Subconsciously licking his dry lips, Wu Feng felt an indescribable excitement in his heart. He remembered a sentence he once heard when traveling in the Central Continent: "Never judge something based on superficial phenomena." The essence of things, you often only know the true value of some things after you do them." This sentence seems to be very suitable to describe my trip to India. Originally I just wanted to fish in troubled waters, but unexpectedly... The fish he fished out turned out to be so big, which was beyond his expectation. It was a real help to his future plans.
Trying to calm down, he was the first to recover from the shock. After all, he was the coach, and Wu Feng's self-control ability was still much better. While the civil servants and generals were still stunned, he was already estimating the value of other materials besides the gold. , "Xiao Tang, apart from this batch of gold, what price can other items be fetched for?"
"Sir, the twelve carts of silver are estimated to be worth about two million imperial gold coins. The inspectors from our financial department have specially inspected it. The purity of this batch of silver ingots is quite high. It is much higher than the purity of silver ingots produced in the empire, so we estimate The price is also slightly higher, and can also be used for minting; there are one and a half carts of finished gemstones, mainly rubies, emeralds and lapis lazuli. The specific price is difficult to estimate due to the lack of professional appraisers, but a conservative estimate should be around 500 A cartload of finished diamonds is estimated to cost more than 10,000 imperial gold coins. It is estimated that it should be around 5 million imperial gold coins. The other cart and a half are raw gems and diamonds that have not yet been carved into shape, so the price cannot be estimated. However, if the subordinates have been carved or If you find a suitable buyer, its value is considerable; antique jades are mostly Indian ethnic crafts and works of art, and their value is hard to estimate. If you find a suitable buyer, maybe one piece can be sold for 100,000 imperial gold coins. It is said that, especially in the Western Continent, these antiques are very sought after by the upper-class nobles of various countries in the Western Continent. According to personal estimates by subordinates, the value of this batch of antique jades should be at least 8 million imperial gold coins." Xiao Tang also tried his best to suppress his emotions. Excited, he made a detailed introduction and analysis based on the list in his hand one by one, and finally made the final decision, "The preliminary estimate of this batch of materials should be more than 20 million imperial gold coins. If you are not in a hurry to cash out, its value should be able to be sold for 24 million More than imperial gold coins. This does not include the batch of original blanks."
Another huge wave of impact rushed towards them. A group of people had not yet woken up from the wave of gold worth 50 million, and were hit dizzy by this wave of jewelry and antiques. They even forgot what they should say. To celebrate such an earth-shattering happy event, you just looked at me and I looked at you and murmured to myself. I didn't know what I wanted to say or what I was going to say, so I could only wait in a daze for the coach's speech.
Taking a deep breath of cold air, Wu Feng's mind had calmed down a lot at this time. He nodded slightly and said, "Then what are the other cars of debris?"
"Sir, those carts of sundries are mainly various maps about the geography and terrain of the Senger Plain. They are relatively detailed and detailed. They have a relatively accurate and objective view of the geographical environment of the entire Senger Plain and several nearby areas. The outline is quite good. There are also some related household registration information and historical materials. The value of these things cannot be measured in money. I have instructed our surveying and mapping department to compare and correct their household registrations with the maps we originally obtained. We will also make a new copy of the population data, and the original needs to be returned to their current government." Xiao Tang replied with a smile, obviously the gains in this area also made him very comfortable. These things may not seem to be of much use at the moment, but once they are needed, you may not be able to exchange them for these things even with gold. He himself had a deep understanding of the usefulness of these things, so when he arranged for the people from the Administrative Department to accompany the Western Expedition, he specifically told the relevant personnel that everything else could be dispensed with, but these things must be brought back.
Wu Feng and Ling Tianfang's eyes shone almost at the same time. Wu Feng sighed secretly in his heart. Xiao Tang deserves to be Xiao Tang. He left the government work to him without any ambiguity. In the eyes of almost everyone, including himself, While all his attention was focused on how to obtain wealth, he had already noticed those things that seemed unimportant but might play an extremely important role in the future, such as maps and classics, which cost an unknown number of people. It takes a lot of time and energy to draw and proofread to form a systematic thin book. Once you lose the opportunity, I am afraid you will have to try to get it back from someone else in the future. Not only will you have to pay a considerable price, but even if you succeed, it may not be complete and detailed. At this point, Xiao Tang's performance indeed showed his foresight, and even Ling Tianfang had to admire this.
But at this moment, Wu Feng couldn't say much on this point. His admiring eyes were enough to represent everything. He nodded slightly and said: "Very good, well done. According to Master Xiao, our journey to the west is The value of the wealth obtained should be around 70 million imperial gold coins? I don’t know how long it will take for such a large amount of wealth to be turned into actual funds that we can use? Of course, the premise is that it is best not to be controlled by the central government of the empire. Knowing too much inside information will save those admonishers from looking for trouble again and poking our spines."
