A few people said they would do it, and the next day, Xu Xin and they found Julian and directly explained their intentions.

As for the cooperation with the East Coast Republic of China, Julian was indifferent from the beginning to a little tempted later, and his change was natural - the reason is nothing more than the word profit. At first, he took the "Butterfly" to Port Oriente, just to fulfill the wishes of his sister Mathilde. It's just that with his field research, he found that there are great business opportunities in this strange country.

Among other things, the monthly purchases of copper, iron, lead, graphite, gunpowder, wine, dyes, livestock, and other materials alone amounted to a large amount, and the monthly amount was conservatively estimated at no less than 1,000 francs. If these people on the east coast can hand over the purchase of these materials to the Pasquier family, then the family can not only make great profits from the purchase and sale of these materials, but also gain more connections through these large transactions, which will be of great benefit to themselves and the family's future development.

"In other words, you are able to provide a certain amount of high-quality cotton cloth every month?" Julien also paid some attention to the fact that people on the east coast wanted to sell textiles in Bordeaux. After all, his father's textile factory brought the family a steady income of more than 500 francs a year.

"Yes, the quality of our East Coast cloth is comparable to the best quality Indian cotton, if not better." Tao Chenxi confidently said to Julian in Spanish, "Please rest assured that we East Coasters have always had an outstanding reputation. ”

"So, how much cotton or wool can you provide each year?" Julian asked casually. In fact he didn't really care, he had been to the Eastern Coast Republic and stayed there for a while. In his mind, the place to be called a country are a little reluctant. Because her population is so small, maybe less than 10,000. With such a small population, he felt very surprised that he could solve his own food problems. They can still produce cotton cloth and import cotton in large quantities? It's incredible.

"Well, maybe you're really blessed by God to produce hundreds or thousands of cotton pieces a year that you want to export to Bordeaux? No, that's not enough. Julien continued, "Bordeaux is a large city with a population of more than 100,000 people, and she has a large class of citizens with a strong spending power. According to my estimates, she is able to consume about 50,000 pieces of cotton cloth a year. How much cotton can you produce? 1000 horses? ”

"Yes, 1,000 horses." Tao Chenxi nodded and said, "It's only 1,000 horses per month." If necessary, we can even expand this capacity to 2,000, 3,000 per month......"

"How is this possible?!" Julian quickly sat up straight and said in amazement, "My father employs 40 people, and only produces 120 pieces of cotton cloth and some stockings and gloves every month, how can you do that?" How many of you are there? ”

"Julian, on that note, I can assure you. You have to trust us that we have no problem with our production capacity, and our costs will be much lower than the market price. Xu Xin and Tao Chenxi glanced at each other, and then said in an affirmative tone, "As you said, Bordeaux is a big city, and Gascony has a population of one million. It's a huge gold mine, and it's a temptation for both you and me to give up. ”

Julian was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and then he jumped up suddenly, no longer caring about his image, jumped in front of Xu Xin, and asked excitedly: "Xu, you didn't lie to me, did you?" Tell me, how low are your costs? ”

Xu Xin endured the powder that fell from Julian's face, thought for a while, and then said: "Dear Julian, I'm sorry about our cost, this belongs to the category of trade secrets, and I have no right to tell you. I can only say that for the cotton cloth that is currently priced at about 12 su (3 yuan) a horse on the market, our price is quite competitive. ”

Julian was already on his feet and pacing around the living room. In a large market of one million people, even if the purchasing power of the inhabitants of other places is not as good as that of the citizens of Bordeaux, there is no problem with the consumption of more than 200,000 pieces of cotton cloth per year in the entire Gascony region, and even this figure is quite conservative. Then even if a cotton cloth can only earn 2 sous, that year is a huge profit of more than 20,000 francs.

God, 20,000 francs! Julian was about to tremble with excitement.

