Chapter 68: Dumbfounded
Unlike the locals' habits, there are no short tables and cushions here, but high tables and big chairs. Zong Qing, who hasn't experienced these furniture for a long time, felt a familiar feeling that rose from his heart when he sat on it. It seems that making such a chair is much more comfortable than sitting cross-legged or kneeling on the cushion.
After Zong Qing sat down, he heard the bearded Nan barbarian in a relatively fluent local language and said: "Hello, I am from the Carlos Chamber of Commerce, Carl, Carlos, Is there anything I can serve you?"
Since Zong Qing knew that these European bearded men liked to go straight, he also avoided the guest talk. He just said directly: "Hello Mr. Carlos, I came to the Nanman Chamber of Commerce this time to buy iron cannons, and I hope you can help."
When I heard the other party’s purpose, Carlos shook his head, smiled and said, “Mr. Tamakawa, I’m really sorry, the iron cannon of this chamber has been agented by the house, so I can’t help with this.”
"Mr. Carlos, is the agent you are talking about full authority?" Zong Qing naturally would not be fooled by his words. He absolutely did not believe that Carlos would give the channels for sale of iron cannons to others. If this is the case, then he is still running a Nanman Chamber of Commerce here, and after shipping the goods directly, he would go back and continue to pick up the goods. So what the other party should be talking about should just be an ordinary agent. Now the only thing Zong Qing doesn't understand is, if this is the case, then why did the other party keep him out? Is there any other trick?
Carlos couldn't help but feel a little surprised after hearing this. The other party even understood the agent, which was obviously different from the warrior who had been here to do business.
Since the other party has seen through the subtext of this sentence, Carlos couldn't help but explain, "Mr. Tamakawa said it well, and Nawu is indeed not a full-powered agent. However, Master Tamakawa probably doesn't know yet. This chamber of commerce does not provide retail services, and only bulk businesses will accept it, so I can only say sorry."
When Zong Qing heard what the other party meant, he didn't say what to buy or how much to buy, so why was he rejected directly? Could it be that he was not a routine? Besides, he didn't want to buy zero. According to the algorithm like Nawu, more than 10 iron cannons are not considered retail. If the price is appropriate, he would have to buy 100.
Thinking of this, Zong Qing said: "I'm here to discuss a big deal with Mr. Carlos, and it's about the iron cannon."
"But, if you only have the money you brought this time, you may not be able to afford two iron cannons." The reason why Carl Carlos refused to trade with Zong Qing as soon as he came up was because he saw his bag of money, which was only about 100 cents at most. In his opinion, even if he gave him a discount on the price, he might not be able to afford two.
After hearing this, Zong Qing understood it completely. It seemed that the bearded man treated the bag of money he brought as copper coins. He couldn't blame him. After all, most transactions are now completed by copper coins, and it is still a minority to buy them directly with Jin Xiaojue. After all, a Jin Xiaojue is worth four cents. If you take him out to buy a fish, the seller can't find it.
Since this was just a misunderstanding, it was easy to deal with. He just told the door outside: "Come on, bring the money in." After waiting outside the reception room, Shigeyuki Yokotani and Katsushima, who had been waiting for the meeting room, immediately carried the money in, and had no intention of going out. In their opinion, the lord's martial arts... it would be better to watch it yourself. After all, this bearded Nan barbarian is tall and strong. Don't do anything bad to the lord after seeing the money.
"Open it."
"It's the lord." After answering, Shigeyuki Yokotani directly untied the rope tied to his pocket, and also made the mouth more regular, so that the Jin Xiaojue inside could be displayed more intuitively in front of the other side.
"This...this is gold!" Carl Carlos suddenly saw such a bag of gold appearing in front of him, and completely forgot who he was and where he was. He only had one idea now, that is, the gold belongs to me, so he rushed over.
When Shimakashiro saw the opponent rushing, he did not draw his sword but stood in front of the pocket containing gold, and directly stretched out to stop the opponent. Carlos was awake at this time, and was very surprised by the small warrior who was shorter than him in front of him. The opponent actually blocked his forward body with just one hand. What kind of power is this? It is hard to believe that this Tamakawa Sung-kyo is rich and has such a strong man to serve him. His identity is definitely not simple.
"How about it, Mr. Carlos, can we talk about business now?" Zong Qing saw everything from the look after seeing the gold and the movements of rushing over. It was precisely because of this that he suddenly thought that Europe should still use gold coins and silver coins as circulating currencies. As for copper coins, it is obviously no one to use them. So can he use gold transactions to suppress the price extremely low? Not to mention that he has carefully considered it, there is really a possibility. Local gold is produced, so the ratio of gold to copper coins is simply low to the extreme bottom. A small gold is worth one or two, so it can only be exchanged for four silos of copper coins. In the Ming Dynasty, although Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that
It is one tael of gold for four taels of silver, but in fact it is one tael of gold for ten taels of silver. One tael of silver can be exchanged for 1,500 quin, which is the price of one tael of gold or five hundred quin. This is equivalent to one tael of gold equal to fifteen quins. Moreover, since Europe does not use copper coins, the price of gold must double. If one tael of gold is placed in Europe, it will be at least thirty to forty quins, which is almost ten times the local one. No wonder the other party’s eyes shine when he sees a bag of gold, and he doesn’t even want to pounce on it. It turns out that it is because he didn’t expect the price difference problem. In Carlos’s eyes, his generation of gold, is worth nearly 50,000 quins.
Chapter completed!