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That night, three people who completed the first time and space journey held the first work summary meeting. The meeting minutes were made according to the formal meeting process. According to Wen Desi, we are creating history.

At the meeting, the various issues during the journey were summarized and summarized. The conclusion was: I despise the wisdom of the ancients too much, did not do enough homework, and knew too little about the Ming Dynasty, and most of them took it for granted.

Overall, I was lucky and found a fairly suitable agent very smoothly.

As for the next trade plan, although the price is as low as they expected, after careful calculation, the profit is not as low as expected.

One tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty is about 37.3 grams. Although the purchase price of silver in this time and space has fluctuated, it is only around 3 yuan per gram (the sales price is 3.6-3.8 yuan, the purchase price is 2-2.6 yuan, and the price is slightly higher). One tael of silver can get 112 yuan. In fact, the cost of "fire consumption" - many of the silver circulating in the Ming Dynasty are not purity and need to be refined and have a lower income.

If a powder box can be sold for ten taels, it means that it can cost about 1,000 yuan. Xiao Zishan has more than 200 powder boxes, and this item alone can earn 2,000 taels of silver, equivalent to 200,000 yuan. Even if they want to buy these powder boxes, the current wholesale price is only a few yuan per one, and the cost is almost negligible.

"Actually we can resell it once." Xiao Zishan smeared it with a pen for a long time. "I remember that the price of gold and silver in the late Ming Dynasty was about one to ten. We asked to exchange these 2,000 taels of silver into gold. We could get 200 taels, totaling 7,460 grams. Each gram was calculated at 150 yuan, which was more than one million. It was more profitable than selling goods."

"But generally speaking, the amount of gold in society is limited and there is not much exchange." Wang Luobin felt a pity.

"In fact, we can ask for something else for value, which is more valuable than gold," said Wen Desi.

"What?"

"Porcelain." Wen Desi pointed to the auction announcement of Christie's in the newspaper, "I don't need to say anything about the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty..."

When Ding ran to the study with a pale face, Mr. Gao knew that the three Australians were coming again. This time it was late at night, and just like last time, it emerged from the yard of the house out of thin air.

If it weren't for the last time they came during the day and left in broad daylight, Mr. Gao would have really doubted what kind of ghosts they were.

"These are goods, tall men."

Under the study corridor, four or five cardboard boxes moved by the servants from the yard of the house. This was the first time he saw it using paper to make the cargo boxes, and his heart couldn't help but thump. Although he had secretly poured the goods with chicken blood a few days ago, he looked at them the next day and found that these things were still good and did not turn into mulberry puppets, so he felt relieved.

"Manager Yan, count and make a book." Mr. Gao ordered his subordinates.

"Yes, Master."

The manager led the servants to disassemble the cartons, and the goods were wrapped in exquisite cartons, neatly placed. Mr. Gao nodded. This Australian businessman was really extravagant to act - this packaging alone probably cost a lot of money.

The three of them sat on the chairs and watched the servants of Gao's mansion count. Under the dizzy candlelight, Mr. Gao's Nanjing satin robe shone slightly, and Xiao Zishan inexplicably remembered the shroud and got goosebumps.

Fortunately, they had prepared a special gift, and the counting ended, and the two sides passed the numbers one by one. Wen Desi opened a box and took out a kerosene lamp. It took them a lot of time to buy this thing from a craft store. It was 120 yuan, which was the most expensive of everything. Wen Desi took out a kerosene from the box, poured it in, and lit a ball of flame with the candle at hand. Not long after, the flames gradually became stronger and it turned out that the dim study room was shining brightly.

Mr. Gao and the servants were all stunned. Nothing brought by Australian maritime merchants these days was as impressive as this one.

"This is a kerosene lamp, let's prepare a single piece."

"What a strange thing!" Mr. Gao also walked up to him a few steps. A ball of white flame was dazzlingly bright and there was a completely transparent glass lampshade outside. He turned his head and asked, "Is this thing a place produced in a precious place, how valuable is it?"

Xiao Zishan couldn't help but sigh at the desire for light. What they thought the ancients would be surprised did not cause much trouble. Instead, this kerosene lamp that had eliminated modern society shocked them - it was just because it was much brighter than candles and oil lamps. If Mr. Gao could see the electric lamp?! Xiao Zishan was immediately full of confidence in his future travel plan.

