Chapter 895： Situation in Lisbon (Part 1)

How much Malin hopes that this time Columbus's fleet will return to bring him Taihu Pigs. In this way, the Taihu pig breeding business can also be carried out immediately.

However, Marin knew it was impossible. Because, Columbus's fleet cannot go to the area of ​​Taihu Lake in Nanzhili Jiangnan, and they cannot get Taihu Pigs.

Speaking of which, the actual formation of Taihu pigs is probably after Wanli, and it is still early. However, Marin can be sure that the current Taihu pig breeds have appeared and become popular in Suzhou and Changzhou around Taihu Lake, but they have not yet received attention.

The lack of attention also brings a bad place, that is, it is impossible to appear in the market of Guangzhou. After all, the goods that can be sent to Guangzhou for trading from other places must be famous local specialties. Taihu pigs are not well-known, and naturally no one has enough to bring Taihu pigs to Guangzhou. After all, the transportation costs are very high. It is also unrealistic to send people to Nanzhili. The area around Suzhou has always been the Daming Finance and Taxation Center, which has been strictly protected. Unless you are uninvited like a pirate. Otherwise, it is generally difficult to obtain permission to go to the Jiangnan area.

Therefore, Columbus and his party cannot buy Taihu pigs this time ...

"No!" Marin suddenly slapped his head.

He is also thinking about it. Even if he can't buy the premium Taihu pig this time, in Guangzhou, you can always buy the local domestic pig breeds in Guangzhou. It ’s better to bring it back than European domestic pig ...

"Mistakes! Mistakes!" Marin shot his head in depression ...

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At this time, the fleet led by Columbus in Marin's heart had already rushed back to Europe. However, at this time Columbus's fleet had just arrived in Portugal, the most southwestern part of Europe, and made a call at the Port of Lisbon ...

Why did Columbus's fleet call at the Port of Lisbon? This was actually arranged by Malinte. Why? He needs to take this opportunity to attract the Portuguese to be fooled ...

Because of Marin's chaos, history has now been greatly changed. Marin didn't know if this situation would continue, Portugal would occupy Malacca as it was in history, and would fall out with Daming. Therefore, he was not at ease.

Marin has long been eyeing the trade with Daming, how can Portugal be allowed to intervene? Therefore, Marin needs Portugal and Daming to fall apart. Then, he can enjoy the benefits alone.

It is a very good idea to let Portugal and Daming fall apart and confuse Portugal in occupying Malacca. Moreover, in the history of Portugal, this is what happened with Daming. Because Portugal invaded the Ming Dynasty Manchuria (Melaka), the Ming court had not established diplomatic relations with Portugal because of its face, even after Portugal softened. In the end, it was the Portuguese who bribed local officials in Guangdong to gain a foothold in Macau. In fact, without the tacit consent of the Ming Dynasty, where can the Portuguese stand in Macau? Jin Yiwei didn't eat dry food. However, Portugal refused to withdraw from Manchuria, even if it was soft, the Ming court could not forgive them with its face. Therefore, letting the local officials quietly open the Internet has become the best way to deal with it. You should know that the introduction of matchlock guns and Franc cannons is the result of the softness of Portuguese clothing. The court of the Ming Dynasty had benefited, and it was impossible to say nothing at all. So, simply acquiesced to Guangdong to give them a foothold. However, Macau has always been under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also in the early Qing Dynasty. Portugal has only the right of abode and no management rights. It wasn't until Portugal saw a chance to fish in muddy water that a local Chinese official was chased away.

Of course, that is the original history. With Marin in, he will not give the Portuguese a chance to please Da Ming and get forgiveness. Even if there is no conflict between the two sides, Marin will create conflicts for them. For example, this time Columbus's fleet docked in Lisbon specifically for the purpose of fooling the Portuguese ...

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The excuse for Columbus to stop is very simple, that is, to notify the Portuguese officials that they have discovered the route of China. Therefore, I would like to say hello to the Portuguese officials and friends in the nautical world to determine the name of my first discoverer.

As for why Columbus went to the East to "discover" China, this is also easy to explain-Columbus was ordered by Marin to find a route to Japan. The "discovery" of Huaxia is because of passing by ...

In fact, Columbus returned without ever arriving in Japan. But he couldn't say that, after all, in the Pope's ruling, China was assigned to Portugal's "sphere of influence." Marin was qualified to colonize Japan, so it was reasonable for him to send Columbus to look for Japanese routes. Then it was normal for Huaxia to "pass by accident".

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This excuse by Columbus was clearly understood by the Portuguese. However, the Portuguese still do not believe that Columbus casually discovered Huaxia's route. Therefore, Columbus needs to prove himself.

This is very easy. Kong Tai, the messenger who accompanied Columbus to China, directly ordered his sailors to remove hundreds of exquisite official kiln porcelain from the ship, which blinded the eyes of the Portuguese.

Even Portugal ’s King Manuel I ran across and carefully touched these delicate porcelains. Then, just hug the porcelain and refuse to let go ...

Seeing that the porcelains could not be taken back, Kong Tai just organized an auction on the spot and publicly auctioned these exquisite porcelains. Then, these hundreds of pieces of porcelain were sold by Kong Tai for the high price of tens of thousands of gold coins ...

In fact, when buying these porcelains in Daming, even for the fine kilns in the official kiln, the purchase price of each piece of porcelain did not exceed 0.5 two silver (one or two silver equivalent to 0.87 gold coins). This is the top-level official kiln porcelain, ordinary official kiln porcelain, basically no more than 0.1 two silver (100 text).

Hundreds of pieces of porcelain removed by Kongtai this time ~ www.novelhall.com ~ are originally displayed, all of which are top-grade official kiln porcelains, and their values ​​are close to half a silver. However, the selling price is higher. More than 300 pieces of top-level official kiln porcelain sold the sky-high price of more than 10,000 gold coins, equivalent to 30 gold coins, and the value has basically more than sixty times.

In fact, this is the reason why Kong Tai used the best porcelain. If you take ordinary official kiln porcelain, you can also shoot the sky-high price of one to twenty gold coins, and the profit is even more than one hundred times.

In the Ming Dynasty, porcelain bowls and plates produced by ordinary folk kilns were only a few pennies, usually no more than 10 pennies. As for the more complicated porcelain bottles, it is at most dozens of liters. Anything over one hundred articles can be considered a luxury item.

However, the silver of the Ming Dynasty was also very valuable. Tangtang county magistrate has an annual salary of only 45 yuan, with an average of about 3.75 a month. 0.1 two silvers, almost catching up with the county's income for one day. It can be regarded as something worth hundreds of dollars if it is left in later generations. Of course, it is a few hundred at the beginning of the century, not a few hundred after the depreciation of the soft sister currency.

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Seeing these hundreds of porcelains really shocked the Portuguese turtles, Columbus and Kong Tai smiled and launched the second phase of the plan, which is to flicker the Portuguese ...