"Zi Jin, if you trade this with my Dong Wu, I will give you a five-story ship for ten thousand stones, no, three thousand stones.”Sun Quan was instantly excited.
After Dong Zhuo abolished the five-baht coins, the value of the coins had depreciated.
Ever since the chaos in the north and the war that had started every year, the price of grain and salt had increased almost every year. At its most terrifying time, it was worth hundreds of thousands of yuan per bushel, which was about 130 catties per bushel.
How high was the price?
If Sun Quan could sell the snow-white salt to those noble families in the Central Plains, wouldn't he be able to get a lot of money and food from Cao Cao's territory?
"Ten ships and thirty thousand piculs of snow salt. I can't afford that.”Liu Feng shook his head and refused.
"Zi Jin, if you are willing to take it out, I am willing to add another ten million.”Sun Quan instantly became anxious.
Liu Feng continued to shake his head." What's the use of me taking ten million? These five baht coins are becoming less and less valuable. I'm even preparing to open a forging workshop in Jing Zhou and forge my own coins.”
Sun Quan's expression changed." Zi Jin, this five baht coin is from the court. You and I are local officials, so we can't overstep our boundaries.”
Who are you trying to fool? In the entire Three Kingdoms period, you, Sun Biyan, were the one who forged the most inferior coins, alright?
Seeing that Liu Feng was unmoved, Sun Quan secretly complained in his heart. He had finally tasted Lu Su's taste.
It was clear that Liu Feng had taken out something that he could not refuse, but he could not get it. It was so uncomfortable to be hung up by Liu Feng.
He hesitated for a moment." Zi Jin, if you want a ship, I naturally can't produce it in a short period of time. However, if you want boatmen and shipbuilders, I can lend you 500 people.”
"500 is too little. At least 1,000.”
"Don't worry, Marquis Wu. Your Eastern Wu has thousands of warships and a hundred thousand sailors. After the Battle of Red Cliff, you have become invincible. My father only owns the Jingxiang waterway and wants to build a merchant caravan to transport some money and food.”
"You can just give it to a craftsman who forged a small boat.”
Sun Quan's expression eased slightly as he assessed the strength of his Jiangdong Navy. Without the skilled craftsmen under Liu Bei's command to build those core warships, it would be impossible for them to catch up to the Jiangdong Navy within twenty to thirty years.
When they occupied the Jianghuai area, they could consider going up the river and attacking Jing Zhou. At that time, even if Jing Zhou had thousands of black awning boats, what could they do?
In front of their twenty-to-thirty-meter-long ship in River East, wouldn't it be a rotten wood that could be easily destroyed?
"Two thousand then."
"However, if you can't take out 30,000 piculs of snow salt, how are you going to bet?”
Liu Feng chuckled. It was fine as long as he took the bait.
"I heard that there is a method to stir-fry salt in Wuzhong.”
"The East Wu sits on the sea, and refining sea salt is a great source of income for the counties of River East.”Sun Quan narrowed his eyes.
"My snow salt is refined from those inferior sea salt.”
"I wonder if Marquis Wu is interested in taking this method back?”
Sun Quan's arm trembled slightly as he forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart.
"Such a precious technique is not inferior to the printing technique and Liu Feng paper. If Zi Jin is willing to use it to gamble, could it be that it can also improve my Jiang Dong warship?”
"Marquis Wu, have you seen someone who was born with knowledge?”Liu Feng laughed. He really thought he was omnipotent.
Sun Quan's expression softened a little." Of course not. However, Cao Wei already has skilled craftsmen like Liu Ye and Ma Jun. Perhaps Jing Xiang also has skilled craftsmen.”
Liu Feng was annoyed." Are you betting or not?”
"Naturally, I will."
"Although that Shi Xie only has the Shi clan under him, he isn't a mediocre person. I will immediately head north.”
"This bet starts from now until I go north to Guangling. It will be about a month.”
"If Cangwu falls within a month, then Suanzi Jin will lose.”
"How is it?"
Liu Feng nodded slightly." Sure."
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