Chapter 224: The Big Deal
"Since you're in Italy, drink some authentic Italian bars. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Zheng Fei said with a smile.
"Tasteful~" After the duke finished speaking, he beckoned to the distance not far away: "Matthew, go to the carriage and bring my barrel of wine over!"
Matthew nodded hurriedly and ran out of the door, and soon, he came back with an oak barrel, put it on the ground panting, drew his dagger and opened it.
The mellow aroma of the wine swayed from the mouth of the barrel, giving people a sensory stimulation, and I couldn't help but want to taste it.
Italian red wine has a high fruit acidity and a strong and intoxicating taste. Baijiu is mostly characterized by a fresh taste and pleasant fruity aroma.
The Duke was finally willing to put down his pipe, slammed it on the coffee table, and said with a smile: "This barrel is my treasure, and it comes from the charming region of northern Italy, Piedmont. ”
The master hadn't invited yet, even if Zheng Fei wanted to drink it again, he had to endure it, he took his eyes off the tempting liquid, nodded and said, "I heard that the output of red wine there is the first in Italy." ”
"No, the first in Europe. As an old aristocrat in Italy, the duke showed a smug look on his face, and continued to say to the guests from the East: "Italy is known as the country of wine, many people think that French red wine is good, but they don't know that France's winemaking technology is stolen from Italy, the fact is that Italy is far superior to France in terms of production and quality." ”
With that, the Duke moved his hand and instructed the servant to scoop two glasses of wine, and gracefully lifted Erlang's legs and leaned back on the sofa.
Zheng Fei smiled, took the cup handed by the servant, took a sip lightly, tasted it carefully, and praised it sincerely: "Good wine." ”
The duke's mustache curled, took a sip of wine and muttered for a moment, and began to get down to business.
"Guest, you should be an oriental businessman, what kind of deal did you come to me for?"
Zheng Fei put down the wine glass at the right time, looked at the duke's eyes seriously, and said, "Big deal." ”
Selling the goods in Venice is the only option at the moment, but at the same time, it is necessary to get a token of the descendants of Sparta from the prince. The prince is not stupid, he will never obediently hand over the token, he must use some means, in that case, if he wants to stay quietly in Venice and sell goods, it is impossible.
Sell millions of silver dollars worth of goods, and rule over the brave and fearless descendants of Sparta, if he had to make a choice......
He will choose, both.
It's actually very simple, just sell it before the prince's birthday.
The problem is, now that the exchange has collapsed, Venice is so big, where can we find the rich businessmen in a short time?
After thinking about it, there was only one place, and that was here, Abraham's Manor.
There was only one time - the Prince's birthday.
The birthday party of the Romanian prince, which had spread throughout the city, was sure to attract all the powerful people of Venice, those who plucked their fur better than a monkey, and would not give up any chance to get in touch with the prince, even if Romania was currently being plagued by war.
No matter how generous the bigwigs are, they will put down their shelves to congratulate them, what they lack now is to establish a good friendship with dignitaries, even if the so-called friendship is based on interests.
Although they did not intend to settle in Romania, which could fall at any time, they all knew that over the years, the prince had traveled and communicated with the royal families of various European countries, and his network was definitely not ordinary.
They also heard that the prince, with his network, had successfully recruited reinforcements from three countries, and would soon return home to defend against foreign enemies.
What's more, there are not only princes here, but also the famous Duke Abraham, which makes wealthy businessmen who are ready to settle in Italy rush to it.
Zheng Fei's plan is to hold a large-scale auction on the prince's birthday, of course, not directly, but to carefully plan a "coincidence".
Hearing him say a big deal, a hint of pleasure flashed in the duke's pupils, and he said with interest: "Oh?
Zheng Fei drank the Italian wine with a very strong taste and said, "I have a batch of goods in my hand, and I want to sell them here on the day of the prince's birthday." ”
The duke raised his eyebrows, and then sneered: "Is this the big deal you are talking about, using my manor as an exchange?"
Nod.
The duke, who felt that he had been tricked, suddenly slapped the table, and regardless of his gentlemanly demeanor, he stood up quickly, glared and said angrily: "Get out! I will never allow your shameless behavior to ruin the prince's birthday party!"
In the eyes of an old aristocrat like him, the exchange is such a place: a striking quotation beauty, a group of mercenary businessmen who shout, a miasma!
Zheng Fei was surprised by his reaction, but he knew one thing very well - in a transaction, if the other party is unwilling to compromise, it is not that he has an opinion on you, let alone that he is not in a bad mood today, but that the profit you give is not enough.
Zheng Fei smiled knowingly, facing the angry duke, his fingers pinched the goblet, shook it slowly, watched the mellow liquid in the cup swing around, and said, "I'll give you fifty percent of the benefits." ”
Fifty out of ...... The Duke was stunned, and the anger in his eyes dissipated in an instant.
Just provide a place to get fifty percent of the profits?
He lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, cleared his throat, waved his hand to signal the escort who had just heard the roar break through the door to go out, and then sat down quietly.
After a long time, he asked, "What is your cargo?"
"Fox skin, mink, deer antler, ginseng. Zheng Fei seemed to be casually speaking, but in fact, he had been observing his reaction with his peripheral vision.
These words, the feeling given to the duke, it is not an exaggeration to describe it with a heartbeat.
It's all luxury!
The first three are easy to say, at least on the market, but the last one, ginseng!
Ginseng, with the exception of American ginseng in North America, is mainly grown in the cold regions of East Asia and is not found in Europe.
After the Ottoman Empire cut off the land trade route between the East and the West, the merchants of East Asia wanted to bring this precious medicinal material to Europe, but on the way, they would be intercepted by the barbarians of West Asia and eaten as dried radishes and other things, eating blood from their nostrils and thinking it was poison, and slaughtering all the merchants they caught.
Because of this, no Oriental merchant dared to risk his life to smuggle ginseng, and in Europe during this period, ginseng was almost extinct, and even if there were, it had long since become the private possession of the royal family.
[Recently, something has gone wrong, and there is an unspeakable sense of guilt...... It was supposed to be added today, but only the seven-month-old little sister was found to have pneumonia and was hospitalized, and I went to the hospital at night to see her (;′⌒') a child as young as that, lying there.
Without further ado, I hope there will be nothing more in the future, so that I can have enough time and energy to work hard to update everyone!
Tomorrow, with the advent of the new week, and the blazing August, I will work hard to earn the tickets in your hands!
That's it for today, get an early rest, good night. (To be continued.) )