After hearing the two people's intentions, Han Du glanced at Fu Yong and asked, "What do you think?"
Fu Yong immediately said: "Uncle, this old port is a gathering place for merchants, and it is convenient to purchase goods. If you can sell goods here, there is no need to go to Java."
After hearing this, Second Sister Shi smiled complacently. As long as Fu Yong was willing to sell, she was absolutely sure that she would eat all the goods.
Han Du saw that Fu Yong had this idea and had no objection. After all, the goods belonged to Fu Yong and the others, so it was up to them how they wanted to sell them.
"However, Uncle Ben has only one request."
"Uncle, please tell me." Before Fu Yong could speak, Second Sister Shi said impatiently.
Han Du glanced at Fu Yong and said: "If I want to buy your things, I can't use gold and silver, I have to use treasure notes to trade."
Fu Yong nodded, indicating that he understood.
But the second sister Shi heard about Baochao for the first time, so she asked: "May I ask my uncle, what is Baochao?"
"This is the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote." Han Du took out a treasure banknote of the same denomination and handed it to Sister Shi.
Second Sister Shi's eyes were sharp, and she quickly discovered the extraordinary feature of the treasure note. "Is this?" Sister Shi faced the light and saw the watermark on the treasure note, and covered her mouth with her small hands in shock.
"This is the emperor's holy statue." Han Du said with a smile.
"Emperor?" Second Sister Shi couldn't help but look at it curiously. As for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, she had only heard Han Du briefly mention it. But with just such a general understanding, she felt deeply about the Ming Dynasty Emperor.
The emperor is so powerful.
I didn't expect that I would be able to see the portrait of the Ming Emperor so soon.
Fu Yong saw it and said with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes are the best in the world. Miss Shi, although this treasure banknote looks like it is made of paper, it is not. It is a very rare material. This material can make the treasure
Banknotes cannot penetrate water."
"Are you kidding?" Second Sister Shi didn't believe Fu Yong's words.
Seeing this, Fu Yong didn't say much. He took out a treasure note, threw it directly into the water bowl, and stretched out his fingers to press the treasure note into the bottom of the bowl. After a while, he picked it up, wiped it dry, and handed it to
Sister Shi.
Sister Shi took the two banknotes and compared them. The one that had been soaked in water was obviously a little wet, but the writing was still as clear as the other one.
Fu Yong pointed to the wet treasure note and said: "This one seems to be wet now, but as long as it is dried in the sun, it will be the same as the other one."
"Can uncle provide treasure money for the Shi family?" Sister Shi's eyes were bright and she was eager to give it a try.
Han Du nodded and said: "Since I have taken out the treasure banknotes, I can naturally provide them for you. If you want treasure banknotes, just exchange them with real gold and silver."
"Is it okay to exchange for any amount?" Second Sister Shi asked quickly.
"As much or as little as you like."
"Okay, I wonder how uncle wants to change the method?" Second Sister Shi asked again.
Han Du did not hesitate and said with a smile: "A consistent treasure banknote, one tael of gold, or ten taels of silver. The fineness of gold and silver must reach more than 90%."
Second Sister Shi's face changed when she heard this, her chest was rising and falling with anger, and she said dissatisfiedly: "Uncle, are you bullying the younger ones with your elders? I don't know anything about this little girl, but she has always been polite.
The money can only be exchanged for one tael of silver, so why does uncle want us to exchange it ten times?"
Han Du stretched out two fingers and said: "There are two reasons. Firstly, I also know that copper coins are very valuable overseas. In the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver can be exchanged for 100 copper coins, but here overseas, one tael of silver can only be exchanged for 2
Three hundred Wen. Secondly, in the Ming Dynasty, it is true that treasure banknotes are exchanged for one tael of silver, but you have to listen clearly, that is silver, silver with a fineness of more than 95%. You don’t know that the value of this kind of silver is higher than ordinary silver.
Is that a lot? If you can provide silver with a fineness of more than 95%, I can exchange it for you."
Second Sister Shi was speechless when she heard this. Let alone 95% silver, silver that barely reaches 90% overseas is the best hard currency.
Han Du watched Second Sister Shi's face turn red and white without saying anything. This was something Han Du had planned. After all, the difference in the exchange of treasure banknotes was too obvious. In the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver could be exchanged for one treasure banknote.
It takes ten taels of silver to exchange for a treasure banknote. No one is a fool, there will always be people who will raise objections.
Han Du can't just eliminate all the people who raise objections. Without people, who will Daming trade with?
