Chapter 291: Venice Scroll (7)

At about the same time, Massimo also ran to the dock as fast as he could, and fell into the ear of Messero, whispering something.

When Mecero listened, his face immediately became colorful.

He looked at the newly arrived merchant with a rather smug expression and smiled, "Alisandro, you're too late. ”

Huang Xuan looked at the two people strangely, and asked Nick in a low voice, "What are they talking about?" ”

Nick probably felt that he couldn't explain clearly, and directly popped up an energy screen in front of Huang Xuan.

In 1455 A.D., two major events took place.

The first was something that had a serious impact on later generations, but had little impact on the 15th century. Mr. Gutenberg, a German, invented the printing press, and with this patent, he not only earned a lot of money, but also really entered the top 100 of the world's celebrities, only a star and a half below His Royal Highness Confucius.

The second major event has really affected Europe for half a century.

The War of the Roses in England began, fought for 30 years, the British throne changed 7 times, and the war swept through the British Isles, beating most of England to pieces.

And on the fourth day of Huang Xuan's arrival in P301, some news finally came from the European continent - the Caster family and the York family were at war.

When the war began, the price of food naturally increased.

Huang Xuan immediately smiled.

Ali Sandro was not very happy, he looked at the workers who were busy carrying grain, beat his chest in annoyance, and even ignored Huang Xuan's shouts, saying some monosyllabic words, and was about to leave.

Huang Xuan immediately called out to him and said, "Mr. Alisandro, if you still need food, I think we may be able to talk about it." ”

Alisandro's eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at Mecero with pride, as if to say: Look at my credit.

Mecero looked at Huang Xuan with some anger and said, "Mr. Cosa, I thought we had a tacit understanding. ”

"That's right." Huang Xuan smiled and said, "But all the materials of my fleet may be beyond your expectations. ”

"Please trust the ability of the Perrault Comptoir."

Ali Sandro quietly watched Huang Xuan talk to Messero and did not "interject".

Huang Xuan kept a smile and said, "Mr. Perrault, the fleet that is about to arrive is loaded with more than 10 million bushels of grain, and if you are the only one to buy it, it will not be able to meet my requirements for time." ”

He didn't talk directly about the operation of the funds, but about the time, which is a good step.

Mecero really stopped arguing, but the eyes that looked at Huang Xuan were completely different. 10 million bushels of grain, that's 600,000 gold ducats.

Alisandro was also somewhat surprised by the number of "Mr. Cosa" reports. Huang Xuan just smiled, then took a few steps back, and said in a secret voice: "Nick, inform Lu Min that I want 1 million tons of standard food, and then ask Yasuo to send it to me." ”

Only bases above the intermediate level have the ability to teleport at fixed points, and in the past, they used to use the plane bases in the trading floor, like paying for a convoy, but now they use their own cars - although the reaction is slower.

In a normal year, the Venetian merchants would not have hoarded large quantities of grain, they did not have the concept of strategic reserves, although they did store small amounts, but at the beginning of the war, especially when it was uncertain how long it would last, the demand for grain in a country would suddenly make the market more than imagined.

Just like in the futures market, even if there is no actual need for so much food, merchants will buy more than that, and then slowly return to rationality.

Therefore, only in this special situation can Huang Xuan come up with millions of tons of grain for sale, and at other times, it is better to have more types of goods - naturally, this will waste too much time.

The three of them were silent for a while, and Messero looked at Huang Xuan, changed his usual laziness and said, "Which family in France is Mr. Cossa a member of?" ”

Huang Xuan is best at dealing with such a problem, he raised his head and said: "In business, there is no need to worry so much, not to mention that we are also a cash transaction." Huang Xuan shrugged and said, "If it's just for convenience, isn't it easier for me to send grain to Marseille?" ”

Messeiro and Sandro immediately wisely stopped asking, and the three of them began to talk amicably about the schedule of the arrival of the fleet and the way of trading.

After saying a few words, Huang Xuan glanced at Messero, laughed evilly in his heart, and said, "Mr. Perrault, can I buy goods from Mr. Sandro?" ”

Perrault nodded helplessly, and Sandro immediately became excited, and it occurred to him that it was impossible for a fleet to sell grain to Venice and then rush back to France empty--he even found an excuse for Huang Xuan not to sell grain directly to England, because Bardi and the Peruzzi Bank had the right to control all the English sheep "wool" trade, and the French were worried that the English king would not be able to pay the bills.

This is a natural idea, at this time England was still a fairly poor European fringe country, the royal family only spent 1,000 marks a month, but the debt was more than 30,000 marks, there was no right to trade sheep "wool", and the British king could not take out anything of value at all.

