"What if we exchange it with you for the newly mined rough stones?" Ragasri asked again.
Her subordinates also told her that jade of this quality is not so easy to find.
In this era, there were no modern jade cutting machines and other equipment. In Tianzhu, all work was done manually.
And no one knows whether jade of such good quality can be found in those stones.
Sometimes it is very possible to spend a lot of effort to crack open a rough stone, only to find that there is nothing or only low-quality jade inside.
"I can give you a standard." Tang Ping said: "There will be a rough price based on the size and quality of this kind of jade."
"And if we use newly mined rough stones, we can also trade them by weight." Tang Ping thought for a moment and said: "Five tons, every five tons The rough stone can be exchanged for a fine sword from the Tang Dynasty."
Seeing that Ragashri seemed unwilling, he continued: "You should know that a piece of jade like this may not be found in five tons of rough stone."
"But it's possible to mine more!" Ragashri said: "It's not easy to mine five tons of rough stone."
"That's right!" Tang Ping nodded in agreement: "This is something that requires a gamble. Think about it, I have to bring these stones back to Chang'an from thousands of miles away, and then spend manpower to cut them. If there is no jade, I will be the loser. ”
"That's why I gave you two trading methods. If you think it's not cost-effective to trade with rough stones, you can also open the jade yourself and trade with me later."
He pointed to the piece of jade on the table: "Look, isn't this kind of jade sold at my place for a big price?"
Ragashri thought about it and it was indeed the case, and if it was just digging stones, so many slaves from each family could be sent to dig them. Even though five tons was a lot, to dig it out from the ground and put it on the truck, a few slaves would only need one or two tons. God should be able to do it.
But if you let them do other things, they won't be able to earn the money of a fine sword in a day or two.
"I agree to your deal, let's sign the contract." After coming to Chang'an for a few days, Rajasiri also knew that no matter what kind of deal it was here, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty would ask for a contract to be signed to ensure the interests of both parties.
"No problem." Tang Ping shook hands with Rajasri, expressing pleasure in their cooperation, and then said, "This principle
At the beginning, not only swords, but also any goods that our Tang Trading Company can export, you can trade. "
"Okay, Duke Ping, you have really helped us a lot." Ragashri asked his men to bring up a box and give it to Tang Ping: "To express your gratitude, please accept this gift."
After speaking, she explained a little embarrassedly: "This gift may only have some value with you."
Tang Ping opened the box, and there was another piece of jade inside. Even a half-hearted person like him could be sure that it was a piece of top-quality emerald jade, and it was bigger than the one he took out at the beginning.
Even Tang Ping felt guilty for three seconds before he said: "In our Tang Dynasty, it is important to come and go but not to be rude. As a landlord, I naturally cannot be stingy."
Ask Lao Cui to also bring up fifty sets of beautifully decorated swords. He said: "This time, let me give each of the guards brought by His Highness the mission a gift." A set of weapons."
Of course there are more than fifty guards from Tianzhu, but only that many can enter Chang'an City.
It was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to allow all the escorts of the envoys to enter the city.
But even if it was fifty sets, it would still be a huge windfall for Ragasri and the others.
From the perspective of both parties, both parties made a profit in this transaction.
After leaving Shanghe Village, Ragashri couldn't even wait for his return to his country, so he asked people to go to the country and arrange for some slaves to dig rough stones in the mine mentioned by Tang Ping.
Of course, she is not stupid. If she finds rough stones that can produce emeralds while digging, she can reward the slaves and then trade those emeralds separately.
After Tang Ping and Ragashri left, he confirmed through the intercom and the guards at the entrance of the village that they had all left, and then he shouted excitedly.
"Sir, is this thing valuable?" Lao Cui asked in confusion.
"If you say it's valuable, it's definitely valuable. Of course, it's far behind our industry in Datang." Tang Ping touched the piece of imperial green jade and said, "But this feeling similar to leak detection gives people an achievement. The feeling is beyond ordinary money-making."
"It's like...just like..." Tang Ping thought for a moment and explained: "It's like with the money you have now, you can buy any kind of wine, but one day you suddenly and unexpectedly get a Just like a bottle of good wine. That’s probably how I feel, do you understand?”
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Cui nodded, he probably understood what Tang Ping said.
Tang Ping knew that Lao Cui and the others didn't know the value of this jade, so they couldn't understand it, which made him pretend not to be so smooth.
So he said something, carried the box back to modern times, and then called Gou Shaoqun and said, "Young Master Gou, I haven't been to your house for a meal in a long time. How about having a meal at your house today?"
Gou Shaoqun rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked in confusion: "Is my cook as good as Xiao Luo? Why do you want to go to my house?"
"Didn't you tell me? I haven't been there for a long time, and I just happened to go see your dad, Uncle Gou!"
Gou Shaoqun was confused after hearing this, but even if he went to his own house for a meal, there was nothing he couldn't do.
After talking to my family, I drove to pick up Tang Ping.
"What is this? Is it so heavy?" Gou Shaoqun asked, flicking his wrist as he and Tang Ping carried the two boxes into the trunk.
"I..." Tang Ping thought about it: "I paid more than three thousand yuan for the jadeite, and I asked Uncle Gou to help me palm the jadeite. There is also a piece of jadeite that was given as a gift."
The ratio of Tang Dynasty coins to Chinese national coins is about one to seven. The cost of five swords is 500 Tang Dynasty coins, which is not more than 3,000 Chinese national coins.
"More than thirty million?"
"What's more than 30 million? More than 3,000 yuan, almost 3,500 yuan."
"What? Three thousand and five pieces of jadeite? So heavy?" Gou Shaoqun looked at Tang Ping as if he were looking at a fool: "Brother Ping, do you know the kind of uncles and aunts on the sunset red tour group nowadays? You tell them three If you can buy such a heavy piece of jade, they will spit in your face."
As for the other one Tang Ping said was given as a gift, he simply ignored it.
"Are you sure this is jade and not glass?"
"Hey, why are you talking so much nonsense?" Tang Ping said mysteriously: "I'm sure this is jade, but I can't see it in water, so I went to your house to let your father take a look."
"I don't need my father to tell you that you have been deceived." Gou Shaoqun said earnestly: "As long as you are not a fool, it is impossible to sell you such a large piece of jade for 3500, and the water is rubbish. It’s impossible.”
Tang Ping was satisfied and wanted this kind of effect. Only with Gou Shaoqun's current reaction could he pretend to be mellow after a while.
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