When Zhu Zhi said " silence ", everyone quieted down.
They had been too excited and had been rude in front of His Highness. They couldn't help but regret it.
"This king knows that in the eyes of the world, you merchants have a despicable status and are even regarded as commoners, but this king doesn't think so.”
Zhu Zhi said lightly," This Prince will give an example. Let's say there is a state and county called County A. County A is rich in high-grade grapes. If there are 10,000 catties of grapes that cannot be shipped out, the final result will be that these 10,000 catties of grapes can only rot in the ground and become fertilizer for the next year.
"Assuming that the production cost of 10,000 catties of grapes is 300 taels of silver, the investment of 300 taels of silver won't have a return on investment.”
"But now, a grape merchant came and bought these grapes for 400 taels of silver. He used 20 taels of silver as transportation and loss to transport the grapes to County B, which doesn't produce grapes, and sold them for 500 taels of silver.
"The final result is that the grape merchants who sell the grapes get the profits, the fruit farmers who produce the grapes get the rewards they deserve, and the people who buy the grapes get the products they need.”
"Only the value that is circulated is called value. Without merchants and the circulation of goods, the local economy cannot operate.”
"This example is like a soldier of our Liaodong Army. It is enough for only a sword to kill the enemy on the battlefield. Why do they need armor, horses, saddles, and whips? This was because the soldiers did not only need weapons to fight the enemy. The operation of the economy was not just about production.”
"Without the existence of merchants like you, how could the economy and industries of Eternal Peace Prefecture operate so smoothly?”
"Merchants are also an indispensable part of the Ming Dynasty.”
Zhu Zhi's speech was very long, but every businessman present listened patiently.
When they heard the last part, some merchants even had tears streaming down their faces.
It was my parents who gave birth to me, and it was the king of Liao who knew me!
Were merchants born as commoners?
Who was born a peasant?
In the entire empire, only the Liao King had discerning eyes!
They, the merchants, were also an indispensable part of Great Ming!
Someone stood up and cupped his hands.”
Everyone stood up and cupped their hands at Zhu Zhi."Your Highness is wise!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
“……”
Seeing the sensational effect, Zhu Zhi smiled and waved his hand."Everyone, there's no need to be so polite. Let's get down to business.”
"This king's purpose for this trip is to sell you all something.”
Zhu Zhi waved at Guo Ming behind him."Guo Ming, take it out.”
Guo Ming took a step forward and opened the box in his hand on the table.
Inside the box was a crystal clear glass cup.
"Everyone, please take a look. This item is our theme today-glass.”
"Hiss-"
Everyone stood up and gasped when they saw the glass.
"Amazing, I've never seen such a level of Azurite!”
"This thing should only exist in the sky!"
"What kind of divine item is this?”
"Such colored glass is rare in the world!”
"It really is a divine item!"
"Alright, everyone listen to this king's introduction.”
Zhu Zhi smiled and said," This item is called glass. It's similar to colored glaze, but its color is a hundred times better!" However, it was extremely difficult to produce, and the raw materials were extremely rare, so the cost was extremely high.”
"What do you all think, compared to Azurite?”
Guo Ming, who was standing behind Zhu Zhi, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
His highness really knew how to brag. It was clearly just a piece of cheap glass, but it was blown into a rare treasure in the world.
Someone said," I was lucky enough to see a top-grade colored glaze in Jinling, which is known as the 'Ultimate Glaze.' But compared to this, it's really far inferior.”
"That's right, even the best glass I've seen is far inferior to this.”
"Wonderful, wonderful! Glass is far inferior to glass!"
Zhu Zhi nodded and said," This king spent nearly a year to create fifty of these. Today, this king will sell them all!"”
"Your Highness, are you serious?" Everyone was overjoyed.!”
"If I can get my hands on such a treasure, I'm willing to go bankrupt!”
"If I can have one, I won't hug my wife at night. I'll hug this glass to sleep!”
"Wangye just needs to name a price. I am willing to give everything I have to obtain one!”
"This item is so precious. I wonder how expensive it is."”
"Yeah, even if I sell all my belongings, I don't know if I can buy one.”
"This…Sigh, forget it. It's already a blessing to be able to take a look at it. I don't hope to get it.”
Hearing this, Zhu Zhi said,""It's listed. You don't have to worry about not being able to afford it.”
"This king costs eight thousand taels each, but this king is willing to sell it for ten thousand taels!”
"The price of high-quality glass has already exceeded ten thousand taels, and this king's glass is far superior to glass. Ten thousand taels isn't too much, right?”
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