Chapter 968

I have to say that Buddhism is really rich.

As soon as fat Qiu Kun announced the start of the bidding, a Buddhist monk stood up and offered a sky high price without hesitation.

"Thirty thousand taels of gold!"

This price makes everyone's heart beat faster

Although everyone knows that there must be more than this price for this glazed Buddha statue in front of us, some people are determined to win it!

Before they spoke, Qiu Kun smiled and bowed to the people on the auction platform: "gentlemen, just now I humble myself and forgot one thing. This glazed Tathagata Buddha statue is made of glazed glass and weighs about 20 stones. Even regardless of its treasure degree, just the weight of the glazed glass is worth more than 40000 liang of gold!"

The unit of measurement of Datang is more complex, not the decimal system of later generations.

One stone equals four Jun, one Jun equals thirty Jin, and one Jin equals sixteen Liang.

In other words, one stone equals 1922.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the market price of Roman glass trafficked through the silk road was equal weight gold.

The glass Buddha statue cast by the craftsman ordered by Li forgetful worry is almost more than one ton. If calculated according to the equal weight of gold, it is really more than 40000 Liang.

Qiu Kun's words stunned all the guests. Several Buddhist monks also looked at each other and calculated silently to determine the price they had just offered. It was really low.

In fact, the price of glass cannot be calculated like Qiu Kun.

Hu merchants traveled thousands of miles through the Silk Road and trafficked fragile glassware to Datang at a high cost, so they set a price as heavy as gold.

No one would be foolish to send a ton of glassware to the East all the way.

But in any case, Qiu Kun's words made people recalculate in their hearts how much the glazed Buddha statue in front of them should be worth.

"Forty thousand taels of gold!"

Without waiting for the eminent Buddhists to negotiate, the Persian businessman who had photographed the time mirror of the ancient Qin Dynasty got up again and asked for the price.

The guests were even more stupid and didn't understand why the Persian businessman made a sudden bid.

Several eminent Buddhist monks were even more furious: "you Hu people are unreasonable! You are a Zoroastrian. Why are you bidding for the most precious treasure of our Buddhism? What are your intentions? Are you trying to humiliate the Buddha? If you can't explain a reason today, our Buddhism will not give up!"

Hu Shang didn't expect that his bidding would annoy these Buddhist monks, so he quickly apologized.

"Masters, I don't mean to insult the Buddha. It's just that I am familiar with the Lord of Gaochang state, and the Lord of Gaochang state always sends a letter to worship the Buddha. When the LORD came to Chang'an this year, he entrusted me to find an exquisite Buddha statue for him in the Tang Dynasty and ask me to return to Gaochang state for worship. When I saw this glazed Tathagata Buddha statue, it should be very in line with the wishes of the Lord, so I bid for it."

Hu Shang's explanation made several Buddhist monks dumbfounded.

It makes sense to look for Buddha statues for Lord Gaochang.

Gao Changguo believes in Buddhism, and these Buddhist monks know it well.

Gaochang country is located in the transportation hub of the western regions, and it is a rare Buddhist country in the western regions.

Because the craftsmen in the central plains are highly skilled, it is normal for the Lord of Gaochang to entrust these Persian businessmen to look for Buddha statues in the Central Plains. The Tang Dynasty has indeed "exported" many Buddha statues to Gaochang.

Both bronze Buddha statues and jade Buddha statues are very popular in Gaochang country.

Therefore, the Hu merchant would not speak until he saw the glazed Tathagata Buddha.

Knowing that he and others misunderstood the Hu Shang, several eminent monks increasingly felt blocked in their hearts.

They are not afraid to compete with aristocratic family and noble officials for financial resources. But with these poor Hu businessmen who only have money to fight for financial resources, even Buddhists are still a little nervous.

But Hu Shang's words were reasonable. Even if they were unhappy, they could not stop Hu Shang from bidding.

For a moment, the faces of several eminent monks became more and more ugly.

Not only the eminent monks looked ugly, but also the guests who wanted to bid for the Buddha statues were in great pain. With Hu Shang's financial resources, most of this rare glazed Tathagata Buddha had to be photographed by him.

