Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 694 Redwood Market
All Saints Port Wharf, in a row of newly built simple warehouses.

Taichang looked at the piles of wood in front of him, and couldn't help showing a hint of shock on his face.

Are these redwoods?

He walked up to a piece of wood, touched the newly scraped section carefully, and the shock on his face became more intense.

This is really mahogany, and it is also a high-grade mahogany similar to red sandalwood!
He has seen too much mahogany. Many of the chairs he sits on, the table he uses, and even the doors and windows in the palace are made of mahogany, and his precious son Zhu Youxiao plays with various mahogany every day. All kinds of mahogany are naturally familiar.

This kind of mahogany is definitely a high-grade mahogany comparable to red sandalwood, and there are dozens of them in this pile!

He really couldn't believe that there were so many mahogany trees here, and each one was astonishingly large.

Brazil actually means mahogany in Portuguese!
Not many people have noticed this in later generations.

Brazilian mahogany is not well-known in later generations.

What is going on here?
It is very likely that the mahogany here was harvested by the Portuguese within two to three hundred years, and all of them were used as decks for ships, and their warships were almost consumed in the chaos, so there is no The real objects remained, let alone the mahogany furniture.

Otherwise, it is impossible for Brazilian mahogany to have no reputation at all.

This is simply reckless!
He thought for a while and then asked: "How many redwoods do they cut in a year, have you inquired?"

Luo Sigong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My minister has already carefully interrogated the lord here. In about half a year, Portugal will send a fleet to transport mahogany. The Natal colony must at least make up a boat. It looks like there are more than ten ships. And their ocean-going merchant ships have a cargo capacity of more than 100 million catties."

My God, one ship is more than 100 million catties, and more than ten ships are more than 1000 million catties!
Of course, people use it to make deck materials and count it by root, and this one is at least a thousand catties, that is to say, they count tens of thousands of roots at a time.

The problem is, this kind of high-grade mahogany is almost as valuable as silver in Daming.

How much is more than 1000 million catties of high-grade mahogany worth?

If calculated according to the market price equivalent to silver, it would be more than 1 million taels of silver.

Even with a 5000% discount, it would be more than [-] million taels based on the cheapest wholesale price!

How much wealth is this?
Taichang thought for a while, and then asked again: "Have you sent someone to check in the jungle? Is there a lot of this kind of mahogany?"

Luo Sigong nodded without hesitation and said: "I have specially sent someone to the jungle to count them. There are thousands of such redwoods in the jungle around the city of All Saints, with a radius of about a hundred miles. If you calculate according to this , there are at least tens of thousands of such mahogany trees in Natal."

Omg, so many!
Taichang continued to ask: "What about the size, are they all this thick?"

Luo Sigong shook his head slightly and said: "There is no such a thick mahogany near the Zhusheng City, and they are also picking it up. Within a hundred miles, the mahogany with a thickness of more than two feet is basically chopped off by them. , This kind of thick and thin mahogany can only be found in the jungle hundreds of miles away from the All Saints City."

These guys cut down hundreds of trees in half a year, and thousands of trees in a year. Let them cut down like this. It is estimated that such thick mahogany trees will be cut down by them in more than ten years, and smaller ones will follow.

In other words, at the rate of logging by the Portuguese, the mahogany here will be cut down by them in at most a hundred years. Two to 300 years is still too much.

No wonder later generations of Brazilian mahogany are not well-known. Let the Portuguese kill chickens and get eggs so that they can catch the fish. It is not bad that the Brazilian mahogany has not been cut down by them.

Daming definitely can't do this, the Brazilian mahogany has to be well managed.

If managed properly, this is an inexhaustible wealth.

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "Boke, how much of this high-grade mahogany do you think Daming can consume in a year?"

Well, this question is really a bit difficult to answer.

If he asked others, he would probably be dumbfounded.

Just like Luo Sigong, he was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Li Shuchu thought about it for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this is really hard to say.

If calculated according to the taxes paid by the merchants, there should be less than [-] merchants in the two capitals and eighteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty who can spend a few thousand taels of silver to buy mahogany furniture.

And among the less than [-] merchants, it is impossible for everyone to like mahogany furniture.

If we calculate by half, Daming can probably consume 3000 to [-] million taels of such mahogany a year.

However, the output of mahogany in Nanyang seems to be less than this amount at the moment, so this mahogany will become more and more valuable and precious. "

It's a supply and demand relationship.

Because the production of mahogany in Nanyang is not enough, the mahogany market in Daming is in short supply, so the price of mahogany is getting higher and higher.

If Daming did what Portugal did and pulled tens of millions of catties of mahogany twice a year, the price of the mahogany would drop precipitously.

This is the same as glass.

At the beginning, the output of Continental glass was quite low, so the price of glass was higher than that of crystal, and a single-eye telescope could easily sell for a few hundred taels.

Now that Daming is able to mass-produce glass, and the telescope has also been mass-produced, the price of this glass is bound to drop precipitously.