France has always been a big food country, and since the 14th century, they have tried to supply half of Europe's food needs, so they need to sell a large amount of food to the world every year.

Sandro suppressed his excitement and said to Huang Xuan's friendly luggage, "What goods does Mr. Xhosa need?" Sandro comptoir's routes cover a wide range. ”

"Ivory, rhinoceros horn, and sheep hair." He glanced at Messero and smiled, "If there is any money left, I will buy a small amount of wool, and I would like some treasures from Constantinople, preferably portraits and the like." However, I will only stay here for 3 days and then I will be rushing home. ”

Typical developed European needs, but time is too short. After Sandro commented, he pondered for a moment and said, "If that's the case, I can take out about 3,000 tusks, about 5,000 rhinoceros horns, and about tens of millions of pounds of sheep 'hair'." I can also ask for the artwork for you. ”

Huang Xuan's eyes were round, this is a genuine thing, as long as you send it home, exchange it for banknotes, and then buy anything can be easily exchanged for energy in the R plane, a ton of New Zealand sheep "wool" in the international market is more than 6,000 US dollars, even if there is a little gap in the quality of sheep "wool" in this era, 10 million pounds has more than 4,500 tons, at least 27 million US dollars, ivory, rhinoceros horn and portraits before the 14th century only need to consider the time to shoot.

Normally, Huang Xuan should be talking about the list of materials he wants to buy and the time to arrive at the fleet at this time, but his time is a little insufficient, after thinking about it, Huang Xuan still raised his head and said: "Mr. Sandro, Mr. Perrault, maybe I can pay a deposit now for you to prepare supplies?" ”

He had no credit among the Venetian merchants, and therefore could not have received preferential treatment in business.

Messero and Sandro looked at each other and said with a smile: "How many goods does Mr. Xhosa need in total?" ”

"I have 25,000 gold ducats in my hands now, so I hope to get 250,000 gold ducats for goods, and if I can't get the corresponding payment within three days, the 25,000 gold ducats will belong to the two of them." If he can't get more money within three days, it would be useless for Huang Xuan to ask for more than 20,000 gold coins.

Mecero's tense face loosened for a moment, and his big nose twitched: "The materials in the hands of the Perrault Chamber of Commerce are comparable to those of the Sandro Chamber of Commerce, and there is naturally no problem with your request, but the sheep 'wool' is the raw material for making wool, and most of them are shipped from England, if you buy them here......"

Huang Xuan immediately interrupted him and said, "Mr. Perrault, I am naturally useful. ”

"Okay then." Messero smiled and shook his hand, followed by Sandro.

Before the notary arrived, Davis began to present Huang Xuan with their merchandise accounts and details.

It only took 10 minutes for Huang Xuan to have a headache.

As early as 1395, Italy began to adopt the double-entry bookmarking method with modern "color" colors, but this does not mean that their commercial methods have advanced enough to be comparable to the 21st century, and Huang Xuan, who has not been professionally trained, just listened, and felt a little impatient.

When I was in the company, who dared to show the boss such a rudimentary account.

But he couldn't help but look at it, even if Venice's business credit was very good, he couldn't be defenseless at all, Huang Xuan was not prepared to be wronged.

Just when Huang Xuan was impatient, Lorraine's voice came, "Huang Xuan, I have been upgraded to a level 18 base. ”

"Sounds good." Huang Xuan waved to Davis for a pause, walked to the side alone, and said in a secret voice: "What is there that lifts my spirits?" ”

"If you mean the difference in essence, no." Lorraine's answer was still very sexual.

Huang Xuan's disappointment didn't last long, the level 18 base was comparable to Nick, he had already thought of this, took a breath, and asked again: "Then how much energy do you need to upgrade the level 17 base?" What happened to that level 16 general base? ”

"The construction time of the comprehensive base may be longer, and I still need 3.2 billion energy circles to upgrade the level 17 base." Lorraine replied calmly.

Huang Xuan gasped, it seems that the upgrade demand of Lorraine is more than 4 times higher, but it is still cheaper than Nick, who not only needs materials, but also blueprints to upgrade, which is only cheaper than building a new one.

"Then let's wait a minute." Huang Xuan also knew that these were not in a hurry, and he couldn't use his spirit to defeat the Authority because of his subjective needs, not to mention, he was not prepared to defeat the Authority in terms of strength, which was too far away for a low-level traveler.

Glancing back at Davis, who was eagerly looking forward to continuing to talk nonsense, Huang Xuan was ruthless and said, "Lorraine, can you send Li Shenggang to me?" ”