Because the former Governor-General signed the Underworld Alliance with Chen Xi, Lulanda did not have much confidence during the negotiations.

However, first of all, we have to determine whether the Ming Dynasty wanted to make a fortune by itself. As a result, when Lu Landa asked, Chenxi set the price of the commodity too outrageously. For example, the new tea that only costs 30 cents per kilogram on the market was sold in Chenxi's mouth. As for silk, it was fifty taels of silver per piece, and porcelain was also three to five times higher than the price on the market.

In Lu Landa's opinion, Chen Xi was simply a demon who could eat people and not spit out bones. However, because Chen Xi was tough and did not allow the Ming Dynasty to allow no one in the local area to sell goods privately. Even if he could get some goods from some secret channels, he could not let him spend the ships of silver he had transported, and he had to accept the conditions for Chen Xi to produce.

However, Franji people received a promise from Chenxi, that is, the exclusive distributor rights, that is, except for the Ming merchants, no one will transport goods to the European continent for sale by sea. As for whether anyone transports them on land, it is another matter.

The Seme people have been transporting goods from the Silk Road to Europe for thousands of years. Many European technologies are related to the spread of Middle-earth culture by Seme people. Lu Landa just told Chen Xi that Chen Xi would block the Seme people from doing business with the Ming Dynasty.

After two hours of verbal battle, Lu Landa temporarily retreated and found a room to negotiate with his subordinates. Chen Xi went to the backyard of the inn with a relaxed mood to rest with Hu Lian.

Hu Lian looked excited: "It's not too easy for Shangshu Chen to discuss business with these foreign devils. I didn't expect that they could accept such an outrageous price. It's really awesome... We may be able to earn enough money from them to solve the current problem of insufficient military spending."

Chen Xi said: "What Brother Chongqi wants is similar to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty also makes the same arrangements. But we should be careful when doing business with the Red Barbarians. Who knows if they really come with sincerity? Now they only say that they have money on hand, but no one has actually seen it. Everything is still unknown."

Hu Lian smiled and said, "That would be great if we knew where their ships were docked. We would directly send the navy army to snatch their ships with silver. I don't know how many troubles we can avoid... There is no need to talk about these foreigners."

Chen Xi found that Hu Lian had many of his thoughts and Zhu Houzhao's tone, and even spoke very similarly. In their eyes, Folang Jiren was synonymous with dullness, which was similar to Folang Jiren's attitude towards Ming people.

Chen Xi said in his heart: "Maybe every civilized country has an unconsciously a lofty mentality when interacting with foreign countries, and naturally looks down on others."

About half an hour later, Chen Xi returned to the negotiating table. This time, the Folang Jiren came back relatively late. They all showed up and looked bad. It seemed that they were not very satisfied with the results of the previous negotiations.

Lulanda said a little frustrated: "The Ming Dynasty goods are much higher than our estimated price... If these goods are shipped back to Lisbon, our citizens may not have that much money to buy them. Then we may face the risk of losing money."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Do you just want to sell Florida machine in China? You can't be more flexible and divide some of the goods and sell them to other countries to make money? For example, Spain, France, the Netherlands, the Holy Roman Empire, the United Kingdom, etc.... Compared to silver coins, you Florida machine people prefer gold coins, right?"

"If I said that we can make our products more in line with the aesthetics of your Westerners, such as tableware and silk, and have patterns that are more in line with your taste, what do you think?"

Lu Randa couldn't understand what Chen Xi said, and it was not until the translator explained the words one by one before he roughly understood: "Do you want me to do business with other countries?"

Chen Xi smiled and nodded: "I dare say that if you transport these goods from the Ming Dynasty, you can turn a ship of silver into a ship of gold coins. By then, you will be comparable to Governor Almeida and become a new noble in the country of Flangji. Our goods in our country meet the daily needs of ordinary people, but in the West, only nobles are worthy of enjoyment, right? The money of nobles is much easier to make than the money of ordinary people, and you have absolute monopoly. Isn't the price determined by you?"

What Chen Xi instilled in Lulanda was a concept similar to hunger marketing.

Although there are not many economic theories that have taken shape in this era, for people like Lulanda who have experience in sailing around the world, dealing with various races, and having rich experience, it is clear at all.

Lulanda nodded thoughtfully, without answering Chen Xi's question.

