The price of the musket quoted by Mabond was indeed very high, especially for Aziz.

You know, Aziz's tribe is not very large, with a population of four or five thousand people. And among these four or five thousand men, there were even fewer qualified warriors, and most of the people were women, children, and the elderly.

A desert tribe like this can only imagine how much money they can come up with.

If you think about it on your knees, you know, they really can't come up with much money.

Especially for tribes living in such a chaotic place as the Cuman region, they will be even poorer.

Fortunately, there are many camels in the tribe, and at the same time, the women are ingenious and can use camel hair to weave more valuable camel hair products, which can be regarded as a way for them to barely live.

In addition, they could also obtain some of the necessities needed for the survival of the tribes by earning a price difference with the tribes of Persia and Iraq.

Therefore, sixty gold coins for a musket, that really scared Aziz.

He has lived so long that all his possessions together are not so much.

Even the leader of the tribe would feel pain in the flesh when he thought about it.

I don't know if the other party can answer the camel in exchange?

If it could, then maybe the deal could still be done.

The Bajir tribe lacks everything, but there is no shortage of camels.

Don't look at the small population of this tribe, but it has as many as seven or eight thousand camels.

Basically, if these camels fell on the heads of each of the tribesmen, there would be a surplus for each person.

Of course, most of these camels belong to the tribal chiefs, and the number of camels in the hands of the tribesmen is not very large.

In this era, the Arab tribes living in the desert area, camels were a very valuable and important means of transportation.

If there were no camels, life would have been very troublesome for these tribes.

At the same time, the multi-killing of camels. It is also a sign of whether a tribe is strong or not.

This is very different from that of Europeans and Orientals.

In the West and East, the value was judged by the amount of gold and silver, but this was not the case in the desert areas where the Arabs lived.

The symbol of wealth here is camels, not gold and silver.

If it weren't for the convenience of trading with the outside world, no one would care about these tribes.

Small and medium-sized tribes are judged by the number of camels, while large tribes are judged by the number of camels and the number of oases they control.

It can be said that the value of the desert area is measured. It's very different from the outside world.

However, it is also a very normal thing.

You don't live in such an environment, you can't understand it.

Of course, among the tribes living in desert areas, there will also be some horses.

However, the role of these horses in the desert is far less useful than that of camels.

Therefore, camels are hard-working animals that can survive in the desert and lack of water. It has become a very favorite of various desert tribes.

In the desert, it is common sense that the value of a beautiful female slave is not as good as that of a camel.

Even, sometimes a slightly better horse. You can get two or three beautiful female slaves.

One can imagine what is the most important thing for these tribes.

However, Aziz also knew. Just because they value some things doesn't mean that others value them equally.

He had dealings with Persian and Iraqi merchants, and he had a lot of contact with Ottoman merchants. So he knew what those people outside the desert valued most.

These people value gold and silver, which are not hungry and cannot quench their thirst.

And camels, for these people outside the desert, are not a valuable thing.

Therefore, camels are worth less than beautiful female slaves outside the desert.

Now, Aziz wanted to buy some muskets, and after hearing about the price, he experienced an initial shock, and when he came to his senses, he immediately thought about it in his heart.

Sixty gold coins and a musket, the tribe definitely doesn't have it.

However, this powerful weapon is definitely needed by the tribal warriors.

Then, you have to find a way to do it.

Since the tribe doesn't have that much gold, can you get it in other ways?

For example, beautiful Persian slave girls, or beautiful camel hair products and other things.

Bartering was actually very popular in this era, especially among the various tribes here in the desert area.

After all, this is still the beginning of the seventeenth century, isn't it?

Seeing the expression on Aziz's face constantly changing, thoughtful for a while, pale for a while, and embarrassed for a while, Ma Bond guessed a little bit about what the other party was thinking now.

"Isn't there anything difficult about it?"

Marbond asked.

Aziz glanced at Ma Bond and nodded: "This price is .......", and before Aziz could finish speaking, his words were interrupted by Ma Bond. "The price won't go down, and you know the power of the musket, not to mention how troublesome it is to build, so it's impossible to change the price."

When Aziz heard this, a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

In fact, what Ma Bond said is not absolute, because the Empire's muskets are all purchased from the virtual world, and the price is not very high at all.

On the virtual side of the world, these old-fashioned muskets were commissioned to be made in the name of filming ancient history movies in Hollywood, so the price is very cheap.

After all, the craftsmanship and technology required for such an ancient, still lead-shot musket is nothing in the virtual world of the 21st century.

So, if such a musket is purchased in large quantities, the price of one is only more than 300 yuan.

Moreover, these muskets were commissioned to be made by copycat workshops, which made them even cheaper.

According to the price of gold, not even a gram of gold is worth it.

