Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

I have to say that Buddhism really has money.

Fatty Qiu Kun just announced the start of the bidding, and a Buddhist monk stood up, and without the slightest hesitation announced a sky-high price.

“30,000 gold taels!”

This price has accelerated the heartbeat of the big brothers…

Although everyone knows, the Glass Buddha statue in front of you , Certainly more than this price, but Buddhism, this imposing manner, has some ambitions!

Everyone hadnt spoken yet, but when they saw the auction stage, Qiu Kun smiled and bowed slightly to the crowd: Everyone, I just humbled and forgot to say one thing. This Glass Tathagata Buddha statue is totally explained. Glass is cast and weighs about 20 stones. Even if you dont consider the degree of cherishment, just the weight of this Glass is worth more than 40,000 taels of gold!”

The measurement unit of Great Tang is more complicated. It is not a decimal system for later generations.

One stone is equal to four Jun, one Jun is equal to 30 Jin, and one Jin is equal to 16 taels.

In other words, one stone is equal to one thousand nine hundred and twenty taels.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the market price of Roman glass trafficked through the Silk Road was equal weight gold.

The glass statue of Tathagata, which Li Wangyou ordered the craftsman to cast, is almost one ton in weight. If calculated according to the same weight of gold, it is really more than 40,000 taels.

Qiu Kun’s words made all the guests stunned, and several Buddhist monks also looked at each other, silently thinking about it, and determined that the price they had just paid was really low.

In fact, the price of glass, simply cannot be calculated like Qiu Kun.

Hu Merchant traveled a long distance on the ten thousand li road through the Silk Road to transport fragile glassware to Great Tang. The cost was high, so it set a price equal to gold.

No one will be stupid, ten thousand li, transporting a ton of glassware to the East.

But in any case, Qiu Kun’s words are for everyone to recalculate in the heart how much the Glass Buddha statue in front of me should be worth.

“A certain amount of gold is forty thousand taels!”

Without waiting for the Buddhist monks to discuss, I listened to the Persian businessman who had taken a photo of the Eternal Qin Shijing before and got up again. Bid.

The guests were even more dumbfounded, not understanding why this Persian businessman made a sudden bid.

Several Buddhist monks were even more furious: “You foreigners, you are so unreasonable! You are a Zoroastrian, why do you want to bid for me Buddhism Supreme Treasure? What is your intention? Do you want to insult the Buddha? Today, if you cant tell a truth, Im not going to give up on Buddhism!

The Hu Merchant didnt expect that he would irritate these Buddhist monks by bidding by himself, so he hurriedly argued. .

“Masters, a certain does not mean to humiliate the Buddha. It is just that certain is familiar with the Lord Gaochang, and the Lord Gaochang has always believed in Buddhism. When the Lord came to Ch_ng’n this year, he had Entrusted someone to find an exquisite Buddha statue for him in Great Tang, please go back to Gaochang Junior High School to enshrine it. A certain person sees this Glass Tathagata Buddha statue, which should be in line with the Lords mind, so he bid for it.”

Hu Merchant’s explanation made the Buddhist monks a little dumb.

Finding Buddha statues for the Lord Gaochang, this reason can be justified.

Gao Changguo believes in Buddhism, and these Buddhist monks know well.

Gaochang State is located in the transportation hub of the Western Regions, and it is also a rare Buddhist country in the Western Regions.

Because the craftsmen of the Central Plains are so skilled, it is normal for the Lord Gaochang to entrust these Persian merchants to find Buddha statues in the Central Plains. Great Tang has indeed exported many Buddha statues to Gaochang. .

Whether it is a bronze Buddha statue or a Buddha statue carved by jade stone, it is very popular in Gaochang.

So this Hu Merchant, after seeing this Glass Tathagata Buddha statue, will make a bid.

Knowing that I and the others misunderstood this Hu Merchant, but several high-ranking monks became more and more troubled.

Compared with the Aristocratic Family family and honorable and valuable officials for financial resources, they are naturally not afraid. But fighting for financial resources with these poor Hu Merchants who have only money left, even if it is Buddhism, they are still a little worried.

But Hu Merchant’s words are reasonable. Even if they are unhappy, they can’t stop Hu Merchant from bidding.

For a while, the expressions of the several eminent monks became harder to look.

