Chapter 2076 No One Suffers
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The facts were indeed as Marin expected. His behavior of condolences to the families of migrant workers did spread quickly throughout Italy and to other countries. But what Marin didn't expect was that the comments on this matter were polarized.
Most of the civilians approve of Marin's condolences to the migrant workers' families, thinking that he loves the people. But the nobles looked down on Marin's self-declining behavior. The aristocrats believed that the aristocrats were the aristocrats, and they were essentially different from the pariahs. Therefore, rashly lowering your status to please them is simply crazy. Moreover, it is very embarrassing for the nobles. In this way, Marin's behavior was mainly welcomed by most of the lower classes, but it was disgusted and despised by most of the nobles.
Even, many nobles spread rumors, saying that Marin wanted those Italian migrant workers to work for him, and his life was in danger. Otherwise, why don't others come to condolences to your family? Maybe, those migrant workers will die for Marin... Moreover, they asserted that the first batch of 500 migrant workers who went to Beihai may not have a chance to return to their hometown alive...
Sure enough, these rumors caused a certain degree of panic, and Marin's subordinates could not quell the rumors with explanations. But Marin was very calm, because as long as the batch of Italian migrant workers came back one by one at Christmas, the rumor would be self-defeating. And Christmas is not long, so instead of wasting time and energy trying to justify, it is better to wait for the first batch of Italian migrant workers to return home and let them explain themselves. It is much better to show up and speak than to talk casually.
On the way back, Marin also turned to Venice by the way. Mainly, spies from the North Sea on the Italian side reported that the shipyard in Venice can also manufacture the ships that Marin needs.
Although, the Venetian shipyard mainly manufactures galleys. However, pure sailboats are also made. Moreover, they were able to create a compromise boat with less oars and more sails. This kind of ship is very suitable for Marin's need to be able to take both sea routes and inland rivers such as the Neva River and the Volkhov River.
The most important thing is that there are so many shipyards in Venice! There are only a dozen shipyards in the Netherlands, and most of them are relatively small. In Venice, there are seventy or eighty large and small shipyards. The spies under Marin's command have inquired that, except for more than 20 people who can only build sailboats, other companies can more or less manufacture modified ships, that is, sailboats. As long as an order is placed, one year later, it is no problem to manufacture 100 or more sailing boats. Marin came to Venice to place an order for shipbuilding, ordering 100 sailboats.
In addition to 100 sailing boats, Marin also placed a large number of orders, ordering a large number of flashy, leaving only good-looking glass products. These things, Marin intends to use them to fool the people of the less-informed Mexican Aztec Empire. After all, Marin wants to stimulate them to take the initiative to develop silver mines.
Because of the large number of orders placed, Marin was now in the eyes of the Venetian business community, a rich boy, a walking gold coin. Therefore, he and Caesar received a warm welcome from the Venetian merchants.
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These Venetian merchants didn't know that Marin had secretly arranged for the spies to rehearse the adapted version of "The Merchant of Venice". This "The Merchant of Venice" blackened the Merchant of Venice very much and was nailed to the pillar of shame. If you know this news, it is estimated that those Venetian businessmen have the intention of beating Marin. Of course, Marin used the pen name of "Shakespeare", and it was still premiering in London, and the Venetians would not find him.
In addition to ships and glass products, Marin also ordered a large amount of pyrolusite, which is manganese dioxide ore. The Venetian merchants fully agreed and would go to Hungary and Romania to buy goods. They thought that Marin wanted pyrolusite to make glass. In fact, Marin used it to make high manganese steel and spring steel. That is to say, the output of pyrolusite was very low in this era, otherwise, Marin wanted to popularize high manganese steel breastplate armor in the army.
In addition, Marin also purchased a large number of copper ingots in Venice. These copper ingots were purchased by Venetian merchants from Arabs, and the cost was much cheaper than European copper.
Although the price offered by Venetian merchants is much more expensive than that purchased from India, it is at least cheaper than the price of copper in Europe. Right now, because Turkey has not yet wiped out Venice's ally, the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt, the two countries have not completely turned their faces. Many commodities can still be circulated to Venice from Turkish merchants. For example, copper ingots. Although the price of copper in Turkey is not as cheap as that in India, it is much cheaper than in Europe. Venetians can also earn a lot by purchasing copper ingots from Turkey and reselling them. Of course, they can also mint coins themselves. After all, the Venetians now circulate copper coins themselves, and there is a lot of demand for copper.
Why does Marin purchase copper ingots from Venice? Naturally, it was brought back to mint coins! Now, European copper coins are valued at 1/15 of the silver price. The price that Marin purchased copper ingots in Venice was 1/25 of the silver price. Although it is much more expensive than 1/80 of the price of copper in India, in Europe, the profit of copper coins is still very high at 1/15 of the value of silver.
And it just so happened that Marin was short of copper ingots to mint Spanish and Portuguese copper coins. This batch of copper ingots just solved the urgent need. Although the profit is a little less, the profit is still great, but it is not as profitable as Indian copper and Ming Dynasty copper.
The most important thing is - the Merchant of Venice has enough stocks!
Why do the Venetians have the strength to spend more than 7,000 pounds each to cast so many Lizard Cannons? Isn't it because they have enough copper?
Before completely turning against Turkey, the entire eastern Mediterranean, all the way to the coast of the Black Sea, was the trading range of Venetian merchant ships. So it's no surprise that they can source enough cheap copper.
Historically, the decline of Venice’s maritime industry also began after Turkey occupied the land of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt and completely cut off the land spice trade route of Venetian merchants. Then, the two countries turned their faces and fought in the Mediterranean. In the end, the Venetians lost control of the Eastern Mediterranean due to the decline of trade and poor financial resources.
But because of Marin's intervention, the Mamluk dynasty did not collapse, and Sultan Garrigul did not die. The Turks were not confident enough, so naturally there was no need to provoke the powerful Venice. Therefore, Venice's current trade with Asia is still very developed.
There is plenty of copper and the cost is low, so they naturally work hard to make copper coins. Then, there is still room to make a Basilisk Cannon weighing more than 7,000 pounds.
This time, Marin packed them all directly. This arrogance stunned the Venetian merchants. You know, they offered a price of 1/25 of the price of silver, at least double their purchase price. But Marin didn't even blink, and he had to pack everything, which is really inhumane!
How did they know that these coppers were to be minted into Spanish and Portuguese copper coins, according to the value of 1/15 of the silver price. In general, Spain and Portugal were the last to bear the losses.
But the problem is that Spain and Portugal, as commercial countries with developed trade, actually lack domestic currencies. Marin privately minted the copper coins of the two countries, which seemed to have earned a lot of profits, but also provided the two countries with a large amount of currency available for circulation. For the markets of the two countries, it is a good thing. Unlike the French silver coins privately minted by Marin, they are not silver at all, but nickel-nickel-nickel copper. Therefore, this time Marin's private casting of Spanish and Portuguese copper coins is not only harmless to the two countries, but can also promote the prosperity of the markets of the two countries. Therefore, although Marin's behavior made money, the other party did not suffer. Under the circumstance that the cheap copper in the East cannot hit the European market in large quantities (the supply of copper in India is limited, and the Ming Dynasty restricted the outflow of copper), as long as the price of copper in Europe does not collapse, Marin privately casts copper coins of the two countries. What about the two countries... So, no one suffers from this...
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