Huang Xuan silently picked up the list and purchased 1 million tons of standard grain in the R plane. The price did not exceed 0 million hot circles. Whether there is a real profit depends on the loss of the base, so Sandro can reduce The price down doesn't make much sense.
Nick quickly translated the list into Chinese and saw that the Sandro Chamber of Commerce had divided the ivory into three grades. The first grade was worth 10 ducats each, a total of 800 tusks; the second grade was 70 gold ducats, a total of 800 tusks. The third grade is 50 gold ducats, a total of 1,000 pieces.
Huang Xuan calculated in his mind that in terms of grain price comparison, each ivory here is equivalent to the price of 10-0 tons of wheat. Calculated using the grain equivalent method, one piece of ivory costs more than 5,000 US dollars in modern times. According to the information collected by Lorraine, the price of each piece of ivory (6 kilograms) stipulated by the China State Forestry Administration is 50,000 yuan. But this is used to calculate property confiscation. The price of one kilogram of ivory in the international market is slowly crossing the 45,000 yuan mark, and the bigger it is, the more expensive it is. A larger ivory can weigh 0 kilograms, and double the price. 00,000 U.S. dollars, and the lighter ones will be worth about 40,000 U.S. dollars. This alone is worth hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars in banknotes.
He couldn't help but sigh again, the money for plane travel is really easy to make.
Thinking about the maintenance and upgrade costs of the three bases, he sighed again, how could this money be spent so quickly
Seeing the change in Huang Xuan's face, Sandro asked worriedly: "Mr. Cosa, this is just a preliminary quotation. If you have any ideas, we can discuss it again."
Huang Xuan said "Huh" and frowned: "These ivory tusks cost 50,000 gold ducats, which seems to be a bit beyond my budget." He looked at the rhino horns as he spoke. Compared with ivory, the price of rhino horns is approachable. There are only two grades, first-class products cost 4 gold ducats per kilogram, and second-class products only cost one ducat. In the international market, the price of African rhino horns per kilogram exceeds US$5,000. At its peak, it can Reaching US$15,000 per kilogram. In fact, it is more expensive than ivory. As for the smuggling process, for example, in some domestic medicinal materials markets, when rhino horn powder is occasionally sold, the price will exceed 500 yuan per gram.
Sandro had already considered Huang Xuan's needs. When he made such a list, he didn't expect Huang Xuan to buy everything. The main thing was to provide a choice. He smiled slightly and said: "Then rhino horns and What’s the price of wool and wool?”
There are about 10,000 kilograms of rhino horns, and the price is only more than 80,000 gold ducats, while there are as many as 500,000 pieces of woolen cloth, each price is 1 florin (0 gold ducats), and the wool is 100 pounds 0 A gold ducat is not very cheap. It should have been affected by the British war, but the increase is not very high. After all, Spain is also a major wool country in Europe, and England has not yet had a decisive influence.
When Huang Xuan saw the amount of wool, he smiled knowingly, glanced at Joseph and said, "The Medici family intends to sell a large amount of wool and wool?"
In Italy, the only ones who can produce 500,000 pieces of woolen cloth are Florence, Lombardy and Veneto. And the only family that can produce 500,000 pieces of woolen cloth is the Medici family in Florence.
"At this time, the family still needs some food to ensure demand, and of course wool is also needed." Joseph did not hide his identity.
After hearing what he said, Huang Xuan immediately understood that among these ivory and other luxury goods, the inventory of the Medici family was probably indispensable. In fact, this was normal. After all, for a trading house, the trade volume of 100,000 gold ducats It is already huge. If the warehouse of 50,000 ducats is placed in the 1st century, it will be among the top 500 companies in the world. The Medici family that owns Florence, in terms of status, prestige and wealth, can be understood as the big family that owns modern London.
Huang Xuan's mental arithmetic was a foundation he had laid down when he was a child, and he hadn't thrown it away. With Nick's detailed list, he quickly understood how many gold coins he would have to pay if he bought the supplies provided by the Medici family: ivory and Rhino horns cost 40,000 ducats, and buying 10 million pounds of wool would cost 1 million ducats, which is almost impossible, let alone 500,000 pieces of wool.
What's more, there are still people from the Perot Chamber of Commerce who haven't come forward.
