Chapter 99 The Golden Trade Road! Operating Franchise Tickets!
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However, due to the unexpected rise of Laidao family, one important stronghold after another was captured, and these important gold trade routes were cut off.↗
It was all those strange guys who appeared, which led to all this.
Li Huamei clenched her pink fists.
Those strange guys stood among the Laidao family's forces and seemed to have all kinds of magical powers. In the two critical battles, the Li family's fleet was defeated by these strange guys.
"If it doesn't work, you can only take a gamble." Li Huamei's beautiful eyes were clear, and she murmured at the port.
"Take a gamble?" Yang Xien said on the side: "Huamei, are you talking about taking the fleet to Naha or Kyoto? That should be the case!"
His battle was full of passion: "In the future, the island family will return to Japan!"
Li Huamei smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Laidao family has developed rapidly at this time, and it is even more difficult to deal with if they have an armored ship. I'm just talking about it."
Unlike Li Huamei's loneliness, Lin Qing couldn't stop smiling.
The flying pigeon is coming again.
Zhou Zhiruo has returned to Hangzhou, and the cotton fabrics from Nagasaki have been sold out.
As expected, as he speculated, when he went there, this fleet of only 5 small Chinese cargo ships had obtained a total of 50,000 gold coins, 5 times the profit!
Lin Qing even got a space prompt.
"Your fleet, traveling between China and Japan, sells silk and cotton fabrics in Hangzhou and Nagasaki."
"You have made 5 times the profit, and the total amount of goods is not less than 10 units."
"You discovered a [golden trade route]!"
"You got a franchise ticket!"
"Your power value in this region has risen by 100 points! It has reached 500 points."
Power value: reflects the strength of a force in the region. The higher the power value, the more likely the navigator is to join you. The more afraid and respect you, the more likely it is to succeed in the pressure. The share you may get and the sales.
"Every time you find a [Golden Trade Road], your power will increase and you will get a free franchise."
Franchise: Governments are encouraging explorers in their own country to discover new worlds and will give franchise tickets depending on your exploration. You can use this franchise ticket at any port and get 2% of the market share for free without conflict with any forces.
In the Age of Discovery, if you have no market share, you can neither buy nor sell in a city.
If you want to break the monopoly of a city, you only have one way - war.
Only by defeating the enemy's fleet through war and making the enemy's city surrender can the market be opened up by forcibly.
However, franchise tickets can allow soldiers to enter a city's market without bloodshed, and can be called a magical tool.
Lin Qing believes that the discovery of this golden trade route will definitely reach Li Huamei's ears.
This will aggravate Li Huamei's anxiety.
Because of her huge fleet, she could not get much profit, but the Zhou family's broken fleet could be safe and sound, traveling between China and Japan in the war and gaining huge profits.
Sure enough, Li Huamei couldn't sit still.
In the evening, at dinner, Lin Qing was called over by Li Huamei.
A long table, as the Western captain liked, was filled with food, but not very luxurious. Li Huamei, Yang Xien, James, Xingjiu and Yi An, were sitting, waiting for Lin Qing to come and have dinner.
Lin Qing was very glad that he didn't have to go to the wet bottom cabin with those unlucky adventurers and eat crumbs with mice. However, with his relationship with Admiral Li, there was no good banquet for the banquet, so how would Li Meiren torture herself?
Li Huamei looked at Lin Qing who was a little cramped with beautiful eyes, and waved her hand: "Mr. Richard, please sit down. We have successfully completed a transaction between Hangzhou and Macau. The celebration banquet is about to begin."
Lin Qing was so electric that she was a little fluttering when she was looking at this look. She immediately bit her tongue and reminded herself that this woman was Xiang Feihu, Xiang Feihu, and she would not vomit bones after eating it.
Li Huamei had a drink, and the beauty tasted wine. Her face was flushed and she added to her charming look. She chuckled: "Yi An, talk about the war between us and Laidao family."
Yi An elegantly wiped his lips and said softly: "The Laidao family has controlled four major cities in East Asia, with strong financial resources and developed a terrible iron-armored ship. The biggest problem at the moment is that we have a serious financial shortage. Even if we win every battle, the finances are getting exhausted and we are at a disadvantage. I heard that the Zhou family fleet had just achieved a great success in Nagasaki, and even discovered a golden trade route. We also obtained the franchise coupon issued by the Ming Dynasty."
Li Huamei frowned and said, "Can you think of a way to get out of the predicament?"
Her expectant eyes swept across everyone.
But Yang Xien is good at fighting on the battlefield. He has been brave and resourceful for a long time, but he is not a business talent. The two looked at each other and shook their heads without saying a word.
Yi An frowned: "Our biggest problem is that our business sphere is too narrow to conduct lucrative cross-sea trade. Only by transporting Ming Dynasty goods to other countries can we make profits."
