Chapter 2513 This can be regarded as a national treasure in our Japanese country
The severe cold in the north has always been harsh, and the coastal areas in the north are even colder.
But no matter how the cold wind blows or the waves fly, even people's brows are covered with white frost.
But nothing could stop the burning flame in the heart of Li Jiao, the shopkeeper of the Japanese branch of the Han-Tang Commercial Bank.
Breathing heavily, he walked slowly out of the Han and Tang Trading House located in Shijian City, Shanyin.
Under the guidance of the Japanese man with a flattering smile on his face, Li Jiao nodded slightly towards the Japanese man. "You lead the way."
Surrounded by two guards, he headed straight for the largest and most massive building.
The local Japanese, whose average height was 1.3 or 4 meters, saw the Tang people who were 1.7 or even 1.8 meters tall.
They all shrank away in awe, and it was not until these fat and strong Tang people strode away that they dared to brave the cold wind and cautiously look at the backs of these giant-like Tang people.
In a short time, I arrived at the mansion of Daban Chuangchang (a real name, not just a joke).
Seeing the arrival of this distinguished guest who had been invited by his master, the Japanese hurriedly opened the door, with a smile on their face, nodded and bowed and watched the three people striding into the mansion.
Li Jiao saw a man standing outside the house directly in front of him, who was about five feet tall. Well, he was already much taller than an ordinary Japanese.
Wearing a gorgeous silk robe, with a warm smile on his face, he bowed to the owner of the mansion, his companion.
"I boast that I have met shopkeeper Li."
Li Jiao hurriedly took two steps and returned a salute to the Shanyin talker, saying cheerfully.
"Oh... Brother, you don't need to be so polite. Please get up quickly."
The companion cheerfully led Li Jiao into the house, and the two guards also walked into the house.
"It was really cold today. Fortunately, with the iron stoves sold by merchants in the Han and Tang Dynasties, Chui Niu was able to live quite comfortably in such a cold winter..."
Daban Fengniu signaled Li Jiao to sit next to the iron stove. With this thing, even in the Japanese country, coal has not yet been found.
But whether it's burning charcoal or wood, this iron stove is hundreds of times better than those used in the past, and it's really warm.
Li Jiao warmly warmed his hands and then hooked his hands behind him. The guard behind him presented a wooden box about one foot high and half a foot wide.
"A ship just arrived today and brought a glass vase from the Western Regions. It should be regarded as a congratulatory gift to congratulate Brother Daban on his promotion to the Right Minister of the Great Purple Crown..."
After Li Jiao opened the wooden box, he carefully took out a Western Region glassware, which was an aqua blue glass bottle in the shape of a drop.
As soon as he appeared, Daban's eyes suddenly bulged and started to turn red, his expression full of greed and possessiveness.
"The Western Region Glazed Vase, this is so beautiful. It can be regarded as a national treasure in our Japanese country. This, this is actually a gift for my brother..."
"Haha... I'm bragging, brother, please accept it. This thing represents the sincerity of our Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses."
"If I hadn't boasted about my brother's great help and put in people and efforts, how could it be possible to dig out a mountain of silver from a stone?"
After taking it into his hand, the big friend wanted to stick out his tongue and lick it twice to express his love.
"In that case, then, let me brag on behalf of my eldest brother. Thank you so much, the shopkeeper, and Han and Tang Trading Company for this kindness."
Seeing the greedy look of this wealthy Japanese man, Li Jiao smiled happily while stroking his thick long beard.
What I like most is to see these barbarians, after receiving these exquisite gifts from the Tang Dynasty, look like country bumpkins who have never seen the world.
It gives people a sense of superiority and accomplishment. This thing is a good treasure of Zhao's Liulicang exclusively for merchants in the Han and Tang Dynasties. Even today in the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible without Bai Lai Guan.
But once it is taken outside the Tang Dynasty, well, it can really be regarded as a national treasure by these small barbarian countries, and even enshrined.
The eldest companion in front of me is a wealthy family from the Shanyin area of Japan. His surname is Lian, and his alias is Maji or Ma Yang.
However, he is generally called Daban, and his eldest brother Daban Changde is now considered a quite powerful minister in the Japanese country.
The Han and Tang Commercial Banks must have received instructions from Cheng Sanlang, the chairman of the Han and Tang Commercial Banks, to search for mountains of gold and silver in the Japanese country.
This gave countless middle-level cadres at the shopkeeper level a headache, because Cheng Sanlang only drew a rough area.
For example, there is Jinshan Mountain on Sado Island on the west side of the northern end of the main island of Japan, and Jinshan Mountain is in the Sanin Shimi area.
All of them only give a general direction, which is very annoying.
Fortunately, after Han and Tang Dynasty merchants took control of the white grain business, under the temptation of this kind of luxury goods, everyone from the Japanese king to the nobles on the Japanese island went crazy for it.
Commercial houses of the Han and Tang dynasties established bilateral trade with several wealthy families.
That is to say, several wealthy families were designated as sellers, and the sugar from Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses was only sold to them, and each of them was responsible for an area.
One of the conditions was to allocate Sado Island to the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Banks free of charge as a private territory for the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Banks in Japan, which would facilitate trade and anchorage for the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Banks.
On Sado Island, there were no people at all. They were just a bunch of poor Japanese people, not even a wealthy family.
Yuezhou Shou graciously signed a letter of confirmation with Han and Tang Commercial Banks, and even asked Han and Tang Commercial Banks to give him several hundred kilograms more sugar for the second time.
Not only did all the wealthy states in Yuezhou sign the power confirmation document, but they also stamped it with the official seal of the Yuezhou governor.
Yinshan had no choice, after all, it was on the main island of Japan, but it was not afraid of it, under Baitang's offensive.
The Lian family, a wealthy family in Shanyin, directly nodded and agreed to help find the silver mine. After finding the silver mine, the profit was divided between the two parties.
It took less than two years and paid a lot of money to finally discover a silver mine with huge reserves in Mount Zoma, not far from Ishimi Castle in the mountain valley.
Every tael of silver can be exchanged for one thousand taels of Kaiyuan Tongbao. This is a normal price, but in fact, one thousand taels of Kaiyuan Tongbao can be exchanged for five to six taels of silver in the Japanese country.
In addition, one tael of gold from Japan can be exchanged for five taels of silver...
In other words, merchants in the Han and Tang dynasties could exchange one thousand taels of gold or five taels of silver on the Japanese island for a thousand coins made by the Tang Dynasty.
In the Tang Dynasty, a thousand coins could only be exchanged for one tael of silver.
Especially when the scale of the silver mine in Nazuomo Mountain became outrageous, if Li Jiao had not been smart enough, he would have demanded that only 500,000 taels be mined every year.
I am afraid that just the silver shipped back to Datang from Japan will cause the price of silver to plummet in Datang.
Now, it is just secretly leaking out, but just as the Tang Dynasty Emperor took action, these gold and silver have become even more useful.
When gold and silver were cast into exquisite coins of the Tang Dynasty, their monetary value was even higher than that of gold and silver.