Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

Now on the grassland, these things are absolutely in short supply. It is no exaggeration to say that one iron pot can be exchanged for two horses.

Besides, those grassland people eat beef and mutton every day. After a long time, they can't digest it at all, and they will be weak and sick. With these tea leaves, they can naturally dissolve the greasy.

There is no need to say more about other things. Only emperors can wear silk. It is good for ordinary officials to wear cotton cloth.

So these gifts are what they are in short supply. Seeing these, Lu Guan Timur scratched his heart with all his claws, wishing he could just pounce on them and grab them.

But no matter what, he was considered as an envoy sent by Dayuan at any rate, and the matter of face should at least be passable, so Lu Guan Tiemu'er remained calm for the last time.

"Thanks to His Highness King Dingyuan, we understand this, but the Dayuan court is very rich, and it is true that these gifts are not needed. Please take them back, Your Highness."

The followers and officials under him were all furious. Isn't this Lu Guan Timur a typical example of a swollen face to pretend to be fat.

It's absolutely ridiculous to want to not eat the food you get when you are already so poor, but he is a Taiwei and he is a follower, so he has no place to intervene.

In fact, both Lu Guan Tiemuer and these attendants knew very well that the Central Plains people are very polite.

Lu Guan Tie Mu'er has already concluded that as long as he is polite, and His Royal Highness Dingyuan Wang will definitely emphasize it again, saying that the gift must be given, then of course he will be embarrassed to accept it.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Tao is not a person who plays cards according to common sense. Seeing what Lu Guan Timur said, he actually took everything back.

"Okay, since that's the case, let a few people push back all these gifts, seal them up and put them in storage, so as not to dirty the eyes of the Taiwei and the adults."

Old Tang took the order, and led the crowd to push away all these gifts.

At this moment, Lu Guan Tiemu'er was really suffering and couldn't tell, so he could only feel annoyed in his heart, it would be better if he didn't pretend to be coercive.

These attendants originally thought that the things would still be given to them if they were humble, but they didn't expect that they would take them away cleanly.

Although they didn't dare to say anything, they probably already greeted all eighteen generations of Lu Guan Tiemu'er's ancestors in their hearts.

However, Lu Guan Timur still had to pretend to be very calm and said.

"It was just an episode just now, so let's talk about the mutual market trade."

Zhu Tao smiled and said.

"It's still the same, then please invite the Taiwei to come and visit our iron-making workshop in Daming. We have at least a hundred workshops like this."

Zhu Tao turned and left, and Lu Guan Timur had to follow behind. He really wanted to see what was going on in this workshop.

When I arrived, I saw white smoke coming out of each blast furnace to melt the molten iron, and after the molten iron flowed out, it entered a special mold and became ironware.

These irons are very refined, and the ironware is exquisitely made, enough to make their mouths water.

Zhu Tao said with a smile.

"What does the Taiwei think of our iron objects? Bartering with you, you should not lose money, right?"

Lu Guan Timur and his entourage officials have already understood that if this kind of ironware is exchanged for cattle and sheep, they will not suffer at all.

After all, on the grassland, it might not be possible for every official to have an iron pot at home, let alone ordinary people, he said to Zhu Tao immediately.

"Please Dingyuan Wang Zhuanzuo Your Majesty, I have seen your iron wares, and I think they are of good quality. I will go back and tell our Emperor Dayuan that if the quality of your iron wares can be guaranteed, there will be no problem in mutual market trade."

Zhu Tao looked at the stunned captain and asked.

"I heard that the Taiwei also brought a lot of cattle and sheep this time, which have been stored in the suburbs of Beijing. How much iron do you plan to ask for?"

At this time, Lu Guan Timur was planning to brag to Zhu Tao, so he replied.

"I brought a sufficient amount of cattle and sheep this time. No matter how much ironware you plan to sell, we can eat it. There is no problem. Moreover, when I go back, I will persuade Emperor Dayuan to increase the order again. quantity."

Zhu Tao didn't seem to give him any face at all, and said with a calm smile.

"This time our first batch of production is 40 jin. If Taiwei thinks it is suitable, we can sign a contract for the first batch of transactions."

This sentence can't be straightened out for him. The cattle and sheep he brought this time, according to Daming's pricing, can be exchanged for more than [-] catties at most.

But the prince's first batch of production was 40 catties, and he really couldn't eat it anymore.

After all, he was also a captain, and he couldn't swallow what he said so easily, he was really a little crazy.

For the grassland, the more ironware, the better, but I can't get so many cattle and sheep for a while, what should I do?

Even though men have a good face and have spoken out, there is really no reason to take it back.

But without an economic foundation, the superstructure cannot be determined. The captain opened his mouth for a long time, but he really didn't know what to say.

Lu Guan Timur stayed there and didn't speak for a long time, Zhu Tao seemed a little puzzled and asked.

"It seems that the Taiwei seems to have something embarrassing, right? It's okay, let's get to know each other for a while, and we can be regarded as friends after all. If you have something to say, you can solve it."

Lu Guan Timur looked at Zhu Tao with some depression, and said.

"There are no other problems, but your output..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Tao took the conversation directly and said.

"It seems that the Dayuan court is really too rich. You probably dislike our relatively low output. In fact, there are still many workshops like ours. There is no problem with an annual output of more than 800 million catties."

It seems that if you don't tell the truth at this time, there is no way to continue the conversation, so Lu Guan Timur held back for a long time before hesitating.

"That's not the case. In fact, we don't use so much iron on the grasslands, so we may not have so many orders."

After listening, Zhu Tao pretended to be surprised and asked him.

"It shouldn't be. You can't use so much iron. Does it mean that every household has iron pots? Could it be that there are enough iron utensils?"

Zhu Tao's words directly made Lu Guan Tie Muer's face black with lines. Everyone knows what is going on on the grassland now, so there is no need to say more.

But Zhu Tao's persistent questioning made him very embarrassed, so he had no choice but to say.

"That's not the case. In fact, His Majesty wants us to buy some ironware and go back to try it out, so we only need to buy five thousand catties for the time being. If the quality is better, we will increase the order at that time."

Zhu Tao looked at him and said with a very surprised expression.

"Actually, in our Ming Dynasty, even if it is the amount of ironware that is rewarded to foreign countries, five thousand catties is not enough."