The Nanhai Navy seized more than ten million powerful weapons, and took out ten precious swords and sold them to the people to help them. It was natural.

This time, Zhao Xingde didn't say much, and Liu Yu, the commander of the Maritime Bureau, announced the start of the bidding.

The merchants of the Song Dynasty value culture over military affairs. However, since the invasion of the Liao army caused the world to turmoil, the people in the north were in danger, and the people in the south were in danger. Even far away in Lingnan, the gentry also competed to buy weapons and armor, and there were scholars like Luo Huan who sold their property to hold group training. The swords and swords produced from Dashi were also the targets for many people to search for. As long as there is no peace in the world, the sharp armor and sharp blades can be sold. After more than a dozen rounds of bidding,

A businessman named Wu bought these ten treasure knives for 1,300 guan. Compared with an ordinary cargo knife, the price is very expensive. However, the Dashi treasure knives are priceless. If you meet someone who knows goods and loves swords as your life, it is not uncommon to turn them two or three times. The merchants whispered in a low voice, without hiding the heat in their eyes. Obviously, as long as you can make money, the transaction of trafficking weapons is also a good deal...

"What a pity." Luo Huan shook his head with some regret. He bid three times, but after 500 knots, he did not follow him again.

"Don't regret." Wei Jianren whispered, "If you want the weapons used by the wing army, wait a few months before Lord Zhao opens in the iron field in Leizhou Prefecture, you have as many as you want." Luo Huan shook his head and disagreed. How could ordinary goods compare to the Dashi Treasure Sword? Wei Jianren saw his expression and whispered, "Don't believe it. According to Lord Zhao, the reason why this Dashi Treasure Sword is extremely sharp and naturally has patterns is because it uses a special iron material from Zhuluo Kingdom. Therefore, as long as you buy a large amount of this iron material from Zhuluo Kingdom and carefully crafted weapons, even if the weapons cannot catch up with the Dashi Treasure Sword, the quality will be not far away. At that time, the weapons made in Leizhou, Lingnan will be made with Ezhou, and Bianliang will be three to three times, and the group training will not have to travel thousands of miles to buy weapons."

"Is that true?" Zuo Nianyuan said, "Then why do you still have to bid for the Big Food Sword?"

"This is also the way to make money." Wei Jianren smiled slightly, "Mr. Zhao's clever plan is not something we can guess."

"The big-sized man forged treasure swords for hundreds of years, and there are always some things that we can't catch up with for a while. Lord Zhao set up an iron farm in Leizhou. He wanted hundreds of treasures worth a thousand gold, but millions of good iron tools. Forging swords with Zhuluo iron is just one of the small items. The real big head of the iron factory is one of the iron shovels, iron plows and other farm tools, two are scissors and kitchen knives for use in land reclamation, and three are muskets and cannons, both made for naval masters and land camps. Trafficking treasure swords from the big-sized man is just a profit, just like those glassware, so it was given to the merchants to make it."

Wei Jianren explained in a low voice, Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan both listened carefully and nodded slightly.

Whether Lord Zhao promotes long-sea trade or builds an iron factory, it is inseparable from the cooperation of the Maritime Bureau. Wei Jianren is the subordinate of the Maritime Bureau envoy Liu Yu, and the news he received is the fastest and most sincere. Even this bid was told by Liu Yu to cooperate with the navy to secretly arrange and promote it.

Wei Jianren is not a talkative person. If he had not shown goodwill to Zuo Nianluo and Luo, he would have kept his mouth shut. Like Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan who had entered the provincial school like this, he had bleeding from the city of Guangzhou, and Yun Wen and Wu, and learned deeply that the Qingliu juniors whom the emperor valued in the capital of Guangzhou were obviously very broad. Wei Jianren and Zuo Luo were different. He was a practical person. His greatest hope was to take over the position of the Maritime Commander after Liu Yu. Although the official position of the Maritime Commander was appointed by the court, the influence of Guangzhou localities on the court's consideration of the candidates was increasing. Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan were likely to be the leaders of this Qingliu in the future, and they were of great importance. Therefore, Wei Jianren deliberately made good friends, just like doing business, and only with vision could he make a fortune.

While the three of them were whispering, the maid presented blankets from Persia and Turks, striped blankets from Syria, linens from Cairo, sugar sand from Egypt and Jura, white cloth from Aleppo, jewelry and perfume from Baghdad. The atmosphere on the nine floors of Wanghai Tower became more and more lively. Later, people understood the meaning of Zhao Xingde, that is, the meaning of the court, that is, to expand maritime trade. Under the influence of excitement, merchants looked very happy whether the auction was successful or not. Every bidding thing represents the future transaction of some kind of bulk goods. Perhaps there may be millions or even millions of coins in a year. Merchants whisper from time to time and have begun to plan a big fight. The guests at each table made a relaxed laugh from time to time.

