Chapter 64 Merchants, Start a Dumping Plan
"Poof, ahem......"
Mother Zhang Yaling's words made Xiao Lin choke on the water at once. Pearl seemed to have known about it for a long time, and although she blushed with her head down, she was not surprised at all. Eagle and Apache are even more talented than Pearl in terms of language, and the three of them directly put aside Xiao Lin and Pearl and discussed the wedding plan of the two juniors in a heated manner. More often, it was Apache and the Eagle couple who were listening, and Zhang Yaling was saying that they didn't have that consideration about what way to choose for the wedding and what scenes to arrange, but they agreed with Zhang Yaling's words.
Xiao Lin had no reason to object, so the three of them discussed it there. Xiao Lin quietly took Pearl's hand and walked out, and the two hugged each other on the lawn outside. Xiao Lin had a pair of colored hands, wandering around the little beauty, and still saying all kinds of half-yellow love words in her ear. As soon as Pearl was like this, she almost became addicted directly, in order to prevent Xiao Lin from doing more embarrassing things to her, she was in a hurry, and remembered the group of traveling merchants who were imprisoned.
When Xiao Lin heard what was going on, he stopped teasing the little beauty, and took her with him to the place where the merchant team was being held. In fact, the earliest prototype of this kind of trade with Indian tribes was the fleet of white people who first landed on the American continent and traded with the primitive Indian tribes at that time. At that time, they made a fortune by exchanging extremely valuable furs and gold from the Indians for just a few knick-knacks that were completely worthless to them.
These things, when they were told by the sailors who liked to enjoy themselves after they were drunk, spread at great speed. Therefore, all along, there have been some people who are not afraid of death or who can't get along, sell everything they have, buy some things to form a team and trade with the Indians. Among them, there must have been many people who made a fortune, but there were also many people who were cut off by the Indians and kicked as balls. Since 1675, after the three-year "King Philip War", this kind of thing has been rare.
The relationship between whites and Indians has become polarized. The Indian tribes who were scared and willing to cooperate were all doing business with caravans of great power. Those who contain hatred will kill all white people who come before them. Therefore, if it weren't for the outlaws who couldn't survive if they didn't fight for this, they wouldn't do this kind of thing again. Because barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, these people also take into account the identity of robbers, if you have good things but combat effectiveness is not good, they will directly kill you and steal the treasure.
Of course, the strength of Yanhuang Trading Company is far superior to theirs. It's just that the things of the Yanhuang Trading Company are worth more than those fur gold in their eyes. The daily necessities made of modern craftsmanship are more delicate and sturdy than those they use, and they are better to sell these things than to sell ordinary furs and gold. This world has not hollowed out the gold, nor has it killed the beasts to the brink of extinction or even extinction, although these things were before, but they are not unique.
The reason why Xiao Lin had to deal with the affairs of the merchant team so late was because of these reasons. You can't make much money just selling these 21st century necessities in Yanhuang Town, but if you sell these things to those colonies, it's different. Because it is the only one, Xiao Lin can still sell these things at a high price. Selling these things can not only obtain funds to buy valuable things that are considered antiques and ship them to auction in the 21st century, but also use economic means to attract a lot of people.
However, Shoren has not yet been involved in white society on his own. Because, he knew what kind of virtue the white people of this period were. Seriously, they are a gang of robbers and bandits. If it were revealed that they had so many good things, and only a thousand troops, they would surely have banded together and prepared to rob. The Addams family, in particular, is sure to be the leaders of the joint robbery operation. Therefore, now that Xiao Lin wants to trade with white people, he can only stand behind the scenes, support agents to trade, and he can't release too many good things at once.
In fact, there is also a lot of profit margin in trading with the Indians. However, there are no independent Indian tribes around the Yanhuang Trading Company now. Mainly, the sale of furs, gold ore and some craft ornaments did not make money from European antiques. Trading with Indians can make more than ten times the profit, but trading with whites can make hundreds of times the profit. Those rich people in China are now buying European antiques all the time to anger those Europeans.
Xiao Lin gave the order, and immediately a soldier brought the person in charge of the merchant team. This is a sturdy middle-aged man, looking at his physique, he is a reckless man, but he still knows by looking at his eyes that he must be a clever person.
