Chapter 360: A Strange Request
It is precisely because the step person A is basically in place, the second and third batches in the future may have to be postponed, after all, a step person A forty or fifty pounds, hundreds of thousands, for the entire logistics, is a huge pressure.
If there are no variables in this transaction, Han Qi will definitely be happy to take his time, but for the Northern Song Dynasty, everything is racing against time, every minute, every second, you need to pay attention, and even under a certain premise, Liao may overturn the previous decision at any time.
Han Qi tried to find a way on other things, this time, worth about 3 million yuan, grain, salt, other silk and silk and luxury goods, the relative proportion was relatively high, which was a tentative act.
These things were also high-priced items in the Northern Song Dynasty, and compared to Burenjia, these things were relatively easy to obtain, and they were also very convenient to transport.
Longxi is relatively close to Sichuan, this road is not easy to walk, the road out of Sichuan, the best, is to sail on the Yangtze River, thousands of miles of Jiangling in one day, it is said that this is a passage out of Sichuan.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Sichuan's literary name was very heavy, and many high-ranking officials were from Sichuan, but almost none of them came from Sichuan to Shaanxi.
After all, the road out of Sichuan is difficult to walk, compared with trekking through mountains and rivers, constantly climbing the road out of Shaanxi, taking a boat is the best choice, not only to go to the splendid Hangzhou, but also along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, to Bianliang.
Perhaps this road is much farther away, so to speak, it is a bypass to most of China, but to a certain extent, even faster.
Waterways, except for a few bad weather, other times, can be boated, especially for the Yangtze River, no need to sail, can also travel quickly, which greatly saves time.
The waterway is the best way out of Sichuan, but the other road, has not been abandoned, the road from Guanzhong to Sichuan, once, is also the key to the dispute between Chu and Han, the story of the Ming plank road dark Chen Cang, was also born here, to the Tang Dynasty, Sichuan's salt and iron, is the foundation of a dynasty's prosperity, Li Tang is after getting Sichuan, only to obtain the foundation of hegemony, and took the same road as Qin.
In the Song Dynasty, because of the long-term war, the Guanzhong Plain was somewhat deserted, and the Northern Song Dynasty actually occupied Bianliang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, as a kingdom, after the Chenqiao Mutiny, temporarily occupied Bianliang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, and then also thought about the migration to Luoyang, or Chang'an.
In the history before the Song Dynasty, the unified Central Plains countries, these two alternately became kingdoms, almost controlling the entire history of China, and the heritage of these two cities is incomparable with other cities.
But in the end, the key to not making the trip was actually on the foundation, the Guanzhong Plain, after a series of changes, is no longer the original one, fertile soil for thousands of miles, supporting the foundation of the two powerful dynasties of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty.
Luoyang is not good, the war of the five dynasties and ten countries, Luoyang, the center of the world, has been greatly damaged, coupled with the system of the Northern Song Dynasty, with the central government to suppress the locality, just the central forbidden army, as high as hundreds of thousands, Henan can not support a huge population, at this time, Bianliang, located in the key place of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, can easily connect the south of the place, has become the only choice.
But no matter how dilapidated, Luoyang and Chang'an, the foundation is still there, the heritage is still there, Luoyang has become Henan Province, and Xi'an has become the center of the northwest, so it is not impossible to contact Xi'an and Sichuan.
In the northwest, there are not no big cities, especially Xi'an, which is also an important big city, even if compared to Sijing, it is no longer the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but compared with ordinary cities, the heritage is a little deeper.
Because of the high price of Shu brocade, some high-end silk shops, there are also some remaining, with Han Qi's ability, it is possible to mobilize some Shu brocade here, he specially mobilized a lot of silk.
Among the million materials, in addition to 100,000 sets of step armor, accounting for about two-thirds, the remaining one-third are these high-end luxury jewelry, among them, mainly Shu brocade.
This is an adventure of Han Qi, he also wants to find out where the other party's bottom line is, in order to facilitate the next action, the Lingzhou contract has been signed, it stands to reason, it cannot be modified, but in the three transactions, some loopholes can still be found, for example, adjust some proportions, this time, he added a considerable amount of brocade.
Liao Xingzong Gui is the emperor of Liao, not an uninformed, as part of the year's coin, plus the gift of the Song Emperor, occasionally you will see Shu brocade, but that is the lowest level of Shu brocade, and this time so large, the quality is still in the middle, there are some differences, the degree of exquisiteness is higher, and the quantity is more.