The civil and military officials had different expressions. Du Chujiao and other naval military officers just swallowed the voraciousness and occasionally dealt with others. Zhao Xingde had already said hello, and the people in the navy were not allowed to privately carry goods and were not allowed to privately teach these merchants. Instead, the civil officials were much more active. Many officials who attended the banquet this time had business at home. Wei Jianren's face was joyful, while Luo Huan and Zuo Nianyuan were relatively silent. They were still thinking about the Northern Expedition. No matter what these people talked about with relish, how excited they were, they were all

It cannot affect them. They came late and were hungry. In addition to burying their heads to eat and drink, they only occasionally paid attention to the topic of the table where Zhao Xingde and other adults were. The two knew that the nine-story of the Wanghai Tower was in the nine-story of hundreds of people, and the relatively quiet table was the center that connected everything. Not only them, but others also felt the same. Amid all kinds of lively noises, no one looked up at the other.

Zhao Xingde and others didn't speak very much, but they didn't say a word in the ears of those who were interested.

"Mr. Zhao, this bid is really unique, I admire you." Nie Siwei pondered, "However, as the saying goes, one person has a short plan, everyone has a strong plan. A wise person may have a mistake, and a fool may have a thousand mistakes. I have some concerns, so please forgive me."

"Please talk to him, Nie Xingshou." Zhao Xingde smiled, "Shang Shang is the protagonist, and I'm just playing the side drum."

"Mr. Zhao is too proud," Nie Siwei shook his head, "I'm waiting for you."

"Kill me and wait."

"Sir, I am so humble!" Other wealthy merchants also bowed and said, "Where is the one who says it, kill us."

"This is a business road that opens up thousands of miles. I can't wait until I follow the adults and have a leftover meal."

With a lot of ridicule, Zhao Xingde frowned, but his face was faint. He knew that if he had made up his family, he was afraid that these people would be even more uneasy and thought he had any requests. In this world, merchants always have a sense of awe of people who are officials. Even if Nie Siwei, a wealthy businessman, even if he had a strong wealth, he would have the idea of ​​staying away from him in addition to deliberately building a government official, in addition to deliberately building a good government official, he would have the idea of ​​staying away from him in his heart. The so-called county magistrate of the family and the magistrate of the family, if it were not supported by officials and nobles in the clan, he would be afraid that he would be entangled by some unscrupulous corrupt officials, and the wealth accumulated over the years would be defeated in one day. Therefore, when Zhao Xingde was polite, the merchants looked flattered.

"The lord's eyes are vast and he condescends to guide Dashi's wealth, and we are all grateful."

Seeing that Zhao Xingde stopped talking, Nie Siwei was still polite, and then said, "However, I am still a little doubtful when buying copper ware from Dashi. It is important to know that Tiantian Biological has a certain number. Dashi originally had some copper, which was enough for Dashi people to use. If it were like before, only a small amount of exquisite utensils would be bought in small quantities. But if the mouth of trading copper ware was opened, the copper needed in the Song Dynasty every year was calculated in millions of jin. You can see that in the past, we also bought copper strips from Japan, Annan, and even the southwest Yi, but it was not enough. Later, we could only buy at most hundreds of thousands of jin a year, and even casting copper ware is not enough, so how can we solve the shortage of money? Even if the copper production in Dashi is more, the more is limited. I am afraid that the bronze business will not be able to continue for at most one or two years."

"My Song Dynasty is the country of the Heavenly Kingdom, with abundant goods and abundant goods, and all kinds of goods are abundant. There are very few products in foreign countries, except for the strange treasures, bronzes, sugars, and cloths." "Even if there is, it may not be enough?" Nie Siwei's words were like pouring a basin of cold water on the merchants who were keen on their brains. Those who were originally skeptical even whispered below. "Especially, bronzes, I went to sea a few times before, but I couldn't buy them at all." "Not only can't buy copper, the money shortage of foreign countries is ten times stronger than that of our dynasties." "The money from our dynasties in the southwest sea is passed through. We often barter goods, and we can buy treasures of hundreds of qians. If we use our dynasties to buy coppers from foreign countries, we can buy treasures of thousands of qians. If we want to buy coppers from foreign countries, we may even solve the money shortage. We are afraid that we will be worried, and we will be worried!"

"Is this really the case?" Zuo Nianyuan asked in a low voice. He had just heard of the ban on copper and the money shortage.

"The money shortage has been a long time," Wei Jianren looked a little embarrassed and hesitated, "It's not a matter of time to solve it."

"These businessmen are short-sighted and do not see through the key point at all. The live water from the source."

Luo Huan sneered slightly and said to the two in a low voice: "Mr. Zhao's key to trading copperware from Dashi is not the number of trading copperware, but the introduction of a source of living water to untie the original dead knot." Seeing that the two were still unclear, he explained in a low voice, "The copper mountains in our dynasty were used by the court to cast coins. People cast copperware for copper but were not available, so copper materials are so expensive that the value of copper used for a penny is far more than one penny. Money is not as expensive as copper, so the wealthy family is unwilling to use copper coins, and is more willing to use copper coins.

Hunt. Therefore, the more money the imperial court casts becomes stagnant, and there is still a shortage of money on the market. In the past, the imperial court used to buy copper materials in foreign countries to cast coins, and no matter how much it is, it is stagnant. This time, Lord Zhao bought copperware from the Dashi Country, and did not use it to cast copper coins at all, but flowed into the market, so that the gentry's home can buy copperware. If the copper materials in Dashi are cheap, the price of copper materials may even fall. In this way, it would be meaningless to store copper coins at home, and it would be easier to hide gold and silver. Over time, there would be no money shortage."
Chapter completed!