Bartering, this 10,000 catties of Xuanyuan heavy iron can be sold more than three times its own value.

And this three times is 30 million taels of silver, and the annual tax revenue of hundreds of state capitals in Xiangnan Province is just a little more than this number, Yan Shuheng's trip is really a million profits.

Su Xin knocked on the table and suddenly asked, "Is his 10,000-pound Xuanyuan heavy iron one piece or how many?"

Liang Bo didn't understand why Su Xin asked, but he still subconsciously replied: "It's a piece, it's not divided." ”

Hearing Liang Bo say this, a smile suddenly appeared on Su Xin's face: "Yan Shuheng is self-defeating this time, he doesn't want to sell this Xuanyuan Heavy Iron, no, it should be that within this year, his Xuanyuan Heavy Iron doesn't want to sell it again." ”

Everyone had puzzled expressions, not knowing what Su Xin meant, but at this time, Nie Fang laughed and said, "I also understand, this eldest prince was smart this time, but he was mistaken by being smart, and they actually ignored such a simple thing." ”

"I said don't sell it, what's going on?" Hong Lietao asked anxiously.

Su Xin pointed at Nie Fang: "This question is still up to Brother Nie, after all, he is an expert." ”

Nie Fang said triumphantly: "The specific reason, but also from the characteristics of this Xuanyuan heavy iron, after the Xuanyuan heavy iron is extracted from the ore, it can only go through one refining, and if it is returned to the furnace after refining, the rigidity of this Xuanyuan heavy iron will be greatly reduced, and even become the same as ordinary steel." ”

Hong Lietao was puzzled: "Then what does this have to do with the fact that Xuanyuan Heavy Iron can't be sold?"

Nie Fang said: "That's 10,000 catties of Xuanyuan heavy iron, and it's a whole piece, so it can't be re-smelted and divided into small pieces, if they dare to do this, this piece of Xuanyuan heavy iron will be completely costly."

And if they don't re-smelt, then when those merchants from the Central Plains come, who can spend 30 million taels of silver or even materials of the same value to buy this piece of Xuanyuan heavy iron?

We have been in this Shangshan City for more than ten years, but there has never been such a large-scale businessman, and the businessmen who have millions of taels in their hands are all a minority.

Some caravans with the background of the martial arts sect in the Central Plains are rich, but unfortunately everything they need to buy when they come to Xiangnan is stipulated above, and they want to buy such a large piece of Xuanyuan heavy iron temporarily, and they must first go back to the sect to report, even if it is fast, it will take several months, and by that time, the battle for the heir has long been over.

I guess this piece of Xuanyuan heavy iron should be specially refined by the Famous Sword Villa, that is, it is ready to use it to forge hundreds of weapons in one go, so that such a large piece can be made.

There should also be a small piece of Xuanyuan heavy iron in the Famous Sword Villa, after all, the amount of materials that need to be added to forging weapons alone cannot be the same as that of batch forging.

It's just that I don't know whether the eldest prince and his subordinates chose the largest piece for convenience or for the sake of shocking effects, which is self-defeating. ”

After listening to Nie Fang's long list of explanations, everyone suddenly realized that what Meng Gongzi said was what he meant, if this was the case, then Yan Shuheng would really be self-defeating this time.

But at this time, Tao Qian questioned: "If you can't smelt it into small pieces, can't you cut it off with a weapon?" ”

Nie Fang said with a smile: "Old Tao, you can just be a layman, this Xuanyuan heavy iron was originally used to create a material used to create entry-level blades, and yellow-level blades and even Xuan-level blades can be added to it."

If you want to cut it off with a blade, even if you smash a yellow-level blade, you may not be able to cut off a piece.

The ground-level blades are about the same, but if you look at the major martial arts sects in southern Hunan, how many of them have ground-level blades? Even if they do, who is willing to take the ground-level blade to cut this iron lump? ”

Tao Qian was a little unconvinced: "Then what if Yan Shuheng asks the Mo family in Canglan Valley behind him to buy this piece of Xuanyuan heavy iron?"

Nie Fang didn't answer, Yan Tianxue had already answered: "If he does this, my father won't care." ”

If Yan Shuheng really let the Mo family in Canglan Valley make a move, then this is not comparing their business ability, but comparing which of the forces behind them is stronger, and this situation will appear, so what is the point of this so-called heir competition?

Thinking of this, everyone immediately relaxed, but they still secretly admired Meng Gongzi's delicate thinking.

Nie Fang also knew about this characteristic of Xuanyuan Heavy Iron, and it was estimated that the people there also knew about it, but they didn't react, but Su Xin, a layman, could see at a glance that something was wrong.

"Okay, let's end this matter, don't spread it, let Yan Shuheng and them know. Su Xin admonished.

