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Chapter 485 Three Treasures of Bulk International Trade

Seeing this scene, Ali was a little confused, and asked in amazement.

"Master Gao, do you know the owner who sells this black tea?"

"Hehe, um, almost."

Gao Zhang, the supreme officer of the entire Liangzhe Road, the disciple of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, the planner of this World Commodities Fair and the inventor of black tea, smiled.

Ali looked at this enigmatic young man, and his tone and attitude became more and more respectful.

Seeing that this young man was very interested in his own country, he naturally cheered up and told the other party about the customs and customs of his country.

When Gao Zhang heard that the hometown of Ali, a fan merchant, was surrounded by vast seas on both sides, and on the other side, he could reach the white people who were full of white skin and believed in Catholicism.

They have very close business dealings with those white people.Many people in their country are engaged in business, but there are not many specialties in their country.

The intoxicatingly sweet dates are their favourites, as well as the very distinctive local Indian cotton.

The clothes on his body are made of long-pile Tianzhu cotton.

Gao Zhang stared blankly at the cotton clothes on his body. In the cold south of the Yangtze River, he really didn't pay attention to the material of the clothes under the leather robes of these Tibetan merchants.

You must know that the cotton in the Song Dynasty is all short-staple cotton, and the long-staple cotton seems to have been introduced into China in later generations.

Gao Zhang didn't know the cotton varieties in Ali's hometown, but he thought that the ones that could be transplanted to the Middle East bordering the Mediterranean area should be high-quality Tianzhu cotton.

That being the case, it would be a good thing to take it and hybridize it with the cotton currently grown in Song Dynasty, maybe it can make the cotton velvet longer.

Moreover, after listening for so long, Gao Zhang finally came to his senses. If so, how could he let this guy go?

Gao Zhang looked at this man with a smile and continued to inquire.

"In your hometown, is there a lot of long-staple cotton like this?"

"Fortunately, after all, this kind of clothes are not affordable for ordinary people. After all, the cotton process is cumbersome and tight."

"And this time, I also brought some goods. It's a pity that I didn't expect Da Song to have fabrics of this material."

Speaking of this, Ali couldn't help but let out a long sigh with some regret.

Well, long-staple cotton comes from Tianzhu, and it has begun to be widely grown in the Middle East.

Gao Zhang was about to continue asking, but at this moment Fu An had already hurried over from there with a cloth pocket.

Gao Zhang copied out a leaflet about black tea from the cloth pocket placed on the square table, and handed it to Alidao.

"If you recognize my Da Song characters, then you can get all kinds of information and prices of black tea you want to know from here..."

"Young master, can you give me one too?"

Hearing this, the foreign businessman at the table next to him brazened himself and came over, and added something at the end.

"Although the villain doesn't understand the characters of the Song Dynasty, the interpreter brought by the villain understands."

Soon, more and more businessmen from the foreign countries who had already enjoyed the black tea and started to feel excited came to this side one after another.

Looking at the greedy smiling faces of more and more foreign merchants, Gao Zhang also smiled, as long as you are happy.

There has never been a shortage of tea in the vast land of the Central Plains, not to mention you are just a few Tibetan merchants, if you have ten times more, you can afford it.

Gao Zhang clearly remembered that in another historical time and space, the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tea, silk and porcelain were definitely the three treasures of bulk international trade.

It's just that now, the black tea is only a trial production, and the quantity is really not a lot, but...

It just happened to be used to have a good deal with this foreign businessman named Ali.

At that moment, Ali was explaining to him the characteristics of this kind of black tea, as well as the price, through the interpreter beside him.

On the side, a tall, burly, heroic middle-aged man walked up to the two of them.

"My son has invited the treasurer of Ali to go over and explain."

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When Ali shopkeeper saw Gao Zhang again, it was no longer the scene of the Hangzhou Expo, but in a manor not far away.

When he saw this young young man wearing a purple robe representing a distinguished status, and an official hat with two long hat wings on his head.

Ali finally knew the identity of the young man from Song Dynasty who had just helped him.

It turned out to be a very prominent Song Dynasty official who had the absolute right to speak in this Hangzhou, and even the entire Liangzhe Road.

The problem of cottonseed was easily solved. Gao Zhang made an agreement with Ali who brought a large amount of long-staple cotton cloth to trade this time.

That is, Gao Zhang can buy all his cotton cloth at the price when Ali landed in Song Dynasty last time.

In addition, every merchant has a fixed quota of clocks and glass mirrors, and Gao Zhang generously allowed him to buy them at will.

But there is one condition: five thousand catties of long-staple cotton seeds will be sent within half a year.

Although Ali doesn't think that kind of long-staple cotton can be successfully grown in Song Dynasty.

But he was happy to have a relationship with a senior official of Song Dynasty, especially the senior official told himself.

Let him try to sell those glass mirrors to the area north of the Mediterranean Sea, and he will definitely earn more than selling them directly in the Middle East.

But the other party also told himself that he would get some fruit and vegetable seeds for him and give them back to him.

He even specially drew the pictures of those fruits and vegetables and handed them to Ali.

As long as he can get it, Gao Zhang is willing to exchange gold for seeds of the same weight.

For example, beets, lettuce, and a range of fruit and vegetable seeds such as cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower.

In this regard, Ali will naturally not refuse.

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The Hangzhou International Commodity Fair has achieved unprecedented success. The most gratifying thing is that whether it is cotton cloth, zipper cloth or various special products, they are all very popular.

But what surprised Tan Zhen the most was the black tea, with its sweet and smooth taste, which immediately won the hearts of countless barbarian sea merchants, who waved their money to buy in large quantities.

But unfortunately, the quantity is really not much, and most of the sea merchants can only buy ten dan, that is, a thousand catties of black tea.

Not only was the black tea completely wiped out, as for the clock and the glass mirror, they were sold out on the first day.

Seeing that the newly opened Hangzhou Shipping Company has achieved such an explosive increase in income in just a few months, it really made Tan Zhen happy.

And Gao Zhang also smiled happily, and all the light industrial products in Suzhou were sold out.

As for the production process of black tea, although there is no way to keep it completely secret, at least in the next ten years, many tea gardens and tea merchants have signed tea purchase agreements with Gao Zhang.

We can only honestly continue to supply raw materials to Gao Zhang's tea factory in accordance with quality and quantity.

(End of this chapter)