Chapter 296: Venice painting scroll (12) the social order in Italy before and after the renaissance was very strange
On the one hand, this was the so-called la society violenta, the revenge of the blood serum
The feuds between the rich and powerful families (magnates refers to the tyrannical families with feudal customs in Italy) were endless, but on the other hand, the business activities here were quite safe, and many people would be very relieved to travel around with tens of thousands of gold coins of credit or thousands of gold coins of cash
Others did not slack off because Huang Xuan had too few followers
In fact, a commercial city like Venice, which was the commercial center of the world until the decline of Venice in the 16th century, would be hindered if the merchants did not have the guarantee of financial security
In this city surrounded by water, logistics was quite developed
There were warehouses in the canal twice
Each shop had its own territory, its own fleet, and even its own dockers
In this city of only 100,000 people, the value created each year was the same as 100 million people in other regions
If it weren't for the fact that the foreign buildings were too dilapidated, Huang Xuan almost thought he was taking a walk in the business circle of Nanjing
Joseph Medici was also a frequent visitor to Venice
He sat on a chair on the right deck, sipping coffee from central Italy
Mercedes, on the other hand, sat behind Huang Xuan with a stoop, compared to the Medici family
It was only because of a deal that he had a chance to deal with Joseph
Medici was just sitting together
Sitting next to Joseph
The young Mr
Medici thought that since huang xuan was an italian who could own hundreds of thousands of King Ducat, he could naturally be on equal footing with the Medici family
It was fair
There was no point in thanking Mr
Medici in front of him, not even in the mood to compliment Joseph
In the midst of his busy schedule, Huang Xuan naturally thought of the Space and time administration, a damn organization
The three of them quietly arrived at the old warehouse area near san marco square
Three warehouses were temporarily rented here, and because it was far from where the three of them were, Li Shenggang did not come here to see the grain
In such a transaction involving more than 100,000 gold coins, it was difficult for managers to try and do everything personally
Xiao Huang got off the boat and asked two Mr
Italy, "Nick, did Lu Min bring their things
"" Shi Yu said he had bought about 120 tons of spices, mainly pepper and cardamom, because it took a while to buy them from the trading floor
"" Then put these spices in these two warehouses and put the grain back into the plane passage
"" Great master huang se, opening the plane channel frequently is a very energy-consuming thing
Judging from the material energy in the plane channel, you will waste about 200,000 yuan of energy every time you open it
" He snorted and said," Nick, you want to be the most expensive doorman in history
"" Oh, master, Nick's body should beat with your ambition, if you want to own the most expensive hotel in history
" Change the spices
Huang xuan let out a low roar
" Well, if you don't want to continue this topic
" Nick was like a skilled six-year-old student who finished his work and bargained," master of yellow," today, you are equivalent to smashing a mercedes 600, or more than a dozen santana
" One has to look forward
" As huang xuan spoke, he also walked forward
All the materials passing through the passage in r plane had his own packing method, and the spices occupied a large area
After arriving at the nearest warehouse, Huang Xuan waited for a few seconds before asking the warehouse manager to open the door
A pungent aroma
Of course, this is for the venetians
In huang xuan, this place is like an amusement park where you can sneeze as much as you like
The venetian would meet warehouses and warehouses of valuables every day, just like the workers in the money printing factory
He kept wondering passionately that no one seemed to have come to this warehouse yesterday to fill things
He should check the records
Joseph and Mercedes were overjoyed
It was not that they were less determined than others, but because the profits they could make from these things belonged to them
Joseph pretended to wipe his face, put away the look of joy in" color," and asked solemnly," Mr
Cosa, can you elaborate on your spices
"" Half pepper, half cardamom, all from India
There are about 130,000 pounds of spices in this warehouse
" Huang Xuan shrugged
It was hard to calculate
Normally, it was 60 tons of spices
It was not known how much error Nick had put in it
After all, it was not necessary to control the precise energy consumption of the plane passage
In a split second, Mercedes calculated the value of these spices, at least 520,000 gold Ducat, more than the profits of the Ducat in two years
Venice merchants, as they are commonly called, should have assets above 50,000 gold Ducat and a few people should have 100,000 gold Ducat
For the latter, their annual turnover should also be around 100,000 gold Ducat
As for the 500,000 gold Ducat, this is already the total value of the assets of many big families
Some people will have so much money temporarily at some time, and the family that can last for many years with 500,000 gold Ducat, naturally stood at the peak of the world
In terms of food equivalent, the amount of spices stored in such a warehouse was equivalent to 30 million us dollars in assets, while 120 tons of spices were worth 10
4 million gold Ducat and 60 million us dollars
A hundred years ago, comrade Shen Wansan of the ming dynasty sold his family's assets, but that was not much
Joseph was naturally able to calculate the price of these spices
He and masello looked at each other and said," 130,000 pounds of spices are divided by three families
Although there are many, some are not enough
" Neither the Medici family nor the Petro trading company would be able to cash out 520,000 gold coins in a short period of time, just as Huang Xuan could not, but no one in all three areas was worried about the total amount of the goods, because if it was a swap, for sanfang, It's all very profitable