Chenxi struck the iron while it was hot and said: "Porcelain and silk can be stored for a long time. Even if the tea leaves are completely dried and sealed, they can be stored for many years. They can be sold slowly at high prices. Moreover, I know a special process that can completely ferment the tea leaves. After brewing, it has a purple-red soup color, which has a sufficient aroma, which is very suitable for the taste of you Europeans. Maybe you can make a big profit with it."

"After the Ottomans captured Constantinople, the land sale of silk, porcelain and tea was basically cut off. If you don't send a fleet, the next batch of goods will not be shipped to Lisbon or even Europe. At that time, the prices of these goods will rise in a geometric multiple. At that time, I'm afraid that your kings will give you some face, right?"

The gloomy look on Lulanda's face was swept away and she smiled and said, "His Majesty Manuel is wise and powerful. It was under his leadership that we, Folangji, leaped into the most powerful country in Obaro. The Pope affectionately called him King David, and even planned to build a permanent statue in Rome and incorporate His Majesty into the wise kings of the Bible... I dare not disobey Your Majesty!"

Chen Xi thought to himself: "Don't think I don't know. You said you were the people of the Folangji Kingdom, but your autonomy is strong. If you leave the Folangji Kingdom, you will immediately become a pirate under the banner of the country. Even your kings will curry favor with you, otherwise you may treason if you disagree. At the same time, where can you continue to be rich back to Lisbon?"

Lulanda smiled and said, "I don't know when the goods we need will be shipped? We have to be prepared... The principle we follow is to pay the money and deliver the goods in one hand. We will not default on the payment for the goods, but you cannot delay the delivery, because we will also ship it back to the country of Folang."

Chen Xi estimated in his mind that the data amount was provided by Hui Niang and Song Xiaocheng, and his own estimate of the goods that could be purchased in the market. Then he said loudly: "The first batch of porcelain, tea, silk and other goods can be handed over soon, and the insufficient parts will be raised by us within half a year to deliver them to Quanzhou. You can pick up the goods there... But you have to settle the money first, because I can't go to Quanzhou with you..."

“Isn’t it a deal on the spot?”

When Lu Landa heard this, she immediately stood up to protest, "Since the second batch of goods was handed over in Quanzhou, the money should be settled in Quanzhou after we received the goods."

Chen Xi shook his head: "All your money is together and you can get it together in a short time, but we can't do it, because our goods need to be raised from all over the country... We will use national credit as the guarantee of this trade. What can you worry about? Besides, you have so much money to ship, and you can't get the amount you buy at one time, right? Next, I will take you to the capital to see Your Majesty in our country. You also know that the emperor of our country never breaks his promises, what can you worry about?"

When Lu Landa heard this, her expression was distorted and she shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, even if it is a trade guaranteed by the state, it is not possible to pay money and deliver goods in one hand. The distance between the two countries is too far. It takes more than a year for our ships to travel back and forth. How can we do it if we don't count it?"

Hu Lian was a little impatient: "What do you mean is that we will be able to lose money?"

When Lu Landa saw Hu Lian running out to speak again, he did not argue with Hu Lian, but just kept shaking his head, obviously unable to accept Chen Xi's proposal.

This made Hu Lian anxious because he knew the importance of the money in the hands of the Folang Ji people, which directly related to whether the Ming Dynasty had enough money to use military forces on the grassland, which was much easier than making private merchants raise military expenses.

Chen Xi asked, "What if we exchange it with the silver mirror technology?"

Chen Xi took out a mirror. These were several "high-tech" products he prepared in front of Folang Jiren. It was like when facing a merchant from the Western Regions, he took out some flashy things to tempt.

Seeing Lu Randa's shocked expression, Chen Xi took out another thing and said, "And there is this telescope. You are sailing on the sea. You should be very clear about how important this thing is, right?"

After seeing the silver mirror, Lulanda could no longer move her eyes. This mirror was clearer than the mirror made by the Venetians he had seen, and it was larger in area. The mirror in front of her was worth four or five hundred gold coins in Europe, but for Chen Xi, it seemed that it was not worth mentioning at all.

As for the monocular lens that Chen Xi took out, he didn't know what it was and didn't touch it.

"Don't just look at the mirror." Chen Xi raised the telescope in his hand and said with a smile, "You can take this thing, go to the window to see the scenery, and then come back and have a good talk with me."

