Ming Zuo

Chapter 726 The huge profits of sea trade

"How about the king of Shu?"

Zuo Menggeng was also attracted by the large-scale commodity exchange meeting.

And his appearance strengthened people's hearts even more.

After all, as a leader, his presence in business is enough to prove the attitude of the new government.

Hearing that a businessman came from Sichuan, Zuo Menggeng was very interested and ordered someone to invite him.

"The King of Shu is extravagant, and his family occupies all the land in Chengdu. All the profitable businesses in Sichuan are in the hands of the King of Shu. Last year, Sichuan was flooded, and countless people destroyed their families and went bankrupt. Local officials begged the King of Shu to provide money and food for relief, but the King of Shu But fell on deaf ears."

Although he was a servant of the Shu Palace, Zheng Sangui exposed the Shu King's background.

If he hadn't come to Songjiang Mansion, Zheng Sangui would never have dared to do so.

But since coming here, the merchants have been selling their goods very smoothly, they have not encountered any difficulties, and they are respected wherever they go.

Zheng Sangui never wants to go back to his former life.

He even imagined that it would be great if the Shandong new army could reach Sichuan!
Overthrow the King of Shu and implement the New Deal.

People like him don't have to bow their knees and allow themselves to be fished by mermaids.

"Using the power of one family to occupy the wealth of the whole country and get something for nothing is like a social mouse. The destruction of the Ming Dynasty is in the hands of the emperor and these vassal kings. In their eyes, ordinary people are not regarded as human beings at all."

Zuo Menggeng's criticism was unanimously approved by everyone.

Everything is about comparison.

In the past, everyone lived a miserable life under the rule of the imperial court.The status is humble, working all day long and getting little, and it is not easy to even have enough food.

But since the arrival of Shandong, the class system of scholars, peasants, industry and commerce has been completely abolished, and merchants, handicraftsmen, self-cultivating farmers, and craftsmen have all turned around.

In addition, with the increasing prosperity of commerce and trade, everyone's income has also risen linearly.

Under such circumstances, who would miss the Ming Dynasty of the fish and meat people?

The Shu brocade brought by Zheng Sangui from Sichuan was sold out in just half a day.

Even if he offered a high price of two hundred taels per piece, the quality of Shu brocade was so high that everyone knew the value of this fine product.

The Dutch bought half of it.

I wanted to buy them all, but later found out that I didn't have enough funds.

Even if the Dutch sold all the goods they brought in, they still couldn't make up enough money.

Besides the Shu Brocade, the Dutch suddenly discovered that there are too many good things in Songjiang Mansion.

For example, many people wear shirts, uniforms and leather shoes, all of which make them fond of it.

Anthony van Diemen bought a set, tried it on himself, and immediately hated taking it off.

Compared with this comfortable, simple, clean and high-quality new clothing, the seemingly gorgeous European clothes he used to wear are like rubbish.

Although Shu brocade is expensive, the Dutch prefer bulk commodities.

They purchased a total of nearly [-] bolts of cotton cloth, in addition to all kinds of ready-made clothes.

Leather shoes and socks accounted for the majority of them, with a total of [-] pairs.

Sophisticated pocket watches and wrist watches also attracted the Dutch.

Although the watch industry is well developed in Europe today, even the most powerful Swiss craftsmen cannot make watches as exquisite as Shandong.

Anthony van Diemen and others shuttled around the commodity exchange day after day, wanting to buy everything they saw, and liking everything they saw.

It's a pity that in the end they suddenly discovered that their money was simply not enough.

"Mr. Congressman, next time we come here, the fleet must be expanded. We finally embraced this market, and we must firmly grasp it."

A businessman proposed to Anthony van Diemen.

"Of course! We've traveled all over the world looking for treasure, and where's the biggest treasure? It's right in front of our eyes. Come on, we're all going to be rich."

The Dutch are in high spirits and have thoroughly enjoyed it.

The prosperity of Jiangnan in China is far beyond their imagination. No matter it is compared with Batavia or Europa, this place is like heaven.

Anthony van Diemen marveled.

【What Marco Polo said is actually true! 】

The goods brought by the Dutch were also very popular.

Spices are expensive products no matter in the East or in the West, so they are quickly divided up.

Spices are also the main products of the Dutch trade.

In this era, there is a huge gap in productivity and manufacturing between the East and the West.

In fact, there are not many things that the West can sell to China.

Besides spices, Zuo Menggeng saw a novel commodity by accident.

Seeing him pick up a piece of black thing and open his mouth to eat it, Fu Yijian became very dissatisfied.

"Commander, don't eat indiscriminately without permission! If you do this, we cannot escape our responsibility."

Zuo Menggeng didn't react until he ate something into his mouth.

He was also a little embarrassed and waved his hands again and again.

"I saw Lie Xinxi and forgot the rules. I won't do it next time."

Fu Yijian snorted, knowing that Zuo Menggeng would dare again next time.

This commander is not so easy to control.

Zuo Menggeng ate the food into his mouth, chewed slowly, and frowned slightly.

Anthony van Diemen next to him couldn't help being nervous when he saw it.

If Zuo Menggeng said that this thing is not good, then I'm afraid it will fall into his hands.

After a while, Zuo Menggeng finally finished eating.

"Mr. Dimen, I wonder how much cocoa you have? If you have any, you can trade a lot next time."

Anthony van Diemen was dumbfounded.

It never occurred to Zuo Menggeng that he would know what raw materials this food is made of.

Zuo Menggeng didn't know what he was thinking at all, if he knew, he would definitely scoff at him.

I know what chocolate is better than you!
It's not that Zuo Menggeng is greedy, but that chocolate is very useful.

As a high-calorie food with a refreshing effect, chocolate can fully supplement the lack of military food.

However, the territory occupied by Shandong now does not include the tropics, otherwise Zuo Menggeng would want to plant cocoa trees himself.

Since the Dutch have this commodity in their hands, increasing trade is also a natural choice.

Besides cocoa beans, Zuo Menggeng wanted something else.

"We still need a lot of sucrose here. I believe you are not willing to have such a large trade deficit. Next time you come again, you can increase the ratio of cocoa beans and sucrose."

Anthony van Diemen hastened to agree.

The trade this time has allowed him to see the potential of this ancient land.

To be honest, the dazzling array of exquisite and unusual commodities here has completely exceeded his expectations, and considering the current resources in the hands of the Dutch, if the types of commodities cannot be expanded, the Dutch will spend more wealth in the long run.

"Mr. Commander-in-Chief, this time, thanks to your generosity, the trade went very smoothly, which made us feel your friendship. Next time, at most half a year, we will still come to trade."

Hearing that the Dutchman was about to return, Zuo Menggeng didn't give up.

"Are you buying enough?"

Anthony Van Diemen smiled wryly and spread his hands.

"We don't have enough funds, so we can only buy so much. If possible, we even want to move the entire Songjiang Mansion to Batavia."

"I have a way to make you get what you want."

Zuo Menggeng's tone was long and leisurely, and the picture was poor.

(End of this chapter)