He smiled bitterly.
James is a big gunner, good at picking up girls and having sex, and knows nothing about business.
Li Huamei's eyes dimmed.
Sure enough, can you only think of a solution for this kind of problem?
However, Laidao's family continued to pressure, the court greedily demanded, and the operating profits became thinner, so the fleet was almost unable to maintain.
Lin Qing originally planned to make a fortune and lose his fortune when he was full. But when he saw Li Huamei's beauty, frowning and worried beauty, he felt unbearable.
He forced Li Huamei to put the Li family fleet in trouble!
The so-called "to promote" is to suppress it first.
If Li Huamei has a smooth journey and dominates East Asia, why should she fall in love with the extremely vulgar Richard Huisen?
In this way, it is possible to help Li Huamei in the most difficult times, increase her favorability, and eventually bring Xiang Feihu into the harem and enjoy it in a special room.
However, Lin Qing couldn't stand seeing Li Huamei so depressed.
It is his fault to be soft-hearted to women.
He coughed.
Everyone's eyes focused on him.
Yang Xien sneered and said, "Can we be our genius, Mr. Richard Huisen, what's the trick?"
"There is no trick," Lin Qing said calmly: "I just have a small suggestion."
How terrible is he thinking?
Just now, I just blinked my eyes and came up with a wonderful idea.
"Hmph! I asked you to bribe Ming Dynasty officials, but the money was spent. Our share in Hangzhou was divided by a Zhou family fleet that appeared inexplicably!" Yang Xien couldn't help but get angry and shouted sternly: "Explain and explain to me!"
Lin Qingzhan smiled and said calmly: "It turns out that General Yang resented me for this matter. I was also very unfair about this matter. I went to find Lord Guo Jiang. He just said that there were people on the Zhou family fleet that were putting pressure on him to consign him to trade. Since the Li family fleet can do it, why can't the Zhou family fleet do it?"
He talked for a long time.
Li Huamei and others had no way to deal with him.
Anyway, they can't confront Lord Jiang, and Lord Jiang won't tell Lin Qing, so this is a headless case.
Li Huamei waved her hand and said, "I will deal with that matter. Now I will talk about your suggestions."
Lin Qing nodded and said, "Now the Li family fleet cannot make money, the biggest problem is the limited operating area. The goods from the Ming Dynasty could only be sold at domestic ports, so naturally they could not be sold at high prices. I suggest selling the goods to their own country and moving towards the world."
"You're talking lightly!" Yang Xien sneered: "How can we not know that selling goods will make a lot of profits? But the problem is that our fleet needs to be wary of the Japanese pirates, and have to deal with various expenses. We have no ability to develop foreign markets. The East Asian market has also been occupied by the Lai Dao family."
"Who said that you must spend money on investment? You can cooperate!" Lin Qing suddenly interrupted Yang Xien and said: "We can find partners to cooperate with a certain share of the money and engage in commercial cooperation! Explore overseas trade!"
"Look at the specific story" Li Huamei became interested.
Although Lin Qing knew that it would greatly improve the situation of the Li family fleet, he really couldn't bear to see Li Huamei so sad, so he simply said: "You know, as a British, I have close contacts with Mr. Crawford. His fleet is currently developing business in Europe and Africa and has great influence. If we can cooperate with them, we can easily break through the existing restrictions on business bases and ship the Ming Dynasty goods to the world for sale. I have investigated that silk fabrics that cost only 1,000 gold coins can triple the price when they arrive in Africa, and five times when they arrive in Europe!"
After saying this, everyone's surprised eyes focused on Lin Qing.
A dazzling gaze shot out from Li Huamei's beautiful eyes.
She couldn't believe that this vulgar guy could make such valuable suggestions.
"You're talking about it more specifically!" Li Huamei leaned closer to Lin Qing.
Lin Qing smelled a refreshing fragrance and coughed, his face turned a little red.
It’s hard to get rid of a tiger, and it’s impossible not to talk about it.
Lin Qing simply made up his mind.
If the Li family fleet is strong, then it is strong.
There is always a way to reverse the plot.
He said bluntly: "Actually, Mr. Crawford is also worried about not being able to open up the East Asian market. If the two sides agreed to use Malacca City as a trading base, we just need to transport the goods to Malacca and they will hand over there. The price is doubled as the basis. We make double, and they make double. In this way, everyone has money to make money. We don't need to invest, and we can sell it at a high price. It's better to run these meager lines on the coast of the mainland."
Li Huamei was silent for a while.
Lin Qing’s suggestions are actually very suitable for her.
A basic premise is that Crawford's power cannot be extended into China.
But this was satisfied. Because Crawford just went to Malacca to pick up the goods and did not come to China at all.
Chapter completed!