Cao Zhennan's sailors took a car to the largest brothel in Charleston.
I have been asking about selling slaves for the past few days, and I am just waiting to get the money and feel comfortable.
When sailors from the Ming Dynasty went to the territory of the Westerners, they could get the Western women without any effort.
But Ming sailors will basically go directly to the brothel.
Because the tradition of the Ming Dynasty punished women for having sex but not for prostitution.
Moreover, officials in the Ming Dynasty sometimes exercised very lenient control. If you go to the territory of the Westerners and mess around, you may be punished after you return.
Many times when you go to a brothel, you can get sex for free. At least you can get the lowest discount and no tip is required.
So unless you are planning to settle in the West, or you are really poor and want to find a place to live for free for a long time.
Otherwise, simply to meet physiological needs is basically to go to a brothel.
As a result, as soon as a group of people arrived at the door of the brothel today, they saw two people jumping from the roof.
And it was on its head.
White and red ones are flying everywhere.
Several sailors cursed directly:
"Damn, bad luck."
"Why do you jump from a brothel?"
"I've seen people die on the bellies of women in brothels, but I've never seen people jump off the building themselves."
"It's really disappointing, let's find another one..."
A group of sailors cursed and avoided the dead man, preparing to find another brothel.
Cao Zhendong's accountant and translator was curious and asked the people watching around him:
"What's wrong with this man? Why is he seeking death?"
When the Americans on the roadside saw that they were from the Ming Dynasty, they immediately explained enthusiastically:
"I don't know the specific situation, but I guess they have gathered Mo slaves, and they must have borrowed money to buy them."
"Simply concentrating Mo Nu will not cause him to jump off the building. To abolish it is to place a heavy bet on Mo Nu's stocks and futures."
"A few days ago, the price of Mo Nu has soared to one hundred pounds, which is about 700 Ming silver notes. They probably pushed it up forcibly, otherwise why would Mo Nu be worth so much money?"
"As a result, merchants from the Ming Dynasty directly imported Mo slaves on a large scale, and the price dropped to 400 in less than a week. These people lost money and jumped off the building before they could pay back."
"I just lost some money when I bought Mo Nu. There is no way I would jump off a building just because of this."
The translator suddenly took a few breaths after hearing these comments.
The simple discussion of these people directly revealed a situation.
This group of Western merchants speculated on the market price of Mo slaves in the United States, but the Ming merchants accidentally wiped them out.
They may have planned and planned for a long time, but they were accidentally hedged.
The great businessmen of the Ming Dynasty just saw a business opportunity to make money, and then swarmed in.
If I hadn't planned to follow the sailors to the brothel, happened to see this scene, and then casually asked the onlookers on the street, I wouldn't have known what happened here.
This group of people did not do their own research and did not expect that the slaves could be transported here from the Antilles. This is completely asking for trouble and has nothing to do with us Ming merchants.
The translator shook his head helplessly.
Then I began to worry a little about my own safety, as well as the safety of my employer and sailors.
Most of the Ming sailors who came to Charleston in the past few days were transporting ink slaves.
Under normal circumstances, this group of Western Yi would not dare to do anything to the Ming people.
But they all lost their money and jumped off the building. What should they do if they find a few Ming people to support them before they die?
The translator became extra cautious and went into a brothel for a night, then returned to the ship with the sailors the next day.
Fortunately nothing happened other than that.
What happened after that was just as Cao Zhennan expected, with more and more Ming businessmen getting involved.
Purchase Mexican slaves in the Antilles and transport them to the southern United States for sale.
It directly became the most popular business among merchants in the Ming Dynasty.
Slaves in the Antilles quickly went from being a despised commodity to being the most popular commodity.
In just half a month, the price soared from seventy or eighty silver notes to two hundred silver notes.
The price of slaves in the southern United States quickly dropped from 700 silver notes to 300 silver notes.
This kind of pure slave trade makes no money, it is purely working for the shipowner.
Therefore, Ming merchants quickly gave up this industry.
But the trafficking continues.
Many Thai and Spanish planters in the Antilles began to sell their slaves directly.
There was a Thai plantation owner who did not leave the Andres Islands and heard the news from outside.
and have been transferred to plantation owners in Mexico or the United States.
They are all selling their slaves for only three hundred silver notes.
These planters figured it out.
Anyway, I have lost my original plantation, and I need to start over wherever I go.
Going to Mexico and the United States to compete with the original local plantations is not a good choice.
It would be better to go directly to Mozhou and develop in the latest colony, where the competitive pressure would be less.
The key is that the price of Mexican slaves in Mexico and the United States is extremely high, while the price of Mexican slaves must be very low.
Even if the price of Mo slaves dropped to three hundred silver coins, they could buy three or more Mo slaves after selling one Mo slave in America.
In the United States, he sold his original slaves and went to Mexico with a huge amount of wealth.
Just invest in new plantations and re-capture slaves in Mozhou.
Relevant news is still spreading, and the scope of slave sales is also expanding.
It is slowly expanding from the Antilles to the entire Nanyinzhou.
There were a large number of plantations in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies, and the total number of slaves may have exceeded 10 million.
It's unknown how many will be transported to the United States.
The other side of the earth, Tianzhu.
When Lu Frei was raising supplies of Tianzhu slaves, he once had a conflict with Gu Rui.
After the two speculated on the matter by telegram, they met again on the ship outside the sea.
