Chapter 2051： You may make money, but I will definitely not lose!

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What Marin didn't know was that after the evening banquet, he left, but the Portuguese monarchs held an impromptu meeting. Mainly, it is aimed at selling boats.

The Portuguese Minister of the Navy Vittorio made a very unkind suggestion to the past Manuel I-

"Your Majesty, since Grand Duke Marin is eager to ask for more than 100 ships, or, we..." Before he finished speaking, he laughed, looking very wretched.

"What do you want to do?" Manuel I asked nonchalantly after taking a sip of wine. He is also very happy about the Kengbeihai country.

"Yes, your Majesty, our great Kingdom of Portugal, every year in the dock, there will be a large number of ships returning from voyages. This year, there are more than 60 Caravel sailing boats under repair in the dock. The process of the overhaul requires the removal of the outside of the ship. Many wooden boards. Because of the corrosion of seawater, most of the templates on the outside of many ships have to be replaced. Masts and other items are often replaced. Only the keel and the wooden boards in the cabin have a long replacement cycle."

"And after replacing all the wooden planks covering the outside of the hull, it looks like a new ship from the outside... and the ship's overhaul time is much faster than building a new ship..."

Manuel I suddenly became interested:

"What do you mean---renovate those 60 Caravel ships that were overhauled to be newer and sell them to the North Sea as a new ship? That's not good. If we pretend to be a new ship, we will be accused of fraud. , Has an impact on credibility."

Vittorio waved his hand:

"It’s definitely not possible to take an overhauled ship completely pretending to be a new ship. However, we can pretend to be 80 to 90% of a new ship. You know, 80% of a new ship and an old ship that has been used for decades, the price It's completely different."

A sailing ship costing three to four thousand gold coins, the new ship is worth four thousand gold coins, and the 80% new one is worth more than three thousand gold coins. But if it is an old ship that has been in service for more than 20 years, even if it is refurbished, the price will not exceed 2,000 gold coins, or even lower. After all, old things are old, even if they are refurbished and used as 80% new ones, they cannot be compared.

Vittorio's opinion is to overhaul and refurbish a batch of older ships, and then sell them to Marin at 80% of the new price. And these refurbished ships, within ten years, there will be no major problems. It takes a long time to see the problem. At that time, the Portuguese can say that the people of the North Sea country will not maintain ships, and it has nothing to do with them...

But with this operation, the profit that each ship can make will exceed 1,000 gold coins, and more than one hundred ships, which is a profit of more than 100,000 gold coins...

Manuel I was very tempted, but he was also afraid of bad reputation. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally thought of a way-to find someone to blame...

Specifically, the Portuguese court outsourced this matter to merchants in the shipyard below. Obviously, let these merchants supply, the royal family just picked up the goods, and then sold them to Marin. In this way, even if the North Sea country finds something wrong in the future and the service life of the ship does not meet the requirements, it can still find a merchant to take the blame. And he is dignified as the King of Portugal, he is not infamous...

The Secretary of the Navy Vittorio understood immediately. He immediately took care of it and selected Leon, the shipowner who had gone bankrupt, as a puppet, and asked him to come forward as the general contractor to contact Portuguese shipyards and ask them to overhaul and renovate more than 100 A Caravelle sailing ship. The requirement is that it looks good at least. Of course, the keel had better not been injured. Otherwise, it won't take long. Although Portugal wants to beat Marin, it can't be too obvious. Otherwise, it will be criticized.

What the Portuguese have to do is to let the problem erupt after ten years, not immediately. Over time, the more reason they have to shirk. Moreover, the shipowner Leon, who was withdrawn from being a puppet, was in his 50s and was still childless. Ten years later, this product may be dead. At that time, even if something goes wrong, there will be no proof.

Afterwards, while Marin had not left. Vittorio personally came forward and visited Marin with the old Leon who was chosen as the puppet. And proposed-since the North Sea country is eager to get a boat, the old Leon can help him get hundreds of 80% new Caravel sailing boats in a few months...

Marin is a social man. Looking at the false smiles on the faces of the two, a year flashed in his mind—the two grandsons wanted to renovate the battery car and pretend to be a new car...No, it was a refurbished old ship pretending to be a new ship... It’s not right, it’s refurbishing an older ship and pretending to be 80% new...

Marin estimated that their refurbished Caravelle would be good for more than ten years. But after thinking about it, Marin suddenly smiled...

Why? Because Marin didn't expect these boats to be used for more than ten years!

To be honest, Marin really looks down on Karak and Caravel. If it weren't for the rush to use, he would not be rare to buy it. Doesn't it fragrant on the Galen ship? If it weren't for time constraints, Marin would definitely want the Galen, who would be the destined Caravelle?

Therefore, the Caravel sailboat Marlin bought this time was destined to be abandoned if he should be too hasty. Even, it will be chopped for firewood. After all, there is a mountain of new wood on the American side, waiting to build new ships.

However, the necessary guarantees are still required. Marin said-you can buy "80% new" Caravelle sailboats, but you must ensure that they can be used for more than ten years. If a major problem occurs within ten years (except for hitting a rock or being sunk), the Portuguese side must compensate.

On the Portuguese side, it happens that it can be used for ten years. Therefore, he is not afraid of Marin's claim. Even, the two parties also signed an agreement, stipulating that major problems should be covered within 10 years...

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Then Marin went overland to Spain. Juan and Marin, the young kings of Spain, are good friends, so they won't pit Marin. The two parties signed a purchase agreement for more than one hundred Karak sailboats at normal prices. There are more than one hundred ships, both new and old, but the Spanish side did not use shoddy ones to fill up the new ones, but they gave a real offer. Of course, King Juan, as the intermediary, still made a profit, but there were not so many unscrupulous Portuguese monarchs.

The old King Ferdinand II wanted to win a batch of orders for the shipyards of the Kingdom of Aragon, but the ships of the Kingdom of Aragon, which mixed with the Mediterranean, were mostly galleys suitable for the Mediterranean, just like Venice. But there are too many oarsmen on the oars, and there are too few immigrants that can be shipped, so Marin can only refuse.

However, the shipyard in Aragon is not unable to build Karak sailboats. For this reason, Marin still saved face and ordered more than a dozen "new ship" Karak sailboats, but he did not let Ferdinand II lose face.

But the father and son didn’t know. After returning to the North Sea country, Marin ordered a large number of Malawi coins circulating in Spain to be minted...

The news that Spain uses cheap copper ingots imported from India to make red copper coinsMarin knows. Moreover, he had previously ordered a number of imitations. Indian copper prices are several times cheaper than European copper prices. Using Indian copper coins to make the Spanish royal family make money. After all, even if minting is not profitable, just saving most of the raw materials is enough for the Spanish royal family to make money.

Is Marin the one who is willing to suffer? Before buying the ship this time, Marlin made all the money back by secretly coining...

This is still Spain, and Portugal did not run. Portugal also promoted copper coins, and also learned from Spain to use Indian copper coins, which just gave Marin a chance. In short, this time Spain and Portugal made Marin money from selling boats, Marin will make all the money back on copper coins...

No way, there is a big mint and coin machine with great technology, just so confident...

You may make money, but I will definitely not lose!

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