It's no wonder that Berthman is so excited, and Longnangang is selling extremely well in Europe. This steel is of extremely high quality, and the price is close to the same weight of silver!

Because the war in Europe has almost never stopped, and high-quality steel is an important raw material for making sophisticated weapons and armor, this Longnan steel has always been priceless in Europe, and it is difficult to find a pound.

He had only known that the Portuguese had obtained it from the East, but its origin had been kept extremely secret.

The Helan people had sent a large number of detailed investigations but had no gains, so they could only watch the Portuguese make a lot of gold coins.

And listening to the meaning of this auxiliary king, he can actually get Longnangang, and if he wants to exchange 30,000 stone of grain, then the amount will definitely not be small.

This is going to be sent!

As for the fairy stone powder, although no one had ever sold it in Europe, it was extremely popular in the Eastern Empire.

Anyone who has a little floating wealth will at least use fairy stone powder to pave the floor of the main hall of the house. And if you want to show your identity, you must build the front hall and study with fairy stone powder, otherwise you will be embarrassed to let guests in.

Moreover, the house built with this thing was as smooth as a whole rock carved out, and it was extremely strong, and it is said that even if the earth dragon turned over, it would still be as stable as a mountain.

He could imagine that if this fairy stone powder was transported to the extravagant continent of Europe, he only needed to say, "The nobles of the East all use this thing to build palaces." "The royalty and aristocrats of Europe will definitely rush to it and grab it without asking the price.

Trying to control the excitement in his heart, Bertman pretended to be calm and asked, "So, what about the price?" ”

Zhu Linmiao had already thought about it, steel and cement were their own monopoly products, and they didn't need to be polite to sell them to the Helan people, so he immediately said: "One stone of rice for seven taels of Longnan steel or two hundred catties of fairy stone powder." Other grains are converted into brown rice at market prices. ”

Berthman lowered his head and calculated, even according to the high price of one stone of rice and two taels of silver, one catty of Longnan Steel is less than two taels of silver, and one hundred catties of fairy stone powder is only one tael.

This can be transported to Europe, at least three or four times.

After such an exchange, 30,000 stone of grain will be able to be sold for nearly 200,000 taels of silver, which is almost 200,000 Ducat's gold coins!

Berthman subconsciously swallowed and foamed, and said in his heart that although this auxiliary prince was very tough in terms of trade, this deal was definitely a good deal at the moment!

He was afraid that Zhu Linmiao would change his mind, so he immediately agreed, and then signed a contract.

Zhu Linmiao said indifferently: "The contract will be signed by the household department and you." ”

Bertman nagged a few more about the trade agreement, and seeing that Zhu Linmiao never let go, he had to follow what he said, and wait for the grain to arrive before negotiating.

When Bertman had already walked to the door of the main hall, he suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked, "His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King, can this grain exchange transaction for Long Nangang become a common practice and continue?" ”

"Let's see if you can satisfy me." Zhu Linmiao said and motioned to the subordinates on the side to see off the guests.

Zhu Linmiao didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart.

He had just told Bertman that he was bluffing to hand over foreign trade to the Spaniards. Overseas trade was an important means he used to save the Ming Dynasty's finances, how could it be handed over to outsiders?

According to his idea, in the future, Europeans such as Spain and Helan will have to do business with Japan and Southeast Asia, but they will have to go through the agent of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, if Bertman is stubborn to the end, he will really have a hard time.

As for his statement that he would unite the fleets of the Spanish and Portuguese to drive out the Helans, it was obviously a move to drive the wolf at the front door and enter the tiger at the back door. He would not be stupid enough to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to help the Spaniards realize their Far Eastern strategy.

Not to mention that Luo Mingshou's fleet still has to patrol the Yangtze River, and it can't be transferred out at will, and he almost doesn't even have a decent warship in his hand.

But fortunately, the Helan people did not choose to take risks. After all, their forces in the Far East are actually very weak, and they have to deal with the threat of the British around the world, and they are not willing to tear their faces with the Ming until they have to.

Zhu Linmiao watched the back of the Helan people disappear outside the door, and immediately asked someone to get a pen and paper, wrote a letter and handed it to Shi Lin, asking him to send someone to the Longnan Suji Iron Field as soon as possible to hand it over to Chanyi.

In the letter, he instructed Chanyi and Qiao Qian to get in touch with Ji Liang, a smuggler in Macau, and told him that he could exchange grain for steel or fairy stone powder, or even pay cash. The price is also lower than that given to the Helan people, and he is also an old customer, but there is only one point, that is, the speed is faster!

The grain ships docked directly at the southernmost port of Zhao'an in Fujing to unload their cargo, but they were likely to be harassed by the Helans, after all, the East India Company had always regarded the Taiwan Strait as its sphere of influence.

But it's not too much of a problem. As a perennial maritime merchant, Ji Liang has his own set of evasion from the maritime patrol fleet. In addition, he can be used as an official ship of the Ming Dynasty, and even let the officials of the Ministry of Rites accompany the ship, in case he is attacked by the Helan people, the people of the Ministry of Rites will come forward to deal with it.

Subsequently, Zhu Linmiao asked people to prepare a car and prepare to go to the Ministry of Rites.

Before he could go out of the gate, he saw Yang Tinglin walking towards the palace with an anxious face. He didn't wait for Yang Tinglin to ask, he only let him get in the car and go along, and told him about the transfer of grain from overseas along the way.

Yang Tinglin was also overjoyed when he heard that the grain had been found, so he went to southern Fujian to prepare for the grain collection and distribution.

Zhu Linmiao hurriedly grabbed him and instructed him carefully.

Yang Gebu couldn't help but nod his head and say yes, and at the end, he couldn't help but praise: "Your Highness has strategized and made a decision, and the officials are impressed!" ”

Zhu Linmiao asked people to send him away, and went to the Ministry of Rites to recruit Shangshu Zhu Jizuo, and asked him to send people with the official documents of the imperial court to Luzon, that is, the Philippines in later generations.

Luzon was now a Spanish colony. The task given to Zhu Jizuo by Zhu Linmiao was also to contact the Spaniards and tell them that they could exchange grain for Longnan steel and fairy stone powder.

At the same time, it is also necessary to leak the news to them, saying that the Helan people are already preparing food and plan to monopolize this deal. In addition, it can be hinted that the Spaniards were dissatisfied with the current situation of the Helan people's formal monopoly of Fujing's trade with Europe, and hoped that more trading partners would come to Yuegang to do business.

At this time, Spain's state was in decline, and it had given up on challenging the Heland people in the Far East. But the war between the two countries in Europe was in full swing, and with the support of the Ming Dynasty, they would certainly not want to miss out on trade with the Eastern Empire.

It's just that the Spaniards' cargo ships want to dock in Fujing, but it is more troublesome, and the Helan people will definitely attack the ships of the hostile countries.

After much deliberation, Zhu Linmiao finally decided to let the Spaniards detour from the western coast, and finally stop at Chenghai County, which was later near Shantou, to unload grain. After that, it was carried by private boats and transported to Zhao'an Port. Chenghai and Zhao'an are not far apart, as long as they do not encounter big winds and waves, even small boats should be able to arrive safely.