Lu Frei asked Gu Rui with a look of disbelief:
"What are you thinking about?
"You want to keep the best female slaves for the Dashi Country? Instead of sending them to Beiyin Continent?
"Even if it's the most exquisite one, can you sell it for three hundred silver notes in the Food Country?
"It's worth three thousand silver coins when you get to Beiyinzhou!"
Gu Rui sat on the chair, crossed his legs and asked directly:
"What did I say in the second half of my sentence?"
Luvrey immediately became even more confused:
"You asked me to select the orchids who are relatively good-looking and above average in appearance and figure among the interesting orchids, and send them to Beiyinzhou for sale. Shouldn't they be sent to the Great Food Country?"
Gu Rui continued to ask:
"Then if these two kinds of orchids are sent to Beiyinzhou, what will be the difference in the selling price?"
Rufray said instinctively:
"Of course there is a difference! The best one will definitely cost 3,000, and the medium one will cost 2,500..."
Gu Rui asked again:
"If you don't give away the best and only sell the average ones, how low should you sell them?"
Ruifrey reacted:
"If no one else joins us in this business, then even the middle- and upper-class Hu Ji will still have to sell three thousand silver coins, because they are the best.
"Furthermore, according to the brothers who provide sales channels, this is not a normal demand. They are not tools used for production and business, nor are they necessities.
“This is the private demand of wealthy people, and the price affordability has its limits...
"The price is too high. They might as well break the law and directly deal with the children of their own immigrants."
Gu Rui put down his legs and clapped his hands:
"Isn't this the end? Anyway, no matter how high-quality the products are, there is no way to widen the huge gap in price.
"Sending the best quality products to Beiyinzhou will actually lower the price of our mid-range orchids.
"We don't have high-quality products, we only sell middle-to-high-quality orchids, and we also sell them at the highest price.
"Why do you still send fine products to Beiyinzhou?
"At the same time, we have to consider how long the Beiyinzhou transaction will last.
"The big food country is definitely a long-term cooperation partner.
“In the future, there may be hundreds of thousands or even millions of shipments in big food countries.
"The great king of the Dashi Kingdom is the Emperor's favorite grandson and His Majesty's favorite son.
"He is the imperial envoy to the governor of Dashi, Mediterranean, and Eastern Mozhou affairs.
“From now on, our main business scope will be within his jurisdiction.
"The West China Sea Canal we are going to take is also under his jurisdiction.
"If you offended him, if you let him know, you sent your best to Yinzhou...
"hehe……"
Luvrey fully understood the logic:
"I understand, but the question is, can we guarantee that we are the fastest?
"Will others sell the best orchids directly to Beiyinzhou?"
Gu Rui thought for a while and said:
"This can only be risky, but the risk shouldn't be big.
"It's just that neither the Ming Dynasty nor the British can run this business.
"It is a very outrageous choice for me, a Ming Dynasty person, to cooperate with you, an Englishman.
"Other Ming businessmen may not be embarrassed.
“Even if someone has thought of it, they may not be able to plan out the implementation plan.
"It may not be possible to think of selling the people of Tianzhu to Beiyinzhou.
“Both of us haven’t heard any news at all through our own channels, so it shouldn’t exist.
"Even if someone sent the most exquisite Hu Ji there without our knowledge at all.
"He sells it for three thousand, and we can sell it for two thousand and a half, so we won't lose too much."
Lu Frei nodded slowly, accepted Gu Rui's logic, and then went back to continue stocking up.
Luvrey started preparing goods for his trip to Mozhou two years ago, and he did not stop during the Chinese New Year.
By the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, nearly 10,000 slaves were basically ready.
As a result, Gu Rui received news in the past two days that the price of Mo slaves in Yinzhou plummeted.
There are only a little over 300 silver notes left, and Tianzhu *** is expected to sell 400 to 500 silver notes.
However, the valuation of a middle- to upper-class Tianzhu female slave remains unchanged, and you can still expect a price of three thousand silver coins.
Gu Rui and Lu Frei met overseas again. Gu Rui said directly without waiting for Lu Frei to speak:
"The latest news is that the outrageous price was indeed deliberately inflated, but it was destroyed by a swarm of Yinzhou and Ming merchants. The initiators have already jumped off the building.
"But we still have to go there. Ordinary slaves can be sold for more than four hundred silver coins. A single slave can still make two to three times the profit of the Mozhou market. It is still worth going.
"What's more important is that the price of middle- and upper-class female slaves has remained unchanged. Even for these female slaves, you still have to make a trip.
"Female slaves can't travel in large numbers, and the cabin is empty. Ordinary slaves are treated as carry-on cargo."
Lu Frei also understood the logic of what Gu Rui said, so he didn't say any nonsense.
The two quickly made the final preparations, and then officially set off for Beiyinzhou.
When entering the Red Sea on the 20th of the first lunar month, they were stopped by the patrol fleet around Jizhou.
According to the predetermined plan, Gu Rui and Lu Frei took out the export certificate for Nan Tianzhu issued by Lu Frey, and took out the leasing and transaction documents of both parties.
It seems to be on the edge of illegality, but there is no real illegal behavior.
But the patrol team didn't let him go immediately.
.
Instead, the situation was sent to Zhu Jingyuan via telegram.
For matters in this gray area, the "Governor" must make an decision, and there will be rules to follow in the future.
