Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 10 Clark Porcelain ([-])

That night, the three people who completed their first time journey held their first work summary meeting.Minutes of the meeting were made in accordance with the formal meeting procedure.According to Wen Desi: We are making history.

At the meeting, various issues in the crossing were summarized.The conclusion is: I underestimate the wisdom of the ancients too much, I haven't done enough homework, I know too little about the Ming Dynasty, and I take it for granted.

Generally speaking, I was lucky and found a fairly suitable agent quite smoothly.

As for the next trade plan, although the price was lower than they expected, after careful calculation, the profit was not as low as imagined.

A tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty is about 37.3 grams.Although the purchase price of silver in this time and space has fluctuated, it is only about 3 yuan per gram (the sales price is 3.6-3.8 yuan, the purchase price is 2-2.6 yuan, take a slightly higher price), and one tael of silver can get 112 yuan. Yuan Renminbi.In fact, counting the cost of "fire consumption"-many of the silver circulated in the Ming Dynasty were of low purity and needed to be re-melted, and the income was lower.

If a powder box can be sold for twelve taels, that is to say, you can get about 1000 yuan.Xiao Zishan brought more than 200 powder boxes, and this alone can earn 2000 taels of silver, or 20 yuan.Even if they want to buy these powder boxes, the current wholesale price is only a few yuan each, and the cost is almost negligible.

"Actually, we can resell it once more." Xiao Zishan took a pen to smear for a long time, "I remember that the price of gold and silver in the late Ming Dynasty was about one to ten. We asked for the 2000 taels of silver to be converted into gold. You can get 200 taels, the total 7460 grams. Calculated at 150 yuan per gram, it is more than 100 million yuan. It is more profitable than selling goods."

"However, generally speaking, the stock of gold in society is limited, and it cannot be exchanged for much." Wang Luobin felt a little pity.

"In fact, we can ask for another thing as a price, which is more valuable than gold." Wen Desi said.

"what?"

"Porcelain." Wen Desi pointed to the Christie's auction announcement in the newspaper, "Porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, I don't need to talk about it..."

When the servant came to the study with a pale face, Master Gao knew that the three from Australia were coming again.This time it was late at night, and just like last time, he popped out of nowhere from the yard of the hotel.

If it wasn't for the fact that they came during the day and left in broad daylight last time, Mr. Gao would really suspect that they were ghosts and monsters.

"Master Tall, these are goods."

Under the corridor of the study, there are four or five cardboard boxes brought by the servants from the yard of the warehouse.It was the first time he saw it as a box made of paper, and his heart couldn't help jumping. Although he had secretly poured chicken blood on those few samples a few days ago, and looked at them the next day, they were still in good condition. Turning into a clod puppet, this is peace of mind.

"Steward Yan, make an inventory." Master Gao ordered his subordinates.

"Yes, sir."

The steward led the servants to unpack the cartons, and every piece of goods was wrapped in that kind of delicate carton, neatly stacked.Master Gao nodded. This Australian businessman is really extravagant - the packaging alone probably cost a lot of money.

The three of them sat on the chairs and watched Gao's servants count.Under the dim candlelight, Mr. Gao's Nanjing satin robe shone slightly, and Xiao Zishan somehow thought of the shroud, and his goose bumps arose.

Fortunately, they had already prepared a special gift. After counting, the two sides checked the numbers one by one.Wen Desi opened a box and took out a kerosene lamp.It took them a lot of time to buy it from a craft store, and at 120 yuan, it was the most expensive of all.I saw Wen Desi took out a can of kerosene from the box, poured it in, and lit a flame with the candle at hand. After a while, the flame gradually became brighter, and the originally dark study room was suddenly brightly lit.

Mr. Gao and his servants were all stunned. Nothing brought by the Australian maritime merchants these days was as impressive as this.

"This is a kerosene lamp, please prepare it."

"It's really a strange thing!" Master Gao also walked up to him in a few steps. There was a ball of white flames, dazzlingly bright, and there was a fully transparent glass lampshade outside.He turned his head and asked, "This thing is from your place, how much is it worth?"

Xiao Zishan couldn't help lamenting human's longing for light.What they thought the ancients would be surprised by did not cause much disturbance, but this kerosene lamp, which has been eliminated from modern society, shocked them—just because it was much brighter than candles and oil lamps.What if Master Gao could see lights? !Xiao Zishan was immediately full of confidence in his future time travel plan.

