Chapter 262: Spinach
Merton's words, in the eyes of ordinary people, do not have any problems at all, they are simply confused, and the clouds are foggy, what seeds are still useful.
However, in the hearts of some people with hearts, it is like a monstrous wave, and their minds are lost.
"What? The Mo family actually wanted to take the road of Bowanghou. Wei Si'an was suddenly startled, and his face was full of shock.
Merton took out so much money in public, no matter what he bought, he would be criticized, originally he thought that Merton was in a catastrophe this time, and he had already thought about the ideas of concocting Mo Jiazi in the future, but he didn't expect Mo Jiazi to find another way, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
In another box, Li Shimin and a group of adult princes also stood up in shock, looking at Merton in the stands in disbelief.
"Bo Wanghou!"
The princes immediately discussed, and looked at Merton on the field with amazement on their faces.
"Father! Who is Bo Wanghou! Li Zhi on the side asked curiously, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of any marquis in the dynasty who could be called Bowang Marquis.
Li Shimin took a deep breath and said: "Bowanghou is not the feudal marquis of this dynasty, but the feudal marquis of the Western Han Dynasty, Bowanghou Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions to open up the Silk Road, your favorite pomegranates and grapes are the seeds of Bowanghou from the Western Regions." ”
Li Zhi suddenly said: "Bo Wanghou personally went to the Western Regions to bring back the seeds, and Merton bought the seeds from the hands of these merchants who came from the Western Regions. ”
"It's just a trick?" Li Tai pouted and said.
Compared with the great merits of Bo Wanghou, Merton's move is naturally opportunistic, but even if it is only one percent of Bo Wanghou's credit, it is a great achievement.
Seeing that Merton had easily achieved such a great feat, Li Tai's heart was simply jealous.
"No, I think Merton's contribution is immeasurable." Li Chengqian shook his head and said.
The princes immediately looked at Li Chengqian in surprise, you must know that although Merton's move is indeed meritorious, but after all, he has not moved an inch, and he has reaped the benefits, and the credit is how big it is.
Li Tai sneered: "Brother Huang, is it because of his friendship with the Mo family that he has lost his heart?" ”
Li Chengqian didn't care about Li Tai's ridicule, and said calmly: "Father and the emperor, you can think about it, the Marquis of Bowang brought seeds from the Western Regions, and these Hu merchants came from farther away from the Western Regions, and even many from the Far West, I am afraid that there will be countless things that have never been seen in the Tang Dynasty." ”
Not to mention pomegranates and grapes, there are many plants in Datang, and all things with Hu are brought from the Western Regions, and they have greatly affected the lives of the people of Datang.
Even if these Hu merchants don't have seeds at the moment, then next time, the effect of a seed may not be great, if a large number of crops like grapes and other crops, I am afraid it will bring earth-shaking changes to the agriculture of the Tang Dynasty.
In this way, a brand new seed of economic effect that has never appeared in Datang is indeed worth much more than diamonds.
And for Datang, a good-looking diamond that can't be eaten or used can be compared to a seed that can change Datang's life.
Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian and Li Tai, waved his hand and said, "What is the specific effect?" It's too early to jump to conclusions, wait and see? ”
"Yes! Father! ”
Li Tai and Li Chengqian immediately responded, but their attention couldn't help but focus on the group of Hu businessmen.
Many people in the audience also suddenly realized that Mo Jiazi did not exaggerate, there were indeed more precious things than diamonds in the West Market, but they just didn't find it.
A group of Hu merchants immediately regretted that these seeds were only very common in their hometown, who would have known that someone in Datang would buy them with a lot of money. But where do they have these seeds at this time?
For a moment, the whole scene fell silent.
"Lord Mohou, I can't wait thousands of miles to come, there are not many things I can bring, most of them are goods, where did I think of bringing seeds." A tall white-clothed Hu merchant said regretfully.
Seeds that are incomparably light can obtain gold compared to heavy goods, and I am afraid that this is a commodity that is worth more than any other cargo.
"Hey!"
The people were immediately full of regret.
"Jumping beam clown, Bo Wanghou's merit is to come out step by step, and Mo Jiazi wants to take a shortcut, which is simply a monkey." Seeing this, Li Tai couldn't help but snort coldly.
Li Shimin also regretted for a while, if this method can be successful, it will definitely bring endless benefits to Datang.
Wei Si'an watched Merton make a fool of himself on stage, his heart was simply happy, and he was about to make a sarcastic remark, but thinking of the magic of Merton before, he snorted coldly and closed his mouth.
"I don't know if I can wait for the seeds to be shipped here next year, but it will take two years to go back and forth." The white-clothed Hu Shang asked the question that everyone was most concerned about for all the Hu Shang.
"Of course you can, in a year or two, you can afford to wait, the Mo family will only pay gold for seeds that have never appeared in Datang, once they are preempted by others, they will lose their corresponding value." Merton Road.
It was immediately clear to the Hu merchants that seeds were not like other crops, and once they had seeds, they could breed countless seeds, and later nature lost their value.
Suddenly, a Persian merchant suddenly stood up and shouted, "Seeds...... I have. ”
"Wow!"
The audience was in an uproar.
No one thought that the peaks and loops would turn, and the Mo family's move would be rewarding!
Li Tai's face turned red suddenly, this was simply a slap in the face on the spot, and he couldn't help but say stupidly: "This Hu Shang can't be crazy about money!" Just take a seed and want to deceive people, has Mo Jiazi ever seen it, how to know that this is a real seed. ”
The princes thought about it, it is not impossible to do this, and there are not many people who take risks for the sake of gold.
I saw the Persian merchant quickly dig out a small bag from the shop, and hold it in front of Merton like a treasure. Said to the half-baked Chinese: "This is a dish of my Persia, the villain loves this thing the most, and specially brought some seeds to the Tang Dynasty to try to sow seeds and eat them in winter." ”
Merton's heart moved, it couldn't be that kind of dish!
"When will this thing be sown?" Merton asked.
"Autumn!"
"When to eat!"
"In winter, heavy snow can grow."
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Everyone was in an uproar, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn is the truth of heaven, and this thing can grow in winter, "This person must be a liar, the vegetables are the most delicate, how can there be vegetables that grow in winter in the world." Li Tai said with convincing.
The princes were silent for a moment, and they all didn't believe that there were greens growing in winter in the world.
However, Li Shimin took a deep breath, if this thing is true, it will be a blessing for the people of Datang, and it will directly solve the shortcomings of Datang without green vegetables in winter.
However, just when almost everyone thought that the man was a liar, Merton carefully asked about the characteristics and customs of such people.
In the end, it was finally determined that this dish was a must-have winter vegetable that later entered countless families.
Merton took a deep breath and said in a loud voice: "This thing is called spinach, and it was recorded when the ancestors of the Mo family traveled to Persia, and everything that this person said is consistent, and this seed is true, and it should be worth ten gold." ”
When ten gold ingots and a small packet of seeds were exchanged in front of everyone, the audience suddenly boiled.