The white-famous crane sat on the beach, wearing her favorite flower pants, and enjoying the beauty of the Aegean Sea.
Wan Xueer and Qing He came to Bai Minghe's side, one left and one right. Qing He said, "Huaiyu left on the boat. She said she wanted to see if Angela is fun to be the queen. The Byzantines were very nervous and specially sent an elite guard of 300 people, for fear that Huaiyu would hurt a hair."
"A foolish girl." Bai Minghexin said, Huaiyu, when you go to Athens, you can only cause trouble.
Who is Huaiyu? The most beloved sister of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Byzantines have understood the Ming Dynasty's system and have even considered whether to allow first-class nobles to marry one more wife for the sake of the continuation of the empire. In fact, it is for the sake of the birth rate of the child. Of course, it is not easy to modify the doctrine, which is disrespectful to the Lord.
However, there has been no revision of the doctrine in history. It only requires a very good reason, and I believe that the Lord will understand it.
Therefore, although Huaiyu was not born to the queen, such a Ming princess is also very noble. The reason for her honor is not because of her mother, but because of the attitude of the Ming emperor.
One Huaiyu, with a commanding force of 500,000 troops and a thousand warships.
This was the conclusion given by several generals of the Byzantine Empire, which was the majesty brought to a princess by a powerful empire.
"Husband, do you want to come to some Ukrainian singers?" Qinghe held the local fruit in one hand and pointed at the moving ship on the sea with the other.
The Ming ships only have obvious characteristics. The appearance of pulling people and loading ships is somewhat different, and the pulling people is also different on the flag. This is to allow passenger ships to take refuge when they encounter wind and waves or pirates. This is a rule set by the Ming court.
Under Confucianism, people are always more precious than gold.
Bai Minghe looked dark. His originally good mood was half bad. Thinking of the timid expression when he first met Qinghe, he dared to tease him now. It seems that this woman is really used to it.
The fleet here was loaded with people to transport it to the Strait of Gibraltar, at the Strait.
Lisbon has never had such prosperity. It can be said that all the merchants in Portugal have come here. Even a small winery with only a few acres of vineyards will come to join in the fun.
The opposite of the Portuguese merchants' fanaticism is the expression of the Ming merchants.
The merchants of the Ming Dynasty could not raise too much interest, and chatted in groups of three or five. The goods here were guarded by the army of grapes, and there were only samples. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty did not accept sporadic transactions, but only accepted commodity transactions. The minimum trading standard was one foot of silver.
There are differences in weights and measures between Ming Dynasty and grapes, so the merchants of Ming Dynasty used the simplest standard.
Silver ingots, the standard silver ingots of the Ming Dynasty, and then compare the quality. Make standards and calculate them according to the weight of silver on the Ming Dynasty. Use a simple tool like Pingtian to calculate it.
The Ming Dynasty is a foot square, which means the number of silver ingots piled up in a piece of material, representing the lowest transaction volume and only traded with silver.
"Have you seen any good things?" A businessman came to the shed, where more than a dozen people were drinking tea here, and they were discussing this Portugal transaction.
"Some, but not many, no particularly amazing items." A businessman replied.
The businessman who came in later smiled and picked up a glass of wine: "If you want to say that this Portuguese wine is really a good thing, no wonder their country is called Portugal. You can take some of this wine back, just to taste it. But you, you won't be vegetarian if you eat too much meat."
"That's true, the vision of exploring business opportunities is the way to get rich!"
Everyone nodded. Portugal must have enough to trade goods. In fact, Byzantium also had them, but this time they did not trade with Byzantium first because Byzantium needed to fight and many goods were defective, so Portugal could still trade some.
"It would be a good thing if I just exchange some money for it. I just didn't bring some specialties back, which would be a pity."
"Yes!" The merchant who came in later took out a small piece from his pocket and put it on the table: "I just signed a contract to purchase two types of goods in large quantities at this time next year. The first one is this, please take a look. The book records that there were records of using cork in the Han Dynasty in China."
Everyone picked it up and looked at it. After identifying the goods, the person who knew the goods commented: "This is better than the cover used in the thermos."
"That's right, cork trees. There are no such trees in our Ming Dynasty, Japan, and Nanyang. I've inquired. There are only here in Europe. This tree has only become a vegetarian tree in 25 years. It grows naturally here, and it is a very large number of them. This one is used as a thermos cap, or wine bottle, or spice!"
It is very useful, and it is also a kind of resource.
"Is it worth the shipping fee?" someone asked again.
"It is naturally not worth it to simply transport this. But adding another kind of goods is worth it, wood pulp, high-quality wood pulp. It can be used to make paper after being pulled back, which is hundreds of times better than drafting, hemp and other paper. However, using this kind of wood pulp paper requires buying a patent for wood pulp paper from Xingshouyuan."
