Seeing Sandro, Huang Xuan seemed to see an animal with countless tusks and rhinoceros horns, carrying a heavy piece of art on its back, and wool fluttering in the sky as a background.
With a sincere smile, Huang Xuan gave Sandro a smile and said: "Praise God, it is so good to see you on such a bright morning."
"Me too." Sandro wiped Huang Xuan with his beard, then looked at Li Shengang and said, "Is this yours?"
"This is my butler, Antonio." Huang Xuan gave Li Shenggang a very characterless name.
Li Shenggang was disguised as a 40-year-old businessman, with a high nose, deep eyes, and some messed-up hair. Not using sight camouflage but using physical changes also takes into account the issue of energy consumption.
With censorship authority, Li Shenggang could also receive preferential treatment from Italian translators. When he heard Huang Xuan's introduction, he followed the example of the follower behind Sandro and bent down, saying, "Hello, Mr. Sandro."
Sandro smiled and nodded, looked in the direction of the dock and said, "Is Mr. Cosa waiting for your fleet?"
"The fastest team has arrived and returned with the goods." Huang Xuan found a reason for himself not to have a fleet, pointed to Li Shenggang with a smile and said: "Antonio came with the fleet, I asked him to stay Come down and deal with some accounting issues.”
"That's great." Sandro praised sincerely, and then said: "I asked my friends around me about Mr. Cosa's demand for wool and woolen fabrics, and finally I want to introduce this gentleman to you." He said Stepping aside a little, standing behind him was a tall guy wearing a noble "uniform." Sandro raised his voice and said as if he was introducing guests in the banquet hall: "Medicis, Mr. Joseph Medici.”
Huang Xuan was indeed surprised.
The Medici family was the king of Florence, and half of the Renaissance was funded by the Medici family. Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Galileo were all written in the Medici family's entrained directory, and St. Martin's But the patron of the library, old Cosi, also had a surname: Medici.
With a little arrogance, Joseph Medici shook hands with Huang Xuan and said, "If it's convenient, can we go see your goods now?"
"Of course." Huang Xuan smiled brightly. Compared with the huge profits that ivory may bring, the stable income from wool can also be quite exciting.
At this time, Huang Xuan had some regrets - this was a dissatisfied regret. If it were the end of the 16th century, or a few years later, as long as he got some famous paintings from the fingers of the Medici family, he would go home again. It's hundreds of millions of dollars. This is because many works have survived to this day and cannot be sold.
Li Shenggang is a hard-working man, especially when his boss is around. His legs look like they were born in Kenya. He can walk for four hours a day without resting. When he heard Huang Xuan agreed to the request of the two Italians, he immediately ran two steps forward. , and opened the warehouse he just passed.
Loads of wheat flowed down the warehouse door. This was because Nick was too practical and filled the warehouse with grain.
A little thin man behind Sandro floated out from the crowd, picked up two wheat grains from the ground, and chewed a few mouthfuls. Huang Xuan looked at him and was very happy. The R plane was not considered a high level. Noodles, but the standard grains produced by other people must be very standard. At least the quality and normal nutritional content are much better than those produced by Europeans in the 15th century. Edible grains are products added by nutritionists and gave Venice They couldn't recognize the person either.
The little skinny man almost ate the whole grain of wheat. He just took a puff, spit out the remaining food, and nodded to Sandro with a smile on his face.
This is the difference between the Venetians and Europeans of the same period. Europeans before the Renaissance were quite honest. According to the parlance of the first century, they just said what they wanted. If they are also British people doing business, they will say what is good or bad at this moment, but there is a certain secret code between the thin man and Sandro.
Joseph next to him had no other reaction. It seemed that this was also a common pattern among Venetian merchants. Sandro rubbed his hands to wipe away the coldness of the morning and said, "How much wheat does Mr. Cosa have when he arrives this time?"
Huang Xuan clicked on the energy screen and saw Nick listing all the remaining materials and released materials in the plane space. The wheat delivered this time was 00,000 tons, which would be 7.7 million in bushels. After a slight discount, he Said: "About 7.5 million bushels. Thank you."
Joseph had no expression, and Sandro was obviously a little surprised. He regarded Huang Xuan's so-called tens of millions of bushels as an excuse. After all, according to the view of this era, a large Genoa merchant ship could carry ten thousand bushels. The wheat is already very good. After all, there are only a few ships with a load capacity of 800 tons. People are more likely to use 00-ton ships. But even for the former, the 7.5 million bushels Huang Xuan pointed to would require more than 00 A large merchant ship came for transportation.
