Xinshun 1730

Chapter 931 Awakening ([-])

"Guess, before your majesty conquered Luocha and I went to Yongning Temple to extract the inscription, in London, this is the most common Wuyi tea, how much is it per catty?"

The merchants guessed that since Liu Yu said so, the price must be more expensive than it is now.

But it's hard to imagine how expensive it is.

Wuyi tea is not a good tea.It’s not that there is no good tea in Wuyi, but that the “Wuyi tea” that is specifically called “Wuyi tea” that is sold in bulk in the West is not good tea.

When it comes to good tea from Wuyi Mountain, there are dozens of taels and hundreds of taels a catty.

But when it comes to the specific export of Wuyi tea, these merchants used their imaginations to give the highest price, which was three taels of silver.

Based on the current purchase price, three taels of silver, this is 1000% profit, which has already exceeded the limit of the imagination of these businessmen.

Of course, these businessmen did not know that nutmeg and cloves had a profit of up to 5400% in Europe.

The bizarreness of reality makes it difficult for their imaginations, hindered by lack of knowledge, to imagine.For those who have never seen a whale but only a cow, the greatest imagination is a monster that is a circle bigger than a cow.

Regarding the amount of three taels of silver per catty, Liu Yu smiled and said, "The number is right, but the amount is wrong."

"Three, yes. But not two, but pounds."

"Wuyi tea is sold at 2 pounds and 18 shillings per catty. Twenty shillings are one pound, which is equivalent to three taels of silver."

"That is to say, Wuyi tea was sold for 9 taels of silver at that time!"

This number is really too appalling. These businessmen know very well what kind of Wuyi tea they are exporting.

Westerners don't know how to drink tea at all, and they don't know how to buy really good tea. This special Wuyi tea, which is specially exported, is almost one of the lowest-grade teas in the Dashun market.

Now in Songjiang Mansion, if you don't count the customs duties, you can actually buy a catty for more than a penny.Even with the boarding tax and the like, if you calculate too much, 2 renminbi a catty, then this is also a 4500% profit.

Xu Shi is too terrifying, many businessmen are at a loss for what to do, and it is hard to imagine this concept of multiplying profits by dozens of times.

However, there were also some businessmen who looked at the two lines of poem written on the curtain behind Liu Yu and thought deeply.

In the old days, Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people.

If the price of this tea, especially Wuyi tea, is maintained at 9 taels of silver per catty, not many people will buy it, right?

If you can monopolize, the price is actually set by yourself.

Some businessmen thought, the Duke of Guo said this, maybe he was talking about how to set the price?

Does he feel that the prices of some things are a bit too high now?
On the stage, Liu Yu said slowly: "I guess you have also thought of it. If the price is too high, it may not be a good thing. Of course, it does not mean that the price is too high. It must be a bad thing. This has to be viewed dialectically."

"What is a dialectical view? I won't talk about this first. After listening to me about the prices of tea and spices, think about it for yourself."

"About the few years when His Majesty conquered Rakshasa, the price of tea in Europe suddenly plummeted."

"The sharp drop is not as simple as cutting in half, but from nearly ten taels of silver per catty to more than one tael per catty."

"If we don't go to Europe to do business, but just do business, it must be a good thing."

"I think some of them are older, and they should have the impression that during the years when the Rakshasa was conquered in this dynasty, the amount of tea bought by Westerners suddenly increased sharply. Previously, the amount of tea bought was 70 million catties. Then A few years later, almost every East India Company would have to buy millions of catties."

"Is that so?"

Among these shareholders, the composition is complex.

Some used to engage in trade with Japan, some used to be Western compradors, and some went to heaven with the right people.

Some who specialized in Western comprador business before were very impressed by this matter.

It's just that I thought about it before, but now that Liu Yu mentioned it, I immediately thought, isn't it.

It was precisely when the Celestial Dynasty conquered Rakshasa. In the years when Heilongjiang and Rakshasa went to war, the amount of tea bought by Westerners increased several times or even ten times.

I didn't understand what was going on before.

Looking at the two poems written on the screen board now, I seem to understand.

If tea leaves are still seven or eight taels of silver per catty, then not many people can afford to drink them.Even though there are mountains of gold and silver in Europe, which have not been drained clean after all these years, the worst tea at ten taels of silver a catty is not something ordinary people can afford.

Liu Yu just said that whether the price setting is a benefit or a disadvantage should be viewed dialectically.

Of course, these businessmen don't know what it means to look at it dialectically, but they feel that there must be a reason for the sudden price drop.

Sure enough, Liu Yu said: "You also know that Europa is at war now, because the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire has collapsed, and there is no male in the family, only a princess."

"It should be said that our tea can sell a lot, thanks to the late emperor of the Holy Roman Empire."

"It is even said that we can have four or five times the profit of selling tea now, and we have to 'thank you' to the Emperor Shenluo."

"About four or five years before I went to Heilongjiang, this Emperor Shenluo of the Habsburg family established the Ostend Company. Some of you who were in the business before should have an impression. It was short-lived, and it existed. Seven or eight years?"

This company, which hadn't had much trouble in history, still exists in the memory of these businessmen at this time.When Liu Yu said this, many people immediately thought of this company.