Chen Xi seemed very confident. Lu Landa took the telescope in confusion, first he leaned in front of him and couldn't see clearly. He frowned immediately. He shook his head, got up and walked to the window, looked at the scenery in the distance, first exclaimed, then leaned hard towards his eyes, looked carefully before letting it go, and returned to Chen Xi, asking incredible expression: "Isn't this a magic weapon made of Eastern World magic?"

Chen Xidao: "This is not a magic weapon, but a device made using science and technology like a musket or cannon. I can teach you the silver mirror manufacturing technology as an additional gift for this trade, so that you can make silver mirrors on the spot in Lisbon and make huge profits."

"The premise of all this is that you have to settle the money so that we know how much goods we should prepare. As for the telescope in your hand... you can only sell a few of them for the time being. As for the craftsmanship, you can slowly explore it yourself. When you meet next time, if you haven't figured it out, maybe I will hand over the manufacturing process to you."

Lulanda looked back at several followers. The people were very curious and didn't understand why two things could cause Lulanda to react so much.

When the people took the telescope from Lulanda, went to the window on the second floor of the inn to look outside, they were shocked and told Lulanda to whisper and discuss.

Hu Lian asked curiously: "What are these foreigners talking about?"

"I know."

Chen Xi shrugged, "Anyway, as long as they are willing to transport the silver to Tianjin Wei, everything else is easy to say."

After a while, Lulanda came back and sat back at the negotiating table, saying, "We mean to pay half of the payment first... Since we can only get the first batch of goods on this trip, we will pay half of the goods first to express our sincerity. What do you think?"

Chen Xi asked, "What is half?"

Lu Landa answered affirmatively: "In your Ming unit of measurement, at least 200,000 jin, half, that is, 100,000 jin, and 1.6 million taels!"

The number Lulanda said made the Ming officials present incredible.

For laymen, one million taels of silver is already an astronomical figure. For those like Chen Xi and Hu Lian who understand the income of the Ming Dynasty's treasury, they are more aware of the weight of this figure.

In general, even if the price of silver in the Ming Dynasty was high, the income of provinces across the country was only reduced by two to three million taels of silver. The total number of this business was as high as three to three million taels of silver, which was roughly equivalent to the income of the Ming Dynasty in the year.

Hu Lian stood up in surprise and thought that Folang Ji people bragged, how could anyone have so much silver?

Chen Xi was not surprised.

Chenxi had a certain understanding of the benefits of the Flangerman in the Age of Discovery. When Columbus led the fleet to the Americas for the first time, he could already bring hundreds of tons of sailboats. This time, in order to prevent being plundered by pirates on the road and the Ming navy, Flangerman brought more than twenty large ships to carry more cargo. The flagship was a hundred tons of sailboats, and the remaining ships ranged from fifty to one hundred tons.

According to the weights and measures of Westerners, twenty taels are one kilogram, so a total of 3.2 million taels is 160 tons. It is not too easy to transport less than two hundred tons of silver to the Ming Dynasty.

The numbers are probably fine, and what Chen Xi has to worry about is the market capacity of the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Xi understood that if all the more than three million taels of silver were invested in the private sector, the silver price would inevitably fall rapidly. The result was that the country diluted the private wealth through foreign silver. Although the amount of Tibetan silver among the private sector may reach tens of millions of taels, the impact would be terrifying for the circulation field.

Chen Xi nodded: "Yes, you must deliver the silver to the place I designated within fifteen days... Oh by the way, your silver ship docked outside Zhigukou, right?"

Lulanda asked the translator what Chen Xi meant, and then shook his head flatly: "No, no, our silver ship is not outside Tianjin. As for where it is docked, I can't tell you that your sea border is very unsafe. There are many pirates who have escaped from somewhere, so we can only dock the ship farther away to avoid being robbed by pirates."

Chen Xi thought to himself: "You are pirates and colonists, and you are afraid that other pirates will come to rob them? It's a bit embarrassing to say it!"

Lulanda said: "We can send the money to your capital within half a month, but you need to arrange someone to accept and count it... I only believe in Lord Shen, for the rest of your country... I can't rest assured, and we must write all the trade details in the agreement. If anyone violates the agreement... the consequences will be very serious."

Hu Lian asked in confusion: "What does he mean?"

Chen Xi explained: "It is like signing a letter of state, listing the details of the transaction in advance, and what can and what cannot be explained clearly, and then following the agreement will be carried out in the future... When the strength of both sides is equal, Westerners regard the trade agreement as a golden rule, which is a good thing for us."
Chapter completed!