"Your Highness." Ashulu knelt down directly in front of Li Ke. He wanted to cry for more than 3,000 stones of gold. How much did His Highness trust him?
"Your Highness has placed your trust in me, and I really can't repay you in return." Ashilü lay on the ground, he wanted to cry.
"Okay, I know your loyalty. Listen to me first. The current exchange ratio of gold and silver near Dashi and Persia is about 1:10. After you go, you can exchange all the gold into silver. "Li Ke said.
"Yes!" Ashlu said in a deep voice. He didn't know what His Highness was going to do, but he would do whatever His Highness told him to do.
"Your identity is not from the Tang Dynasty. You speak Turkic language. This time I will dispatch 1,000 cavalry from Xizhou to accompany you. They all have Turkic faces."
"Never give that away."
"yes!"
"When you go back and get ready, you can set off directly. As for the gold, I will deliver it to you then, and I will ask the relevant personnel to follow you." Li Ke said.
"yes!"
After Ashlyu left, Tian Meng looked at Li Ke with some confusion and asked, "Your Highness, what are you doing?"
"It's nothing. Since you are making money, before doing business, first make money through the exchange ratio of gold and silver." Li Ke said with a smile.
In fact, the method is very simple. The amount of gold and silver in ancient times is not as much as in modern times. The current ratio of gold and silver in Persia is about 1:10. Li Ke is going to let Ashru exchange gold for silver. 200 tons of gold can be exchanged for 2,000 tons of silver.
I can't say that 2,000 tons of silver can be exchanged for all the silver in Persia and Arabia, but it can probably be exchanged for almost one.
After Ashulu's exchange is completed, Li Ke will order all the Tang caravans who sell to Persia and other places. If they want to buy Tang goods, especially weapons and armor, I will only accept silver! I, Li Ke, like silver! I don't like gold.
When merchants from Persia and other places wanted to buy goods from the Tang Dynasty and found that there was no silver on the market, the exchange ratio between silver and gold would naturally increase greatly.
By then, the price may gradually rise to around 1:5.
At that time, Li Ke gradually exchanged the silver he had exchanged with Ashlu for gold.
As long as the market is eager enough, all the silver can be eaten up quickly. At that time, he can exchange it back for 400 tons of gold, and then Li Ke will gradually earn back all the silver with commodities.
This is probably how it works. Make a profit first and then talk about it.
Or if they don’t want to exchange, they don’t have enough silver, and if they just want to settle with gold, then they must settle according to the Tang Dynasty’s gold and silver exchange ratio of 1:5. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, I want this ratio. The ratio of gold to silver is very reasonable, right?
Either you give me silver, or you settle it with me at a ratio of 1:5.
And for settlement, I have to take advantage of the fact that your gold is not pure enough and collect more from you.
Li Ke probably told Tian Meng about the relevant operations, and Tian Meng was speechless. Your Highness, you have so many ways to make money, but this is money from Persians, so of course he has no problem.
After making arrangements with Tian Meng, Li Ke tidied up his clothes, changed into a set of casual clothes, and asked Tian Meng to invite Lu Dongzan over.
Lu Dongzan was fully prepared for his mission to the Tang Dynasty this time. Although he is not Songtsen Gampo's confidant at present, he has already initially demonstrated his talents, so Lu Dongzan can have this ability. Qualifications for mission.
As long as he does things well this time, his status with Zamp will naturally increase, and their family's territory will also become more stable.
Naturally, the mission was to meet His Highness the King of Qin, and he had already submitted the memorial to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. As for whether His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty knew about the transaction between Zanbu and His Highness the King of Qin, Lu Dongzan believed that he knew.
Although the other party acted like he didn't know, based on his understanding of King Qin, the other party should know, but there were some things that couldn't be stated openly.
In order to solve Tubo's worries for the Tang Dynasty, His Highness the King of Qin made a very good suggestion this time. It can only be said that it is worthy of His Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty.
While he was thinking about how to ask for an audience with His Highness the King of Qin at his residence, Lu Dongzan suddenly received a notice from the guards below, saying that it was the steward of His Highness the King of Qin who asked for an audience.
Lu Dongzan was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. He quickly stood up and went out to see the other party in person.
Although the other party is a housekeeper, you have to see whose housekeeper this housekeeper is.
After meeting Tian Meng, Tian Meng directly handed Li Ke's invitation to the other party and said that if he wanted to, he could go to see His Highness King Qin today. If he didn't have time today, he could do it tomorrow.
Lu Dongzan immediately said that he would go to see His Highness the King of Qin today.
When Lu Dongzan saw Li Ke, he couldn't help but look him up and down. He had to say that it was indeed His Highness the King of Qin who was able to overpower the officials of the Tang Dynasty and make the powerful families of the Tang Dynasty pay a huge price. He was extraordinary in martial arts. He compared Li Ke with Songtsen Gampo in his mind. He felt that the two were on par.
"Gar Dongzan has met His Highness King Qin." Lu Dongzan bowed and saluted.
"Without courtesy, the envoy Langjun is here. I guess Songtsen Gampo Zampu has already made good profits?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
Lu Dongzan took a deep breath. His Highness the King of Qin was really smart. Just now, he thought His Highness the King of Qin was on par with Zanpu. Now it seems that Zanpu is probably not as good as him. His Highness the King of Qin could judge from the purpose of his visit this time. You can guess the current situation in Tubo.
Zamp would definitely not be able to guess this alone.
You must know that after he came to the Tang Dynasty, except for the letter of credence to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he did not leak anything else. As for the current situation in Tubo, it was impossible for any spies in the Tang Dynasty to get the news, because the events that had just passed Winter on the plateau is very scary.
"Yes! Your Highness is indeed very discerning." Lu Dongzan saluted Li Ke again.
"That's good. This shows that my previous suggestion was right. Tubo clearly has a better target to bully, so why does it have to go against the Tang Dynasty? Moreover, it has suffered repeated defeats and repeated defeats. Is it not fun to bully the weak? Or is it? Isn’t it fun to plunder the golden population? Or is it not fun to rob foreign women?” Li Ke smiled and nodded.
Ludong praised: "..."
He was a little speechless, this... Although the matter is like this, is it really okay for you to say it so directly, Your Highness?
"Thanks to His Highness's guidance. Before I came, Zanpu told me many times to thank His Highness for his guidance. Hearing that His Highness likes gold, Zanpu gave another 50 stones of gold as a gift to His Highness this time." Dongzan said seriously.
"So, did Zampu take over Nibala (later parts of Nepal), or the Gouda Kingdom (later Bangladesh and the Indian region in northern Bangladesh)?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
Lu Dongzan raised his head and looked at Li Ke with some surprise. This time he was really shocked, "Your Highness...where did you know?"
"Guess." Li Ke spit out two words.
