The seventh year of the Apocalypse, 1627 A.D.

This month, the Later Jin attacked Korea and forced it to submit, and the Haidong vassal of the Ming Dynasty fell into the hands of the Jurchens.

In May, Huang Taiji attacked Ningyuan and Jinzhou, but was repelled by the Ming army, and was called Ningjin Victory. Huang Taiji thus changed his strategy and decided to bypass the Ningjin-Shanhaiguan defense line and directly enter the customs to invade. In the seventeen years of Chongzhen that followed, he entered the customs five times, and the Central Plains was devastated, and the Daming River, which had already been stormy, was even worse.

In July, the Emperor of the Apocalypse fell seriously ill, and the 9,000-year-old who had been in power for a while came to an end. In November of this year, Wei Zhongxian did not commit suicide. The fall of the eunuch party brought a moment of hope to the political sky of the late Ming Dynasty, and then disappeared like a meteor. Cutting off a rotten sore does not bring back to life a sick person who is already festering. The Ming Dynasty - the Central Plains Dynasty of the Han people was no longer able to return to heaven and embarked on the road of destruction.

The three people who crossed over were speechless for a while, and the atmosphere was a little solemn.

Master Gao coughed lightly, twisted his beard, and asked slowly: "Your guest is a maritime merchant, do you have goods to sell?" ”

Wen Desi and Xiao Zishan glanced at each other - to get to the point. This look was keenly captured by Master Gao.

"We do have some goods that we want to sell, but we are new to the market, and I don't know how to ...... them."

"Haha, this is easy to say," Master Gao said with a smile, "In this Guangzhou City, I have also been in business for many years, and if I can trust it, I can do it." ”

"Then there is Master Lao Gao." Wende was overjoyed.

"Here's our sample." Xiao Zishan whispered and took out the objects from his backpack one by one.

After seeing the powder box, Master Gao was very interested in these people's goods. First of all, it was the kind of powder box he had ever seen, except that this one was a greasy light green, and then there was a completely transparent glass with some beautiful patterns on it, although this cup was much more transparent than any cup that Master Gao had ever seen, but it was not beyond the scope of his cognition, so he was a little disappointed. Then there are a few kinds of porcelain, the appearance and glaze are not outstanding, pick up a look and feel very light, the feel is not the cold of porcelain, I know that it is not the same thing as porcelain, just thinking that this thing is not very valuable, Xiao Zishan seems to know his thoughts, and pushes several bowls to the ground. Master Gao was taken aback, but saw that these things did not fall apart on his square brick pavement, but only turned around a few times and were unscathed.

The family on the side hurriedly picked up the things, and the old man snatched it with his hand, and carefully took it and looked at it for a long time, there was no crack or gap, and the things of these people were really weird.

Then there are some transparent boxes, square and round, all with lids that can be tightened, although they are very similar to the glassware that Master Gao bought from the hands of the Franco, but they are much lighter, and they are not afraid of falling.

There were also shiny knives, hooded cloaks made of glass-like but impermeable tarpaulin...... It's all weird stuff. Looking at this dazzling table of things, I was surprised and delighted, happy that the goods taken out were rare and exotic, and they could be sold for a good price as soon as they changed hands. After pondering for a moment, Yu Wang, who made a lot of money, overwhelmed his concerns, and in a blink of an eye, he was doing this foreign smuggling business, and what did it matter if he was a Francophone or an Australian. Since these people have arrived in his mansion, how can they push out the windfall.

"I don't know how much silver do you want to sell for these strange goods?" After settling down, Master Gao asked cautiously.

Wen Desi pointed to the strange goods used in the novel: the glass, and said, "This cup, each one thousand taels." ”

According to the thoughts of these three people, this white and pure Ming Dynasty master should not hesitate to buy this rare treasure. Unexpectedly, he saw him with a surprised face, looking at them as if he had seen a few crazy people.

