Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2312 New weights and measures, huge sea trade
Chapter 2308: New Weights and Measures, Huge Sea Trade
Ban Gu's "Han Shu. Lv Li Zhi" records that: Thousands of two hundred millets weigh twelve baht, two of which are two, 16 liang is a catty, thirty catties are a jun, and four jun are a stone.

In other words, one stone in the Han Dynasty was 120 catties, but the weight of catties in the Han Dynasty was also different in different periods.

Western Han Dynasty 258.24 grams per catty;
Eastern Han Dynasty 222.73 grams per catty;
Generally speaking, the weights and measures in the Han Dynasty were still relatively chaotic.

Therefore, after Ying Hao proclaimed himself emperor, he changed the unit of measurement, which also gave Daqin a new weight and measure.

Daqin adopted the measurement units of later generations, with 500 grams as one catty, 1000 grams as one kilogram, 100 catties (50 kilograms) as one stone, and one ton = 20 stones = 1000 kilograms = 2000 catties.

In other words, a large cargo ship in Daqin with a load of 5000 tons can transport [-] shi of goods when fully loaded.

The largest cargo ship that the big man could build before had a cargo capacity of only [-] to [-] shi, but now it has reached an astonishing [-] shi, which is ten times higher than before.

This is already a qualitative leap. If there is no major breakthrough in technology, it is absolutely impossible to complete such a huge leap in a short period of time.

Among the 141 warships of Daqin, the total weight of the goods carried was about 750 million shi.

It also took Daqin two full months, and it took another month to transport all the supplies on board the ship.

Among the 750 million shi of materials, the grain and grass alone accounted for 150 million shi, and once this batch of grain and grass came out, it completely emptied the grain depots in the three states of Hebei, Qingyou and Youzhou.

The daily grain and grass of the 8000-person large fleet is not small. Apart from the grain and grass consumed daily, the grain and grass that can be sold are only 50 shi, and they are only sold to the Nanman family.

In addition to food and grass, other items are weapons, armor, horses, ceramics, glass, wine, books, cloth, jewelry and other goods.

As long as Ye Qingmei can sell these goods, at least seven or eight times, or even ten times the value of the goods can be obtained, and once she returns smoothly, she will bring back 30, 40, or even 50% of the country's total income for Daqin. It is a fortune of [-].

Such a large-scale foreign sea trade, even if it only runs once a year, Daqin will still make a lot of money.

Daqin was the first to trade with Nanman, because there were war horses in the trade with Nanman. These war horses had been floating at sea for 21 days. Even with veterinary treatment, many of them still fell ill and had to be moved ashore as soon as possible.

"General Gonggong, the transaction volume between our two countries this time includes: 50 steel knives, [-] long spears, [-] shields, [-] pairs of leather armor, [-] iron armor... [-] shi of grain and grass, and One thousand six hundred war horses..."

As soon as Ye Qingmei finished speaking, Gonggong exclaimed: "[-] horses? So many? This is more than what I said before."

At first, Nanman only wanted to buy a thousand war horses. After all, they couldn't afford more.

Now Daqin has brought [-] horses, a total of [-] more war horses.

Where did Gonggong go to collect the money?

Ye Qingmei couldn't help laughing and said: "Is the general afraid that he won't be able to afford it?"

Gonggong nodded: "The gold and the value of the goods brought by the general may not be able to afford these horses."

"Don't worry, general. After the emissary's arguments, His Majesty the Emperor of my country decided to give the Southern Kingdom a friendship price considering that the two countries are allies. The average price of horses has dropped. The previous cost was enough to buy [-] A hundred war horses."

Hearing this, Gonggong was immediately overjoyed, and then asked: "What about the extra hundred horses?"

"Of course it is a gift from His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor to the Nanman King."

"Your Majesty the Emperor is generous, and I, Nanman, are the most hospitable. This friendship will never be forgotten."

The trading volume of Nanban and Daqin accounted for the largest proportion among the major forces.

Among Daqin's one hundred large cargo ships, the Nanman family alone had to eat twenty of them.

And Ruan Yue and other Annan local ten forces added up, and they only traded the goods of forty ships with Daqin.

In other words, Daqin can handle nearly half of the cargo shipped by just Annan, the first stop of the sea trade.

Since the transaction volume this time is too huge, it is natural that all kinds of materials worth 400 million shi cannot be transported in a short while.

Nanban Ruan Yue and other major forces in Annan mobilized [-] to [-] soldiers, moving from day to night, and then from night to day, moving continuously day and night. It took ten days to move all the goods from Moved on board.

"My lord, in addition to the Nanman, Ruan Yue and other ten forces have purchased a total of about 20 army equipment, including [-] horses, [-] leather armor, and [-] iron armor.

Now two-thirds of the war horses on board have been sold, three-fifths of weapons and equipment, and two-fifths of ceramics, colored glaze and other goods.

Half of the supplies have been sold out. "

Zheng He reported with an excited face, it is impossible not to be excited, after all, this is much bigger than the amount of wealth.

How much is the total national income of Daqin in one year?And their first transaction this time accounted for at least 20.00% of it.

No wonder His Majesty attaches so much importance to Haimao, it really makes money.

The situation of the major forces in Annan is not better than that of Nanban. It is definitely impossible to buy goods directly with money. Therefore, in addition to paying with gold and silver, most of them use things to pay for things, using high-purity gold, silver, copper, iron and other ores , and all kinds of medicinal materials, jade, agate, pearls and other items for payment.

After these ores were transported back to Daqin, gold and silver were naturally extracted and used directly.

Luxury goods such as emerald and agate can also be sold to aristocratic families after being processed by Daqin.

All in all, the value of the traded items will increase several times, or even ten times, after passing through Daqin's hands.

Ye Qingmei flipped through the ledgers organized by Zheng He, and said solemnly: "The amount of this batch of wealth is too large. I don't feel at ease to continue sailing with this batch of wealth. It's better to send it back to my country as soon as possible."

Qi Jiguang, Zheng He, and Magellan all nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Ye Qingmei ordered: "Old Mai, you lead a thousand sailors to escort this batch of funds back to Qingbei. This envoy, Zheng He, and General Qi Jiguang will continue sailing with the rest."

Magellan heard that although he was a little disappointed that he could not continue sailing, someone must take up this task, so he readily accepted this task.

After another three days of transportation, after all the wealth and supplies from the trade were loaded onto the cargo ship, Magellan led a thousand sailors to escort [-] cargo ships full of wealth and supplies for the return journey.

(End of this chapter)