Chapter 18: Turnaround

"Your Majesty, they hope to be able to get the corresponding Yuan Stone every time they trade. ”

The Aolai merchant slowly got up and handed the black iron ore in his hand to Zhang Long, who first put it in front of Zhou Chuan after some detailed inspections and confirmed that there was no problem.

The oval-shaped stone, which was actually as hard as iron, Zhou Chuan stretched out his hand and flicked it lightly, making a clanging metal sound.

This means that such black iron ore basically contains 90% iron, and it can be said that only in such a world can there be such a magical ore.

Black iron has always been the first choice for building sharp weapons, and black iron is often rare, and it is inferior to cold iron.

For example, in the previous Demon Shadow Forces, the blades they used were all made of cold iron, and a sword made of cold iron was worth a thousand yuan stone, which may be one-fifth cheaper in other dynasties, but in the Wuzhou Dynasty, where there were no mines, it had to be at this price.

Even Zhou Chuan has no way to change this, because many people in the dynasty are engaged in such business practices.

Zhou Chuan knew that without his appearance, the Wu Zhou Dynasty would not have any changes.

"Yes, the texture is superb. ”

Retracting his fingers, Zhou Chuan said indifferently.

Black iron lives up to its name, and it is indeed worth the price of two thousand yuan stones on the market.

It's just that such a black iron ore, what is the price?

"Your Majesty, this is the most widely used black iron raw ore in the world, and there are even vast middle dynasties, and their soldiers are equipped with such black iron blades. ”

The Aolai merchant explained carefully: "Although they are extremely widely used, ordinary dynasties have no way to smelt them, and even I can't do anything about it, which is why many ordinary dynasties don't want to buy them. ”

"But, Your Majesty, as long as your dynasty has such craftsmen, then these black iron ore will become a huge treasury, enough to make Your Majesty rich in the world. ”

"Yunluo Cottage can mine 30,000 catties of raw ore per month. They hope that the price can reach 500 yuan per catty. On the occasion of each month's delivery, His Majesty needs to pay fifteen million stones. ”

"Due to the particularity of Yunluo Cottage, they hope that there is no credit. ”

After the Aolai merchant finished speaking, he waited anxiously, such a price, ordinary dynasties simply could not afford it, besides, Yunluo Cottage was not easy to mess with, and even the Holy Sect branches in some places did not have the slightest temper in front of them.

"Huh?"

Zhou Chuan secretly smacked his tongue, this is indeed a huge amount of money, not to mention anything else, the annual tax revenue of the Wu Zhou Dynasty alone is only more than 20 million yuan of stone, and it also needs to be used for the expenses of various cities, in fact, there is no deposit in the treasury every year.

Occasionally, in the year of catastrophe, they all relied on the mutual relief of various cities, and the imperial court did not have Yuanshi disaster relief at all.

"All of them need Yuanshi, it's not easy to do......"

Zhou Chuan frowned, the other party did not accept the currency issued by the Wu Zhou Dynasty itself, but the yuan stone used all over the world to be used as currency payment.

This is actually a very difficult thing, because the Wu Zhou Dynasty did not have any mines, and the Yuan Shi was a tax paid by merchants for the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

If there were no merchants, the Wu Zhou Dynasty would not even have Yuanshi.

A penny is hard to beat a good man.

This sentence can be used on Zhou Chuan, who was still complacent about the eight million yuan stone before, but now he found that the eight million yuan stone couldn't even make a transaction.

It was also impossible for Zhou Chuan to use all the yuan stones in the treasury to buy raw ore like ordinary merchants, which would have unimaginable consequences for the economy of the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

If it is not handled well, the economic crisis will break out in the Wuzhou Dynasty, and when the time comes, if you don't need the Fenglin Dynasty to fight, you will die half of yourself.

Zhou Chuan reacted at this time, no wonder those dynasties were reluctant to buy, although there were bad factors in Yunluo Cottage, but more of it was this huge amount of money, and they couldn't afford it.

Zhou Chuan felt that this problem was a little tricky. But to give up such an opportunity to make a fortune, Zhou Chuan was reluctant.

Others don't know how to smelt black iron ore, but Zhou Chuan understands, his relatives had mined in his previous life, and he naturally knows what kind of furnace fire to use to smelt.

It is true that few craftsmen in ordinary dynasties in this world can smelt black iron ore, and the fundamental reason is the reason for industrial backwardness.

Almost no attention was paid to this area, and naturally there was no great progress.

And Zhou Chuan is different, he has personally seen those smelting workshops in his previous life, although with the current resources, it may not be possible to develop a furnace of such height, but it is definitely no problem to use it to smelt black iron raw ore.

If he can win this big business, not only will the treasury of the Wu Zhou Dynasty be abundant, but he will also be able to invisibly strengthen his influence in the surrounding dynasties.

"But Yuanshi is a big problem......"

Zhou Chuan sighed, he was still poor in the end.

When the money is used, I hate it less, I don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and the same is true for being a king, I am too poor.

"Your Majesty, if you have something good that is equivalent to Yuan Shi, you can convert it into eighty percent of the market price. ”

As soon as the Ole merchant heard Zhou Chuan's sigh, he knew that he was going to suffer, and hurriedly made suggestions.

He didn't want to run any longer, and finally saw a glimmer of hope, if it was gone, he would lose all his money.

In order to take over the identity of this intermediary, he spent hundreds of thousands of yuan before and after, for him, this is all the money, so he naturally doesn't want to go to waste.

"Oh? ”

Zhou Chuan's heart moved, it seemed that there was a turning point in this matter.

Yunluo Cottage is not an ordinary mountain bandit force, and Zhou Chuan's current family background may not be able to win against them, otherwise how can they talk about trading, they would have sent Xiaolingwei to suppress it a long time ago.

Therefore, when the Aolai businessman proposed other solutions, Zhou Chuan was looking forward to it.

"I don't know Your Majesty, but do you know about demon beasts?"

The Aolai merchant asked suddenly.

Zhou Chuan looked surprised, and then nodded slowly. He naturally knew about the demon beast, but did this demon beast have anything to do with Yuanshi?

"Your Majesty, there are also kings among demon beasts, and they are usually powerful, but what ordinary people don't know is that the kings of demon beasts are full of treasures, especially their blood, which is an excellent material for refining the Five Spirit Pills. ”

"As far as I know, to the south of the Tianyu Sea, there is an intermediate dynasty, and there are merchants who buy demon king's blood everywhere, each drop of essence blood is 2,000 yuan stone, and a pound of demon king's blood can refine 200 drops of demon king's essence blood. ”

"Especially the Demon King's claws, which are valuable materials for refining Yuan weapons. There is a big man named Wencheng Gongzi in the Holy Sect, and he raised a demon king in the realm of grandmasters, and he can sell it for a sky-high price of 500,000 yuan per catty by cutting off the claws of the demon king at will. ”

"Demon kings are not like ordinary demon beasts, they are often sturdy, and their qi and blood are amazing, even if their claws are pruned every day, they can grow again after one night. ”

When the Aolai merchant said this, his face showed a look of envy and jealousy, how much he wished that he was the son of Wencheng.

Hearing this, Zhou Chuan suddenly became excited.