Datang Fenghua Road

Han Yue suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "This is another thing that cannot be realized. Its value is even higher than those two jade lions. No one in the world can afford it, and even if he wants to sell it, he can't sell it."

Li Chong smiled and said, "So, this is your Highness's private treasury again."

Han Yue's heart skipped a beat, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth fiercely, and said, "Yes!"

Li Chong was overjoyed, and quickly turned away from the red coral, then pointed his finger forward, and said with a mysterious expression: "Coral is the seven treasures of Buddhism, it is understandable that Dongdu's loot is for this thing, but please look at this thing again, Your Highness. , the first time my subordinates saw him, he was really frightened."

Han Yue was stunned for a moment, and his eyes swept across the red coral to see what Li Chong was pointing at. When he entered his eyes, he saw an incomparably huge pitch-black stone. At first glance, it was probably the size of two grinding discs.

He frowned slightly, and said stunnedly, "Coal? Black jade? Obsidian? Or the bones of an inked giant beast?"

Before these four things were not very good, Han Yue wondered why this thing was placed in the treasure.

But Li Chong licked the corner of his mouth, and his expression was obviously greedy. His expression suddenly moved Han Yue's heart, and he vaguely guessed that this black grinding disc was not an ordinary thing.

"Come on, don't give a shit!" Han Yue snorted softly, posing to kick Li Chong.

Li Chong heyed out of the way, and then came over again, there were only the two of them in the treasure house, but this guy looked around subconsciously, and then lowered his voice: "Your Highness, have you heard of it? Ambergris?"

Rumbling--

Han Yue only felt a huge roar in his head, and stared blankly at the big black grinding disc.

"You...what are you talking about? This...is this ambergris?" He stuttered, his language was awkward.

Li Chong's face was full of flattery, and he said in a low voice, "Yes, Your Highness, ambergris, and it's a top-quality ambergris. This thing has always been a treasure. It is said that the biggest piece is as big as a urchin's head. What a great thing, he made this ambergris the size of two millstones."

"A rare treasure, this is a rare treasure!" Han Yue's face was full of joy, and he couldn't help but step forward to observe carefully.

As the old saying goes, one dollar of dragon saliva and ten taels of gold, what kind of ratio is this, this is a crazy ratio.In ancient times, one tael was 160 qian, but one qian of ambergris could be exchanged for [-] taels of gold. In this way, the exchange rate was at least [-] times.

The most important thing is that ambergris can be cut into small pieces for sale, which can fully meet Han Yue's requirements for raising funds, and the larger the ambergris, the higher the price.

For example, if a piece of ambergris the size of a fist is chopped and sold, it can be sold for ten taels of gold for one penny. If it is chopped and sold for a piece of ambergris the size of a watermelon, it can be sold for at least twenty taels of gold for one penny.

And how big is the ambergris in front of me, as big as two grinding discs...

"Have you weighed yourself?" Han Yue shouted suddenly, and even his breathing became rapid.

Li Chong nodded quickly and solemnly replied: "Although there is no specific weighing, but my subordinate and a few soldiers lifted it up and estimated that this piece of ambergris should weigh at least [-] kilograms, and the weight will only be higher than this number and not lower. at this number!"

"Five hundred pounds!" Han Yue only felt his scalp go numb.

He stared straight at the millstone, and muttered to himself, "Five hundred catties equals 8000 taels, one tael or sixteen is close to 13, one penny of ambergris, the minimum is ten taels of gold... "

Li Chong coughed and reminded cautiously: "Your Highness, one coin can be exchanged for ten taels of gold. It is the most common ambergris. This is a rare treasure in the treasury. I feel that even if the price is 50 taels, it will be sold by the rich. The big players are robbing like crazy."

Han Yue was dizzy for a while and almost didn't dare to calculate.

Chapter 717 People from Dongying, you are exposed!

He had been bragging before, claiming that he had never seen any treasure, but after entering the treasure house for a while, Han Yue had already been slapped in the face.

