Valley Emperor

Li Xuan stopped talking, but looked at him with an indifferent expression. I have to say that Li Xuan's expression at this moment still gave people a lot of pressure.

The old man Sun didn't hold on for a few minutes, and then he took the initiative to say: "This time Sun is here to do business with your department, not only cloth, but also other things if possible! "

Do business? What business can the Tang Dynasty do with him? Li Xuan muttered in his heart, but he still did not speak.

The old man Sun also continued: "As long as it is what your ministry needs, Sun can also provide it, then you can send it to your ministry!"

After listening, Li Xuan said, "Where's the iron?"

Sun said in a very confident tone: "Yes, as long as the amount required by your department is not too much, Sun can provide it. In fact, now Sun can provide your department with at least 1,000 kilograms of iron at any time!"

Li Xuan listened, his face straightened, and then said, "Where's the copper?"

Old man Sun still looked confident and said: "There is also copper. Sun has several hundred catties of copper ready to be made into copper ware. If your department needs it, it can be delivered at any time. If your department needs more in the later stage, just let us know in advance. , I don't dare to say too much, but a few hundred catties of copper material is just casual!"

At this time, Li Xuan was already staring at him, and took a step forward: "Where is the sulfur saltpeter?"

Hearing this, Old Man Sun frowned slightly and asked tentatively, "I don't know how much your ministry needs?"

Li Xuan said: "The more the better!"

Old Man Sun said: "If the amount required by your ministry is too large, the sulfur and saltpeter will be a little troublesome, but it is not impossible!"

Hearing this old man Sun's answer, Li Xuan was already very sure that this old man Sun didn't come to give him money and a woman, on the contrary, he wanted to make money from his own Tang Dynasty.

In a short period of time, Li Xuan commented on this person. He was a daring man, and he was also a profiteer who would betray his country to make money!

He was said to be daring because he dared to sell iron, sulphur, saltpeter and other strategic materials to himself, the rebel leader, and he said he betrayed the country because this old man Sun was a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and he was rebelling, he secretly Selling strategic materials to yourself is not betraying the country.

If this person was found out by the officials of the Ming Dynasty, they would definitely destroy the family as soon as possible.

"Okay!" Li Xuan said, "As long as Mr. Sun brings these things over, I will have as many as I have!"

At this time, the old man Sun said with a smile on his face: "Of course things can be delivered at any time, but at this price!"

Li Xuan did not answer immediately, but beckoned, and then said: "Let Qian Xueshi and General Bai come over!"

Qian Mengjiu is the minister of military affairs, and has something to do with logistics supply, and Bai Yunqi is also a battalion officer of the transportation battalion. He also has a relationship with logistics supply. Can't the merchant haggle the price in person?

Of course, Li Xuan will never say that he knows nothing about prices in this era!

He, Li Xuan, is a later generation, so naturally he doesn't know these things, but the original body is a scholar who doesn't hear anything outside the window, and only reads the books of sages and sages. Not to mention the price of these things, he doesn't even know how the food grows. do not know.

The souls of the two scumbags are fused together, so don't expect him to know much about the villagers.

After Qian Mengjiu and Bai Yunqi arrived, they had a formal negotiation with Old Man Sun. It was not like when Li Xuan and Old Man Sun talked before, they just asked a few questions if they could, but they were quite detailed. For example, how much is the price, how to pay the bill, and whether to pay cash on delivery or to give a deposit, how much deposit to give, how to transport, how much to buy and so on.

Li Xuan sat on the top and didn't listen carefully, but was thinking about wider things.

It seems like a good thing for this old man Sun to come to the door today, because if this is discussed well, then the Tang Dynasty will have an additional channel for purchasing strategic materials.

The various strategic materials needed by the Tang Dynasty have always been in short supply. The food is easy to say, and it is possible to 'eat the enemy'. Although Zhengtai County is barren, it is also a relatively traditional agricultural area. Even if it is not high, as long as you work hard enough to 'collect food', there will be no problem for a thousand people in the new army of the Tang Dynasty to eat.

However, iron, copper, lead, sulfur, saltpeter and other strategic materials for military use are not easy to collect. Zhengtai County does not produce these things, whether it is for civilian consumption or the Ming army or the new army of the Tang Dynasty themselves, they can only rely on external sources. purchase.

How did the Tang Dynasty solve these problems in the past? Ironware was mainly purchased by looting, and a small part of it was purchased secretly from some small merchants.

Bronze also depends on looting. The hundreds of catties of copper that are being tested for cannon-making in Huangzhu Mountain are bronze wares such as the bells of several temples.

Some ammunition materials such as lead, sulfur, and saltpeter were purchased secretly, and a lot of them were also seized from the Ming army.

But in general, the Tang Dynasty still has no way to solve the stable supply of these materials, and they live as much as they can.

If this old man Sun can provide a stable supply channel for strategic materials, it will definitely be a good thing for the Tang Dynasty.

And since there is an old man Sun looking for him, there will be an old man Wang and an old man Qian in the future.

No matter what era it is, there is never a shortage of businessmen who trample the law or even betray the country in order to make money!

But in this case, Li Xuan also thought of a possibility, that is, since this old man Sun and other businessmen can hear the wind and even find it here to do business and make money, does it also mean that his own Datang Dynasty is already a Famous?

This is not a good thing. If the limelight is too great, doesn't it mean that it has attracted the attention of the upper-class people of the Ming Dynasty?

This is something Li Xuan has always tried to avoid, but now it seems that it is not very successful!

Businessmen like Old Man Sun knew it, so wouldn't those officials in the Ming Dynasty know?

When Li Xuan thought about this, the negotiation between Old Man Sun and Qian Mengjiu was over.

The two parties agreed that Old Man Sun will supply a series of materials to the Datang Dynasty~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and Old Man Sun will be responsible for transporting them to Zhengtai County, while the Datang Dynasty needs to pay real money and pay with one hand and one hand. delivery.

Old Man Sun said that he never does business on credit!

Moreover, the price is still very expensive. Old Man Sun has slapped the Tang Dynasty hard. The cloth is all good, only a few percent higher than the market price, but the price of iron and saltpeter is doubled, especially The most difficult brimstone is three times as much on the market.

But Li Xuan doesn't care about this. Silver can't be used as food, and it can't be used for war. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty did not have the habit of using silver to pay salaries. Today, the Tang Dynasty still maintains that officials and soldiers do not take money. What a tradition!

So much so that the nearly 10,000 taels of silver that have been grabbed over the past year have not been spent.

It doesn't matter if you use silver to buy strategic materials, even if the price is higher, what's more, since old man Sun took the risk of fornicating the thieves to make deals with the Tang Dynasty, it must be for high profits. to take this risk?

However, Li Xuan also put forward a request, that is, the first batch of materials must be delivered within half a month!