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Chapter 246 Maritime Transactions

Snowflake steel, spices, good horses, and gems are good things. As for dates, they are only good dried fruits at most, and there is nothing too eye-catching.

"What is your horse?"

"The horses produced in our hometown have small heads and high tails."

Chao Gai was surprised. Isn’t this an Arab horse? This kind of horse has strong explosive power and has a very strong short-distance sprint. However, this horse is born in a desert, has thin skin and is not cold-resistant.

This kind of horse was called Bedouin horse in the Song Dynasty. It was sold for tens of thousands of yuan and was sought after by high-ranking officials, wealthy businessmen and prominent people.

Chao Gai ate a few bites of barbecue, but he didn't like it very much, so he suggested: "Your Highness Apura, let's go and see the goods, there is no point here."

Apura was anxious to sell goods. He was the hope of the country because his country was very weak and bullied by neighboring countries. Now he urgently needed money to recruit soldiers.

"Okay General Chao, please."

Apula led the way in front and led Chao Gai to a port not far away. Apula's large ships were moored here. The five sailboats looked very grand, but the difference in ship types of different civilizations was very large.

Although it is a prince from the Bottle Kingdom, he should have a lot of ideas and has booked dozens of inns.

More than a dozen beautiful Arab horses in the stable jumped around like big rabbits.

Some are pure black, some are grayish white, some are golden, and some are maroon.

The coat is shiny and smooth, and it is very beautiful like silk.

Chao Gai sighed: "This horse is so beautiful, it's just light in size, and it's hard to pull the cart."

"No, no, no, this horse can pull carts and cultivate land in my hometown. Our horse is gentle and children can ride it."

Chao Gai looked at the horses and found that they were pretty good, with a total of fifteen horses, three stallions, twelve mares, and ten horses.

"His Royal Highness Apura, what price are you going to sell?"

"These three stallions are one in a hundred horses. I didn't sell them yesterday. I don't know how much General Chao can ask for?"

Chao Gai understood that this kind of horse is just a hype. By praising each other, it is just a game for rich people.

"This kind of horse must be of good quality. It is of medium quality and low quality. But your group of horses are still very good. I plan to ask for them all. Do you want it?"

When Apura heard that Chao Gai wanted it all, he was ecstatic. A few days ago, the merchant of the Qin Dynasty said that he had contacted the buyer for him. Three stallions could be exchanged for twenty pieces of silk, and the other horses would each have ten pieces of silk, and Suzhou silk.

"I used silk to exchange it. I pulled silk back to China and then sold silk. Stallions each had thirty silk, and the others were fifteen silk, and they also needed silk from Suzhou."

Chao Gai was amused when he heard this. The silk was divided into three or six or nine levels. An ordinary piece of silk was 35 stakes. If Suzhou silk was good, it could be sold for 100 stakes, even ordinary Suzhou silk could be sold for 30 stakes.

"Your Highness Apula, you want to make money, and you want to make money, and I also want to make money. The price is lower, not so high, and I can't accept it if the price is too high. Three stallions, twenty Suzhou silk, and one other horse, ten silk. If it's done, we'll make a deal. I have ready-made silk, tea, and porcelain on my boat."

Chao Gai still has a lot of Suzhou silk. Suzhou merchants bought the cocoon and went to Suzhou. Then Suzhou's female workers weaved the textiles into silk and sold them to all parts of the country.

Apura was overjoyed. This was really a blessing in disguise. She came to Song Dynasty to try her luck with her eyes, but she didn't expect that she would actually make a deal.

Chao Gai looked at Apura's gems again. The so-called gems are mainly natural diamonds, crystal stones, rubies, sapphires, etc.

There are quite a lot of varieties, but they have not been polished and look average. However, these things have to be handed over to high-level craftsmen, which is a different situation. After processing, you will get very beautiful gems.

As for spices, Chao Gai didn't know much about them. These spices were not the spices they ate, but the spices used for aromatherapy. Chao Gai arranged for the shopkeeper to discuss spices, and he would not participate in it.

The government did not appear during the war, and now the two sides are negotiating business, and the tax collector comes immediately.

Transactions between fleets must be carried out through the government, and tax payment must be processed and some agency fees must be collected through the dental bank.

This is the rule. People expect this to be a meal. They can ignore it when fighting, but the tax must be paid.

Apura came to the large warehouse of Fuchuan, her eyes straightened.

The exquisite porcelain in the exquisite wooden box is beautiful.

Fine-made silk, fried tea, and exquisite canned foods in various colors.

"I want all these, these."

Apura carefully appreciated the porcelain with her hands, and the more she looked at her, the more she liked it.

Exquisite tea sets, exquisite wine sets.

Since Chao Gai's fleet was about to move south, the goods were just about to be cleared and sold directly to Apula, and the goods from Wufu Ship were almost sold short.

However, Apula's cargo was not loaded on the Fu Ship, leaving behind dozens of men who rented a warehouse in Penghu to guard the goods.

Apura was very happy: "General Chao, we are planning to go back. There are so many goods enough for us to go back. Where will we go to trade when we come back next time?"

"It's not suitable here. We have a business in Quanzhou, but the scale is not large. I suggest you sail directly to Mizhou Port, where the products are extremely rich and can provide you with a large amount of cargo."

"Oh, Mizhou Port? Where is it, far away?"

"I've sailed for more than ten days to the place. I hired a boatman from Quanzhou and he will take you straight to Mizhou Port."

"Okay, that's great."

Apula's hands were trembling with excitement. He could not imagine that these exquisite porcelains would appear in his country and would definitely be sold for a very good price.

"Next time you arrive at Mizhou Port, you will see more good things. Okay, goodbye, we're going to set off."

Chao Gai didn't like to be too arrogant. The sailor rowed the oar and slowly left the port. After coming out for several miles, he pulled the whistle. The steam engine started and sailed southward.

Time was much faster than Zheng Shuisheng imagined. The sails and the power of steam sailed very quickly. It took only three days to reach the northern waters of Luzon Island. There were many small islands one after another, but these were not the target, the Luzon Island.

Zheng Shuisheng stood beside Ruan Xiaoqi and stared at the sea water carefully.

There is no radar in sailing these days, so preventing bottom reefs is entirely based on experience. Of course, because the ship is shallow in draft, experienced boat masters can still make good judgments.

"At this time, the huge island in front is."
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