It is no exaggeration to say that once Daming's telescope is sold to Europe, the price of Europe's telescope will drop by at least [-]%.

Therefore, this Brazilian mahogany must not be so exhausted and harvested frantically.

This harvest must be strictly controlled according to consumption.

If you follow the example of the Portuguese and ignore them, logging wildly, and pulling back more than 2000 million catties a year, the price of mahogany will drop to one or two silver per catty.

This is equivalent to a [-]% drop in the price of mahogany.

What's more, it only takes more than ten years to catch the chickens and eggs like this, and the mahogany trees that are thicker than the waist here will be completely felled, and then they will definitely be cut down smaller and smaller until they are all cut down.

And when the mahogany here is cut down, the price of mahogany will definitely rise again.

If you do this, a good mahogany market will be messed up.

Fortunately, the Portuguese still don't know the value of mahogany in Daming.

If they knew about it, and sold 3000 catties of mahogany to Daming every year, then the mahogany market in Daming would have been messed up, and they would have lost all the money!
Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said to Luo Sigong: "About the price of mahogany, don't tell the people here, especially the Portuguese and Spaniards, absolutely don't let them know the price of Daming mahogany."

Luo Sigong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang then confessed: "Also, the mahogany here will not be harvested so frantically in the future.

This matter will be handed over to you Jin Yiwei.

After we take control of this area, the annual mining volume of mahogany is tentatively set at 100 million jin.

Moreover, the thickest ones should be selected, and the best ones should be cut first, and at least twice as many seedlings should be planted after the cutting.

The seedlings should also be carefully selected, and the best varieties should be selected.

We need to cultivate this market well, so that the water flows steadily, you know? "

Uh, this.

Hearing this, Luo Sigong was a little dazed again.

He thought about it carefully, and then carefully asked: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being stupid, this, what is a market?"

How to explain this?
Taichang also thought about it carefully, and then explained: "You can understand the market as the sale of a thing, and what I'm talking about is the sale of mahogany.

The so-called rarity is more expensive, the price of this mahogany has a lot to do with the supply.

Now, the demand for Daming mahogany is about 200 million catties a year.

Moreover, Nanyang can produce about 100 million catties a year.

If we bring back 100 million catties of high-quality mahogany from here every year, the price of this mahogany will not fluctuate too much.

If we follow the example of the Portuguese, logging wildly, and pulling more than 2000 million catties back every year, then the price of this mahogany will collapse.

Because at this moment in Daming, there are at most people who are willing to spend 3000 to 2000 million taels a year to buy mahogany furniture. If we take more than [-] million catties back, the mahogany will definitely become one tael of silver per catty. "

Luo Sigong still understands the truth that rare things are valuable.

However, he couldn't figure out why Taichang kept the price of this mahogany at a high level that ordinary people couldn't afford.

He thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I dare you, let's go back a bit more, so that the common people of Daming can afford it, can't we?"

You, you have no business sense!
You should take a long-term view and relax a little, you know?
Taichang said helplessly: "You can't make all the things common people can afford, besides, even if common people can't afford this mahogany furniture, it won't affect their lives.

However, these are different for rich people.

They have to use the money they make, they have to look different from ordinary people, they need to use some high-end things to show their difference from ordinary people!

Therefore, there is no problem with maintaining the high price of this mahogany.

What's more, you can't just focus on the market of Daming, and you can't just focus on the current demand. You have to look at this market from a long-term perspective, you know?
Think about it, if Daming mahogany furniture is famous, it is famous for being easy to use, famous for its exquisiteness, and famous for its high-end atmosphere.

Will the wealthy people from various kingdoms of Ming Dynasty rush to follow suit and rush to buy it?
How many vassal states of Ming Dynasty are there now, and how many will they be in the future?
Do the math, how big will this market become?

Also, after the mahogany furniture became popular throughout Daming and all the subordinate countries, would rich people in other countries also want to buy some to support their appearance?

Do the math, how big is this market?
If we make things the most refined and the best, and gradually cultivate this market, will there be endless money to be made?
Moreover, the mahogany here is cultivated while being cut, will it not be exhausted?

If you follow the example of the Portuguese by killing chickens and taking eggs, not only will the mahogany market be messed up, but the mahogany here will also be cut down, and we will have no money in the end, you know? "

When Luo Sigong heard the words, he suddenly realized: "I understand."

Alas, I finally figured it out.

Taichang sighed slightly: "You have to be careful about this matter, Jinyiwei will share [-]% of the profit from selling mahogany, you don't have to eat alone, find a few trustworthy subordinates, and give them a share, everyone will work together to make this market a reality." Good business, you know?"

My God, [-]% is a million taels.

Moreover, if the operation is good, it will double and double in the future!
Hearing this, Luo Sigong couldn't help cupping his hands excitedly and said: "My minister understands, thank you Your Majesty for your kindness."

(End of this chapter)