"And is this person credible?" Tuohuan asked.

"There's nothing wrong with her." Guo Kang pointed out: "There is no gang among businessmen. Rather, they probably just waited to see the Venetian make a fool of themselves. ”

"That's right." Tuhuan thought about it and nodded, indicating that he was fine.

"Li Xuanying told me that her family is a small nobleman, but I think she is quite rich. Perhaps, the big and the small are looking at power and status, not wealth. Guo Kang said: "I have never had an impression of their Beechcraft family, and it may not be very famous. ”

"They're not called 'The Beechcraft Family.'" A monk reminded him.

"Huh?" Guo Kang didn't react.

"If her father's name is Giovanni Di Beach, then his grandfather's name is Beach." The monk said, "In the same way, she should be called Joanna di Giovanni." And not Joanna Beach. ”

"It's the same as the Nordics and the Arabs." Guo Kang understood: "I saw that there was a middle word in the name, and I thought it was the French kind." ”

"Didn't she sign when she donated the money?" Tuhuan began to suspect that he was too sloppy: "You won't even remember the name of the gold owner, right?" ”

"She signed it and wrote Joanna, I don't know what the last name is." Guo Kang also expressed helplessness.

"In many parts of Europe, people don't have a definite surname like the Romans and Serisians. Including some nobles. The monk explained, "Moreover, there is not only one surname. If it's a celebrity, it's common to choose a fixed word, or several words to use on different occasions. As for the others, it's just a lot of casual, even if you ask themselves, you probably can't tell. ”

"If her family is a small aristocrat who started in business, then this situation is normal. On the Italian side, this is indeed the habit. ”

"Ah, that can't be helped." Tuhuan had no choice but to give up: "My understanding of Italy is to read my grandfather's notes." ”

"When he went on an expedition to Italy, he teased the local nobles there every day, and wrote down their funny performances and ridiculed them all kindly." He smiled and said: "Although he only interfered in Naples at that time, the whole of Italy, the nobles with heads and faces rushed to contact him. ”

"The nobles who support him basically want to be powerful and use his deterrence to ascend to power; The nobles who opposed him also used the banner of resisting Rome to expand their family power, and on the other hand, they secretly contacted him to see when it was best to surrender and realize it. ”

"I'm happy to see it, so I should still be clear about those noble surnames." He told Guo Kang: "Even if you are an aristocrat, even if you are an aristocrat, you are an emerging nouveau riche, or a small character that you have never heard of." So don't worry about her. ”

"Okay." Guo Kang felt that it made sense, thought about it, and said, "Then we won't bother with her surname." Let's call her Joanna Giovanni from now on. It's pretty memorable......"

Tuhuan doesn't have much of an opinion on this.

"When she made a donation, did she say she wanted any reward? Do you also hope to sell our glass in the future? ”

"I didn't say it explicitly at the time, but she did look for me once in the past few days." Guo Kang said: "Everyone knew about the Mamluks' visit, so she came to ask me if I could go with them." ”

"What is she going to Egypt for? Why is everyone going? Dehuan expressed puzzlement.

"I don't know." Guo Kang shook his head: "I guess it's business, right?" For example, selling mummy powder? ”

"Then arrange it in the follow-up business group. Why do these people want to go to the front line, the battlefield is a fun place? One by one, I really don't feel easy. Tuhuan said helplessly.

"Then I'll deal with it next time." Guo Kang responded.

"Let's go ahead and look at this workshop. I have a feeling that this may be the root of the whole monastery. Tuhuan urged: "We definitely can't just be mirrors." ”

"Mirrors are the best and simplest luxury ever known." Guo Kang said: "I didn't think of other options for the time being, so I studied this." ”

"Luxury mirrors, the profit of selling to the east is probably unstable. can only sell a few to the upper class, so that people can make a fresh picture, and there is no way to form a stable profit. "It looks like I've really studied it.

"Their metal mirror technology is very mature, and after good maintenance, it is visually no different from our glass mirror. The advantage of glass mirrors, that is, that there is an extra coating, which can better prevent rust and darkening. ”

"Isn't that enough?" Guo Kang was a little surprised: "The bronze mirror has to be served often, and this kind of mirror is much more convenient and can save a lot of effort." My mom and my sister love it. ”

"No, no, no. Think about it, who are your target customers for your luxury mirror? Tuohuan shook his head again and again and asked him.

"It's a nobleman and a noblewoman from the upper class, right?" Guo Kang said.

"Do the upper nobles polish their own mirrors every day?" Tuohuan asked rhetorically.

"Ah......h

"Will the upper-class ladies prioritize 'convenience' and 'effort-saving'?" Dehuan asked again.

Guo Kang was speechless this time.

"My mother and your sister are very busy, and they go out to fight with people every day. How can they represent ordinary noblewomen? Tuohuan said.

"You don't like dealing with those people, it's normal, and I don't like it either. However, in the past two years, I have been forced by my mother to attend various parties, and I have seen a lot. ”

"My mom and my sister are already very good." He said helplessly: "Hey, I don't blame you, I'd rather drink with those Mamluks than mess with those pretentious ladies." ”

"But since we want to do this business, we have to study the mentality of our customers."

"Therefore, I think that if you sell luxury mirrors, the focus is not only on the mirror itself, but on the theme of 'Great Qin Kingdom'. Do Oriental ladies lack mirrors? There must be no shortage of them. But what attracts them is not the mirror, but the 'exoticism' brought by the mirror. ”

"So, we should make a mirror table and then pack it up and sell it together." "Do some mosaic patterns, do some church-style paintings, and then add amber or something." ”

"Aren't there Ming Dynasty people on our side? Ask them what style they like, and then use our techniques and craftsmanship to express it. In this way, it is pleasing to the eye, and there is a special style. ”

"These people are all idle all day long when they are full of food and drink, and people like this kind of thing."

"And, even then, it's not a steady income." He pointed out: "The richest part of the people, the luxury goods they buy, look expensive, but the total amount is actually very limited. The biggest effect is actually propaganda. ”

"You see the Ming Dynasty and the Javanese Yuan, they all sell things on the whole ship. That's the main part of the profit. He admonished Guo Kang: "I think you should still focus on how to increase production and reduce costs." When these mirrors can be affordable by the middle and upper class families of the Ming Dynasty, even if the freight and damage are counted, we can be considered to have a product that can be countered with iron pots and porcelain. ”

"Okay, I see." Guo Kang pondered for a moment and nodded.

(End of chapter)