It is indeed a wonderful thing to have money. At least Machiavelli has already had a deep understanding, but the experience process is not very pleasant.

Because the Florentines found that they were already quite affordable and were a little short of money.

When he came, because this diplomatic mission might not be smooth, Machiafli was ready to stay abroad for a long time.

To this end, in order to support the subsequent social engagements, I brought a pretty generous amount when I left Florence.

But less than half a month after he arrived in Pizza, Machiafli began to feel a little worried.

There are many ships docked in the Pisa port every day. Some of these ships are from Genoa and Naples, some from the islands of Pecia, Piano and even Corsica in the Mediterranean. And even further away, he once saw two merchant ships from the Baliari Islands.

While these merchant ships from all over the country brought enough goods to Pizza, they also made the gold of Pizza flow out like flowing water.

For a moment, everyone in the city became poor, and a large number of goods exchanged for gold were piled up in the port, and the embarrassment of their pockets becoming deflated made everyone want to exchange those goods for gold overnight.

However, what many merchants really envy are those peers who have received preferential treatment in pizza, the low goods tax, almost negligible storage costs, and the profitable returns even if the price is reduced, all of which make merchants from other places jealous but have no choice.

But those businessmen who are envied by them are obviously smarter. Those people's vision is no longer pizza but the inner six cities farther away, because they know that if they can still make nearly a percentage of the profits more than before by relying on the advantage of low prices in pizza, then they only need to maintain the original price. In those inner six cities, their returns are 20% more than before, or even more huge profits!

The rich rewards stimulated the businessmen who pursued wealth. Their eyes were already confused by the flashing light of gold. For this, they could even take risks and even take risks to invest all their wealth in it.

Some free trade zone merchants have turned their attention to their peers who have not received tax-free discounts.

Pisa City is full of people talking about business, some of which have become places for merchants to gather, while guilds are places where both parties have already agreed to sign contracts.

It must be admitted that since ancient times, the ocean has become a paradise for countless adventurers, on the other side of the vast ocean, something waiting for me to discover and dig, from which I can obtain the wealth I have always dreamed of and realize the dream that was regarded as whimsical.

In order to pursue all this, countless people took risks on the road to conquer the ocean, and their brave actions also brought great rewards to them.

The profits of marine trade are shocking, but there are huge risks behind this profit. In addition to facing threats from the sea, there are also troublesome troubles on the ground.

The huge amount of tariffs has caused headaches for many businessmen. They feel that their hard work has been put into the pockets of those greedy tax collectors. Although the profits are still quite large, as long as you think about the various taxes you have taken out, no one will feel pain.

At this time, someone will come over and chat with you very intimately.

These are often locals. They do nothing all day long and walk around the port, taverns and guild clubs. Once they see the foreigners dressed by merchants, they will walk over. They first show you a strange triangle ring, and a circle of Latin emblems are etched outside. Once they are sure that you do not belong to their circle, those people will have the most affectionate smile on their faces, and then they will start selling you a "business that is stable and profitable."

Merchants who need to pay expensive entry fees and ship taxes are told that someone can provide them with the opportunity to stock up in warehouses designated by the port free trade zone, and they can be exempted from high entry tariffs as long as they are willing to pay a suitable fee.

Those people call this fee a handling fee, and this tax avoidance method using temporary transfer of ownership of goods is called "freight forwarding rights"...

This kind of freight forwarding rights quickly became a tax avoidance model that is very popular among ordinary merchants. Although it still costs a lot of money, it is at least much cheaper than paying taxes directly.

Just thinking that once those goods leave the free trade zone and enter Pizza, they still have to pay fees, which makes merchants feel headache. After all, although the taxes and fees for entering Hong Kong are much cheaper, they are still expensive.

Often at this time, those helpful freight forwarders make their debut again.

"Didn't you come to Pizza for money? So where to make money is not profitable? Why do you have to send those goods to Florence, DeMonna or Parma? Isn't it better to deliver them directly here? Don't worry, my friend, I won't harm you. The price I give you may be lower than those places, but you can also have a lot of money left. Think about the freight, labor, and bad roads on the road. Don't say that those greedy tax collectors have long been staring at your wallet, think about which one is more cost-effective, let alone if you have to waste precious time. According to a certain adult, time is Florin. Sell the goods directly here, and save enough time to run back and forth, and you make another profit."

Such conversations were everywhere in Pizza, and the omnipresent brokers stared at the foreign merchants who were hitting walls everywhere.

