Chapter 105: Gold and Silver
When Lin Tian and Ali, the profiteers, were enjoying themselves, in the City of Dawn, the priestess of the moon personally intervened and was able to learn a lot of information from the mouths of the nobles of Narod.
Among them, there is about the Kshatri.
Kshatrik was already the lord of the Kingdom of Cairo at this time.
Cairo, on the other hand, is one of the best countries of gold in this human region, and in addition to the gold mining output from Cairo itself, they and many tribes from the desert worship a huge amount of gold.
As the royal merchant of Cairoshasa Dili, it is not impossible for Ali to bring a large amount of gold to this glorious city.
As for why he went so far away to exchange gold in this glorious city, it was because there was too much gold in Cairo.
Ali has also sold gold in Cairo, but the result is that the local gold price has plummeted, and it will be difficult to recover for at least a decade. In order to make huge business profits, Ali had no choice but to choose the destination in the distant city of glory.
This city is home to at least one-third of the richest merchants in the entire human realm!
This also made Lin Tian see the huge business opportunities!
Under Lin Tian's inquiry, he learned that if this Ali's gold is exchanged for silver, it can reach one to five!
Lin Tian quickly went through the silver veins in the ore veins he knew in his mind.
Then he was convinced that if the deal could last, he would be able to mine a large amount of silver to finance his military expenses.
Under such a temptation, Lin Tian himself was inevitably moved.
In addition to Ali, other merchants also came over to try to get close to Lin Tian, an elven businessman.
Lin Tian talked to them, but he also knew about the most profitable transactions in this human kingdom at this time.
The most lucrative was the otherworldly version of the Silk Road, also known as the Spice Road, which, of course, merchants preferred to call the Gold and Silver Road.
However, this trade route has always been in the hands of orcs and various nomads, and it is not smooth, but if a caravan with a deep background opens up its joints and returns to the human kingdom with a large amount of spices and silk raw materials purchased from the interior of the orcs, it will definitely make a fortune......
The second is the prosperous human seven-nation trade circle, as long as you have the courage and capital, then you can start from many commercial cities to trade in different countries, as long as you can come back with the goods safely, the value of the goods you bring will make you feel worthwhile.
As for the grassland trade circle, the other trading center, it is a market for furs and mercenaries, and although it is as profitable as the previous two, it is much inferior. And it's too far away from the merchants of the City of Glory.
Lin Tian knew it in his heart, and after bidding farewell to many reluctant businessmen, he walked out of the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce with Rafa.
"Your Highness, you are so powerful, it is the first time I have seen those high-ranking businessmen talking to a person so kindly. Rafa looked at Yun Xuan enviously and said.
"Oh, Rafa, it's all because of the gold coins. Lin Tian smiled faintly: "As long as you can make them feel that they can earn gold coins from you, lots and lots of gold coins, then you will also get their respect." ”
"By the way, Rafa, why is the price of silver so expensive here?" Lin Tian was still a little surprised by the silver price of 1 to 5, in his mind, silver ore is much more than gold ore, and it is much easier to mine, although it is also a precious metal, but it is difficult to compare with gold.
Rafa thought for a moment and said, "Don't we have a lot of silver?"
"On this side of our Glorious City, although there are actually a lot of silver mines, but because priests often use silver to perform magical arts, and in order to deal with those evil monsters, brave warriors often choose to add silver to weapons or armor, so silver has always been a very valuable metal. ”
"Divine Magic, Monster?" Lin Tian lightly patted his forehead: "I see!"
The advantage of their own equipment has always been obvious, so they didn't pay attention, but in fact, in the Atlas, in the kingdom of Noah, in order to fight monsters, silver is often added to it, because they believe that weapons with silver can make it more difficult for monsters to recover after being injured.
Therefore, although the output of silver is large, due to the many roles of silver in this world, it is not incomprehensible that silver is expensive and cheap in a sense.
Joining the convoy, the group stopped and stopped, and finally came to the front of a friend whom Rafa had spoken.
As soon as he stood at the door, Lin Tian heard a voice coming from inside.
"Old Alpha, it's time to pay it back!" a middle-aged man's voice came from inside.
Then a weak voice whispered, "Lord Hania...... Forgive me a few more days...... Really, I've been scraping together money, and I'll be able to make it up in a few days. ”
"Ha!" accompanied by the middle-aged man's dissatisfaction, a ** collision and Alpha's miserable screams followed.
Hania kicked Alpha, but he couldn't get enough of it, and he scolded in a low voice: "How many days? This is the first time you have said this?
