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- Chaling in the Persian Gulf, the colony of the Li family.
After several years of investment and construction by the Li family, Chaling has already taken shape. There are many ships parked here at the large port wharf. Surrounding the port, a small city with a population of tens of thousands is also neatly planned. .
Building after building stands at the port, the glass above shining dazzlingly in the sunlight.
In the port, you can see a large number of slaves constantly decorating goods, and you can also see slave ships leaving the Persian Gulf loaded with slaves.
The ships arriving here are basically filled with food, medicine, weapons and equipment, swords, bows and crossbows. These things are now very popular in the Middle East, and there is not enough to sell.
"Mr. Li, we need a batch of food, gunpowder, arrows, armor, and weapons. Here is the list. Can you help us transport it to Baghdad?"
Charland delivered a list to Li Zhaofan, and then drank tea silently. The habit of drinking tea is now not only popular in Europe, but also very popular in the Persian Empire.
Having been in contact with people from the Ming Dynasty for a long time, they gradually started to like drinking tea.
As the teacher and important minister of the Persian Emperor Ismail I, he has been running around for the Persian Empire and working hard all his life.
Of course, he also traveled around and became well-informed. He even visited the Ming Dynasty several times. He was very aware of the power and wealth of the Ming Empire and the embarrassing situation that the Persians were facing now.
"One hundred thousand dan of grain~"
"Thirty thousand swords~"
"One hundred and fifty thousand arrows, one thousand barrels of gunpowder, and several medicines."
"Ten thousand muskets, thirty thousand sets of clothes"
Li Zhaofan looked at the list carefully. There is no doubt that this is a big deal. After calculation, the amount is more than two million taels of silver. It is a big deal.
But Li Zhaofan habitually looked at Charland in front of him. He knew very well that the Persians were as poor as ghosts now. It was said that not even a single gold item could be seen in the palace of their emperor Ismail I. .
Where do they have the money to pay for such a huge arms purchase demand?
"I can prepare all the things you want and send them to Baghdad. But you must have a rough idea of ??the price. I wonder how you are going to pay for it?"
Li Zhaofan¡¯s meaning is very clear.
I have the goods here, and I can also help you raise them. The key is the issue of money.
"We only have 50,000 slaves on hand right now. We are on the edge of the Persian Gulf. You can just ship them away."
When Challand heard this, he sighed helplessly.
?? Continuous wars have made the poor life in Persia even worse. Now I really can¡¯t get out any money, so I can only send soldiers to capture slaves in the Mesopotamia in exchange for things.
"Fifty thousand slaves!"
When Li Zhaofan heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows. All the people in the two river basins are about to be captured and sold by you Persians. In just a short time, you have captured another 50,000 slaves.
"These fifty thousand slaves are far from enough."
There are only fifty thousand slaves, even if they are counted as 20 taels of silver each, they are only worth 1 million taels of silver, and the goods purchased by the other party are worth at least two million taels of silver.
This time z. com Zhang Si. One hundred thousand dans of grain. Although the grain is not valuable, it still has to be transported from Tianzhu. In addition, it is a war period and the price of food is soaring. These 100,000 dans of grain will cost at least 50,000 taels of silver.
"This is still a conscience price. If the lion really asks for one hundred thousand taels of silver, you will still have to buy it when your army has no food to eat. What's more, it will be sent to Baghdad.
The sword costs thirty thousand, and this one is even more expensive.
Swords are made of iron. Although the colonies and vassal states of the Ming Dynasty are blooming all over the country, and there are many vassal states and colonies that are smelting iron, they cannot be compared with the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. There is no excess at all. Can be exported.
Therefore, these swords need to be imported from the South African colony. Only the South African colony now has large steel plants and large iron ores have been discovered, and can export a large amount of rich iron.
Including transportation costs, these 30,000 swords require at least 300,000 taels of silver to make a profit. No matter how cheap it is, there is no way to do it.
With 150,000 arrows, this thing is relatively cheap. Because of the war, Ningguo and Western United Trading Firms in Tianzhu are producing these in large quantities.A little, but you still have to see the money, and you can't just take things from others with empty words. "
"This is the market for slave trading. It doesn't matter who you sell to, because transportation is a big deal. It is indeed more expensive here in the Ming Dynasty, but to transport it there, the freight is a big sum."
When Li Zhaofan heard this, he immediately shook his head.
No matter what you say, I will not do business with you just like this. You should give me hundreds of thousands of taels of silver so that I can do things easily.
"You Ming people are really good at doing business."
24378 If a shipload of lapis lazuli comes over, this can be used as part of the payment, right?"
Cha Lander looked at Li Zhaofan and suddenly felt helpless.
¡°These Ming people are all really good at doing business.
"A boatload of lapis lazuli?"
"Haha, then we have done this deal."
When Li Zhaofan heard this, he readily agreed.
Lapis lazuli is an expensive dye because of its natural deep blue, cyan blue, purple blue and other colors. This color cannot be artificially produced by either the Ming Dynasty or the West.
This time z.c om Zhang Si. Therefore, since ancient times, they have been extremely expensive dyes. Europeans like to use them for painting. Blue dye made of lapis lazuli is the most expensive dye. It is more expensive than gold and is often difficult to obtain. It is the dream of countless painters. color.
In the Ming Dynasty, painters in the Ming Dynasty also like this color very much. At the same time, the textile industry in the Ming Dynasty is extremely developed, and the requirements for dyes are getting higher and higher.
Cyan is an extremely important color and is often used on the most high-end clothes and cloth.
Therefore, the price of lapis lazuli is very high, and it is now the most important export product of the Persian Empire. For this reason, the Persian Empire even spent huge amounts of troops and manpower to conquer Afghanistan and firmly control the output of lapis lazuli.
A shipload of lapis lazuli is extremely valuable, and Li Zhaofan can make a huge profit by just selling it.
"Refreshing!"
When Charland heard this, he immediately laughed.
There is no other way, Persia is poor, so it can only buy what it needs in this way.
Soon, Li Zhaofan sent Charland out.
"This transaction is very risky!"
Li Zhaochun looked at Charlande leaving, thought for a while and said to Li Zhaofan.
"I know, but we have to make this deal."
¡°We are at war now, and business is easy, but this war will not last forever. If we don¡¯t seize the opportunity to make more money, we will not have such good days in the future.¡±
"Once this war is over, we can only sell old pearls. How could there be so many slaves passing by."
Li Zhaofan sighed and said.
It¡¯s really difficult for your own family to build a colony here.
It¡¯s a desert with no water. I don¡¯t know why I came here because my head was so hot.
There is also news coming from the family, asking them to continue to expand, saying that there is a precious resource here, and it will definitely have a bright future.
Zhida z.com Zhixiao. Now think about it, there is nothing but sand here, that is, there are pearls in the sea. You can make some money, but there are really no precious resources.
"That's true. If we don't do this business, other firms will do it."
¡°Although there are some risks, the profits are still possible.¡±
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