Not to mention the Zhang Er golden body used as the gate of the treasure house, the solid casting of that thing would cost at least 10 taels of gold.Not to mention the two Hetian sheep fat jade lions guarding the gate of the treasure, each of which is as tall as an adult.

Not to mention the peerless red coral tree that is six feet high, that thing can no longer be measured by the worldly price.

Just talking about this piece of ambergris the size of two grinding discs, already made Han Yue feel as if he had entered a dream world.

What is Ambergris?

It is the product of incubating in sperm whales.

Since ancient times, it has been invaluable. In the Tang Dynasty, one dollar of ambergris could be exchanged for ten taels of gold, and in modern times, one gram would cost tens of thousands of yuan.

This also refers to small common ambergris, the larger the more valuable.

The price of this piece in the Buddha Cave is even as high as 50 taels of gold to exchange for a penny. This item weighs more than 500 catties, which is equivalent to more than 8000 taels in ancient times, one or two six qian, which is close to 13 qian.

If the selling price is 50 taels of gold and one penny of ambergris, this item alone can be exchanged for more than 650 million taels of gold. How much is it if it is converted into silver?How much is it converted into copper coins?

A whole close to seven or eight billion!

There is absolutely no such money in today's Datang.

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"This thing can only be sold slowly, year after year..."

Han Yue suddenly smiled bitterly, and his mood slowly calmed down.

He stretched out his hand and rubbed the huge piece of ambergris, and muttered to himself: "If you want to sell it all at once, you won't even be able to spare the entire Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty doesn't have that much money, and neither does the surrounding countries. A lot of money, even if it is chopped up and sold, everyone doesn’t have that much money.”

The total economic volume of a country is considerable, and this can be calculated from Datang's treasury tax revenue.

In the ninth year of Wude, Datang's annual income was only 300 million yuan, so at that time Li Shimin spent 80 yuan to promote the waterwheel, and many aristocratic families rushed out to fight for it.

Later, as the national strength gradually became stronger, coupled with Han Yue's continuous development of industries and economic development, the income of Datang's treasury increased year by year, and now it has reached the level of tens of millions of dollars a year.

With a tax system of 1000 to [-], a tax of [-] million has a gross national product of [-] million, and this piece of ambergris is conservatively estimated to be worth [-] to [-] million. Even if everyone in the entire Tang Dynasty does not eat or drink, it will take two years to save.

If the formulas of gross national product and gross consumption are applied again, it will take at least 20 years before someone can afford it.

"Sell it slowly, as much as you can!"

Han Yue sighed again and said with emotion on his face: "This thing is too valuable to be sold out all at once. It may take many years before it can all be turned into money..."

Li Chong laughed wickedly, and said with a smile on his face, "Wouldn't it be better? It can also be placed in His Highness's private treasury for suppression. If you can't sell it for ten years in one year, if you can't sell it in ten years and sell it for a hundred years, all your children and grandchildren will be There will be no shortage of money to spend, and generations will be rich."

Han Yue's heart pounded again. He glanced at Li Chong with bright eyes, and said bravely: "This king wants this thing, you are loyal, and this king can accept you as a retainer."

puff-

Li Chong fell to his knees, tears bursting out of the tiger's eyes.

"His Royal Highness, I, I, minister, swear to follow..."

He has followed Han Yue for so long, isn't he looking forward to the identity of this retainer?

What is a retainer, a status higher than that of a subordinate.The so-called retainers carry a family word, which means that they are accepted by the lord as their own family members and are bound together from generation to generation.

The generals have died in a hundred battles, and they can't be awarded the title. The title of the king and the title has already made the generals throw their heads and blood, but this collection as a retainer is a step further.

Now Han Yue has a lot of generals, but only one and a half can be accepted as retainers.Liu Heishi counted one, Cheng Chumo counted half, and the reason why he counted half was because they had sworn in two years earlier.

In addition, Han Yue did not collect retainers again.

No matter Li Fenghua, Ada, Dodumu and Tuhulong who followed him in the early years, or Li Long, Liu Sanshui, Xue Rengui and his son who followed him, and other generals who were good at fighting, these people can only be regarded as Han Yue's ministers, but Not a retainer with the word "family".