The procurement channel has been opened, but there is still a problem in front of Fang Yuan.

Whether it is the purchase of thunderbolts, artillery, military horses, it is a foreign trade deficit, Fang Yuan's real money and silver are limited, and he cannot watch the gold and silver of the Ming Dynasty flow out of the country and fall into the hands of the West and Mongolians, resulting in a huge trade deficit.

Fang Yuan returned to the courtyard from Qintianjian and thought about it, the only way was to barter and buy some modern industrial products from Taobao to exchange firearms and artillery with Westerners, and military horses with Mongolians.

It can not only balance the trade deficit, but also purchase the most armaments with the least amount of silver, and can also brush the points of the Taobao system for a lot of vouchers, and you don't need to spend money on daily necessities in the future.

What to buy on Taobao in exchange?

Because Fang Yuan was very afraid of the level of scientific research in the West, all modern industrial products related to the improvement of the national economy and people's livelihood, the level of manufacturing, and the military level could not be transmitted to the West on a large scale.

The previous drones, night vision devices, all electronic fields, chemical fields, and metallurgical fields were all technical blockade fields demarcated by Fang Yuan.

The only products that can be sold are in the field of daily necessities.

Glassware? No way! Western glass production is significantly higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, and this thing is not suitable at all, and it cannot be sold at a high price;

Soap, soap? No way! In this era, Europeans didn't even bathe kings and princesses, and there was no market for soap and soap, and how much did this low value-added gadget have to sell in exchange for guns and artillery?

Fang Yuan suddenly thought of perfumes that originated in Europe and later spread to China.

Chinese aristocrats have had a tradition of bathing and incense since ancient times, and it is impossible for perfume to be sold at a sky-high price in China.

However, the Europeans of this era did not take a bath, and the Caucasian body odor was strong, so they relied on perfume to cover the smell, which is also the reason why modern perfume originated in Europe.

Fang Yuan went to the Baidu search of the Taobao system to check, and the earliest European perfume prototype Cologne water only appeared for the first time in 1709, that is, more than 60 years after this era, it swept the whole of Europe and sold well to all European royal families.

He already knew in his heart that since the Europeans sold Gu Long, Dior, and Chanel at a high value-added price to China for money, I would buy some domestic perfumes and sell them to the ancestors of these Europeans at a high value-added price.

Fang Yuan checked in the Taobao system, and the domestic perfume with the highest sales volume.

Women's perfume, 4 bottles of gift box, priced at 30 yuan / box;

Men's perfume, 15 yuan/bottle.

Together with the freight, it is equivalent to about 3.3 taels of silver, 1.65 taels of silver, which can be sold at least ten times more to the Francois in the capital in exchange for the guns and artillery that Fang Yuan needs most.

Fang Yuan bought one of each of these two domestic perfumes, and the next day under the pretext of discussing astronomical academic issues, he took the perfume to Qin Tianjian and found John Tang.

The two chatted for a while in the Qin Heavenly Prison about the cycle of the earth's rotation and revolution, and Tang Ruowang was amazed by Fang Yuan's knowledge, and sighed again and again.

Fang Yuan also stopped at the point, and did not confide too much knowledge of astronomy to him.

Fang Yuan handed over the perfume he had secretly brought to Tang Ruowang, "Lord Tang, take a look, how are these perfumes?" ”

"Perfume?"

Tang Ruowang hesitated to take the colorful perfume bottle, and with Fang Yuan's help, he opened the lid of the perfume, and a light fragrance filled the scene, which surprised Tang Ruowang.

In Europe, there is also a liquid made from mashed flower petals to incense, but it is far less intense and charming than the fragrance of the original perfume.

John Tang hurriedly asked, "This is perfume?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "This is the perfume, it can be used exclusively by the queens, princesses, and princesses of the Western royal family, can it be exchanged for thunderbolts and medium artillery?" ”

John Tang sniffed the perfume again, the fragrance was enduring, his eyes lit up slightly, with his sophisticated eye, he could see at a glance that this perfume had a potentially huge market in Europe, and there was still a market.

Not only the royal queens, princesses, and princesses, but also the dukes, marquises, and countesses of those principalities will come to rob them like crazy, and it is simply an inexhaustible gold mine.

Tang Ruowang asked tentatively, "How much does Lord Fang's perfume cost?" ”

Fang Yuan thought about it, and already knew it in his heart, pointing to the women's 4-bottle set of perfumes and said, "This set of women's perfumes will be replaced by a high-quality Thunderbolt Fire Bolt." ”

He pointed to men's perfume and said, "This is a men's perfume for bishops, kings, and all kinds of lords, and two bottles for a high-quality thunderbolt." ”

John Tang lost his voice and said, "How many bottles of perfume for a thunderbolt?" ”

Fang Yuan was stunned, Tang Ruowang's reaction was too strong, could it be that the perfume was too expensive? He tentatively boasted to himself, "This kind of perfume can't be found in the Beijing market, I went to Jiangnan to make it, this is a top-secret formula, and this is the only variety in the world." ”

John Tang sighed and said, "A bottle of perfume in Europe can be exchanged for at least five taels of gold, and two bottles can be exchanged for a thunderbolt, which is really cost-effective." ”

Fang Yuan suddenly realized that two bottles of perfume can be sold for ten taels of gold in Europe, which is seventy or eighty taels of silver, and the cost of a thunderbolt is less than twenty taels of silver at most.

