The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 880 Huge Profits Astonishing
"The empire is troubled now, and Mexico's silver also needs to be circulated, otherwise it cannot be turned into more silver." An official said in a deep voice: "The work is in full swing, and now it is the target of the empire. I heard that King Louis XIV of France , has communicated with Emperor Dagan many times, which is not a good thing for our empire."

"The emperor of the Great Dynasty was ambitious and captured Annan and Malacca successively. In the next step, there is no guarantee that he will not attack us."

"We are so far away from Daqian, it is impossible for them to work hard and move thousands of miles across the ocean to attack." The officials obviously did not believe it.

Hundreds of people and thousands of people can venture across the Pacific Ocean. It is unrealistic in this era for you to dispatch tens of thousands of people.

Not all ships are suitable for oceangoing.

In the terrible Pacific storm, many ships will sink to the bottom of the sea.

Gonzalez thought for a while: "Being a peacemaker should focus on trade."

There is still a difference between being full and making a lot of money. He knew that sinking the dry man's ship would not do them any good, and he might not be able to get the supplies on the dry man's ship, so what if he got it?
In the future, Ganren will not come again, and their Spanish ships will also enter Asia.

If you beat up some people today, how will their ships enter Malacca in the future?
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Bao brought a group of people ashore.

Gonzales greeted them with people, and the surface was very polite. After all, this was the first time that Eastern Gan people came to North America since this century.

After landing, Wang Bao realized that there was still a thousand miles away from Mexico City.

Of course, now that it has officially entered the territory of New Spain, most transactions can be completed here.

Wang Bao happily asked: "I brought a lot of raw silk and tea, what's the price here?"

A local official quickly said: "We bid 1000 silver pesos for 100 catties for raw silk. The quality of tea depends on the quality. The general quality is 500 silver pesos for 100 catties. Of course, you can also pay directly in silver."

Mexico City is rich in silver, and the ratio of silver pesos to silver is one peso equals 0.7 taels.

Calculated in this way, it is 700 taels of silver, one hundred catties of raw silk.

This is more expensive than when Ding Yi sold it to Japan.

But it was far worse than Wang Bao expected.

Wang Bao laughed loudly: "European merchant ships are in Malacca, and now they can buy a lot of raw silk."

"Wherever we are, the price we sell to European merchant ships is five times that of yours."

In fact, he is also bragging, and it is not so expensive, but there are two or three times.

The faces of the people on the opposite side changed slightly.

The official thought for a while: "If you are willing to sell it to Mexico, it will be much more expensive. However, it is about a thousand miles to Mexico City, and there are various indigenous people on the road. After entering the city, you have to pay taxes."

"If you are willing to sell it yourself, we can issue a pass and a transaction certificate for you."

He thought that if Wang Bao didn't want to go to Mexico City, it must be a thousand miles away.

"Okay, then we just happened to go to see the ruling center of your country here." Wang Bao agreed without hesitation.

He was going to see the defense force of Mexico City, how many troops there were, and so on.

Gonzalez didn't expect Ganren to really want to go to Mexico City, so that he would lose a lot of income.

So he winked, and another official hurried out to say something nice, meaning to let Wang Bao sell some of it to them, implying that they also wanted to make some money.

Of course, the price is negotiable.

Wang Bao thought for a while, when His Majesty the Emperor said it was sold here, the price increased sixty times.

My purchase price in Dagan is 50 taels of a catty, which is sixty times.

Wait for 3000 two hundred catties.

Considering that he still needs to give Gonzales a little profit, Wang Bao didn't dare to say too much.

"Three thousand pesos and one hundred catties for raw silk."

"Tea leaves cost one thousand pesos and one hundred catties, and high-quality tea leaves cost one hundred catties. Each catty costs one thousand pesos."

so expensive?Wang Bao's opening of his mouth startled everyone on the opposite side.

The price of special raw silk has more than tripled.

After the official glanced at Gonzales, he quickly bargained with Wang Bao.

After a period of tug-of-war, the two sides finally agreed.

The CIF price is [-] pesos per catty for raw silk, [-] pesos per catty for ordinary tea, and [-] pesos per catty for high-quality tea.

CIF means that the dry person is not responsible for the handling, and the Spanish organize the handling after the ship arrives at the shore.

This time Wang Bao also made a fortune.

He imported raw silk from Songjiang and Jiangsu, and the price was around fifty silver and one hundred catties.

The key point is that he used a lot of silver coins to buy, but actually used very little silver.

And here, he will be exchanged for sterling silver.

At this time, he had to admire the brain of His Majesty the Emperor.

Even if the original price is sold to the Spaniards, they will have dozens of times the profit.

Because one tael of sterling silver is in the works, at least dozens of taels of silver coins can be made.

Of course, now that they are a private company, they will still exchange them for silver coins according to the bank's exchange rate when they go back. The big profit in the end is naturally the treasury of the Daqian Dynasty.

