Chapter 1543: Ginger business
According to previous agreements with several lords in the Breischgau region, half of the 103,500 Goulden coins paid by Marin this time are covered by food and other supplies. For example, the sugar produced in Cuba and the dried **** produced in Grenada.
Whether it is sucrose or ginger, it is a luxury item welcomed by nobles. Especially ginger, which is currently classified as a spice, is mostly imported.
In fact, Europeans do n’t know that **** can be grown in southern Europe. Because **** can survive in the subtropical climate. Only the northern region has high latitudes and the temperature is not enough to meet the requirements for **** growth.
It's just that they used to import and export the dried ginger. They didn't know how to breed and cultivate it. They thought it was a tropical specialty like pepper and other spices. Only Marin, the traverser, knows that **** can be grown in the Yellow River basin. Shandong, for example, is an important **** producing area.
Of course, it seems that in the 16th century, Europeans also mastered **** cultivation techniques. No, by the time of Queen Elizabeth I in the late 16th century, the Queen invited the Minister to eat **** cake. At that time, the price of **** had dropped to 2 shillings per pound, which was a little more expensive than sugar. Pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. are still expensive, because these cannot be cultivated locally in Europe.
Now, Europeans haven't found the Indian route for a few years. Therefore, it has not been found that **** can be grown in southern Europe. Therefore, the price of **** is still very high, reaching 8 shillings per pound. In particular, after Marin rescued Juan III with **** syrup, **** was popular. Especially in Spain, the price once rose to 12 shillings per pound. But as Spain took over the Indian route from Marin, a large amount of dried **** flowed into Europe, and the price returned to 8 shillings per pound. However, because of the domineering effect of **** syrup, although the amount of **** purchases increased, the price did not fall. Therefore, Malin's use of dried **** as part of cash is still very popular.
Since Juan III was rescued by **** syrup after being infected with cold, the European nobility often feels uncomfortable and comes to a bowl of **** syrup, which makes **** and sucrose more popular.
Moreover, after introducing sugar workers from Daming, Marin not only produced the frosted sugar of the yellow mud method, but also produced brown sugar that is more advanced than the brown sugar popular in Europe. This time, Kohler brought all the brown sugar. Brown sugar with dried **** slices, come to a bowl when cold, often avoid colds. The cold is a serious illness in Europe, and it will kill you if you fail. In ancient China, it was probably the popularity of **** syrup, but people were not prone to accidents.
In addition to dried **** slices and brown sugar, Marin also brought sugar **** slices marinated in cane sugar. This thing has been promoted by the military once when attacking the Republic of Siena, and it is very popular. This sweet and spicy taste seems to fit the tastes of Europeans in this era. After all, the Europeans of this era ate bread dipped in pepper, and the spicy **** was perfectly suitable for their taste.
Nowadays, senior officers and nobles of Beihai State have fallen in love with this kind of sugar **** slices, and it is okay to take a few as snacks. Seeing that sugar **** slices are so popular, Marin naturally wants to open up foreign markets. So, this time he asked Kohler to bring 1000 packs of sugar **** tablets sealed in oil paper bags, just to test the water.
Right now, the North Sea country only has a **** growing area on Grenada, with a planting area of only 1,000 acres. However, due to the use of modern fertilizers, the yield of **** per mu is as high as three or four thousand pounds. Although only half of the 8000-jin mu output in the later generations is less than that (mainly due to variety problems), the total output is also scary. 1000 acres is 6000 acres, and even if the average yield is calculated at the lowest 3,000 pounds per mu, the total output is 18 million pounds. With such a high output, the North Sea State simply cannot consume it. Therefore, selling it is the best choice.
However, in order to avoid stimulating Spain and Portugal, which monopolize the spice trade (including ginger), Marin has been tough for ten years before beginning to open up the European market. After all, after another 10 years of buffering, it is reasonable to open up a **** planting base in the Americas.
Moreover, the Portuguese seem to have also cultivated **** on the island of Sao Tome in Africa (the Portuguese do not know that the locals can actually be grown, only thinking that they can only be grown in the tropics). However, Marin ’s spy in Portugal had inquired that the Portuguese planted technical waste and did not fertilize. The yield per mu was only 500 pounds.
But with Portugal's own planting ahead, Malin planting **** is not conspicuous. The only question is-can so many goods be sold? After all, the price of **** has not fallen yet. But with the Portuguese planting success, **** will definitely fall.
Marin's plan was to take advantage of the price of **** before it fell. To this end, he intends to control the sales volume and ship slowly, so as not to affect the price. After all, if 18 million pounds of **** flooded into Europe at once, it would be difficult for prices to not plunge. But even if it fell to 2 shillings per pound during the period of Elizabeth I, Marin made a huge profit. After all, the cost of this stuff is not high.
However, the current popular in Europe is dried ginger, not fresh **** (mainly preservation issue). After drying fresh ginger, it often loses most of its weight. For example, 18 million pounds of **** leaves only a few million pounds left after drying. But even if 1 million pounds of dried **** are sold, the total price is as high as 1.6 million gold coins. However, in order to prevent the price of **** chips from plummeting, Marin only planned to take out 100,000 pounds of dried **** to test the water. No, the several lords of Breischgau were his first subjects to test water in the German region ...
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Freiburg, the largest city of Breischgau, Kohler arrived in Freiburg with 1,000 bags of sugar **** slices after arriving in Breisach on the Rhine River west of Freiburg with a fleet of food. www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Meet with several local lords.
Although Freiburg is not the site of several lords, because of the Breischgau region, Freiburg is a handy city. Therefore, this meeting negotiation was arranged here. After all, the lords have to talk about pomp. And their country manor was a bit low, so they chose to negotiate in Freiburg.
Before the negotiations, Kohler gave each lord a two-hundred pack of sugar **** slices with a smile. The lords were a little puzzled, so the leading baron Dementich of Emmendingen turned to sugar **** slices, and asked:
"Master Kohler, what is this?"
"Sugar **** slices, **** slices marinated in sucrose!" Kohler concisely said.
Several country lords were suddenly surprised-how extravagant it is to pickle **** slices with cane sugar ...
For the few country lords who only rely on farming to obtain the rent tax, neither sugar nor **** is what they can squander and can only eat occasionally.
It's just that, thinking of the upcoming transaction, several people have confidence again-after this transaction, I can eat **** for a long time ...
Baron Detrich, according to Kohler's instructions, tore the packaging of the oil paper bag and saw the golden sugar **** slices inside. Then he hesitated ...
"Can this thing really be eaten?"
As soon as the words fell, Kohler took two pieces, threw them into his mouth, and chewed. Ambiguous while eating (with **** slices in his mouth) first said:
"Of course you can eat it, and it's delicious. Tell you, in Beihai, this thing is very popular ..."
Seeing Kohler "test the poison by himself", several lords no longer hesitated and began to eat. As a result, they all fell in love with this sweet food with a bit of spicy taste and began to chew it ...
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