00 Genoa large merchant ships is a very scary number. If any trading company owns 00 large merchant ships, how could Sandro Trading Company know nothing about it? However, Sandro did not put his disbelief on his face. , it is impossible for him to think that there is such a thing as Lorraine in the world. In fact, he would rather believe that this is food that Huang Xuan has long existed in Venice. For some reasons, he may not be able to trade with the wider chamber of commerce, or Trade with the British.
The tolerance and risk-taking ability of the Venetian merchants are unimaginable by later generations of multinational companies. This is also determined by the times - a reputable Venetian merchant, even if the property of 10,000 gold ducats lost three-fifths, or even five-fifths Four-quarters of the time, he was able to do business with the commercial credit of 10,000 gold ducats, and countless banks were willing to lend him money. In Genoa, the lowest interest rate for inter-industry lending was once as low as 1.5%, which was the highest rate on Wall Street in the 1st century. One-third, and for merchants without credit, usury interest rates often exceed 15% per month.
Just like all those businessmen who are not very disciplined in this era, Sandro really likes some things that are kept secret. He shook hands with Huang Xuan again and said, "Are they all here?"
"There are some more in the south." Huang Xuan shrugged. In order to hire these warehouses, he spent all the 600 gold ducats he had on hand, which could be used to buy a warship.
"Roberto, go and see Mr. Antonio." Sandro took a deep breath, touched the ground with his heel, and smiled: "Mr. Medici, Mr. Cosa, let's find a place nearby. Can we talk?"
Huang Xuan nodded reservedly.
The canals in Venice are busy, and it has a very special feature, that is, the tidal phenomenon is not obvious. This feature prevents ships from colliding with the coast due to waves, so ships can unload cargo directly at the dock. In the early days of its development, These efficiency improvements are quite useful.
There is a large single-oar boat behind Sandro and others. Although it looks small, in terms of area, it is already the limit in the Venice canal. About a hundred people can sit on the upper and lower floors. At this moment, there are several servants. Waiting.
Huang Xuan was not polite and just told Nick, "Teach Li Shenggang about the energy screen and history" before getting on the boat. He felt that with Li Shenggang's cowardice, he must be an ignorant master.
He guessed wrong. Although Li Shenggang did not have deep academic qualifications, he was still a cultural person at his core. He was just a little wretched, a little too bad, and his outlook on life, world view and values were distorted. Apart from these mistakes, he was still The top few in the county's high school entrance examination later tried to learn from history, but they just didn't make much of a fuss.
Cultural people who are noisy and successful are all people who have been exposed to a distorted world view and can produce and sell themselves. Li Shenggang can barely be considered one now.
Sandro was too enthusiastic at this time. He personally pulled out a chair for Huang Xuan and waited for Huang Xuan to sit down before saying: "Mr. Cosa, what are your thoughts now?"
When Huang Xuan saw that no one from the Perot Chamber of Commerce came, he knew that Sandro wanted to eat alone, but this member of the Medici family was a little confused. He thought so, with a smile on his face, and said : "One million bushels, 60,000 gold ducats, this is the price we agreed on before. If Mr. Sandro does not object, then we will keep it at this price."
The mutual support of the Red and White Rose families made the Venetian merchants who had already recovered from the trauma of the fall of Byzantium extremely happy.
The powerful Republic of Venice was not just a commercial city as half of the people imagined. It was an urban regime that occupied the most colonies in the Mediterranean. They owned the largest arsenal, shipyard and the only transparent glass production factory in the world at that time. , war can bring them too many benefits.
The most direct benefit is, of course, the profit from exchanging what is needed.
Among them, the grain trade has already begun vigorously. In the futures market in Venice, which is still in its infancy, the price of grain has been rising all the way, and has already exceeded the mark of 1 million bushels and 70,000 gold ducats. After all, in this era, the war is far from ending within a few years, and the British have proved with the actual Hundred Years' War that England can support a family of arms dealers for three generations.
Huang Xuan is still willing to trade for 1 million bushels and 60,000 gold ducats, which can be said to be quite fair.
Joseph of the Medici family also gave Huang Xuan a high look. A trustworthy businessman always deserves people's praise. How could he know that Huang Xuan was just pressed for time and didn't want to create too many complications.
Sandro agreed to Huang Xuan's price with a smile, then pulled out a list and handed it to Huang Xuan: "Mr. Cosa, take a look at our quotation. If you purchase a large quantity, we can lower the price. "
He also had some intention of repaying the favor. (To be continued)