A leisurely city for solo travelers

Chapter 295 The Governor's Girl
The governor took the oyster tremblingly, put it in front of his nose, closed his eyes and sniffed it, and said intoxicated, "It's this fishy smell... oyster... I've missed you for a long time..."

Some evil thoughts came to Fang Xian's mind, and he quickly shook his head to shake them away.

"My lord... aren't oysters a very common aquatic product? There aren't any here?"

The governor nodded calmly: "Not only here...not anywhere! I even forgot when I ate."

Fang Xian was stunned for a long time, thinking about this surreal setting.

He tried his best to recall that among the port trade products of Great Voyage 4, there are almost all kinds of meat, rice, oil, salt, and other meats. It seems that there are no oysters.Presumably because all trading cities are seaports, the product of oysters is too common, so it is ignored.

But the roughness and fineness of the old man are really difficult to grasp, and the fact that Westerners love to eat oysters has remained.

As a result, this time, the omission was not thorough. His old Fang's family was in the oyster production business!
Oysters are raw oysters. At that time, Chinese people did not like to eat raw oysters. Westerners regarded them as treasures and liked the fishy smell. Of course, they also had one of the most important functions - aphrodisiac.

The governor's tears told Fang Xian that this lord needs oysters very much!
The governor once again cast a loving expression on Fang Xian, like a bar girl who just received jewelry and almost said - tonight, I am yours.

Fang Xian quickly avoided the governor's gaze, looked at the sky, and cast a grateful expression.

It seems that my own settings are not useless!Is this the hidden setting of choosing "Aiping World"!
The governor continued to test: "Excuse me, Your Excellency... is there anything else..."

Fang Xian was a little panicked, he sold his oysters, this governor's girl must be too hungry.

The governor seemed to see Fang Xian's anxiety, and quickly waved his hands and said, "No, that's not what it means. If you bring a lot of oysters, I can help you negotiate with the exchange and ask you to keep some oysters here for farming, so that in the future This city will be able to produce oysters. Of course, this is just my personal expectation, and whether to do so depends on your will."

"Can this be done?" Fang Xian asked in surprise.

"Of course." The governor was full of hope, "All port cities can produce oysters, as long as there are living oysters that can reproduce."

"Is the sales good?" As a businessman, Fang Xian asked instinctively.

"This..." the Governor hesitated for a moment, but still said truthfully, "To be honest, only we Westerners like to eat raw oysters. People here seem to have little interest in oysters, which is really hard to understand."

Fang Xian continued to ask: "About how many Westerners there are in a port city, I want to calculate the sales."

"This fluctuates a lot. In a small place like Giadin, there are probably only a few dozen Westerners. In Jakarta and Malacca, there should be a few hundred. But if you are willing to go to Africa...or even the Mediterranean..."

The governor's eyes shone like gold: "I think a warehouse of oysters can be sold for tens of thousands of gold coins. This thing may be as valuable as diamonds. We haven't eaten oysters for too long!"

When Fang Xian heard the words, he also had a flash of inspiration.

In terms of pure transportation trade, transporting oysters from here to the Mediterranean Sea can earn tens of thousands steadily.But tens of thousands of gold coins are really not a lot of money in the game.

According to the governor's suggestion, the best way is obviously to cultivate oysters in the port and then trade them.

Assuming that Fang Jiashui came to Lisbon with live oysters, and then started farming here, and only here, then Lisbon will become the only place where oysters are produced in the Mediterranean, monopolize the right to trade oysters here, and sell them all over Europe... …

There are many examples of this kind of thing.

The most well-known is probably pepper. In the Middle Ages, Venetian merchants and Genoese monopolized the pepper trade. Every meal in India would put a small amount of condiment in Europe, but it became like gold.

If we can achieve this level of oysters and achieve monopoly trade in the Mediterranean... I am afraid it will no longer be a fantasy to be wealthy.

But thinking of the end, Fang Xian still sighed.

In order to achieve monopoly trade, there is still one condition that is missing, and that is the cannon.

Even if you increase the occupancy of a port to 100%, so that others cannot come to trade, there are still several ways to break this monopoly.Other forces can gain market share by spreading rumors, bribing the governor, or even going to war and bombarding the port.If oysters can really be as expensive as gold, then there should be very... very many forces to seize the oyster trade.

Thinking of this, Fang Xian couldn't help but love and hate these oysters.

Love it's valuable, hate it's too expensive...

Recklessly developing oyster aquatic products is tantamount to placing a piece of fresh meat among wolves. Other forces will definitely flock to it after smelling it. I am afraid that the Fang family will receive the cannon gift in advance before they make much money. up.

To make money from it, it is necessary to ensure the ability to hold it and build an invincible fleet.

This kind of fleet does not exist in theory, and the closest thing to it is undoubtedly the fleet of all battleships full of continuous firing cannons. The cost of such a fleet is almost tens of millions.

"Hey..." Fang Xian let out a long sigh, "It's painful, it's too painful, it's unbearable, it's too unbearable..."

Although the governor is a Westerner by blood, he is very open-minded and treats everyone equally. He seems to have seen Fang Xian's distress and looks very depressed.

"Personally, I really hope that you will disclose oyster farming and trade, but I understand that you are a businessman." The governor shook his head, "However, I still want to remind you selfishly that sometimes, you should not be too greedy. Since you can Bring in oysters, then obviously there's always oysters coming out somewhere."

Fang Xian was suddenly startled, and the Fang family's hometown - Macau flashed in his mind!
The governor reminded Fang Xian again.

The Qing Dynasty is now closed to the outside world and does not engage in foreign trade, so only Fang Xian knows about the oysters for the time being.

If you don't trade, Westerners will force you to trade... One day, the fleets of various countries will sail into East Asia, and Yizhou and Macau will fall one by one.Once Macau falls into the hands of Westerners, oysters are no longer their exclusive product, and this huge diamond basically has nothing to do with them. The rest is the battle for the fleets of various countries around Macau.

"Time doesn't wait for me, time doesn't wait for me..." Fang Xian sighed, thinking of the full cargo, feeling very sorry.In the current situation, he no longer dares to dump oysters for a little money, and would rather destroy all of these oysters than let more people know about this thing.

The governor is really a smart guy, seeing Fang Xian's appearance, he was even more depressed.

Fang Xian hesitated for a while before asking: "Lord Governor, can I trust you?"

　I apologize here. After being reminded by a book friend, I also studied the dynasty background of the Great Navigation Era, and found that I made a mistake in my brain. It should actually be the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

　　The era and characters in the game are superficial, but basically follow the customs of various countries to serve, and the depiction of the Chinese region is somewhat random, and the shapes of various dynasties are rubbed together.This is not to blame for the glorious art. Chinese history is too complicated, and each dynasty has unique things. It is easy for foreigners to mix things from different eras together to form an impression of ancient China.

　　Why do you think it is the Qing Dynasty...Because every time you enter and leave the [Governor's Mansion] in the port of China, you will see a guy wearing a big red hat and a yellow jacket. This is too obvious the characteristics of the Qing Dynasty. I was deeply impressed, so I set it as the Qing Dynasty here, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)