Daming 1805

Chapter 187 Our Great Food Country has poor land and few products...

But even if they found out that their "peers" had robbed the business, the two slave traders couldn't just leave.

Now that King Dashi summoned him, at least he had to meet him before leaving.

And the two of them were not completely desperate. There were enough female slaves here in Quicksand City, and they should still be needed elsewhere!

Even if Quicksand City doesn't need it right now, it will definitely need more female slaves in the future, and there will be more and more immigrants.

The point is, both of them wanted to investigate and see where the people who snatched the jobs came from.

Then the two were sent to the bathroom with complicated emotions.

Lu Frey was worried at first, how could he go to see King Dashi with his fermented body.

After entering the bathroom, after hearing the explanation from Gu Rui who was avoiding him, he realized that he had to take a shower and change clothes first.

Otherwise, in their current state, they wouldn't be able to enter Zhu Jingyuan's living room.

The two strong servants came up and gave them a ton of rubbing, washed them thoroughly, and put on clean clothes.

Then he was sent to Zhu Jingyuan.

As slave traders, they often meet nobles and nobles from all over the world.

But this is really the first time that Zhu Jingyuan, a prince of Ming Dynasty, has seen him directly.

Under normal circumstances, nobles of this level are not interested in dealing directly with slave traders, and usually arrange a servant to negotiate business.

Zhu Jingyuan wanted to see them today, which really surprised them.

Both of them were very respectful and serious, and bowed their hands vigorously to salute:
"The villain Gu Rui/Lu Fuli pays homage to the king."

Zhu Jingyuan looked at these two people, one was a typical Daming person, the other was a typical Thai-Western person, and his expression was obviously a bit puzzled:

"Aren't you slave traders of Ming Dynasty? Why is there a Xiyi?"

Ming slave trader Gu Rui immediately reported:
"My Majesty, the villain and this British Li Frey are now partners.

"The villain does not dare to hide His Highness, in fact, these female slaves entered in the southern Indian land of the British, not in the northern Indian land of our Great Ming.

"Li Frey's British firm is responsible for purchasing goods in South Tianzhu.

"The villain's Daming firm is in charge of transporting it to the vassal state of Daming.

"We've made a deal on the high seas so that it's legal on both sides.

"The villain heard that there are [-] single workers in Quicksand City, so he cooperated with Lu Frey to send [-] Orchids over."

Facing a prince like Zhu Jingyuan, Gu Rui didn't dare to hide his plan, for fear of offending him.

After discovering the orchid boat at the pier, the two had infinitely lowered their expectations for this business.

Now I just want to improve my credibility, show my sufficient supply, and strive for continued trade in the future.

Zhu Jingyuan was slightly shocked by the operation of these two people.

"It turned out to be shipped from South Tianzhu controlled by the British? Now the British allow you to sell slaves outside at will?"

Gu Rui nodded first and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty, the British did allow it, otherwise Lufrey and the others wouldn't be able to transport so many female slaves."

Lu Frey also nodded in agreement:

"Yes, now the UK allows us to transport and even traffic people from South Tianzhu to all over the world..."

There are some words that neither Gu Rui nor Lu Fuli said.

But Zhu Jingyuan quickly thought of:
"Is it mainly transported to Mozhou to be a worker and farmer? If it is transported to Mozhou, young men are more expensive, right?
"In Tianzhu, which just finished the World War, the proportion of women is outrageous.

"Now the British sell Tianzhu men to Mozhou, which leads to a higher proportion of women in Tianzhu.

"Now Tianzhu female slaves must be very cheap and not easy to sell, so you just transported them to my quicksand city?"

Gu Rui and Lu Fuli suddenly felt a little unnatural.

But after all, they are all businessmen, and they are slave traders. They are all very clever and have no bottom line.

Gu Rui immediately responded with a smile:
"It's just about getting the right product to the right place.

"The colonies of the various countries in Mexico need obedient young men to work and clean up the disobedient Mexican aborigines.

"Our big food country also needs orchids to help workers start families..."

