Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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"Thank you for your understanding... No!"

Guo Ye suddenly recalled, and said: "Have you heard about the three major cases of my envoy to Silla and Chang'an City? Also, although I haven't looked for you in the past two years, you haven't looked for them either. Pass me! Why blame me alone?"

Chai Lingwen shook his head and said, "You, Guo Ye, have risen every step of the way. In terms of status, we are far above our brothers. We two brothers feel ashamed. Without your help, how dare we take the initiative to meet you?"

"Chai Lingwen, what you said is so unreasonable! Why is there such a huge difference in status between us?"

Guo Ye said: "Your father, my old father-in-law is Huo Guogong, and his status is not inferior to mine. Your uncle is the emperor of Tang Dynasty. In other words, you are His Majesty's nephew, why is our status so different?"

"Uh... brother-in-law, don't be angry! I was just joking with you!"

"joke?"

Chai Lingwen said with a smile: "In fact, in the past two years, you have been looking for both of us, but you have not been able to find them."

"Oh? Why is that?"

Liang Ershao said: "Because the two of us are not in Chang'an City at all. You see our brother's appearance because we just returned to Chang'an today. You didn't even change your clothes, so you came here!"

"Where have you been?"

"Quanzhou Port! I think you put forward the Maritime Silk Road plan for Nuannuan girl when you talked about it, and you didn't care about it! How to implement this plan, you can't rely on our brothers to manage it?"

Chai Lingwen added: "The core of this plan is to have a large ship that can sail long distances. For this reason, our two brothers went to Quanzhou Port to supervise the construction of the large ship in person. Two years, two full years, finally achieved initial results!"

Guo Ye said happily: "So, the ocean-going ship has been built?"

"Not only was it finished, but we also ran a business trip! The sea business is really profitable! We shipped out a shipment of goods, and guess what, we got half a shipment of rare treasures!"

Guo Ye's heart moved, and he said, "Exotic treasures? What are there?"

"That's too much, there are gold and silver, jade, agate, gems, glass and all kinds of spices."

"What? You said... there is glass?" Guo Ye couldn't help but exclaimed.

Chapter 1762

Chai Lingwen said: "You haven't heard of glass, have you? We don't have this thing in the Tang Dynasty, and it's a specialty of the Far West."

According to the excitement in his heart, Guo Yeqiang said, "But I don't know what the glass in your mouth looks like?"

"Actually, it is similar to the colored glaze of our Tang Dynasty, but it is more transparent than colored glaze."

Guo Ye slapped his thigh happily, and said, "It's really easy to find nowhere to go! Is there really glass? Quick! Quick! Show me!"

Chai Lingwen was puzzled when he saw Guo Ye's haste, and said, "You have a lot of rare treasures in Duke Qin's mansion, right? Glass is precious, but it's not much better than other treasures. Why are you so anxious? "

Guo Ye smiled wryly and said, "It's not that the glass is so precious. It's just that if we don't have a large amount of glass in hand, our Changlefang Big Bank will not be able to pass this test!"

"What do you mean, why can't I understand?"

"Well, it's a long story. You ask someone to fetch the glass first, and let's talk about this issue slowly."

"That's fine too."

Chai Lingwen wrote a note and asked Sun Zishan to take the note to Huo Guogong's mansion to fetch glass. Taking advantage of this gap, Guo Ye briefly explained the grievances between himself and the five great noble families.

And tell them that because the five great noble families have mastered the method of making cheap colored glaze.This has caused a huge gap between the cost and selling price of glassware.

With this gap, they can use glazed products as collateral to solve the credibility problem of their newly opened bank.

Then, by depositing money in their banks, the five noble families can buy discounted glassware and other methods, which can attract a large number of customers.

Finally, Guo Ye said: "Youdao is a trick that is popular all over the world. The five gentry have mastered the method of making cheap colored glaze. Based on this, no matter what business they do, they will always be profitable! They are dedicated to our Changle Fang Da Qianzhuang is the enemy, and it is really difficult to deal with."

Chai Lingwen listened, pondered for a while, and said: "These tricks are all your imagination, right? The five great gentry are heirs of poetry and books, have you never heard that they have any talent for business?"

Guo Ye smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, this is what the five great gentry said to me. Brother Chai, you underestimate the heroes of the world."

Liang Ershao said: "According to what you say, our Changlefang Big Bank is really dangerous."

Guo Ye said: "It doesn't matter, didn't you bring the glass back from Persia? If you can bring it back once, you can bring it back twice. As long as we have glass in our hands, the five great nobles will not be able to make trouble!"

Chai Lingwen looked embarrassed, and said: "Mr. Qin, this matter is different from what you think."

"Different? How is it different?"

"I don't need to tell you, when the glass is delivered later, you can understand it by yourself."

Not long after, Sun Zishan walked in with a beautiful wooden box.Chai Lingwen took the wooden box, handed it to Guo Ye, and said, "Duke Qin, please take a look!"

"Oh, this wooden box is really exquisite. It seems that even in Persia, this glass is worth a lot!"

Guo Ye opened the wooden box while talking!

"Ah! How did this happen?" Looking at the piece of glass that traveled across the ocean, Guo Ye couldn't help exclaiming!

The reason why it is described as a block is because this object is neither a bowl, nor a plate, nor is it a wishful thing, but a lump of inexplicable objects.

Say he is a glass bead, not very round.Say he is not a glass bead, so what is it?

It doesn't matter if the shape is not good, what disappointed Guo Ye most is that the appearance of this piece of glass is not good.If Chai Lingwen hadn't told him that it was a piece of glass, Guo Ye wouldn't have dared to admit it.

Chai Lingwen said: "Of course it's glass! What's so strange? Do you think it's more transparent than our Datang glass?"

"Well, in terms of transparency, I don't think it's very good compared to our Tang's glass, which is just fifty steps away. The most important thing is, what is such a lump of glass used for?"

Liang Ershao said: "I know this. You see, this thing is red all over, and it has such a shape. What does it look like?"

"Red sheep droppings?"

"Where? Don't talk nonsense, take a closer look."

"Is that red cow dung?"

"Day! You can't live without dung, right? Don't treat that glass as a treasure. Take a closer look. Does this thing look like a ruby?"

"Red...Ruby? Don't tell me, after you remind me, it looks a bit like it."

"That's right. In Persia, this kind of glass is regarded as something like a gem, which is used for decoration."

When Guo Ye heard the words, his heart felt cold, and with the last hope, he said: "Okay, let's use it for decoration. I just don't know how much this piece of glass is worth?"

"Two hundred strings!"

Guo Ye lost his temper completely, and said: "So expensive? Although I don't know the specific cost of the glazed vessels of the five noble families. But I'm sure that such a large piece of glazed products must not cost two hundred guan. It seems that we are more expensive than the cost. But the five major clans."

He gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Forget it, if we can't afford the cost, we can't fight. Anyway, our current capital is much stronger than the five great gentry, as long as we have glass in our hands. When the time comes, we will use our capital to hurt others and fight fiercely with the five great gentry." In the field, it is still unknown who will win the battle!"