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After eight months of sailing, the Shen family's fleet finally arrived in Great Britain at the end of August.

This journey can be said to be thrilling and dangerous, the Shen family's ship is resilient and strong, and it can survive storms.

It can be said that Tao Bao and his people were lucky, and during the eight-month trip, they encountered storms three times, and only once they encountered pirates, and when the other party was not close to the fleet, they let Tao Bao and Gao Wu and others solve it.

With Tao Bao's long-range No. 1 gun in hand, the pirates had already lost before they had time to rob the fleet, and the fleet arrived safely in Great Britain.

A total of 1,000 taels were spent on the import and export duties, and after deducting some of the expenses on the road of 1,000 taels, Tao Bao currently had 1,400 taels left. Originally, the Shen family was going to be given five hundred taels of freight, but in order to thank Tao Bao for his help along the way, they were all exempted.

Tao Bao had already made an appointment with Charles, a local on the ship, to act together, so after making an appointment with the Shen family for two months to continue the return journey with their fleet, Tao Bao directly refused Shen An's request to take her with him.

After spending another ten taels of transportation fees and carriage fees, Tao Bao carried the remaining 1,380 taels of silver, took Daiyu and Xueyan and the two girls, and followed Charles and his son into the city in a carriage.

Charles has a small estate in the suburbs of London, their family is a hereditary small nobleman, Charles's father is an earl, but unfortunately for some reasons, died early, so Charles inherited the title, Charles has no official position, and has not made any outstanding contributions, so he is demoted to inheritance, and now he is a baron.

His wife was the daughter of a wealthy businessman, but her health was not good, and she died shortly after giving birth to Jack, and Charles raised her son Jack as a father and mother alone.

His father died suddenly, his wife died of illness, and there were so many changes in the family, Charles was very decadent for a while, but fortunately got the help of Jack's grandfather and started a business with his help.

At first, Charles was just selling some agricultural products on his estate, but then he accidentally met a ship merchant, and driven by huge profits, he began to sail at sea to trade between the two countries.

Charles's family has a small shop in the city of London, which used to sell the things produced in the manor, and now it is used to sell products collected from various countries.

After putting the things away, Tao Bao refused Charles's invitation and led Daiyu, who was reluctant to live with Jack, to find a hotel to live in.

Daiyu was so excited that she didn't fall asleep all night, while Tao Bao couldn't sleep thinking about things.

She didn't worry about the sale of the goods she brought, to whom the silk should be sold, to whom the porcelain should be sold, and to whom the embroidery should be sold, and she had already inquired about these on the ship, and she was worried about how to buy an industry here.

Tao Bao didn't know anything about the foreign world in the Dream of Red Mansions, thinking about it, or bothering Charles, as for Shen An, Tao Bao didn't even think about it.

Daiyu can know these things, the Lin family, and the Europeans can know about them, but they can't let the people over there know about them.

Although Gao Wu knew Daiyu's identity, he probably wouldn't have thought of her plan to let the Lin family all move over, so at present, only Lin Ruhai and herself know about this plan, and there are more people who know about it, I'm afraid that there will be a big trouble at that time, and I don't know if Lin Ruhai's matter is okay?

I kept thinking about these things, and it was not until the early hours of the morning that Tao Bao gradually fell asleep.

The three of them didn't sleep much at night, so they slept until noon.

Tao Bao had just finished eating a salad and bread lunch with Daiyu and Snow Goose when a merchant came to the door automatically.

As long as you pay attention to the news of the Qing fleet coming over yesterday, you will not miss it, and Tao Bao did not want to hide his residence, and it was completely unexpected for Tao Bao to come to the door by a businessman.

Tao Bao intends to cultivate Daiyu and Snow Goose's autonomy, and does not avoid them in discussing matters with the merchants, and the two also know that this is a good opportunity to learn, so they obediently stand behind Tao Bao and watch her bargain with these merchants.

There were three merchants who came, all of whom came for Tao Bao's batch of silk.