If Yan Shuheng knew about this matter now, it was hard to guarantee that he would not borrow the relationship of the Mo family and secretly contact some major sects in the Central Plains, so that they could bring silver or materials of the same value over in time to buy this piece of Xuanyuan heavy iron.

Now, let him stay in the dark.

In the following month, Yan Zhongheng and the others also came back one after another, thirteen trade routes, even the farthest trade routes to the Western Regions, their caravans all hurried back before the end of the year.

At the gate of the city, Yan Shengheng entered Cheng with hundreds of cars and horses, and he happened to see Yan Zhongheng coming back with people.

Compared with Yan Shengheng, Yan Zhongheng's caravan only had dozens of carriages and horses, barely one-tenth of Yan Shengheng's.

No matter how precious the things Yan Zhongheng brought back, they would never be able to win.

Seeing Yan Zhongheng riding a horse, Yan Shengheng smiled and said, "Second brother, I don't know what you brought back this time?"

Yan Zhongheng said lazily: "Since the ninth brother wants to see it, then you are optimistic." ”

Saying that, Yan Zhongheng waved his hand, and directly his subordinates lifted the dust cloth on the cart, revealing the goods inside.

Yan Zhongheng's actions suddenly made Yan Shengheng stunned, he just asked casually, he didn't expect Yan Zhongheng to be able to tell him what he brought back this time.

But since Yan Zhongheng let him see it, fortunately he didn't look at it in vain, he glanced at those cars, and was stunned for a moment.

The things that Yan Zhongheng brought back were not very precious, but too ordinary.

The trade route he chose this time was Jiangnan Province, the most prosperous province in the Central Plains, and the things he brought back were some of the most common herbs and some minerals in Jiangnan Province.

If Yan Zhongheng brought back these things normally, there would be no problem, but now that he brought back these ordinary things, it was no different from giving up the competition.

Jiangnan Province itself is the most prosperous one in the Central Plains, the caravans that come to Shangshan City every year, the merchants of Jiangnan Province are also the most, these things are brought by the way when they come to Shangshan City, the number is very large, and it is not worth much in Xiangnan at all.

Merchants from other provinces who come to Shangshan City are even more unlikely to buy these things, and merchants from Jiangnan Province will also go to them every year, and these things are also not lacking in other provinces.

It is estimated that only merchants from remote Xiangxi Province will come to buy these things, but the prices are also very cheap.

It can be said that Yan Zhongheng almost didn't make any money on this trip, is he going to give up on his own initiative?

Seeing that Yan Shengheng didn't speak, Yan Zhongheng sneered twice, and led people to turn around and enter the city, but Yan Shengheng's eyes showed a look of thought.

Yan Shuheng told him before that the qualification of this heir does not mean anything, all this is just the beginning, even if you get the qualification of this heir, you may be pulled down by others.

Looking at Yan Zhongheng's appearance that he has given up now, he is obviously not ready to compete for the qualification of this heir, but is it possible for him to give up fighting for the position of city lord?

A look of vigilance rose in Yan Shengheng's heart, and at this moment, a subordinate from his mansion suddenly ran over and whispered: "Son, you are finally back, it's a big deal!"

Yan Shengheng's complexion changed suddenly, and he slapped the subordinate in the face directly, and scolded angrily in a low voice: "Are you an idiot? What are you yelling at here? I'll talk about it when I have something to do!"

This is the gate of the city, there are many people, if people listen to the fact that he colluded with those bandits in the dense forest of southern Hunan to rob and kill his sister, then his reputation of Yan Shengheng will stink.

The subordinate also knew that he had done something stupid, so he hurriedly shut up, and waited until Yan Shengheng returned to his mansion with the people, and then asked the subordinate to tell him everything.

After listening, Yan Shengheng's face was gloomy: "I underestimated that Meng Qingze, is the strong man on the list really so strong?"

But he was also a little lucky, glad that the old knife handle and they were all dead, and there was no proof of this news.

However, he didn't know that this news was not only forced by Su Xin to ask, but even Yan Huangjiu had already learned about it through other channels.

Yan Zhongheng and the four brothers have all returned to Shangshan City, and a large number of caravans that have come to Shangshan City from the Central Plains have also arrived, and now they are waiting for them to sell everything in their hands, and they can decide the victory.

Among the four, Yan Zhongheng had completely given up, but the others took this opportunity to sell all the materials they had purchased to those merchants.

Although they themselves don't know what is highly profitable, they all have people who understand it to take care of all this, and it is not a problem to sell a million taels of silver for several times or even ten times after their trip.

When Yan Shuheng looked at Yan Zhongheng and Yan Jiheng selling their goods at nearly ten times the price, he sneered in his heart, isn't the price ten times great? The things he brought are more than ten times the price! )