"This armor!" Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang's eyes lit up when they saw the armor. They are not fools, and they know the basic common sense. This is an armor formed in one piece. The cold light above flickers like a work of art.
The armor of the ancients did not have such a high ironmaking technology, so it was formed by pasting pieces of iron sheets together. The protective iron sheets occupied half of the area, and the rest were those nails.
Therefore, the armor of the ancients was very ugly, and it made a clanging sound when walking.
However, this one-piece armor does not have such a shortcoming.
"Is this armor sold by Yangzhou Shu King Liu Mang?" Yuan Tan immediately stepped forward and picked up the armor. Once you touch it, you can't put it down.
"This!" Yuan Tan felt the weight of this armor, which was much lighter than the armor on Yuan Tan himself.
"En!" Yuan Xi nodded. These armors were sold by the Yangzhou Army. They were first sold to Liaodong, and then Yuan Xi got them.
"I want as many of these armors as I want!" Yuan Tan immediately paid attention to these even heavy armors.
"Brother, these armors are not cheap!" Yuan Xi smiled wryly and shook his head,
"Not cheap?" Yuan Tan frowned, what does this mean? Could it be that Yuan Tan couldn't afford it.
"Each pair of armor is worth a hundred gold!" Yuan Xi explained to his elder brother. This is still the price in Liaodong. Liu Mang's external price is so much. It will increase a lot.
"One hundred gold!" Yuan Xi hesitated, one hundred gold set. Ten thousand gold is only one hundred sets. He Yuan Xi has 150,000 gold in his hand, so he can only buy 1,500 sets. He, Yuan Xi, has one hundred thousand soldiers and horses in his hands.
"Brother, we don't need to buy many of these armors from Yangzhou, we just need to wear them for the generals!" Yuan Xi suggested to Yuan Tan.
All the generals over there are full of eyes. They can see the benefits of these armors. If they are equipped with them, at least the survival on this battlefield will be several grades higher.
"Okay! Then buy it, just buy it, buy five hundred sets!" Yuan Xi gritted his teeth and prepared to buy one five hundred sets. The five hundred sets were replaced by his personal guards, leaving two hundred sets. The rest is for those generals, basically without the level of a thousand generals, you can't get this Yangzhou battle armor. And here you need 50,000 gold.
"Brother, how do you sell this sword! Is it also from Yangzhou?" Yuan Shang over there took a fancy to that sword.
Yuan Xi nodded.
Yuan Shang picked up the saber and slashed at the tea table next to him, splitting the coffee table in half without any hindrance, as if he Yuan Shang was a master of martial arts. But in fact, everyone knew that Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao's third son, was at best a third-rate general.
And the reason why a third-rate military general can do it in one go is because of that sword.
"Gu Yu, pull out your saber!" Yuan Shang shouted to his own guards nearby,
Hearing the lord's words, the man named Gu Yu naturally drew out his saber without hesitation.
This Gu Yu's knife is also very good, making everyone nod involuntarily.
"Hold it well!" Yuan Shang directly picked up the newly acquired saber and slashed at the weapon in Gu Yu's hand.
"Shift!" The sound of metal collision sounded.
What! Everyone saw only one section of the blade splashing. It landed on the ground, and the splashed gap also hurt Yuan Shang's face over there with bloodstains. But Yuan Shang didn't get angry at all, instead he laughed.
"Come again, draw out your swords!" Yuan Shang shouted to the other guards on the side, each guard drew out their swords, and Yuan Shao took out five hundred swords and tested them one by one. Except, all the swords were turned into two pieces in front of this war knife sold in Yangzhou.
This really made these generals of the Yuan family gasp. If you encounter such a weapon on the battlefield, your weapon will collide with others, and the combat power of their weapons will be renewed, while yours has been destroyed. Cut off, what else to fight? Isn't this courting death? Even if you are unarmed and strong in martial arts, it is a dead end. And you have to know who these people are who take out their swords! Those are Yuan Shang's personal guards, and their weapons cannot be cut corners, at least they must be hundreds of refined weapons. But now it is still vulnerable.
"Come on! Take my Jiuxiao!" Yuan Shang shouted to the people under his hands.
Listening to Yuan Shang saying the name of the Jiuxiao sword, Yuan Tan over there showed a look of jealousy. This Jiuxiao sword was given to them by the Emperor Han, and it was made of Jiutian black iron. It is meteoric iron, which came out after thousands of tempers.
The Qinghong sword and Yitian sword in Cao Cao's hands are made of this Jiutian meteorite, while Jiuxiao uses the essence, and Qinghong and Yitian use the trim.
That's how Qinghong and Yitian are weapons that cut iron like mud.
