For a while, silence returned to the small living room, only the mechanical clock made a "click" sound, and old Frank put down his pipe and was the first to break the silence and said, "Joseph! I think we should talk about other issues, like business, and I think you understand our situation, and we can't get back to Europe safely without selling these ships, and everything you're talking about is meaningless. ”

"Got it! Then we won't talk about that! After a moment's thought, Kira Yoshishi said briskly, "I believe that the Argotic Chamber of Commerce and your allies can get the goods I need, and as long as the price is right, I am willing to trade with you in silver." ”

"No, no, no, it's too hard! I can help you with muskets, but I can't do anything with artillery and sailboats, really! Frank shook his head and rejected his offer.

"The problem of artillery and galleons aside, I may consider muskets, I need some Holstein horses and Trekena horses as horse breeds, ten of each, three of each breed, horses, and the other seven mares, I can afford the cost even if it is very expensive, how about this business?"

Before he could finish speaking, Frank Argot began to shake his head and said, "Oh! No, no! That's not going to work, these two types of horses are very expensive! It costs tens of thousands of silver coins a horse! You're asking too much! ”

"That's it! Old Frank! Let's be honest! These two types of horses are not that expensive at all! An excellent war horse with no miscellaneous hair and no history of injuries at the age of three is worth up to two thousand silver coins, and I am talking about silver coins, not a pound of silver! I think you know what I mean. Kira Yoshitoki said with a straight face.

"Alright! You win! That's the price, exactly, but I need shipping, a few months of sailing from Amsterdam, stopping at the port to change the water and feed on the way, you know these guys are delicate and ruthless, and if there is a storm or a plague at sea, it will be troublesome! Even if it was going well, we had to release them out on the deck, and the cost of these caretakers was very high! Converted to 20,000 silver coins for a horse! ”

Frank Argot was right, it was much more troublesome to transport horses over long distances than to transport people and goods, and these excellent horses ate concentrated feed mixed with beans and grains and alfalfa grass, which required special preparation, and the salt content of horses was ten times that of people, and the logistics of living across the ocean for several months were very stressful, and a lot of space needed to be freed up to take care of these horses.

Basically, the small probability event of storm capsizing can be ruled out, those experienced captains know what monsoon to blow in what season, which month is the season with more rainstorms, be careful that some typhoons that are basically not exaggerated can also go back and forth safely, the most fatal is the plague and septicemia as terrible as the plague.

"Don't talk about the storm, you and I know it! Talk about the plague! Pay attention to drinking habits, when it rains, hang a wooden barrel on the mast to hold water, and after clarification, you can quote, and I have a way to solve the septicemia you are worried about! Buying porcelain here, I happen to have a shipment of porcelain, I have porcelain worth four thousand pounds of silver, and raw silk worth two thousand pounds of silver!

Right! It's raw silk that weaves satin, and I remember that Sicily in Italy and Regensburg in North Germany had well-established silk workshops, right? The silk I have here is the finest raw silk from the East, and it is absolutely the best in your place! What do you think? How about bartering? ”

Ji Liang Yishi black-hearted directly counted the porcelain and raw silk that Wang Dan traded with him as his own, and the business with Wang Dan was worth 27,000 taels of silver, which was converted into 1687.5 catties of silver, and when he said to Frank Argot in his mouth, it became 6,000 pounds of silver, that is, 5,400 catties of silver.

"I can buy porcelain, and raw silk is no problem! But what does this have to do with sepsis? Frank Argot didn't mind him selling the hard currency as a commodity, but he was more concerned with sepsis, and he had to cut his crew in half on a sea trip, and when he returned to Amsterdam, he had to pay the families of the victims, an unplannedly high expense that was a big expense.

"Of course it is! The next thing I'm going to talk about is related to the treatment of sepsis! Sepsis is the lack of an element we need, this element is hidden in fresh vegetables and fruits, you lack the supplement of vegetables and fruits when you sail at sea, the lack of elements in the body will accumulate over time, and the chance of getting sepsis is especially high, so I recommend you to buy it below! ”

"Alright! Say it! I'm listening! Frank Argot shrugged and said that he was listening, and even the blonde Lori pricked up her ears to listen.

"You need to buy pickled vegetables, tea, and most importantly, beans! Eating some pickled vegetables every day can regulate the body and replenish the lost elements, and it can also be appetizing and spleen-invigorating, and you must have heard of the role of tea! The last thing to say is the beans! Kira Yoshitoki emphasized a special sentence.

"Why are beans the most important?" The blonde little Lori asked strangely.

