In a simple temporary tent set up by the caravan, Lin Wanwan and her party of three sat across from the bearded Hu leader and others.
With the whole world learning Mandarin from the Tang Dynasty, there was no problem in communication between the two parties.
The tea cakes Lin Wanwan brought out were not unusual, but the brown sugar, white sugar and fine salt were really surprising.
This group of Hu merchants have traveled north and south for so many years and traveled along the Silk Road many times. They have never seen such fine salt and sugar.
Several Hu merchants pinched some white sugar as fine as snow with their fingers, put it in their mouths and tasted it carefully. Although they tried their best to pretend to be calm, their bright eyes still betrayed their little mood.
Old God Lin Wanwan was watching the other party silently organizing his words. She had already made up her mind to kill these Hu businessmen with a knife.
The musk, ambergris, borneol, rhino horn, ivory, amber, ruby products, sapphire products, and turquoise products in this Hu Shang's hand are all Lin Wanwan's favorites!
She wished she could go back to modern times to buy some sugar and grab all the goods from this hundred-man caravan!
It's a pity, it's a pity. It's not difficult for her to get the sugar, but it's very difficult to move all these treasures back. Whether it's from modern times or from the time of the Tang Dynasty, it's very impractical and will cause endless troubles.
So now she has no plans to go back to modern times to buy sugar and salt, but wants to exchange the existing ones for an absolutely good price.
Lin Wanwan's eyes lit up when she saw Hu Shang's goods, and the same thing happened when he saw her goods.
Only the most noble nobles are qualified to enjoy this delicate and rare treasure in front of them.
Lin Wanwan returned to modern times and bought thirty kilograms of sugar and twenty kilograms of salt, filling her big cloth bag to the brim.
Although this caravan from the Dashi Kingdom was very interested in Chang'an's silks, porcelain and Kaiyuan Tongbao copper coins, it was also interested in these rare treasures.
What smart businessman wouldn't like the goods Lin Wanwan brought out?
Because Lin Wanwan gave Xiao Chong the method of drying salt, fine salt had already begun to appear in the upper class society of the Tang Dynasty.
Even so, the fineness of Tang Dynasty sea salt is still incomparable with the modern fine salt Lin Wanwan produces now.
As for sugar, it is even rarer. The sugars on the market in the Tang Dynasty are still relatively rough maltose, sucrose and honey.
The former kind of candy is eaten by ordinary people during New Years and festivals, while the latter two types can only be enjoyed by nobles, especially the icing made from sucrose, which is the most precious.
In the world, the country with the strongest sugar production technology is currently the Kingdom of Magadha (the territory of later India). The local area can produce a kind of sugar called stone honey, which is the favorite at the banquets of the Tang Dynasty nobles.
The characteristic of stone honey is that it is as sweet as honey but as hard as stone, similar to rock sugar in later generations. This is currently the most expensive sugar in the world.
It was not until the fifteenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty that Wang Xuance single-handedly conquered the Kingdom of Magadha and brought back two sugarmakers from this country. The method of making stone honey was not introduced to the Tang Dynasty.
However, the rough version of white sugar produced by the Dashi Kingdom during the Northern Song Dynasty and presented to the Northern Song Dynasty court had no trace at this time.
The current level of sugar production in the Great Food Country is slightly higher than that of the Tang Dynasty, but the level is still limited.
In other words, even this caravan from the Great Food Country, which traveled countless times along the Silk Road, had never seen such crystal clear white sugar as snow brought out by Lin Wanwan.
Whether such good things are shipped to the Tang Dynasty or shipped back to the Great Food Country, there is no need to worry about the market.
The only difference between the two sides now is how to use foreign objects. They both want to get the most benefits at the minimum cost.
For Lin Wanwan, this kind of wool can only be collected once, and cannot be done more, otherwise there is no guarantee that an accident will occur.
Just this time, after the transaction was over, she had to travel through time and space and return to the present as soon as possible, otherwise she would be afraid of being killed, so she had to gather as much wool as she could at once.
For the Hu merchants in the big food country, fine sugar and fine salt were very rare, and the porcelain and silk from Chang'an were also very rare.
They must exchange the treasure in Lin Wanwan's hands at the minimum price and keep enough goods to go to Chang'an for trading.
So the two parties, neither of whom had any aristocratic baggage, started a fierce bargaining, with you going back and forth and spitting flying.
Ba Yefeng, Lin Wanwan's temporary bodyguard who was hired to suppress the scene, was stunned and amazed as he watched from the sidelines.
He once again confirmed that he could kill people, but bargaining was really not an option. His way out was not in business, but in martial arts.
After two hours of fierce competition, the two sides paused for a while and took an intermission.
Six-year-old Nabadu has fallen asleep in her brother's arms. For the little one, on the one hand, she cannot understand the philistine among businessmen, and on the other hand, her Tang Dynasty Mandarin is inferior to her brother's.
, listening with only a half-understanding.
The Hu merchants were drinking milk, but Lin Wanwan did not drink it. She did not touch any food in this tent.
A moment later, the second fierce battle of words began. Lin Wanwan's attitude was very tough this time. The other party refused to compromise, so she sprinkled a handful of sugar on the wool carpet.
Then he smiled horribly and said: "Now, my sugar is more expensive."
This group of businessmen were so frightened that they wanted to abandon their image and lick the carpet. It was all money, and this hateful businesswoman in front of them actually spilled it at the drop of a hat!
The bearded leader made a "bang", his eyes flashed fiercely, he kicked over the food table and cursed nonsense, and then a group of people, as if they had received a signal, tacitly acted in a violent manner and hurt people at the same time.
This is a disagreement, and they want to kill people and steal goods, and they are doing business without capital.
Lin Wanwan raised the nail gun without hesitation and started shooting, but because it was not a real gun after all, the power of the "bullet" was limited. If it missed the vital point, it would not cause much damage to large animals and humans, and most people would sneak around.
They are all modified to be used as shotguns.
The one she bought is an old version of the gunpowder nail gun that can shoot ten rounds in succession, and is slightly more powerful than the new version.
Because she raised her hand and shot too quickly and too decisively, she injured several of the opponents in one go.
When the fish that slipped through the net rushed towards Lin Wanwan, Ba Yefeng, who had been silent all this time, grabbed the blade with his bare hands, blocking the attack and throwing away the saber in his hand.
The idea is very, very hard!
After a brief confrontation, Hu Shang knew that he couldn't really break up - at least not during the day, so he immediately raised his hands and called for a stop, and asked people to take the injured people down for treatment.
After traveling a long distance from Dashi to Chang'an, they were naturally accompanied by a part-time doctor.
Lin Wanwan didn't want to fight for life or death. After all, when making deals, it was better to be friendly and make money.
After frightening the opponent, although Lin Wanwan still raised the gun and stared at the person opposite with vigilance, she did not take action after all.