Just when he thought of this, he heard a servant walking up the ladder. Huang Xuan looked out and saw that it was Mesero from the Perot family.
Sandro stood up to greet Mesero. Before he walked up, he said quickly: "If Mr. Cosa returns to China in the near future, he can definitely bring some spices back. The price of spices in Venice is rising steadily. If you want to come to Europe, you can No exception, we can purchase it for you if you need it.”
Their main purpose is to buy this batch of grain. If they pay purely with gold coins, it will still be a bit difficult. Only with considerable supplies can they raise funds in a short time.
Huang Xuan's eyes lit up, he cursed himself for being stupid, and asked with stars in his eyes: "Where's the purchase price?"
In Europe in the 15th century, the thirst for spices was difficult for people after the 19th century to understand, because for a long time, Europeans had been simple and rough in the preparation of their diet. They always marinated beef with strong tangy smell for a long time, mutton. However, with just a pinch of pepper, cloves or other spice powders, they can be transformed into a delicious and delicious dish. This makes Europeans who have tasted it once, unable to help but be fascinated by it.
In addition, in Europe during this period, the preservation technology was very backward, and they also had the habit of eating meat. After slaughtering (animals) in winter, they hung them there. This problem became very serious in spring. In order to preserve the meat for a longer period of time and prevent it from being too smelly even if it becomes rotten, this spice becomes even more important.
However, the price of spices itself is not expensive. Its high price is because Europe is far away from the origin of spices in the East. Since the 1st century, pepper can be seen everywhere in the East. In the European market, it is calculated in grains. "Pepper bags" are European Another name for the wealthy. Those noble ladies often sprinkle a little bit of perfumed water on their bodies, cars, and horses to show off in the market. Yes, it's not perfume, it's perfumed water.
The original reason why a large number of voyagers such as Columbus continued one after another can be summed up as: looking for spices, or looking for shipping routes to areas where spices are produced.
Huang Xuan also thought about spices at first, but because he had brought 1 million tons of grain, he felt that it was enough. He never thought that the Venetians were so rich. Next time, he began to be busy calculating time and selecting warehouses. Address, almost forgetting the most profitable thing.
Sandro slowly stretched out four fingers and said: "100 pounds and 400 gold ducats."
Huang Xuan could hardly help but say "I have it".
The 15th century was the peak of spice prices. Furthermore, the peak of spice prices in the entire human history was set around 1455.
In those days 144 years ago, the Portuguese bought 1 quintal (1 quintal equal to 100 kilograms) of pepper in India for less than ducats, but sold it in Lisbon for 40 ducats. At that time, Europeans were already worried about such huge profits.
But compared with the price after the Ottoman Turkish Empire captured Constantinople, it pales in comparison. When the Turks completely controlled the Balkans and Asia Minor and were able to cut off the long-standing trade routes between the East and the West, the price of spices rose rapidly due to the imperial army's wanton extortion and robbery of caravans and heavy taxes on passing merchants in the occupied lands. Obtaining spices is even more difficult. According to records, at that time, the pepper purchased for 1 ducat gold coin in the East cost more than 00 ducats gold coins to be transported through the checkpoint to the European market!
00 times profit is 100 times 00%.
With the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses, it can be expected that more ships will be called up to participate in non-commercial or semi-commercial activities, and more experienced crews will step down from their posts, which means that the price of spices It will continue to rise.
Huang Xuan's eyes were shining and he said to Nick in a dark voice: "Ask Lu Min and the others to buy a lot of cardamom, black pepper, chili, cloves, cinnamon, coriander..." That's all, he asked again: "What else?"
"Great Yellow Master, did you say that spices are enough?" Nick asked timidly.
"It needs to be something that exists in this era, and it needs to be familiar. Immediately, speed." Huang Xuan said twice before putting away his slightly changed face.
Joseph thought that the price frightened Huang Xuan, and snorted disdainfully, saying: "The price of spices will continue to increase, so it's best to buy some now."
Huang Xuan began to laugh unabashedly, his face cramped as he laughed, and Mr. Medici became a little angry. He just said loudly to the stunned Sandro: "I remember, I brought spices."
"Did you bring spices?" Meserro, who happened to be walking up, quickened his slow steps and ran towards Huang Xuan: "Oh, I thought the Portuguese had given up. How many spices do you have?"
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