Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 228 Good and evil, always choose a side!

The uniqueness of Daqin's commodities has created high added value, and it has a deficit in foreign trade itself, which can be said to have taken advantage of it.

Nowadays, even currency is exquisitely minted and has high added value. When it is taken out, it becomes hard currency, which can buy the whole world.

I can't accept it!

And relying on the reputation of the Daqin government, even foreign merchants do not reject paper money, they even prefer paper money.

Its concealment and portability, which can be called bugs, are simply magic tools for Hu merchants who often need to travel long distances, and they can go anywhere with tickets.

And there is another effect that is not humane...

"If Daqin had promoted this banknote two years earlier, the great merchant Phenicia would not have been caught up by Daxia's army on the way to escape, and ended up with nothing but wealth and wealth!"

In the small tea stall where he was resting, a Hu merchant looked at the gold and money tickets with intricate and exquisite patterns in his hands, and said meaningfully.

As soon as this remark came out, the Hu merchants sitting next to them also looked at the brand new gold and money tickets in their hands, with strange expressions and fell into deep thought.

In recent years, the Great Xia Kingdom has been at war with the Seleucid Dynasty, and the country's finances are tight, so it takes the big rich businessmen in the territory as a knife.

Phenicia, a well-known wealthy businessman in the western world, was one of the unlucky ones who had been stabbed. He wanted to escape with his wealth but failed, and was caught up by the army of the Great Xia.

It is said that it was because the camels used to transport money left too deep ruts and hoof prints, resulting in a failure...

If there were banknotes, how could such things happen? !
It is not easy to do business in a society of feudal slavery, and it is not a good thing to have a huge amount of wealth.

Because all your property, including yourself, belongs to the feudal aristocracy.

I think you are fat enough to be slaughtered and eaten at any time...

In comparison, in the Great Qin Dynasty, although there is a saying that there is no king in the world, and the king's ministers on the shore of the land, the first emperor and the court will not deprive people of their property inexplicably.

Under the Qin law, both the interests of farmers and merchants can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

Even if you want to search for people's wealth, you will give a legitimate explanation, such as donating money in exchange for a title, so that while you lose money, you will get a promotion in status.

Even if you are a foreign businessman, as long as you do not break the law, as long as you pay taxes and serve corvee, the Great Qin court will not infringe on your interests and wealth.

This is also the reason why many Hu merchants want to integrate into Daqin and settle down!
Now that there are banknotes, the minds of the Hu merchants are more active. When one day in the future, when they feel that something bad is going to happen, they can take the banknotes with their families and find an excuse for a spring outing to go out of the city. ...it's that convenient!
"His Majesty Qinshihuang replied to the two saintesses. It is said that several large boxes of new coins were sent to the temple. The two saintesses are probably going to lend money. Go and have a look."

A lake merchant came running out of breath and shouted.

Hearing this, the Hu merchants resting in the small tea stand immediately got up one after another, scrambling to go out of the city.

Even many newly arrived Hu merchants who are not short of money, all followed up to watch the excitement. After all, if they don't need loans at this time, it doesn't mean they won't be able to use them in the future, and they may use them someday.

There is always no harm in paying homage to the two saintesses!
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As soon as the news of Pasadei's mother and daughter lending money came out, Hu merchants in Xianyang gathered outside the city.

Such a big movement naturally alarmed the missions from Western countries who were still struggling to move bricks and try to make up for the travel expenses.

Yes, they haven't borrowed travel expenses back home from more and more new arrivals.

In the beginning, they were unwilling to borrow because the interest rate was too high. Later, more and more Hu merchants arrived, and the interest rate dropped, but Pasade's mother and daughter issued a "banning order" to them.

Anyone who dares to lend money to missions from various countries is a hypocrite who betrayed Ahura, the god of light, and is an enemy of Zoroastrianism and all Hu merchant believers in Daqin.

Not only will they be isolated by all Hu merchant believers in Daqin, but they will also be attacked by all Hu merchant believers on the business road to and from Daqin.

Good and evil, always choose a side!

Believe in Ahura, the god of light, or join forces with hypocrisy and despicable people, there is always a choice.

Hu merchants who do not want to lose the Daqin market naturally know how to choose...

So merchants have no country, which is vividly reflected in Hu merchants.

