Fei Qian glanced at it and laughed. He didn't joke about Pang Tong about this matter, but asked: "I heard that Hu Shang has been raising funds in the past two days. What's going on?"

Pang Tong bowed, "Just about to talk about this. The spring is getting warmer, the roads are freezing, and there are more merchants coming and going. There are also some Hu merchants in the Western Regions who want to raise funds and seek officials. I don't know what I heard from there... It is said that some people said that the Zhen girl donated her official position, so she wanted to follow the example...

While speaking, Pang Tong submitted a record of this matter.

After Fei Qian opened a quick look, his face showed a little surprise: "These merchants are very good at taking extraordinary actions... Tsk tsk, it seems that you and I have underestimated these Hu merchants before...

Pang Tong nodded.

Fei Qian knew no one of the dozen names recorded in this file, but the amount of fundraising recorded in black and white text surprised Fei Qian a little. The fundraising is like Zhen Mi, who took out most of the wealth in one go, after all, and most merchants raised funds basically no more than one-tenth of their real assets, or even less than one-twentieth. From this, we calculate the value of these Hu merchants...

Tsk tsk.

However, those who come to negotiate fundraising with Feiqian are often agents, not the true body of these wealthy people who are as rich as the country.

The one who raises the most is naturally gold and silver.

Other products include cloth, spices, jewelry, cattle, sheep, camels, etc.

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Does these guys think I am like that person? If Xiaoling was alive and knew that the Hu merchants in the Western Regions were like this... How could the Western Qiang be defeated? Haha..."

Pang Tong also laughed, "What the lord said is very good. This country's title is noble and popular, just like the stars and moon hanging high, it is rare. Merchants are interested in profits, and if they invest this capital, they will return a hundred times. If there is no profit, how can they respect others?"

Fei Qian nodded, "Even if you donate an official, you can't give a real position, but you're just exempting yourself from a false title... Just like a daughter of Zhen, she would first observe her ability and try one or two fake positions, and then she was given a minor official in the Yin Supervisor. There was no reason to achieve it overnight... Such a free position and a false title, are these Hu merchants willing to do it?"

Pang Tong smiled and pointed out the donated items in the booklet, saying, "Lord, do you think, are there many jade, jewelry, and gold and silver ware among these items offered by Hu merchants?"

"Huh?" Fei Qian looked at it, it was indeed the case. He thought for a while, "So that's it... this calculation is exquisite..."

After Pang Tong's point, Fei Qian also understood that these Hu merchants actually had multiple calculations. First of all, they were superficially showing goodwill and surrendering and making contributions. Behind this fundraising and offering, there were marketing methods.

This kind of marketing method is actually very common in later generations, but Fei Qian was a little forgotten after reaching the present moment. Pang Tong pointed it out and remembered it again...

The Han Dynasty did not divide the racial ranks at present, nor did it have any additional restrictions on the Hu people. However, after three or four hundred years, although the atmosphere was open and the barbarians were tolerant, they looked down on the Hu people and even thought that the Hu people were barbarians, which was also a very common phenomenon.

These Hu merchants in the Western Regions traveled to China, of course, the most important thing was to seek profit, not to seek official positions.

This is the essential difference between the Hu people and the Han people.

The Hu people came to China from all the way. Although they cannot be said to be uninterested in China's official positions, the foundation of the Hu people's merchants is still in the Gentiles, and what they want more is profit.

Then, the contributions and donations of Hu merchants are to get more profits.

Profits of goods.

The goods brought by Hu merchants from China were of course all from the Western Regions, Rest, or from the Thais. Among them, gold, silver utensils, jade treasures and other goods are of higher value. However, although this type of goods is of higher value, the price is indeed not small, and the water is very high, and it fluctuates greatly. Just like if the price of gold, silver utensils is calculated based on the purity and weight of gold, silver, it is a blood loss, and the same is true for other jade treasures.

Fei Qian used to do business with these Hu merchants, focusing on ore, raw materials, and slave trade. He was not very interested in these goods with higher value but more inflated prices, so naturally these Hu merchants were very depressed and unable to use their strength.

Now, Hu Shang wanted to take such an opportunity. On the surface, he was dedicated to donating, but in fact he wanted to determine the prices of these gold, silver utensils, jade and jewelry. As long as Fei Qian was willing to accept such donation, it was equivalent to accepting the prices represented by these things. Fei Qian would definitely not use up these things that were raised. So normally, Fei Qian would also reward other officials, gentry and gentry and other officials, gentry and gentry and so on. Then in this case, other officials, gentry and gentry and gentry will naturally follow the price that is "recognized".

『Tsk…』 Fei Qian sighed, 『It's really easy to calculate...』

Pang Tong said with a smile: "It's better to accept the things, but is this price..."

If you don’t see through it, you will of course be surrounded by Hu Shang. Now that you have figured out this matter, you will certainly not be able to follow these Hu Shangs.
Chapter completed!