At the same time, they also stared at the merchants in the Free Trade Zone Alliance. Whenever they saw a guy who seemed to be doing well, they would hurry up and say hello intimately: "Hey, man, I have a guy who is in a hurry to take a batch of raw olive oil. He comes from Corsica. You know, they have not joined our Free Trade Zone yet, so he is worried that he will not be able to make money after paying the ship tax. How about you interested..."

The Pisa people were crazy, they knew that similar scenes were happening in Naples and Genoa, Taranto and Palermo, which made the Pisa people even more crazy because they knew that this was just the beginning for them, and that the larger ports and marinas had done this before.

Huge interests are driving everyone. The brokers are no longer satisfied with going out to attract customers. A flexible guy rented a small house near the yard, and then the man started selling things with sharpened carbon pens on the wooden boards.

But what many people don’t understand is that this merchant named Matthews Tiego, who came from Barry Ali, only sells the name of the product.

He would write a batch of precious peppers on the wooden board that a merchant was still far away from another place, and then publicly ask who needed the goods. After the transaction was notarized and confirmed by Matthews Tiego, a deposit equivalent to one tenth of the goods or a smaller proportion was deposited into Matthews Tiego's account in the name of the Pizza Chamber of Commerce.

Assuming that once the trading goods suddenly drop or rise in the market, the two parties to the transaction need to bear their own different amount differences.

The emergence of this thing called an exchange gave merchants an unusual opportunity because they suddenly realized that even if they had no goods on hand or did not have enough payment for the goods at that time, as long as they traded with a small portion of the money here first, they would have plenty of time to raise more goods and funds.

There is no more that people are happy than buying more goods with the least amount of money and using the same batch of goods with more money.

This means that by investing the same amount of investment, you can get more returns.

As for the credit of Matthews Tiego, people still believe him.

This is because not only did this man himself deposit a considerable deposit in the Pisa Chamber of Commerce, he also obtained a joint guarantee from the Earl of Modilo of Naples, the Earl of Cosenca, the Lovere family of Genoa, the Duke of Pisa and the Earl of Montina, which was enough to convince the merchants that even if this man escaped, their money would not be lost.

Machiafli closely paid attention to everything about Pisa. He felt that the changes over the past period were a bit dazzled by him. And I don’t know if it was an illusion, but he had a feeling that everything about Pisa might eventually have a great impact on Florence.

On the other hand, Machiafli had to seriously investigate the market in Pizza because he needed a job.

The nearly half a month of stranding left Machiavelli's pocket a lot. In addition to the fact that the rent had been paid in advance, he had to pay carefully for the daily expenses of himself and his two entourages.

In addition, as a Florence messenger, he had to maintain the necessary decency, which required him to carefully consider the days ahead.

Machiafli decided to find a job, and before that he had to figure out what was the most profitable thing.

He inspected the broker's business, but soon it turned out that there was a big conflict with his identity.

It is hard for him to imagine that one day he was having a serious talk with Count Montina or Duke of Pisa, but a merchant who had been fooled by him with sweet words appeared in front of him and then grabbed his collar and punched and cursed loudly.

Then he rejected going to the Chamber of Commerce to be a dispute arbitrator. Although the job is decent, it is an easy task to offend people. What he is most worried about now is that someone destroys his mission.

Finally Machiafli decided to be a credit regulator.

This is a profession that was not new at first, but with the rise of the free trade zone, it suddenly became popular.

According to Alexander's statement that "mobilizes the largest resources with the least money", merchants in the free trade zone can obtain the right to trade bulk goods through a method called credit loan. Even if there was not enough funds at the time, as long as the corresponding mortgage guarantee was provided, they could obtain the right to trade bulk goods in other places with a certificate of credit.

This means that two merchants who need each other's goods can quickly take away the goods they need as long as they sign a certificate of credit, and then one of them just needs to pay the difference between the goods paid in accordance with the agreement signed before.

The advantage of this measure is undoubtedly that it can make the circulation of goods much more convenient and faster than ever before. Even with the emergence of letters of credit, many times merchants can run around the entire free trade zone alliance as long as they carry a piece of paper instead of a large sum of money.

However, compared with the benefits, false self-certification is the enemy of identity, but it is also the seemingly convenient means.

Machiafli’s job is to review the application qualifications of these merchants and supervise their various mortgage certificates.

What he needs to be responsible for is sitting behind his desk all day long to review whether the various applications submitted by merchants are qualified.

Others who also do this job have to work harder, because if the letter of credit applied for involves bulk goods, they are responsible for following the goods to the cities designated by the merchants, and then exchange them for corresponding certificate receipts from banks in places such as Naples, Genoa, or Taranto.

Compared with Machiafli's boring but stable work, those people are very hard and even a little dangerous.

