The bright moonlight hung high in the sky.
The cold wind from the desert blew into Jade Gate Pass with sand and dust. Li Yunhao, Li Xiuning, and Mo Xie were soaking in a hot water bucket.
The maid gently knocked on the door." Mayor, the caravan outside the city gate wants to see you."”
Li Yunhao hugged the two girls."Yiwu is northwest of Yumen Pass. The city lord is a Turkic Han. The number of Yiwu's army does not exceed 2000. They mainly live in a semi-nomadic and semi-oasis farming trade. Their food includes meat and noodles.”
Thinking of this, Li Yunhao felt that he could talk about commercial trade with the merchants of Yiwu to lay the foundation for the expansion of Jade Gate Pass.
"Let the Yiwu merchant bring two followers into the city. If you're unwilling, get lost.”
Soon, the soldiers arrived at the city gate with Li Yunhao's words.
The soldier said to the Yiwu merchant," The caravan representative will bring two attendants into the city. If you don't want to, get lost."”
The Yiwu merchant's face was ashen." Our Yiwu is a small country, but it's 100 times larger than your Jade Gate Pass. Your prefect is arrogant. It's not surprising that he wants me to enter the city now.”
The soldier didn't care.”
The merchant from Yiwu turned around and rode on his camel. He saw the huge steel-making furnace in the city emitting a red light and was immediately curious."What is that huge iron furnace?”
The soldier replied,"That's the furnace at Jade Gate Pass."”
The merchant from Yiwu got down from his camel uneasily."How much pure steel can such a big furnace produce in a day?”
The soldier replied," I don't know the details. It's about five ox carts."”
The people from the Yiwu Country's caravan widened their eyes."One ox cart weighs at least 2000 jin, and five ox carts weigh 10,000 jin. The Jade Gate Pass's furnaces can produce 10,000 jin of pure steel in a day!”
The merchant secretly stuffed a piece of silver into the soldier's sleeve.""Take me to the furnace."
The soldier threw the silver back to the merchant." The prefect has given us an order. If a soldier accepts benefits without permission, he will be beheaded. Are you trying to kill me?"”
The Yiwu merchants were shocked by the soldiers. Silver was the easiest way to bribe people, but the soldiers of Jade Gate Pass did not dare to accept bribes because of Li Yunhao's military orders. It was unbelievable.
The merchant picked up the silver and looked at the giant furnace in the city.""What do I have to do to enter the furnace?”
The soldier replied,"The merchant group's representative brought two attendants into the city. If you don't want to, then scram."”
The Yiwu merchant agreed with a dark face and brought two of his best followers into the city.
Along the way, the soldiers kept a close eye on the Yiwu merchants to prevent them from running around. They brought them directly to the Governor's Mansion surrounded by greenery.
The Yiwu merchant saw a 10-meter fountain in the courtyard of the prefect's mansion. The three of them knelt down toward the fountain.
"For a spring to appear in the barren land of Jade Gate Pass, it must be a gift from God.”
After Li Yunhao washed up and put on his clothes, he went to the living room to meet the Yiwu merchant.
The Yiwu merchant bowed to Li Yunhao.”
"The Yiwu caravan wants to discuss business with the Jade Gate Pass?" Li Yunhao nodded.”
" Our caravan originally wanted to stay at Jade Gate Pass for a night and leave tomorrow," Shi Yong 'an replied." Now that we heard that Jade Gate Pass can produce pure steel, I think we can make a deal with the Governor.”
"Jade Gate Pass needs food and slaves.”
Shi Yongan said," The Governor is young but very direct when it comes to business. 40 taels of silver for 1000 catties of wheat, 5 taels of silver for a slave, and 1 tael of silver for 13 catties of steel.”
"The price of wheat and slaves is reasonable, but the price of steel is too low," said Li Yunhao.”
"Governor, you don't know the price of steel outside?" Shi Yongan hesitated. Currently, the price of 1 jin of normal steel is 75 wen. The price I'm giving you is equivalent to 80 wen.”
Li Yunhao placed a steel brick on the table.""Jade Gate Pass's steel is pure steel. It doesn't rust and has a high hardness. My lowest price is 1 tael of silver for 10 catties.”
Shi Yongan bargained." We can't tell if it's rusted or not. We can't reach an agreement on the sale of 100 copper coins of steel.”
Li Yunhao picked up a pure steel Tang sword.
Shi Yongan thought that Li Yunhao wanted to kill him, so his followers had already blocked in front of him.
"Lord Prefect, don't act recklessly. If the deal doesn't work out, benevolence and righteousness will still exist.”
Li Yunhao smiled as he pulled out his saber and threw it on the ground.""This Tang sword is made of pure steel, and its sharpness is three times that of an ordinary sword.”
Shi Yongan carefully picked up the pure steel Tang sword and asked his servant to take out his own sword.
The two blades slashed at each other.
Clang!
The attendant's saber was slashed open.
Shi Yongan's eyes lit up. As a businessman, he instantly knew how high the profit of pure steel was.
"Is this the power of a pure steel Tang saber? I'll buy 1000 catties of pure steel from you for 100 wen.”
Li Yunhao didn't give the alloy steel to Shi Yongan. If there was no pure steel on the market, he could make a profit first. In the future, when there were higher grade metals, he would sell the alloy steel he had.
Shi Yongan held the Tang sword in his hand and said,""Wait, this is our first time working together. How can I believe that your steel bricks are made of pure steel?”
Li Yunhao was already prepared. He threw a magnet to Shi Yongan."The pure steel produced at Jade Gate Pass will not be attracted by magnets.”
Shi Yongan stuck the magnet on the steel brick and the Tang sword. The magnet fell off and stuck to the sword of his follower, but it stuck firmly.
Shi Yongan nodded in satisfaction. He saw unlimited business opportunities in pure steel and could not help but want to hug Li Yunhao.
Li Yunhao was not gay, so he decisively rejected Shi Yongan's enthusiasm.
The two of them agreed on the first deal, 10,000 catties of wheat and 10 Kunlun slaves (black men).
Shi Yong 'an's caravan moved into the empty houses of the commoners, and Li Yunhao did not hesitate to collect rent from them.
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