"You have purchased the porcelain in my hands, which is a prerequisite for ensuring that you can make money and that you will not get scurvy! All right! Don't wait for me to see! I'm going to say that...... When you return with a large amount of porcelain in your fleet, the porcelain can easily break on top of each other, so stuff fresh soybeans or mung beans between each piece of porcelain to fill the gaps between the porcelain.

Then you have to remember to spray some water between these beans, the beans will sprout in the humid air, while protecting the porcelain from breaking, you can also get fresh bean sprouts, these bean sprouts are the fresh vegetables you need, they are clean and harmless can be stewed with cured meat or fish, as long as you eat bean sprouts every day can effectively avoid sepsis! ”

Frank Argot was silent for a moment, sat up straight, and asked with a serious face, "Hmm! Is that so? What an ingenious idea! Did you come up with this or did someone else tell you? ”

"Well, it was the merchant of the Ming Kingdom who told me!" Kira Yoshishi innocently shifted the blame to the unwarranted Ming merchants, and then said: "There should be no doubt about the problem of horses, right?" As long as you do what I say, you won't have a problem! ”

"Alright! Horses! I'll do my best! Frank Argot shrugged and said yes, he probably thought Joseph was a young man who pursued his interests.

Old Frank had a hundred ways for the young man to buy his goods, and he said enthusiastically: "Our fleet has come from the East Indies, and has brought with it many fresh things, beautiful precious stones, enchanting spices, delicate clockwork, beautiful mirrors, fashionable woolen blankets, new woolen woolen wool from England, and the best-selling linen, ivory, sharkskin, hawksbill turtles, and seeds of all kinds of plants, ornamental flowers, and high-yielding seeds that can grow food, Whatever you can think of, I've got it on board! ”

"Oh? And many more seeds? Is there an arquebus? "Kira Yoshitoki took a deep breath, let himself be as natural as possible, and try to pretend not to care about the allure of high-yielding seeds, there are very few people in this era who have a clear understanding of high-yielding grain varieties, both Japan and the Ming Dynasty are facing the problem of food shortage, the same problem is often in Europe, famine is the root cause of infectious disease outbreaks, and famine is usually accompanied by drought or flood, the combination of these two constitutes the main cause of the dynasty's demise.

"Arquebus, of course! I have a hundred Spanish arquebuses here, and if you buy them, they will come with a support frame, a gunpowder bag, and some ammunition, and the price is very fair! Old Frank continued to sell.

"I'll help you eat this shipment at a reasonable price, and let you go back with silver and sustenance." After the business was negotiated, he didn't mind being generous to him, and readily agreed to his request.

As we all know, the East Indies are actually the South Seas region, its name is also known as the Spice Islands, it has always been the treasure of the Portuguese, the trade in the entire Indian Ocean region is monopolized by the Portuguese, except for the Spanish merchant ships, no ships are allowed to enter this area.

The Argotic Chamber of Commerce from the Netherlands seems to have used some means to gain the acquiescence of the Spanish to enter here, but their intrusion into Japan was really unexpected, probably the Spaniards thought that they would only turn back in the Spice Islands, but the Argotic Chamber of Commerce did not do so, which is why it caused so much criticism.

Of course, there must have been a lot of water in what Frank Argot said, and the fact that a fleet of ships can be swept away by a storm and come to East Asia thousands of miles away shows that they are not seriously damaged, and there are several important stops from Europe to East Asia, where they can replenish supplies, rest damaged ships, and most importantly, resell their goods in exchange for local products.

For example, ivory, shark skin, hawksbill turtle and spices are obviously trafficked from the South Seas, and these goods are very in-demand goods, as long as they can be safely docked, there will be a chamber of commerce to take the initiative to trade, to ensure that these things can be sold, of course, Frank said that he would not be unfamiliar with the unfamiliar unveiled, the two sides chatted for a long time and finally finalized the agreement.

Frank secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was finally able to sell the goods on a few ships, Kira Yoshitoki was also very satisfied, Frank was a kind and practical and cunning businessman, but he still misestimated the current situation of Japanese trade, or he didn't know how tight the things he was selling, luxury goods could be sold to the ministers and samurai in the name of the shogunate Ashikaga Yoshito, and the sales of iron cannons were not polite to either the Miyoshi family or the Rokkaku family, and it was definitely profitable to exchange these goods for relatively cheap silver.

Then the old and the young chatted all over the world, Kira Yoshitoki didn't mind showing off his wealth of knowledge in front of this new friend, some unheard of new stories not only attracted Frank, but even Claudia, who had been in a daze, seemed to be listening carefully, and it didn't take long for the unpleasantness just now to disappear.

Frank knocked the tobacco out of his pipe, carefully put it away, then stood up and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, let us have a good morning, I think we have to go back, the crew is still hungry, I must buy them lunch today, we will see you next time." ”

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