Great time travel

Chapter 9. Making money is hard work

The majestic and majestic megalithic palace blocks the blazing sunlight from the outside world, making everyone who walks into the palace feel a bit of coolness.

This is the most magnificent palace among the Egyptian royal palaces in the entire city of Thebes.It was originally the place where the Egyptian king discussed state affairs, received envoys, and held ceremonies, but at this moment, it was temporarily borrowed by the traversers, displaying a variety of commodities.

Um?Do you feel that setting up a stall to do business in a country's imperial court seems to be disrespectful and inappropriate?

Hey, you also have to consider the identity of the vendor!If a group of aliens landed on the earth and set up a stall to do business in the United Nations Headquarters, do you think diplomatic representatives from all over the world would feel insulted and disdainful?Or do you flock to it with a throbbing curiosity?

——In fact, according to the original idea of ​​Ma Tong, Wang Qiu, Doraemon and the Japanese immigrants, they planned to set up a big tent directly in the market in Thebes City and sell goods directly to the people in the city, but But Prime Minister Imhodb, who learned of this, rushed over to dissuade him.

After the old man's explanation, everyone was shocked to find that the business in ancient Egypt was obviously not as developed as they imagined. Even the market in the capital city of Thebes was not open every day, but like a market in the Chinese countryside. , there is a market every ten days to 20 days.

To make matters worse, only three days had passed since the previous market day, and the people who went to the market had already dispersed and returned to the countryside, and they had to wait a long time for the next market day.If the traversers go to set up stalls in the past, I am afraid that they will not attract many customers, and the place is full of fish and dragons, and it is not safe enough.

Therefore, the old prime minister took advantage of the situation and suggested that in order to avoid disturbing the people, it is better to do business directly in the palace, which is safe and convenient.

Don't worry about the source of the customers, he will issue an order to call all the dignitaries in the city to shop in the palace, so as to ensure that there will be no embarrassing situation in the silence—well, although Prime Minister Imhodb's suggestion naturally has his own He wanted to prevent these sturdy "gods" from contacting some people with ulterior motives, but to be fair, this was indeed a shortcut to help the traversers complete transactions as soon as possible and obtain profits.

You must know that anyone who is eligible to enter the Egyptian royal palace at present, whether it is a court lady, a noble priest, or a foreign envoy, is currently a group of potential consumers with the strongest purchasing power in the city of Thebes.The purchasing power of any wealthy person is equal to at least a few hundred ordinary people. Many nobles even own their own family caravans, who can wholesale and retail goods on the traverser's side, and sell them all the way to other places.

In fact, even if the transmigrators couldn't produce any good products, and they were just looking at the face of Princess Carol, King Memphis and Prime Minister Imhodb, these people would definitely throw some money to cheer them on.Not to mention that this booth is filled with all kinds of rare treasures that they have never seen before!

In this era of frequent wars and advocacy of force, the most sought-after commodity by the nobles is naturally those gleaming modern alloy steel swords.There is no need for Senior Ma Tong to use her experience in selling toilets in the ceramics market to yell loudly to attract customers. There are a large group of men surrounding these antique Chinese swords, Japanese swords and military bayonets on display, stroking the light that can tell people. Everyone's eyes shined when they saw the blade.

Especially when the female swordsman Saeko Poshishima, who was the tester, wielded a imitation Damascus knife with a beautiful cloud pattern, and easily cut off the bronze daggers of more than a dozen Egyptian soldiers, the entire hall was immediately silent... ... Immediately at the next moment, there was a burst of voices, and everyone rushed to buy these unprecedented magical weapons, fearing that they would be one step behind, and some officers who were not wealthy even went bankrupt to buy a good sword for protection ——Otherwise, if you encounter an opponent with such a "magic weapon" on the battlefield, you will die!

Even those who are poor or miserly in their pockets are really reluctant to buy those expensive swords, they can also choose a relatively cheap dagger (actually a fruit knife) or a tomahawk (actually a general carpentry ax and fire ax) so as not to fall behind the others.

Of course, in addition to these sharp and sturdy swords and axes, other commodities also impressed the ancients in the [-]th century BC, such as those that shone like silverware and were said to never rust. Stainless steel tableware is both light and strong, and the appearance is also bright and elegant, and there are also glass products that are as clear and transparent as spring water, without any variegated colors, such as cups, plates, wine jars, vases and other types. Superior to similar products produced by the most famous glass workshops in Syria and Egypt.A novelty of soft, white, light textured paper, better suited for writing than the best papyrus in Egypt, let alone the cumbersome clay tablets used by the Babylonians and Assyrians.

Next, cheap jewelry made of aluminum alloy, glass and plastic was also very popular among ancient Egyptian women-at that time, high-quality glass was not much cheaper than gemstones, and aluminum alloy and plastic were even more expensive Things you can't buy.Moreover, due to the advancement of metal processing technology, compared with the ancient bulky jewelry, these modern-style jewelry are generally gorgeous in shape, bright in color, and light in weight. , Worried about being sore from the weight of the heavy gold or silver crown.

And the most novel and favorite products for those ancient Egyptian dignitaries who love luxury are those "porcelain" whose background color is as white as milk and whose luster is as bright as the moon. Carved from jade, it is more pleasing to the eye than the most magnificent faience bowls of the Egyptians.Not to mention that on the crystal surface, there are actually beautiful paintings of oriental landscapes, flowers and birds. That kind of artistic brushwork is very different from that of the West. The flowers are full of flowers and the artistic conception is profound. People can't help but immerse themselves in this beautiful scenery. in an artistic atmosphere.In the eyes of many dignitaries who are accustomed to the standard pattern of murals in Egypt, this is really an unheard of wonderful artwork...

——In fact, not to mention West Asia and North Africa on this side of the world, even China in the middle of the Shang Dynasty on the other side of the world did not produce porcelain. Even in the palace of King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty, there were only pottery, bronze, and stone utensils And all kinds of bone tools made of human bones (Archaeologists found a jewelry workshop in the Yinxu ruins, which mainly used bones to make hairpins and combs for the nobles of the Shang Dynasty. Although the raw materials included deer legs and lamb legs, But most of them are human legs).Even the oldest celadon was not invented until the Eastern Han Dynasty...

Since there is no porcelain available in China, which was the first to invent porcelain, naturally it cannot be transported to the West through the Silk Road (someone found silk fragments in ancient Egyptian tombs, which proves that as early as the distant Shang and Zhou Dynasties, East and West trade between them).Therefore, when these fresh goods that had never appeared before were searched out, the Egyptians and foreign envoys present were all intoxicated for a while.

In short, judging from the scene, the business of this "hyperspace department store" in the Egyptian royal palace can be said to be quite hot.

However, when collecting money from the distinguished guests, Ms. Nan Lixiang and Senior Ma Tong, who were selling the goods, were deeply scratching their heads. In the [-]th century BC, no matter in the East or the West, "coins" were of great significance. Equivalents have not yet been invented by humans...