Chapter 290 Venice Scroll (6)

Chapter 290: Venice scroll (6) Massimo first sent Huang Xuan to a familiar hotel and confirmed his accommodations before taking him through the warehouse in the inner harbor, which was no less prosperous than the commercial streets of the 21st century

If you compare the proportion of rich people here, perhaps only wall street can compare with it

Venice in the 15th century, as well as other commercial cities in Italy - Florence, pisa, genoa, plus cyprus and marseilles in france, almost formed the main business circle in europe

During this period, the credit system was developed very widely

The credit system was essential in long-distance trade, especially in international trade

From the 13th century onwards, the big businessmen in Venice no longer needed to use relatives who were related by blood as shipowners, because with credit, the cost of business transactions was greatly reduced

Florence humanist bojiao in the 15th century

In his collection of short stories, brajolini vividly told a story about business credit: a man named da nocera needed to pay someone a large Ducat in Florence, so he gave the money to Medici bank in Rome and exchanged it for a letter of credit

Then he took the letter of credit to Florence

On the way, he began to doubt whether he could receive the money, but when he arrived at the bank in Florence, his money was immediately paid to him without any difference

So he went to cosimo and said, "Your credit is your reputation

"" Darnochera," replied cosimo," the trust of others is the wealth of a merchant

The more trust a merchant receives, the richer he will be

The last sentence, rather classic, explains the source of Venice merchants' wealth

At the same time, it was about the middle of the ming dynasty in china

Although the banks had the same business as withdrawing money from different places, their functions were still too weak compared to the rudiments of Venice modern bank

When the genoese can already endorse the letter of credit, There was no fundamental change in the trading style of chinese banks

The italian business skills provided an important driving force for western european business and capitalism

Huang Xuan, on the other hand, was easily and habitually used to this kind of motivation

For an ordinary businessman who had not received professional training in international trade, the financial services provided by genoa and Venice were already quite mature and thorough

When he simply put 580 tons of wheat in the warehouse, Huang Xuan got 520 King Ducat almost immediately

After checking the wheat, Daisite shook Huang Xuan's hand warmly

" When your fleet arrives next time, please make sure to inform Petro Chamber of commerce

" Smiling and nodding, he hugged Daisite face to face like an italian who had completed the deal and left the warehouse with the money

The next morning, Huang Xuan came to the Petro trading company again and said to the somewhat strange Daisite," oh, please forgive my caution, because this is my first time here

" Daisite had a long, large hooked nose

He maintained a professional smile and replied," what do you mean

"" Actually, I still have some wheat and rice to sell

"" Same quality

"" Of course, from the same area

" Huang xuan secretly added," it's the same plane

" Daisite immediately perked up

He waved to Massimo and said," if you don't mind, we need to confirm first and then prepare the gold coins

How many bushels do you have

"" A lot

" Huang Xuan pouted

He brought 10,000 tons of food, about 430,000 bushels, worth 25,000 gold Ducat, which was about the equivalent of Venice's larger aristocratic properties- such aristocrats, the families that were able to run for leadership, had about 200

Venice merchants rarely doubted the credibility of another merchant, so Daisite smiled and sent huang xuan out of the room

As the store manager, he had his own responsibility

However, Massimo soon returned to the Petro trading company

His red hair was slightly covered in sweat

He panted and said to Daisite," sir, I think you should

"" What

"" Mr

Cosa has at least 100,000 bushels of wheat and rice in his warehouse

The quality is very good

" Even the standard grain from the r plane is quite" colored

" Hearing 100,000 bushels, Davies immediately tidied up his work and followed Massimo out the door

In fact, it was 430,000 bushels, which Huang Xuan had placed in a warehouse rented from a pier in the outskirts of Venice

200 Workers counted the whole day

Mercedes, the boss of the Ducat, personally handed the letter of credit of the peruzzi bank to Huang Xuan and said," Mr

