That night, the three people who completed the first time and space journey held the first work summary meeting. Minutes were taken in accordance with the formal procedures of the meeting. According to Moon, we are making history.

At the meeting, the problems in the crossing were summarized. The conclusion is: too much contempt for the wisdom of the ancients, did not do enough homework, too little understanding of the Ming Dynasty, and took it for granted.

Overall, I was lucky enough to find a suitable agent.

As for the next trade plan, although the price is as low as they expected, after careful calculation, the profit is not as low as imagined.

One tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty amounted to about 37.3 grams. Although the purchase price of silver in this time and space fluctuates, it is only about 3 yuan per gram (the sales price is 3.6-3.8 yuan, and the purchase price is 2-2.6 yuan, whichever is higher), and one tael of silver can get 112 yuan. In fact, counting the cost of "fire consumption" - many of the silver circulating in the Ming Dynasty were not of high purity, and needed to be re-smelted, and the income was lower.

If a powder cartridge can be sold for ten taels, it means that it can get about 1,000 yuan. Xiao Zishan brought more than 200 powder boxes, and this alone can earn 2,000 taels of silver, or 200,000 yuan. Even if they were to buy these compacts, the current wholesale price would be only a few dollars a piece, and the cost would be negligible.

"Actually, we can resell it once." Xiao Zishan took a pen and smeared it for a long time, "I remember that the price of gold and silver at the end of the Ming Dynasty was probably in the range of one to ten. We demanded that the two thousand taels of silver be exchanged for gold. You can get two hundred taels, a total of 7460 grams. Each gram is calculated at 150 yuan, which is more than 1 million. Earn more than selling. ”

"But generally speaking, the stock of gold in society is limited, and it cannot be exchanged for much." Wang Luobin felt a little pity.

"Actually, we can ask for something else, which is worth more than gold." Wen Desi said.

"What's that?"

"Porcelain." Wen Desi pointed to the auction announcement of Christie's in the newspaper, "Ming Dynasty porcelain, I don't need to talk about it......

When the family ran to the study with a pale face, Master Gao knew that the three of them from Australia were here again. This time it was late at night, and like last time, it came out of thin air.

If it weren't for the last time they came during the day, and they left in broad daylight, Master Gao would really suspect that they were ghosts and monsters.

"Tall man, these are goods."

Under the corridor of the study, there were four or five cardboard boxes that the family had brought from the yard of the stackhouse. Take paper to make a cargo box, he is still the first time to see it, his heart can't help jumping suddenly, although a few days ago he has secretly drenched those samples with chicken blood, the next day to see, these things are still good haode, not turned into clods of puppetry, this is peace of mind.

"Steward Yan, make an inventory." Master Gao ordered his subordinates.

"Yes, sir."

The steward led the housekeepers to open the cartons, and each piece of goods was wrapped in that delicate carton, and they were neatly stacked. Master Gao nodded, this Australian businessman is really extravagant - I'm afraid it costs a lot of money just for this packaging.

The three of them sat on their chairs and watched the Gao Mansion count the families. Under the miserable candlelight, Master Gao's Nanjing satin robe shone slightly, Xiao Zishan inexplicably remembered the shroud, and goosebumps rose.

Fortunately, they have prepared a special gift, and the inventory is over, and the two sides have counted one by one. He opened a box and pulled out a kerosene lamp. It took them a lot of time to get it from a craft store, and at 120 yuan, it was the most expensive of all. I saw Wen Deji take out a piece of kerosene from the box, pour it in, and light a flame with the candle at hand.

Master Gao and the housekeeper were dumbfounded, nothing brought by the Australian maritime merchants these days had left a deep impression on them.

"This is a kerosene lamp, let's talk about it."

"What a strange thing!" Master Gao also walked up to him in a few steps, a white flame was dazzling, and there was a fully transparent glass lampshade outside. He turned his head and asked, "This thing is your property, how much is it worth?" ”

Xiao Zishan couldn't help but sigh at the human desire for light. Nothing they thought would surprise the ancients caused much of a stir, but it was the kerosene lamp, which had been outnumbered from modern society, that shook them—only because it was much brighter than candles and oil lamps. If Master Gao could see the electric light?! Xiao Zishan was suddenly full of confidence in the future of crossing Jihua.