"This depends on your opinion. Gold and silver are both more convenient to handle. If you want to be quick and convenient, you can exchange them through several large banks. However, from the perspective of confidentiality, it is not advisable to exchange too much at one time. You can only divide them up. Batch realization; if you want to benefit from it, I suggest you build your own coin workshop, secretly recruit craftsmen, and smelt and cast it yourself. This will not only increase the value, but also lay the foundation for similar needs in the future. It’s just such an industry. In terms of time, it will take some days. My subordinates agree with this method. If there are no major changes, this method is both safe and conducive to confidentiality. "
Xiao Tang had already realized that this meeting was not just about reporting on the gains from the Western Expedition to India. Judging from the attendees, military personnel accounted for the vast majority, and there were only a few government system officials, except for himself. In addition to Wang Liao, Rao is the director of combat readiness, and Jin Ning is the director of intelligence. They are all closely related to military affairs. Although Zhou Tinggui and Fielding are city guards and belong to the government system, they are both responsible for the northwest. The important task of the northern defense line, and attending the meeting obviously had a military purpose. Although Xiao Tang himself was extremely reluctant to think about it in his heart, the reality made him realize that it was impossible to dispel the war intention in the hearts of the Jiedushi masters. There was still a hint of dissuasion in his words.
Wu Feng didn't understand the meaning of his administrative director's words, but he pretended not to understand and continued to ask: "What are the ways to realize other things?"
Sighing secretly in his heart, Xiao Tang knew that his persuasion could not change his boss's decision, so he had to cheer up and said: "Other methods of realizing cash such as gems, diamonds, jewelry, and jades are more troublesome, because the market has different acceptance capabilities within a certain period of time. There is a certain limit, and we have such a large quantity, once it is introduced to the market, the price will also be greatly fluctuated, which is not very beneficial to us. I suggest that we can go to the Western Continent, the Empire, the Kingdom of Milan and other places through various channels. We can sell it, or invite some well-known buyers and jewelry dealers from all over the mainland to come to Qingyang to see the goods. If the price can be good, we will sell it, if not, we will keep it temporarily and wait for the opportunity. Anyway, we are not in a hurry to sell it now."
"Well, this is a good idea. Let the Finance Department take care of these things. Nowadays, funds are needed in many aspects. I think the way to dispose of gold and silver is to realize part of it through bank exchange and bank exchange. I have no choice but to let those guys take advantage. We'll cast the rest by ourselves as Xiao Tang said!" Wu Feng was unquestionable and categorical. All the generals and officials in the hall gradually woke up from the huge shock wave of wealth just now, and began to ponder the meaning of the coach's words. They adopted a compromise approach to Xiao Tang's suggestion, which showed that the coach had already made a conclusion in his mind, that is, there was an urgent need for money. There is a place for money and things that need to be solved urgently with money.
"Everyone, please now invite Mr. Wang Liao to introduce the results of the previous negotiations between us and the Kaman people on the prisoner exchange issue." Ling Tian spoke concisely and concisely, drawing everyone's attention back in one sentence.
"Assigned by Mr. Li, Wang Liao went to Kaman as an envoy. After several rounds of negotiations and reporting to Mr. Li for approval, a preliminary agreement has been completed with the Kaman people." Wang Liao looked solemn and said, "Our side In the Battle of Jiayuguan, an estimated 38,000 people were captured by the Kamans, while in the Battle of Jierok, we captured an estimated 23,000 enemy soldiers. According to the agreement reached between us, the soldiers of both sides followed the same rules. The exchange will be carried out at a ratio of one to one, and the remaining 15,000 of our people will be redeemed at a price of 150 gold coins per person, for a total of 2.25 million imperial gold coins. The exchange location is located in Jiayuguan In addition, the exchange time is fifteen days, with two thousand people exchanged every day for the first ten days, and one thousand eight hundred people every day for the next five days. It was discussed in advance to use imperial gold coins as the exchange currency. After emergency negotiations in the later stage, the other party also agreed to our proposal. The ransom will be paid directly in physical gold. The agreed exchange time will be from September 10th."
"Well, Wang Liao, how are our people doing over there?" Wu Feng asked carefully with a satisfied look on his face, "Have they been treated unfairly? How are their physical conditions?"
"My lord, to be honest, it's not very good. For such a long time, the Kamans have been keeping them scattered and using them as coolies. We have made serious protests many times, but they have turned a deaf ear to them. Until we arrived at Jerok After capturing their soldiers during the battle, they also took this into consideration and corrected this approach." Wang Liao replied with a wry smile, "My subordinates have led the military medical officers to carefully inspect our soldiers before signing the agreement. During this period of self-cultivation, the situation has improved a lot, but there are still a small number of soldiers who are in poor health and may not be able to undertake military service anymore."