Chapter 1963： Take the initiative

Now that he wants to make a fortune behind the Venetians, Marin naturally needs to master the style of the Venetian mirror and make a full-scale cottage. In this way, others think that it is a glass mirror produced in Venice, and will not doubt the North Sea.

Therefore, the first step in Marin's profit-making plan is to obtain the sales right of the Venetian glass mirror. Then, imitating the Venetian glass mirror, quietly shot, earning huge profits.

As for the price or something, there is no need for Marin to hype, the Venetian profiteers will get it done by themselves. The only thing Marin needs to do is to follow behind them and sulky to make a fortune.

Therefore, after receiving the invitation letter from Venice, Marin set out to face south and went to Venice to participate in the auction.

The auction in Venice was held on July 10, 1516 in the Doge ’s Palace in Venice. Because Venice ’s expectations for glass mirrors are very high, the people invited by the auction are also the top European nobles, mostly royals The worst is also the Duke and Earl. Moreover, the counts who had no money did not invite, only those rich.

In this way, the total number of people invited is more than one hundred, and the hall of the Governor ’s Palace can be accommodated. Of course, other countries and nobles don't know what this auction is, so they don't pay much attention to it. For example, the royal families of France, Spain, and England only sent ordinary diplomatic envoys to represent the royal family, which also counted as a face to Venice.

There are almost no monarchs like Marin who come here in person. On the Italian side, there are some dukes and marquises of the Principality. After all, the whole of Italy basically drinks Venice and has business dealings. Venice is a golden thigh and people who want to make money are still willing to deal with Venice.

As a result, Marin's identity turned out to be the highest among the guests. The governor of Venice, Loridan, personally came to entertain Marin. After all, Marin now has a crown of "King of America" ​​on his head. The standard master of a country is not comparable to that of ordinary princes.

Even Venice, although considered to be a sovereign country, is generally considered to be a powerful princehood in the Italian region. Naturally, it is at the same level as the princes without complete sovereignty like the Grand Duchy of Beihai in Marin. Therefore, after Marin arrived, Governor Loridan was also very accommodating for a whole day.

In the face of Marin, Governor Loridan boasted with a sullen face, saying that Venice "were ushering in new hopes for the rise". Marin looked funny, but not broken. After all, they are right. Relying on the glass mirror, the Venetians fought a great turnaround and continued to become a European power. After losing the economic pillar of the spice trade, it quickly returned to the ranks of the richest countries in Europe.

In fact, after nearly two hundred years of war with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, Venice was basically supported by the huge profits of the glass mirror. In the early 16th century, an ordinary silver-framed glass mirror was priced at up to 8,000 pounds (according to the calculation of the subsequent pound, the latter was 1 pound = 2 gold coins, which is cheaper than the current pound), equivalent to 16,000 gold coins . The side that was given to the French queen of Medici was inlaid with a lot of expensive jewelry, so it was worth 150,000 livres, or about 25,000 gold coins.

In other words, with an ordinary glass mirror, Venice can earn tens of thousands of gold coins. If you sell 100 faces, you will transfer one hundred to hundreds of thousands of gold coins ... No wonder Venice ’s fiscal revenue can reach 18 million Ducat gold coins in 1580. You can earn this number by selling more than 1,000 mirrors ...

Marin's saliva almost came out, so I had to wipe the corners of my mouth with a napkin to avoid embarrassment ...

On the morning of July 10, the auction was held on time at the Doge's Palace in Venice. Although Marin is also a king and has a distinguished status, but the French and Spanish envoys and others, they also come on behalf of their own kings, and can not wait. Therefore, Marin can only sit beside the envoys of a few powerful nations. Fortunately, it belongs to the first row. The first row is basically the monarch or the emperor's envoy. The second row behind is the position of the independent princes or their representatives. In the back, it is the positions of the dukes and counts who have no autonomy or the representatives they sent ... clearly defined ...

Because the items are too expensive, the Governor of Venice replaced the position of the auctioneer this time and went to auction on his own ...

"Dear distinguished guests, today, I would like to recommend an epoch-making product to you. This product is unheard of by everyone, only we in Venice! Our great craftsman Dar Carlo brothers, after years of painstaking research (actually tried by accident Out), and finally, produced an incredible incredible product-glass mirror! "

After finishing the speech, Governor Loridan waved his hand, and the messengers untied the silk gauze over the row of glass mirrors on the stage, revealing the true content of the glass mirrors ...

"You guys, please come and see how this glass mirror works ..."

Seeing Lori Dan's smug look, Marin was funny-isn't it just the glass mirror? Laozi's later generations, the random two-dollar mirror effect is much better than this ...

This is not bragging, according to later generations, this mercury tinned glass mirror, because the tin foil's reflective ability is not enough, in fact, the brightness is not enough. In terms of later generations, a 25-watt light bulb, with a Venetian mirror, can only reflect 16-watt light. In other words, its reflective efficiency is only 60% to 70%, which is much worse than the mirrors of later generations.

However, compared with the bronze mirrors of this era, this is indeed very good ...

Sure enough, as expected by Lorridan, the envoys from all over the country watched and were surprised when they saw themselves in the mirror! In particular, Baron Hunter, the French envoy of Saubao, gathered up and wanted to take a mirror and carefully watch his "prosperous beauty" ... Of course, he was indeed handsome, and also a "prince" in the eyes of ladies ...

Moreover, French men and women attach great importance to appearance. It ’s nice to say that it ’s romantic, but it ’s bad to love it ...

Seeing the performance of the French envoys like this ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Governor Lordan gave his fist fiercely-there is drama!

In fact, Governor Loridan feels right. The French really love mirrors, and the reason why later generations of France sent people to steal the mirrors is because the French demand for glass mirrors is too large.

Gathered here, King Francois I loved mirrors and once bought a dozen Venetian glass mirrors within a year. At that time, the price of the glass mirror was 8,000 pounds, which was the 16,000 Ducat side. More than a dozen Venetian glass mirrors, with a total price of more than 200,000 gold coins, even triggered the French financial crisis ...

Everyone's reaction was shocked at first, and Marin wanted to make a big profit from it in the future. So, he worked as a nursery very cooperatively ...

"Gosh! Such a clear mirror? This ... how exactly is this done? Is this a gift from God?" Marin exclaimed exaggeratedly ...

Then, the other people who participated in the auction are full of black lines-MMP, you boast about this thing, how do we press the price next?

And Governor Lordan looked at the scene with satisfaction-the effect is really good ... well, that Marin, really a good childcare ...