"Twenty gold coins?" Fabialo said with a smile on his face: "But can you tell me the origin of this bowl?"
The price was not too high, but he felt it was very low.
Think about it, William's ruby ring can be sold for three thousand silver coins, which is thirty gold coins, but such exquisite porcelain only costs twenty gold coins. If he delivers it to the capital, many nobles will rush to buy it.
"This is porcelain from the Jun kiln of the Tang Dynasty. It is also a high-quality product only supplied to the royal family."
This was not what Tang Ping told him, but the news he bought with a lot of money from some knowledgeable Persian businessmen.
Of course, this heavy amount of money is nothing compared to twenty gold coins.
"Deal!" Fabialo was in a good mood today. In the future, if he could obtain Datang's luxury goods for sale through Old Peter's channels, his status in the country would naturally rise.
After asking someone to accept the Jun kiln porcelain bowl, Fabialo said to old Peter: "From now on, Mr. Peter can freely enter and leave my castle. If you have such a good thing, you can come to me directly!"
"Definitely!" Old Peter left the castle with a smile, and immediately called the servant: "Buy me the best food in the city, and we will go to Waitanhop Island immediately!"
To be honest, although Porto's expansion of the Knights can make a lot of money, if compared with selling the luxury goods of the Tang Dynasty, it is just a hard-earned money.
So Old Peter, who had got into money's eye, didn't want to waste a minute. He asked people to buy things and went to Outianhope Island.
"Hey, Old Peter, what kind of wind brought you here today?" Tang Ping asked teasingly when he saw Old Peter panting on the island carrying a bag of food.
"Dear Tang, I'm so glad to see you again!" Old Peter put down the food in his hand and gave Tang Ping a hug.
"Thank you for the mutton bone soup you gave my mother last time. She asked me to bring these foods." Old Peter pointed to the food brought by the servants at his feet and behind him.
"So you're here to eat for dinner again?" Tang Ping raised his head and looked at the sky: "It's really dinner time."
"Hahaha, Tang, with our friendship, you won't be stingy and don't treat me to a meal, right? I almost died of exhaustion in order to bring you this food." Old Peter said pretending to be pitiful.
"It's okay to eat!" Tang Ping shouted: "Old Cui, see what delicious food you can make for our old Peter today."
After saying that, he looked at Old Peter with a smile: "But Old Peter, last time you brought my mutton soup home, you also took my Jun Kiln red glaze bowl with you. Why didn't you bring it back today? Isn’t it the city owner who has already sold it to Porto?”
"What big Jun kiln red glaze bowl??" Old Peter was still pretending to be stupid: "Did you say it was the red bowl I used to serve soup last time?? Is that bowl also very expensive? Oh, when I put it at home I didn’t pay attention, as if I didn’t know who took it away.”
Tang Ping saw that he was pretending to be stupid and didn't expose him, so he said directly: "Okay, since it was taken away by someone, let's forget it."
Then he took Old Peter to the island: "Thanks to the craftsmen you hired, our house is almost ready."
"But we also want to build some fortifications at the dock. I think you will be willing to help us, Old Peter?"
"Of course!" Old Peter agreed immediately: "Tang, you are my best friend. Your affairs are my affairs. I will not refuse your help!"
The two of them were chatting happily, and Old Peter was always making innuendoes about what good things Tang Ping had here, but Tang Ping seemed oblivious and just said whatever he had. Finally, after Lao Cui and the others had finished cooking, Tang Ping invited Old Peter to the table.
"It's a coincidence that you came here. Today is the time for us to marinate the bacon. This bacon fried rice is extremely delicious. Old Peter needs to eat more today."
"Okay!" Old Peter had a smile on his face, but his little eyes were looking around.
But he looked left and right and didn't see Tang Ping taking out the porcelain tableware from last time.
Everyone uses ordinary earthenware tableware that can be bought in Porto.
"What's wrong? Old Peter, isn't this bacon to your liking??" Tang Ping took a big mouthful of rice. The bacon was cut into small cubes and mixed with diced potatoes and carrots for fried rice. It was really delicious.
"So... delicious!" Old Peter quickly took two bites, and then finally couldn't help but asked: "Tang, why are your tableware different from last time?"
"Hey, old Peter, why do you care so much about our tableware?" Tang Ping stared at him and asked with a smile.
Old Peter sighed: "It seems you found it."
"What did you find?" This time it was Tang Ping's turn to play dumb.
Old Peter also knew that if he didn't tell the truth, Tang Ping would never let him see those porcelains again, and it might be difficult for him to meet them in the future.
He had just hooked up with Porto City Lord Fabialo, so naturally he couldn't just let it be cut off.
"Okay, Don, I admit, I was wrong!" Old Peter said this, but there was no shame on his face: "I did sell that bowl to the Lord of Porto City for twenty gold coins."
Now that I have said it, there is no need to hide it.
"Twenty gold coins??" Tang Ping knew the exchange rate of gold and silver coins here, but he didn't expect that bowl to be so valuable?
At first, he thought it was worth a few hundred silver coins at most.
When Old Peter heard Tang Ping's question, he thought he thought it was too little, and quickly explained: "It really only sold for twenty gold coins. Yes, this is a low market price, but you have to know that I sold it to the city lord. Your Excellency, he will also sell it to the capital, so I must leave him some profit."
"Okay, where's the money!" Tang Ping stretched out his hand and said, "Old Peter, what I say most often in my country is that brothers settle accounts. I can sell this bowl to you for fifteen gold coins, but you You can deduct the money spent on the hired craftsmen and building materials, as well as the money you spent on buying the food.”
Although Old Peter defrauded him of a bowl at first, that was Tang Ping's intention.
Without giving him some bait, how could a small fish like Old Peter catch big fish like the nobles of the Visigoth Kingdom behind him?
In addition, Old Peter was now the most suitable candidate among them, so Tang Ping forgave him this time.
Old Peter simply transformed into a businessman, chattered with Tang Ping and calculated the money he had paid, and then gave the remaining gold coins to Tang Ping.
