Thanks to the education of the party and the country for so many years, Liu Ximing silently muttered a sentence in his heart, signaling the guards to let go of these people in front of him.

"Mr. William, how about you please come to me and talk?"

William naturally nodded hurriedly, even if it wasn't for business, it was worth the risk just to meet someone here who could speak his own national language.

Li Biao and the others have long been numb to Liu Ximing's various magical performances, and they can say what is the red hair, the second brother has even seen the gods in the sky.

The guards quickly drove away the group of people who were watching the excitement, and the group hurried towards the station.

Just behind Liu Ximing and the others, a man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks stood on tiptoe to look at them, told his companions, and quietly followed Liu Ximing and the others.

As for his other companion, who was also dark and thin, he trotted all the way towards the shop of the Thirteen Lines in Xiguan.

In the courtyard of the station, William and a group of British sailors couldn't help but be shocked when they saw hundreds of Fubo soldiers in the courtyard, and the group thought they had entered some barracks.

Fortunately, Liu Ximing and others led the way in front, and these soldiers who stood like javelins did not move, otherwise William would have fled first.

There weren't so many greetings with Fanren, and as soon as Liu Ximing sat down, he asked directly:

"William, what do you want to do with me?"

"Any business is fine", William said with some fuss, taking a sip of the tea served by the guards, and said with some urgency, "as long as those damn vampires don't suck our blood." ”

"Hahaha"

Liu Ximing listened to it and said: "I also hate these vampires, but I heard that if you don't pass through them, there may be pirates on the sea to intercept you, aren't you afraid?" ”

William shook his head with an indifferent look, "As long as I can make money, these can't threaten me, it's a big deal, let's trade at night and leave the port at night, I don't believe they can catch me at sea." ”

"The point is that you have any good cargo, otherwise I won't even be able to earn back the sailors' wages."

The boldness of the Englishman in front of him made Liu Ximing feel respectful, you said that he was brave or greedy, but it was precisely because of the ** of these people that he could push the whiteskins to invade the complete world.

Liu Ximing shook his head and threw these complicated thoughts out of his mind.

"I have a lot of very good cotton here, I don't know how much you can eat."

Who knew that William shook his head as soon as he heard the words cloth, "No, no, no, cotton cloth is of no use to me, this thing is too profitable, and it is only suitable for selling in countries near Daming." ”

"Your Excellency, you know, this is still the world of Dutch people and pirates, and I can't stand here because I am weak, so I want good things like silk, tea, and porcelain, which can only be sold for a great price when they are shipped back to Europe."

Liu Ximing was speechless for a moment, holding the tea lid in his hand and constantly playing with the tea back and forth.

"He said he didn't want cotton, just silk and tea."

By the way, he explained to Shen Huai, and Liu Ximing fell into deep thought.

It's not that he's worried that the business won't work.

You must know that the Liu family's goods are very diverse, and his space is loaded with a large number of goods.

In addition to 36 million pieces of cotton cloth, there are also 1,000 stone Zhenyuan tea and 50,000 horses of silk.

It is precisely because the goods of these partners of Longyi Firm cannot eat so many goods that the Liu family has accumulated so many quantities.

If you really want to calculate it, these goods are worth at least four or five million taels of silver.

But William's words woke up Liu Ximing.

There is no doubt that the Liu family's largest shipment for a long time in the next period of time must be cotton cloth.

But if it can only be sold in East and Southeast Asia, then the conflict between the Liu family and the Zheng family is inevitable.

Thinking about the Zheng family, which is now like a giant, Liu Ximing felt a little numb in his heart.

"Your Excellency, I wonder if you still do this business?"

After William saw that he said that he didn't want cotton, Liu Ximing sat there and pondered without saying a word, so he had to remind cautiously.

Liu Ximing woke up in shock, and immediately smiled and said to William: "It's not a big problem, I also have a lot of tea and silk here." ”

"Shen Huai, let someone bring some samples."