What Zhu Jingyuan was most curious about has been clarified.

The British began to support the Tianzhu slave trade, a bit as if they were not worried that the Tianzhu region would not be preserved, so they began to transport property outside in advance.

Population is also a very important wealth.

With a new market and a new source of goods, the industry may continue to thrive.

Therefore, the slave traders were willing to leave their books and board the big ship.

Next, we should talk about the specific transaction, which originally did not require Zhu Jingyuan to do it himself.

But I have already met these two businessmen, so I might as well settle the deal on the spot as soon as possible.

So Zhu Jingyuan laughed dryly and said:
"What you said is very realistic, but you have transported too many female slaves.

"I already have other sources of female slaves here, and I may not need you female slaves.

"When you were at the pier, you should have seen three other ships, right?"

Zhu Jingyuan knew that there were 3000 people on board the two slave traders, so he deliberately did not mention how many people were on his three ships.

Let them estimate by themselves, the more estimates the better, the more estimates, the lower the psychological expectations.

The two slave traders immediately nodded weakly.

Then Gu Rui came out and said:
"Your Majesty's Great Food Country is not just a place in Quicksand City, nor is it just these immigrants.

"An extra three thousand female slaves can be reserved in advance.

"Besides, in the future, if a bachelor immigrates, he will directly send a female slave, which is more attractive than taking a slave after working for a year, right?
"So these three thousand female slaves are still meaningful to His Highness."

Zhu Jingyuan said noncommittally:
"It costs food to keep them, and they have to build more houses.

"The food in our big food country is basically imported. These are all money. The land of the big food country is barren and the products are scarce...

"Besides, Hu Ji from North Tianzhu knows a few words of Ming Dynasty, so it's no problem to barely communicate.

"The ones you brought from Nantianzhu don't understand at all, communication is a big problem.

"I can wait for the new immigrants to come, and then let the slave traders transport female slaves from Tianzhu or other places."

Gu Rui and Lu Frey could tell that Zhu Jingyuan was a little interested in this batch of goods, but he had to give them a very affordable price.

Otherwise, there is a high probability that you will not want it. It is the most natural way to wait until you need it before ordering.

In order not to throw the goods into their hands, Gu Rui took the initiative to offer Zhu Jingyuan a discount:
"Your Majesty, we don't classify them into grades, and we all follow the lowest price, 150 silver notes for oily ears, and 250 silver notes for dry ears..."

Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand directly:
"Since there is no sincerity, then pull it away."

Gu Rui tentatively said:
"Your Majesty, give me a price."

Zhu Jingyuan said very casually:
"One hundred and fifty for dry ears and eighty for oily ears. Buy it now. If you don't sell it, you will take it away."

The price Zhu Jingyuan wanted was [-]% or even [-]% off the retail price of the lowest-grade slaves of the same kind in the market.

Even if the situation in Tianzhu is special, the relative price of female slaves in Tianzhu is relatively low now, and it is already very close to their cost price.

And this price does not count the outstanding individuals in the female slaves.

Gu Rui felt that there was no way to accept this price, which was basically a waste of work for Zhu Jingyuan.

I took the risk of this business in vain, but only got the meager profit.

Lu Frey, an Englishman, was more direct. When Gu Rui was hesitating how to persuade him, he tried to speak:

"My lord, at the price you gave, we really don't have any profit.

"To avoid the cost of sending the shipment back, we will sell this one time, but there will be no next time.

"The Great Food Kingdom will definitely need more female slaves in the future. It is really not recommended that you cut off a supply channel for the sake of business."

Zhu Jingyuan glanced at Lu Frey, and shrank his head suddenly in fright at this rather fierce-looking Taixi man.

Then Zhu Jingyuan said with a dry smile:
"Then when you come back next time, you can trade it at two hundred for dry ears and one hundred for oily ears."

The two slave traders were taken aback for a moment, and a bit of surprise immediately appeared in their hearts.

Zhu Jingyuan's words are to show them that they can continue to find them to supply female slaves in the future.

