"I want to buy iron to produce farm tools." Songtsen Gampo took a deep breath and directly stated his purpose.
"Impossible!" Wang Zheng refused without thinking.
Songtsen Gampo almost didn't even take a breath and was so angry that he bled. So what the hell did you talk about for a long time? But before he could finish getting angry, he heard Wang Zheng continue to speak: "It's impossible to sell iron to you, but if you want to produce farm tools, Datang's latest Quyuan plow made of iron plowshares can be sold to you. ."
Ai? Songtsen Gampo was stunned for a moment. However, he reacted quickly and understood instantly that the Tang Dynasty prohibited the sale of iron to Tibet, so selling agricultural tools did not count as iron? Songtsen Gampo claimed to have grasped the "meaning" of the other party's actions.
"Then I wonder how much this Quyuan plow can be sold for?" Songtsen Gampo asked tentatively.
"Buy as much as you want." Wang Zheng said calmly.
When Wang Zheng said this, Songtsan Gampo and the other two people instantly became excited. This plowshare is an iron tool. Who knows what they will do after buying it?
"Zanpu, please don't underestimate this curved shaft plow. This is a brand new agricultural tool developed by His Highness. It can save animal power, allow the land to be plowed deeper, and increase the grain output per acre. In addition, the traditional plow requires two oxen to pull. Now One cow can pull it, or two horses can do it. Even if it is some farmland with relatively loose soil, one horse can also plow the land." Wang Zheng said with a smile.
Saving animal power is the greatest use of the curved shaft plow. In the past, straight plowing required two oxen, and it was extremely laborious and difficult to operate. Although one oxen can also plow, the oxen must rest after a few days. . When there is a shortage of cattle among the people, but they need to rush for planting, the cattle are often very nervous.
But now the emergence of the Quyuan plow allows ordinary draft horses to be used as draft animals in addition to oxen, and the plowing speed is faster. This has suddenly liberated too much productivity. The Tang Dynasty lacked war horses, but ordinary draft horses But there is no shortage.
For Tubo, the Quyuan plow was of course also useful.
"Is this true?" Songtsen Gampo's expression also became serious.
"Of course! But the price is definitely not the same as mine in the Tang Dynasty, but His Highness is still considerate of you, so the Quyuan plow is charged 3 taels of silver, and a Quyuan plow is charged 4 taels of silver. Your Highness only wants gold and silver, and the ratio of gold to silver is Calculate it according to 1:5." Wang Zheng said calmly.
Silver and gold could also serve as currency in the Tang Dynasty, but most of the time they were used for bulk goods transactions. Because the amount of gold and silver in the Tang Dynasty was not large, silver and gold were rarely used and almost all were hidden by wealthy families. .
The ratio of silver to copper coins remains at a ratio of about 1 tael of silver to 1 tael of copper coins, and the ratio of silver to gold is currently maintained at 1 tael of gold to 5 taels of silver (please note in advance that there is not much silver). : I checked a lot of information. There are different opinions on the silver-gold exchange ratio in the early Tang Dynasty. I used the most common one: 1:5. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the value of gold would skyrocket, even reaching a ratio of 1:20. In this book, the ratio is 1:5. I shall prevail.)
Li Ke did not ask for a high price, because the price was too high to make Songtsen Gampo crazy.
Sure enough, Songtsen Gampo's eyes lit up immediately when he heard the price, and he asked in a contemplative manner: "I wonder how much this plow weighs?"
"3 pounds." Wang Zheng said calmly.
As soon as this number came out, Songtsan Gampo and the others almost couldn't help but jump up from their seats. 3 pounds of pig iron only cost 3 taels of silver? That's 3 dollars? ! You must know that the small amount of pig iron sold to them by Datang before was sold for 2 pigs per pound!
"Can I just buy a plowshare?" Songtsen Gampo suppressed his inner ecstasy.
"What are you thinking about? When you buy a plowshare, can you install and produce it? Do you have so many craftsmen in Tubo? Do you know that His Highness is showing sympathy? Moreover, Your Highness is doing it for the friendship between Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and what he sells is to increase the number of Tibetan people. The production tools for survival are not iron tools. What if you sell plowshares and you make your own weapons and armor? So His Highness only sells the whole bent-shaft plow!" Wang Zheng asked calmly.
Songtsen Gampo: "..."
There are no outsiders between us, why should we do this?
"Of course. If Zanpu you want to buy some unassembled bent-column plows for transportation, our highness can also sell them. Even, for the convenience of transportation, it is also okay if the wood parts of these unassembled bent-column plows are not processed, but what? , must be purchased as a whole." Wang Zheng said.
Songtsen Gampo: "..." In order to facilitate transportation, is it okay to leave the unassembled wood parts unprocessed? In other words, is it possible for me to spend one tael of silver to buy back some branches or wood that I can easily get in the mountains?
"So you decide how much to buy." Wang Zheng said calmly. As for selling them separately, why not just sell them 4 liang and one plowshare? This must take into account the user's psychology.
You see, what I sold you for 4 taels of silver was a Quyuan plow. As for how you made the plowshare into something else, that is your own business. But when I sold it to you, I didn’t blackmail you about the plowshare, right? wrong? If you want to do something else, that's your decision.
But if you directly sell a plowshare for 4 taels of silver, the other party's mentality is, I spent 4 taels of fucking silver on a plowshare. These are two completely different ideas. At least if you buy back my plow for 4 taels, you are It can be used.
As for you insisting on buying the unassembled and unprocessed spare parts at the back, you can’t blame me. That’s what you want to buy yourself. In short, it’s your own fault. No matter what, one of my bent-shaft plows only costs 4 taels. silver.
"By the way, Zamp, you don't have to be too sad. Your Highness always pays attention to win-win when doing business! Do you know what a win-win is? It means that we both receive the goods, which is called a win-win." Wang Zheng said with a smile.
"Please give me some advice, envoy." After hearing about the win-win situation, Songtsen Gampo immediately became interested and asked humbly. He was no longer angry now.
"Your Highness can sell you silk, cotton, linen, silk, salt, and porcelain at the market price of the Tang Dynasty! And Your Highness heard that you can cross the West Kunlun Mountains to the south of you, cross the West Kunlun Mountains, and go to Tianzhu to the south. Yes, and there is a big market for salt and silk in Tianzhu. You can sell these things there and earn a lot of gold and silver." Wang Zheng said with a smile.
"And I heard that there are many small countries there that don't have much military strength at all." Wang Zheng gave him a vague nod. His Highness said, the bigger the territory Songtsen Gampo grabs, the more unstable it will be. When the time comes, we will The merchant bank secretly helped him stabilize the rear and let him grab the territory from the front. The last words...
As for silk and silk, because of their spinning machines and looms, the production cost is too low. However, if they are mass-produced in Datang, it may impact the current currency system of Datang and lead to social instability, so It's better to sell it to Tibet and earn gold.
Songtsen Gampo's eyes lit up instantly, yes! Why didn't he think of this? I can't blame him for not thinking of it, because he couldn't get Tang Dynasty's silk, silk, and cloth at market prices before! Now His Highness is actually willing to provide it at this price?
The people in Tianzhu are also very wealthy, which means they can trade a lot of good things!
