Since he wanted to make a fortune after following the Venetians, Marin naturally needed to master the style of the Venetian mirror and make a comprehensive copy. In this way, others would think it was a glass mirror produced in Venice, and would not doubt the Beihai Kingdom.
Therefore, the first step in Marin's plan to make money is to obtain the agency sales rights of the Venetian Glass Mirror. Then, imitate the Venetian Glass Mirror and make a secret profit.
As for the price, Marin doesn't need to hype it up, the Venetian profiteers will do it themselves. What Marin needs to do is follow them and make a fortune silently to swallow the benefits.
So, after receiving the invitation from Venice, Marin set out south with great confidence and went to Venice to attend the auction.
The auction in Venice was held at the Palace of the Doge in Venice on July 10, 1516. Because Venice had a very high expectation for glass mirrors, the people invited by the auction were also the top nobles in Europe, most of whom were royal families, and the worst was the duke and the Count. Moreover, the earls who were not rich were not invited, only those who were very rich.
In this way, the total number of invited people was only more than one hundred, and the hall of the Governor's Palace could accommodate them. Of course, other countries and great nobles did not know what was the auction, so they did not pay much attention to it. For example, the royal families such as France, Spain and England only sent ordinary diplomatic envoys to represent the royal family, which was also considered as giving Venice a face.
There are almost no monarchs who came here in person like Marin. However, there were some dukes and marquises of the principalities in Italy. After all, the whole of Italy basically had commercial transactions in Venice. Venice is a golden thigh. Those who want to make money are still willing to interact with Venice.
In this way, Marin's identity was the highest among the guests. The Governor of Venice, Loridan, personally came to entertain Marin. After all, Marin now has the crown of the "King of America" ​​and the standard lord of a country is not comparable to ordinary princes.
Even Venice, although it considers itself a sovereign state, is generally considered a powerful vassal state in Italy. Naturally, it is the same as the vassal state of Marin's North Sea Grand Duchy of North Sea. Therefore, after Marin arrived, Governor Loridan also accompanied him for a whole day with great face.
Facing Marin, Governor Loridan boasted with a gloomy face, saying that Venice "has ushered in new hope for rise again." Marin was funny, but he didn't point it out. After all, what he said was right. With the glass mirror, the Venetians fought a big turnaround and continued to become European powers. After losing the economic pillar of spice trade, they quickly returned to the ranks of European rich countries.
In fact, after the war against the eastern Mediterranean in Turkey for nearly two hundred years, Venice was basically supported by the huge profits of glass mirrors. In the early 16th century, an ordinary silver-framed glass mirror sold for as high as 8,000 pounds (calculated according to later pounds, the later pound was 1 pound = 2 gold coins, which was cheaper than the current pound), which was equivalent to 16,000 gold coins. The side given to the Queen of Medici in France was worth 150,000 livres, which is about 25,000 gold coins because it was inlaid with a large amount of expensive jewelry.
In other words, Venice can earn ten thousand gold coins with an ordinary glass mirror. If you sell 100 faces, you will transfer hundreds of thousands of gold coins... No wonder Venice's fiscal revenue in 1580 could reach 18 million Ducat gold coins. As long as you sell more than 1,000 mirrors, you can earn this amount...
Marin's saliva almost flowed out, so she had to wipe the corners of her mouth with a napkin to avoid embarrassment...
On the morning of July 10, the auction was held on time at the Palace of the Governor of Venice. Although Marin was also a king and had a noble status, French envoys and Spanish envoys also came on behalf of their own kings and could not be taken slowly. Therefore, Marin could only sit next to a few envoys of powerful countries. Fortunately, it belonged to the first row. The first row was basically the envoys of the monarch or the monarch. The second row behind was the position of independent vassal states or representatives sent by them. At the back, there were the position of dukes and earls who had no autonomy or representatives they sent...the hierarchy was clear...
Because the items are too expensive, the Governor of Venice took over the position of the auctioneer this time and went on stage to auction...
"Dear guests, today, I want to recommend an epoch-making product to you. This product is unheard of, and only we in Venice have it! Our great craftsman, Dal Carlo, has finally produced an incredible wonderful product - a glass mirror!"
After saying that, Governor Loridan waved his hand, and the messengers untied the silk gauze covered with a row of glass mirrors on the stage, revealing the true appearance of the glass mirror...
"Please come up and see how effective this glass mirror is..."
Looking at Loridan's smug look, Marin felt funny - isn't it just a glass mirror? Any mirror worth two yuan in my later generations will have much better effect than this...
This is not a brag. According to later generations, this glass mirror with mercury tin foil plated with foil is not reflective enough because of its insufficient reflective ability. In later generations, a 25-watt light bulb can only reflect 16-watt light with a Venetian mirror. In other words, its reflective efficiency is only 60% to 70%, which is much worse than that of mirrors in later generations.
However, compared with the bronze mirrors of this era, this is indeed very awesome...
Sure enough, as Loridan expected, the envoys from various countries who came up to watch were shocked when they saw themselves in the mirror! Especially the slutty French envoy Baron Hunter, who came up to pick up the mirror and carefully looked at his "beautiful beauty"... Of course, he is indeed handsome, and in Paris, he is also the "prince" in the eyes of noble ladies...
Moreover, French people attach great importance to appearance regardless of gender. To put it nicely, they call it romance, but not nicely, they like to be stinky and beautiful...
Seeing the French envoy performing this way, Governor Loridan clenched his fists hard - there is a chance!
In fact, Governor Loridan felt right. The French really loved mirrors, and the reason why France sent people to steal mirrors in later generations was because France had too much demand for glass mirrors.
Gathered at the French King François I liked mirrors very much and once bought more than a dozen Venetian glass mirrors within a year. At that time, the price of glass mirrors was 8,000 pounds, or 16,000 Ducate. More than a dozen Venetian glass mirrors, with a total price of more than 200,000 gold coins, actually triggered a financial crisis in France...
Everyone's reaction was shocked, and Marin wanted to make a big profit from it in the future. So he cooperated to be a child care provider...
"Oh my God! Such a clear mirror? How did this... exactly do it? Could it be God's gift?" Marin shouted exaggeratedly...
Then, other people participating in the auction were full of black lines - MMP. If you praise this thing like this, how can we lower the price next?
Chapter completed!