Chapter 277 Transaction Successful
Huo Xi thought for a while, and then said: "You don't need to pay gold and silver, you can use goods in exchange."
The two people's eyes lit up, and they exchanged goods, which meant that they could save a lot of money.
Not only can they save a lot of business taxes, but they also have to increase the price several times when they ship goods from their own country. If they exchange goods for them, their cost of buying sugar can be diluted.
Nodding in agreement.
Huo Xi asked them what goods they had.
The two introduced it. Huo Xi listened carefully. This group of people came here for a few days, and they didn't sell much. They still had a lot of jewelry and jade, including agate, tortoise shell, pearl, ivory, rhino horn, and some spices, sesame oil...
Huo Xi thought about what he could change. Thirty taels a stone, and eighty stones of sugar, she can get two thousand four hundred taels of silver.
Two thousand four hundred taels can also be exchanged for some precious things. So he told the other party that he wanted to change some jewelry and spices, and some foreign cloth.
The two were very happy. He took a box from the boat and opened it for Huo Xi to see.
Huo Xi was pleasantly surprised when he saw it.
It turned out to be a box of pearls, all of them were round and big like a thumb, and there were several colors, including pure white, off-white, gold and pink, and black. Can't help but wonder, in this era, Fanren have raised artificial pearls?
"Nursed?"
The eyes of the two fans widened: "Naturally, we have ama, who are caught in the sea."
Banners also have ama?
Huo Xi nodded, identified for a while, saw that the quality of the pearl was very good, and asked them how to change it. It is convenient to say that this box needs to be exchanged for ten stones of white sugar.
Ten stones are three hundred taels. There are dozens of pearls in this box, which is equivalent to several taels of silver. Also very expensive. Huo Xi made some calculations and nodded in agreement.
Picked out half of them, saying that they only had five stones on board. Bring the remaining seventy-five stones before dusk.
The two fans nodded in agreement.
It's not just Huo Xi's family who are dealing in smuggled goods, I've seen a lot of these people, knowing that Wei Dynasty merchants don't bring a lot of goods with them, and they don't send them until the price is negotiated.
The two parties made an agreement, and the two foreigners jumped into their small boat and returned to the big ship.
Huo Xi looked towards the big ship, and the archers on the deck were still pointing arrows at them. It was not until the small boat approached the big ship that it withdrew.
Yang Fu, Huo Erhuai and the others were dumbfounded: "With so much preparation, will this sell the goods, shoot people into hedgehogs, and rob all the money and goods?"
Huo Xi smiled: "No, dad. Merchants are just looking for money, and they generally don't do things like killing people and getting goods. Only those pirates who buy money for nothing will steal money and kill people. The two foreigners just now Said that they floated on the sea for nearly a year before coming to us, and they are in our territory, they will not do that kind of murder and robbery, they are just protecting themselves."
Huo Erhuai nodded, and took another look at the ship. The last time I went to the pier with Xi'er it was an eye-opening experience, and this time I saw it again.
Bao Xia came out with him today, which was an eye-opener.
At this time, after hearing Huo Xi's words, he said: "Then, should we also prepare some weapons? In case we are targeted and want to rob our money and goods, we should be prepared."
Yang Fu smiled: "We are prepared. Xi'er made some earthen guns on the boat. But there are no bows and arrows. First, we can't buy them, and second, we don't know how to use them."
"Slaves will use them! Slaves have fought on the battlefield before, and they can use bows and arrows as well as weapons."
Huo Xi was stunned for a moment, then remembered his experience of being conscripted to the battlefield in the past, nodded: "Okay, then we will quietly prepare some when we go back this time. You take the money and go to the blacksmith shop to buy it."
"Xi'er, those are weapons, I'm afraid the blacksmiths won't sell them." Yang Fu reminded.
Huo Xi was taken aback, and was about to say that he should buy some machetes.
Unexpectedly, Bao Xia said: "I know a blacksmith, and I can buy them. And the blacksmith shop also sells general bows and arrows. Not only soldiers need bows and arrows, hunters also want to buy bows and arrows, but the range is not far, and the lethality is not great. "
"Yes." Bao Xia nodded. Bao Xia felt that it should not be difficult to find a set of bows and arrows and weapons from the master.
Huo Xi nodded: "Okay, when you get back to the capital, you take the money to prepare a pair."
Bao Xia nodded in agreement.
It took another hour and the boat rowed back to the pier. At some distance from the pier, I saw Guangfengshui's boat.
"Mother, you didn't go to find the nanny?" Why are you still guarding the boat.
"Mother is guarding the boat."
Mr. Yang didn’t dare to leave. The boat was full of valuables. The whole family was so tired that it took several days to get it out. If something goes wrong, don’t you regret it?
"Sister, I also help guard the boat."
Bao Kang didn't know why Huo Nian called his elder brother his elder sister, so he also called out: "Sister, Xiaokang is also helping to guard the boat."
Huo Xi is really not used to such a seventeen or eighteen year old guy calling her sister.
But the other party had childish eyes, imitating Huo Nian and waiting for her praise, so he smiled and praised him and Huo Nian: "Okay, you are all good boys."
Huo Nian was very happy, Bao Kang also smiled happily, Zuo Shi and Bao Xia saw their son happy, and laughed too.
"Mother, stay here and go find the nanny. We will take the boat and we will be back soon."
"Don't you want us to follow?"
"No, you stay."
Nothing happened just now, but this time I don’t know if it will go well. The whole family is here, so how can I find a reason to be blamed?
Thinking of something, he ordered again: "By the way, mother, Brother Nai is also here, so don't talk about it."
Yang knew what Huo Xi meant, but Xi'er didn't want her nanny to know her identity. Busy nodded: "Don't worry, mother knows."
Take Huo Nian and others ashore, and watch the two boats leave.
After rowing for more than an hour, we arrived near the big ship. Seeing that there were several small boats around the boat, Huo Xi didn't rush to get close to it, and just circled around the big boat. By the way, look at the surrounding environment.
I was relieved to see that there was no ship patrolling by the Shipbuilding Department.
Until the people on the big boat found them, the two foreigners led their people in the small boat and approached them. This time a lot of things were put on the boat, and another boat followed.
"Are you here?"
Seeing that Huo Xi kept his promise, the two fans were very happy. As soon as he approached, he boarded the boat of Guangfengshui.
After inspecting the goods, they were very satisfied, and asked people to move their things to Huo Xi's boat.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu picked out a lot of agate, pearl, rhino horn, ivory, tortoise shell, etc., as well as pepper, agarwood, instant incense, storax, and rose dew. I also need more than a hundred pieces of foreign cloth.
I didn't want one of the gold and silver, and all of them were replaced with foreign goods.
When it comes, it’s a shipment of goods, and when it returns, it’s another shipment of goods.
Those two foreigners made this unique business, very happy. It was rare for Huo Xi to communicate with them without hindrance, so he said that they still had to stop for a long time, and what kind of goods they needed, if Huo Xi could buy them for them, and then sell them to them or exchange goods, it would be the best s price.
Huo Xi nodded in agreement, and returned to Songjiang Wharf unimpeded.
On the pier, the nanny Zhou held Yang's hand and stood on tiptoe looking into the waterway, her neck stretched out.
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