There were several people standing in the garden behind St. Paul's Church, and on the table in the middle were white sugar samples brought by Sun Tianhao and others. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Jehovah our Father, your children are here today in silence and prayer with thanksgiving and praise. This prayer is also in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen. Warren crossed his chest and turned to Sun Tianhao and the others: "My brother, do you say this is the sugar you produced?" ”

"Yes, Father." After listening to Sun Xu's translation, Huang Yuansheng replied: "This is exactly the product of our Yulin Bay Sugar Mill. These are offerings to God, which is our donation to the church. ”

"Boss Huang, may I ask how much you produce?" A Westerner standing next to Bishop Warren asked in stiff Chinese.

"Mr. Mourinho." After the introduction just now, Sun Tianhao knew that this Portuguese was a businessman who often ran the route from Macau to Goa and Manila, and because he was a devout Catholic, he had a deep friendship with Warren, so he was also invited to see the samples of white sugar. "You don't have to worry about the output, as long as you can eat it, we can guarantee the supply."

"Really?" Mourinho didn't quite believe Sun Tianhao's words, this kind of white sugar Mounirio had seen it, although the quality was excellent, but the yield was extremely low, and the price was surprisingly expensive. Mourinho has always wanted to do this kind of white sugar business, but has been struggling to find a source.

"Mr. Mourinho, don't worry, we Ming people have always been true to our words." Sun Tianhao began to play his flickering specialty again, "If it's convenient, you can go to our production base in Qiongzhou at any time to have a look, I think you won't worry about our output if you go." ”

"But, Mr. Mourinho." Sun Tianhao's words changed, "I think you also know that this kind of quality sugar, not to mention in Macau, even in Guangzhou, I'm afraid you can't buy it even if you have money." ”

"Dear Mr. Sun, you don't have to worry about money, I don't think Mr. Sun knows much about the strength of our Portuguese Empire merchants."

"Really?" Sun Tianhao returned Mourinho's words to him, "I'm not worried about the money, but what we need is to pay the full amount in advance, and a purchase cannot be less than 50,000 taels of silver, can this Mr. Mourinho do it?" ”

"Mr. Sun, are you kidding?" Mourinho suspected that something was wrong with his ears, "Fifty thousand taels at a time? Do you want to pay in full? ”

"Hahahaha." Sun Tianhao laughed loudly, "Yes, Dear Mr. Mourinho. Our goods are not worried about buyers, you can be my first customer, we can negotiate the price, but my conditions cannot be changed, this is also the resolution of all our shareholders, I hope Mr. Mourinho can understand. ”

Mourinho opened his mouth and said no more, but Bishop Warren interjected: "Mr. Sun, my brother, may the Lord bless you. However, I don't think anyone in the whole of Macao can do it. ”

"Your Excellency." Sun Tianhao bowed slightly, "Could it be that the entire Portuguese Empire can't even afford a small fifty thousand taels of silver?" You can have a joint venture. ”

"Joint venture?" Mourinho replied first, "Mr. Sun, can you give me a few days, I can talk to a few partners." But I hope we can go to your place of origin and have a look, I don't think Mr. Sun will have an opinion. ”

"Of course not, Mr. Mourinho, your request is normal. And we also hope that you can go back to Qiongzhou with us to have a look, so that everyone can rest assured. And, Your Excellency. Sun Tianhao turned to Warren again, "If you can help us introduce Governor Silvera, then we will be honored." ”

Back at the inn where he stayed, Huang Yuansheng couldn't wait to ask Sun Tianhao: "Sun Gongzi, why did you place an order of 50,000 taels of silver as soon as you opened your mouth, and you still had to pay the other party in full in advance, this, is this possible?" Besides, do we have so many goods now? ”

"Boss Huang, don't worry, of course it's impossible." Sun Tianhao's words almost didn't make Huang Yuan angry: "It's impossible for you to blow anything." ”