"It is indeed produced in our country," Wen Desi laughed like a profiteer, "200 taels is enough."

"Wonderful thing, strange thing!" Master Gao looked and looked around the lamp in fascination, and imitated Wen Desi's way to turn the knob to adjust the size of the flame, seeing the light brighten and then darken, as he wanted.Secretly marveled in my heart.He knew that although the shape of this thing was weird and it had an expensive glass cover, it was actually something like a lamp and oil platform used by a poor family. However, the light was more than ten times stronger, that is, there was no oily smell and no smoke, and it was bright and dark. It can also be adjusted. Are all craftsmen in Australia reborn from Luban?

Suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "This lamp uses oil—well, kerosene, is it also produced in Australia?"

Xiao Zishan nodded, this Mr. Gao is really smart, he can see the key point at a glance.

"Exactly."

"Oil price?"

"Twelve taels a bottle." A bottle is actually just one liter.Right now they don't plan to engage in kerosene trading, so it doesn't matter if they sell it more expensive, leaving a certain space for the future. (8.5 yuan / liter Shanghai lamp kerosene quotation)

"The lamp is a good lamp, but it is oily..." Mr. Gao showed regret.

"A bottle of oil can be used for more than ten hours, and it only costs one or twenty taels of silver for a month, which is not too expensive."

"If the oil is cheaper, I can sell this product..." Master Gao felt unwilling.

Xiao Zishan just laughed and didn't answer his words.Master Gao knew that this group of Australian maritime merchants would not let go.But getting this lamp for nothing, and the twelve bottles of kerosene as a bonus, are considered a great benefit.He thought, maybe it can be used with vegetable oil, so try it out tomorrow.

Now Xiao Zishan demonstrated the methods of disassembly, maintenance and oiling.Gao Ju ordered a young servant to watch and learn from the side, and did it a few times. After seeing that everything was correct, he checked the price according to the order.

The payment for the goods was settled according to the price they negotiated, and they got a total of more than 3000 taels of silver. Xiao Zishan asked that 60 taels of it be converted into gold. Master Gao shook his head repeatedly, saying that there was no place to exchange gold at night, and he only had 60 taels in his hand. Two gold.In the end, 600 taels of silver were replaced by [-] taels of gold.

Xiao Zishan also proposed to buy porcelain, which was not beyond Mr. Gao's expectations. Overseas businessmen like to buy porcelain.It's not difficult, he has a lot of piles in his warehouse.So he ordered someone to take a few baskets of porcelain for export.

He unpacked the straw bag, took out a few pieces for inspection, and based on the few porcelain books that Xiao Zishan read by surprise, he recognized that this was the so-called "Clark porcelain", which was a representative type of export porcelain in the late Ming Dynasty.

How much can this porcelain sell for now?An ordinary plate will not be less than a few thousand RMB. On December 2005, 12, 10 pieces of Clark porcelain were salvaged by Swede Sten Sjostrand from the South China Sea and auctioned at China Guardian's special sale of "Ming Wanli and Qingdi Sharu Sea Salvaged Ceramics".Although the porcelain glaze was severely corroded and even peeled off due to long-term immersion in water, it still achieved a turnover rate of 214% and a total turnover of 92 million yuan.Among them, a Ming Wanli blue and white lotus petal-shaped consecrated flower and bird dish sold for 272.7 yuan.

At this moment, there are several large baskets full of brand-new Clark porcelain in front of their eyes!

It cost less than 20 taels of silver to buy these porcelains.Xiao Zishan and the others called it cheap in their hearts, but Mr. Gao secretly laughed at these sea merchants for not understanding the market.Both parties feel that they have picked up a big deal.

Before leaving, Wen Desi left 200 taels of silver and asked Mr. Gao to buy a house nearby for them to settle down.According to the plan, the exit of the wormhole in this time and space will be temporarily arranged there.Master Gao promised one by one.

After the Australian maritime merchant left, Mr. Gao thought for a long time in the study alone, and even drove out the concubine who invited him to rest.Buying a house is naturally not a big deal with his ability, but the identities of these people have been unknown, which still makes him a little worried.After going around a few times, he called the manager and ordered the Australian maritime business not to leak out.He also asked him to make a list of the servants, servants and maids who knew about the matter, and bring in a list, and if anyone leaked the news, he would be severely investigated and punished.

Note: The knowledge of Clark porcelain comes from Mr. Ma Weidu's book.

(End of this chapter)