Fang Yuan snorted and said, "Master Tang, we are brothers, we all earn money, and a win-win situation can lead to long-term cooperation, right?" ”

Tang Ruowang looked at him gratefully and said, "Lord Fang's righteousness and squandering money are really different from the Ming officials I have come into contact with, and he is indeed a confidant worth befriending." ”

Fang Yuan was secretly amused, it was not that he was squandering money, but shopping on Taobao, the cost of perfume was 3 taels of silver, and he could exchange it for a thunderbolt fire gun of 50 taels of silver, which was a small account that made a lot of money and was minutiae, so he didn't care about Tang Ruowang.

Fang Yuan left these two perfumes to John Tang, and he went to the Franco machine merchant in the capital to appraise the price, and then find a time for everyone to sit down and finalize the big deal of the arms and perfume trade.

Three days later, Fang Yuan led Qin Zhan and Jing Jie's two confidants, and Tang Ruowang made the middle, and in the teaching workshop department in the south of the city, he negotiated with the two heads of the Francois Chamber of Commerce in the capital, Blanc and Bruce, two big businessmen, about the perfume and fire gun business.

According to the modern country, Blank is a Dutchman, Bruce is a Portuguese, and John Tong is a German.

"The Thunderbolt is the most advanced musket, at least 80 taels of silver each."

"My perfume is the most advanced perfume, at least 10 taels of gold a bottle."

"A man with a thunderbolt can conquer the whole world."

"A woman with perfume can conquer the man who conquers the world."

"Lord Fang, if you are so ruthless in lowering and raising prices, you are robbing money."

"Blank, Bruce, you sell me 80 taels of muskets that cost 20 taels to manufacture, aren't you also robbing money? My perfume is unique in the world, and I can also go to the Urazi National Chamber of Commerce to purchase your firecracker. ”

"Okay, good, 40 taels is 40 taels, but Lord Fang's perfume can only be sold for 3 taels of gold, which is equivalent to 20 taels of silver."

"Deal!"

Fang Yuan was a senior executive in the shopping mall before he crossed over, and he was still very proficient in these negotiation doorways, and after all night, you and I went back and forth, and finally finalized the final exchange ratio, that is, whether it is men's or women's perfume, two bottles of perfume for a thunderbolt, eight bottles of perfume for a medium-sized gun between ten and fifteen pounds.

But Franc Chambers of Commerce Blank Bruce proposed two restrictive conditions:

1. Fang Yuan's perfume can only be sold to the Francophone Chamber of Commerce, not to the Luqi Chamber of Commerce;

2. The agreement of the transaction must be kept confidential by both parties and cannot be disclosed to the third-party chamber of commerce.

The Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman Empire, and after conquering the Eastern Roman Empire two hundred years ago, it was a fierce rival for the entire European continent.

This is a huge empire across the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, across the Ming Dynasty, Europe between the Ming Dynasty, monopolized the trade routes between the Ming Dynasty and Europe, just the annual East-West transaction tolls, is an unusually large amount, can maintain the Ottoman Empire for a long time.

It was precisely because of the existence of the Ottoman Empire that the land trade routes were cut off, forcing the countries of the European continent to expand new trade routes only through maritime trade, which gave birth to the arrival of the Age of Discovery.

John Tang demanded that Fang Yuan not sell perfume to the Luqi people, in order to monopolize the operation of perfume in continental Europe. The secrecy of the transaction agreement is to prevent more Francophone merchants from coming to the capital and snatching the perfume and fire gun trade on more favorable terms.

These two conditions were originally said by the other party, and they were exactly what they wanted.

He has no friendship with the people of the Luxir Country, and the most advanced thing in the Lumpy Country is the musket, the power of the Turkish musket is world-famous, but the quality of the artillery is not as good as that of Europe, and there is a certain gap in scientific research theory, so Fang Yuan would rather choose to cooperate with the Franc machine, and there may be a broader space for cooperation in the future.

As for the confidentiality agreement, Fang Yuan couldn't ask for it, and Fang Yuan would not mention it, and Fang Yuan would also add this condition to the agreement between the two parties.

At the same time, Fang Yuan also proposed a restrictive condition, all perfumes were not allowed to be sold in the territory of Daming, and could only be shipped back to the European continent.

Because of the price factor, Fang Yuan will not promote this modern perfume on a large scale in Daming for the time being, let alone let Daming's silver be earned by these Westerners.

"Deal!"

Fang Yuan stood up and stretched out his hand, shook hands with Blank and Bruce with Western etiquette, announced the closing of the business, and agreed to complete the transaction contract with a total amount of 1,400 bottles of perfume for 600 Thunderbolt guns and 20 medium guns within six months. The first batch will be traded in half a month, 400 bottles of perfume = 200 Thunderbolts, and the rest will be completed in batches over a period of six months.

The two parties signed a transaction contract in the private room of the Teaching Division, and the transaction contract was written in Chinese and Portuguese, and Fang Yuan, Blank, and Bruce signed and confirmed by fingerprints.

The successful negotiation of perfume and firearms transactions has increased Fang Yuan's confidence, and the next thing to do is to negotiate with those old Tianxiong army departments about the purchase of war horses, and gather these former professional soldiers to form a new army.

The procurement of military horses is still secondary, and the biggest variable is whether those old departments of the Tianxiong Army really want to follow Fang Yuanming, and even Jing Jie is not too sure.

As soon as the two of them combined, they decided that Fang Yuan would personally go to the countryside of Datong with Jing Jie, and they would meet the old headquarters of the Tianxiong Army for a while, and then make a judgment.