173 Black-hearted foreigners
Of course, doing a full set of dramas, since Li Tianyang and them were dressed as a group of pirates who were not very satisfactory, they came to trade thieves and buy supplies. The first thing they have to do is to find a place to sell the goods in their ships.
The guide who took the initiative to come to the door was not young, full of thirty or forty years old, surnamed Peng, named Zhiwei, but he was a veteran who had been in Macao for five or six years. With his guidance, Li Tianyang and the others were not without a leader, and they went straight to the exchange opened by foreigners on Macao Island.
The faΓ§ade of the exchange is actually not very large, just the size of a restaurant in Chicken Coop Harbor, with a stone house full of Western-style style, which is outstanding among the buildings that are mostly wooden buildings all over the place. At the first glance, there was a long square table in the middle of the hall, and a Franco-robot wearing a golden curly wig was buried in a pile of account books.
Hearing the ringing of the doorbell as the door shook as the door shook, the Francis looked up and looked at the guests carefully.
"What is there to serve you, my guest?" The broken Chinese language spits out from the mouth of this foreigner who is more than half a hundred years old, but his unkissed and cold tone is full of the unique reserve and arrogance of Westerners.
"Dear Lord Nehad, these are seafarers from the Ryukyu Seas, and they have come to our Macau to seek a deal!" Without waiting for Li Tianyang to speak, Peng Zhiwei, the guide beside him, spoke first, nodded and introduced Li Tianyang's origin to this foreigner.
"Oh, that's right, let me see your list, what are they?" Helping the toad glasses made of transparent glass in front of him, the foreigner named Nehad made a cold request.
Gan Dabiao, who was standing next to Li Tianyang, immediately took out the account book that had been prepared long ago and handed it to Nehad. After looking at it a few times, Nihad looked up with a frown and said: "The things on this list are just some ordinary things, there are no exquisite items, so the price will not be too high, I can only pay the price of five hundred taels of silver, if you think it is not worth it, you can go to other places to see!" β
Although the goods brought by Li Tianyang and them were not anything valuable, the goods that really wanted to be valuable had already been handed over to He Yong by Li Tianyang and transported to the Dongying Kingdom to trade. But this batch of goods is worthless, and it is definitely more than this value, Li Tianyang casually handed over to several other good businesses in Jilong Port, and after discounting, it can be sold for a minimum value of about 1,000 taels, more than the 500 taels of silver opened by foreigners.
The anger of Gan Dabiao, Wu Jie and others disappeared in a flash, but when they saw that Li Tianyang did not move, several teenagers did not move, quietly waiting for Li Tianyang's reply.
"This Lord Nehad, although our goods are ordinary, but the condition is good, can this price rise a little?" Li Tianyang played the role of a little pirate who had no way of his own and had just debuted, although he also scolded this group of foreigners in his heart for being insidious and shameless, but it was not good to categorically reject the price given by others, so he made a bargaining face.
"This price is the highest price we can offer on the exchange, if you are not satisfied, you can go to other places to trade, we will not stop you!" Nehad looked impatient on the surface, but in his heart he had already decided that little pirates like Li Tianyang would eventually sell these goods to them.
I've been on the exchange for so many years, I've seen too many little pirates like Li Tianyang and them, and in addition to their powerful Portuguese, what businessman would dare to buy the thieves that these pirates have robbed so openly!
ββ¦β¦ Alas, well, just at the price you said. After some unsuccessful entanglement, Li Tianyang pretended to be entangled and heartbroken, and finally agreed to the deal.
Even if the business was negotiated, Nihad did not give Li Tianyang a good face in the end, and put on an indifferent face as always.
"But Lord Nehad, we still need to buy a batch of food and weapons, I wonder if you have any for sale here?" Li Tianyang, who had just negotiated a business, came up with another word of inquiry at this time.
"Smack!"
Nihad took out an account book, threw it in front of Li Tianyang and said, "This is a list of items sold on our exchange, and there are their prices in it, you can take a good look at it yourself." β
The so-called following the customs of the locals, Li Tianyang opened the so-called list and took a look, which was densely filled with the names and prices of all kinds of materials written in calligraphy, from small grains and needles to large Franc machine guns and tiger squat guns, everything was available, and the prices were clearly marked.
"Why don't you have a Kamui General Cannon?" Li Tianyang raised his head and asked carelessly.
"I'm sorry, because of the agreement with your Ming Dynasty, the powerful firearm of the general cannon is not allowed to be sold to your private individuals."
Li Tianyang pursed his lips, nodded in approval on the surface, but in fact, he didn't know the methods of these foreigners: "MD, if you really abide by the agreement with the Ming Dynasty government, those general cannons in the hands of the laborers and managers will fall from the sky!" β
What made Li Tianyang speechless the most was that in this list, the prices of all materials were about fifty percent higher than the market price, which means that these foreigners not only made a lot of money on the purchase price, but also did not miss the opportunity to make a fortune in the sale of goods.
"This price is too high, I'd better go out and talk about it!" Li Tianyang hesitantly closed the list and said pitifully.
"Welcome to the next visit!" Niehad immediately issued an eviction order, and at the same time, he couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, as long as it is really in Macau, the prices of all their Portuguese merchants are uniformly demarcated, unless it is those big merchants of the Ming Dynasty, who often trade back and forth, otherwise a little pirate like them, no matter which one they go to, it is impossible to buy something at a price lower than the price on the list!
After some pretense, Li Tianyang left Gan Dabiao to trade goods with the foreigner from the exchange, while the others, led by Peng Zhiwei, walked towards several other stores.
After walking around, Li Tianyang and the others found that in the whole of Macao, all the shops that were engaged in the sale of Eastern and Western goods were all opened by these foreigners, and only a few life businesses such as restaurants, green houses, and gambling houses could have traces of the Ming Dynasty.
After asking Peng Zhiwei, Li Tianyang and the others learned that in Macao, the most valuable trade in ocean-going goods was all in the hands of this group of Franc people, and other merchants of the Ming Dynasty were never allowed to set up such shops in Macao.
In addition, the people of the Franc Machine also set up a Macao Council in Macao, which was specially designed to regulate and control the contradictions and disputes between the merchants of the Franc Machine, and at the same time to resolve all matters in Macao.
Although their King Franco had appointed a governor of Macao named Carlo Gao, until now, this governor has not taken office, and in the absence of such a governor to sort out the affairs of Macao, the Macao Council still keeps this small town in good order, and Li Tianyang has to be surprised and more or less interested in the structure of their government.
(End of chapter)