Daming pirates

"No way! The goods sent by our council this time are probably more than two thousand taels of silver. Because we are exploring the road, we didn't prepare too many valuable things. To say that one tael of silver is exchanged for ten kilograms of saltpeter, this is

The price is about the same! Usually when we buy saltpeter from others, the price is even higher than this!" Zhao Mazi was a little disapproving when he heard what Yu Xiaotian said, and explained to Xiaotian.

"Your calculation is wrong! The price you quoted is the price for our land shipment, not the landed price. I have read the bill of goods for the goods we sent this time. If they are shipped locally, it is indeed

Two thousand taels of silver is considered a pretty good deal.

But you didn't take into account the freight for our trip. We set out on the ship and took a lot of risks by traveling so far. By the time these goods arrived at the Manila pier, they would have been worth at least five thousand taels of silver! Otherwise!

Why do so many maritime merchants travel thousands of miles to do business with them?

A trip to the sea usually doubles the profits of maritime merchants. Otherwise, who would be willing to risk death or being intercepted by people like us to do this business?

Besides, the Spaniards collected saltpeter. Although it had to be transported a long way to Manila, the cost was very low. They used local natives to help them mine. They just needed to transport these things, so they

This time at least we made several times the profit!

In fact, we suffered a big loss in this transaction! But you are still complacent! Humph!" Yu Xiaotian is no longer the dark-eyed guy when he first came here. He has paid great attention to collecting all kinds of things in the past two years.

With the commercial price information and the help of his collaborator Li Yi, he knew some things very clearly, so he said that Sea Wolf and their team had suffered a big loss in this transaction.

Zhao Mazi counted on his fingers, his face suddenly turned ugly, he slapped his thigh fiercely and cursed: "***, it's true, we were tricked by the dry silk people! This Zhang Feng is really confused,

Why didn't you negotiate the price with them more? I'll settle the score with him after I get back!"

Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said: "You can't blame Zhang Feng for this matter. It's because we didn't think it through in advance, and the Spaniards were too cunning, so we suffered this loss! But it doesn't matter, what we urgently need now is

For saltpeter, it is normal for the Spaniards to raise the price. The next time we go there, we can talk to them again. If we can't reach an agreement, we will refuse the transaction. If the Spaniards have a lot of inventory, they will definitely be eager to sell it. This will be much easier to handle.

Got it!

After all, Zhang Feng came back this time and solved our urgent need. With these saltpeters, we can prepare more than 20,000 kilograms of gunpowder, which is enough for us to last for a while!

You can arrange the next batch of goods and deliver some goods to the Spaniards according to their requirements. In addition, this time I also brought back a batch of deerskins from the Taiwanese staff. I will send some to them and see how much they offer.

How about it, we estimate that we will have a lot of deer skins shipped in the future, and it would be good to sell them to the Spaniards!"

After hearing this, Zhao Mazi calmed down and nodded in agreement. Then he remembered something and said to Xiaotian: "By the way, those Spaniards that the boss mentioned are the people we often call Ganrasi.

The robots saw that we were purchasing a large amount of saltpeter, and they roughly guessed our identities, asked us if we wanted their cannons and muskets, and told Zhang Feng that they could sell us some if we wanted them!"

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian burst out laughing and shook his head: "No! The Spaniards' calculations are quite good! I'm afraid they won't be able to guess if we kill them. The cannons we forge now may not be as good as theirs."

No matter how bad it is, I can even guarantee that the iron cannons we cast in the future will be better than theirs!

If it were in the past, if they could come to sell us guns, I would welcome them with both hands. But now... hum! It's too late!

As for the fire guns! We can talk to them. If they are willing, we can buy a batch from them at a cheaper price. If the price is high, then forget it!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

"By the way, how is the business at Maoshengyuan? Is there any news about Li Yi during this period?" Yu Xiaotian remembered another thing and asked Zhao Mazi.

When Zhao Mazi heard this, he smiled from ear to ear and nodded repeatedly: "If the master didn't mention it, I almost forgot. Li Yi sent news a few days ago, saying that according to the idea that the master gave him, a batch of soap

He gave it to some dignitaries, and also asked his concubine to secretly visit the wives and concubines of wealthy people, and gave them some soap.

During this period, more and more people began to take the initiative to buy soap from Maoshengyuan. Li Yi still followed the boss's instructions, hoarding goods and only shipping a small amount.

Nowadays, in Fuzhou City and even the whole of Fujian, soap is hard to find. The price has even reached ten taels of silver per piece, and there are still people asking for orders.

Some merchants have now discovered that this item can make a lot of money, and they are also coming to buy it. Even two Shanxi merchants went to Maoshengyuan to buy it after hearing about it.