The three merchants had been planning to divide this batch of silk equally among the three of them, so they pressed the price very hard, and at first they bullied Tao Bao as a woman, and their attitude was quite arrogant, and the bid was lowered to the point of 100 silver coins per piece of cloth.

Three and a half silver coins are worth one tael of silver, Tao Bao's purchase price of this batch of silk is thirty taels of horse, and 100 silver coins are not even thirty taels of silver, which shows what Tao Bao was angry at that time.

Although he was angry in his heart, Tao Bao, who had been in sales for five years, was not generally hard in his heart, and his smile was still gentle.

"100 silver coins a piece of cloth, I buy more than this price, on the way I have inquired, the general silk can buy 400 silver coins a horse, not to mention that I am the finest silk, a fine silk 100 silver coins? ”

Tao Bao smiled and waved his hand to signal Daiyu to bring up the sample, Daiyu opened the rattan box that had never left his hand, and arranged the five small squares prepared one by one.

These square cloths, the texture is fine, the pattern is clear, some are as thin as cicada wings, some are heavy and luxurious, not only have their own merits, but also the quality is upper.

The three merchants looked green, these cloth patterns are novel and the colors are also good-looking, and the feel is even better, a horse of such silk can be sold for at least 1,000 silver coins, and the eloquence is better, a thousand upwards are absolutely no problem, if it is transferred to neighboring France and Germany, the price can be much higher.

The three of them turned their backs and muttered for a while, and when they turned around, they compared four fingers and said in unison, "400 silver coins!"

This price is calculated according to the original price, a full triple, if it is calculated between one country and two places, it is very profitable, but this is cross-border, such a price is just a return to the capital.

Why did Tao Bao go abroad? On the one hand, it was for Daiyu, and on the other hand, it was for the huge difference in profits, only to return to the capital, why did she still come to do it!

Tao Bao shook his head.

The three merchants turned their backs and muttered again, gritting their teeth fiercely when they turned around, "500 silver coins!"

"Sir......" Daiyu was anxious, she had heard a lot along the way, knowing that this cloth was more than this price, she was afraid that Tao Bao would agree, and looked at Tao Bao anxiously.

Tao Bao raised his hand, signaled Daiyu not to make a sound, took the gold-plated copper cup in his hand, and rubbed his fingers vigorously.

"800 silver coins, you have to ask for it, you have to ask for it if you don't want it!"

After speaking, with a strong hand, he slapped the copper cup "Peng" that had been pinched into a round ball into the thick wooden table.

Do you want to trap her? so that you can't run away if you want to!

She won't sell this batch of cloth anymore, so she will sell it to these three people, and the things that can be solved with violence are better to use less brains, simple and rude, that would be very good!

"Gollum ......"

Looking at the copper ball that had completely matched the tabletop, the three merchants couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and the person at the head said worriedly:

"600, that's already a lot of money. “

"800!" Tao Bao pressed the copper ball hard, and the copper ball went directly through the thick tabletop and rolled to the ground with a clatter.

Tao Bao is so tough, she can earn 800 silver coins herself, and these three merchants can also earn a lot, which can be regarded as a more reasonable price, she can inquire on the ship, the high-grade silk brought by the Shen family fleet sells for about 750 silver coins, this price is lower than her out, but this price is the wholesale price of a thousand horses together, and the three people in front of her can't eat it.

Therefore, the price of 800 silver coins is actually quite cost-effective, and it is not competitive at all here, the merchants from the Qing fleet plus Tao Bao are fourteen in total, and the number of silk and satin is not half of the Shen family.

These small merchants can only come to them to buy, others may bid higher than Tao Bao, or set up their own stalls to sell, if Tao Bao is not lazy, she will go out of the stall by herself.

The copper beads rolled and rolled until they reached the corner of the wall, and then stopped.

The three businessmen knew that this woman was not easy to bully, and they had no choice, only this woman could get the goods here, thought about it, looked at the rolling copper ball again, and the three of them nodded.