In this case, there must be a reason for the world to accept it. It just so happens that the world is extremely interested in the fineness of gold and silver. The higher the fineness of gold and silver, the greater the value, and may even reach more than ten times that of equally important gold and silver.
.
Han Du seized on this point and claimed that the silver that could be exchanged for treasure banknotes had a fineness of 95%. The value of silver with this fineness was almost ten times that of ordinary silver. This was because of the silver purification technology.
In this era, it is still very complicated. To purify ordinary silver to 95%, it requires such a huge expense.
In this way, people will be more accepting of it.
And Han Du has the technology to purify silver. Even if someone doubts it in the future, Han Du can instantly purify a large amount of 95% silver from ordinary silver. Others do not have this technology, so they can only bite it.
The teeth suffer from dumbness.
"Uncle, is it too high to exchange ten taels for a consistent price? For the sake of the Shi family's attachment to the Ming Dynasty, can it be lower?" Sister Shi still felt that such an exchange would be too much of a disadvantage.
Han Du shook his head and refused to let go at all, "No matter who exchanges the treasure notes from Uncle Ben, it will be at this price. Of course, if you have the ability to exchange it for someone else at a higher price, Uncle Ben will not care about it."
"Okay, I'll change." Sister Shi was so angry that she couldn't do anything about Han Du. Although she wanted to ask Han Du, did the Ming Dynasty have so much silver with a fineness of 95%?
The Ming Dynasty banknotes were so exquisite that she might actually be able to make a profit by exchanging them.
Who told Fu Yong and others to only recognize treasure banknotes now, not gold and silver? If she wants to buy Ming Dynasty goods, she must use treasure banknotes. Therefore, she can't exchange them even if she doesn't want to.
The Shi family exchanged all the hundreds of thousands of coins in Han Du's hands in one go, found Fu Yong and others, and bought all their goods at a slightly higher price. In one fell swoop, they monopolized all the Ming Dynasty goods in the entire old port.
The goods, if they hadn't had Han Du backing them up, they might have been torn alive by the jealous people around them.
Unlike the high-spirited Shi family, Fu Yong and others were almost on the verge of tears and came to Han Du to cry.
"Uncle, help me!"
"What's wrong?" Han Du almost burst into tears when he saw Fu Yong. Looking at his tall and thick appearance, it was indeed too difficult for him. After hearing the purpose of the two people's visit, Han Du glanced at Fu Yong and asked
Said: "What do you think?"
Fu Yong immediately said: "Uncle, this old port is a gathering place for merchants, and it is convenient to purchase goods. If you can sell goods here, there is no need to go to Java."
After hearing this, Second Sister Shi smiled complacently. As long as Fu Yong was willing to sell, she was absolutely sure that she would eat all the goods.
Han Du saw that Fu Yong had this idea and had no objection. After all, the goods belonged to Fu Yong and the others, so it was up to them how they wanted to sell them.
"However, Uncle Ben has only one request."
"Uncle, please tell me." Before Fu Yong could speak, Second Sister Shi said impatiently. .??.
Han Du glanced at Fu Yong and said: "If I want to buy your things, I can't use gold and silver, I have to use treasure notes to trade."
Fu Yong nodded, indicating that he understood.
But the second sister Shi heard about Baochao for the first time, so she asked: "May I ask my uncle, what is Baochao?"
"This is the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote." Han Du took out a treasure banknote of the same denomination and handed it to Sister Shi.
Second Sister Shi's eyes were sharp, and she quickly discovered the extraordinary feature of the treasure note. "Is this?" Sister Shi faced the light and saw the watermark on the treasure note, and covered her mouth with her small hands in shock.
"This is the emperor's holy statue." Han Du said with a smile.
"Emperor?" Second Sister Shi couldn't help but look at it curiously. As for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, she had only heard Han Du briefly mention it. But with just such a general understanding, she felt deeply about the Ming Dynasty Emperor.
The emperor is so powerful.
I didn't expect that I would be able to see the portrait of the Ming Emperor so soon.
Fu Yong saw it and said with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes are the best in the world. Miss Shi, although this treasure banknote looks like it is made of paper, it is not. It is a very rare material. This material can make the treasure
Banknotes cannot penetrate water."
"Are you kidding?" Second Sister Shi didn't believe Fu Yong's words.
Seeing this, Fu Yong didn't say much. He took out a treasure note, threw it directly into the water bowl, and stretched out his fingers to press the treasure note into the bottom of the bowl. After a while, he picked it up, wiped it dry, and handed it to
Sister Shi.
Sister Shi took the two banknotes and compared them. The one that had been soaked in water was obviously a little wet, but the writing was still as clear as the other one.