This is regarded as a long-term supply contract, not a one-ticket sale.

This transaction basically does not make money, but it can make money in the follow-up. This transaction is regarded as sincerity.

Even if the channel of Dashiguo is officially opened in the future, they can make money step by step.

It's just that the price Zhu Jingyuan gave really made them feel worried.

Subconsciously, Gu Rui wanted to talk about the price.

As a result, Zhu Jingyuan directly waved his hand again to stop him:
"Don't tell me the price, I say as much as you want."

Gu Rui and Lu Fuli looked at each other again, then nodded with a bit of entanglement and helplessness:

"That will be as the king wishes."

Tianzhu is less than [-] kilometers away from Liusha City, and they are all offshore routes in the northern part of the Little Western Ocean. The danger on the road is very low.

Now there are mature three-expansion steam engines, and the ships are getting bigger and more stable, and the actual transportation cost is also very low.

Cooperate with a business company that sends young male slaves to Mozhou, and receive a large number of ordinary female slaves left by them in batches, and the cost can be reduced to seventy silver bills.

One hundred silver bills are sold in batches to Dashiguo, as long as there are no major accidents on the way of transportation, there will be some profits.

The key point is that Zhu Jingyuan charged a higher price for female slaves with dry ears, and the profit margin was also higher.

In certain Tubang areas of Tianzhu, the probability of dry ears exceeds [-]%.

If you specifically look for a source of dry ear female slaves, the actual cost may be around one hundred and twenty.

It is possible to find more female slaves with dry ears and sell them in batches to Dashiguo, so that they can earn more.

If they were sold separately in Mozhou and European markets, these female slaves would definitely make more money.

But that would take a lot of time and effort.

Rather than tossing around like that, it's better to go to the big food country more often and directly approve the goods to the big food country.

This is actually Zhu Jingyuan's intentional guidance.

In the future, the Great Food Kingdom will try to make as many ear slaves as possible to reduce the proportion of body odor in the Great Food Kingdom.

Anyway, it's only two hundred silver bills, and a big food worker can buy one for a year.

Tianzhu's gender ratio is distorted, and it is appropriate for the Great Food Kingdom to help balance it.

After the deal between the two parties was settled, Zhu Jingyuan asked Dian Bu to draw up a simple peace agreement.

There was no mention of slaves in the peace treaty. It was about two enthusiastic businessmen who helped single workers in the Dashi Kingdom find concubines.

Dashiguo gives a certain amount of remuneration, which is ultimately paid by the workers themselves.

Zhu Jingyuan himself did not sign the contract.

Although the words and sentences are as elegant as possible, the essence is still the slave trade.

How could he, a prince of Ming Dynasty, sign such a peace treaty?

So let Shi Liu Zhixin, the head of the palace, come to sign the contract with Gu Rui and Lu Fuli.

After the cooperation was thoroughly confirmed, Zhu Jingyuan asked Dian Bu to send an order that Gu and Lu's ship could start unloading.

It was time to see off the guests here, so Gu Rui boldly asked before leaving:
"May I ask Your Majesty, which trading company brought the female slaves on the other three ships at the pier? We haven't seen them in Tianzhu..."

Zhu Jingyuan didn't need to answer, but he smiled and gave a misleading answer:

"It was sent by the Ottomans. Of course you can't see it in Tianzhu."

The Barbary pirates were originally Ottoman vassals, and they continued to move to Mexico with Ottoman.

Of course, these female slaves were sent by the Ottomans. This answer is completely in line with reality.

Gu Lu and the two of them suddenly realized that Osman's selling of female slaves was really normal.

However, Ottoman's supply of goods is not as sufficient as that of Nan Tianzhu.

Osman's population is not as large as that of Nan Tianzhu. The key is that Nan Tianzhu has just experienced a war of attrition.

A large number of men have died in the past ten years, and the proportion of remaining women is ridiculously high.

When the two sides really competed, the supply of goods from Tianzhu was sufficient and cheaper.

(End of this chapter)