"Julian, you don't have to worry about the source of the goods, the East Coast Republic of China will definitely be able to produce enough goods to supply to the market. The only concern now is, how are we going to sell out? Xu Xin looked at Julian's restless figure and said slowly: "You know, our Eastern Republic does not have a concession to trade in the Bordeaux region. Therefore, we are ready to look for some strong local businessmen as our partners. And you are our friend, and the purpose of our East Coast people is not to let friends suffer, so you and your family will be our first partners. The only question now is, will you and your family be able to ensure that you can take on the responsibility of selling large quantities of cotton? ”

After listening to Xu Xin's question, Julian suddenly fell silent, and after a long time he replied: "Xu, doing business in Gascony is a very complicated matter. There are a lot of things that have a great prospect, but we often fail to do it. You are right to remind me that the textile guild in Bordeaux gave my family a quota of 1,500 cotton pieces a year, and this was still for the sake of my father's aristocratic status. They are simply villains in the industry, controlling and monopolizing the market, doing whatever they want, and they absolutely do not want to see a large amount of high-quality cotton cloth flowing into the market. ”

"Can we find a textile guild to cooperate?" Tao Chenxi interjected and asked.

"No, it can't be!" Julian shook his head, "The Textile Guild is a huge organization, and she includes a large number of weavers, spinners, dyers and other low-level workers, as well as traders, textile machine providers and even loan sharks. The influx of large quantities of cheap foreign cotton cloth would bankrupt most of the workers at the bottom of the textile guilds, which would cause serious social problems that these people would not dare to take up this responsibility. ”

Xu Xin and the others were speechless for a moment. It was a life-and-death competition of industries, and the entry of their cheap goods into the Gascony region would inevitably lead to the bankruptcy of a large number of craftsmen in the region. When this wave of bankruptcy intensifies, it is indeed likely to cause serious social problems. Although most of these craftsmen are part-time workers, their income from the textile industry is an important part of their income, often maintaining the family's fragile balance of expenses.

The nature of such a thing as taking people's jobs is indeed quite bad. The wars of religion in France have only been around for a short time, and if they were to be exploited by a careerist, the consequences would be severe. Neither the local textile guilds nor the local officials in Gascony dared to take this risk.

"So what do we do? This is also worried that there is also worry, how to do business here! Julian, think about it, what a good opportunity. Sun Bo also said at the right time, "Maybe we can find more friends to participate in, and those traders in the textile guild may be able to win over them." By the way, Julian, aren't the craftsmen of the textile guilds all farmers, and if they lose their jobs or go bankrupt, it shouldn't have much impact on their lives, right? ”

"No, it has a big impact. Sun, you don't understand. Most of these artisans were non-eldest sons who could not inherit the family estate, and they rented the family's meagre land while earning their living expenses from side jobs. If they lose their jobs or go bankrupt, the impact on their own families is huge, and maybe they go hungry. Julian explained, "And there is a real possibility that traders will be wooed." However, they did not have an absolute advantage in the textile guilds, and the textile machinery suppliers may not be worth mentioning, but the influence of those usury merchants was very great. When the low-level craftsmen went bankrupt, there was no need for new textile machines on the market, and the usurers lost their exploitation, so they were completely opposed to us. Things are still tricky! ”

"Julian, after listening to you, I think I have a good idea to partially solve the trouble we are facing." Sun Bo suddenly said, "I think maybe those unemployed or bankrupt craftsmen are willing to try their luck in the New World and start a new life, as long as we give enough sincerity, then there will always be people who will be tempted, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, several people present suddenly turned their heads to look at Sun Bo at the same time.

Xu Xin pursed his lips and said with a smile: "It's still your brain, you deserve to be a diplomat." It's a good idea, and it's worth a try. But how to operate it is still necessary to be cautious, there are too many complicated things. ”

Julian nodded slowly, as if agreeing with Xu Xin's opinion. "There are more than 5,000 artisans in the textile industry in the whole of Gascony, who are directly or indirectly employed, and if we find a way to solve the problem of unemployment and attract some large traders, then we can minimize the negative impact. As for the remaining textile machine suppliers and loan sharks, it will not be difficult to deal with. Well, so be it, I still need to discuss this matter with my father, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow. Rest assured, my friends, no matter how hard it may be, we will succeed. ”

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