Thirteen thousand camels entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the first commercial incident triggered was that the price of camels plummeted.
After carrying heavy loads for more than 10,000 miles, the burden on these camels' bodies has reached its limit. It is no longer realistic for them to walk another 10,000 miles back to the river, back to Persia, and back to Dashi.
Therefore, the caravans who came from the river, Persia, and Dashi were selling their own camels and at the same time, they were also exchanging and buying a large number of camels.
Camels that can't travel long distances can be exchanged for merchants who can travel short distances, while camels that are seriously damaged are bought by big canteens as meat ingredients.
There is nothing we can do about it. Although camels are known for their hard work, unfortunately, the journey they travel is too far and too difficult.
Therefore, the loss is huge.
However, the exotic goods brought to Chang'an by these merchants were warmly welcomed by the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Among them, besides frankincense and myrrh, the most popular ones in the Tang Dynasty were styrax, ambergris, and rose water. Especially styrax can be used to smoke clothes and tents. Women like it the most. As for a spoonful of styrax, it is worth its weight in gold.
Da Shiren also brought a spice called Chicken Tongue Fragrance, but if people with bad breath hold the Chicken Tongue Fragrance in their mouths, they can smell the fragrance and don't have to worry about bad breath.
Gemstone jewelry, gold jewelry, gold utensils, and silver utensils are also traditional goods that cannibals.
However, the fastest-selling and best-selling ones are dates and pistachios. One bite of the former is like eating a bite of candy, while one bite of the latter will make you addicted to the oily aroma of nuts.
The above products could sell very well. As Yunchu expected, he did not expect that the blank parchment rolls brought by Da Shiren would become popular in Chang'an. This was something he did not expect.
A parchment roll is made by splitting the sheepskin into three layers. After removing the grease, it is processed using a secret method and becomes soft parchment paper that can be written on.
The Great Eaters are very good at doing business. Their parchments are sold very cheaply, but the ink used to write on them is extremely expensive.
Because ordinary ink could not be written on the parchment scrolls, the ink on the parchment scrolls was specially made. They suggested that the royal family use gold as ink, ministers use silver as ink, and ordinary people use black iron as ink.
No one knew where these metallic inks came from, but Yunchu saw some clues.
The black iron ink they used for display did not leave an imprint on the parchment, but the ink would appear on the parchment after a while.
This is obviously either an acidic reaction or an alkaline reaction. The two things gold and silver should be gold powder and silver powder plus glue, nothing strange.
After Yun Chu and other Chang'an people used up the metal ink from the Big Eater, they could open a small ink workshop at home to earn some money for their wives.
The person with real business acumen turned out to be this guy Copper Ban. He begged Yunchu to help him sell back three slaves who could write and read from the cannibal caravan at a huge price...
After ten days, take the printed scriptures written by the Holy Prophet, which the cannibals cannot live without, and sell them to the cannibals.
The cover of the sutra is a green color that Da Shi people like, and it is also grand and simple. The packaging of the whole book is even more exquisite, especially the gilded title on the cover of the parchment, which makes it feel sacred and inviolable.
He also learned how to do business from the big cannibal, and formulated this kind of scriptures into three specifications: upper, middle and lower. The high ones were sold to noble people, the middle ones were sold to ordinary wealthy people, and the low-level ones were sold to the poor.
people.
I don’t know what others think, but the cannibal’s chief envoy Hashem and deputy envoy Said were so excited that their hair stood on end when they saw the sample scriptures brought by Yunchu.
A thousand copies of the best scriptures were ordered on the spot, and Said ordered 10,000 copies of the lowest quality scriptures.
Both of them are scholars. The exquisite things in the Tang Dynasty are not important to them. Only these precious scriptures are hard to find.
For this reason, Hashem and Said also spent several days correcting the errors in the scriptures.
In order to express their achievements as ambassadors to the Tang Dynasty, the two of them even deliberately engraved a line of gold characters on the title page of the scripture - "Although learning is far away in China, I still seek knowledge."
Because of the arrival of huge caravans from Hezhong, Persia, and Dashi, merchants from all over the Tang Dynasty also arrived one after another.
When these merchants came to Chang'an, they naturally did not come empty-handed, and they also brought special products from various places.
For a time, Chang'an's business prospered more than ten times, so much so that historians recorded in their books: "Without leaving Chang'an, everything in the world can be obtained at your fingertips."
For thousands of years, the officials in the two counties of Chang'an were almost crazy with their work. Liu Yuanshou, the new chief secretary, had red eyes and had not slept for who knows how long.
The county magistrate Zhang Jia even sent a huge amount of tax money to the treasury of Wannian and Chang'an counties.
As for the Liushui sign in Qujiang, there were countless businessmen looking at the Liushui sign that was updated every moment and every incense stick. They roared at the top of their lungs until the golden bell next to the Liushui sign rang.
He would collapse on the ground and drink water frantically to moisten his throat.
The running water sign has stopped updating, but they can't stop. They still have to study today's trading trends and predict tomorrow's trend.
