Seeing that most of the people were still confused, Lao Ba further explained:

In today's world, due to the development and import of silver mines in the Americas, the price of silver in Europe, which is close to the geographical location, has been falling, but in the East, due to the lack of silver mines and the large market demand, the price of silver is still high - specifically in the market, that is, the exchange ratio of gold and silver.

According to historical data, for hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty until the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the ratio of gold and silver exchange has not exceeded 1:7, and sometimes even hovers around 1:6.

In Europe at the same time, the average gold-silver exchange ratio reached about 1:15! Guys, have you calculated the spread?

At this time, Hou Xianglin nodded and responded: This means that not counting the interest rate difference in the purchase and sale of goods, even if it is invested in cash, that is, the silver is imported into the East and exchanged for gold and shipped back to Europe, it will have doubled the profit......

So Xiao Pingguo added with a smile, so the Dutch are willing to buy our goods with silver, and they are more willing to use silver as a stake in our financial institutions, as for letting Xiao Han's boss's Industrial and Commercial Bank of China enter Batavia and Kupang to conduct business, it is a matter of great benefit to the Dutch.

At this time, Lao Ba immediately said:

You see, that's why I just said that I admire the business acumen of the Dutch, and I really admire that.

You know, the Spaniards and Portuguese, who have been engaged in overseas development for nearly 200 years, have not yet fully realized the reality of this market, especially the heinous Spanish Empire - the old empire that dominates and controls half of the world's gold and silver production in this day and age, and has not yet discovered this market phenomenon, they were still slaughtering the Chinese in Manila 20 years ago, and will do it again in two years - if the inertia of history has not changed.

However, the Spaniards finally lost themselves a lot of money and a major national fortune, precisely because they did not see that the Luzon Chinese business district was a key link in the global supply chain of the Spanish Empire – and now the Portuguese in Macau are more or less aware of the importance of the Chinese business district.

When Lao Ba said this, he lowered his voice and asked everyone to get closer, and then he looked at his brothers and said solemnly:

Recently, Han and I have learned a lot from our contacts with Portuguese merchants such as Dergus and Pimont, and we now know that these two have discovered the secret, and they are evaluating the possibility of forming a fleet to go to South America, and they want us to take a stake in it.

They made it very clear to us that the fleet was only one business - to bring gold and silver from the Americas, to purchase Australian goods, and to ship them directly back to Europe, and to make no stops or trade in the meantime, except for the necessary port calls.

Pimont said that to complete this global trade, it needs technical support from Australians, so they really want us to take a stake in it......

The brothers couldn't help but get excited when they heard this, and they all said that this is a good thing, I heard that Wang Gong's slipway has a new proud-class sister ship launched, and Brother Zhu sent a telegram to the Red Mansion saying that he and Xu Zhi were rushing back......

At this time, Lao Ba said, this matter should be discussed with Captain Gu, we just make suggestions, okay, put this matter aside for the time being, let's get back to the point.

All in all, both the Dutch and the Portuguese now understand that it is not worth mining or plundering gold and silver from the South American colonies and Africa and transporting them directly to Europe!

The most profitable way to do this is to transport the gold and silver by galleon to the Oriental market, where the purchasing power of gold and silver is strong, and then buy spices, fine silks and porcelain, and of course tea and other oriental goods at low prices, and then sell them by sea to Europe, Arabia, India and even the Americas, which is at least twice as cost-effective as shipping the gold and silver directly back to Europe for consumption!

Hou Xianglin couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: It can be seen that Macau is of great significance to the Portuguese, and in the same way, the great significance of our Xin'an City to the Portuguese and the Dutch - whether it is Macau or Xin'an, it will be a key link in the global supply chain, the difference is that the oriental goods we provide here are more exquisite and have more market value!

Hou Xianglin suddenly sighed when he said this, but he took pity on the Chinese businessmen in Luzon, they would not only lose business opportunities, but also lose their lives......

At this time, Xiao Pingguo continued: "Hehe, this is the inevitable result of the dictatorship of the Spanish Empire, conservative and stubborn, in the history of the old world, until the massacre that occurred in 1662 many years later, the Spaniards finally realized the importance of the Luzon Chinese business district to the empire, so from then on began to become polite and welcoming to Chinese businessmen.

But it was too late, by that time the British and the French had already entered the South Seas and gained a firm foothold, the Dutch had already controlled most of the ports in the South Seas, and the Chinese settled in large numbers in these places, and the Green Song Dynasty finally degenerated into a springboard for the Chinese to enter the South Seas, rather than a trade center, and the trade center at that time had moved westward, becoming Batavia and later the city of Singapore---- there was no way, by that time, this old empire in the South Seas region in addition to looking at the ocean and sighing, basically the general trend had gone.

At this time, Wei Hong's eyes also lit up, and he nodded sharply and said:

However, the Spanish Empire will massacre the Chinese merchants in Manila a few years later, severely damage the Chinese business circle, and finally make this most important link in the international trade link lost and broken!

At this time, Lao Ba also nodded and smiled:

Although the Spaniards still have a fleet of ships that come all the way from the Pacific Ocean to purchase goods from the Orient and transport them back to Europe, the Spanish Empire has not raised this matter to the national level until now, and they still stubbornly use the treasure fleet of Spanish galleons full of gold and silver to cross the Atlantic from the American continent, and then constantly become the prey of the privateer fleets of Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries!

At this time, Zhou Rui, who had been eating melons, clenched his fists, and said with a hint of anger in his tone: Anyway, we should be able to stop the Atrocities of the Spaniards in Luzon in two years, right?

At this time, the brothers next to him responded with a deep groan:

Maybe, it's hard to say right now......

We have ships and soldiers, and advanced weapons, so we should be able to, right?

At this time, Yue Chu was also excited, and he shouted to everyone:

I think it's feasible to intervene in Luzon! After all, we should have several pride levels by then, right? The garrisons in various places should also have grown a lot, so we have the capital for naval and land warfare......

Okay, I'll talk about this topic later, but I heard that Zhu Beiguo and your Huotang Club are brewing a proposal, and they also said that it will be submitted to the Senate for discussion around the Spring Festival, is it really false?

At this time, Kangda couldn't help but ask Wei Hong.

Ay...... The eight characters haven't been skimmed yet.,Now everyone is all over the world.,It's hard to get together to discuss the problem.,Although there is a telegram contact on weekdays.,But it's all just a thing of the way.,There's a ride or not......

Wei Hong's tone of response made the surrounding Jeans hear a depressed mood.

It must be intervened, and it must be won!

I think Wei Hongyue Chu's suggestions from his brothers are feasible!

Lao Ba and Xiao Han suddenly smiled and looked at Wei Hong and commented.

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this-including Wei Hong, the initiator of this suggestion, said in their hearts, what happened to Ba Lao today? The young people who actually support the Huotang Club shouting and shouting to kill, on weekdays, his old man and Lao Wang and Lao Zhu are full of business experience, aren't they very disgusted with these various actions that are clamoring to interfere here and send troops there?