The Rise of the European Emperor

While Marin was busy with spring plowing and planting wheat, the auction of silk, porcelain, tea bricks and other rare goods brought back from Daming was also in full swing.

Because he was worried that someone would take advantage of the opportunity of participating in the auction to spy on the agricultural secrets of the North Sea country, Marin simply moved the auction in North Germany to Cologne, the Hanseatic city that had been handed over to the south. Then, there are the outfields in Nuremberg, Paris, London, Rome, Barcelona and more.

This time Marin used two fleets, as many as 18 ships. Therefore, the cargo loaded is much more than the three or four ships of Columbus last time.

Moreover, in addition to the normal rare goods such as silk, porcelain, and tea bricks, Marin also purchased a lot of spices such as pepper, cinnamon, and cloves in Daming. For example, pepper, which is extremely expensive in Europe, can reach 10 shillings per pound, which is a super high price of 2 gold coins per pound.

However, in Daming, this thing only costs 130 Wen a catty, which is 0.13 taels of silver. And a gold coin is equivalent to 114 taels of silver. In other words, in Daming, the price of a catty of pepper (more than a pound) is only between one-eighth and one-ninth of the European price. And transporting pepper and other spices from Daming back to Europe can also make seven or eight times the profit. Moreover, this bypasses the agreement reached with Spain - I bought it in Daming, not in India, so it is not considered a violation...

In this way, when the spring plowing was over, the results of several auctions were also gathered. In these auctions, the goods brought back by Marin were sold for a sky-high price of more than one million gold coins, a total of 1.09 million gold coins... …

However, what makes Marin depressed is that many nobles can't get the money, so they can only use the goods to offset the debt...

According to statistics, in this round of auction, there are a total of 300,000 gold coins in the accounts, which are offset by goods. Asked the reason, the nobles said one after another-the domestic coins are not enough...

In fact, not to mention that the nobles of various countries felt that the coins were not enough, Marin also felt that the coins were not enough. Especially for silver, a lot of money was spent during the trade to Daming, resulting in a shortage of silver in the country.

There is no way, the Ming Dynasty is too rich in supplies, and there is no shortage of anything. Do you want to go shopping in the Ming Dynasty? All right, bring the money! Moreover, the broken silver coins doped with too much copper for personal use in Europe are not needed, only pure silver. Even if the Spanish silver dollar with a silver content of up to 90% was taken back later, it was melted and made into silver ingots...

And if gold is used, Marin is too disadvantaged-the gold-silver ratio in the Ming Dynasty is only 1 to 6, which is only half of Europe. If you use gold to go shopping in the Ming Dynasty, you will lose half the value of the currency first...

Therefore, before Marin went to the Ming Dynasty, he exchanged all the gold coins for silver bars with higher purity for trade. But the money is too expensive, and it seems that there is not enough money in the country. Now, the Beihai market is flooded with silver coins from other countries.

The most embarrassing thing for Marin is that at this auction in Paris, many of the coins received were nickel-copper-copper fake silver coins secretly made by himself.

The person in charge of the auction didn't know that he was making fake French silver coins, so he took all the money. Moreover, it seems that France's currency is more popular because of its national strength. Although the silver content of French real silver coins is a bit low, only less than a quarter. But that's also a silver coin, isn't it? With the endorsement of France, a big country, people actually like to use it.

Therefore, not only were many French counterfeit nickel-copper-copper coins found at the auction, but also many French counterfeit nickel-copper-copper counterfeit French silver coins privately made by Marin appeared in the Emden foreign trade market.

You ask Marin why it turns out to be fake? Because the quality of the counterfeit nickel-nickel-nickel-nickel-nickel copper coins forged in Beihai is better than the authentic French silver coins...

Authentic French silver coins are hammered by hand by craftsmen at the Tours Mint. The workmanship is a bit rough and not exquisite enough. Moreover, the alloy of copper and silver has lower corrosion resistance than nickel-nickel-nickel copper.

