Lu Ming

Chapter 75 money money money

Professor Luo is a very mysterious person. After crossing the road, he only said his surname is Luo, and the rest are kept secret, so people called him Lao Luo at first.Later, everyone found out that this person likes to force popular science, and he understands the air well, which is a bit like Sheldon.It happens that when this guy is debating with people, all kinds of data come from his mouth. Whether it is true or not, ordinary people can't beat him anyway, so the title of Professor Luo is called by the masses.

Since playing AK and swollen his cheeks, Professor Luo has been rushed to the logistics department to work, and inventory is his job.I saw Feng Jun and the others talking about sandalwood just now. As soon as the old problem was committed, they came together to start popular science.

"In that case, wouldn't it cost tens of millions per ton?" Xia Xianze was a little surprised when Professor Luo finished talking about the price.

"The market is now full of various kinds of sandalwood from Indonesia, Australia, and Africa. Just this, a light bracelet costs hundreds of thousands, and 5000 jin of old white sandalwood in southern India is no problem." Professor Luo smiled and patted it with his hand. Pat veneer added.

"Then process 10 cubes first, cut off the bark, and leave only the core. When Mr. Cao arrives, we will transport it back to see the market." Xia Xianze made a final decision.

"This is easy." Professor Luo nodded: "We have carpenters in our hands now, and there must be some among the Dutch. Non-combatants should survive a lot. We will start registration tomorrow when we free up our hands, and we will arrange work when we find them."

A total of 40 cubic logs were weighed and recorded.Next is the spices: pepper, nutmeg, cloves are all commonly used in the warehouse. The proportion of pepper is the highest, but the total amount is not much. These spices add up to only 150 dan.During this time period, the status of spices in the trade with Ming was lower than that of sandalwood.

Loads of white ivory undoubtedly aroused the interest of visitors.While denouncing the Dutch and Indians who have no concept of animal protection, people are shoving whole ivory in their hands, and their mouths are full of ugliness.

After a loud bang of "Duang", people woke up.Turning his head to look, it turned out that Professor Luo had an extra gong in his hand.

"Where did the Dutch get so many gongs?" The group soon discovered that there were no less than ten load gongs piled up in the corner.

"The gong was originally a traditional musical instrument of the Malays, okay? There are so many copper mines in Indonesia." Professor Luo smirked and tapped the gong with his knuckles: "The Dutch want to collect spices. Some gongs are very easy. This belongs to the distribution, generally speaking, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty still recognize the bronze ware.”

The unique goods have been inspected.In several Dutch warehouses there are also some groceries of crude benzene: hematoxylin for dyes, dutch linen and woolen wool for shirts, glass beads to deceive the natives, some lead and tin pieces, hundreds of sheets Locally sourced deerskin.Foodstuffs include flour, rice, palm oil, salted fish, and dried venison in a fair amount.The latter two were apparently obtained from indigenous and Fujian fishermen.

Daming's best products: raw silk, china and cotton are in meager quantities in warehouses.It seems that the information is still accurate - the Dutch are living a very difficult life at this stage, and the chaotic situation in Fujian has made it impossible for the red hairs to build a trade channel with Ming.

After the goods were counted, everyone rushed into the Dutch man's mansion.There are a lot of documents and letters in the two simple solid wood houses. Professor Luo and Cai Feiming have dug up a treasure.

The others ignored these two at all, and their destination was a small warehouse inside the official residence.

Yes, that's right, the small storeroom is the silver storehouse.

Silver is the real product of Westerners.After the colonists came to East Asia, the silver produced in America finally found a way to vent. The beautiful metal was turned into various coins. These coins converged into rolling silver dragons, which could only get in, and eventually all disappeared in China. on this magical land.

Marked by the Portuguese occupation of Macau, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the silver imported into the Ming Dynasty from the outside, including Japan, has never been less than 200 million taels, and the peak period exceeded 400 million taels.Even after 1640, during the period of shrinking trade caused by the European War, the annual import of silver into the Ming Dynasty did not exceed 100 million taels.

These bastards of the Ming Dynasty don't need anything. The most hateful thing is that they are ingenious and can produce porcelain, raw silk, and oh, and tea, which will make the colonists crazy.The red-eyed Europeans, however, had nothing—not to mention the spices, the colonists' entire cargo combined was a small percentage of the total trade.The only thing the people of Ming Dynasty liked was silver.

In the deal against Daming, the term trade balance simply does not exist.Those poor goods have always been supporting roles: they have no ability to resist, they can't find the temple gate with their pig heads in their hands, they are shameless and beaten to death, just to get the qualification to pour silver into the bottomless pit of Daming. This is what the early colonists belonged to. Real photo.

The boxes of silver that the Dutch had brought to the officers are now stacked in the silver vault, waiting for the arrival of the new owner.Xia Xianze took square steps and walked into the warehouse first. After entering, he bent down and grabbed a handful of coins from the wooden box, and looked at it.

In terms of craftsmanship in the early 17th century, these silver guilder coins in Xia Xianze's hands are worthy of the comment of "good quality".

The coin type is basically round, the outer ring is inscribed, and the front is inscribed with patterns: half-length warriors and shields, and the reverse pattern is a common lion in European flags.The designs of Dutch coins in this period were relatively random, and the basic rules of the head of the emperor on the front and the crown and shield on the reverse were not fully formed.

The silver content of the guilder is very high, over 95 percent.These silver coins in the box are large and small, and they are quite messy, ranging from 1 shield to half shield, and even large silver coins of 2.5 shield and 10 shield can be found.

The money will not be counted for a while, and the content must be classified and measured. Wang Liguo and the others will be busy in the next few days.

In addition to dozens of cases of Dutch guilders, there were several other cases of Spanish pesos in the warehouse.

These pesos are classic early Spanish silver crosses.Made in the Mint in Mexico City, the handmade silver coin, which cannot even be round, features a cross-haired lion and castle on the front and an early Spanish coat of arms on the back.

This peso has been in circulation in Daming for at least 50 years, especially in Fujian, where it is called "wedge silver".The fineness of the Spanish peso is 1%, and 0.7 standard peso weighs 8 grams, which is equivalent to 4 taels.The face value is also divided into 2 riel, [-] riel, [-] riel and other silver coins of different sizes.

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