"Xiao Chen, do you think he is speaking human language?" Hu Yanlei was furious.
"I don't care, my brothers have spoken, and they must give discounts. Let's do this. One iron pot and three sheep, but only for brothers from the Helan tribe!" Xiao Chen also spoke harshly.
"Boss, are you mistaken? These iron pots of ours are the best Jietou iron pots in Dazhou! The kind that can be used for a hundred years without leaking! You are from the palace and you should know that our emperor
The imperial kitchen uses this kind of Jie Tou iron pot! It costs twenty taels a mouthful to buy it from the local area, and this is still the wholesale price..." Wen Chengxu said.
"Oh, are you talking to this boss?" Xiao Chen was furious, "Who has the final say here? I ask you! Okay, okay, I don't blame you because you are so busy and dizzy, then there are four
Let’s trade the sheep for a mouthful.”
"Boss, it doesn't matter if you talk nonsense, but if we have to pay in the future, we will blame me! Their sheep are all as thin as dogs. Didn't you see? If two of the five sheep survive, they will be Amitabha.
Come on! Prince Huyan is not talking nonsense, is he?" Wen Chengxu didn't give any face, and argued hard with reason.
You spared someone a sheep, but I am the scapegoat!
So forgive me for not obeying my orders...otherwise you should hire someone else, right?
Hu Yanlei remained silent, thinking to himself, can you blame me for the thinness of the sheep? There is no grass to eat at all. It’s a good thing that not all of them died during this journey...
"Look at this guy, isn't he a general of my army?" Xiao Chen said helplessly, "Then why don't we, Brother Helan, add two kilograms of salt to our headquarters?"
"How much?" Wen Chengxu's eyes widened.
"Oh... I forgot that this salt is also a prohibited item, but it's really hard to handle. Two pounds is indeed a bit too much... What about one pound?" Xiao Chen held out a finger.
"Resign!" Wen Chengxu said, "I quit!"
"Half a catty, half a catty, half a catty is enough, right?" Hu Yanlei said hurriedly.
"Alas..." Seeing Xiao Chen winking at him behind Hu Yanlei's back, Wen Chengxu could only sigh and reluctantly agreed, "I thought we could make some money from this big deal, so that our Yanyun County
The common people can have a warm winter, and now it seems that it’s good if they don’t lose money.”
Sighing, I walked away with my hands behind my back...
To be honest, one Jie Tou iron pot can be exchanged for five sheep.
These sheep are very thin, really not much bigger than dogs. Let alone winter, they will die in ten days and a half.
In fact, let alone five sheep for an iron pot, even ten sheep would be willing to trade for a Helan man.
Xiao Chen and Wen Chengxu are not evil-hearted, otherwise they would trade you a pot for a cow and a horse, and you would have to trade them too!
As for the saying that there are only 10,000 iron pots, that is false. Duanmu Nanqiao distributed a hundred thousand iron pots because the people of Yanyun County also had to use them.
The most popular thing among the Helan people is the iron pot, followed by earthen pots, porcelain bowls, salt, needlework and other daily necessities.
As for gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, soybean oil, soy sauce and other seasonings, they are all considered luxuries, and only those wealthy tribesmen can afford them.
On Xiao Chen's side, anyone is welcome. As long as it is brought by the Helan brothers, they will take it all!
I want all kinds of furs, medicinal materials, honey, fungus, and dried mushrooms. The Helan brothers finally brought them. Can you still take them back?
The price is easily negotiable...
Xiao Chen and the others can not only barter, but also settle with silver.
What’s interesting is that the Helan people also have money, not in silver but in copper coins.
In fact, the value of silver is very high now. One tael of silver is considered a large banknote, and its purchasing power is equivalent to more than 500 yuan today.
Therefore, the currency in private circulation is mainly copper coins.
But the copper coins that the Helan people took out were not Dazhou Tongbao, but Dahan Tongbao!
This is a problem, because Dahan Tongbao has long been out of circulation.
The Helan people were also very disappointed, because they had received these Dahan Tongbao from previous transactions with Dahan, and they had always kept them well.
In recent years, we have been at war with the Han Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty, all private trade has been suspended, and these copper coins are of no use.
Now that we finally have this opportunity, everyone has brought their wealth, but unexpectedly they can’t use it.
In fact, the copper content of Dahan copper coins is one point higher than that of Dazhou Tongbao. If it is melted and cast into copper vessels, it will be equally valuable.
It's just that the Helan tribe doesn't have this kind of casting technology, so if these copper coins can't be spent, they're just like scrap metal.
He could only go to Hu Yanlei to complain, but Hu Yanlei had no choice but to come to Xiao Chen again.
I thought that Xiao Chen would definitely be in trouble again, but unexpectedly, Xiao Chen agreed without thinking.
Receive it! Just convert it according to the value of Dazhou Tongbao!
Collect it now and collect it in the future. Dahan Tongbao cannot be circulated in Dazhou, but it is fine in my Yanyun County!
Hu Yanlei was so moved that his nose was about to run down, what else could he say? Say nothing more, Xiao Chen, you are my brother!
Brothers Hu Yanlei and Helan didn't know that among the Dazhou people, Dahan Tongbao was also in circulation, and its value was even higher than that of Dazhou Tongbao.
Although the government explicitly prohibited it, they turned a blind eye because the Great Zhou Dynasty had just been established and did not issue enough copper coins for private use, so they could only acquiesce in the circulation of Dahan Tongbao and Dazhou Tongbao.
Otherwise, insufficient copper coins will cause copper prices to rise, gold and silver to depreciate, and even inflation, which will be too destructive to the economy.
The first opening and closing of the mutual market was generally smooth. The satisfaction of both parties cannot be said to be 100%, but it is still above 95%.
It's a win-win and mutually beneficial start.
This also laid a solid foundation for future trade prosperity, which is an epoch-making event for both parties.
Through this mutual trade, the feelings between each other were also enhanced and the integration of nationalities was promoted. However, some unharmonious episodes occurred during the period. It is said that...
"Brother, you don't care!" Xiao Chen was about to take a rest that night when Duan Linger burst in angrily.
"Close the door, why are you afraid that the glass tail will be broken? The heat in this room has just disappeared... You have something to do at night, what can't you talk about tomorrow?" Xiao
Chen was very sleepy after a long day, so of course he was very angry.
"Brother, let me ask you, is this a trading market or a human flesh market?" Duan Ling'er sat down on the head of his bed and stretched her cold hands into Xiao Chen's warm quilt.
"Oh, my claws are cold!" Xiao Chen shivered because of her ice.
"I went to find Wen Chengxu and he said he didn't care. What do you care about? Give me an order. I will lead people to arrest them all right now. They are all shameless things!" Duan Ling'er is serious.
So angry.
"Oh...what's going on?" Xiao Chen had no choice but to sit up and wrap himself in the quilt.
"Brother, your ears are stuffed with wool! You can't hear the loud noise outside?" Duan Linger said angrily.