"It is indeed produced in our country," Wen Desi smiled very profiteer, "two hundred taels is enough." ”

"Strange things, strange things!" Master Gao looked around the lamp and looked at it in fascination, and turned the knob to adjust the size of the flame like Wen Dehei, and when he saw that the light was bright, it was bright and dark, and he did whatever he wanted. I was secretly amazed in my heart. He knew that although this thing had a strange shape and an expensive glass cover, it was actually something like a lamp and oil table used by a small family in a poor family, but the light was more than ten times better, that is, there was no oil smell and no smoke, and the light and shade could be adjusted.

Suddenly remembered something, and asked: "This lamp uses oil -- well, kerosene, is it also made in Australia?" ”

Xiao Zishan nodded, this old man Gao is really a smart person, and he can see the key point at a glance.

"Exactly."

"Oil prices?"

"Ten taels and one bottles." A bottle is actually just one liter. At the moment, they don't plan to engage in a big kerosene trade, so they can sell it more expensively, leaving some room for later. (8.5 yuan/liter sea lamp kerosene quotation)

"The lamp is a good lamp, but the oil is ......" Mr. Gao showed regret on his face.

"A bottle of oil can also be ordered for more than ten hours, and a month, it is only one or twenty taels of silver, which is not too expensive."

"If the oil can be cheaper, I can sell this thing......" Master Gao was unwilling.

Xiao Zishan only hits haha and doesn't answer his words. Master Gao knew that this group of Australian maritime businessmen would not let go. However, getting this lamp for nothing, as well as the twelve bottles of kerosene that came with it, can be regarded as a great benefit. He thought, maybe it can be used by changing to vegetable oil, and try it in a hurry.

At present, Xiao Zishan demonstrated the methods of disassembly, maintenance, and oil loading. A small guy who held his life high watched and learned from the side, and did it a few times, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he checked the price according to the order.

The payment was settled according to the price they negotiated haode, and a total of more than 3,000 taels of silver were obtained, and Xiao Zishan asked for 1,500 taels of gold to be converted, and Master Gao shook his head again and again, saying that there was no place to exchange gold at night, and he only had 50 or 60 taels of gold in his own hands. Zuihou replaced six hundred taels of silver with sixty taels of gold.

Xiao Zishan also proposed to buy porcelain, which was not unexpected by Master Gao, and overseas businessmen liked to buy porcelain. It's not troublesome, there are a lot of piles in his stack. So he ordered someone to take a few baskets of porcelain for export.

Unpacking the straw rope bag, taking out a few pieces to inspect, and with a few porcelain books that Xiao Zishan had read by surprise, he recognized that this was the so-called "Clark porcelain", which was a representative export porcelain variety in the late Ming Dynasty.

How much can this porcelain sell for now? An ordinary plate will not be less than a few thousand yuan. On December 10, 2005, 214 pieces of Clark porcelain were salvaged by Swede Sten Sjostrand from the South China Sea and auctioned at China Guardian's "Ming Wanli and Qing Di Sharu Sea Fishing Ceramics". Although the glaze of the porcelain was seriously corroded and even peeled off due to long-term immersion under water, the turnover rate was 92%, with a total turnover of 2.727 million yuan. One of the Ming Wanli blue and white lotus petal-shaped flower-and-bird plates was auctioned for 55,000 yuan.

At this moment, the brand new Clark porcelain is full of several large baskets in front of their eyes!

It cost less than twenty taels of silver to buy these porcelain. Xiao Zishan and they all called it cheap in their hearts, and Master Gao secretly laughed at these maritime merchants who did not receive the market. Both sides felt that they had picked up a big bargain.

Before leaving, Wen Deji left two hundred taels of silver and asked Master Gao to buy a house nearby for them to settle down. According to jihua, the exit of the wormhole in this plane will be temporarily arranged there. Master Gao promised one by one.

After the Australian maritime merchant left, Master Gao thought about it alone in the study for a long time, and even the concubine who invited him to rest was kicked out. Buying a house, with his ability, is naturally nothing, but these people have been unidentified, which still makes him a little worried. After turning around a few times, he called the steward and instructed the Australian maritime merchants not to leak out. He also asked him to make a list of the family members, maids and maids who knew about the matter, and strictly investigated and held them accountable if they leaked the news.

Note: Clark porcelain's knowledge comes from Mr. Ma Weidu's book.