Dressed in a black professional suit with light makeup, Hu Xijing, who has curled hair, looks more beautiful and capable, if it weren't for the miscellaneous things piled up around her and the muddy environment that are too mismatched, the first thing that can definitely be reminiscent of an urban female white-collar worker is definitely reminiscent of.

Hu Xijing, who was sitting at the desk, looked at the visitor and politely beckoned him to sit down.

"I heard that Mr. Zhao is from Guangzhou, so let's talk about it, we are still fellow villagers." Hu Xijing handed over a cup of hot water, and smiled and Zhao Daqi was almost close.

"Miss Hu is also from Guangzhou." Obviously, he had some doubts, but he immediately thought of whether it was his ancestral home in Guangzhou Mansion, after all, Wang Tiezhu and they all said that they were descendants of Yashan.

Zhao De spent a few days at the Manchester City base and gradually learned to address the people, most of these former Song people called women as Miss and Ladies, and men as Mr.

"Hehe, it is accurate to say that it is the ancestral home of Guangzhou Mansion, and I heard that Mr. Zhao is preparing to set sail back to Daming." Hu Xijing asked back with a faint smile.

"Yesterday I have obtained the navigation chart from Captain Wang, and I will go back in the near future, and I will thank you for your hospitality these days, if he arrives in the Ming Dynasty, he will entertain you."

"Well, let's talk about hospitality in the future, I think we should talk about it at the moment, Mr. Zhao is also a maritime merchant, presumably every time he transports people to Manila and Batavia, he will transport some local specialties back."

"Don't hide it from Miss Hu, it's true, the return voyage is an empty boat, bring some coconut bananas and other local products from the South Seas back to sell them and make a lot of money, everyone who goes to the South Seas will basically do this, this time if I pass through Luzon, I will stay there for a few days to buy some local products."

"Look at how much silver you can earn if you take this item to these two places or sell it in the Ming Dynasty," Hu Xijing smiled and pushed a small mirror in front of the other party's eyes.

"This, this is a mirror, I have heard the Hongmaoyi people mention it, it is said that such a small piece is worth ten thousand taels."

Zhao De's hand holding a small mirror is a little excited, this is not his pretense, but really from the heart, a small piece of mirror in the 17th century sold for thousands of taels of silver or ten thousand taels is by no means blown, you must know that during this period, the cylindrical method of manufacturing plate glass was not long after the invention, and at the same time, there was a tin amalgamation method with mercury on the glass attached to the tin foil, this process is very complex and the mirror produced is also limited, and the silver-plated mirror of later generations is not compared.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Lin Youde, who was in charge of industry, proposed to make mirrors to accumulate original capital, which was not complicated and was a lucrative business.

When they heard a book of Wanli, the young men shouted that they would dump mirrors in Daming and Europe, so that the world's silver would be exposed to Australia.

"What would you think of giving this mirror to you for sale?"

"Me."

Zhao De seemed to have heard something extremely incredible, and then hurriedly said: "If it is handed over to me for sale, I can guarantee that this mirror will sell for at least more than a thousand taels of silver in Batavia or Manila." ”

"We are ready to make you an agent of an Australian company specializing in the sale of this mirror in Guangzhou."

Agent, Zhao De didn't understand what it meant when he heard this fresh word, but he understood the latter sentence, it was these former Song people, oh, no, they now call themselves Australians, and they are ready for me to sell this kind of mirror, which means that they have mastered the production process of this kind of mirror.

Although it is a little incredible, Zhao De thinks that these Australians should not lie, just letting such a large iron ship float on the sea is not something that ordinary shipbuilders can do, and it should not be difficult for them to create such a mirror.

If this is the case, then he is equivalent to mastering a mountain of gold, and he will become rich and rival the country.

"This agent, I don't know what to do." Zhao De asked the doubts in his heart, he didn't want to miss such an opportunity to make a fortune in vain.

