"Wu's Luo, Ba Qing, greets Mister Su!”
Wu Shiluo and Ba Qing's eyes were filled with amazement as they looked at the handsome and young Su Han.
Wasn't this gentleman a little too young?
However, even the First Emperor addressed Su Han as Mister, so Wu Shiluo and Ba Qing naturally did not dare to show any neglect. However, they could not help but feel curious and doubtful.
"The two clan heads are too polite!"
Su Han smiled and waved his hand.
Even though the status of Great Qin's merchants was extremely low, these two were special cases.
The seemingly friendly old man, Wu Shiluo, was actually Great Qin's largest livestock merchant. He often used Central Plains goods to exchange for horses, cattle, and sheep from Xirong and other foreign tribes as tribute to the Imperial Court. The First Emperor had granted him the privilege of being conferred the title of ruler.
The middle-aged woman, Ba Qing, had Great Qin's most advanced cinnabar mining technology. Not only was she the only supplier of mercury to the First Emperor Mausoleum, but she was also very charitable and had a good reputation in Shu. She had done a lot for Great Qin's efforts in unifying the Ba Shu factions.
"You came at the right time!"
"Other than the refined salt, I also recently created a top-grade wine, which is also a good thing to trade with the non-humankind!”
Su Han waved his hand. Immediately, someone brought the white wine that the First Emperor had bestowed as "Immortal Drunken" to the table and poured it for Wu Shiluo and Ba Qing respectively.
"Good wine!"
"This jar of wine can be exchanged for a good warhorse and a few sheep with the barbarians!”
"May I know the price and production volume of this wine, Mr. Su?”
Wu Shiluo's eyes lit up.
Having often ventured deep into the foreign tribes, Wu Shiluo was very clear about how much the barbarian leaders loved good wine. This kind of top-grade wine that even he was amazed by would definitely cause a crazy fight in the grassland.
"I have two options for you:
Firstly, the imperial court will provide the wine at the base price of two strings of coins per jar of Immortal Drunken Wine and twenty wen per catty of refined salt. You only need to pay taxes according to the regulations!”
Su Han said with a smile.
"This concubine and Patriarch Wu do not dare to hope for such a huge benefit. Please enlighten me!”
Ba Qing and Wu Shiluo looked at each other and said in unison.
"The second plan is actually even simpler. The Imperial Court will not set a starting price, but will arrange for some people to participate in the entire process with the two clan heads. The gains will be split sixty-forty, and the Imperial Court will receive sixty.”
Su Han said in a deep voice.
"If taxes are included, we can each get 15% of the profits. This second plan is more appropriate!”
Ba Qing and Wu Shiluo discussed briefly before bowing together.
Even though the majority of the profits would be given to the Imperial Court, they would not have an easy time in the future even if they could take it for the time being.
The First Emperor treated them with great respect because of their contributions to Great Qin. If they pushed their luck, their impression of Great Qin would definitely change.
On the contrary, if they gave up the majority of their resources to the Imperial Court, although it seemed like they would gain less, they would have a closer cooperation with the Imperial Court. Their status as an official and merchant was the Wu and Ba Clan's greatest protective talisman.
This was especially true for Wushiluo, who had helped Great Qin gather intelligence on Outlander races many times. He understood the importance of the Imperial Court placing people in merchant groups, and he could not wait to do more.
His Majesty, Qin Shi Huang, had always rewarded those who had made contributions.
Wu Shiluo and Ba Qing looked up to Su Han, who had made these two suggestions.
This wasn't the first time they had worked together. They knew that the First Emperor had never asked about the specifics of business matters. He only cared about the final results.
However, this was a matter of massive benefits, so the people who had previously discussed with them were all high-ranking officials of the imperial court like Neishi Teng and Dunruo.
If they were to infer this, Su Han's importance in the First Emperor's heart would be higher than they had imagined.
"Then it's settled!"
Su Han smiled and added," Actually, we can look further into the trade with the grasslands. Other than warhorses and cows and sheep, we can also join the slave trade!”
"Slaves?"
A trace of doubt flashed through Wu Shiluo's eyes.
"The biggest problem with Great Qin conquering the plains was not its military strength, but that it could not catch up to the Outlander Race, which was filled with cavalry.”
"These grassland slaves are not only familiar with the geography of the grassland, but they also have a deep-seated hatred for the tribes that mistreated them.”
Su Han said with a smile.
Since ancient times, when a powerful force wanted to be destroyed, other than stronger opponents, they were more afraid of internal problems.
In the words of the later generations, traitors were far more hateful and dangerous than enemies!
"Good plan, Mister Su!"
"But in this case, we only need to buy a few slaves from each tribe. There's no need to buy them in large quantities, right?”
Wu Shiluo asked, his eyes filled with respect.
Fortunately, he and Ba Qing had always been clear-headed. Otherwise, if they had dared to choose the first plan to take advantage of the Imperial Court, this Teacher Su would probably have made him suffer so much that he wished he was dead.
"We can still work if we have more slaves!”
"Now, Great Qin has a lot of places to use people. If more Outlander slaves come to open mountains, build roads, and mine, more of Great Qin's people will be exempted from corvee, and they will only have to pay some cheap salt and white wine.”
Su Han said with a smile.
Before this, he had thought about whether or not Great Qin would abolish the corvee system and change it to the more popular employment system.
However, after a detailed discussion with Meng Yi, Su Han had no choice but to give up on this advanced idea.
There was nothing they could do-Great Qin's population and national strength were too great. If they were to hire people, they would not be able to afford it.
Helpless, Su Han could only go after the Outsiders.
In any case, if they wanted Great Qin's people to suffer less, they would have to torture the Outsiders.
"Sir, you have a good opinion!"
Wu Shiluo became more and more frightened.
He knew very well how barbaric and short-sighted those grassland tribes were. If the slaves who were usually unremarkable and far inferior to cattle and horses could be exchanged for such immortal wine and good salt, they would definitely spare no effort.
If there weren't enough slaves, they could only go out and fight for them. The prairie, which was already filled with endless disputes, would definitely be filled with even more bloodshed.
Adding on the fact that he would definitely follow the Great Qin Merchant Band to sow discord, Wu Shiluo did not dare to think about it anymore.
Ba Qing's eyes were also filled with splendor, but more of it was admiration and amazement.
The huge benefits of cinnabar pills were something that the native barbarians of Ba Shu had thought of many times. Ba Qing, this gentle and beautiful woman, had also seen blood.
This Mr. Su was a little ruthless, but only such a person could have the last laugh.
The Ba Family had to seize this opportunity to express their goodwill to Su Han.
Otherwise, when Su Han soared into the sky in the future, he wouldn't even be qualified to curry favor with him!
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