When envoys from various countries asked them to borrow money, they set the interest rate at an outrageously high standard. In the same sentence, we are only responsible to the nobles behind us.

Therefore, until now, most of the missions from various countries are still stranded in Daqin because they have not made up enough travel expenses.

"These two witches are getting more and more sophisticated!"

"Really? They were able to borrow money from the Great Qin Shihuang."

"Go and see if it's true or not, let's go!"

The envoys of the western countries traveled together, followed the Hu merchants out of the city, and rushed to the Zoroastrian temple.

However, after rushing outside the temple, they dared not go inside.

A few days ago, the warriors they sent to monitor the temple were killed in the temple, and they were beat up by Pasade's mother and daughter, and they brought the complaint to the first emperor.

It is said that they sent warriors to break into the temple, intending to murder Hu merchant believers again, and murder their mother and daughter.

The first emperor was very angry when he learned about it, and directly issued an imperial edict to reprimand them, and if they dared to be dishonest in the Great Qin territory, they would be directly expelled from the country.

If they sneak in, they will be in big trouble if they are caught out.

So they could only stand outside the temple and watch those Hu merchants wearing masks and cloaks walk past one by one and enter the temple swaggeringly.

"Traitor! Traitor!"

"A hypocrite who believes in a witch!"

"Don't let me know who you are."

The envoys of the Western countries gritted their teeth.

No one heeded their threats.More and more Hu merchants entered the temple.

At noon, the gates of the temple are closed.Only a small side door was left for the belated Hu merchants to enter, guarded by two golden-masked female guards.

"Everyone takes off their masks and pulls out strangers...explain your origins..."

Queen Pasade's voice came from the temple.

Outside the temple, all the envoys from the western countries broke out in a cold sweat.

It's fortunate that he didn't go in, otherwise, I'm afraid there will be life in but not life out.

……

After the work of eliminating the spies was completed, Queen Pasode finally got to the point.

"His Majesty Qinshihuang gave a reply, Daqin is unwilling to lend money to you, because it is difficult to recover."

With one word out, all Hu merchants were disappointed.

But then, Queen Pasade said: "Daqin is only willing to lend money to the descendants of Alexander the Great, and to the saintesses of Zoroastrianism... that is us."

"As for what we do with the money, Daqin doesn't care, they just need to get back the interest and principal on time."

"We signed a loan contract with the Daqin court, and borrowed a large sum of money back, hoping to help you."

"We don't add any interest. Whatever interest standard Daqin gives us, we will give you whatever interest standard. I also hope that you will not let us down, and don't let the God of Light Ahura down!"

hula-la-

Regardless of whether they needed to borrow money or not, all Hu merchants prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted reverently: "Glory to the great God of Light, Ahura! Glory to the two saintesses!"

It's not just a matter of borrowing money or not.

Hu Shang finally had a home in Daqin.

A home that can be sheltered from the elements.

And the master of this house is Ahura, the god of light, who is the two saintesses.

And they are the children of this family, they can come back here at any time, and they can be sheltered at any time.

This is much better than the priests of the temple in their hometown, those hypocritical and despicable guys. They faced the Greek rulers, faced the feudal nobles, and could not give shelter to any believers.

Who is Zheng Shuo of the Fire Worship Sect is now self-evident!

Queen Pasade waved her hand, and the golden-masked female guard immediately brought out several large boxes. After opening the lid, there were neatly stacked golden tickets inside.

Hu merchant believers looked at those brand-new golden tickets, and their breathing suddenly became heavy.

After the golden-masked female guards arranged the tables, chairs, pens and ink, as well as the printed loan contracts, Queen Pasode and her little girl Anniewe sat down at the table in person.

"If you need to borrow money, you can come forward one by one."

Queen Pasode said loudly.

Ata was the first to get up from the ground, and together with another believer, they came to the table of Queen Pasade and the little girl Anneve respectively.

Queen Pasade looked at Ata standing in front of her, and asked, "How much do you borrow?"

Atta was a bit cautious: "500 taels of gold, I want to buy Daqin's goods and sell them back, otherwise it's hard to explain when I go back empty-handed..."

Queen Pasade didn't wait for him to finish, she had already filled in the amount on the standard contract, and pushed it in front of him: "Put your fingerprint on it."

Without hesitation, Atta dipped in the cinnabar inkpad and signed his name on the two standard contracts with his fingerprints.