Because although these people only received a receipt from beginning to end, to some extent, this receipt is already the same as Florin or Ducart of the same value.

Therefore, the implementation of this letter of credit seems a bit difficult for various reasons. At least Alexander did not want to take a risk outside the free trade zone.

Machiafli worked very seriously, and he felt that his experience in Pizza might be useful to him in the future.

So he carefully recorded everything he saw while working, and at the same time he was secretly surprised by the changes in Pisasheng.

Machiafli didn't know whether these changes were good or bad for his Florence, especially when he heard that the Jews in Pizza actually publicly proposed to provide a considerable amount of money for the Free Trade Zone Chamber of Commerce, he felt it was necessary to meet Alexander.

Machiafli was not a very stubborn Christian. Although he had no good feelings for Jews like others, he was not too intense. Although he also despised those who used usury to seize wealth, he didn't want to do much.

Just thinking of his spiritual cleanliness leader, Machiafli had to decide to remind Alexander.

In the Duke's Palace, Machiafli met Alexander, and the young Count sitting in the chair casually made the Florentines feel that he was the real master of the palace.

"Sir, have you really decided to accept the money from those Jewish bankers?" Machiafli asked cautiously. "Please allow me to remind you that the prosperity of Pisa still comes from Florence. Our city is the biggest source of wealth in Pisa. This is why I was ordered to come here. We all need each other."

Alexander nodded, admitting that Machiafli said it was right that Pisa's prosperity did come from Florence, and he even made plans. In the future, Florence will be an important part of Pisa's plan to export cheap goods.

"So please forgive me for not understanding why you accept Jewish money," Machiafli asked in confusion, while he was secretly happy in his heart. At least this conversation made him know that the count still valued Florence. The news swept away his previous frustration because of nothing, and his tone became lighter. "Sir, you know that my leader is a devout Christian. He hates everything that does not conform to the doctrine, the extravagance and debauchery that makes people fall, and even more hates those transactions with the devil for money..."

Speaking of this, Machia Flee looked at Alexander with a little uneasy, and he was a little worried that Alexander would be furious because of his words, but if the leader knew the fierce actions that might have been made by the goods entering Florence, which were permeated with the taste of Jewish money, he would have to take the risk of reminding the count.

"Savonalora," Alexander said softly, then stood up from his chair. "I know your leader is a noble man, a man who regards lofty ideals as his goal in life, and a..." When Alexander said that he showed a strange smile, "I admire people who have escaped from the low-level interest."

Machiafli bowed and expressed his gratitude, but he couldn't help but show a little surprise in his eyes.

He believed that he had already known this count a little. In addition to his reputation in the war, if he loved money and beauties, he could be regarded as a good nobleman.

However, it is precisely because of that shortcoming that they are two completely different people, but now the count has such a high evaluation of the Florentine consul, which surprised Machia Flee.

"Sir, you are so ridiculous. I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of my consul. I didn't expect you to really understand..."

"but!"

The Florentine's humility was suddenly interrupted, and Machiafli's heart leaped with this sudden increase in tone!

"I want to know how your consul measures so-called piety, how to know that his ideal is noble and others are despicable, and the most important thing is how he defines which is vulgar and that is noble."

Alexander looked at Machiafli coldly, and his face still maintained a strange smile, but at this time the Florentines saw mockery and disdain.

"Can he taste a piece of bread be a Christian or a Jewish taste? Or can he taste a winemaker a devout believer?" Alexander first walked out the door, letting the Florentines follow him with a frown. "The people of Florence need bread and wine, and I need Florin and Ducart, that's the most important thing. If your consul thinks that using Jewish money is a shame for his noble reputation, then you can declare it," said Alexander turned to look at Machiafli. "From today, Pisa will prohibit the input of any goods into Florence until you ask for it yourself."

In an instant, Machiafli looked at Alexander with surprise and disbelief. He could not have imagined how Alexander would have made such a decision that would not be of any benefit to both sides. Could it be that Alexander had just admitted that the prosperity of Pisa needs Florence's support?

Looking at Machiafli's shocked look, Alexander smiled again.

"Diplomatician, I know you just found a job," Alexander whispered. "Since you should be able to save, my chamber of commerce can get the cheapest goods, which means that even if I don't have Florence, I can still sell goods to Parma or Demena, and still make a lot of profits. And what about you? Can you guarantee that Florentines won't buy my things? If your town hall orders to ban purchases, there is a black market. I believe that merchants are very happy to make a lot of money without paying taxes, and then maybe they will thank your noble consul."

As Alexander said that, he ignored Machiafli, who was standing in deep thought, walked through the corridor under Uriu's follower and walked towards Tomnio's main hall.
Chapter completed!