Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 202 Great Voyage

The price of these items was negotiated. Although it was outrageous, both parties were very satisfied.

Then there is the question of quantity, rubber, pure copper, including the seeds of the rubber tree, Taichang has already set the quantity, and the rest is to determine the quantity of porcelain, tea and silk and satin.

At this time, Taichang made another operation that the officials present could not understand.

He actually thought about it for a while before he clasped his hands and said: "You may not know that these items are exclusively for the royal family and nobles of the Ming Dynasty. The quantity is limited, so the first time I can't sell too many goods, I We have to make an order to increase production, and then we can gradually increase supply later.”

Carinho thought it was normal, after all, these were not ordinary goods, at least he seldom saw such good ones.

However, the officials present were puzzled.

Are there limited quantities of these items?

Porcelain, not to mention too much, as long as the official kiln can make it vigorously, it is not a problem to produce hundreds of thousands of these simple plates, cups, and teapots a year.

There are more tea leaves, and the various tea leaves produced by Daming in a year are definitely more than tens of millions of catties.

As for silk and satin, it may be limited to less silk production, but it is not a problem to produce millions of silks a year.

They never imagined that the emperor would treat these as treasures, pick them up just like other envoys from foreign countries, and the final quantity of supply was so low that it was incomprehensible.

The emperor spent a long time digging and digging with the envoys of the state before deciding on it. Next year, Daming will sell 1 plates and cups each to Xibaya, only 50 teapots, and only [-] catties of tea leaves. There are only [-] pieces of silk and satin.

Calculated in this way, the total is only 180 million taels!

What does the emperor mean by this?

At the beginning of pricing, the posture was like slaughtering people like pigs, but when the quantity was determined, it seemed that they couldn't do it, and they didn't slaughter many people at all.

Now the imperial court is quite short of money, why doesn't the emperor take a ruthless hand and ruthlessly slaughter others?
Xu Guangqi couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for talking too much, why don't we make more money?"

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "The so-called rarity is the most valuable. If we open up the supply, then these things will soon be worthless. Besides, Spain is not the only barbarian in the country. We will also buy other rich owners in the future." If we need to contact each other, we can supply a little to each family and let them compete for these goods, so that the price can be bought higher and higher.”

This is actually the hunger marketing of later generations, deliberately controlling the supply in order to copy high prices.

What are these people talking about?

Carinho couldn't help but look at Chen Siming, which meant to let them translate.

Chen Siming turned his attention to Taichang.

Can these be translated for others to hear?

Certainly not!
Taichang pretended to frown and said, "Just tell him that the officials under my command feel that the quantity of these goods is too much. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to supply them next year. They are all complaining to me."

Uh, this is completely ironic!
Chen Siming did not hesitate to translate it according to Taichang's meaning.

When Carinho heard this, he couldn't help being startled. These things can make more money than selling rubber and copper. If it's less, it's tens of thousands of taels!

He couldn't help but said anxiously: "Your Majesty, we have already discussed it. Please help me and find a way."

Taichang pretended to hesitate for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, I will let them figure out a way, business must be creditworthy, and I will not go back on my promise to you."

When Carlinio heard the words, he even gave Taichang a grateful look!
This idiot.

Taichang couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, and then explained to the officials: "Also, this is the first time we do business, we can't let people feel that we are at a disadvantage, you know, they have to ship tens of thousands of barrels to us Rubber and tens of millions of catties of copper, even if it is their largest ship, it is estimated that more than ten ships can hold these goods. And our goods, in addition to tea, porcelain and silk satin, no matter how much it is, it will not fit a large ship Think about it, they have worked so hard to bring over a dozen shipments, only to exchange for one or two shipments, and they have to pay us millions or even millions of taels, will they feel that they are losing money? gone?"

There is indeed truth to this statement.

Question, if you increase the supply in the future, don't people have to pay for it?

Xin Wang Zhu Youjian couldn't help but asked: "Father, I have the courage to ask, didn't you say that we should find a way to increase the supply in the future? Once the supply increases, they still have to pay us! "

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry about this, they just need to send the first batch of goods back, not to mention earning too much, that's for sure doubled, that's nearly 200 million taels, they have tasted the sweetness After that, they will have more money in their hands, and they won’t care about the little money they paid us, and they will definitely just want to buy more goods.”

Zhu Youjian couldn't help nodding when he heard the words.

The matter of the official transaction has been discussed so far, and the next step is the issue of opening the port.

Taichang slightly raised his hand and said: "I have solved the problem of supply for you. Next, let's discuss the issue of opening the port."

Carinho thanked him again and again, but then said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, I didn't bring a map. Do you have a world map?"

Of course there is, we were just watching it.

With a direct wave of Taichang's hand, Li Zhizao ran to the Library Pavilion of the Wenhua Palace to carry over the precious map he had drawn, and spread it on the table again.

This map is so well drawn!
Carinho's eyes lit up when he saw "The Complete Map of Kun Yu Wan Guo".

To be honest, Oulu's drawing skills are far behind Daming's at the moment. The maps they draw can be said to be very ugly, and people who don't know geography very well can't understand them.

This "Kun Yu Wan Guo Quan Tu" is different, not only the painting is good, but also added a variety of winks, it looks clear at a glance.

He couldn't help admiring: "This world map is really well drawn."

After listening to Chen Siming's translation, Li Zhizao couldn't help showing a look of complacency. Of course he couldn't be more proud that his paintings could be praised by the Spaniard who is known as the overlord of the sea.

Seeing this, Taichang simply handed him the white wax rod in front of him, motioning him to hand it to Carinho.

Carinho took the white wax pole, touched it curiously, then stood up, pointed to the northern part of America on the map and said: "This is our Governorate of New Spain, we transported goods from Amerigo, Usually depart from the port here."

When all the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but secretly startled.

How far is this distance, probably more than [-] miles!
These barbarians are really brave, dare to sail such a long distance across the sea.

They don't know how crazy the colonists were in the Age of Discovery. The so-called wealth and wealth are in danger. In order to grab money, tens of thousands of miles or even tens of thousands of miles are nothing to them!
Taichang took a look, and was also secretly startled.

Of course, he wasn't surprised by his courage, but by his expansion speed.

This Spanish colony is expanding so fast, and the port of their departure should be in the harbor near Vancouver in later generations.

In other words, these guys accounted for nearly half of North America!

Taichang thought for a while, then nodded calmly and said: "Well, where does your fleet want to replenish?"

This involves the secret of the route.

The route of the Age of Discovery is one of the most important secrets. European countries have their own secret routes, and these are the basis for them to make money!
How could you forget such an important thing?

What to do now?
Carinho thought for a while, but decided to speak vaguely, otherwise people would not understand at all, and they would not be able to cooperate.

He pointed to the northern part of Dongying on the map and said: "Your Majesty, you should also know that sailing depends on monsoons and ocean currents. Our fleet departs from the Governorate of New Spain. It takes about a month or so to get here by sailing on ocean currents, and after we get here, we have to wait for the right monsoon and ocean currents before we can sail south quickly. It would be best if Dongying can open the port here, but Dongying is now choosing to follow the The Dutch cooperated and refused to allow our fleet to dock at all, which multiplied the food and fresh water we had to carry."

Uh, Dongying.

I really want to take down Dongpu, but next year is definitely impossible, at least I have to wait a few years.

(End of this chapter)