While they were struggling, they heard Li forgetful's voice from the box, which attracted everyone's eyes.

But seeing Li forgetful and smiling, he stood up and shouted to the guests: "Gentlemen, Lord Gaochang believes in Buddhism, and our Tang Dynasty has always been friendly with Lord Gaochang. Since Lord Gaochang wants to find a Buddha statue, how can you let harcock pay for it? Just now your majesty has ordered me to specially forge a glazed Buddha statue for Lord Gaochang as a national gift to Lord Gaochang. So you don't have to bid for harcock at today's auction."

Harcock is the name of the Hu merchant, who is also quite famous in the west of Chang'an City, so Li forget you also knows him.

Hearing Li forget worry say so, the people were relieved.

As long as Hu merchants do not participate in the auction, that is a good thing.

Harcock was very sorry, but he had nothing to say. He could only salute Li Qieyou with one hand touching his chest and bowing to express his gratitude.

Although the Buddha statue was auctioned by harcock for Gao Changguo, it was not free. If it is photographed and transported to Gaochang country, the Lord of Gaochang country must be willing to give even 100000 liang of gold, or even more.

Such a large amount of predictable profits flew out of thin air, harcock's regret can be imagined.

In the box, Li Er was very surprised after hearing Li forgetful's words.

Why did he order Li to forget his worries and forge Buddha statues for the Lord of Gaochang? How can there be such a thing? Didn't this meow falsely preach the edict in front of him?

But since Li forgot to worry and said so in public, although Li Er was puzzled, he also knew that his nephew must have a reason.

Therefore, Li Er, who was spread the "false intention", did not say a word and did not refute, but waited for Li forgetful's explanation.

After Li forgot to worry and stopped Hu merchants from bidding, the auction below could continue.

He turned his head and bowed slightly to Li Er. After making an apologetic expression, he smiled and said, "uncle, please forgive me. My nephew just made a proposal without my uncle's consent. In the name of my uncle, he proposed to give the Buddha statue of the Lord of Gaochang."

Li Er waved his hand: "it doesn't hurt. I worry about you. What's your purpose?"

"Hey, uncle, little nephew, I'm preparing for my uncle's conquest of the western countries."

"Oh? Tell me more!" Li Er immediately became interested and hurriedly asked.

Li Qieyou did not sell off, explaining: "Uncle, with the military strength of the Tang Dynasty, it's easy to destroy the western countries. But as the saying goes, it must be a headache for my uncle. What excuse can I use to enlist the western countries? Especially the wife of the Lord of the state of Gaochang, who was just granted the Title of Princess Changle by my uncle. If there is no suitable excuse, I can't use swords in the Tang Dynasty."

Since ancient times in China, if you want to start a crusade, you always need to find an excuse for yourself and have the name of starting a division.

Whether it is the battle of Kuang Fu Han Dynasty or the battle of Jingnan, in short, there should be an explanation.

Even in later generations, if Eagle sauce wants to beat silly wood, it has to carry a bag of washing powder, saying it is a weapon of mass destruction.

In short, we must have a reason to send troops, otherwise we will be an unjust division and will not win the support of the people.

In history, the Tang Dynasty had long spied on the western countries, but it was not until the 13th year of Zhenguan that the Tang Dynasty found an excuse to say that Gaochang was allied with the Western Turks and violated the Tianwei of the Tang Dynasty, so it set up troops to attack.

In the 14th year of Zhenguan, Gaochang was destroyed by Hou Junji.

Since Li forgot to worry and presented the map and strategic objectives, including Li Er, all the leaders of the Tang Dynasty are wondering what excuse to attack gaochangguo.

The relationship between the two countries is now good. Just before Li forgets his worries and offers advice, at the beginning of this year, Gao Changguo's Lord Fu Wentai and his wife went to Chang'an to meet Li Er.

Li Er also granted his wife the surname Li and Princess Changle.

In this case, even if Li Er was itchy again, he couldn't move Gaochang for a while and a half.

Hearing Li forgetting you say so, Li Er naturally understood that his nephew had a ghost idea again. He couldn't help but rejoice: "Ziyou, talk about it quickly, but there's a way?"