"Be good, a single gold cup will weigh one pound." Sun Shen grinned and whispered, "But I like it."

At this time, the waiter had removed the screens that separated the various private rooms, and the nine-story building of Wanghai Building became a hall.

Those who can come up to this ninth level, if they are not civil and military officials of the grade, or wealthy merchants, are all knowledgeable people. The Song Dynasty advocates elegance and meticulousness, and should not have changed color for some gold and silver. However, perhaps the shape of this strange object is fresh, which especially evokes a sense of luxury from the bottom of the heart, which stimulates people's love for gold and silver. Even big merchants like Nie Siwei secretly have a desire to compete for bidding, half to make friends with Zhao Xingde, and half out of their love for luxury vessels full of exotic flavors...

Sun Shen stared at the golden cup and thought in his mind that it weighed more than one pound. The money for gold was enough for only 160 taels of stagnation, which was enough for ordinary families for three years. As the saying goes, food is not as good as beautiful utensils. A wealthy and wealthy family always had limited expenses. You can neither eat ten cows at one meal nor enjoy dragon liver and phoenix gall every day. The utensils are endless. Officials' families are not famous, but they are best for the best products from the previous dynasty. If you use the same product, you will be called noble. Although the wealthy and merchants do not pay so much attention to it, they have much more direct interests in gold and silver. The Song people advocate elegance and the gold and silver utensils are exquisite and small. Suddenly, they see this "big enough" and "heavy enough" thing. The merchants couldn't help but look at it and wait for the bid to win.

"Before bidding, I'll know in advance," Zhao Xingde smiled slightly and said in a deep voice: "These are actually bronze ware. Dashi and Persians use gilding and silver plating methods well. They look no different from gold and silver utensils, but they are still made of copper inside." Qinglang's words fell into his ears, as if cold water was poured down from his head, and suddenly extinguished the heart fire of many people...

"What's going on? Is it a fake?"

"Fake?" Many people showed an incredible look.

"How is that possible?" Sun Shen thought in shock, "How could Zhao Jieshuai be kind enough to bring out the things to help the workers and apprentices be just bronze ware?" He was like a child who clearly saw the candy man and was drooling in jade. Someone next to him told him that the candy man was filled with flour, and the disappointment in his heart was unspeakable. Although the others were not so disappointed, they also looked at Zhao Xingde and hoped that he would give an explanation.

"Don't you guys try it?" Zhao Xingde smiled slightly and stood up.

Everyone's faces were puzzled, so Zhao Xingde stopped keeping it. He picked up a gilded vase from the tray, weighed it in his hand, and smiled, "Although it is much lighter than pure gold, it is very useful. The gilded layer outside is very thick, inlaid with silver wire. If you just look at the luster, you can't tell that it is a bronze ware." He put down the vase, walked one step and picked up a thick silver tray of more than ten inches, flicked it lightly, and made a "ding" sound.

Sun Shen's face changed slightly, which was clearly the afterglow of the silver sound, and he was most familiar with it.

"This is still copper," Zhao Xingde smiled, "but it's a little lighter than the sterling silver one."

"The layer of bread outside the copper tire is very thick, so even if you don't want to blow the ball, you can't tell whether it's true or not even scratched with a knife," he said, actually took out his hand and cut two hard on the north side of the silver plate. He looked at the marks carefully and smiled, "It's true." Then he handed the carved silver plate to others for inspection. Luo Huan and others were even more novel. Although Zhao Jieshuai was a military general, in the eyes of Qingliu people in the Song Dynasty, he was Mr. Zhao after all, and he was wearing a big sleeved gauze shirt at this banquet. Just now, he suddenly took out a sharp blade with him, which made many people gasp. Then he made a knife to carve the silver plate. It made the Qingliu officials feel very strange. On the contrary, the maritime merchants felt closer, and took the plates politely and passed them to the sight one by one. Some people rubbed the marks with their hands, and while looking, they made a sound of tsk.

"The craftsmanship of Dashi and Persian craftsmen is so fake."

"I think even if I sell this copper plate as a silver plate, no one can see it. Could it be that it dissolved and inspected?"

The merchants were talking a lot, and the Qingliu civil servants who were unwilling to do so looked complicated, and Liu Gongliang's face was slightly dark.

"Mr. Zhao, what do you mean?" Huang Yuanlong glared at Zhao Xingde even more and asked in a deep voice: "Is the navy short of money and this amount?" He snorted heavily. It was not that he really felt that Zhao Xingde interrupted and joined hands with Guangnan merchants to sell fake gold and silverware, but he vaguely speculated that Zhao Xingde used this as a means to cry for the poor and forced the palace, and found a way to squeeze out a piece of food and salary from the gentry and merchants in Guangnan. Although Huang Yuanlong did not see through his means, he raised his momentum first to avoid being caught off guard.

"Mr. Zhao, don't you really want it?" Zuo Nianyuan and others looked at Zhao Xingde in surprise.

"What does it mean?" Zhao Xingde shook his head and said with a smile, "This big food, Persian craftsman's skill, although I would not sell this fake thing for real price. If I make good use of it, I will not make much profit from it." He picked up a cosmos patterned calender and shook it in the light. Everyone felt that the golden light was dazzling, and the waiter near him couldn't help swallowing.