Wang Bao brought a total of [-] catties of raw silk and [-] catties of tea from Dagan, filling five ships.

If it wasn't for bringing a large amount of food and fresh water, as well as necessary weapons and soldiers, Wang Bao could bring more.

He mainly came to explore the road, so he sold more than half of it at the port.

Raw silk sold [-] jin, and tea sold [-] jin.

The total purchase price was less than 3 taels of silver, and what really took time was time.

Because he needs to take it all the way from Songjiang and Jiangsu to Dayuan, then to Luzon, and then to Tai O.

It didn't cost much money, and it took half a year to gather so many goods to Tai O.

Now it has sold more than 60 pesos at the port alone, which is worth 43 taels of silver, earning more than ten times.

Of course, they spent a lot of money. They hired 1000 soldiers and horses to escort them, and they spent a lot of money on this day.

Wang Bao rested at the port for a few days, then took five hundred soldiers and horses, and the rest of the things, to Mexico City.

Gonzalez also politely sent fifty Spanish soldiers to escort and lead the way.

In fact, there is the intention of monitoring, fearing that Wang Bao will do subtle things in Mexico City.

Wang Bao and the others transported [-] carts from the ship. When they were taken down, they were all boards and tires, and then they were assembled again. Then they rented horses locally, which made the transportation much more convenient and quicker.

In late May, Wang Bao came to Mexico City.

Mexico City was originally the capital of the local indigenous Indian civilization, the Aztec Empire.

The Aztec civilization is a unique ancient civilization in the history of the world. It established an empire in central Mexico in the 15th century.It has a relatively accurate calendar system; in terms of agriculture, irrigation technology is developed; in terms of economy, "currency" in the primitive stage has appeared; religious myths have distinctive characteristics and have a profound impact on later generations; The ancient city of Tenochtitlan is the best proof for being able to build very magnificent buildings; in addition, the Aztec social class is strictly divided and has a complete legal system.

In the 15th century, Tenochtitlan and two other city-states, Descoco and Tracopan, formed the Triple Alliance, and the Aztec Empire was established.

The Aztec Empire was the largest empire in Mesoamerica in the pre-Columbian period, and also formed a unique Aztec civilization.The strong economic strength made the Aztec civilization develop rapidly in all aspects.

In the 16th century, the Spaniards conquered the Aztec Empire, first razed the capital of the empire, Tenochtitlan, and then the Spanish colonists built many European-style palaces, churches, monasteries and other buildings on the ruins. , and named the city Mexico City, known in Europe as the "City of Palaces".

It was 1521 when the Spaniards occupied it.

Now more than 100 years have passed, Mexico City is famous in Europe as the 'palace capital', with a very dense population.

Mexico City is the most populous metropolitan area in the Americas.

In 1519, there were about 500 million people in Mexico. However, after the continuous massacres by the Spanish colonists, the fight against resistance forces, and the smallpox and other diseases brought by the Spaniards, by 1650, there were still about 350 million people. .

Mexico City, as the local political and cultural, economic and center, a large number of people are concentrated in Mexico City.

So when Wang Bao arrived in Mexico City, there were at least 50 people here, more than the population of many small European countries.

No wonder Spain has been unwilling to give up here. It is very prosperous now, and population represents resources, consumption capacity, and productivity.

Wang Bao's entry into Mexico City shocked the local governor and all the Spaniards.

After all, no one would have thought that a master thousands of miles away could send someone to Mexico City.

Mexican Governor Monterey also received Wang Bao with a high standard after careful consideration.

Just as Wang Bao thought, they now need to consider Spanish ships as long as they do not pass through Malacca.

This is the benefit of Ding Yi's control of Malacca.

Unless the Kingdom of Spain makes up its mind, it will not come to Asia for transactions in the future, and give up raw silk in Asia, tea, spices in Malacca, and all other profitable businesses.

Otherwise, he couldn't easily start a war against Gan Ren.

And to be honest, Wang Bao brought 500 elite soldiers and horses, and it was almost impossible for the Spanish in Mexico to defeat these [-] without artillery.

The two sides greeted each other on behalf of their respective emperors and exchanged gifts. Of course, Ding Yi's surprise attack and occupation of Luzon before was ignored by everyone.

Wang Bao said that they are welcome to do business in Tai O Province, and they can go to Changjiang City (the location of Sydney in later generations) with them, where there will be a large number of oriental specialties, sugar and spices.

Because Ding Yi has already occupied the entire Southeast Asia, the spices from each island can also be distributed to various places in Tai O for sale at any time.

Monterey listened thoughtfully, saying that business transactions are in the interests of the empire, but a powerful cadre is not in the interests of the empire. It really makes people make a choice.

Wang Bao stayed in Mexico City for a few days and sold all the goods, and it was indeed more expensive here.

Because someone will sell it further north in Mexico.

All the goods were sold out, and Wang Baona received a total of 72 silver pesos (including some local silver and gold coins) after paying the tax.
(End of this chapter)