Chapter 1695： "Unacceptable"

The price of the same nutmeg is very different in Europe and Daming. In the Ming Dynasty, spice was expensive, and it would not exceed one or two pounds of silver. After all, the overall price of the Ming Dynasty was so low. In Europe, nutmeg can be sold for 2 pounds per pound because of its scarcity and hallucinogenic effect. According to the gold-silver ratio of 1 to 12, it is equivalent to 2.29 two silver and one pound. Its price is several times that of the Ming Dynasty.

So, how could Marin abandon the high price market in Europe? Not to mention that they are all sold in Europe, but that part is necessary to cash in Europe. The European spice market is worth millions of gold coins every year. If Marin didn't want to take a slice of the soup, it wouldn't be him.

Of course, there are reasons for further enticement of the Medici family. After all, the Medici family will have two popes in the future. Robert wanted to get support from the Medici family. It was no use relying on himself and the pope's father-in-law.

Right now, the support of himself and the pope's father-in-law is of course vital to Giovanni Di Lorenzo de Medici. However, when the pope's father-in-law died, it would be hard to tell. After all, there is a situation in the political world called "people go to tea and cool".

If Giovanni Di Lorenzo de Medici takes over as Pope, in the first few years, the other party may be better off for gratitude because of gratitude. But then, the human relationship will become weaker and weaker. When Giovanni Di Lorenzo de Medici's cousin Clement VII took over as Pope, the relationship between the two was almost the same. Because Clement VII had not benefited from Marin and Julius II.

Therefore, in order to ensure that Robert is best blessed in Rome, it is best to further bond with the Medici family.

Previously, Marin had agreed to the Medici family's stake in Siena Bank, but this was not enough. Because the Medici family has its own bank. Cooperating with Marin to run Medici Bank is actually to marry Marin and Julius II, it is not necessary.

By the time Giovanni Di Lorenzo de Medici becomes the pope, people will definitely support the Medici family's own bank, not the Siena Bank, where Marin takes the bulk. Therefore, it is not reliable to use the Siena Bank to tie the Medici family. Moreover, the benefits are also limited.

At present, the principal of Siena Bank is more than 1 million gold coins, and the annual income is about 200,000 gold coins. Most of these 200,000 gold coins belong to Marin. Only a few tens of thousands of gold coins belong to the Medici family.

For the Medici family, the real role of the Siena Bank is not that income, but the huge loan that can be provided during the Pope's campaign, which is the most important.

But when Leo X was really elected, the importance of Siena Bank became very low. After all, the income of tens of thousands of gold coins per year is really nothing in the eyes of the man who became a pope. If Leo X was a conscientious person, it would be better to say. If he was ungrateful, Marin's investment would be sloppy.

Marin did not dare to bet on Leo X's conscience, but he knew that a business family like the Medici family had the greatest interest. As long as they can bring benefits to them for a long time, they have no reason to give up their support for Robert.

Exactly, Marin felt that the millions of pounds of nutmeg produced in Grenada should be taken out to Europe to cash out. Therefore, the two sides also count as one hit.

Because it is to attract the other party, Marin gave a very large margin of profit-he intends to provide nutmeg to the Medici family at a wholesale price of 1 gold coin per pound. Then, the Medici family sold it for 2 gold coins per pound ...

In other words, Marin gave half of the profits, which can be described as very conscience. Of course, the business channels of the Medici family also have operating costs. They can earn less than 1 gold coin per pound, but most of them can still be earned. After all, the business channels of the Medici family were not established to sell spices. For them, the spice trade is pure surprise.

As for the quantity, Marin is tentatively offering them 200,000 pounds a year ...

In other words, 20% of the output of Grenada nutmeg will be handed over to the Medici family for sale in Italy. Then, Marin will cash 200,000 coins.

The other 800,000 pounds of nutmeg are mainly sold to Daming ...

Don't look at the low price of nutmeg over the Ming Dynasty, only a few pounds of silver. However, Marin did not plan to use nutmeg to exchange money in the Ming Dynasty ...

Those who took the goods to sell money in the Ming Dynasty were absolutely fools! When the real merchants left the Ming dynasty, they took away all high-value specialties such as silk and porcelain.

For example, Marin sent 800,000 pounds of nutmeg to the Ming dynasty, and he was able to sell 450,000 to 500,000 silver. However, if it is replaced with Daming specialty products such as silk and porcelain and shipped back to Europe, the value will be at least several times or even more than ten times.

Moreover, this also allowed Marin to save 450,000 or 500,000 silver. Otherwise, Marin needs people to transport hundreds of thousands of real gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty, and the Beihai Kingdom, the money shortage is exacerbated ...

After all, even if Marin managed to expand the output of the Goslar silver mine, the silver mine only produced 729,000 silver every year. If there is no nutmeg, Marin will need to send most of them to the Ming Dynasty, leaving only a small portion for domestic use. But with nutmeg, the silver can be left to cast money locally, and then coined to promote commercial circulation.

In fact, Marin chose to focus on the development of nutmeg planting in Grenada. In addition to being influenced by later generations' memories, there is a more secret reason-nutmeg planting technology is very difficult ...

At first ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Nutmeg was found to grow in the Maluku Islands, and everyone did not think of introducing nutmeg cultivation. Unfortunately, they all failed. It is not that they cannot survive, but that they do not grow fruit. The nutmeg is the fruit of the nutmeg tree. Without fruit, the tree is meaningless ... Therefore, for a long time, everyone thought that nutmeg left the Maluku Islands and was not suitable for planting.

It wasn't until the 19th century that botanists solved the secret-it turns out that the nutmeg tree is strange. Its tree is divided into male and female, and the male and female trees must be planted together in order to bear fruit ...

This is just like the seeds of mate tea that need to be swallowed and digested by a special bird before they can germinate. They are all wonderful flowers in the plant kingdom. Ordinary people can't do it even if they are introduced. Only Marin, a traverser from later generations, who has read stories in this area, is confident. Moreover, they are not afraid of competition from others-how can others compete if they cannot grow?

Moreover, even if you discover that Grenada produces nutmeg in the future, Marin will whisper-nutmeg is probably only suitable for tropical islands such as the Maluku Islands or Grenada ...

When others want to introduce seeds, Marin will also provide them enthusiastically. However, the mystery of the nutmeg tree and the male tree planted together, Marin will never say. The question is "Unacceptable"