Chapter 40 Spanish Fleet (Part 2)

"Wu, you are so friend. I, John, have made a fortune and will never forget you." John showed a touching look and held my hand.

"John, I see your porcelain, tea, silk, etc., so don't need to buy it elsewhere. I have a shop to run such goods myself." I said lightly: "At that time, you can just use a firearm to get the goods."

John's eyes lit up, and he felt that there was another advantage to take. He hurriedly said, "Wu, since it is the goods you operate, why not charge me a cost price first, and I will make a profit in the future and allocate more to you."

I smiled and said, "Of course, who told us to be friends at that time? But let's talk about the price of your firearms first. To be honest, the power of your firearms is really not very good. I also have to rely on smuggling and selling them to * before I can get some money."

John thought for a moment and said, "We have a total of 70,000 muskets of this type on our ship, and 200 large-caliber cannons. I will give you the price of muskets at one or two kilograms of silver. Each large-caliber cannon requires one thousand kilograms of silver. The remaining shells, fire yao, and iron ball bullets used for muskets will be given to you. All the firearms will be 340,000 kilograms of silver."

"John, are you crazy?" I looked at him coldly and said, "You said this and think I am a friend or a brother? You didn't want such a bad firearm. I was kind enough to help you sell it to the edge. Now, you slash me hard."

John was shocked and said, "Wu, don't worry. I'm just talking about the initial price, can I still negotiate? Why not, how about 10% off? 20% off?"

"John, don't think I don't know what to do." I said coldly: "Your musket costs at most about two taels of silver, but you sell me two kilograms of silver. The cannon itself weighs only more than one thousand kilograms, and I sell me one thousand kilograms of silver. Do you think those cast irons are all silver? Give me a hundred kilograms of silver and I can cast two cannons. John, you are so disappointing to me."

John suddenly turned pale and said in horror: "Wu, the accounts are not calculated like this. What you are talking about is the cost price, but you do not calculate the risk. It is difficult for me to pay this price. This is not outrageous. These are all obtained by our sailors at the cost of their lives."

"John, but you have to admit that your business is a failed business." I said lightly: "Sometimes, if a business fails, it will probably cost the merchants a lot of money. You are lucky. If you meet me who is willing to help, you can help you eat the next defective goods. John, at most I will buy you junk goods at a price of twice the price. If you don't want to, you can go and discuss this business with others.

It was difficult for me to say this. I was not familiar with the place here and I almost never communicated with others. Now he had suffered a lot when talking to Zhou Wu with gestures, but he did not resonate with him.

John also looked embarrassed. No one except me knew English in the entire Great Wu Empire. Where did he find another seller?

"Wu, it's too difficult for me to do this." John shook his head and sighed, "You should give me a chance too, just do it, double it. It's also possible for me to buy more porcelain tea leaves on the boat."

I pretended to be thinking, and after a long time, I sighed and said, "John, I have helped you this time. Let me eat all your goods at a cost of 5 times more. John, I am already losing money. You have made money from this batch of porcelain, so you must compensate me."

John immediately said happily, "thank you, Wu. If you calculate it at the cost price just now, it will be 60,000 kilograms of silver."

Sixty thousand kilograms of silver, according to the European algorithm, it is about 600,000 taels of silver. Hehe, I spent this little money to deceive such a huge batch of arms. Of course, I would not give him cash and deduct it from other goods. Those goods can naturally be used as inferior ones. How could they tell whether it is the porcelain of Jingdezhen official kiln or the porcelain from the miscellaneous folk kilns? How could they know that it is ordinary tea or the best Longjing tea? How could they know that it is the precious silk produced by Gusu Zhishanzhai? Or ordinary family textile silk? Since I don’t know, hehe, I can do it with all my money. Spend 50,000 taels to buy such a batch of goods, even if 600,000 taels are given to John, no matter how he can tell.

However, even if I tossed like this, he should still make money. Although these goods were ordinary goods in the Great Wu Dynasty, they were all the best goods once they were taken to Europe. Each one was valuable.

Hehe, this guy is cheaper.

After the price of his firearms was negotiated, the fans of the secret prostitutes that Liu Sanniang found were already there. Haha, even if Liu Sanniang looked for someone, her appearance was above average. She had just dressed up a little, and she was still a little pretty.