"Although these goldwares are copper-shaped, their gilded and silver-plated craftsmanship gives people the feeling that they are no less than gold and silverware."

Zhao Xingde shook his head and continued, "In other words, the price is far lower than that of gold and silver utensils, but the enjoyment is almost the same as gold and silver utensils. I have nearly ten million households in the Song Dynasty. I am afraid there are many families who cannot afford gold and silver utensils but can afford such utensils? The world is bustling with people, all for profit, and the world is bustling with profit, but they are just for needs. Do you think that it is great to make gilt utensils using the crafts of Dashi and Persians to do this consensual business?" He put the galaxy back on the pallet, looked around everyone, and said in a deep voice: "These things are very cost-effective. Who wants to take them back and play with them carefully, bid now."

The merchants were chewing on Zhao Xingde's words, some people didn't care, and some people's eyes flashed.

"Yes!" Sun Shen thought to himself, "Why didn't I expect it?"

"The big food craftsman has such skills," Zuo Nianyuan said in a low voice, "Why don't you do a good deal by yourself?"

"Because the people in our dynasty use porcelain bowls and pottery jars, even the same is true for officials. Even if they use bronze ware, they only know bronze brass. So the great cannibal never thought that this kind of gilded silver-plated bronze ware would be very popular in our dynasty." Liang Jianren had a hint of color hanging on the corner of his eyes and explained in a low voice, "And the merchants in our dynasty did not expect that the Dashi and Persian bronze ware were made so exquisitely."

"So that's it." Zuo Nianyuan nodded and sighed, "Mr. Zhao is really capable and can't do anything."

"Mr. Zhao is indeed extraordinary." Huang Yuanlong's face relaxed, "This move has a profound meaning."

Liu Gongliang nodded in agreement. As one of the two, they were both different from ordinary officials and gentry.

"It's not that the people of our dynasty are not good at bronze ware." Liu Yu looked at some people's puzzled expressions and shook his head, "Since the Taizu Dynasty, there has been a money shortage. The copper mines are owned by the imperial court, and they can only cast coins. The people's copper ware is unavailable. The copper price is rising, which is far better than copper coins of the same weight. So, merchants simply ploughed copper coins to cast copper ware, and some even hoarded copper coins. The money shortage became more and more intense, and the court could only strictly enforce copper bans and once confiscated copper ware from the people to cast coins. However, how could the people in the world be pursuing profits to stop them.

It is safe, the ban is loose and tight, and the money shortage is getting worse and worse, and it becomes a deadlock. It was not until the Guanxi Trading Bank trades a large number of gold and silver, and there are many gold and silver coins in the Xia Kingdom on the market, and the money shortage in the country was slightly alleviated. The court then slightly opened the copper ban and allowed the people to use copper ware at home. However, the money shortage still occurs from time to time in various places. If it can trade copper ware from Dashi and Persia, solve the source of copper materials and introduce this source of fresh water, it is probably a way to truly solve the money shortage."

Liu Yu pretended to be amazed and looked at the sea merchants again. Many people were already trying it out loud.

"Two hundred guan!" Sun Shen hurriedly called out a price first, then bowed to everyone and smiled, "Dear bosses, just give it to me."

The price is very sincere. Two hundred guan, 200,000 copper coins, and the weight is far more than the sum of these bronze ware. "Four hundred guan!" A big-bellied businessman, Lu Ensilly bowed with a smile, "Sun Dongjia, I'm sorry." He glanced at Sun Shen, but thought to himself: "You want to wrap the round with two hundred thousand? Didn't you see a thick layer of silver on the plate? What's more, who knows if there will be other benefits to successful bidding. This business of big-food copper ware is both a utensil and a real money." Copper is money. Liu Yu's seemingly unintentional words just now completely ignited the imagination and enthusiasm of merchants. Will this batch of bronze ware be favored by Zhao Jieshuai and the government, and he can seize the initiative in the bronze trade?

"Five hundred stakes!" Sun Shen refused to give in, and his eyes looked at Lu En with a sharp look.

"Six hundred stakes!" Another businessman joined the price.

"Six hundred and fifty thousand!" "Seven hundred stakes!" "Eight hundred stakes!"

On the ninth floor of Wanghai Tower, the first bid for the spoils from Dashi, the merchants were filled with the smell of indifference.

"Living water at the source, living water at the source," Zuo Nianyuan said thoughtfully. Luo Huan and others also watched the scene excitedly.

"It's true," Luo Huan shook his head, "It's like spending money." If it's a famous horse and treasure sword, it's willing to pay for a lot of money, but it's obviously just a bronze utensil. He couldn't think of why these merchants are willing to buy it for such a large price? Is it true as Lord Zhao said just now, since the authenticity is unrecognizable, then I bought it as real? After thinking about it, Luo Huan still felt that these merchants were mostly to curry favor with Zhao Xingde, so that's how it was. "Mr. Zhao is a good deal for them," he thought to himself, "The red and black money is used to help workers and disciples, and none of them is put into bags. Isn't this all for the Song Dynasty? The water is clear and there is no fish." Thinking of this, he smiled relieved and drank a glass of himself.
Chapter completed!