Chapter 29 Rare is Precious
In the next few days, Zhao Qi got up early and went to the dock to move bricks at the Lu Family Store.
Although he was as tired as a dog every day, he became familiar with a group of helpers such as Ermazi and Ermao Winter Melon, and also inquired about the general situation of the entire dock. Although he still didn't have much insight into his future life, he also gained more knowledge and understanding of the current business of the Song Dynasty.
On that day, Zhao Qi got up before dawn, and rushed to the Lu Family Store after breakfast.
"Brother Qi is here just in time. Today you can see Dashi Glass!" As soon as he entered the warehouse, his old partner Ermao grabbed him and said.
"Where is it?" Zhao Qi was very happy.
"I'm still at the dock. I've transported it from Fuzhou last night. I heard that there are dozens of them. If I'm lucky, I can see it!"
"You two are still doing something. You have to move all the goods in the morning. There will be new goods waiting to be put into the warehouse later..." A headman shouted at the two of them.
"Let's work first, it seems that the glass will be shipped from the dock soon!"
The winter melon reminded me, rubbed my hands and started moving goods, and Zhao Qi also put down lunch and water tanks to start another day of migrant worker career.
Because he picked up a pile of crystal stones, Zhao Qi has become very interested in glass recently and has always wanted to see what glass in the Song Dynasty looked like. Unfortunately, glass is precious and there are almost no one among the people. Moreover, good glass is transported from the country of Great Food, and it is generally monopolized and divided by local large trades in Guangzhou, Fuzhou and other places.
Ermao and others also said that the Lu family store had obtained some large glasses before, but not only the small number, but the Lu family carried and kept them themselves and rarely put them in the warehouse.
However, this batch looks quite large in quantity, so it will be stored in the warehouse and may be seen.
Under the constant urging of the head of the pipe, the entire warehouse was very busy today. All the helpers were busy without touching the ground, and they were like ants. A large amount of goods were counted and transported away. At noon, two tightly covered carriages came from the dock. When they opened the tarpaulin, they were covered with wooden boxes with tight nails, the big ones were only three feet tall and about one foot small. There were some twists and turns on the wooden boxes. Zhao Qi leaned over and took a look. He was confused and didn't recognize them at all.
"This is the big food glass purchased by the master. I will first count it and put it in the warehouse. The second young master Shen Shi will load the car in person and will be escorted to the capital tomorrow morning!" A middle-aged man who came with the car shouted.
"Aan and Ermao moved, Brother Qi also helped me. Be careful, the glass is expensive, it's amazing to break one!" Ermazi reminded him and turned around to do other work.
The two cars of glass were only about forty pieces in total. They were quickly put into the warehouse and were neatly placed in the corner of the warehouse. However, what Zhao Qi regretted was that all the wooden boxes were sealed tightly, so he didn't see what Dashi glass looked like.
Time froze in the afternoon, around Shenshi, a luxurious box-type carriage drove in, and a young man of twenty-five or six and a young woman with a charming figure got out of the car.
The two of them looked like wealthy people at first glance. The man was wearing a blue-purple round-necked gown and a black gauze and a jade pendant with his waist. He was imposing.
The woman has delicate facial features and charming figures. She is wearing a green pomegranate skirt with a green strapless pomegranate skirt. Her green straps set off her plump breasts. Her exposed neck is snow-white and slender. She is wearing a bun on her head. She has a green hairpin on her hair and a golden jewel flower is placed on her forehead.
When the man and woman walked into the warehouse, everyone's eyes almost fell on the woman at the same time, and even the sound of swallowing was heard.
"I have met the second young master, young lady!" Everyone quickly stopped the work in their hands to salute.
"No gifts, all the glasses stored in the morning were unboxed and inspected. After repacking, they were transported to the capital. Manager Liu will start!" The second young master nodded slightly and ordered the middle-aged man who sent the glasses in the morning.
"Unboxing and checking!" Manager Liu waved his hand, and several young men took the tools and moved the glass piled in boxes and opened it to inspect.
As boxes of glass were opened, Zhao Qi's face was so thrust that he couldn't stop after seeing it a few times.
These so-called high-end imported goods are completely like garbage.
The glass is indeed glass, but the color is yellow, green and messy. There are bottles, jars, open fish tanks and animal shapes, but the appearance is a bit terrible. Not only is the shape of the instrument, but the transparency is not very good. The most important thing is that there are bubbles inside, which is completely like a serious chickenpox patient.
Zhao Qi has never seen such a garbage glass product before.
Damn, these big cannibals are completely robbing money.
Zhao Qi has learned more or less about the past few days that the glass imported by Dashi is very expensive, and a plate with a bowl and plate cost dozens of slabs. The shape is slightly larger and the shape is more complicated, and it can often cost hundreds of slabs, and even thousands of slabs of better quality are also available.
But the huge value of glass is described as extremely precious and made into this pussy, and Zhao Qi felt the urge to be foolish.
However, when people in the Song Dynasty didn't understand the material and craftsmanship of glass, and they had to transport it from Arabia thousands of miles by sea. It took at least half a year to travel back and forth, and the loss on the road was also very large, and it seemed reasonable to be expensive.
Just as Chinese porcelain is shipped to Europe, it is also ridiculously expensive.
Although foreign trade is active at present, the Song Dynasty is still in a large-scale surplus. The exported goods far exceed the import scale, mainly because of the development of science and technology and industry in the Song Dynasty. The exported mainly include porcelain, silk, tea, cloth, paper, books, compass and even sea ships. In addition to the original glass products and perfumes from Dashi, most of the imported goods are ivory rhinoceros horn pearl spices and other goods. Although it is expensive, its added value is very low, and the profits of foreign merchants are generally not high.
However, in the Song Dynasty, the business was developed and the financial resources were abundant, and the scholar-official class and the wealthy class had a strong demand for high-end luxury consumption, which made the overseas spice trade very strong, and indirectly stimulated the overseas trade and commercial development of these countries.
And these garbage-like glasses are even more sought after by the scholar-official class.
Things are precious because they are rare. As expected, this sentence is correct. I heard that the Spanish colonists used glass balls to exchange for Indian gold to make a fortune.
The same is true for the current cannibals, using these garbage to buy them for the Chinese at a high price.
"Second Young Master, this piece of glass is broken!"
Just as Zhao Qi was full of complaints about the garbage glass that was so tycoon, an helper who was unboxing and inspecting suddenly started yelling.
Chapter completed!