"Boss Huang, listen to me explain to you." Sun Tianhao pressed Huang Yuansheng, who stood up, back into the chair, "It's the first time we came to Haojing, and we are not familiar with life, if we are just doing business for a few hundred taels or thousands of taels, no one will want to take us seriously." So we have to expand our business, so that not only will these Hongyi people not know about our hole cards, but more people will notice us. You see, as soon as I said today that I was going to visit the head of the Haojing, Warren immediately agreed to introduce him, which shows how important strength is in the business field. Boss Huang, look at it, we don't need to go out, the guests will come up automatically. ”

Huang Yuansheng actually wanted to ask Sun Tianhao what his "hole card" meant, but he forcibly suppressed this thought: "Sun Gongzi, I understand what you said, but if these Hongyi people really have enough 50,000 taels of silver, then what will we give them?" ”

"Hehehehe." Sun Tianhao smiled, "Boss Huang, that's a good question." Let me ask Boss Huang a question first, what are we doing in a sugar mill to make white sugar? ”

Sun Tianhao's words confused Huang Yuansheng: "Sun Gongzi, of course it's to make money, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"No problem, of course." Sun Tianhao smiled again, "Then Boss Huang, someone sent 50,000 taels of silver to you, do you want it or not?" ”

Huang Yuansheng still didn't understand what Sun Tianhao meant: "Sun Gongzi, forgive Huang for being stupid." ”

"You're stupid enough." Sun Tianhao laughed secretly in his heart, but said on his lips, "Boss Huang, I only said that a purchase cannot be less than 50,000 taels, and it must be paid in advance, but I didn't say that I will deliver the goods if I give the money." The silver is in hand, as for the sugar, a month or half a year, do we have the final say in this matter or do they have the final say? ”

Huang Yuansheng was completely speechless, and arched his hand: "Huang admires." ”

After dinner, Huang Yuansheng went to sleep. Sun Tianhao and Zhang Hai left He Wenhuan in the house.

"He Gongzi. We have a reluctant request, I wonder if He Gongzi can agree? Sun Tianhao and Zhang Hai stood up together and bowed deeply to He Wenhuan, which frightened He Wenhuan and hurriedly returned the salute, "Master, Sun Gongzi, you have killed your apprentice." If there is anything, please speak bluntly to your face, as long as I He Wenhuan can do it, I will go to the soup and die. ”

"Here's the thing." Zhang Hai sat back in his chair and explained, "We in Yulin Bay want to set up a point here in Haojing, we hope to keep abreast of the news of the Hongyi people at any time, which is good for our business, I don't know if you can help with this." ”

"This 。。。。。。" He Wenhuan hesitated.

"Of course, Master He." Sun Tianhao was afraid that He Wenhuan would refuse, so he hurriedly explained, "This matter does not necessarily have to be done by He Gongzi himself, if He Gongzi's subordinates have any suitable candidates, they can also recommend it, and it is beneficial for us to grasp the news in advance." ”

"If that's the case." He Wenhuan thought for a while and said, "I have a candidate here, do you remember the person who reported to me when I was looking for He Lao Liu?" His name is He Wendong, and he can be regarded as a distant brother of mine. Although this person eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles, he does everything, but this person is very scheming, and he is very good at observing words and feelings, if he does this kind of thing, I think he can still do it. ”

"That's very good." Zhang Hai patted He Wenhuan, "Wenhuan, you will find him when you go back and ask him what he means." ”

"Yes, master." He Wenhuan replied, "But master, Sun Gongzi, this person has some thoughts about money, and I'm afraid of 。。。。。。 ”

"Don't worry about He Gongzi." Sun Tianhao said with a smile, "Everyone has his shortcomings, but they also have their uses, and everyone can make the best use of them." ”

The crowd wandered around Macao for another day, and early on the morning of the third day, Bishop Warren took these four people and Sun Xu to meet the Governor of Macao.

