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Chapter 116 People are stupid and money goes fast (Part 2, please recommend, please collect)

Chapter 116 People are stupid and money goes fast (second update, please recommend, please collect)
Who would spend so much money?
Li Guinan still didn't explain immediately, drank tea slowly for a while, and then spoke.

"Derry!"

But just casually said, Xu Daoliang, Yu Tailin and the others immediately exclaimed.

"You mean, say, the Emperor of Delhi!"

Emperor of Delhi!

It was the Sultan of the Mughal Empire, and Ming merchants called him "Delhi State".

"Oh, how did you forget that place, they can afford it, they can afford it!"

Xu Daoliang immediately said that he was no stranger to Delhi, the emperor of Delhi...that is a rich man!

How rich is it? Shahja Khan, who is in power, spent 4000 million rupees to build a mausoleum for his daughter-in-law. This is not the later Indian rupees, but the kind made of silver with more than three coins Rupees, in other words, use 1000 million taels of silver to repair a grave for the daughter-in-law.

The absolute "trench" is inhumane!
As for spending hundreds of thousands of rupees, buying a gem or something, it is even more common.

How do they know this?
In fact, Ming merchants have never missed the age of great voyages. Even when da Gama arrived in India, they encountered "Chinese merchants". They sailed to the Red Sea, and the coast of India was a place they often visited.In the logbooks of European navigators and the East India Company, it is clearly pointed out that the biggest competitor is the merchants of the Ming Dynasty who have been operating there for a hundred years.

Why did those merchants of the Ming Dynasty disappear in the long river of history?
In the final analysis, it was the entry of the Qing Dynasty and the subsequent comprehensive sea ban.

But right now, Li Guinan and the sea merchants are quite familiar with India.

"Besides, the emperor of Delhi is a lover. Anyone who is willing to spend a lot of money for a beautiful woman can spend a million taels of silver to buy a gem. Just sell him 20 taels for this big mirror, which is cheap for him Already!"

Li Guinan said with a smile.

"It's cheap because it's cheap for him, but they definitely don't like our mahogany frames. Those people like things different from us."

"I know, it's a simple matter. Find some artisans and make them according to their liking, gold-coated, silver inlaid, and some precious stones. Anyway, we still have to add the price to it at the end..."

Afterwards, Li Guinan called to come over to take charge, and the next thing couldn't be simpler, it was nothing more than finding craftsmen to match the Emperor Delhi's preferences.In fact, generally speaking, those glass mirrors will eventually be sold to the Sultan and Governor of India by them.why?They are really "local tyrants"!

Well, it is estimated that it will be sold to the "Roman Sultan", that is, the Ottoman Sultan. The Ottoman Empire called itself the "Roman Empire" in this year.What are their common characteristics?It is foreign colonial rule, which squeezes the domestic people as much as possible. In this way, they will naturally have money.

Two days later, Shi Yiwen, who made a fortune in Hoi An, returned with a full load after handling some matters of the Nanyang Company. Hoi An...

For Shi Yiwen, he didn't care about where Li Guinan and the others would sell the glass mirrors, even if he found out, he was just happy.It is their skill that they can use glass to exchange a lot of silver from India, and it is their skill that they can sail to India. For Nanyang Company, it is definitely not a bad thing.After all, right now he simply can't afford to take care of such a distant place. Compared to opening up the Indian market, the most important thing right now is to sell grain to Liaodong and then bring refugees to Beigang.

After all, for the current Beigang, there are too few people!
In fact, it is quite a lot. If Shi Yiwen went to Manila, he might be surprised at how small the population of Manila is in this era—but only a few thousand people.These thousand people refer to the Spaniards. From soldiers to priests, the Spaniards have been operating here for nearly a century, and there are only more than 1000 people, and many of them are native Spaniards.However, there are more than 30000 Chinese living outside Manila. Unlike the Spaniards who live in Fort Santiago, the Chinese in Manila live outside the city. They include merchants and sailors. Of course, there are also maritime merchants from Ming Dynasty. After all, it was the arrival of these sea merchants that kept the Manila colony prosperous.

Like most maritime merchants, Zheng Yiguan also has his own firm in Manila, which is right next to the port. Since he came to Manila with the wind more than a month ago, when he was negotiating business with the Spaniards as in previous years, He hasn't forgotten another thing. It took him more than a month to find that thing.

"This is sisal!"

Looking at the plant with sword-like leaves in front of him, Zheng Yiguan's eyes were full of suspicion. Is this sisal?

he does not know.

"Brother, Fernando said it was a gladiolus, a kind of flower."

The Fernando in Zheng Zhihu's mouth said he was a Spaniard, but he was actually Ming. His father was a Ming sailor, and his mother was a white native of Mexico. Many sailors on the sailing route were Ming. Even in Mexico there are thousands of Ming people living.

"It doesn't matter if it's gladiolus or sisal, when we go back, let that kid take a good look at whether it's sisal. If it is, then our Zheng family will be prosperous!"

When Zheng Yiguan spoke, he pointed his hand out and said.

"Do you see what kind of goods are produced in this city of Manila? Except for Manila hemp, there is nothing else. If there is no such thing, those red-haired fans can only exchange our things with silver. They have nothing but silver! "

It sounds a little sour, but to Zheng Yiguan, whether it is sour or not is not important, what is important is that with sisal, he can plant a large area of ​​sisal in Beigang, and then like Manila, Give the Zheng family a livelihood for generations.

In fact, Zheng Yiguan really doesn't have any big ambitions, at most he just wants to be a leader, promotion and fortune is his dream, as for ambition, he really doesn't have any ambitions.

In fact, in general, they are almost all like this.

"Brother, tell me, what is Shi Yiwen doing during this time? He went directly to Hoi An, and there is no business there?"

Zheng Zhihu asked suddenly.

"he?"

Zheng Yiguan sneered.

"What else can he be busy with? He doesn't know that Hoi An is dominated by Cantonese people. I thought about his surname Shi. He just wants to knock down the door of Hoi An with a cannon. He... is dreaming!"

(End of this chapter)

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