Zhou Yi and Liu Yan accompanied Babu into Guihua City. Liu Yan did not understand the native language and did not speak much. After accompanying Zhou Yi to receive the envoy from Fulimet, he returned to the city wall to continue patrol.

After entering the city, Zhou Yi introduced the prosperity of Guihua City to Babu.

"Please see, your messenger, this is your own money house, you can exchange gold coins for your own banknotes. By the way, you can only use your own banknotes in this city, and you will not recognize any other currency in your own shop."

"This is a restaurant, a shop that provides food and wine for guests. I will welcome the messenger tonight."

"This is a tavern, and it sells all kinds of fine wine from the country. This is a cloth shop, and it sells exquisite cloth from the country. This is..."

Zhou Yi was introduced along the way. Sometimes when Babu was interested, he would enter the store to take a look. When they reached the government office, which was only one kilometer away from the city gate, several hours had passed.

After the official hall was seated in the main and secondary order, the recruited servants finished the tea. Zhou Yi picked up the tea cup and signaled to Babu to ask for tea. He took the initiative to take a sip.

Swallowing the tea in his mouth, Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Emister, this is a drink in my country, called 'tea', which is a good thing that cannot be bought in the market."

Babu looked at the leaves in the exquisite ceramic tea cup in front of him and the light green water, and looked at Zhou Yi's enjoyment look, and hesitated for a moment, and took a sip of the scholar Zhou Yi.

When Babu drank this so-called "tea" drink close to his mouth, he regretted it. Although the bitter taste was not as bitter as the Chinese medicine he had ever drunk, it was not something he could endure.

Babu swallowed the bitterness in his mouth and forced himself to swallow it. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but arrange it in his heart: "Why do these people in Xia like bitter things? The medicines used to prevent and control plagues, and the drinks now, are all bitter."

If it weren't for the normal saltiness of the fine salt sold in Xia Kingdom and the strong wines that were as clear as water, Babu would have thought that these Xia people would have no other taste except bitterness.

But after Babu swallowed the tea in his mouth, the sweet aftertaste made him unable to help but look at the tea cup on the tea table beside him. This was the first time he had seen such a charming matter, which gave him the urge to have another taste.

"Haha~! Are you still satisfied with the envoy?" The careful Zhou Yi watched Babu's performance throughout the whole process and laughed twice.

"Yeah~" Babu saw Zhou Yi's laughter, and just said no, then stopped touching the teacup, but talked about the serious matter: "Your Excellency, I brought 50,000 young and strong slaves this time, and I plan to sell them all to you Xia Kingdom."

"Oh? How are you going to sell the messenger?" Zhou Yi knew that the other party brought so many slaves in the Xia Kingdom urgently needed to sell them.

When Babu heard Zhou Yi’s question, he immediately replied: “The country needs the support of Xia State, all food, weapons and equipment!”

"Hisland Support? Weapons? Food? Messenger, my country adheres to the route of peaceful development. It is logical that we cannot sell weapons and equipment to the outside world."

After Zhou Yi said this, he saw Pabu's anxious expression, his mouth curled slightly, and then said, "But the Welfare Met country is a friendly neighbor of the country, so the necessary support is still needed."

"Thank you, Your Excellency!" Babu wanted to interrupt when he heard the man in front of him. Unexpectedly, the other party turned around and said thank you directly and asked, "I don't know what the support of Xia Kingdom is like?"

"Empress Do not worry, please, let's discuss the price of these young and strong laborers first." Zhou Yi picked up the teacup and took another sip. His neither hurry nor hurry made Babu confused about his thoughts.

When Babu heard that Zhou Yi was still going to discuss the price, he wondered: "Price? Aren't it four young and strong slaves with one gold coin?"

"To be precise, it is a person who has one or two summer coins." Because the types of gold coins are different, their weight and quality are different, Zhou Yi carefully corrected the other party's words.

Then, regardless of the other party's doubts, Zhou Yi continued to reply: "This price is for those laborers who only sell money, but what your country wants is the support of its own country, so the price is of course different."

After hearing Zhou Yi's explanation, Babu cursed the "prodigal businessman". But who told him that he had something to ask for, and could only say helplessly: "What is the price of support?"

Babu comes from the family of financial officials. He has been in contact with commercial negotiations since he was a child. When he knew that he would give up his initiative.

When he came, Babu wanted to threaten the young and strong slaves urgently needed in Xia State to raise the price. Unexpectedly, after a few words, the initiative was controlled by the people of Xia State in front of him.

In fact, what Babu didn't know was that when 50,000 slaves set out for Xia Kingdom, the initiative was no longer in their hands. If the negotiations were not reached, he would not be able to return again on a long distance.

Don’t say that he had never thought about this result from the beginning, even if he wanted to bring these slaves back, he wouldn’t bring enough food.

"Let's do this." Zhou Yi did not directly answer Babu's question, but instead mentioned a exchange method: "Five thousand labors are left, and our country can provide your country with three thousand sets of exquisite equipment and three thousand people with half a year of food. Your Majesty, do you think it's okay?"

Babu did not answer Zhou Yi immediately, but calculated it secretly. The grain of 3,000 people for half a year was calculated based on two kilograms of grain per person per day. In half a year and 190 days, a total of 1,140 kilograms of grain was 1,140 kilograms of grain. The market price of each kilogram was ten copper coins (in the war era, the price increased), so the total was 1,140 copper coins, that is, 1,140 gold coins. Then, based on one or two summer coins, one gold coins can be exchanged for two summer coins. The 50,000 young and strong slaves can be exchanged for a total of 50,000 summer coins, that is, 25,000 gold coins.

After doing this, Bab was shocked. Even if the price of support was twice as high as the price, the price of grain was only 2,280 gold coins, which was more than ten times different from the number 25,000. Not to mention that even if the price increases, it would not be possible to rise, right?

Could it be that the so-called "exquisite" equipment supported by the Xia Kingdom is as high as more than seven gold coins each? What kind of weapons and equipment are so expensive? You can buy ten sets of ordinary weapons and equipment.

So after Babu finished the calculation, he shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, this price will not be accepted by the original person. The quantity is too small. I believe that the Xia Kingdom must provide weapons and equipment for 10,000 people and food for half a year for 10,000 people."

Zhou Yi didn't say much about Babu's bargaining, but just smiled slightly. After all, he asked for a price all over the place, so he would pay it back.

"Your Excellency the Envoy is afraid that you don't know what the weapons and equipment provided by your country are like?" Zhou Yi did not bargain, but talked about the issue of weapons and equipment.
Chapter completed!