When Ma Lin was busy with spring plowing and wheat planting, the auction of rare goods such as silk, porcelain, and tea bricks brought back from Daming was also in full swing.

Fearing that someone would take advantage of the auction to spy on the agricultural secrets of the North Sea Kingdom, Marin simply moved the auction in North Germany to Cologne, a Hanseatic city to the south. Then, there is the outfield of Nuremberg, Paris, London, Rome, Barcelona and other places.

This time Marin used two fleets, up to 18 ships. Therefore, the cargo loaded is also much more than the three or four ships of Columbus last time.

Moreover, in addition to the normal rare goods such as silk, porcelain and tea bricks, Ma Lin also purchased a lot of spices such as pepper, cinnamon, and cloves in Daming. Pepper, for example, is extremely expensive in Europe, and can reach a whopping price of 10 shillings per pound, or 2 gold coins per pound.

However, in Daming, this thing only costs 130 wen a catty, which is 0.13 taels of silver. And one gold coin is equivalent to 1.14 taels of silver. In other words, in Daming, the price of a pound of pepper (more than a pound) is only between one-eighth and one-ninth of the price in Europe. And transporting pepper and other spices back to Europe from Daming can also make seven or eight times more profit. Moreover, this also bypasses the agreement reached with Spain - I bought it in Daming, not in India, so it is not a violation......

In this way, when the spring ploughing was over, the results of several auctions were also summed up - these auctions, a total of the goods brought back by Marin were sold for a sky-high price of more than one million gold coins, a total of 1.09 million gold coins......

However, what made Marin depressed was that many nobles couldn't get the money, so they could only pay for it with goods......

According to statistics, in this round of auction, a total of 300,000 gold coins were accounted for through the goods. When asked the reason, the nobles said that there was not enough money in the country......

In fact, not to mention that the nobles of various countries felt that the coins were not enough, Marin also felt that the coins were not enough. In particular, silver has been spent a lot in the process of going to Daming, resulting in a shortage of silver in the country.

There is no way, the Ming Dynasty is too rich in materials and lacks nothing. Do you want to go shopping in the Ming Dynasty? Yes, bring the silver! Moreover, the kind of broken silver coins in Europe that are doped with too much copper for their own use are not wanted, only pure silver. Even if the Spanish silver dollar, which had a silver content of up to 9 percent, was recovered and melted into silver ingots......

And if you use gold, Marin suffers too much - the ratio of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty is only 1 to 6, which is only half of that of Europe. Use gold to go shopping in the Ming Dynasty, and lose half of the currency value first......

Therefore, before Marin went to the Ming Dynasty, he exchanged all the gold coins for silver bars of higher purity to trade. But the silver was spent too much, and it seemed that there was not enough in the country. Today, the markets of the North Sea Kingdom are flooded with all kinds of silver coins from other countries.

The most embarrassing thing for Marin is that at the auction in Paris this time, many of the coins received were counterfeit silver coins of nickel and white copper that he had secretly made.

The person in charge of the auction didn't know about his private counterfeit French silver coins, so he took all the money. Moreover, it seems that because of the strength of France, its currency is more popular. Although the silver content of French genuine silver coins is a bit low, less than a quarter. But, that's silver too, isn't it? With the endorsement of France, a big country, people actually like to use it.

Therefore, not only did a lot of French counterfeit silver coins of nickel white copper be found at auction, but also a lot of French counterfeit silver coins of nickel white copper made by Marin appeared in the Emden foreign trade market.

You ask Marlin why he looks fake? Because the counterfeit nickel white copper French silver coins of the North Sea Kingdom are of better quality than the authentic French silver coins......

Authentic French silver coins, which are hand-hammered by craftsmen at the Tours Mint, are a bit rough and not exquisite enough. Moreover, the corrosion-resistant type of copper and silver alloy is also lower than that of nickel white copper.

Then there are the nickel white copper counterfeit silver coins pressed by the Marin Mint with a spiral coin press, which are still shiny after a few years, while the French silver coins are slightly dull. As for the text pattern pressed by the spiral press, it is also more delicate and detailed than the authentic French silver coin......

And this time at the auction in Paris, Marin's men actually received a nickel white copper counterfeit silver coin minted by the North Sea Kingdom worth 50,000 gold coins.

Looking at these "silver coins" that absolutely do not contain silver, Marin wants to cry without tears - how did the pit man pit himself? How much is a French nickel white copper counterfeit silver coin worth 50,000 gold coins? 5,400,000 silver deniers......

Looking at the mountains of silver Deniers, Marin was depressed and vomited blood. You know, the North Sea Mint produces 10 million fake French Deniere silver coins a year...... It's been more than half a year...... Moreover, it is said that there are probably several million nickel and white copper fake denier silver coins in circulation in the North Sea Country......

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Marin called Kohler and commanded weakly:

"You sent your men from the Chamber of Commerce to France to buy Pershma and Charolais cattle on a large scale, and to buy Simmental cattle in Switzerland...... Well, those fake French silver coins circulating in the country, you also send people to secretly exchange them back, and concentrate on France and Switzerland to spend ......"

Kohler hesitated and said:

"My lord, we have bought all the good horses from the Persh region, and we have purchased a total of 2,400 good horses there, and the rest are all bad horses, are you sure you want them?"

Marin was stunned, and then reacted - it seems that all the nickel white copper fake denier silver coins minted in the past few years were spent on buying these, and they must have bought a lot. So he said:

"Since the good Pershma is gone, let's buy Charolais and Simmental cattle."

Kohler added:

"We have also bought most of the Simmental cattle, which is just a small plain in the Swiss mountains, and there are only a few thousand cattle. We bought 3,000 heads, and there are basically no good cattle over there......"

Marin was speechless:

"What about Charolais? Won't it be gone? ”

"No, Charolais is much larger than the Simmental Basin, but the locals value the cattle. After we bought 4,200 heads, the locals said that they would not sell anything, and they organized a boycott of us. If our men go to Charolais, they will be beaten with sticks......"

"Well, forget it then, you have the Pershma, Simmental and Charolais cattle you have in your hands be well bred. As for those nickel white copper fake Dniere silver coins...... In this way, you send someone to France and give priority to the purchase of sterling silver bars. After all, I'm going to take the ...... to buy goods from Daming" Marin's plan is very good - fake French Denire silver coins made of nickel cupronickel and go to France to exchange for real high-purity silver bars. Then, they were taken to the Ming Dynasty to purchase all kinds of rare goods, and then they were taken back to Europe for a lot of money......

But Kohler added:

"My lord, if we spend more than 10 million fake French denier silver coins in France, we can certainly exchange them for a lot of valuable things. However, as a result, there is a shortage of domestic currency in the North Sea Kingdom. In this case, there will be a shortage of money in the country. You have been committed to promoting the development of the economy of Beihai Kingdom, and without enough coins, the economy will not develop! ”

"Then mint more brass coins to top one!" Marin remembered that it seemed that the North Sea Mint had minted a lot of brass coins, and it seemed that they were still very popular.

Kohler shook his head and said:

"Brass coins are quite popular in the Beihai Kingdom, but once they are outside the Beihai Kingdom, no one recognizes them. Many people in other countries believe that only silver coins are real coins, and copper coins are not ......"

"What the hell...... What the hell ......" Marin was.

"Europe has so much silver, how can there be so much silver to mint money? Besides, I spent a lot of money to go to Daming, Made, this is a proper shortage of money! And it's a European-wide money shortage! No, I'll have to figure it out! ”