When those red-haired Japanese men saw me helping them find a woman, their eyes straightened.

However, when those fans saw these strange and disgusting red-haired devils, they suddenly became scared and wanted to give up. However, in this Yasong Tower, there is a place where they would regret it if they say they want to regret it?

Under the coercion and temptation, he had to be cruel and accompany these red-haired Japanese devils.

I was too lazy to see the ugly behavior of these red-haired Japanese. After saying hello, I immediately left the Yasong Tower and returned straight to the palace. I hurriedly announced that the fat man Liu Zhenming went to Nanshu to see me.

Liu Zhenming was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and was versatile and had a good relationship with all kinds of businessmen. It was naturally very easy to ask him to prepare those goods. And I asked him to notify those vendors that they would not be allowed to do business with the Red-haired Japanese, otherwise they would be sentenced to prison and be confiscated at the worst.

Although Liu Zhenming didn't understand what I was selling in the gourd? However, he wouldn't ask too much. Anyway, Liu Zhenming would do his best to do his best. It was because I liked him that I particularly favored him.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report to you." Liu Zhenming said with a hug.

I asked in confusion: "Is there anything else that Liu Aiqing has to do to make things difficult?"

Liu Zhenming's face turned slightly awkward and said, "Today, Weichen's nephew received a good news from the Ministry of Rites. He said he had won the fifth place in the second place."

"This is a good thing." I laughed, lay back on the Grand Master's chair, and said shakingly: "It seems that your nephew will be a good thing to be a minister with your uncle in the future."

"Your Majesty, you don't know anything." Liu Zhenming said, "My nephew has been ignorant since he was a child. He only knows how to eat, drink, play, and play. However, he has no children under his body, and has always regarded this nephew as his biological son. Similarly, he has been fucking a lot of thoughts for this bastard. But his surname is Tiancheng, and he has no choice but to let him go. Therefore, Mr. Wei had to let him go. However, Mr. Wei was afraid that he would cause trouble all day and sued him. So he went through all the troubles and donated the fame of a Juren to him. If there was anything in the future, there would be a fame that could be offset, which would not be enough to lose his life."

"Oh, your nephew is interesting. Have you been eating, drinking and having fun on the surface in recent years, but you have been working hard behind your back. Finally, Huang Tian paid off and made him pass the Jinshi in this spring exam?" I laughed and said, "Old Liu, I want to congratulate you. With this nephew, what else can I ask for?"

Liu Zhenming smiled bitterly again and sighed, "If so, even if the Wei minister is fighting for his fate, he will help him to establish a foothold in the officialdom. However, the facts are the opposite. The slut actually pretended to be the Wei minister and cheated heavily in the spring exam. He won the fifth place in the second place."

"Liu Aiqing?" I looked at him lightly: "Do you know that you exposed this matter, but it will cause your nephew to fall to the ground. This is the crime of deceiving the king."

"Emperor." Liu Zhenming knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly and said: "The reason why I said it is because I am grateful to the emperor for favor. The emperor has the kindness of knowing the favor of the emperor. The emperor is loyal to the emperor in his heart and has no different intentions. If I hold it in the heart of the minister at this time, wouldn't I have no such saying of loyalty to the emperor?"

"Liu Aiqing, I know your loyalty." I waved my hand lightly, "Get up, I have fully understood the matter of your nephew Liu Buyong."

Liu Zhenming's face changed again, and he kowtowed again: "Emperor, I dared to ask the emperor to temporarily relieve the death of my nephew. I will wait for the woman to accept his son and then be executed."

When I heard this, I laughed. Liu Zhenming did not ask for help from his nephew, and asked me to spare his nephew's death. His reason was reasonable, and it made me fall in love with him a little more.

Thinking of this, I said kindly: "Liu Aiqing, get up, I already know all this. I personally approved the fifth place in the second place. I just want Liu Aiqing to know how trust and care for you. Liu Buyong himself is also very fond of my appetite. When he enters the court, you go to the Ministry of Personnel to arrange a free position for him and slowly train him. Maybe he will become a great man in the future."

Liu Zhenming was stunned for a long time when he heard my words. After a while, he kowtowed deeply and said, "My minister Liu Zhenming, thank you for your kindness. Long live my emperor."

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