"Hehe, the agent, as the name suggests, is that Mr. Zhao will get the exclusive agency right of the mirror produced by our company, and only you can sell it in this area." Hu Xijing introduced it in simple language, and Zhao De's expression seemed to have understood.

"I see." Zhao De was happy in his heart, isn't that an exclusive transaction, you can sell as much as you want. But then his face also showed a sad color, obviously there is no free lunch in the world, this mirror is so expensive, even if he obtains the exclusive agency, I am afraid that the silver tael required is not expensive, and with his own savings, I am afraid that the purchase of ten yuan will be at the bottom.

The expression on Zhao De's face did not escape Hu Xijing's eyes, "Is Mr. Zhao worried about the cost of the agent?" ”

"This, this, don't hide it from Miss Hu, although Zhao is a maritime businessman, he doesn't have much savings, and most of them have already purchased land and shops."

"It doesn't matter, we have already considered this for you, you can temporarily transport from Batavia to our Manchester City base the most needed daily necessities in exchange, such as rice, oil, salt, sugar, cloth and other daily necessities to pay for what you think, as long as the things on this list can be transported to the Manchester City base, we all need it."

Taking the list in Hu Xijing's hand, I saw that there were at least dozens of items listed on it, but most of them were mainly daily necessities, among which the largest amount of grain and various vegetable seeds was needed.

"You don't need to pay for the goods on the list at once, except for the goods that are individually marked with black spots, you can choose to pay in batches. I want to source these things on the list, it shouldn't be difficult for you, you just need to go to Batavia to buy them. Hu Xijing said with a smile.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao De had obviously calculated the price of these goods and the price of the mirrors in his heart, according to the purchase price of two thousand taels of silver for a large slap mirror, then he only needed to provide two thousand taels of silver to buy food, if it was enough, he could still lower the price a little, and more importantly, these mirrors were sought-after goods whether they were taken back to Daming or Batavia.

It's just that Zhao De is puzzled in his heart, these Australians not only master the method of making mirrors, but also have iron boats as big as mountains, so they can take them to Batavia to sell them by themselves, why should they choose to sell them themselves, and the price difference between them will definitely be different. Besides, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and Australians will never give up such a good thing to themselves.

"Miss Hu, Zhao has a question in his heart, I don't know whether to ask or not, you have both sea ships and know how to make mirrors, why do you choose to do this, you can transport the mirrors to Batavia for sale."

"Since Mr. Zhao asked, then I won't hide it from you, don't look at the fact that we have a sea ship as big as a hill, but the fuel required for each sea trip is calculated in 10,000 tons, and this sea ship is not completely built at present, there was a major earthquake on Song Island where we need to live, and only the people close to this sea ship got on the ship in a hurry to survive, so our current fuel does not support sailing to Batavia."

When Hu Xijing said that the earthquake on Song Island, where she used to live, sank into the sea, the expression on her face was still slightly sad, giving people the impression that she was reminded of the sad past.

"Miss Hu's condolences." Zhao De comforted.

"Well, it's okay, let's take a look at this contract next, if you agree to this deal, we can sign a contract first, what do you think." The contents of the contract were all written in traditional Chinese characters, and considering that Zhao De was not very familiar with simplified characters, he invited Fei Zhiqing, a former professor of history in Zhongli, to write it in traditional Chinese characters to make it easier for him to read. Zhao De looked at the contract, and from time to time asked Hu Xijing beside him what the cold words he was not familiar with.

After twenty minutes, I finally finished reading the contract, and I was satisfied with some basic requirements, and the only thing I was dissatisfied with was that the price was set according to the market, which meant that the mirror sold to him by the crossing was not fixed, but would be ordered wholesale to him according to the price offered by the buyer.

Although he was dissatisfied with this article, Zhao De already had a longer-term plan in his heart, and finally signed the contract happily, and promised to postpone the date of returning to Guangzhou and deliver a batch of supplies from Batavia first.