Blessed little peasant girl

Chapter 123
Jin Meiyu didn't explain, but just smiled at the overseas earl.

"I believe that the arrival of Mr. Earl should bring me a considerable fortune."

Jin Meiyu wanted to introduce the real topic directly.

The Earl didn't expect Jin Meiyu to be so impatient, but looking at Jin Meiyu's age, the Earl seemed to understand something, and his expression became more relaxed and reserved.

"Before I get down to business, I should introduce myself. I am Rabib O'Hara Hared Holm. I am from the Empire of ×××. I am an earl with a vast territory and people. .”

Jin Meiyu nodded, thought for a while, and introduced herself to him.

"My surname is Jin, and I am a princess. I am titled Taiping. You can call me Princess Taiping. This area is all my territory."

The two introduced themselves to each other, but in fact, neither of them understood.

It's not that they don't understand all of them, but that in some places, they have some difficulties in understanding each other.

For example, Jin Meiyu doesn't understand why this person's name is so long, what should she call such a long name, what should she do if she doesn't remember?
As for the overseas earl, he was also troubled by Jin Meiyu's name.

He understands what the surname Jin means, it means the surname, so what is the title?Why did he call her Princess Taiping?Is it because her name is Taiping?

The count asked his translator. Fortunately, the translator knew a little about the etiquette rules of the Yu Dynasty when he was learning the language, but he knew a little bit, so he explained to the count in a low voice.

"Women in the Dayu Dynasty are more reserved, and they will not tell others their names easily, only those who are close to them will tell."

The earl nodded half understanding, then looked at Jin Meiyu, and said straight to the point.

"Master Taiping, some of your actions have caused troubles to my country!"

At this time, the earl had put away his previous kindness, and his stern face was quite bluffing.

"Oh? Our country is separated by a vast ocean. I don't know how my actions have affected your country?"

"As far as I know, the goods on your side only accept food payment?"

Jin Meiyu nodded.

"Yes, I only accept food."

The count was a little angry.

"Food is the foundation of a country, because of you, many people in our country have no food!"

"So that's the case, it's really pitiful, and I deeply sympathize. If this is the case, please ask your monarch to ban grain exports."

"...Princess Taiping, I think you should make a change. It is not advisable to use food to trade. You can use better things, such as gold and silver for settlement!"

"Mr. Earl, are you talking about the gold coins issued by your country? With all due respect, your gold coins are really...too frugal, and the currency of each country is different, so I still feel that the gold coins issued by your country are not the same. Bartering is the most cost-effective and fair."

Let Jin Meiyu say this, she asked to exchange food for goods, it seems that it is really difficult to unify the currency, so she made the choice.

Mr. Earl didn't expect Jin Meiyu to say that, he was more or less angry, and just about to say something, he saw Jin Meiyu waving and said to the maidservant who was far away.

"Go get my money-box."

After finishing speaking, Jin Meiyu explained to Mr. Earl.

"I didn't mean to offend, but our currency is indeed different. Mr. Earl should know it after looking at it."

The maid came and went quickly, and when she came back, she was holding a tray with three boxes on it. Jin Meiyu didn't want it, but pointed her hand directly, signaling the maid to put it directly on the Earl's table.

The maid understood and placed all the three boxes on the tray on the count's table, and then opened the three boxes herself.

Opening her mouth wide, the maid glanced at Jin Meiyu, who nodded, indicating that she could tell Mr. Earl what was inside, while she picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

The maid turned back, met the earl's curious gaze, and took out the banknotes in a box first, and showed it to the earl.

"This is our bank note. We have a bank here, and we can deposit money in the bank. The bank will issue a bank note for us. That's it. This is a bank note of 1 taels."

The maid put a thin silver note into the earl's hand. The earl still doesn't know how much 1 taels is, but he knows that [-] is a big number, so he took the light silver note. Be very careful lest you break it.

Looking carefully, he didn't recognize the words on the forehead, but he didn't understand it either.

After the count had finished reading, the maid took another gold ingot, a silver ingot, a silver dime, a piece of broken silver and a copper plate from the largest money box.

"This is what we use every day. This is a gold ingot, this is a silver ingot, this is a silver dime, this is broken silver, and this is a copper plate."

Every time the maid said something, she put the same thing on the table, and then explained it to the earl after putting it down.

"The complete gold and silver ingots are five taels. The silver dime is a cake made of a standard one tael of silver, and the broken silver is twisted from the complete gold and silver ingots, and the weight is not uniform. This is a copper plate, it is Our smallest unit of currency here is made of copper."

Finally, the maid added a sentence.

"It's all pure gold and silver, and nothing else."

The count picked up the gold and silver ingots and touched them carefully in the palm of his hand. In fact, he could weigh them without the maid's telling. The feeling of the gold and silver ingots with other things added is different from the ones without other things!

"This is your currency? Do you use pure gold and pure silver as currency for the people to use??"

The count seemed surprised, but the maid nodded with an unruffled expression.

"Yes, this is our currency. Gold and silver can be used as money, but people rarely use them, and most of them use copper coins."

Seeing that the count must have understood, the maid grabbed a handful from the last box and grabbed a lot of gold and silver.

There are many styles of these gold and silver scorpions, some in the shape of melon seeds, some in the shape of peanuts, and various small flower buds and small animals. They are very delicately made, and they look expensive.

"This is what the master usually uses to reward people, and it is also pure gold and silver."

Holding the gold and silver Guozi in his hand, it was like a small work of art, which made the earl very novel.

"For rewarding people? Do you use this kind of thing to reward people? Can such small things be used as coins?"

