After Hard finished bargaining with the Ceylonese, he turned to Han Du and said, "Master Marquis, they can provide food, but they need to exchange it for cloth. And the price is a little cheaper than the last time Hard exchanged with them. According to him, Recently, fewer people have come to Ceylon to exchange food with them.”
"There are fewer people coming here?" Han Du was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then he began to ponder. This is not a good phenomenon. Logically speaking, the goods in the Old Port are extremely attractive to Western merchants, and the Western demand for Ming Dynasty goods is far from saturated. Therefore, the number of businessmen passing through here will only increase, not decrease.
There were suddenly fewer merchants, which gave Han Du a bad guess.
However, Han Du did not say what he was thinking, but asked Hader: "What do you think will happen?"
Hader never thought that Han Du would ask him this question, and he really couldn't find a clue for a while. Suddenly, Harder thought of a question, but he was a little unsure, so he had to tentatively reply: "Is it because there are too many pirates on the Ravi Sea, and they have robbed too many merchants, so that the merchants are afraid to go to sea easily?"
Han Du nodded secretly, and this was the reason he thought of. The number of merchants passing through Ceylon suddenly decreased. Apart from this reason, Han Du could not think of any other possibility.
It seems that these pirates really have to be eliminated. Otherwise, if pirates really interrupt the trade between the East and the West, Ming Dynasty will suffer a huge loss. Although the tribute taxes in Old Port are not much higher than those in other places, various novel Western items are also very popular in the capital.
It can be said that at least half of the Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants came to Old Port for the exotic gadgets from the West. If the sea route is blocked by pirates and Western merchants are lost, then most of the prosperity of the old port will definitely be lost.
On the contrary, the losses of those Western merchants were negligible. At most, they just don't go to sea, and they don't have a thousand guarantees to make money.
"Ask them, do they exchange gems?" Han Du was thinking about Fu Yong and those merchants.
After Fu Yong heard this, he was moved in his heart. He did not expect that Han Duhai would remember the purpose of these businessmen coming here.
"Change." Harder asked in advance, "However, if it is to trade for gems, they only want to trade for cloth, the best cloth."
If you want to spread it, it's easy... Han Du turned back and looked at Fu Yong.
Fu Yong nodded slightly in understanding, and when Han Du turned around, he quickly made arrangements.
At this time, the leader of Ceylon started chattering again.
Hader listened carefully, and then smiled and explained to Handu: "He wants to see how the cloth is. If it is good, he will invite us to his place."
Harder was quite surprised. Although he had known the leader for a long time, even he had never asked Harder to go in.
Being a guest... It turns out that there are similarities between people.
This request was simple, and without Han Du's instructions, Fu Yong quickly asked someone to bring a piece of hundred-fold cloth over.
When the Ceylon leader saw the hundred folds of cloth, he immediately fell in love with it. He waved his hands eagerly, and words that were difficult to understand kept coming out of his mouth.
Fortunately, there was also Hader, who translated for everyone: "He is asking you to give him the cloth."
Fu Yong did not hesitate, waved his hand casually, agreed to the Ceylon leader's request, and gave him a piece of cloth.
The moment the Ceylon leader took over the hundred folds of cloth, he felt that this cloth was completely different from the cloth he had received in exchange before. The cloths he had exchanged before were much stronger than leaves and were very breathable and cool. But after all, it is linen, and the fibers are inevitably rough, which will abrade the skin when worn.
But that kind of hemp-yellow cloth is much worse than the current one. This kind of cloth is not only whiter in color, but also feels extremely smooth and does not feel abrasive to the skin at all.
The Ceylon leader suddenly seemed to feel something. He quickly turned his palm over and looked carefully, and found that the sweat in his palm had disappeared without a trace when his hand touched the cloth.
He tested it again with his other hand, and sure enough he saw the disappearing sweat again.
Is this cloth so magical? The Ceylon leader screamed excitedly and was talking hurriedly towards Hader.
After Hard listened carefully, he explained to Fu Yong: "He said that if this kind of cloth is used in exchange, he is willing to exchange gems with you."
Seeing that Fu Yong and others had obtained the qualification to exchange gems so easily, Harder felt quite unhappy. It turns out that he slowly accumulated trust through repeated contacts with these people, and finally got the qualification to exchange gems. But he didn't expect that Fu Yong and others would get it as soon as they came.