More than 20 years ago, suddenly several ships came to Guangzhou.At that time, the merchants saw the French flag, the British flag, and the Dutch flag, but the new company flew a flag that was completely different from theirs.

After the fragments of these memories are awakened, many things are connected together.

It was just a few years before Dashun launched a war against Luocha, this new company suddenly appeared in Guangzhou.

Then, sales of tea began to skyrocket.

And then, about the years when Dashun conquered Junggar, this company suddenly disappeared overnight.

If Liu Yu hadn't reminded them, none of them would have known that the country this company belonged to was Austria, which was the fuse of the war that caused the Western Trading Company to make a lot of money for the first time in business because of the robbery of ships in the European war.

These seemingly unconnected things that existed in the past are gradually intertwined in the minds of these businessmen, and they seem to have found the reason why the price of tea has been reduced, and why Liu Yu said to thank the Emperor Shenluo.

"We have a saying, it's called breaking the drum and beating it with thousands of people."

"There is another sentence, if you want to molested a nun, you probably have to say, the monk can touch it, but I can't touch it?"

"The Habsburg family formed the Ostend Company and made money in the second year. Sweden, Denmark and other countries saw this kind of thinking: even Austria can make money from maritime trade, how can I not make money?" arrive?"

"Before that, the maritime trade was conducted by traditional maritime powers such as Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal. This is like neighboring countries such as North Korea and Annan, who would feel that there are certain things that China can do, but we cannot do; but If the Ryukyu country actually achieves something, I am afraid that North Korea, Annan and other countries will think that if Ryukyu can do it, I can do it myself."

"Probably this is the case. Austria's land warfare is not bad, but the sea is not as good as Denmark, Sweden and other countries. Before the trade between Britain, Holland and Portugal, they could only watch. They are not self-aware. Britain and the Netherlands can do it, but they may not be able to do it themselves." Do."

"When it is done in Austria, Denmark and other countries will know it well."

"As a result, mushrooms have sprung up, and countries have established their own trading companies with China. You should have the impression that before and after the Tianchao conquered Rakshasa, a large number of cargo ships from new companies came to Guangzhou."

"This is something for later, let's not mention it for now. Let's just say that the Ostend company has set its sights on the tea trade when it came to Guangzhou. At that time, tea was still a huge profit of seven or eight taels of silver per catty."

"Yinghe took a look, is this okay?"

"But the problem also arises: Tea that costs seven or eight taels of silver a catty can be sold for a million catties a year. It's impossible for so many people to buy it."

"Now that the Ostend company has stepped in, based on the price of seven or eight taels of silver per catty, the amount is at most one million catty, but that year Europe suddenly had seven or eight million catty. You say, What to do?"

They are all in business, and as soon as this question is asked, everyone has an answer in an instant.

What?

Reduce the price.

Tea is not gold and silver, and it will be fine if it is kept for ten or eight years.

There is still a big difference between new tea and old tea.

Moreover, this thing occupies capital, if you don’t hurry to withdraw the funds, what will you rely on to buy goods next time you come to Guangzhou?Once broken, I am afraid that the company will be overwhelmed by the rest of the competitors.

Of course, it could have been sold for seven or eight taels a catty, but now the price has been reduced to death, at least don't throw it at your hands, and how much money you can get back.

But some people think that the Ostend company is like a flash in the pan, and after the company's shops are gone, it seems that the price of tea has not risen back.

Thinking about it this way, these companies must have discovered that after the price cut, it is still profitable, so they all chose to cut the price.

Didn't you expect to make more money by lowering the price?
Or, thought of it, but dare not do it?
There must be some reason here, right?
On the stage, Liu Yu finished his first "thank you" to the Habsburg family, and then said: "Afterwards, it was about the year when this dynasty conquered Junggar. The Emperor Shenluo couldn't give birth to a son. In order to ask countries to recognize his daughter's inheritance, the Ostend Company had to be dissolved as a bargaining chip for Britain, the Netherlands and other countries to support his daughter's inheritance."

"The second 'thank you' I said lies in this dissolution."

"Let's put it this way, Ostend is as far away from London, England as it is from Songjiang Mansion to Suzhou Mansion, maybe even worse."

"Guess, if he had given birth to a son, if the company hadn't been dissolved, would Britain have been forced to abolish the tea tax?"

"You should know that the UK's tea tariff this year is 125%. The Netherlands was an ally before, but because of its affection, its country is weak and cannot go too far; Narui, Denmark and other countries are too far away."

"Then think about it, if the tea from Songjiang Prefecture is taxed at 125%; while the tea from Suzhou Prefecture is tax-free. Guess, can it be regulated?"

"As far as the distance between Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion is concerned, I'm afraid that if he was his son, he would never ban the Ostend Company. I'm afraid that Britain would lower the tea tax as early as when the Japanese dynasty attacked Japan."

"Britain's reduction of tea tax is a good thing for merchants and Hangzhou merchants. But it is not a good thing for those of us who do maritime trade. Now, the tea of ​​the Western Trading Company in the first year is 450% Gross profit, and it will be millions of catties at once..."

"Speaking from a distance, I really have to say that it is thanks to the Son-Song Guanyin who sent a daughter to the Habsburg family."

(End of this chapter)