"We've been looking for that for a long time. You don't have any relatives in the City of Glory who will lend you money, your two apprentices are also poor, and your distant relative, Rafa, is just a civilian who has been removed, but your shop is still worth a lot, by the way, you are still a craftsman, if you work for free for our brotherhood for another seven or eight years......"
Before he finished speaking, Rafa at the door had already impulsively ran in: "Shut up, you filthy vampires! Back then, Alpha Daddy only owed you fifteen golden lions, and it has only been half a year, and now you actually want him to pay back fifty, which is simply impossible!"
The Golden Lion, a gold coin issued by the Grand Duke of Rhodes, has a high gold content, almost a golden lion, which can be equivalent to 2 standard gold coins.
Hania winked, and the two shirtless men standing beside him strode forward and reached out to grab Rafa.
After all, Rafa was born in cavalry, and when he made a move, it was the two shirtless men who suffered.
Hania first made a move, but he noticed Lin Tian standing at the door, looking at Lin Tian's gorgeous clothes, he suddenly didn't dare to despise it, he coughed, and stopped his subordinates from further movements: "This gentleman, please take care of your subordinates, don't interfere with the business of the brotherhood, if there is a crime, I will come to the door another day to make amends." ”
Lin Tian walked into the door noncommittally and looked around.
This Alpha shop is quite spacious and tidy.
In addition to a wooden counter, the white walls are covered with a variety of iron farming tools, and on the most prominent front wall are two iron spears with wooden handles and a pair of oriental fish-scale busts.
Hania was a big man with short brown hair, tall and strong, wearing a red sleeveless leather armor, and his pale blue eyes felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at Lin Tian who walked in.
Brunette...... With black eyes, Chania was a little puzzled: "It should be from the East, but it's different from those reformers...... Could it be a visitor from a further afar?"
At the feet of Chania, a little old man curled up on the ground and didn't dare to move, but when he heard Rafa's shout, he was too timid to say even a word, until Lin Tian arrived, this somewhat obscene old man dared to open his eyes and look at this distinguished guest cautiously.
"Hello, I am Lin Tian, a nobleman from the Far East. Lin Tian first smiled and introduced his identity, and added a noble status to himself without authorization.
"I ...... I ......" Hania swallowed his saliva, but he couldn't speak, and in the face of Lin Tian's decent performance, the man who was born as a thug couldn't help but be a little embarrassed. Damn, is this guy really an Oriental nobleman? Although this is a city of glory, if he really beats the noble, I'm afraid the lord won't be happy.
After all, the words that Lord Anda has been saying most often these days are: "Brothers, I've been based in this glorious city for more than 50 years, and I don't have any ambitions, what I want is stability and prosperity!
"So, you heard that the owner of this shop owes you money, can you bring the loan book?" Lin Tian asked after thinking for a while.
Hania was slightly stunned, and took out a piece of pale yellow sandpaper, on which lines of small characters were densely written.
I think this is the alpha's borrowing letter.
Lin Tian reached out and took it from Hania's hand, glanced at it and chuckled, "50 golden lions?
After speaking, Lin Tian took out a short silver bar from his sleeve.
The brilliance of silver attracted the attention of Chania and the others, and it also made their eyes glow with greed.
Hania took the silver bar, tried it slightly, and was silent, but he was thinking in his heart, of course, the value of this shop could not be worth 50 golden lions, and if someone was willing to pay this price to redeem it, it was the brotherhood who took advantage of it, but if I left like that, what would my subordinates think of me?
Lin Tian smiled indifferently and seemed to see Chania's doubts and said: "When I first arrived in the City of Glory, I just wanted a shop to gain a foothold, even if there is no Chania here, I will also pay for this shop, and ask Mr. Chania to help sell me this shop, if there is any surplus of the silver bar, it will all be the wine money that Lin Tian will give you and your men." ”
When Hania heard this, a smile appeared on her face, and she waved her right hand with a free and easy smile and said: "Since you have talked to this point, how can I not be an adult? Shuke, Mas, let's go, the account of this shop is over!"
"Thank you, Your Highness. Rafa picked up Alpha and said gratefully to Lin Tian.
Lin Tian put the loan in his sleeve: "No thanks, you are already my person, and this store already belongs to me." ”
Lin Tian really needed this store, because he noticed that the loan contract clearly stated that this store of about 100 square meters had a basement of the same size, and even better, this basement was not just one floor, but a full three!
For Lin Tian, such a layout is really wonderful!
"If I build a base directly in the basement, wouldn't I be able to send troops directly here?" Thinking of this possibility, Lin Tian seemed to feel that he couldn't help but laugh.