Cosa, on behalf of the bank, I would like to invite you to join us

Of course, you need to provide some personal information

Instead of rejecting it, he took a look at the letter of credit and put it in his pocket

" I have to wait until I return to france to get the information, but I'm glad to do business with you

"" Me too

Mercedes was a nobleman in his 50s, and he had the luxury that businessmen rarely had during this period

His buttons were made of transparent glass, which was crystal clear

During this period, the price of transparent glass was comparable to that of pearls of equal weight

Mercedes was a very detail-oriented person

His nails were neatly manicured, very different from ordinary europeans

While shaking hands with Huang Xuan, he said: "What does Mr

Cosa need to buy in Venice

Maybe I can help

" He really needed help because he only had four days to be here, and if he wanted to buy enough things, he couldn't" hang" up the square

Every firm is willing to deal with a reputable firm

Patting the letter of credit stuffed in his chest, he said with a smile," I personally prefer products from africa, such as ivory, rhinoceros horn, leather, sheep's fur

" Africa during this period mainly referred to egypt and southern Morocco, which successively established the amoravid empire and the amorhade empire (split), a small number of regions in east and west africa, and Zimbabwe and Madagascar island in south africa

It was rich in sheep" fur," leather, wax, alum, ivory, gold, rhinoceros horn, spices, and slaves from slave or non-slavery countries

Compared to the expensive musk and cloves in europe, the prices of goods such as ivory and rhinoceros horn that have been regulated or gradually disappeared in modern society have become more exciting

Mercedes smiled because of Huang Xuan's appetite

The 25,000 gold Ducat could buy anything they wanted, but it was only a matter of quantity

He asked the grain workers to think for a while and said," the price of a good ivory is about 100 King Ducat, and the rhinoceros horn will be half cheaper

" He glanced at Huang Xuan and said," do you have to have the fur of an african piglet and a sheep

"" Oh, of course not

" Huang Xuan spread out his hand and said," as long as the quality is good, the origin is not important

" This was exactly what the italians thought

They did not care much about the quality and delivery time of goods above the standard, but were willing to save more money

This was in contrast to the germans, who would rather pay a little more and demand better treatment and strict delivery time

Mercedes smiled even more and said," In fact, we have a lot of trade relations with the slavic region

If you like, we can provide a lot of leather from eastern europe and even further away

As for the sheep" fur," that's much better

We have a fleet of ships to and from England every year

The bank of peruzzi, which showed us the letter of credit, is also the Baldi bank that jointly controls all the trade rights of the England sheep

However, I personally suggest that you buy the already produced wool

Florence has more than 200 wool textile factories, and you can buy enough wool

" The energy screen that was opened conveniently showed that Mercedes was not lying at all

Based on a high similarity analysis, there should be 70,000 to 80,000 pieces of wool produced in Florence every year

The value of the wool produced in the whole city was as high as 1

2 million Florin and about 2 million gold Ducat

Just buying them would cost them 800,000 tons of food

If all the existing american aircraft carriers were converted into freighters, the food would be almost full

If it was normal times, Huang Xuan would have let go of a project that had a high amount of exercise, low profits, but a lot of absolute profits

But facing the threat of the Space and time administration, he would never be lazy again

Clearing his throat, Huang Xuan made up a new excuse and said," yesterday my first fleet left Venice

They were originally going to Florence to load the cargo

If the Petro trading company could provide all the supplies in a short time, I could recall the fleet

"" What do you mean in a short period of time

" Mercedes was a very cautious person and did not slack off because of the large amount of transactions

" Within three days," Huang Xuan said firmly

Davies took a deep breath

Venice was a global market in the 15th century, and they often encountered fleets that required strict time to catch up with the monsoon, but they had never encountered Huang Xuan's pressing situation

" If you can do that, I can also recruit ships to other locations, which carry a large amount of food

" Mercedes could not figure out where Huang Xuan came from at first

At this time, another venetian rushed over and shouted," are you Mr

Cosa