Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 118 New Commodities from Ming Dynasty
Davidston was very surprised that the other party's service attitude and work spirit were not possessed by European businessmen in this era.After all, it was several eras behind. Doing business in Bai Mingxiu's era was already very mature, and with the experience of that era, businessmen in this era are also good people, and they can immediately understand the power and benefits of it.

In fact, Bai Mingxiu didn't really like such things as dental shops. Historically, the Guangzhou Thirteen Banks monopolized foreign trade in the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, their negative effects were greater than their promotional effects.However, when most of the production is limited to small and medium businessmen, and most manufacturers have no idea about foreign trade, professional import and export traders can facilitate the occurrence of trade.

Traders during this period, such as the East India Company, had their own merchant ships for risky transoceanic trade.However, in Bai Mingxiu's era, trading parties would entrust shipping companies to carry out transportation.When Bai Mingxiu was in Australia, he established a fully state-owned shipping group by reorganizing the Australian shipping company, and shipping with the wind.

Bai Mingxiu allocated some clipper merchant ships for downwind shipping, and later took some of the Dutch merchant ships. Now Bai Mingxiu took over a batch of new ships from Zheng Chenggong.There are not many ships in Shunfeng Shipping, and there is not much business to do now, so Shunfeng Shipping is working very hard to pursue new business.

After learning about it, Davidston also became very moved.The current British East India Company is not the behemoth that occupied India in the 19th century. Compared with the Netherlands or even Portugal, it has limited influence and strength in the East.If the shipping power of the Chinese can be used, it will be very cost-effective for the UK.

Just two days later, a clerk came to the hotel where Davidston and other Britons were renting, offering them a quotation.This quotation is a bit expensive in the eyes of colleagues who have been to China for trade in previous years, but considering that the British East India Company had to spend a lot of other costs to facilitate trade, including bribing officials and considering the meaning of the Ming court , this time they didn't spend much effort, and they were able to complete the trade easily.

However, Davidston also received some promotional brochures for products he did not need. These brochures were beautifully printed and rich in pictures and texts, which surprised Davidston.

Porcelain, tea and silk are the largest purchases of Davidston, and they are also the favorite Chinese products of Western European countries, and the new product brochures provided to him by Guanglide this time are all things he has never heard of before.

"Cream, toilet water, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, perfume?"

Chen Xingfu, general manager of Guangli De, who came to promote it in person, introduced enthusiastically: "Yes, these are cosmetics made in China. Look at this toilet water. This small glass vessel alone can be regarded as a work of art. It The cool and elegant smell is fascinating, and more importantly, it can repel mosquitoes for gentlemen and ladies in summer, making the family healthier."

"As for the soap and shampoo, they are made with my Ming ancient formula. They not only have all kinds of elegant aromas, but also make people cleaner. Toothpaste is what we Ming people used to replace tooth powder, and it is easier to use .”

These cosmetic products are actually produced in Australia. Bai Mingxiu has brought the technology to Guangzhou and started to produce such cosmetic products in Guangzhou.This early type of cleaning products is actually not too high-tech, and they are very typical industrial products.But as long as humans use these things, it will be difficult to go back to the previous era.

Davidston splashed the toilet water on his body, and it was indeed fragrant and refreshing.Indeed, as Chen Xingfu said, the small glass bottle of toilet water is very delicate, even more beautiful than the glassware blown by the Italians. Not only is the texture uniform and crystal clear, but also the aesthetic feeling is unique.

As a businessman, Davidston understands that this kind of thing will be easily sold in Europe, but he will not buy too much for the first time, but will just test the water a little.What surprised him even more was that the Chinese had mastered superb glass manufacturing technology.

To put it bluntly, the large-scale industrial production of glass is smelting sand and alkali, plus various techniques.Even Bai Mingxiu, a history buff, can tell a lot about this kind of thing, and Australia has a relatively mature glass industry.The current glassware is also from Australia, and Bai Mingxiu is also seeking to localize the production of various glasses in Guangdong.

Davidston asked: "Do you have any other such fine glassware? What is the price of a glassware like this? If it is suitable, I can buy in large quantities."

Chen Xingfu was well prepared and provided him with some quotations. Davidston's face almost burst into laughter. The price of Chinese glassware was actually much cheaper than that of European glassware. This made him feel that there would be a very big market. Big profits can be obtained.Davidston quickly expressed his wish to purchase.

Chen Xingfu smiled and said: "No problem, I can provide you with some samples, and then you can determine the quantity, and I can arrange for our manufacturer to supply, which may take a few months."

A few months was all too normal in this day and age of trade and manufacture, and Davidston thought he might have found a very lucrative business.

As for various spice products, Davidston is still more cautious.The gadgets made by the Chinese are very strange and seem to be very useful, but the UK can also obtain a large amount of spices. If they can imitate Chinese spice products locally and market them in Europe, they will definitely achieve great success.

The spice industry was also completely new in Ming Dynasty. Bai Mingxiu mastered Myanmar, Java and other places, directly purchased spices, sent them to Australia for processing, and then produced them in Guangdong.

Chen Xingfu also provided some textile products such as cotton cloth, linen and woolen products, which were also Australian products. Davidston was very cautious about these.The price of textiles made by the Chinese is very low. If they really flood into the European market, I am afraid that a large number of handicraftsmen will be defeated. This will be a disaster for the UK, so Davidston did not make it clear that he will purchase.

Chen Xingfu provided a lot of new products here and there, which greatly surprised Davidston. He tried to purchase a lot of things, and finally said that he would consult the senior management of the East India Company, whether to hire the downwind shipping merchant ships for transportation.

And he only brought a total of more than 40 taels of silver in this purchase. After all, this was the first Sino-British trade after Nanming took control of Guangdong, and the British were not fully prepared.

Davidston thought worriedly: "China simply has too many commodities that can make the East India Company rich. We need to prepare more gold and silver!"

(End of this chapter)