"Wang Chong, Wang Chong … You're finally here! If you were any later, I might not be able to hold on any longer! "
The moment Wang Chong entered the Bluebottle Pavilion, Wei Hao rushed out anxiously. His forehead was filled with sweat.
"What's wrong?"
Wang Chong frowned as he stared at Wei Hao in astonishment.
Wei Hao had a carefree personality, and as such, he rarely paid attention to anything. This was the first time Wang Chong saw him so anxious.
"Something has happened, something huge has happened! Someone is here to cause trouble! "
Wei Hao stuttered. He was so anxious that his tongue was tied.
"Don't panic, speak slowly. Even if the sky falls, I'll hold it up! What do you mean by causing trouble? "
Wang Chong said as he gestured for Wei Hao to calm down.
Perhaps it was Wang Chong's aura that worked, Wei Hao gradually calmed down. Only then did he speak of the matter. Yesterday evening, just as Wei Hao was preparing to return, a merchant from Mosaide Charax Spasinu suddenly appeared.
This fellow spoke in a half-baked Chinese, and the moment he walked up, he started talking about the swords and sabers of the Central Plains. He said that he couldn't think of anything and that it was better than the west.
Wei Hao thought that he had met a sucker and he was delighted. Unexpectedly, this fellow suddenly took out a saber and saber, intending to compete with Wang Chong.
Only then did Wei Hao realize that this bastard was here to cause trouble!
Wei Hao was infuriated, so he wanted the other party to leave. He didn't expect this fellow to start acting at this moment, saying that his language wasn't good and that he couldn't understand him!
In any case, he stubbornly refused to stay in the Bluebottle Pavilion, intending to compete with the saber and saber that Wang Chong hung on the pavilion. Wei Hao had been arguing with him for a very long time, and it had attracted the attention of many people. In fact, it was starting to affect the business of the Bluebottle Pavilion.
Wei Hao wanted to chase him away, but this fellow was in the saber and sword business. As long as he didn't break the rules, Wei Hao couldn't chase him away.
"Wang Chong, if you don't come, I won't be able to hold on! That fellow had been clamoring to hang his weapon on the Bluebottle Pavilion to display it to everyone. If you can hang on it, why can't he? Furthermore, it was rumored that it was rising to the Central Plains and Charax Spasinu! I really can't do anything to him. "
Wei Hao spat out all the words he had been holding back in one breath. This time, when Wang Chong sold the sword, he had thought that it would be a simple transaction. You buy, I sell. He did not expect it to be so complicated.
"What about that Charax Spasinu merchant?"
Wang Chong said.
"Inside. I stalled him temporarily and said that I would wait for you to come over. "
As soon as Wang Chong appeared, Wei Hao calmed down as if he had found his pillar of support.
"Let's go, take me to him!"
Wang Chong left the two Benghu poison monks behind and got someone to arrange a private room. Then, he quickly left with Wei Hao.
…
In a compartment within the Bluebottle Pavilion, Wang Chong finally met the Charax Spasinu merchant that Wei Hao spoke of.
"You're Mosaide?"
Wang Chong stared at the bearded man in front of him.
"You're the owner of that sword?"
Mosaide stared at Wang Chong in astonishment. He didn't expect that the owner of the sword would be a child in his teens.
However, upon seeing Wang Chong nod his head, Mosaide quickly tossed all of this to the back of his mind. His passion for famed swords and sabers had long made him disregard everything else. Age and the like were not within his consideration at all.
"Great! I like your sword a lot. You must be an incredible swordmaster! This is the treasured saber of our Charax Spasinu, as well as my most treasured saber. I would like to compete with you! "
Mosaide immediately stood up from the rattan chair with a passionate expression.
"Didn't I already tell you that you can't!"
Wei Hao flew into a rage. Why didn't this fellow listen to him? If not for the Chamberlain of Dependencies' order to treat foreign guests and merchants with courtesy, he would have long chased them out.
"Sure!"
Wang Chong said.
These two simple words seemed to have infinite magic power. The entire private room suddenly became deathly silent.
Wei Hao stared at Wang Chong in a daze. His mouth was wide open, and he couldn't believe his ears.
He hurriedly looked for Wang Chong and tried his best to stall for time so that Wang Chong wouldn't agree to his request. Otherwise, he would have agreed to it yesterday.
But he hadn't expected Wang Chong to agree to the matter that he had refused for so long, and without the slightest hesitation.
On the other side, Mosaide was also surprised.
He had been to other swordsmiths and smiths in the capital, and the other party would still be enthusiastic at the start. However, whenever he made such a request, the other party would always reject him and chase him out.
This noble gongzi (Wei Hao) tried his best to reject his request. Mosaide was prepared to spend a lot of effort to convince the swordsmith, but he didn't expect the other party to agree to his request so readily.
This was something that even Mosaide did not expect.
"Wang Chong, you're insane!"
Wei Hao finally reacted. Ignoring Mosaide's presence, he grabbed Wang Chong's arm and pulled him to the next room.