Of course, what is the New Year's coin, it is an unequal treaty, and there is no agreement on how much to give, as a reward, it is impossible to give a large amount, occasionally some, are leaked out, and it is not the best kind, after all, the alliance of the Yuan Yuan agreed to 200,000 horses of silk, these are mostly important festivals of the Liao State, or some foreign affairs activities, the gift obtained.
Lingzhou contract, different, this is a transaction, then take as good as possible, expensive, can also, as long as the price is high enough, it is also acceptable.
A high-quality Shu brocade, the price is also quite expensive, even in the Northern Song Dynasty, the same is the case, the cheapest may be more than 5 runs, some slightly higher grade, the price is even more expensive.
Han Qi selected, of course, not the middle and lower class, that for him, he can't take it, he chose the Northern Song Dynasty side of the price in 30-80 guan, but to the Liao, that is, it has increased 10 times, 300-1000 guan, and even some rare boutiques, his price is as high as 3000 guan a horse.
It seems that the price is a bit sky-high, but for those Liao people who have only seen ordinary white silk, even if it is a silk or something like this, they have never seen such exquisite brocade.
A horse of Shu brocade is a beautiful picture. Even some can be transformed into different patterns under different lighting conditions, and can even form a different style through special cutting, which is not the material of the clothes, which is itself an independent painting.
At this point, I have to say that the creativity of ancient China, this batch of brocade, are all China, it took thousands of years, relying on the ingenuity of skilled craftsmen, little by little accumulated wisdom crystallization, not to mention the present, just out of the state of ignorance and backwardness of the Liao State, even the Europeans who also have a developed civilization, have never seen it.
What is the ancient Silk Road, isn't it a passage that travels thousands of miles to transport silk from China to Europe, any ordinary silk, from China to Europe, can be more expensive than gold, some slightly better, even more expensive than gold, you know, because of the distrust of foreign businessmen, even a slightly higher silk, will not be sold to foreigners, let alone fine products and tribute.
Even a thousand years later, foreigners feel incredible, and the same is true for the Liao people of this era, when a series of samples are displayed in front of the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State, the eyes of the courtiers and emperors are enlarged a lot.
These, even if they are placed in the Northern Song Dynasty, can attract everyone's attention, not to mention the Liao State like a bun, how have they ever seen such a thing, and they still roared up.
Such a treasure may not be able to come out in the eyes of some angry youths, but even Han Qi doesn't care about giving a little more, these are really insignificant to the Northern Song Dynasty.
That's right, this thing is useless for countries and countries, you know, in the eyes of high-ranking officials, this thing is the value of a reward, not much actual value, when the two countries are at war, expect you to wear silk and satin to fight, I'm afraid the Northern Song Dynasty will wake up laughing.
gave to them, and reduced the giving of weapons, etc., which was tantamount to wasting Liao's money, in the middle, Han Qi was still sweating, and he also made appropriate preparations, if it was true, Liaoguo was furious, he would use almost 20,000 sets of infantry armor, as well as other agreed weapons, to replace this batch of luxury goods.
It is acceptable not to cause the anger of the Liao State, even on the basis of the original plan, to further determine the Lingzhou Peace Conference, if the Liao State terminates the contract, it will be the Northern Song Dynasty that will suffer in the end.
But what Han Qi didn't expect was that for Han Qi's over-proportional approach, Liao Xingzong and the nobles of Liao State not only did not get angry, but welcomed them, which was not the kind of welcome that was polite in performance, but a real welcome.
This welcome, not only in the process of the sample, but also in the process of trading, before in Han Qi's impression, the Liao State has never been the efficient kind, maybe when the Northern Song Dynasty transaction items are in place, their things, may take ten days and half a month to arrive.
But this time, after seeing the sample, on the third day, the Liao State rushed to trade with the cattle, although the personnel in charge of the transaction in the Northern Song Dynasty were tired enough, millions of livestock, to check whether there was a problem, and a simple assessment, it took a lot of effort.
Of course, Han Qi was properly prepared, but a large number of them were concentrated, and the tasks were also quite concentrated, and there was a feeling of being a little foggy.
However, this is all the people under the crowd, Han Qi only needs to know the result, but while he is waiting for the result, another thing happens.
Liao Xingzong also sent a letter to Han Qi, who was quite satisfied with this silk and satin, and even asked if he could have more.
Such an inexplicable request made Han Qi a little overwhelmed, why was this happening?
Even if such a request is in response to Han Qi's wishes, but there is no reason, and it is so weird, what is the reason, if he doesn't figure it out, he will not be able to sleep!