Chapter 294 Venetian Scroll (10)

Huang Xuan picked up the list without saying a word and bought 1 million tons of standard grain on the r plane, the price was not more than 20 million hot circles. Whether it could be profitable depends on the loss of the base, so the price that Sandro could reduce was not much meaning.

Nick quickly translated the list into Chinese, and saw that the Sandro Chamber of Commerce divided the ivory into third-class, with each first-class 120 ducarts, totaling 800; the second-class 70 kimducarts, totaling 3,000 kimducarts, totaling 50 kimducarts, totaling 1,000.

Huang Xuan calculated in his heart that in terms of grain price comparison, each ivory here is about the price of 10-20 tons of wheat. Using the grain equivalent method to calculate, an ivory is about 5,000 US dollars in modern times. According to the information collected by Lorraine, the price of each ivory (6 kilograms) stipulated by the State Forestry Administration of China is 250,000 yuan, but this is used for confiscation and calculation of property. The price of each kilogram of ivory in the international market is slowly passing the 45,000 yuan mark, and the larger the more expensive it is. A larger ivory can weigh 20 kilograms, doubled to 200,000 US dollars, and the lighter the more it is worth about 40,000 US dollars. This alone is a banknote worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

He couldn't help but sigh again that the money for plane travel is really profitable.

Thinking about the maintenance and upgrade costs of the three bases, he sighed again, why is this money spent so quickly?

Seeing Huang Xuan's face change, Sandro asked with some concern: "Mr. Xhosa, this is just a preliminary offer. If you have any ideas, we can discuss it again."

Huang Xuan said with a "huh" and frowned: "These ivory costs 350,000 gold duocarts, which seems to be somewhat beyond my budget." He said, looking at rhino horns again. Compared with ivory, the price of rhino horns is much more approachable, with only two levels. First-class products have 4 gold duocarts per kilogram, and second-class products have only 2 Duocarts. In the international market, the price of African rhino horns per kilogram is more than US$5,000, and at its peak it can reach 15,000 US dollars per kilogram. In fact, it is even more expensive than ivory. As for those who have completed the smuggling procedure, for example, in some domestic medicinal materials markets, when rhino horn powder is occasionally sold, the price will exceed RMB 500 per gram.

Sandro had long considered Huang Xuan's needs. He made such a list, but he did not expect Huang Xuan to buy everything. He mainly provided a choice space. He smiled slightly and said, "So what is the price of rhino horns and wool wool?"

The rhino horns are about 30,000 kilograms, and the price is only more than 80,000 Jindu Carts. The woolen velvet is as high as 500,000, each of which costs 12 florins (20 Jindu Carts), and the wool is 100 pounds and 20 Jindu Carts. It is not very cheap. It should have been affected by the British war, but the increase is not very high. After all, Spain is also a major wool power in Europe, and England has not yet had a decisive influence.

When Huang Xuan saw the amount of woolen wool, he smiled knowingly and glanced at Joseph and said, "The Medici family intends to sell a large amount of woolen and wool?"

In Italy, the only areas where 500,000 woolen wool can be found in Florence, Lombardy and Veneto, while the only areas where a family can be found in Florence is the Medici family in Florence.

"At this time, the family still needs some food to ensure demand, and of course wool is also needed." Joseph did not hide his identity.

After hearing what he said, Huang Xuan immediately understood that the Medici family's inventory is inevitable among these luxury goods such as ivory. In fact, this is normal. After all, for a business, the trade volume of 100,000 gold Ducart is already very large. If the warehousing of 350,000 Ducart is ranked in the 21st century, it will be a Fortune 500 in the world. The Medici family with Florence, in terms of status, reputation and wealth, can be fully understood as a big family with modern London.

Huang Xuan's mind was the foundation laid when he was a child, and it had not been thrown away. With Nick's detailed list, he quickly understood how much gold coins he would have to pay if he bought the supplies taken out by the Medici family: ivory and rhino horns cost 420,000 Ducart, and 10 million pounds of wool cost 2 million Ducart, which is almost impossible, let alone 500,000 wool.