Not only did the monks look ugly, but also the guests who wanted to bid for the Buddha statues were very painful. With Hu Merchant’s financial resources, this extremely rare Glass Tathagata Buddha statue will probably have to be photographed by him again.

When everyone was struggling, they heard the voice of Li Wangyou in the box, which attracted everyone’s attention.

Seeing Li Wangyou with a smile on his face, he stood up and loudly said to all the guests: “Duke, the Lord Gaochang believes in Buddhism, and my Great Tang and Gaochang have always been good friends. It is the Lord Gaochang who wants to find a Buddha statue. How can you let Hacock pay for it? Your Majesty has just instructed my father to cast a Glass Buddha statue for the Lord Gaochang as a national gift. So in todays auction, you dont need to bid for Harcock anymore.”

Hacock is the name of the Hu Merchant, who is also quite famous in Chang’an City Xi Market, so Li Wangyou also knows this person.

Listening to what Li Wangyou said, everyone was relaxed.

As long as Hu Merchant does not participate in the auction, that is a good thing.

Hacock was very sorry, but there was nothing to say, so he could only bow and bow to Li Wangyou with one hand to express his gratitude.

Although this statue of Buddha was auctioned by Hacock for the Lord Gaochang, it was not free. If it is photographed and transported to Gaochang country, it must be 100,000 gold taels or more that Gaochang country lord is willing to give it.

Such a large predictable profit is flying out of thin air, and Harcocks regret can be imagined.

In the box, Li Er heard what Li Wangyou said, but he was very surprised.

Why did he order Li Wangyou to cast Buddha statues specifically for the Lord Gaochang? How can there be such a thing? Isn’t this special meowing Imperial Edict in front of him?

But since Li Wangyou said so in public, although Li Er was puzzled, he also knew that his nephew must be justified.

Therefore, Li Er, who was given a “false decree”, did not say a word, did not refute, but waited for Li Wangyou’s explanation.

After Li Wangyou made a statement to prevent Hu Merchant from continuing to bid, the auction below was able to continue.

He turned his head and bowed slightly to Li Er, and after making an apologetic expression, he said with a smile: “Uncle, please forgive the crime. My nephew did not get Uncle’s consent. Advocate, under the guise of Uncle, propose to donate the statue of Gaochang Lord Buddha.”

Li Er waved his hand: “It’s okay, Ziyou, let me tell you, what is your purpose for doing this?”

“Hehe, Uncle, my nephew, I am preparing for Uncle to conquer the western countries.”

“Oh? You can tell me in detail!” Li Er suddenly When he got interested, he hurriedly asked.

Li Wangyou also did not sell the key, and explained: “Uncle, with my Great Tang’s military strength, it is easy to destroy the countries of the Western Regions. But as the saying goes, Uncle must be a headache. What excuse is to conquer the countries of the Western Regions? Especially the Lord of Gaochang, Madam, who was named Princess Changle by Uncle. If there is no suitable excuse, Great Tang can’t use swords and soldiers.”

China Since ancient times, if you want to launch a military crusade, you always need to find an excuse for yourself to have the name of finished apprenticeship.

Whether it is Kuangfu Hanshi or the battle of Jingnan, in short, there must be a statement.

Even for later generations, if Yingjiang wants to beat the silly big wood, he has to carry a bag of washing powder, saying it is a weapon of mass destruction.

In short, you must have the right to send troops, otherwise it will be an unrighteous division and will not be popular.

In history, Great Tang has long been watching the Western Regions, but it was not until the 13th year of Zhenguan that Great Tang found an excuse that Gaochang and Western Turkic were allied and violated Great Tang Heavenly Might. , So he launched a crusade.

In the 14th year of Zhenguan, Gao Changguo was destroyed by Hou Junji.

Since Li Wangyou presented the map and strategic goals, including Li Er, the Great Tang lords have been wondering what excuses they would use to attack Gaochang.

Now the relationship between the two countries is good. Just before Li Wangyou’s advice, at the beginning of this year, the governor of Gaochang Kingdom, Yu Wentai, brought Madam to Ch_ng’n to meet Li Er.

Li Er also named Madam a surnamed Li and named Princess Changle.

In this case, even if Li Er feels itchy again, he can’t move Gao Chang for a while.

Li Er heard that Li Wangyou said so, he naturally understood that his nephew had a sly plan again, and couldn’t help being overjoyed: “Ziyou, you can talk about it, but is there a way?”