Governor Silveira, a short and dumpty man with a typical Portuguese face, was greeting Sun Tianhao and others in the back garden of the Governor's Palace: "Dear Mr. Sun, you can come to negotiate trade with our Portuguese Empire, we are very welcome. However, we could not agree to Mr. Sun's offer of an advance payment of 50,000 taels of silver, which had no precedent in the entire Portuguese Empire. ”

After listening to the translation, Sun Tianhao bowed slightly: "Dear Governor, there is a question I want to correct you first, not 50,000 taels, but 100,000 taels." ”

Huang Yuansheng's brain was dizzy for a while, he didn't drink, why did this start to spin around.

"Mr. Sun." Warren was anxious first, "You can't lie before God Almighty." ”

"No, no, Your Excellency, you misunderstood." Sun Tianhao explained, "I did say 50,000 taels before, but we just got news from the Qiongzhou government that the Dutch people are negotiating with us about the sugar business, and they are willing to bid 100,000 taels." ”

"Dutch?" Silvera's face changed slightly, "Are you doing business with them too?" ”

"Your Excellency, Governor." Sun Tianhao's face did not change, "Please forgive me, we are businessmen, we only think about business, we will cooperate with whoever bids high, and we don't think about things outside of business." ”

Sylveira didn't say anything more, but picked up the sugar on the table again and tasted it carefully. Suddenly, Silveira turned his head and asked a few words in a low voice to a man in a Portuguese military uniform next to him, and then changed into a smile and said to Sun Tianhao: "Mr. Sun, what you said is very reasonable, businessmen talk about business." But I don't think the Dutch would have come up with so much money at once to pay for the goods. In this way, can Mr. Sun give us a little time, you must know that 100,000 taels is not a small amount. ”

"No problem, Lord Governor." Sun Tianhao was a little secretly surprised in his heart, could this Silveira really be able to take out 100,000 taels of silver at once? You must know that the annual trade volume of the whole of Macao is only 1 million taels, "I just don't know how long it will take for the Governor to give me accurate information?" ”

"I don't think it will be too long, it should be the end of your Ming Dynasty." Silveira replied.

Walking out of the Governor's Mansion and seeing that there was no one left and right, Sun Tianhao waved his hand, held Huang Yuansheng's words back into his stomach, turned his head to Sun Xu and asked, "Did you hear clearly what the Governor and the man in military uniform next to him said just now?" ”

"Back to Childe's words." Sun Xu replied, "I didn't hear it too clearly, but I heard it roughly, they seem to have a gold ship called the Queen, from South America to Manila, and then from Manila to Macau, and it will arrive at the end of the year." ”

"The gold ship?" Sun Tianhao thought thoughtfully, "No wonder he said there would be news at the end of the year." ”

Back at the inn, Muñio had been waiting for them all morning, and when he saw Sun Tianhao and the others coming back, Mourinho hurriedly greeted him: "Dear Sun Gongzi, Mourinho took the liberty to come to visit." ”

Mourinho ran all day, contacted most of the merchants in Macau, and scraped together less than 10,000 taels of silver in total. Hearing that Sun Tianhao went to the Governor's Mansion today, the Portuguese businessman couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly ran to discuss with Sun Tianhao.

The two sides discussed again for an afternoon, and finally reached an agreement. Mourinho does not have to pay the full amount in advance, but he must pay for the goods in one hand and deliver the goods in one hand. In exchange, Mourinho provided Sun with information about all the Westerners in Macao and helped recruit Western craftsmen and sailors. At the same time, Sun Tianhao gave Mourinho two months, and the two sides agreed that after two months, people from Qiongzhou Mansion would come to Macao again, and Mourinho would prepare a deposit of 20,000 taels of silver, and then he could go to the sugar factory in Qiongzhou Mansion with the ship for a field visit.

Everything was arranged, and Sun Tianhao and others hired a boat to return to Qiongzhou.