Han Du looked at Hard, who was explaining to Fu Yong, and turned his head to look at the Shi family while he was not paying attention.
Facing Han Du's inquiry, the Shi family slowly closed their eyes.
This means... Han Du frowned slightly, does it mean that even the Shi family can't understand what was said between the two?
Forget it if you don’t understand. Since you have given the matter to Hader, let him do it.
On the other side, the people of Ceylon not only agreed to exchange gems with Fu Yong and others, but also kindly invited everyone to their settlement.
Han Du stayed beside Zhu Biao and followed him into the Ceylonese settlement. Everything here made Han Du frown. There were no roads, no toilets, and many things that a settlement should have, but they were not available here.
It completely looks like a wild land.
Suddenly, Han Du caught a glimpse of a red light from the corner of his eye. Han Du subconsciously looked towards the dim light and saw that the source of the dim light was a stone built on the stone wall nearby.
Han Du walked over quietly, stretched out his hand to explore, and found that the stone was not big, and it was still loose. Without stopping, Han Du took the stone in his hand with a little force.
When Zhu Biao saw Han Du suddenly walking to the right and behaving strangely, he asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
Han Du did not answer Zhu Biao immediately, but lowered his head and glanced at the stone in his hand. He quickly confirmed that it was not his own eyesight, but that there was indeed a faint red light coming from the stone.
His fingers vigorously rubbed off some of the sand on the surface. Han Du took one look and was not satisfied. He directly took out a dagger from Yu Da's waist and scraped the stone several times.
A ruddy and crystal-clear object the size of a fingernail came into view. A satisfied smile appeared on Han Du's face and he handed the stone to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao took the stone and took one look at it, and couldn't help but take a breath. There was clearly a ruby hidden in the stone. And judging from the exposed part, this ruby is quite small.
Where did this stone come from? Zhu Biao saw clearly just now that it was Han Du who casually broke it off from the stone wall of the house. Can you break off a large ruby just like that?
When Han Du said this was a gem island, Zhu Biao didn't take it to heart. But now Han Du's actions only brought him shock.
Is there any heavenly principle? Ruby, which was extremely rare in the Ming Dynasty, can be easily picked up here?
Zhu Biao originally looked down upon such a stone house, but now he was shocked when he looked at it. You can easily break out a ruby. What if all these people's houses are bulldozed?
The harvest will definitely not be small!
Trading food is very easy, as long as Hud is exchanging according to the agreement he made with the Ceylon chief. But the exchange of gems is troublesome, because Ceylon is rich in gems, and almost all common colored gems are produced here. Sapphire, ruby, cat's eye and other chrysoberyl, spinel, garnet, beryl, tourmaline, topaz, quartz and many other gemstones.
There is a dazzling array of all kinds of gems. These gems have different colors, sizes, and values. It is simply impossible to price them uniformly. Therefore, one gem can only be sold at one price and one gem can be traded once.
As a result, the transaction was very slow, because the Ceylonese were not stupid, and they also wanted to sell the gems at a higher price. But even though Fu Yong and other businessmen have long been salivating over the gems in front of them, they still have to hold on tight and not show any signs of it, trying to keep the price of gems down as hard as they can.
The bargaining between the two parties also requires Harder to translate. In this way, one can imagine how fast the transaction can be.
Zhu Biao and Han Du only participated for a while. Seeing that their transaction could not be completed in a short time, they returned to the ship.
The news that someone was exchanging gems in large quantities also reached the palace of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom.
Ariel Kunel, the king of Mount Ceylon, is a fat man with a short stature and a dark body.
"Your Majesty the Great King, your servant has gone to check and the news is true." A richly decorated Ceylonese man knelt in front of Ariel Kunel.
Ariel Kunel jumped twice, stood up and walked closer, asking: "Do those outsiders really have a lot of goods?"
"Yes, they took out a lot of goods to trade gems, but these goods are only a few of their ships. There are many big ships on the sea."
"A lot?" Ariel Kunel's eyes lit up, his expression full of greed, "Where do these people come from? Have you asked clearly?"
"I heard from other people that these people are from a big eastern country called Ming Dynasty."
"Da Ming?" Yalie Kuner murmured it several times, making sure she had never heard of it.
Then he asked with a contemptuous smile: "A big country in the East? How big is it?"
"According to those people, it is very big. But it is also far away from here. Those people said that it would take three months for their ship to reach Daming."
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