made a mistake today, the punishment is to be responsible for the chief. Of course, the chief is not only responsible for this function, but also for the things he wants to do in modern times, two or three officials are responsible, for example, the chief is also responsible for attracting investment.

The Tang Dynasty did not need to attract investment, but it also needed the governor to be responsible for soliciting them to trade with their compatriots, so that there would be tax revenue.

And how are these two people assigned? According to the regulations, one or two should be appointed, and they should be highly respected. How do you know that virtue is important? If it's weight, it's easier to see, and it's not always written on the face. Therefore, it can only depend on the meaning of those Tibetan people, and the Tibetan people say that he is highly respected, and he is highly respected.

Through Suleiman, Li Chen knew that Abdullah was now competing with others for the position of Chief, and the glass Koran plate was a good way for him to increase his prestige, if there was no opponent, he was not in a hurry, but there was... In the end, he had to buy the glass plate with a lot of money, and he currently had the advantage, and would rather smash the broken plate than let the opponent buy it.

Don't say that the tragedy has Abdullah, like those Zoroastrian Hu merchants, Li Chen also prepared glass products that symbolize the same religion, triggering a scramble between them, in the Tang Dynasty, the belief in Zoroastrianism Persian Hu merchants is still a very strong group, this glass totem, auctioned no less than the Koran Sutra high price, so that Li Chen smiled blindly.

Next, there are some glass products that have been auctioned at good prices, such as glasses, a set of 12 zodiac glass dolls, and the prices are very good.

This made Li Chen happy, but also strengthened his determination, this glass product can not be used as a hammer deal. Originally, he just wanted to pit people and dig a big pit, but then his mind changed, the Venetians could keep the secret of glass for hundreds of years, why couldn't he.

No matter how bad it is, it's better to keep it for a few more years. In a few years, this glass product can only provide him with tens of thousands of dollars. There were still a lot of rich people in the Tang Dynasty, and in Yangzhou alone, this auction got nearly 1,000 yuan. This is still not fully developed in the market. If the price of glass products is speculated, a Yangzhou can get a profit.

A Yangzhou is like this, so it is no less than Yangzhou Deyizhou, and even those overseas countries? It really shouldn't be too pretty. (To be continued.) )