"It is indeed produced by our country," Wen Desi smiled very much, "Two hundred taels are enough."

"Strange thing, strange thing!" Mr. Gao looked around the lamp in fascinatedly, and then turned the knob that adjusts the size of the flame as Wen Desi, and when he saw the light, it would be dark, and he would do whatever he wanted. He was secretly surprised in his heart. He knew that although this thing was strange in shape and had an expensive glass cover, it was actually something like a lamp or oil platform for poor families, but the light was more than ten times better, that was, there was no oil and smell and no smoke, and the light and darkness could be adjusted. Are all Australian skilled craftsmen resurrected?

Suddenly I remembered something and asked again: "This lamp uses oil - well, is kerosene also produced in Australia?"

Xiao Zishan nodded. Mr. Gao is really a smart person and can see the key points at a glance.

“That’s right.”

"Oil price?"

"Ten taels per bottle." One bottle is actually just one liter. At present, they do not intend to engage in kerosene trade, so it is better to sell it more expensively, leaving a certain amount of space for the future. (8.5 yuan/liter kerosene quotation for Shanghai lamps)

"Lamps are good lamps, but oil..." Mr. Gao showed regret.

"A bottle of oil can be ordered for more than ten hours, and a month is only ten or twenty taels of silver, which is not too expensive."

"If oil can be cheaper, I can sell this thing very well..." Mr. Gao was unwilling.

Xiao Zishan only called him, not answering his words. Mr. Gao knew that this group of Australian maritime merchants would not let go. However, the lamp and the twelve bottles of kerosene were also very beneficial. He thought that maybe it could be used even if it was replaced with vegetable oil, so he would give it a try.

Xiao Zishan demonstrated the disassembly, assembly, maintenance and oil filling methods. He held high a servant to watch and learn, and did it several times. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, he checked the price according to the order.

The payment for the goods was settled at the price they had negotiated, and the total amount of more than 3,000 taels of silver was obtained. Xiao Zishan asked 1,500 taels of them to be converted into gold. Master Gao shook his head repeatedly and said that there was no place to exchange gold at night, and he only had fifty or sixty taels of gold in his hand. In the end, he used sixty taels of gold to replace six hundred taels of silver.

Xiao Zishan proposed to buy porcelain again, which was not beyond Master Gao's expectations. Overseas businessmen liked to buy porcelain. It was not difficult. He had too many piles of porcelain in his house. So he ordered people to take a few baskets of porcelain for export.

He took out a few pieces of porcelain books that Xiao Zishan had raided, and he recognized that this was the so-called "Clark porcelain", which was a representative exported porcelain variety in the late Ming Dynasty.

How much can this porcelain be sold now? An ordinary plate will not be less than a few thousand yuan. On December 10, 2005, Swedish stensjostrand salvaged it from the South China Sea and auctioned 214 Clark porcelains in the special "Ming Wanli, Qing Disha Ruhaihaijiao" in China. Although the glaze on the porcelain was severely corroded and even peeled due to long-term soaking underwater, the glaze on the porcelain was severely corroded and even peeled, the transaction rate was 92%, with a total transaction volume of 2.727 million yuan. One of the Ming Wanli blue and white lotus petal-shaped consecrated flower and bird plates were sold for 55,000 yuan.

At this moment, the brand new Clark porcelain is full of several large baskets in front of them!

It cost less than twenty taels of silver to buy these porcelains. Xiao Zishan and the others all called it cheap, while Mr. Gao secretly laughed at the fact that these maritime merchants did not accept the market. Both sides felt that they had obtained a big advantage.

Before leaving, Wen Desi left 200 taels of silver and asked Mr. Gao to buy a house near the corner for their stay. According to the plan, the exit of the wormhole in this time and space will be temporarily arranged there. Mr. Gao promised one by one.

After the Australian maritime businessman left, Mr. Gao thought alone in the study room for a long time, and even the concubine who invited him to relax was driven out. Buying a house was of course nothing, but these people were not identified, which still made him a little worried. After turning a few circles, he called the in charge and told the Australian maritime businessman not to leak out the matter. He also asked him to bring the servants, servants and maids who knew about the matter, and brought them in the list. If the rumors leaked, they would investigate and blame them.
Chapter completed!