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Chapter 368 Opening the sky

During the warm and friendly chat, not long after, the four female yakshas returned with fine wine and porcelain, pouring a full cup for everyone!

Xie Gongyi was puzzled. Porcelain was probably born in the Later Han Dynasty, and the specific era was no longer verified. In short, the output was very small, and common people, or slightly worse scholars, may have never seen porcelain in their entire lives!

Xie Gongyi’s confusion was that he felt that Wei Feng was too enthusiastic about these Roman merchants and wanted to give his heart to others. In terms of his understanding of Wei Feng, although he was not as good as the women around Wei Feng, he also found some of them and understood that this was a guy who could not get up early without profit. Wei Feng today is very abnormal!

You should know that the porcelain of authoritative families is not easy to use, and is only used to entertain friends and guests with noble identities. Most of the time, drinking is still made of pottery and lacquerware. However, under Wei Feng's persuasion, Wang Xie and other major families have gradually abandoned lacquerware.

Xie Gongyi couldn't help but look at the Roman merchants, but unexpectedly found that these foreign merchants who looked similar to the Jie people were staring at the porcelain cup without turning their eyes open!

In Antonio's eyes, the small cup in front of him is as smooth and delicate as cream, with a light green color all over, which makes people love it at first sight. If you further discuss it carefully, you will find that there is a uniform and slightly blue translucent substance on the surface of the cup, emitting a hazy and full of infinite mystery!

"Hisser Antonio!" Wei Feng called back his gaze and smiled: "This cup is called porcelain, and it is only produced in Shangyu County, Kuaiji County. This is the only one in the world. It needs to be made of unique porcelain clay or kaolin clay, and it can be fired at a temperature that is enough to melt gold and iron to take shape for 49 days. Among them, if the temperature is slightly deviated, it will be scrapped. It must be inspected by an experienced person, so it is extremely precious!"

"Oh?" Roman merchants picked up their wine glasses one after another. They really liked them the more they looked at them. There were quite a lot of treasures in the country of Serris!

For a moment, the whole room was filled with stuttering praises!

Out of the instinct of a merchant, Antonio subconsciously asked: "May I ask, how much is this porcelain price?"

Wei Feng still didn't know how much porcelain is worth. When he came to this era, he had no idea about the price of other items except cloth, grain, rice, armor and arrows. But this did not affect his nonsense.

Wei Feng said seriously: "Porcelain is extremely rare because of its beautiful appearance and output. In my court price, only real nobles and royal families can own it. It is a symbol of status! Anyone who dares to hide is a serious crime of treason! If you have to count it according to your gold coins in Eastern Rome, I think it should not be less than fifty gold coins per!"

Xie Gongyi and the female Yakshas led by Chen Shaonu were shocked and their eyes were almost falling out. They really dared to pull them. Although they didn't know the price of porcelain cups, jade cups similar to porcelain cups were not much money. On the market in Jiankang, two pieces of silk can be exchanged for a set of exquisitely crafted eight jade cups with wine pots. Two pieces of silk are not worth fifty Roman gold coins, not to mention that this person folded the set of wine utensils and counted money one by one?

But as soon as Wei Feng's words fell, the Romans clenched their embryos, as if they were holding fifty gold coins!

Since Rome minted a large number of bad coins in the second century, prices soared, and people were living in poverty. Domestic uprisings and riots were one after another. Therefore, in 300 AD, sufficient gold and silver coins were reminiscent of gold and silver coins, and Derick issued the Price Act, which stipulated the highest price of goods.

One of the Roman pounds is equal to 72,000 dinars, the gold and silver ratio is one to twelve, and every 27 kilograms of army wheat is worth 100 dinars, one of the Roman pounds of beef is equal to 8 dinars, the bakers earn 50 dinars a day, the farmers earn 25 dinars a day, the haircut costs 20 dinars per 100 rows, and so on.

After Constantine ascended the throne, he followed this policy. One Roman pound is equal to 325 grams, while the gold coins issued by Constantine were about four and a half grams. According to this, a gold coins are worth 1,000 dinars!

In Weifeng's mouth, this broken wine glass costs fifty Roman gold coins, which is more expensive than gold of the same weight!

Antonio's mouth twitched slightly and he asked, "Eunuch, is this... the price of this porcelain cup too expensive? Can it be cheaper?"

"Hey~~" Wei Feng waved his hand: "Fifty gold coins are my own estimated price. In fact, even if you pay 500 gold coins, this thing cannot be bought. Its output does not exceed a thousand pieces per year. It is not enough to be offered to the royal family as tributes. How can it be sold on the market? People like me who do not sell can only get it if they make military contributions and are rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor!

What's more serious is that Shangyu, the origin of porcelain, was captured by rebellion two years ago. Although I led the army to retake it back in blood, all the porcelain kilns have been destroyed in the war. If I want to reopen, I will have to wait for a few more years."

"Oh!" Wei Feng finished speaking, and after a crisp and strange scream, there was a crisp sound!

Everyone looked at the sound of the coming. A Roman woman in her twenties had a pretty face and looked at the pile of water stains and a few pieces of broken porcelain under her feet in a daze. No need to think about it, she must have been too excited and broke the cup!

Antonio's face was also green for a moment. These were fifty gold coins. He immediately said with an almost roaring angrily: "Julia, what's wrong with you? Why can't you even hold a cup? You trash!"

"Uncle... Me!" The woman named Julia was so anxious that tears were about to flow out. Their group all came from the Odoxia family. Although Antonio was her true uncle, Westerners could distinguish them clearly, one was one, two was two, and there was no ambiguity in terms of money. Her annual salary for going overseas was thirty gold coins. In addition to paying most of the profits to the powerful people in the clan, the rest was divided according to status. In her identity, she could get about 100 gold coins. According to the four years of calculation, it would be a waste of time for a year!

This is really unlucky. I went to an invitation without saying a word, didn’t drink wine, and the salary for a year was gone!

"You!" Antonio snorted angrily, and said to Wei Feng in awkward manner: "Eunuch, my niece is so frivolous. It's because I'm not disciplined, but please rest assured, I'm willing to compensate according to the price!"

Wei Feng frowned and said unhappily: "What compensation should I pay? Do you look down on me? Isn't it just fifty gold coins? What's this? The people of Jin are known for their hospitality. If they ask for compensation for the customer's broken tableware, if this spreads, tens of millions of people across the country will have to point at my backbone and scold me!"

Wei Feng, with a humiliated anger, ordered a female Yasha: "Is there any cup left? Take another one and pour another cup for this lady named Julia!"

"The last two are left!" The female Yasha responded with understanding and walked towards the back hall.

Suddenly, an incredible light flashed in Julia's green eyes, and she stared at Wei Feng in a daze!
Chapter completed!
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