"What did Your Highness say?" Su Yeli was stunned for a moment, then she reacted instantly, and her eyes lit up.
Because Li Ke's words made her instantly sure of two things. First, His Highness King Qin was not prepared to do anything to Zhen Wa, or at least he was not prepared to destroy Zhen Wa. Otherwise, why would he tell her this? After destroying the real wax, everything belongs to His Highness the King of Qin.
The second thing is that His Highness the King of Qin is very likely to do business with him. Who is His Highness the King of Qin? This is the God of Wealth! Even she, a real princess, knew how rich His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty really was.
His Royal Highness King Qin's wealth has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everyone knows that she has heard a lot from Tang Weekly and various legends.
Although Zhenwa is far away from the Central Plains, there are countless merchant ships from the Tang Dynasty passing here and going to the Western Regions to do business, so she wants to know how His Highness allows her to make money.
"I am a peace-loving person." Li Ke smiled and expressed his attitude first, and then continued: "If your real army withdraws obediently and is willing to pay compensation for it, then between us It’s negotiable.”
"Peace is what everyone wants. When the time comes, I just want to do a business with you Zhenwa." Li Ke looked at her and said.
Since she is a princess, and a princess who can run around, she must be somewhat powerful in Zhenwa. Li Ke does business with everyone, so let's talk to her first.
"Interested, I'm very interested." Su Yeli nodded without saying anything.
"Well, in that case, why don't we talk first." Li Ke nodded casually, and then he waved. The maid waiting next to him immediately bent slightly and turned around to leave.
Soon, the maid came back, followed by several other maids, each holding different silks in their hands.
Among them, Li Ke did not take out the most high-end silk. The silk taken out here was the most common silk.
To be precise, the word silk is actually the name of different silk fabrics in the Tang Dynasty. Silk is actually silk fabric, which is the most common single-layer plain woven fabric, so it is called silk.
Since the Warring States Period, silk has been a collective term for a variety of silk fabrics.
Just like the cotton suffixed with linen in later generations, it is a general term for silk fabrics. Silk, cotton, hemp, etc. were all called this in the past.
Silk is high-end spun silk, which is the difference in textile technology. Its weaving method is more advanced, more precise, smoother to the touch, and has different patterns and so on.
Later, during the Qing Dynasty, there would be distinctions between silk and satin, which were classified according to different weaving methods.
At present, there are not so many explanations in the Tang Dynasty, only silk and silk.
High-end silk can only be afforded by the top nobles in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, this was before Li Ke appeared. Now, if Li Ke is willing, he can make high-end silk the same as silk before. universal.
In fact, the silk fabric that Li Ke brought out was no longer silk fabric. It could not reach the level of high-end silk, but it was greatly improved compared to the Tang Dynasty silk fabric in terms of smoothness and quality.
In fact, what Su Yeli was wearing was elementary silk.
She stretched out her hand and stroked the silk, her eyes were shining, it was so smooth! This color, this satin, this pattern...
"Look at this silk. How much do you think one piece of silk can be exchanged for, considering the most commonly grown rice in Zhenwa? Oh, one piece is 4 feet long and 1.8 feet wide (from Liu Dian of the Tang Dynasty)" Li Ke smiled He spoke.
Su Yeli took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, I can give you this amount for this piece of silk." Su Yeli held out five fingers without even thinking.
When she stretched out her fingers, Su Yeli was a little nervous and then stretched out five fingers. Five stones of rice was the price given by Su Yeli. She only gave this price because she felt that Li Ke was interested in real wax. She probably doesn’t know much about the price of food. This is one reason. The other thing is that she thinks that in the Tang Dynasty...this kind of silk...should not be expensive, right? But this stuff is really expensive in their real wax shop!
Li Ke glanced at her, and he probably guessed that the other party was selling five stones of rice. To be honest, this price was a bargain in Datang.
The price of one stone of rice in the Tang Dynasty was much higher than that of corn. One stone of rice could be exchanged for two stones of corn. However, the price of one stone of corn in the Tang Dynasty was 120 Wen, and that of rice was about 240 Wen. A piece of silk in the Tang Dynasty cost 300 Wen, which was the price of silk woven by other merchants. Li Ke's current silk cost has been reduced to 80 yuan per piece.
In other words, if exchanged at this price, Li Ke's profit would be about fifteen times. After deducting twice the transportation fee, it would be fourteen times. A profit of 1,400% is already very scary.
But how can the profit be calculated according to Li Ke's cost? Of course it must be calculated according to the profits of other businessmen in Datang.
Then Li Ke's profit is less than five times. Five times the profit is not much.
Therefore, Li Ke didn't say anything. He just glanced at Su Yeli and then picked up the teacup and took a calm sip.
Seeing that Li Ke was silent, Su Yeli plucked up the courage to speak boldly: "Your Highness... five stones of rice is already a lot, and the price I sell it here is this."
Li Ke still didn't speak. Looking at Li Ke's appearance, Su Yeli took a deep breath and then spoke directly: "Your Highness, I can give you 10 stones! This is the maximum value I can give. I have basically given this price. I can’t make much money, which means I prefer these silks.”
Bottom line? Li Ke smiled, and a smile appeared on his face. Isn't the bottom line constantly being broken? It's like taking in a giant thing in your mouth. At first it's just a little bit, but later the whole thing can fit in. This is a process of constantly pushing the limits.
So Li Ke didn't say anything and just gave Su Yeli a smile.
Seeing Li Ke's smile, Su Yeli couldn't help but feel guilty. Then she gritted her teeth and said: "Your Highness, 30 shi of rice, this is the maximum value I can give!"
Li Ke put down the tea cup in his hand, and then let out a long sigh with a disappointed look on his face.
Seeing Li Ke's disappointed expression, Su Yeli's heart skipped a beat, and then she suddenly shouted: "40 stones! Your Highness, this is the highest price I have ever given."
Looking at Su Yeli's appearance, Li Ke narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said: "I know there is still room for negotiation on the price, but I will give you this face. For the sake of this first trade, I can Agree at the price of 40 stones."
Su Yeli's heart skipped a beat... His Highness actually knew everything.
