Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 420 419. Transactions
"Well, it's about the same time as we expected. Do you have any information about the person who came over to be in charge of purchasing?"

Hearing Zou Cang's whisper, Liao Hua just nodded slightly.

They released the news in order to get the people of the Han Dynasty to participate. Otherwise, how much iron ore could those wealthy families eat?

Zou Cang looked around with wary eyes and shook his head.

"There is currently no information on the person responsible."

"Well, it doesn't matter. Just proceed as planned. However, 300 million jins is too large. Let's release 80 jins first."

Liao Hua whispered, Zou Cang nodded, and gradually slowed down.

Luyang in late June is like a steamer.

Outside the city gate, a group of chariots and horses drove into the city.

Since being dispatched in May, Sangyang and the others have traveled quickly every day, and finally arrived here within two months.

In the frame.

Sang Yang, who was already fair-skinned, turned even paler during the bumpy month and a half.

But he didn't care how to rest, and knocked on the frame of the carriage to call a eunuch to come forward.

"Go, find the residence of the great concubine Liao Hua, and be polite."

"only."
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"They're entering the city."

It is a relatively complete house in Luyang City.

Peiyuan Shao informed Liao Hua of the news he had just received.

Liao Hua nodded: "Contact them and bring them over."

"Brother Sun, go tell Brother Zou to open the first batch of ore warehouses that are ready for trading."

"Okay, I'll go there."

After a few instructions, only Liao Hua and Peiyuan Shao were left in the huge front hall.

The two drank tea and waited quietly for the arrival of Sang Yang and others.

About two quarters of an hour.

A roll call sounded in Liao Hua's mansion.

After a while, a handsome man in black and blue robes, accompanied by several eunuchs, entered the front hall.

He gave a slight salute with his hands.

"Attendant Sang Yang has met the great concubine."

Liao Hua also stood up and returned the greeting: "Liao Hua has met Sang Shizhong."

"I've been waiting for a long time. I wonder if Mr. Sang is here for that batch of iron ore?"

"I am a young person, and I am not familiar with convoluted words, so I would like to ask Mr. Sang to speak frankly."

Faced with Liao Hua's quick words, Sang Yang was not surprised at all. For Liao Hua, his identity was kept secret, but to him, the identities of Liao Hua and others were clear to him.

Sang Yang clasped his hands and saluted in the direction of Chang'an and said frankly: "This time I came here because of this batch of ore. The chief concubine is extremely capable. He first solved a big problem for the court, and this time he brought this kind of news. , Your Majesty’s words of appreciation for the great concubine are truly the envy of this officer.”

"I wonder if the chief concubine has any plans for this batch of ore?"

"Haha, it was originally intended as a gift. How can I disappoint His Majesty? If it weren't for the brothers below who also need to make a living, it would be acceptable for this batch of ore to be directly dedicated to His Majesty. However,"

Liao Hua was also polite, and several eunuchs lifted up a small wooden box with both hands at the right time and handed it to Liao Hua.

The box was opened, and the golden light inside shone under the refraction of the sun.

Sang Yang said, "Of course I don't want to embarrass Liao Dashu. How much iron ore can I buy with two thousand gold here?"

"This." Liao Hua looked confused.

After communicating with their families in the past few days, they set a price for trading steel with Han, a price of one thousand kilograms of iron ore for two gold, and a minimum bottom line of one thousand five hundred kilograms of iron ore for two gold.

For iron ore, this price is actually very high. However, all the important mines of Hanzhong Iron and Steel are currently in the hands of Zhang Qi, so the pricing power is naturally on their side.

Although the price is high, it is also the most appropriate price arrived at by the Liaodi Materials Department after several calculations.

The web-weaving spies living in Chang'an report back on the prices of goods in Chang'an every year.

After several major defeats, the price of a Huanshou sword in Chang'an is now about a thousand yuan and weighs three kilograms.

After experiencing the baptism of Liao coins, one gold coin in Han is now worth [-] Han coins.

Enough to buy thirty Huanshou knives.

Both 90 pounds.

As for the two-gold iron ore thousand catty, with the furnace technology sent by Liao Hua and the quality of this batch of ore, the steel yield is about [-]%, which means that one thousand catty will produce [-] catties of steel.

A closer look shows that it is not as cost-effective as buying weapons directly to buy mines.

But things cannot just be based on value. A big problem for the Han Dynasty now is that they need weapons that can fight Liao soldiers head-on. Moreover, with the scarcity of iron ore, Liu Che just wants to buy it, but where can he buy so much? Weapon?

The iron blade is an iron blade, and the steel blade is a steel blade. Even if he knew it was expensive, Liu Che could only bite the bullet and eat it.

Liao Hua concentrated slightly, and then said with a smile.

"To be honest, Sang Shizhong, in order to transport this batch of iron ore, a certain person's brothers were exposed a lot. For their future livelihood, a certain person is willing to sell this batch of iron ore at the price of three gold or one thousand kilograms of iron ore. I don't know Sang Shizhong .”

Sang Yang frowned slightly when he heard Liao Hua's words.

‘This is too big an opening. ’

Although he was disapproving in his heart, he still had the same calm expression.

"The chief concubine just said that he likes to talk quickly, so why bother beating around the bush this time? You might as well reveal the base price directly. If the price is appropriate, this thousand gold can be the first transaction."

"Hahaha, it's time for me to be a villain. Then, for two gold and one thousand kilograms of iron ore, I promise to use the furnace refining technology given by me. This thousand kilograms of iron ore will produce eighty or ninety kilograms of steel. I don't know what Mr. Sang thinks about it. Are you satisfied with the price?"

"No more?"

"No."

The two looked at each other.

During the brief pause, Sang Yang whispered in the ear of a eunuch.

"That's it. Your Majesty is also waiting there. Get all the money from the carriage and let a group of Yulin Lang return to Chang'an first."

"promise."

The eunuch took the order and retreated.

Sang Yang looked at Liao Hua and cupped his hands and said, "Then please ask the chief concubine to prepare three thousand gold worth of iron ore for me."

"This." Liao Hua looked embarrassed again.

"To be honest, Mr. Sang, these three thousand gold pieces of iron ore are not enough here. Currently, Luyang City only has 80 kilograms of iron ore prepared. You will not be able to spend all the three thousand gold pieces."

"But if Mr. Sang is not in a hurry, 200 million kilograms of iron ore will be delivered to Luyang in two months. I don't know."

"In this case, this is the only way to go."

"200 million catties in two months, can the chief concubine guarantee it?"

"nature."

Sang Yang nodded and whispered in an eunuch's ear: "You follow the Yulin men back to Chang'an to report to His Majesty, and hurry up and prepare the money."

"promise."

If what Liao Hua just said is true, then this batch of 80 kilograms of iron ore can be used to produce 2 kilograms of steel, which is enough to make more than [-] ring-shou knives. Even if it only makes In terms of spearheads, the number can be increased several times, which is enough to arm an army of tens of thousands.

Based on Sang Yang's understanding of Liu Che, if this batch of iron ore can really reach this level, his majesty will buy as much as Liao Hua has.

(End of this chapter)