"That fellow is clearly here to cause trouble. You know that he doesn't have good intentions, so why did you agree to his request? "
Wei Hao asked with a hushed voice, agitated.
Wang Chong's decision had caught him off guard. Even now, he still couldn't accept the huge difference between the situation and his expectations.
"Calm down!"
Wang Chong smiled and gestured for Wei Hao to calm down.
Honestly speaking, right from the start, Wang Chong's plan was to deal with the Imperial Army. The merchants of the Western Regions weren't part of his considerations at all.
However, Mosaide's appearance had provided an additional opportunity for Wang Chong. As long as he made good use of it, this matter would only benefit him.
"This Mosaide doesn't have any ill intentions! He's not doing this for the reason you think he's here to cause trouble. "
Wang Chong explained with a smile.
Wei Hao didn't know much about this Mosaide, but with the decades of memories from his previous life, Wang Chong knew that Mosaide didn't have any ill intentions.
This involved the habits of the Central Plains, Abbasid Caliphate, and Charax Spasinu.
In Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu, people had a habit when purchasing swords. They liked to compare their swords with the other party's.
If the quality of the other party's sword was higher and could break their own sword, or even make a dent in the blade, then they would happily buy the better sword. Otherwise, they would abandon it.
In Charax Spasinu and Abbasid Caliphate, this was a normal behavior, and it was tacitly accepted by the entire industry.
Through this kind of behavior, those low-quality swords were quickly eliminated. As for the remaining swords, most of them were of superior quality, and there wasn't much of a difference between them.
Through this behavior, Charax Spasinu and Abbasid Caliphate promoted the advancement of the entire industry, causing the quality of weapons in the west to rise.
Those top-notch swords were able to fetch a price commensurate with their quality, and the standing of swordsmiths rose significantly. They were highly respected in the west.
After a long period of time, the weapon market in Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu flourished, far surpassing that of the Central Plains.
In the west, everyone in Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu benefited from this.
In Wang Chong's memories, a few years later, the Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu sword merchants would enter the Central Plains on a large scale, and they would bring this behavior to the Central Plains as well!
The weapons of the east and the west would clash with one another, the smithing skills would clash with one another, and the habits of the people would clash with one another …
In Wang Chong's memories, it was only after the weapon merchants in the Central Plains started to accept this behavior that the price of weapons in the Central Plains started to rise.
Only competition could bring about prosperity!
Only when the Central Plains accepted and got used to such competition would the weapon market of the Central Plains welcome a true leap forward.
When swordsmiths started to spend more time and effort on their weapons, when the requirements for the weapons they forged became more stringent … Only then would the weapon market of the Central Plains welcome a qualitative leap forward!
Those top-notch weapons were able to fetch an even higher price in the market, and after the swordsmiths reaped high profits, they would then forge even more top-notch weapons!
This was the trend of the world, and it was a virtuous cycle! Everyone benefited from it.
It was precisely because Wang Chong knew of this trend that he didn't reject it. Furthermore, if he were to make use of this situation well, it would be beneficial to his plans.
"But even so, you shouldn't have agreed to their request!"
Wei Hao listened to Wang Chong's explanation of the trading habits of Charax Spasinu. His expression was tense, and worry filled his heart.
"You might not know how sharp the weapons of the Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu are. Those swords can cut through a hair with a single blow. There was once a merchant from the Western Regions who gifted a curved blade to my father, and it easily sliced through a famed blade that my father collected. I witnessed it with my own eyes. If I knew how formidable those fellows were, I wouldn't have rejected them! "
Wei Hao was worried. In the Central Plains, the swords of the West weren't well-known yet. However, due to his father's relationship with the Duke of Wei, Wei Hao knew how formidable the weapons of the Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu were.
"So, you're worried that I might lose to him?"
Wang Chong chuckled.
"This …"
Wei Hao was speechless.
"Don't worry, I know how formidable the swords I forge are. I won't lose to him. "
Wang Chong smiled faintly.
Of course, Wang Chong knew how formidable the weapons of the Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu were. After all, he had witnessed it in his previous life. However, Wang Chong was more confident in his weapons.
In this era, it was impossible for a weapon that was more formidable than WuZi Steel to exist.
…
After consoling Wei Hao, Wang Chong walked back into Mosaide's compartment.
"Master! You agreed! "
Upon seeing Wang Chong enter, Mosaide's eyes lit up.
"Don't worry, I know that the rules of the Central Plains are different from Charax Spasinu. If your weapon is damaged, I will compensate you. If you are able to damage my saber, that would be even better. — — I am willing to pay a higher price to buy your saber! "
"There's no need for compensation. As for buying it, we can talk about it when the time comes!"
Wang Chong chuckled. 2400 gold taels was the price on the third day. If this Charax Spasinu merchant thought that this was the price of his weapon, he would be sorely mistaken.
Wang Chong wasn't prepared to sell the world's first true WuZi Steel weapon so 'cheaply'!
That would be a huge loss for him!
"Can I take a look at that famous saber of yours?"
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