Then there are the nickel-copper-copper counterfeit silver coins pressed by the screw press machine of Marin's mint, which are still very bright after several years of use, while the real French silver coins are slightly dim.

As for the text pattern pressed by the spiral coin press, it is more exquisite and detailed than the authentic French silver coin...

And this time at the auction in Paris, Marin's men actually received fake nickel-nickel-nickel-nickel-nickel copper coins worth 50,000 gold coins minted by the North Sea State.

Looking at these "silver coins" that absolutely do not contain silver, Marin wanted to cry but had no tears-why did he cheat himself? How many fake French nickel silver coins worth 50,000 gold coins are there? 5.4 million deniers...

Looking at the mountain of Denier silver coins, Marin was so depressed and vomiting blood. You know, the Beihai Mint only produces 10 million fake French Denier silver coins of nickel-nickel-nickel-nickel-nickel-nickel copper coins a year...the amount has come back in more than half a year...and, it is said that there are probably several million in the country of Beihai. Fake Denieres of nickel-nickel copper are in circulation...

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Marin found Kohler and ordered weakly:

"You sent the men of the Chamber of Commerce to go to France to buy Percheron horses and Charolais cattle, and to buy Simmental cattle from Switzerland... Well, you also sent people to secretly suppress the fake French silver coins circulating in the country. Exchange it back with vigor, and spend it in France and Switzerland..."

Kohler hesitated and said:

"My lord, all the good horses in the Persh region have been bought for us. We bought a total of 2,400 good horses there. The rest are all bad horses. Are you sure you want?"

Marin was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it seemed that the fake Denier silver coins minted in the past few years were all spent on buying these, and he must have bought a lot. So he said:

"Since the good Perchers are gone, let's buy Charolais and Simmentals."

Kohler added:

"We have basically finished buying the Simmental cattle. The Simmental Plain is just a small plain in the mountains of Switzerland, and there are only a few thousand cattle. We bought 3,000 cattle, and there are basically no good cattle there..."

Marlin was speechless:

"Where's the Charolais cow? It won't be gone, will it?"

"That's not true. The province of Charolais is larger than the Simmental Basin, but the locals attach great importance to this kind of cattle. After we bought 4,200 head, the locals refused to sell them and even organized a boycott against us. .Our people will be beaten out with sticks if they go to Charolais again..."

"Okay, forget it. You can have the Percheron horses, Simmental cattle, and Charolais cattle you have bred properly. As for those nickel-nickel-nickel copper fake Denier silver coins... In this way, you send someone to take them France, give priority to the purchase of pure silver bars. After all, I want to use them to buy goods in Ming Dynasty..." Marin's plan is very good-fake French Denier silver coins made of nickel and white copper, go to France to exchange for real high-purity coins silver bullion. Then, take it to the Ming Dynasty to purchase various rare goods, and then take it back to Europe to exchange for big money...

But Kohler added:

"My lord, if we spend the tens of millions of fake French Denier silver coins in France, we can certainly get back a lot of valuable things. However, in this way, there will be a shortage of currency in the North Sea country. In this way If you don't, there will be a money shortage in the country. You have been working hard to promote the economic development of Beihai, and without enough coins, the economy will not develop!"

"Then mint more brass coins first to top it off!" Marin remembered that it seemed that the Beihai Mint had minted a lot of brass coins, which seemed to be very popular.

Kohler shook his head and said:

"Brass coins are very popular in the North Sea country, but once they are taken outside the North Sea country, no one will recognize them. Many people in other countries think that only silver coins are real coins, and copper coins are not counted... "

"This f*ck... this f*ck..." Marin was pissed off.

"There is only so much silver in Europe, how can there be so much silver to make money? Plus I spent a lot of money to go to Daming, Ma De, this is definitely a money shortage! And it is a money shortage within Europe! No, I We have to think of a way!"