After a while, the guards came out with two boxes of Zhenyuan tea and silk samples in front of William and the others.

William, who was sitting on the wooden Taishi's chair, seemed to feel that his eyes lit up, and he felt extraordinary when he took out these two things.

Seeing the guards retreat and leave the two goods on the table, he leaned in greedily to take a closer look.

"Your Excellency, these are the best goods, how are you going to sell them?"

Seeing William's impatient expression, Liu Ximing picked up the teacup and took a sip with some amusement.

"Zhenyuan tea is 4 taels a catty, and silk is 6 taels a horse."

Liu Ximing couldn't say these words, but he explained them to William in Portuguese through that translator.

"Oh, my Gaode, it's too expensive."

William immediately exclaimed, this price is indeed much more expensive than the goods on the market.

Liu Ximing shook Erlang's leg slowly, "William, you should know that I have the best goods, think about it carefully, you have come all the way from Europe, do you plan to transport some inferior things to sell to the poor?" ”

He waved the two fingers of his right hand, "No, no, no, only the rich are rich, and you can even sell these goods of mine to your kings, they are the richest guys." ”

"You can tell them that this is the most unique cargo in the East, and no one can enjoy it except them, so do you think it is expensive?"

Liu Ximing never thought that his spoken language could be spoken to such a level, and even with his body language, William could understand it

own meaning.

William's eyes lit up, and his mouth muttered, "Gao De, I can sell them to the king, Gao De, you are really a genius." ”

"Hahaha, I wish us a good cooperation."

Liu Ximing laughed heartily, and suddenly he came to his senses again, and asked William, "How much money do you have and how many goods can you buy?" ”

William subconsciously kept his mouth shut, he was reluctant to reveal his secrets on someone else's territory.

When Liu Ximing saw his expression, he instantly laughed.

"Hahaha, well, shrewd fellow, I'll tell you how many goods I have, and you decide for yourself how much you want to buy, how about it?"

"Hiss"

Hearing the data reported by Liu Ximing, William gasped.

There are too many goods, tea and silk alone are worth 900,000 taels.

It wasn't something he, a merchant with only five boats, could eat them all.

After ten years of trade, he had a total of 70,000 pounds in cash assets, equivalent to 300,000 taels of silver, and could only buy one-third of the goods of the Liu family.

Let him watch the goods that can be doubled by changing hands slip away in front of his eyes, and William is a little unwilling.

"Your Excellency, I wonder if you can take credit?"

"Hahaha", hearing this word, Liu Ximing burst into laughter.

"William, this is the first time we have met, it is difficult to say whether you will return to East Asia next time, how can I give you the goods on credit."

William's face flushed, he certainly knew that the request was ridiculous, but ......

It's really unwilling.

"Captain, maybe we can find someone else to work with?"

The first mate next to him with a rotten tooth leaned into his ear and whispered.

William's eyes lit up, "Your Excellency, I wonder if I can buy it with others?" ”

"Whatever you want, I can do it", Liu Ximing looked indifferent.

"Oh yes, I can give priority to gold trading, and I can also give appropriate discounts."

Regarding the fact that Europeans can exchange a large number of goods from China by mining, Liu Ximing has always been a little unhappy in his heart.

However, now is not the time to talk about the initiative of currency, thinking that future generations will basically use gold as the currency standard, Liu Ximing, who is not very rich in financial knowledge, plans to follow the example and reserve in advance.

William stood up, curtsied with his hat, "Your Excellency, I'm going to look for a partner, please give me a few days." ”

The group went straight out the door.

Outside the door, the thin man who had followed him before saw William and the others coming out of the courtyard rented by Liu Ximing, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

He carefully looked at the addresses of Liu Ximing and the others, turned around and walked towards the south of the city.

The house was cleaned up all of a sudden, but Liu Ximing didn't have time to rest, instead he took out the map he drew according to the memories of later generations and thought about the next step of arrangement.