Fu Yong pointed to the wet treasure note and said: "This one seems to be wet now, but as long as it is dried in the sun, it will be the same as the other one."
"Can uncle provide treasure money for the Shi family?" Sister Shi's eyes were bright and she was eager to give it a try.
Han Du nodded and said: "Since I have taken out the treasure banknotes, I can naturally provide them for you. If you want treasure banknotes, just exchange them with real gold and silver."
"Is it okay to exchange for any amount?" Second Sister Shi asked quickly.
"As much or as little as you like."
"Okay, I wonder how uncle wants to change the method?" Second Sister Shi asked again.
Han Du did not hesitate and said with a smile: "A consistent treasure banknote, one tael of gold, or ten taels of silver. The fineness of gold and silver must reach more than 90%."
Second Sister Shi's face changed when she heard this, her chest was rising and falling with anger, and she said dissatisfiedly: "Uncle, are you bullying the younger ones with your elders? I don't know anything about this little girl, but she has always been polite.
The money can only be exchanged for one tael of silver, so why does uncle want us to exchange it ten times?"
Han Du stretched out two fingers and said: "There are two reasons. Firstly, I also know that copper coins are very valuable overseas. In the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver can be exchanged for 100 copper coins, but here overseas, one tael of silver can only be exchanged for 2
Three hundred Wen. Secondly, in the Ming Dynasty, it is true that treasure banknotes are exchanged for one tael of silver, but you have to listen clearly, that is silver, silver with a fineness of more than 95%. You don’t know that the value of this kind of silver is higher than ordinary silver.
Is that a lot? If you can provide silver with a fineness of more than 95%, I can exchange it for you."
Second Sister Shi was speechless when she heard this. Let alone 95% silver, silver that barely reaches 90% overseas is the best hard currency.
Han Du watched Second Sister Shi's face turn red and white without saying anything. This was something Han Du had planned. After all, the difference in the exchange of treasure banknotes was too obvious. In the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver could be exchanged for one treasure banknote.
It takes ten taels of silver to exchange for a treasure banknote. No one is a fool, there will always be people who will raise objections.
Han Du can't just eliminate all the people who raise objections. Without people, who will Daming trade with?
In this case, there must be a reason for the world to accept it. It just so happens that the world is extremely interested in the fineness of gold and silver. The higher the fineness of gold and silver, the greater the value, and may even reach more than ten times that of equally important gold and silver.
.
Han Du seized on this point and claimed that the silver that could be exchanged for treasure banknotes had a fineness of 95%. The value of silver with this fineness was almost ten times that of ordinary silver. This was because of the silver purification technology.
In this era, it is still very complicated. To purify ordinary silver to 95%, it requires such a huge expense.
In this way, people will be more accepting of it.
And Han Du has the technology to purify silver. Even if someone doubts it in the future, Han Du can instantly purify a large amount of 95% silver from ordinary silver. Others do not have this technology, so they can only bite it.
The teeth suffer from dumbness.
"Uncle, is it too high to exchange ten taels for a consistent price? For the sake of the Shi family's attachment to the Ming Dynasty, can it be lower?" Sister Shi still felt that such an exchange would be too much of a disadvantage.
Han Du shook his head and refused to let go at all, "No matter who exchanges the treasure notes from Uncle Ben, it will be at this price. Of course, if you have the ability to exchange it for someone else at a higher price, Uncle Ben will not care about it."
"Okay, I'll change." Sister Shi was so angry that she couldn't do anything about Han Du. Although she wanted to ask Han Du, did the Ming Dynasty have so much silver with a fineness of 95%?
The Ming Dynasty banknotes were so exquisite that she might actually be able to make a profit by exchanging them.
Who told Fu Yong and others to only recognize treasure banknotes now, not gold and silver? If she wants to buy Ming Dynasty goods, she must use treasure banknotes. Therefore, she can't exchange them even if she doesn't want to.
The Shi family exchanged all the hundreds of thousands of coins in Han Du's hands in one go, found Fu Yong and others, and bought all their goods at a slightly higher price. In one fell swoop, they monopolized all the Ming Dynasty goods in the entire old port.
The goods, if they hadn't had Han Du backing them up, they might have been torn alive by the jealous people around them.
Unlike the high-spirited Shi family, Fu Yong and others were almost on the verge of tears and came to Han Du to cry.
"Uncle, help me!"
"What's wrong?" Han Du almost burst into tears when he saw Fu Yong. Looking at his tall and thick appearance, it was indeed too difficult for him.