Bang, a piece of paper shook open. This is the Ming Dynasty wood pulp paper, which is specially used for writing in fountain pens.
At this time, the pen in the Ming Dynasty did not have the design of ink storage. You could write dozens of words by dipping it in ink, but it was much faster than a brush. The clerks in the government had already started to use pens, and the accounts of the merchants gradually began to apply.
The wood pulp is heavy and the cork is light, and it is worth it with a ship of cargo.
"Go out and take a look. See if there is anything worth buying back." The merchants stood up.
When Portuguese merchants outside saw the merchants from the Ming Dynasty coming out, some people were already cheering. They hoped to buy precious goods from the Ming Dynasty and then sell them to other countries. But at the same time, they also hoped that their goods could be exchanged for a good value. Pure import trade makes a country sad.
Cork trees were transplanted in later generations, but at this time, only Portugal had them.
The fibers here are different from those of the Ming Dynasty and Nanyang. Some merchants also like some fiber products here. No one is attracted to ordinary clothing. However, for example, the refractory materials of asbestos fiber do make the Ming Dynasty merchants' eyes light up. This thing is valuable, and it will definitely be of many use after returning.
Lisbon has specially opened up a venue for trading, and the Palace Guards are responsible for safety.
In the area of ​​the Ming merchants, the Portuguese lined up in a long queue to purchase a large amount of supplies, silk, tea, porcelain, etc. As long as the Ming merchants had it, a lot of silver would definitely be brought here to exchange it.
Compared with the Portuguese businessmen, the Ming Dynasty merchants finally felt a feeling of being above them.
At the booths of hundreds of Portuguese merchants, there were scattered Ming merchants walking and stopping, leisurely looking at what they like.
If you like something, if you can't communicate with language, then use the stupidest method. Just take the rules of the Ming Dynasty and use one material as the standard. Take a picture, or silk, or tea here, and write an Arabic numeral on paper and add an Arabic numeral with a decimal point.
In proportional exchange, none of the Ming merchants paid the money, and the money was only in and out.
Occasionally, the other party asked to trade in gold and silver, and the Ming Dynasty would use all the gold, and it would not use its own gold, but all the gold stolen by Byzantium from the Ottoman Empire.
Ten days later, the fleet of passenger ships that came out of the Aegean Sea passed the Strait of Gibraltar. The merchants here in Lisbon will set sail regardless of whether the transaction is completed or not. If you need a transaction, wait for the next batch of fleets.
Liu Mingxuan, as a first-class guest, also sat in the Spanish Palace.
At this time, Spain was still a split kingdom. King Aragon took Queen Isabella and made Spain merge into one. Liu Mingxuan, as the commander of a squadron of the Ming Fleet, did not need a title, and his fleet represented his identity.
"King Aragon!" Liu Mingxuan is a Confucian general and has enough demeanor.
The conversation here is in Greek Bible, and Liu Mingxuan cannot speak foreign languages, but there are people around him, so he can just bring excellent translations. His task is to decide some things.
"Goddess General Liu!" King Aragon gave a polite greeting.
Liu Mingxuan gently rubbed his forehead. He felt a little dizzy because the king of Portugal was called Alfonso V, and this one was also called Alfonso V. This one was older and that one was still young.
(Note: The period of the Aragonic dynasty in Spain, Alfonso V, from 1416 to 1458 AD. And Portugal: Reigning time 1438-1481. They are also called Alfonso V. Also, the mother of the Portuguese king was Leonara of Aragon. But what is the relationship between King Aragon and Alfonso V of Portugal, no relevant historical information was found.)
These two Alfonso V seemed to be relatives, but Liu Mingxuan was not interested in inquiring.
"Why did the Byzantine prince choose Portugal? You should know that along the way, we have been constantly attacking the occupied areas of Portugal. Because Portugal made the Byzantine prince angry, the reason for being angry was that without the permission of our Ming Dynasty, someone had enclosed land for themselves on the sea!"
What a domineering opening remark, without our Ming Dynasty’s permission!
Alfonso V of Aragon did not avoid this topic. The powerful had the right to speak, which was a fact that he recognized. It was also an indisputable fact. Only when he was strong enough could he guide the world.
"Of course, Portugal was punished and recognized its mistakes, so it could be given a chance to correct it. This is also one of the main reasons why the merchants in the Ming Dynasty were willing to trade with grapes, but another reason is that the King of Portugal agreed with a view that the regime is greater than the church's power!"
At this moment, the four Spanish guards standing behind King Aragon reacted.
Liu Mingxuan just smiled indifferently. He had experienced many battles and was just a few soldiers, but he didn't take it seriously. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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