This Jiuxiao used to be a proof that the Patriarch of the Yuan family used to be Yuan Shao's saber, but now it is Yuan Shang's.
Fortunately, the counselors on the side stopped Yuan Tan, otherwise Yuan Tan would really be able to go up and snatch it.
"Shit!" Yuan Shang took Jiuxiao, and slashed at the saber with a sword, and the wreckage of the weapon was scattered all over the ground.
This time, it was no longer the Yangzhou-produced saber showing its prestige, but the Jiuxiao directly beheaded the Yangzhou-produced saber into the city twice.
But just like that, the generals of the Yuan family all fixed their eyes on the sword produced in Yangzhou.
What is the Nine Heavens Sword? It is basically equivalent to the level of an artifact, and there are not many in the whole world, just like Lu Bu's Fang Tian's painting halberd and Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Knife. Those who get him are either rich or noble.
But this Yangzhou war knife is different. This thing is something that can be mass-produced. If we can’t get the war knife made in Yangzhou if we can’t get those Nine Heavens Yitian Swords.
So everyone looked at Yuan Shang over there, hoping that Yuan Shang could buy these Yangzhou swords.
"I want these swords!" Yuan Shang also nodded and shouted. It makes a general of the Yuan family extremely excited.
"Fifty gold swords!" Yuan Xi also offered the price.
"So expensive!" Yuan Shang frowned. After all, those armors use much more materials than weapons. But it's not that Yuan Shang can't afford the price, "One thousand!" Yuan Shang said to Yuan Xi. It's a thousand handfuls of gold, which is another fifty thousand gold.
"I don't know how this saber compares with this armor. Which one is stronger!" A general below said suddenly, making everyone stunned.
This armor basically guarded against all the vital points. Everyone saw the saber just now. Unless it was a magic weapon, there was no one that could compete with him. But what if this saber collided with this armor.
Immediately, Yuan Xi over there asked someone to fetch a new Yangzhou sword.
The saber fell on the armor, and the saber cracked, but the armor was not much better, and an obvious wound came out.
This sword and armor duel with each other can only end with a lose-lose outcome.
But it doesn't matter anymore. These weapons and armor were bought from Yangzhou, so Liu Mang in Yangzhou would definitely not sell them to Cao Cao, and they took a huge advantage.
"Second brother, how can Yangzhou sell this grain and grass?" Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang immediately focused on other things after getting these swords and armor, that is grain and grass, people are iron rice is steel, there is no food Also play a fart.
"The price is one to five!" Yuan Xi said to Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.
Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were all taken aback, one to three, that is to say, one hundred thousand gold can buy five hundred thousand shi of grain and grass, of course they were not shocked because it was expensive. It's because it's cheap, it's really cheap. The current price of grain is generally 1:3 or even 1:2.5. In some places, grain is worth more than money.
And these grains were transported from Yangzhou Zhouhai Road to Liaodong, and then sold from Liaodong to Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. Is this only one to five
Immediately, the two brothers laughed, the original dislike of expensive weapons disappeared, and it was a kind of surprise instead. In their hearts, Liu Mang, King of Shu, was a very good man.
"This should be the decision of the king of Shu Liu Mang!" Yuan Xi was not as happy as his third younger brother and eldest brother.
Because this King of Shu, Liu Mang, is not a good person. He was thinking of the Yuan family brothers and Lao Cao fighting to the death. Yuan Xi was even thinking, if they waited for them to defeat Cao Cao, what kind of enemy would they face? .
But I can't think too much because Cao Cao is the enemy of life and death in front of him.
"Big brother and third brother, give me your money and I will contact you with Gongsun Du in Liaodong!" Yuan Xi said to the two brothers.
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Yuan Xi was right, the pricing of these grains and grasses was exactly what Liu Mang wanted, and Liu Mang even set prices for weapons and armor.
"What! Don't you have sixty gold for the sword? One hundred and ten gold for each pair of armor? Not for sale, absolutely not for sale!" Gongsun Du jumped up immediately after hearing the news.
He bought these weapons and armor from Yangzhou, which was 50 gold a piece and 100 gold a piece. Now that they have traveled across the ocean to Liaodong, they will have an extra 10 gold profit. Do you think he, Gongsundu, will be willing. What's more, Liu Mang, king of Shu, sold Gongsundu's armor and weapons not by cash on delivery, or by paying first and then paying, but by paying first and then delivering the goods.
This is only a 10% profit. If the ship transporting weapons and armor sinks, then Gongsun Du will not be dead.
"Master Gongsun Pingzhou, this price was set by our lord. A set of swords is 60 gold, and a set of armor is 110 gold. Lord Gongsun Pingzhou, you still have something to earn." An envoy from Yangzhou beside him Standing on the side, he said to Gongsun Du.