Queen Pasade put away one of them, left the other to Atta, and then said to the golden-masked female guard guarding the cash box next to her, "Give him 500 taels of gold."

Without any nonsense, the golden-masked female guard immediately took out five brand-new gold notes of 100 taels from the full cash box, and handed them to the expectant Atta.

"Hoo~!"

The moment he got the golden ticket, Atta couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Then, he prostrated himself devoutly in front of Queen Pasade once again: "Glory to the saint, Atta is the most devout and loyal servant of the saint from now on, and Atta's wealth is also the wealth of the saint. "

Queen Pasade waved her hand with neither joy nor sorrow: "As long as you are devout and kind, Ahura, the God of Light, will give you guidance, and you will surely enter the heaven flowing with milk and honey in the future."

"Follow the teachings of the saint..."

Atta's face turned red, as if he was slightly drunk, he went down contentedly.

Queen Pasade looked at his back, a trace of pity flashed in her eyes, and continued to say neither happy nor sad: "Next."

At the same time, the little girl, Annie Wei, has also arranged a loan for another Hu merchant believer: "The next one..."

One after another Hu merchant believers stepped forward, reported the amount of loan they needed, signed the contract and received the golden ticket.

The mother and daughter took the trouble to personally handle loans for all Hu merchant believers who needed loans.

When I was tired, I took a rest for an hour, and continued processing after waking up.

When you are hungry, eat some food, and when you are full, continue processing.

After a busy day and night, all Hu merchant believers who needed to borrow money finally got the amount of money they wanted to borrow.

During this period, all the believers of the Hu merchants did not leave the temple. They watched all this devoutly like a pilgrimage.

Whether you need a loan or don't need a loan, you have a destination in your heart at this moment!
The mother and daughter stood up dragging their tired bodies, and said in unison as if singing: "All pious and good people will be guided by Ahura, and in the future they will surely enter the heaven of milk and honey~!"

The same exhausted believers of the Hu merchants also prostrated and worshiped like singing: "Glory to the God of Light Ahura~!!! Glory to the two saints~!!!"

Queen Pasade waved her hand awe-inspiringly: "Go, follow Ahura's guidance, do what you should do, make yourself richer and stronger, because your wealth and strength are the blessings of Ahura, the God of Light. Wealth and strength are our wealth and strength... hypocritical and despicable people will be sent to hell by our wealth and strength!"

"Follow the teachings of the saint~!!!"

The believers of the Hu merchants bowed down again, and then Queen Pasade and the little girl Annewe watched them get up, and left the temple through the open gate in order with the satisfaction after the pilgrimage.

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Outside the temple, the envoys of the Western countries also watched for a full day and night, watching the Hu merchant believers who finally came out of the temple, their hearts were only cold.

The tired steps of Hu merchant believers are visible to the naked eye, but their high emotions are also visible to the naked eye, which cannot be covered by masks and cloaks.

"Let's go back to China, go back immediately, even if half of us starve to death on the way, we have to go back as soon as possible!"

Daxia's envoy said coldly: "Go back and tell your respective kings that all the merchants who came to Daqin recently can be exterminated. Their loyalty has been given to those two witches. hidden danger!"

The envoys of various countries were stunned for a while, but then remained silent.

The Hu merchants who dared to come to Daqin are all money-making machines for nobles and lords. Do you destroy the clan if you say it is exterminated?

Are you easy to find if you are a courageous and business-savvy person?

Even if they can all be wiped out, what will happen in the future?
As long as the trade continues and new merchants are sent... who can guarantee that they won't be eroded by Pasade's mother and daughter?

Is it necessary to kill a batch after using it once?
Then who dares to come to Daqin?
Do Western countries want to cut off trade with Great Qin?
Don't be kidding, okay? Once the trade is cut off, you, the Great Xia Kingdom, will probably be the first to refuse to agree.

Who doesn't know that your Great Xia Kingdom relies on monopolizing the trade of Great Qin, and the crazy price difference between the East and the West, in order to support the huge military expenditure and beat the Seleucid army to the ground.

Losing the financial source of the Great Qin trade, it is still unknown whether your Great Xia Kingdom is an opponent of the Seleucid Dynasty.

No way, you will lose your existing advantages, and let the powerful Seleucid Dynasty put down you gangsters!

Let's think of something more realistic...

(End of this chapter)