It can be seen that soap will no longer have to be sold! Now, there are more than a dozen people and several large pots in the soap making factory, and production begins day and night.

It turns out that the whale blubber we have in stock may not be enough for a long time! So when the boss was away, Sixth Brother and we discussed it and took out three ships from the fleet to go out specifically to hunt whales. Otherwise, there would be insufficient whale blubber.

It’s about to be out of stock!

In addition, the craftsmen at the glass factory have made several sets of molds. In addition to glass bowls, glass wine cups, and glass tea bowls, there are now two craftsmen who have blown out large glass jars and glass vases.

Several fish tanks of the kind that the master wanted have been made and sent to Maoshengyuan Fuzhou head office. They were priced at 1,500 taels each and were immediately bought. The Fuzhou prefect also ordered one.

He said that it would be sent to the capital as a tribute this year!

The prefect of Fuzhou also sent people to Maoshengyuan to order fifty pieces of pearl soap, saying that they would also be sent to the capital as this year's tribute!"

When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he also grinned. This result was what he had expected. The wealth of the Ming Dynasty dignitaries and merchants in this era was unimaginable to ordinary people. Their luxurious lives were simply unimaginable.

It's not something ordinary people can think of.

These people make money easily and spend money generously. As long as the goods are good and have a good reputation, they don't care about the price. This is not just a question of whether it is easy to use or not, but also involves a question of face.

For example, he asked people to grind pearl powder and mix it into soap to make pearl soap. He promoted that this soap was beautifying and nourishing the skin. In fact, he himself did not dare to say how effective this soap was. But what can be guaranteed is that pearls are not harmful to people.

Well, Chinese people have been using pearls to maintain their beauty since ancient times, so as soon as this kind of thing comes on the market, it will definitely be sought after, and price is no longer an issue to consider.

If this continues, just the two industries of glass and soap will allow him to make a lot of money every day and make a lot of money in the future. If he comes up with some new gadgets, it will be difficult for him not to make a fortune.

"Okay! Li Yi did a great job this time! As long as there are people who want it, you won't have to worry about losing business in the future! Fujian is just the beginning. How big can the daily output of our glass factory and soap factory be now?" Yu Xiaotian was very interested.

Got up.

"The glass factory can now blow out a pair of vases and a one-foot-long glass fish tank every day. In addition, it can make more than 200 glass bowls, more than 300 glass tea cups, and more than 400 glass cups.

Wine glass.

However, the output of mirrors seems to be average. I can make forty or fifty mirrors of different sizes in one month, which is considered good!

As for the soap factory, at first we could make more than a hundred yuan a day at most, but now we can make four to five hundred yuan a day! Even if we sell one piece for ten taels of silver, we can make six or seven taels of silver, and the soap factory can run in one day.

It will net us three thousand taels of silver, which is more money than sending the brothers out to rob!" Zhao Mazi said to Xiaotian with his mouth watering.

When Yu Xiaotian heard this output, he was a little discouraged. He knew that whether it was glass or soap, they had just been launched and were in the high-end market, so the demand must be huge, and if he was the only one to produce it, there would be a lot of it.

Within the year, there will be plenty of rare items to live in, so there is no need to worry about the market being saturated.

The current output really makes him feel a little ashamed. Compared with any small factory in later generations, it is even a fraction of others. This kind of output cannot meet the market demand at all, so he will definitely increase the output significantly in the next step.

Just expand production.

But looking back, although some small factories in later generations also used a lot of modern machinery and equipment for production, they are currently all produced by hand, and the raw materials are also greatly restricted. Although whale blubber can be solved by whaling, soda ash

He can only use plant ash to solve the problem. It is already good to be able to achieve such a yield.

In addition, after all, Nanyue Island is still a bit too small and has limited resources. If he wants to continue to expand production, it is obvious that conditions are limited. Therefore, if he wants to expand production next, he will have to look at Jilongwan.

The Jilong Bay area is mountainous and not suitable for agricultural development, but with its easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain and the number of whales around it, it is a very good place to develop industrial production.

He vaguely remembered that there seemed to be many minerals in the Keelung area, including coal, an important industrial fuel. There were also resources in the Keelung area. Although the quality of the coal was not very good, it could at least solve a lot of problems. If it could be mined,

That will solve the big problem.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaotian was no longer anxious, nodded and said: "That's great! It seems that you old people are doing quite well in things here! With you people here to help me, I can really rest assured.

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After everyone heard Yu Xiaotian's praise, they were very happy and continued to talk and laugh in the hall.

(Today I would like to thank brothers Nanbo Wang and Qingyu Wings again for their generous rewards! Thank you for your support!)