What's more, there are people from the Perot Chamber of Commerce who didn't come forward.

Just as he thought of this, he heard a servant walking up the ladder. Huang Xuan looked out and found that it was Mecero of Perot's family.

Sandro stood up to greet Mecero, and before he walked up, he quickly said: "If Mr. Xhosa returns home recently, he can bring some spices back. The price of spices in Venice is rising steadily. I think Europe is no exception. If you need it, we can buy it on your behalf."

Their main purpose is to buy this batch of grain. If they pay purely with gold coins, it will still be a little difficult. Only with considerable supplies can they raise funds in a short period of time.

Huang Xuan's eyes lit up, secretly scolding himself for being stupid, and asked with a star-eyed look on his face: "Where is the purchase price?"

In the 15th century Europe, the desire for spices was difficult for people after the 19th century to understand, because for a long time, Europeans have always been simple and rough in their diet. They always marinate beef and lamb with strong fishy sandalwood for a long time. However, just add a little pepper, clove or other spice powder, and they will become delicious dishes. This makes Europeans who have tasted it once and can't help but fascinate it.

In addition, during this period, Europe had a very backward technique for preserving freshness. They had a habit of eating meat. They slaughtered (animals) in winter and hung there. The problem was very serious in spring. In order to keep the meat longer, and even if it deteriorates and rots, the meat will not be too smelly, and the spice becomes more and more important.

However, the price of spices itself is not expensive. Its high price is because Europe is far away from the origin of spices in the East. Since the 13th century, peppers can be seen everywhere in the East. In the European market, "pepper bags" are the nickname of European wealthy people. Those ladies often sprinkle a little spice water on their bodies and cars to sway. Yes, it is not perfume, but spice water.

The initial reason why a large number of sailors such as Columbus succeeded can be completely reduced to: looking for spices, or finding a way to the areas where spices are produced.

Huang Xuan also thought of spices at first, but because he had brought 1 million tons of grain, he felt it was enough. He didn't expect that the Venetians were so rich. In the following time, he began to be busy with time calculations and warehouse location selection, and almost forgot what could make money the most.

Sandro slowly stretched out four fingers and said, "100 pounds, 400 Kingdu Carter."

Huang Xuan could hardly help but say "I have it".

The 15th century was the peak of spice prices. To put it further, the peak of spice prices in the entire history of mankind was set around 1455.

In those days 1443 years ago, the Portuguese bought less than 3 Ducarts of pepper in India (1 quinox equals 100 kilograms), but sold it at a high price of 40 Ducarts in Lisbon. At that time, Europeans were already worried about such huge profits.

However, compared with the price after the Ottoman Turkish Empire captured Constantinople, it was pale. When the Turks completely controlled the Balkans and Asia Minor and were able to cut off the long-standing trade routes between the East and the West, the imperial army wanted to extort caravans and impose heavy taxes on past merchants on the occupied land, the price of spices rose rapidly and made it more difficult to obtain spices. According to reports, the pepper purchased by one Ducat gold coins in the East at that time was transported to the European market by the checkpoint and more than 300 Ducat gold coins!

A profit of 300 times is 100 300%.

With the outbreak of the Roses, it can be foreseen that more ships will be recruited to participate in non-commercial or semi-commercial activities, and more experienced crew members will also move from their positions, which means that the price of spices will continue to rise.

Huang Xuan said to Nick with a faint voice in his eyes: "Ask Lu Min and the others, buying a lot of cardamom, black pepper, chili, cloves, cinnamon, coriander..." He asked again: "What else?"

"Great Yellow Master, just say spices?" Nick asked timidly.

"You need to have something in this era and be familiar with it. Immediately, speed." Huang Xuan said twice before putting away his somewhat changing face.

But Joseph thought that this price scared Huang Xuan, and snorted disdainfully, saying, "The price of spices will continue to grow, so it is best to buy some now."

Huang Xuan started to smile without any concealment, his face cramped with smile. Mr. Medici was a little angry and embarrassed. Then he shouted to Sandro who was stunned: "I remember, I brought spices."
Chapter completed!