"Of course, gold and silver can be used as money."

Looking at the things on the table, the count seemed to understand something.

So, he thought about it and asked Jin Meiyu.

"So, you only recognize pure gold and silver?"

Jin Meiyu nodded, and the Earl shook his head immediately.

"No, no, pure gold and silver are too much, we can't use them as money!"

Their currency is in the form of coins, which are also divided into gold, silver and copper, but the only difference is that among these three currencies, gold and silver account for a very small proportion, and the proportion of gold in gold coins is only a thin layer of gold plating on the outside. The same is true for silver coins, and even copper coins are mixed with other metals.

This kind of money, and the nobles will make their own coins. Gold, silver, copper and copper coins come in a variety of styles, weights, and the proportions of various gold and silver.

From this point of view, it is indeed reasonable for the other party to look down on their coins.

Of course, the earl's visit this time was not for the sake of the country or the people. He just saw countless money and wealth in those goods.

It's just that his territory is relatively barren, and even if all the food grown by the commoners is searched, he can't buy much, so he thought of coming over to see if he could pay with gold coins.

Now it seems that it won't work.

But the earl was not reconciled, and still wanted to work hard.

"Our currency is indeed somewhat different, but the food settlement is still too bad, and our civilians also need to eat food."

Jin Meiyu was still smiling, unmoved by this.

Jin Meiyu is not a very good person.

She protects her shortcomings, and she puts her close relatives first, then the tribe, and then the people of the country. The people overseas are all outsiders. To put it bluntly, what does the life and death of those people have to do with her?

It's not that she robbed those people of food. If it's really difficult, then don't export food. The local officials don't care about it. What's the use of talking to her?

Seeing Jin Meiyu's reticent look, the Earl knew that the matter would not be resolved, so he sighed and said again.

"Although we have discrepancies in terms of currency, if you don't want to trade with this, then we can also talk about other things. We also have pure gold and silver, but at this price..."

"Not much, 20 taels of silver for a skin care product, 70 taels for a set of rouge powder..." Jin Meiyu reported the number of products, and did not embarrass the foreigner, and quoted the market price in her shop.

But when the earl heard the price, he gasped in his heart.

At this price, after he buys it, he will still make money when he brings it back, but the profit will be greatly reduced, and the violence before is completely gone!

After all, to buy these commodities with grain, basically one gold coin of grain can be worth about 70 taels of silver here.

The gold on the gold coins is only a thin layer, which is only about one-twentieth of the weight of the gold coins, and the gold coins in some places contain less gold.

And if he exchanged real gold, silver and gold beauty jade, the cost would be greatly increased!

This can't be done, he came this time with the hope of making a big profit, and the profit couldn't meet his psychological expectation at all!

So he spoke again.

"The price is too high. You should know that we don't use gold as currency. Gold is a precious metal with us. The purchasing power of pure gold is very strong."

Saying not to use gold as currency, but still want to emphasize the purchasing power of gold, the smile on Jin Meiyu's mouth is two points true.

"This is the market price of these things here. The price we sell to our own people is already very cheap."

"No, no, this is too expensive for me, Princess Taiping, do you have anything else you need besides food? Anything is fine."

Jin Meiyu thought about it, but she thought of one thing, and that was iron!

But when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them again.

After all, iron is a controlled metal. Once someone is found hoarding iron ore, they will be treated as rebels. If the emperor knows that she can obtain iron through trade, she may not say anything at the moment, but when the disaster is over, she will It will definitely be liquidated!

You can repeatedly jump horizontally on the emperor's bottom line, but you can't rush out of the emperor's warning line!
So, she thought about it again and asked.

"Do you have anything warmer there?"

"Keep warm? You mean animal fur?"

Speaking of this, the earl was in good spirits.

If animal fur can also be exchanged for goods, then he will not lose money this time!
Jin Meiyu thought for a while, but nodded.

"This can also be exchanged for our products, but it must be a high-quality, mildew-free, well-preserved new leather."

Hearing this, the count's excitement died down again.

Let's not talk about whether the leather will be moldy after walking for such a long time from the sea.

He can't do it just because of the large amount of new leather.

So he could only think again.

"In fact, besides these things, you can also ask for other things, such as these gems on my body, dear Princess Taiping, look at them, how bright and lovely they are."

Jin Meiyu was not interested in these gems, she just shook her head and said nothing more.

Seeing that Jin Meiyu was really not interested in these gems and jewelry on his body, the count was more or less anxious at the moment.

"Master Taiping, my territory is not suitable for growing food, and there is no way to bring you more food, but I do come to cooperate with you with sincerity!"

The earl had no choice but to confess to Jin Meiyu. He would never say such things to other nobles, because it would be very embarrassing to the nobles.

But he is really greedy for this benefit, and wants to have more wealth!
He is the son of the duke, but he is just a young son who is not very favored. I was separated before he died. It is very lucky to have the title of earl. He took away everything left by her mother. Property, came to a very barren and poor territory.

He has a lot of money. Although his mother died young, she left him a lot of wealth, but he knows very well that the money alone will not last long. Only by opening up sources of income and having ways to make money can he continue to be rich. go down.

So after discovering the overseas trade, he came here resolutely. You must know that although the maritime trade is profitable, the risk is also huge. If you are not careful, you may be buried at sea.

As a nobleman, it is already very incredible that he can come here by boat across the ocean!

But there is no way, after all, he is still very weak now, and he has no subordinates who are absolutely loyal to him. He can't trust others, and he is afraid that others will run away with all his wealth!

(End of this chapter)