"Earn? Hehe, what a joke, then Yuan Xi bought a total of 1,000 sabers and 500 armors, and I earned ten gold for this pair of armor and a saber? This is only 15,000 gold. How much risk do I have to take?" First, I want to give money to you His Highness the King of Shu. If the journey goes well, it’s okay. If the ship sinks, it’s my Gongsundu. If I sell weapons to that Yuan family brother, I will offend Cao Cao and Prime Minister Cao, you I also know that my Gongsundu only has such a state, and what about Cao Cao, Zhili Yanzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou are all in his hands. You think I can offend him for this fifteen thousand gold! "Gongsun Du waved his hand with the expression that I'm at a disadvantage, and I won't sell it even if I beat him to death."
"Fifteen thousand gold? Not worth it? Hehe!" The envoy sent by Yangzhou Liu Mang stood beside him and sneered.
This prince of Liaodong, Sundu, is getting more and more angry now, and his appetite is getting more and more savage. When Liaodong didn't do business with Yangzhou, the whole Liaodong could collect 20,000 yuan in taxes a year, which was a good harvest. Era.
The current profit of 15,000 gold actually made the Prince of Liaodong Sun Du look down on him. It is true that human ambition is unlimited.
"Lord Gongsun Pingzhou, it's impossible for this Yuan family brother to buy a thousand swords and five hundred pieces of armor!" The envoy from Yangzhou shook his head and said to Gongsun Du.
"I, Gongsun Du, can still lie to you. The envoy sent by Yuan Xi is also there. Do you want me to send someone to let the envoy ask you?" Gongsun Du complained to the envoy from Yangzhou.
"Really?" The envoy from Yangzhou hadn't opened his mouth yet, when suddenly a personal guard ran in and knelt down to Gongsun Du, "Report, report back to Mr. Zhou Mu, there is an envoy who claims to be the Marquis of Ye outside the mansion. See Lord State Shepherd."
Marquis Ye? Some people may not know the name if they don't directly say it, but Gongsun Du knows who this person is.
Yehou is none other than Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan. The title of Yehou originally belonged to Yuan Shao. Cao Cao gave Yehou to Yuan Tan in order to separate Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers.
"Report!" Another personal guard ran in. "Reporting to Lord State Shepherd, another envoy came. He claimed to be the envoy of the General and asked to see Lord State Shepherd."
Well, this Yuan Shang and the third son Yuan are also here, and both Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are not slow, they all sent people here.
"Master Gongsun Pingzhou, if there is something important, I will not bother you!" The envoy from Yangzhou looked at Gongsun Du with a smile.
Gongsundu is a little embarrassed, just now when he was crying for poverty, the business came here.
"Respected envoy, don't be busy, don't be busy!" Gongsun Du hurriedly stopped the envoy from Yangzhou.
"By the way, Lord Gongsun Pingzhou, our lord also said that if you sell it to the Yuan brothers at the price of our lord, then my lord can send the armor and saber to Pingzhou first." Master Mu, please pay again." Well, this is basically a gift to Gongsundu.
You send the weapons, and Gongsundu can sell them without paying any capital, and you can earn ten gold each in a short time.
"This, this!" Gongsun Du was also stunned by the good news, so he just shook his head in a dazed way, "Honorable Envoy, I'll have someone take you down for a rest, let me think about it!" Gongsundu is hard to digest.
The envoys sent by Yangzhou were not in a hurry to force Gongsun Du to express his opinion, because the weapons and armor were still being transported by sea.
Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi's emissary, Gongsun Du, received them one by one. Yuan Tan added 2,500 pieces of armor, plus 3,000 swords. This is a sale of 400,000 yuan. Although Yuan Shang is a little less than his elder brother , but there are many more weapons, five thousand knives, two thousand armors, and 400,000 sales.
Happiness came too suddenly. If he, Gongsun Du, took over the big deal of 800,000 gold, it would be a profit of 125,000 gold. Moreover, he didn't have to pay the cost. He is Gongsundu.
Gongsun Du felt that his breathing was not good, plus the previous transaction of 250,000 yuan, he transferred more than 100,000 gold for nothing, which Gongsundu would not have believed in the past.
"Sell it, sell it! Why not sell it!" Gongsun Du's face turned red, this fight is worth hundreds of thousands of profits, why not do such a profitable business, and you have to know that the war between the Yuan brothers and Cao Cao was not a day It can be over in two days. If they continue to fight, the one who makes the most money will still be him, Gongsun Du.
"Come on, invite me the envoy sent by His Highness the King of Shu, no, no, I'll go there myself!" Gongsun Du shook his head and immediately ran towards Honglu Courtyard with vigorous steps. There is a letter on Gongsundu's case table, which says that the sender is Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. (to be continued..)