Therefore, the price of sixty gold coins is sold, which is simply a windfall profit.

It is important to know that gold is a popular currency in Asia and Europe, although there are some differences between countries. But most are also at twenty-two grams. Or between twenty-five grams.

Therefore, the profits brought by the musket business are really unimaginable.

This is also the reason why Zhao Hongyu must sign an arms agreement with the Emperor Zhu Fatzi on the side of the Ming Empire and sell the muskets of the Empire.

"That's right." A look of embarrassment and disappointment appeared on Aziz's face, and after thinking about it for a long time, he asked cautiously: "I don't think the price is unacceptable, but our tribe doesn't have so much gold." ”

Ma Bond also guessed the reason why the other party was so embarrassed, so he had already thought of a rhetoric.

Seriously, he didn't count on such a small tribe either. How much gold will come out.

Therefore, bartering is not unacceptable.

Besides, the pure handmade camel hair products of this period are also very profitable when sold to the virtual world. It is even worth more than sixty pieces of gold.

In the virtual world, a beautiful Arabian camel hair product can sell for more than 100,000 dollars. The lowest price is thousands of dollars, and the profit is not small.

In particular, the handmade camel hair products sold by the empire to the virtual world. Its pattern is very simple, and the quality of camel hair is also very good, which ensures that the value will not be low.

Therefore, the Cairo Concession here exchanged for camel hair products. Most of them were shipped back to the Americas and sold to the virtual world by the governors with authority.

This opens up a nice income point for the Empire.

Therefore, if the other party can use camel hair to do this business, Ma Bond will not object.

Although Persian slave girls can also be, they are not as good as camel hair products after all.

After all. Slaves cannot be sold to the virtual world, so they can only be transported to the Americas for their own consumption.

However, these female slaves were not allowed to work as well as male slaves. It doesn't create much value.

Moreover, after so many years of trade with European slave traders, the demand for female slaves was not so strong.

In addition to the establishment of the concession here in Cairo, beautiful Persian dancers and slave girls also appeared in an endless stream of the American empire itself.

Therefore, the rich Chinese group in the empire is really not interested in beautiful female slaves.

"Do you want to barter?"

Marbond asked.

Aziz nodded hurriedly: "Yes, if I can, I would like to exchange camel hair products and the female slaves that the tribe recently purchased from Persian merchants." ”

Ma Bond smiled bitterly in his heart, and at the same time thought in his heart: I knew that this would be the case.

Grandma's, no matter what kind of business you do in this era, you can't get around the population business.

Yes, more than 100 years have passed since the beginning of the Age of Discovery, and human trafficking has also begun to rise.

Although it is still far less glorious than it was in the eighteenth century, it is not far from the same.

After all, there was such a country as the Empire in the Americas, which needed a large slave population in these years.

Moreover, here in the Arab region, the trade of people has been prevalent since a long time.

Ma Bond also knew that this was a unique business in this era, and he couldn't stop it.

Besides, what people sell is not of Chinese descent, so he cares so much about what to do.

"I think it's okay to look at beautiful slave girls, there is not so much demand for slave girls in China now. If there are male slaves, it's okay, but it depends on whether they are strong. As for your statement that camel hair products are used for this business, I can agree, but I want to know how many muskets you need? ”

Aziz, who was originally a little apprehensive, breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Ma Bond's response.

Seriously, it's a bit of a pity that you can't trade a slave girl, but it's a good result, isn't it?

It's better than someone disagreeing.

"Our tribe needs three hundred muskets!"

Aziz reported a number out.

After Ma Bond heard this, he secretly said in his heart: Hehe, it's about the same as I estimated, according to the financial products of these tribes, it can only buy so much.

"Among those who came with you, there were people from other tribes, right? Don't they want to buy it? Ma Bond put away his thoughts and asked with a smile.

"I'll ask them, but I think they must have meant that." Aziz was overjoyed, although he bought muskets for the tribe himself, he could also see that the people of other tribes who came with him were also interested in muskets.

It's just that these people are not sure whether the Song people will sell them muskets.

Moreover, they did not hear the conversation between Aziz and Ma Bond.

Aziz could imagine that they would be very happy to talk to them about it himself.

Like Aziz, these men took a keen interest in muskets after walking around the barracks. And after asking some of the accompanying personnel of the Imperial military, and getting some information and data on the musket, the desire for this weapon became even greater.

It's just that what makes them a little nervous is, will people sell them this powerful weapon?

Such worries are the same as Aziz's worries just now.

With Marbond's permission, Aziz approached the men, told them that he had just started a musket business, and asked them if they meant the same.

Yes!

Absolutely!

If not, that's a fool!

When Aziz asked this, people immediately said...... (To be continued......)