443 swords for jade
"You're saying you're willing to trade your sword for the stone of our northeast?"
Raga Sriri, who was already financially strained, couldn't believe it when he heard Tang Ping's words.
"Certainly not any ordinary stone." Tang Ping said: "I can give the location of a few mines, and you can use the stones in them to trade with me." ”
Now Datang has gradually let go of the export of cold weapons, because cold weapons no longer have the same threat as in the past under the increasingly mature firearms and Datang Shenwei cannons.
Therefore, Datang will start to export cold weapons like some neighboring countries in small quantities at relatively high prices.
And Datang's excellent smelting technology makes their cold weapons a sought-after commodity in various countries.
Some countries even do not hesitate to raise prices in order to buy some cold weapons from Datang.
Therefore, it is not easy for Tianzhu, who is not wealthy, to buy these cold weapons.
This is also why Ragha Sri would wonder if he had heard that Tang Ping was willing to exchange cold weapons for stones.
Jadeite is really not a valuable commodity in this era.
The best jade of this era is called jade, and the origin of the word jadeite is actually to distinguish it from nephrite in the beginning, giving it the name "non-jade".
It's just not the meaning of jade, and then it slowly became the word jadeite.
"That's right." Tang Ping said: "We can pay for the roads to those mines, you just need to find someone to dig out the stones, put them on the car for me, and the deal will be completed." ”
"Those stones...... Is it worth the money? Ragha Sri asked with some hesitation, Zhen Youqian said, Tang Ping is a terrible person, and he can't afford to be early.
He didn't want anything but the stones in the pits.
"Inside is a gemstone called jadeite." Tang Ping said honestly: "But you can also inquire about the current price of jadeite." ”
"You can take out the jadeite yourself and trade it with me, or you can trade with me directly with those stones, whatever you want."
"Okay, Pingguo Gong, please allow me to think about it." When Rajashri said this, Tang Ping knew that she would definitely investigate.
But he didn't care.
Jade is not in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is indeed not very valuable, she can't get such good conditions from other people.
Even Tang Ping himself did not intend to fry jadeite into a luxury luxury in the Tang Dynasty.
There are enough valuable things in this era, and I am not inferior to jadeite.
It's better to resell it directly to modern times, and the profit is more than in Datang, I don't know how many times.
Everyone was happy with this meal, and everyone who came basically got what they wanted.
When everyone was gone, Tang Ping was relieved.
Is this arranged by God? I know so many beauties in the surrounding countries, and they all came today.
Fortunately, there were no moths in the next few days, and Tang Ping was able to prepare the show for the grand ceremony with Yun Chasing Yue and them with peace of mind.
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"Your Majesty, it still doesn't work." On the streets of Chang'an, a Tianzhu man shook his head at Raja Sri.
After returning to Honglu Temple from Shanghe Village that day, she gathered the envoys she had brought with her.
Some of the jadeite produced in Myanmar is still very beautiful, and some of them have brought a few pieces in their envoys.
So she wanted to know how much this thing was worth in Chang'an, and whether she was fooled by Tang Ping.
As a result, from the East Market to the West Market, basically all the jewelry shops they ran around, and the jade people did collect it, but the price was not high.
"The clerk said that our jadeite is similar to glass, but it is not as easy to deal with as glass, and if you want to collect it, it is estimated that it will be about the same price as the glass produced by Tang's." That day, the Zhu people looked at the palm-sized piece of emerald jade in their hands and said: "For such a large piece of jadeite, the highest bid they have for is five hundred Tang coins, and there will be no higher." ”
"Five hundred Tang coins?" Raga Sri thought about it, and now a Datang high-quality cold weapon has been sold for nearly 3,000 Datang coins.
Such a piece of jade can't even buy half a Datang boutique cold weapon.
"Let's go, let's go to Shanghe Village again." There is no way for Raga Sri to deal with those opposing forces in Tianzhu, weapons are indispensable.
The main purpose of her coming to the 20th anniversary ceremony of the Tang Dynasty this time is to buy a batch of weapons to go back, and it would be even better if she could find a channel to buy weapons.
Now it seems that there is still only one way to go to Tang Ping.
Tang Ping was not surprised at all by Raga Sri Li's return, and even said to the guards at the entrance of Shanghe Village, and was taken directly to Shanghe Village.
"Did Ping Guogong decide that I would come back?" Rajashri asked with a smile.
Tang Ping also smiled, then nodded and said, "I said, this kind of jadeite is a cheap thing for most people, and only I can give you a satisfactory price." ”
"I think you've been sure of this for the past few days, so you'll come back to me, right?"
"You Qian is right, you are really the most shrewd businessman." Ragha Sri asked someone to bring the piece of jade they had asked for in Chang'an and asked Tang Ping: "If this is the kind of jadeite, what kind of price can you offer?" ”
Tang Ping's breathing was slightly sluggish.
Although he can't say that he understands jadeite, but the emerald green thing in front of him, based on some identification methods he has heard from Gou Cheng'an, he can also determine that this is definitely a very good stone for growing water, even if it is not imperial green, but it is close to imperial green.
The point is that no one in this era will put a lot of effort into cheating on this, so if you see it like this, it must be true.
However, he naturally couldn't let Laga Sri and them see this, so he calmly took the jade over and looked at it and said, "This kind of estimation can be sold for five or six hundred Tang coins on Chang'an Street." ”
He has learned about the market price of Datang in the past few days, so he can be regarded as accurate.
"If it's me......" Tang Ping thought for a while and said, "Zhen Youqian and I can be regarded as friends in trouble." ”
He was talking about the days when the two were on a desert island together.
"So with your relationship with him, I won't cheat you, a stone of your quality, I can exchange it with five Datang's fine swords."
After speaking, he whispered: "But this is our secret, you can't pass it on, otherwise you ......"
"Five!" Raga Sri didn't expect Tang Ping to be able to pay such a high price, five high-quality swords were worth more than 10,000 Tang coins, and her piece of jade could only be sold for 500.
"Thank you, Ping Guogong, it's really our luck that You Qian can meet such a friend as you."
"Of course!" Tang Ping smiled sincerely: "Everyone knows that I, Tang Ping, have never cheated my friends." ”
After all, the cost of their Tang clan to build a sword is still about one hundred Tang coins.
So with five swords in exchange for such a piece of jade that is close to imperial green, how can he be counted as a Tang Pingkeng person?
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