Under this situation, Datang's plans had long been unable to meet everyone's calculation needs. Yun Chu was surprised to discover something he was very familiar with - the abacus!
Yun Chu could swear to God that he had never revealed the abacus to anyone, but this thing actually appeared in front of him.
The abacus came out, but the corresponding formula did not appear, so Yun Chu picked up the square abacus under the spotlight and calculated today's trading differences on that person's behalf.
Speaking of an abacus, Yunchu really had something to say. He had never known an abacus before. After graduating from college, his girlfriend entered the banking system. God knows why in an era when computers have become more commonplace, banks
However, bank employees are required to know how to calculate an abacus. Not only is it a requirement, but there are also hardware requirements.
Therefore, his girlfriend's abacus is as good as shit, but his abacus is solid enough to apply for the bank president job.
Yun Chu fiddled around and finally came up with a string of numbers. It took a dozen accountants nearby to calculate the numbers for a long time. Finally, they added up the answers with Yun Chu's and found that they didn't add up.
Yun Chu, the county magistrate, naturally had no say in his power in Qujiang. The only fault was the accountants. So, after seven or eight calculations, the accountants finally came up with an answer that was consistent with the county magistrate's answer.
Up.
So, Yun Chu directly made the abacus formula public to the public.
Yunchu thought it was a small thing, but the result was completely different from what he thought.
Di Renjie, who came to Qujiangli to watch the excitement, learned about Yunchu's behavior of distributing his knowledge wantonly, bowed to Yunchu and saluted him, and then called him a stupid pig.
After Wen Wen learned about Yun Chu's actions, she decided to stay away from such fools in the future. This was no longer a matter of plucking a hair to benefit the world, but a feat of plucking one's own hair to benefit the world.
After Liu Rengui learned about this, he immediately reported it to the emperor and explained the importance of the abacus formula to the emperor. He also emphasized that this was a milestone in the arithmetic of the Tang Dynasty and Yun Chu needed to be rewarded heavily.
This kind of noble character has no self-interest and only benefits others.
When he returned home, Yun Chu realized that Yu Xiurong had fainted from crying twice.
In the past, Yunchu was also a prodigal. He liked to use his own money to help the people of Jinchangfang become rich, and used his reputation as a guarantee to turn Chang'an's shabby market into a brand-new Xinfang City.
When talking about these things, Yu Xiurong was filled with pride. She would fall out with anyone who said Yun Chu was a prodigal.
Obviously, this time was different. Yu Xiurong's tears had not dried since she heard that her husband had made his arithmetic knowledge public.
There was no dinner to eat when I returned home in the evening. It wasn't that Yunchu didn't have dinner alone, but that no one in the whole family had dinner.
Yun Jin was holding a piece of cake and chewing on it. While chewing, she said to Yun Chu: "Master, grandma said you are a prodigal."
Yun Chu picked up his son, and the father and son ate a piece of cake to satisfy their stomachs, and then went to see Yu Xiurong, who heard that her husband had fainted again after returning home.
At this time, there were many people in Yu Xiurong's bedroom, including Di Renjie's wife, Wen Wenwen, and even Liu Rengui's wife, as well as Mrs. Cui and Cui Yao. As soon as Yun Chu came in, a group of women glared at him.
Yu Xiurong, on the other hand, fell on the bed with a pale face, twitching from time to time, and looked like he was about to die soon.
Seeing that Yunchu was back, the wives of the three men left. Before leaving, they all looked at Yunchu deeply, as if they had never known this person before.
After everyone left, Yu Xiurong stood up, looked at Yun Chu and said, "You have taught others everything you know. How will your son make a living in the future?"
Yun Chu picked up Yu Xiurong's head and looked at it and said, "What to learn? Will he learn anything in the future?"
"What are you best at arithmetic? You have already given it to others, Yunchu. I won't say a word when you take the money out. I will only feel proud that I have such a generous husband.
Now, you have taken your children's things to show your generosity, and this is your fault. Let me ask you, where will you put me, my children, and the ancestors of the Yun family?"
Yun Chu moved Yun Jin over and took a look. He was so stupid that he threw it away. He picked up Yun Jin and took a look. The little girl had good features. He gave her a kiss and finally saw his youngest son Yun Luan sticking out his butt.
As soon as he climbed on the bed, he pounced on the child and took a bite on the child's pink buttocks.
Then he looked at Yu Xiurong and said: "What to study? Of course I have to learn some advanced knowledge. Do you know how hard I have been waiting for my children to grow up these years?
An abacus formula is just useless. Your husband has so much knowledge in his stomach that it is about to overflow. Too much knowledge is like having a stomachache, and the abacus formula is just a small part that slipped out on its own without holding back."
Yu Xiurong saw that Yunchu was bragging fiercely, and although she disagreed with her husband's comparison of knowledge and knowledge, her husband was still very reliable after so many years, that is, he was very reliable when it came to kissing the singer beside the Ba Bridge.
Apart from admitting accounts, the rest of the time it is very reliable.