Venice is the distribution center of the world's goods, and the speed at which certain goods are sold when they are scarce will frighten the fed
With a thought in his head, he understood Joseph's idea
It would be good to raise the price of 520,000 gold Ducat spices to 600,000 gold, but if you only earn tens of thousands of gold coins, it would be too boring
When there is no problem with the sales, businessmen will naturally try to expand the supply
Hehe smiled and stared at Joseph
" Actually, I still have a warehouse
" Joseph also felt a little embarrassed
Half an hour ago, he was a little contemptuous because Huang Xuan couldn't afford it
At this moment, all the negative emotions were carefully stuffed into his pants pocket
Venice was definitely a city with" milk" and" mother
" Mercedes had no choice but to say," Mr
Medici, Mr
Cosa, I think we should split the spices between the two families
" If it were three, the Medici and Sandro families would take two-thirds of the spices
Petro trading company's leather alone was worth 1
2 million gold, which was not the property of the Petro family
In other words, the Petro family could not make as much profit as the Medici family
Of course, the risk was also reduced accordingly
He immediately nodded and agreed: "Then who will bid for the spices in this warehouse
"" Me
" The two men fought again
Pouting, they said," ivory and rhinoceros horn are easier to transport
Let the Medici family come first
Mr
Petro, please wait
"" Okay
" Mercedes was satisfied to get half of it
He clicked on the energy screen and said," Mr
Medici, there are 4,800 ivory pieces, which are worth 350,000 Ducat, 40,000 rhinoceros horn, 80,000 Ducat, plus the change, which is 430,000 gold bars
That's right
"" Yes
" Shen" yin" said," there are 7
5 million bushels of grain being checked out, and every 1 million and 60 thousand Ducat, so it should be 450 thousand Ducat
With 520 thousand of these spices, there is a total of 970 thousand, no problem, right
"" Yes
" Gasping for breath, he looked at the number Nick had calculated and said," without the deposit I gave you, you should pay all the ivory and rhinoceros horn now
Plus, you should pay 2
7 million pounds of" wool
" I hope the delivery will be completed by this evening
"" Bozo
" Joseph shouted and said," bozo, go and supply the items on the list right away
" It was almost noon now, and the merchants of Venice valued the exact delivery time very much
In the modern people's words, it was about a few hundred thousand minutes
He nodded with satisfaction, then asked the storekeeper to close the door and said to Joseph: "In fact, by tomorrow, I should have another boat or two of spices ashore
If you need it, you should prepare the sheep's fur in advance
After all, this is a commodity
In addition, some famous paintings, I mean works of art on board or drawing board, which can also be traded
"" I see
" Joseph shrugged and walked to the other warehouse with the warehouse manager
" Mr
Petro, the same thing, the same price
Are you going to pay with leather
"" Of course
" Mercedes Petro was intoxicated by the smell of the warehouses being opened
" If possible, I would still like to include those ivory and rhinoceros horn
There are about 2000 of them, right
"" As you wish
" Mercedes even put away his favorite bargaining
He also relaxed a little and said: "Then just like Mr
Medici, if you need more spices and food, Then I hope to see more leather in the port area tomorrow
"" I will store the leather from the nearby warehouse together
" Mercedes said rather easily
" Well, then you can check the goods
" Huang xuan said to take two steps back
There were still three days left, and the process of the big deal would definitely break any businessman
What supported them to do this tedious work was just a strong needle brought by money
Three days and two nights, Huang Xuan never closed his eyes again
The night wind in Venice, mixed with the sea smell, rushed towards them, hiding on the thick teak deck and smelling the special" tide
" The sound of the workers' trumpets never stopped from beginning
; boats and sampans came and went and blocked up most of the canal
Not only did the Medici family and the Petro trading company join in, but even the Medici family could not really eat alone because of the sound guild system in Venice
At the same time, in order to reduce the risk, the two sides began extensive cooperation with their ally, the Chamber of commerce
If you open the list of the richest people in the history of the world, you can hardly see the name of any businessman in Venice, but if you calculate the wealth of the big families in Venice, the accumulation of these families that have occupied the world's prosperity for 300 years is unmatched by any country and individual
With his eyes wide open, he watched as the workers below were busy counting the numbers, with at least seven or eight Chamber of commerce representatives standing beside him
The credibility of Venice merchants made them rarely do anything that went against business ethics in the process of trading, and with Nick's help, Huang Xuan did not need to worry too much about it
The reason he really couldn't rest was that he needed to find any reasonable or unreasonable excuse to load the exchanged materials into the plane passage
Even if time did not allow the people here to have any special doubts, Huang Xuan could not blatantly stuff things into the plane passage in front of the public and had to travel on the canal
Even to make the transaction smoother, he had to buy several merchant ships
Li Shenggang's work, of course, was harder than Huang Xuan's
He employed as many as 300 people to count the number and weight of ivory, leather, and sheep's fur in each warehouse, and to answer questions from other merchants, even to evaluate the artwork
If it wasn't for Nick's help, these jobs might have taken him six months
Venice merchants, represented by the two businesses, were able to take in two million gold Ducat supplies every day, and by the third day, Huang Xuan had already begun to buy wool-the wool of the sheep had all been sold out
It was not Huang Xuan's supply that was restricting the speed of the transaction, but the venetian stock of goods
While struggling with the sleeping devil, Huang Xuan happily forgot the threat of the Space and time administration
Perhaps just for a moment