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Chapter 180: The Business Hall

Minghai's fleet set sail for Annan the next day, and Su Langqing did not stay too much after warning his brother Su Mingxiao.

Su Langqing was exhausted due to the incident between Lu Hai and An Nanming people, and almost forgot something very important.

As early as when the Ming army entered Weigan, Nanyang merchants from the Nanyang Company came to Luzon to trade with the Ming people. However, at that time, the trade between the Ming people and the Nanyang merchants only stayed in military aspects such as firearms, and it was basically a one-time transaction, and there was no more trade.

The Ming people, who were threatened by Manila at that time, had no choice but to buy the firearms of the Nanyang fleet with a large sum of silver. Now the Ming court has gained a foothold in Luzon, especially after establishing the capital of Lavag, the merchants of the Nanyang company who found profitable also came one after another.

There are rumors about the establishment of the Nanyang Shopping Mall in Lavague, both in the court and among the people.

Today is the day when Sihai and Nanyang Company’s merchants discuss related matters.

"Oh, Mr. Su, long time no see." A Nanyang businessman in an exquisite wool fleece dress walked out of the mall and gave a eager hug on the oncoming Su Langqing.

The shopping mall used to refer to the place where merchants from European countries set up trade and live in important commercial ports around the world. In addition to providing foreign trade and live in the South China Sea, it gradually evolved into a tool for Western colonization of the South China Sea.

The Nanyang Company opened a shopping mall in Lavague, which is also built in the streets where the Spanish live in the city, similar to the location of the Minghai Money House.

In fact, it has been more than a day or two that Nanyang people want to open a shopping mall in Lavague, but now they have finally received the promise from the Ming court.

Liu Yu unexpectedly delegated power to the Sihai Chamber of Commerce for the preparations for the matters required by Nanyang Company to open a shopping mall in Lavague.

This really shocked Lavag and many officials.

The Sihai Chamber of Commerce also attached great importance to this. Mr. Zhaozhou from all over the world, Luhai, Shanhai, and the helmsmen from the far sea have been present, and Wuda, as a confidant of Liu Yu and the official representative of the Ming court, was also present. "Everyone, I am very sorry, the warships and artillery promised to the Ming army earlier may not be delivered on time." Anderson, who stayed in the mall, showed an apology expression.

Wuda's expression was a little bad. At that time, the Ming court paid a considerable deposit, just to purchase the warships and twelve and a half-long cannon that the Ming court urgently needed. Now the Nanyang Company has breached the contract.

"I'm sorry, Nanyang Sea Trade emphasizes integrity, and even Nanyang merchant ships have to exchange goods for goods. The Ming court believes in the credibility of the Nanyang Company and gave you tens of thousands of taels of silver deposit, but now you choose to betray them." Su Langqing, as an official of the Ming court, said appropriately.

Anderson was also embarrassed and cursed Alamgier (the conqueror of the world) countless times.

"This matter has been informed by the store to the Ming court. I believe Lord Liu has already known it. Let the matter about the firearm be handed over to Sir Gore and the Ming court for negotiations." Anderson had no choice but to move out Sir Gore.

The Chinese businessmen present didn't care. After all, they were not responsible for the firearms, and it did not affect the discussion on the entry of Nanyang goods into Luzon next.

On the contrary, Wuda's expression gradually declined, but today the businessmen in charge of the overall situation were the people in the world rather than themselves, so they could only temporarily endure it.

Seeing that the beginning was not very good, Anderson quickly signaled several Nanyang servants to present a few exquisite wool velvets. The exquisite wool velvet style attracted the attention of everyone present.

"Everyone, our queen once said that in China, wet velvet will be more valuable than gold and silver. Nanyang Company is willing to open a shopping mall in Lavague. It not only hopes to do firearm business with the Ming court, but also hopes to use precious and luxurious wet velvet to open up the market for the Ming people in Luzon."

Several Chinese businessmen looked at them and said that the Chinese businessmen here had bought more or less about Western wool.

The woolen velvets presented include doro, orangutan felt, feather satin, serge satin and other woolen velvets, as well as luxury types for the palace aristocrats, as well as serge satin for the private market.

This surprised the Chinese businessmen present. It seemed that Nanyang Company had indeed put a lot of effort into it.

But in the East, these exquisite woolen velvets are not as precious as Anderson said, so precious that everyone is obsessed with.

For example, the palaces and local officials in the Ming and Qing dynasties did buy or obtain Western wool through tribute, bribery, etc., but it was basically a luxury product for big-name households. There was actually not much demand, and it was even more competitive with cotton fabrics such as cotton for the people.

The reason is also very simple. For example, the price of orangutan felt reached 1 tael per foot of silver, the price of feather satin was 5 cents per foot of silver, and the nesting cost sixteen or seventeen taels of silver. You should know that a piece of cotton cloth used by the Ming people in Luzon was only three cents per piece, and the price of rice was only one silver round per stone.

Such high-end wool fleece cannot afford it, and everyone has few demands for big players, so I don’t know what people from Nanyang Company are doing with things.

"To apologize, Sir Gore made a special trip to order the merchant ship of the Nanyang Company to be the King of Ming, and Lord Liu Yu and Xiao Wu and other officials to send each to the Duoluo and other wool wool." Anderson said with a smile on his face.

"The unscrupulous businessman." Su Langqing cursed inwardly, but he couldn't help but think about it.

"How much velvet can you bring to Nanyang merchants? How much price is calculated?" Su Langqing asked.

When Anderson heard Su Langqing ask about the price, he was happy and said quickly: "The price of orangutan felt is 1 tael per foot of silver, the price of feather satin is 5 cents per foot of silver, feather satin, one tael per foot of feather satin, and a piece of serge satin will cost seven taels of silver."

"The feather satin and feather satin come in twenty pieces, ten pieces of orangutan felt, and fifty pieces of serge satin." Su Langqing said directly after thinking for a while.

After hearing this, Anderson was overjoyed. After calculating this, the extraordinary-dressed Confucian scholar in front of him ordered more than 2,300 taels of woolen velvet worth in one bite, which was far beyond Anderson's expectations.

You should know that as a major wool weaving country such as wool, Nanyang has not been very smooth in Asia, especially China.

But the arrogant bureaucrats still hope that wool can account for one-tenth of the total overseas trade, which has made many Nanyang merchants suffer.

This time, I came to Luzon with hot goods like woolen, which was actually a last resort.

The Nanyang Company was about to go to war with the Mughal Empire soon and urgently needed silver to raise military funds. It naturally targeted the big Luzon Ming court.

All the goods that can be sold in the Nanyang Company's warehouse were collected, and even the wool that had been in a state of unsold status was pushed out by the Nanyang Company's merchants.
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