"Xiao Chen, do you think he is speaking human language?" Hu Yanlei was furious.
"I don't care, my brothers have spoken, and they must give discounts. Let's do it like this. One iron pot and three sheep, but only for brothers from the Helan tribe!" Xiao Chen also spoke harshly.
"Boss, have you made a mistake? These iron pots of ours are the best Jietou iron pots in Dazhou! The kind that can be used for a hundred years without leaking! You, who came from the palace, should know that our emperor The imperial kitchen uses this kind of Jie Tou iron pot! It costs twenty taels of silver a mouthful to buy from the local area, and this is still the wholesale price..." Wen Chengxu said.
"Oh, are you talking to this boss?" Xiao Chen was furious, "Who has the final say here? I ask you! Okay, okay, I don't blame you because you are so busy and dizzy, then there are four Let’s trade the sheep for a mouthful.”
"Boss, it doesn't matter if you open your mouth, but if we have to pay in the future, we will blame me! Their sheep are all as thin as dogs. Didn't you see? If two of the five sheep survive, they will be Amitabha. Come on! Prince Huyan is not talking nonsense, is he?" Wen Chengxu didn't give any face, and argued with reason.
You spared someone a sheep, but I am the scapegoat!
So forgive me for not obeying my orders...otherwise you should hire someone else, right?
Hu Yanlei remained silent, thinking to himself, "Can you blame me for the sheep being so thin?" There's no grass to eat at all. It's good to think that not everyone died this way...
"Look at this guy, isn't he a general in my army?" Xiao Chen said helplessly, "Then give our Helan brothers two more kilograms of salt, right?"
"How much?" Wen Chengxu's eyes widened.
"Oh... I forgot that this salt is also a prohibited item, but it's really hard to handle. Two pounds is indeed a bit too much... How about one pound?" Xiao Chen held out a finger.
"Resign!" Wen Chengxu said, "Quit!"
"Half a catty, half a catty, half a catty is enough, right?" Hu Yanlei said hurriedly.
"Alas..." Seeing Xiao Chen winking at him behind Hu Yanlei's back, Wen Chengxu could only sigh and reluctantly agreed, "I thought we could make some money from this big deal, so that our Yanyun County The common people can have a warm winter, and now it seems that it is good not to lose money."
Sighing, I walked away with my hands behind my back...
To be honest, one Jie Tou iron pot can be exchanged for five sheep.
These sheep are very thin, really not much bigger than dogs. Let alone winter, they will die in ten days and a half.
In fact, let alone five sheep for an iron pot, even ten sheep would be willing to trade for a Helan man.
Xiao Chen and Wen Chengxu are not evil-hearted, otherwise they would trade you a pot for a cow and a horse, and you would have to trade them too!
As for the saying that there are only 10,000 iron pots, that is false. Duanmu Nanqiao distributed a full 100,000 iron pots because the people of Yanyun County also had to use them.
The most popular thing among the Helan people is the iron pot, followed by earthen pots, porcelain bowls, salt, needlework and other daily necessities.
As for gold and silver jewelry, silk, soybean oil, soy sauce and other seasonings, they are all considered luxuries, and only those wealthy tribesmen can afford them.
On Xiao Chen's side, anyone is welcome. As long as it is brought by the Helan brothers, they will take it all!
I want all kinds of furs, medicinal materials, honey, fungus, and dried mushrooms. The Helan brothers finally brought them. Can you still take them back?
The price is easily negotiable...
Xiao Chen and the others can not only barter, but also settle with silver.
What’s interesting is that the Helan people also have money, not in silver but in copper coins.
In fact, the value of silver is very high now. One tael of silver is considered a large banknote, and its purchasing power is equivalent to more than 500 yuan today.
Therefore, the currency in private circulation is mainly copper coins.
But the copper coins that the Helan people took out were not Dazhou Tongbao, but Dahan Tongbao!
This is a problem, because Dahan Tongbao has long been out of circulation.
The Helan people were also very disappointed, because they had received these Dahan Tongbao from previous transactions with Dahan, and they had always kept them well.
In the past few years, they have been at war with the Han Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty, and all private trade has been suspended, so these copper coins are of no use.
Now that we finally had this opportunity, everyone brought their wealth, but unexpectedly they couldn't use it.
In fact, the copper content of Dahan copper coins is one point higher than that of Dazhou Tongbao. If it is melted and cast into copperware, it will be equally valuable.
It's just that the Helan tribe doesn't have this kind of casting technology, so if these copper coins can't be spent, they're just like scrap metal.
He could only complain to Hu Yanlei, but Hu Yanlei had no choice but to come to Xiao Chen again.
I thought that Xiao Chen would definitely be in trouble again, but unexpectedly, Xiao Chen agreed without thinking.
receive! Just convert it according to the value of Dazhou Tongbao!
Collect it now and collect it in the future. Dahan Tongbao cannot be circulated in Dazhou, but it is fine in my Yanyun County!
Hu Yanlei was so moved that his nose was about to run down, so what else could he say? Don’t say anything else, Xiao Chen, you are my brother!
Brothers Hu Yanlei and Helan didn't know that among the Dazhou people, Dahan Tongbao was also in circulation, and its value was even higher than that of Dazhou Tongbao.
Although the government officially banned it, they turned a blind eye because the Great Zhou Dynasty had just been established and did not issue enough copper coins for private use, so they could only acquiesce in the circulation of Dahan Tongbao and Dazhou Tongbao.
Otherwise, insufficient copper coins will cause copper prices to rise, gold and silver to depreciate, and even inflation, which will be too destructive to the economy.
The first opening and closing of the mutual market was generally smooth. The satisfaction of both parties cannot be said to be 100%, but it is still above 95%.
It’s a win-win and mutually beneficial start.
This also laid a solid foundation for future trade prosperity, which is an epoch-making event for both parties.
Through this mutual trade, the feelings between each other were also enhanced and the integration of nationalities was promoted. However, some unharmonious episodes occurred during the period. It is said that...
"Brother, you don't care!" Xiao Chen was about to take a rest that night when Duan Linger burst in angrily.
"Close the door. Why are you afraid that the glass tail will be broken? The heat in this room has just disappeared... You have something to do at night. What can't we talk about tomorrow?" Xiao Chen was tired and sleepy after a long day, so of course he was very angry.
"Brother, let me ask you, is this a trade market or a human flesh market?" Duan Ling'er sat on the head of his bed and stretched her cold hands into Xiao Chen's warm quilt.
"Oops, my claws are cold!" Xiao Chen shivered because of her ice.
"I went to see Wen Chengxu and he said he didn't care. What do you care about? Give me an order and I will lead people to arrest them all. They are shameless things!" Duan Linger is serious! So angry.
"Oh...what's going on?" Xiao Chen had no choice but to sit up wrapped in quilt.
"Brother, your ears are stuffed with wool! You can't hear the loud noise outside?" Duan Linger said angrily.
"What's going on?" Xiao Chen yawned and listened.
All I could hear was the sound of the wind.