"Hello, sir, are you the master here?"
The strong man was very aware of current affairs, and although he was an Indian in front of him in his heart, he still showed a very respectful appearance. Without waiting for Xiao Lin to speak, he took the initiative to greet him.
"That's right, I'm the chairman of Yanhuang Trading Company, you can call me Mr. Xiao. ”
"Oh, hello Mr. Xiao, your accent is really true, I wonder if you have been to London?"
"Hehe, okay, don't be a sycophant. First of all, I know that you have intruded into my territory by accident, and I can let you go, and even give you a huge chance. ”
The white man choked on Xiao Lin, smiled wryly, and then began to introduce his situation. The white man's name was Raul, and he was originally a tavern owner. However, later, because he offended some soldiers, he was tossed alive and was about to go bankrupt. If it weren't for sending his wife and children away in advance, maybe his family would have been ruined. Raul has no power or power, and he has no money in the future, and he can't take revenge on the soldiers who killed him. But life has to go on, and he has to earn money for his family. Cornered, he had no choice but to organize such a traveling caravan.
Seven of these people were his former buddies, and the rest were some thugs he knew. They are all a group of people who can't get along, and when Raul finds them, they all promise to fight with him again. It's been more than half a year since they came out, and they seem to be blessed by God, and everything is going very well. No one died, even if they were sick and injured, they slowly survived. Because of this, Raul was convinced by them to be the leader.
Raul is still very well-connected, and he has people he is familiar with at the bottom of New York. It's just that this familiarity is just an acquaintance, and it is impossible to offend the person with the gun for him, otherwise it would not have fallen to this point. Xiao Lin listened and thought for a long time. This Raul doesn't seem to be a suitable agent, because he doesn't have any backstage. However, there are no suitable people to be found. Perhaps, you can try him as a dealer first.
"Very well, Raul, I think you still have some ability, and now, I want to ask you a question, would you like to make a deal with me?"
"This, I don't know what the adults want to trade with me?"
"Wait a minute, I'll have someone show you all my goods, and we'll talk about it when you're done."
As soon as Raul heard this, he felt that this was Shawlin's blackmail tactic. It seems that this time, I can only admit it, and I only hope that this strange Indian in front of him will not be too greedy and leave them some money to live on. Xiao Lin didn't care about his attitude, and told Pearl to do it himself, bring a copy of all the goods in the company, and the price mark should be doubled several times. Even a 350ml bottle of Coca-Cola is labeled with tenpence. It is about ten times the original price, and the purchasing power of one pound in this period is equivalent to thousands of yuan, and a bottle of Coke is a few hundred yuan.
Raul is also dazzled, and he is dazzled by the variety of goods made in the 21st century. Clothing, food, housing and transportation, four major aspects, there are several kinds of goods. In terms of clothing and food, it is modern suits, long skirts, underwear, canned food and instant noodles. In terms of housing, it is the wholesale price of 300 sets of bedding purchased by Xiao Lin, including pillows, quilts, blankets and so on. On the line side, it is the vintage bicycle produced by the Shawlin factory.
In order to let Raul know how good these things were, Shoren had him try everything. After Raul tried, he really felt that he was favored by God. He has lived for more than 30 years and has never seen these things. He decided that he would be able to make a lot of money by exchanging all his belongings for these things and taking them back to New York to sell, and even by taking advantage of the relationship between the nobles and getting a reliable backer.
He did not yet know that something, because of the Báb, had begun to circulate in a small area. This is not a bad thing, but it makes it easy for him to open up the situation. At the town's grocery store, exchanging all the furs and gold for money, Raul began to go on a shopping spree. Although the contents of the five carts ended up being the goods of two carts, he was still very happy. Xiao Lin told him that he also bought all kinds of antique oil paintings at a high price, and he promised to bring more of them next time.
At this time, the Báb had also walked half the distance on the way home, and it would not be long before they would return. Yanhuang Trading Company is about to usher in a new wave of rapid development. At the same time, the Addams family and the Pandey family also learned about Clark and Kent being defeated by Shoren. The patriarchs of the two clans began to get together and discuss their next move. However, for the time being, they can't make any big moves, and the losses of those few times have already made them lose a bit big, and even affected the development of the family.