"This is really expensive." Master Gao shook his head again and again, "This kind of glassware, the Franco machine man in Haojing Ao also sells it, large glass bowls and bottles, but only three or two." It's only one or two small, and this cup ......" said and shook his head again and again, meaning that it was only three taels at most.

These few suddenly looked at each other like ice water, and it turned out that the glass was not worth much......

Xiao Zishan saw that this business was going to be negotiable, and he thought that his estimation was wrong, so he arched his hand and said: "I have been living overseas for a long time, and I don't know the market in your place, so I also ask Master Gao for advice." ”

Thinking that this was for me to make my own offer, he thought for a moment and gave the price:

compacts, ten taels of silver each.

Glasses, one or two each.

Melamine's dishes are as big as five cents, as small as two, and spoons and the like, for one penny.

Plastic lunch boxes, three taels each.

Plastic raincoats, one penny each.

Knives, five cents each.

The traditional traversal profiteering artifact glass failed miserably! One thousand taels became one tael, and the difference was too big, and the diamond turned into glass.

It is a small plastic powder box that is not very inconspicuous, which is the appetite of merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and it can be seen that you can't take it for granted when you do business. Xiao Zishan asked about the sea trade in Guangzhou, and by the way, asked the other party what he thought of his goods.

It turned out that the overseas trade of this Guangzhou city was monopolized by the Francophone people. No matter where the foreign businessmen come from, they can only anchor in Ho Jing Ao, wait for the measurement and taxation, and then sell the goods. The only people who could enter the city of Guangzhou to trade were the Franco-machine merchants. There were thirty-six companies in the city that specialized in exports, and they did business with them, and every year they ordered large quantities of porcelain, raw silk, sugar, and other goods.

However, Master Gao, the merchants of Haopan Street, are another road, although Master Gao does not know the number of roads, Xiao Zishan has also read about it from the literature of later generations.

Master Gao was most interested in the mirror in the powder box, he said that this thing occasionally has a Franco machine trafficker, the large mirror can cost hundreds of taels, although their small mirror is a little smaller, but it is much clearer and brighter than the mirror of Taixilai. If there is a larger size, the price is easy to say. As for the "soft porcelain" - melamine dishes, when it comes to texture and texture patterns, there is nothing surprising, but fortunately, it is light and not broken. The "soft glass bowl", that is, the plastic lunch box, although not broken, is not as crystal clear as the glass bowl. As for the plastic raincoat and knife, in the eyes of Master Gao, they are just playthings.

Everyone is ashamed: even if we are proud of our hundreds of years of knowledge, we may not be better than others.

In the conversation, Mr. Gao also tried in many ways and asked about the customs of Australia. Xiao Zishan is just perfunctory, only saying that the country is still blue, the country is full of skilled craftsmen, many ingenious goods, and the country is established by industry and commerce, and the people are good at empty talk. However, the rabble gathered, and it dissolved itself after a little time. When asked who the lord of the country is, there is a lord in the country of Naiyun, called "Eight Feet", the minister of power, in charge of the military and people's livelihood, called "millet", no matter how noble or low in the country, they all worship the god and call him "Ah Rice". Listen to the high master tsk amazed.

Along the way, the three of them had forgotten their vigilance not to drink tea, and when they got up to say goodbye, they even drank the tea. This made the tall lord despise them in his heart. The deal was negotiated before the departure, and the "Australian seamen" supplied the first shipment three days later, promising to bring more novelties with them.

It's just that the departure of the three of them made Master Gao muttered a lot in his heart: these three people refused to go out through the gate, and they had to go to a secluded place in the backyard, and everyone had to leave. Master Gao was not at ease, so he sent a bold and careful family to watch from a distance: he saw three people looking around sneakily for a while, and suddenly turned to the corner behind the wall.

Note: The price of glassware comes from Wang Shizhen's "Fengzhou Miscellaneous Edition", and the original price unit is through. This is the price of Jiajingnian, but I can't find the price of the 17th century, so I will replace it for the time being, so you don't need to dig deeper. If you know, please advise as well.