In the end, Luo Fei still nodded in agreement with the other two, and had to agree with who I was about "good luck".

After briefly introducing their skills and equipment items to the other three, the other three who already felt that they had met the great god were even more amazed and almost jumped!

This is still in the case of Luo Fei's "Wind and Rain, Thunder and Lightning" skill being locked and concealing the possession of "Italian Cannon", after all, there are no shells now, and Luo Fei feels that it doesn't matter if he doesn't say it.

Early the next morning, the four of them took the money together to the exchange in Lisbon to see the commodities that could be bought and sold.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the exchange, I saw Oliver waiting inside.

Luo Fei and the others hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, it turned out that Oliver had already made a reservation with the original three people last night, and they all agreed to the price that Oliver said, but with one additional condition, that is, they could only trade between Portugal and Spain this month, so that they could come back to meet their families with a short interval this time.

"I can promise that." Luo Fei said to Oliver: "Anyway, when we first come to Europe, we will definitely trade in the vicinity at first, and then go to a farther place when we are familiar with it!" ”

"That's great!" "So I can borrow some light and spend a few more days in Lisbon," Oliver said. ”

"But for this matter, you can leave a message at the tavern, why wait for us here early in the morning?" Luo Fei saw that the hiring was going well, so he asked with some doubts.

"After all, you invited me to drink yesterday!" Oliver smiled heartily: "At my age, I wake up early in the morning, thinking of acknowledging your love, I will introduce you to the exchange here in detail by the way!" ”

"That's great!" Luo Fei didn't expect that yesterday's unintentional move would actually be exchanged for further help from NPCs, and the other three were also very happy to see this.

"In Lisbon, salt, olive oil and saffron are generally the best exports. Of course, the most profitable export here is the foreign gun, but the cost is very high, with your current capital, it is not recommended to buy it for the time being. Oliver took Luo Fei and the others to the counter of the exchange, pointed to the price notice board on it and said.

"It's Oliver!" The boss of the exchange also seemed to be very familiar with Oliver, and when he saw him coming, he said very enthusiastically: "This time I will go to sea by myself or purchase goods for others!" Now this season, it is good to enter saffron and foreign guns, of course, if the cost is less, salt is better than olive oil. ”

"I'll take the employer to see it first." Oliver pointed at Luo Fei and said, "Karni, this is our captain!" ”

"Orientals?" Only then did Karni notice Luo Fei and a few other fresh faces.

"Haha, don't underestimate them, they came from the distant Ming Dynasty, where the business of a country is much bigger than our whole Europe!" Oliver smiled heartily.

"Okay, okay, of course our exchange welcomes merchants anywhere." Carnewi was stunned for a moment and said: "I have only heard about the Ming Dynasty, and I know that it is a very rich place. So what do you want to buy today, Captain? Is the permit issued? ”

"We're here for the first time, and today we just want to take a look as soon as possible, and we will go to sea in two days, and we will go to the palace to get a permit in a while." Luo Fei replied very politely.

"Well, you watch first, I'm going to do something else, I think with Oliver, everything will go well with you here." Karni said with a bigger smile when he heard Luo Fei say "very good" in Portuguese.

"I lend you good luck!" Luo Fei bowed his hand to Karni, saw him go to greet others, and then pointed to the price list on the price notice board and asked Oliver: "I see that it says 2,560 silver coins for olive oil and 4,120 silver coins for salt, what kind of units of measurement are they?" ”

"Oh, this! Usually the price of a standard cargo hold, in Europe, whether large or small, only the number of cargo holds is different, and the capacity of each cargo hold is about the same. Oliver replied, "The Seagull, for example, has only two cargo holds and two warehouses for water and food, and the rest is where sailors and important members like us live.

"In other words, if I put salt into the two cargo holds, I will only need 8,240 silver coins, which will only be converted into a little more than 82 gold coins?" Luo Fei asked this, and he was already a little puzzled.

"Yes, you can also enter saffron." Oliver pointed to the price of saffron on it and said: "The price of saffron per cargo hold is 6400 silver coins, so the cost of two cargo holds is 128 gold coins, and it only takes 3 days from here to the nearest trading port Ceuta, with your capital of 200 gold coins, it should be enough to support a trade!" ”

"Okay, your suggestion is very good, but we still have to discuss what to buy in the evening, now we will go to the palace to apply for a permit first." Luo Fei thought for a while, and did not immediately follow the NPC's advice to determine the goods to be entered first.

Thanks to Oliver's help, the trade license was not difficult. However, for this alone, Luo Fei and the others spent another 10 gold coins, and Oliver also told them that every time they went to a new port for trading, they had to apply for a new trade license at that port, so the 10 gold coins were just to obtain the right to trade in Lisbon.

"Now we only have a little more than 188 gold coins left, if we want to buy saffron, remove the salary reserved for the crew, and it should be no problem if we get to Ceuta in 3 days, but I don't know how much this saffron can sell for Ceuta to Ceuta." After returning to the hotel, the four of them gathered in Luo Fei's room, and who am I, as the treasurer, spoke first at Luo Fei's signal.

Didn't we talk to Oliver about the ports around Lisbon again at lunchtime? Luo Fei spread the map of Europe on the table, pointed to several port cities on it, and said: "The closest trading ports to Lisbon are Seville and Ceuta, but Seville has been monopolized by the local chamber of commerce, and it can only supply ships there, not trade. ”

Saying that, Luo Fei's hand continued to move to the right: "Further east are Valencia, Marseille and Genoa, and the merchant ships of France and Portugal are currently in a state of trade impassability, so Marseille is actually useless." It takes about 12 days to get to Genoa, and 24 days to make a round trip, which means that we can make a maximum of three round trips in 90 days! ”

"In other words, in fact we should only be able to trade in Ceuta or Valencia at the moment, and if the three-month deadline is approaching, the goal of making money is still far away, and then it is not too late to consider going further afield to Genoa, right?" Love who who hears here answers.

"Algiers can also go." Luo Fei's finger moved down, going there was about the same distance as going to Valencia, Al was seven days, Valen was six days.

"Six or seven days, round trip is less than 15 days, 90 days can be six round trips and twelve times of trade, the initial 200 gold coins are not counted, to complete the goal of 2000 gold coins, plus the cost of manpower and materials of 246 gold coins in three months, you must earn at least 187 gold coins per trade!" Although I don't have a calculator, I still rely on my excellent mental arithmetic skills, and I quickly said a number for everyone.

"The purchase price of saffron is 128 gold coins, which means that the profit must be more than doubled!" Luo Fei suddenly felt a lot of pressure.