Chapter 1033 The Virgin and the Saint (joined forces to ask for monthly votes, recommended votes!)
This is a slum area. The houses are filthier, more chaotic, and more crowded than the main city where the municipal government is located. The church is messy and houses of different sizes are next to each other. The yards are very small, and a small piece of land is planted behind the houses.
Growing vegetables, raising chickens and pigs.
There are very few jobs for the poor here, and women are mainly engaged in domestic work. If they don't do these, they have almost no choice but to sell their wives.
All industries in this place have guilds. Even thieves, beggars and prostitutes have their own guilds. However, Duck took a wild path. He did not join the brokers guild, while his wife belonged to the housekeeping guild.
A member.
Xia Xun imagined that the power of Europeans was a bit strong. At this time, the European continent was divided into pieces. Britain and France were engaged in the endless Hundred Years' War. Morocco was in turmoil. Spain was fighting to the death to unify the small principalities. Northern Italy and Germany were in conflict.
Local conflicts broke out, and gangs of mercenaries were rampant everywhere.
I'm afraid that Fei Yinglun's trip to Venice will hardly form a national behavior. At most, he will build a private fleet with the support of a wealthy and powerful tycoon. If this is the case, it will end internal disputes in Europe and start a new era.
Before the Age of Discovery, it was entirely possible that the Asia-Europe route would fall under the control of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty will establish a great new maritime era. Chinese goods will continue to flow into Europe, and Eastern and Western cultures will further exchanges. Since the Ming Dynasty is both a goods producer and a route transporter, the profits can be imagined, and the economy is overseas.
The entry of wealth will greatly stimulate the development of Ming Dynasty's industry and then affect the political process. This will not be based on anyone's personal will.
But all the great men of this era have not yet seen this.
At this time, Xia Xun was at Duck's home.
That day, Dak had been waiting outside. After waiting for a long time, he saw Xia Xun coming out of the house. Xia Xun seemed to be carrying something in his arms, and his expression was a little solemn. Dak obediently did not ask him any questions.
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Then, Dake led Xia Xun back to the dock. On the way, he saw Su Ying and Tang Saier leading a group of open fire fighters to fight towards them. It turned out that they heard the interpreter report back and thought that Xia Xun had suffered a disaster.
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After Xia Xun explained clearly, when he led them back, they met the mayor and some nobles with a large number of policemen. After learning that it was a misunderstanding, these officials breathed a sigh of relief: Little Marseille can
We cannot afford to be robbed by such a powerful armed force.
Afterwards, they asked Xia Xun about the puzzling question. They wanted to know where on earth so many Easterners sailed their ships to the Mediterranean.
Xia Xun's explanation was that they encountered a storm and wandered in the storm for nearly a month. When the storm subsided, they appeared outside the Strait of Gibraltar, and they didn't know where they came from.
This answer greatly disappointed the Marseille authorities. Beyond the Strait of Gibraltar is the endless Atlantic Ocean. With just such a few clues, how could they find the origin of this group of Orientals? Do they have to wander on the sea for several months, going to the unknown edge?
to find their route in the ocean?
After Xia Xun dealt with these local officials indiscriminately, he wanted to go back to the ship and let Su Ying and Tang Sai'er try wearing dresses. Only then did Tang Sai'er notice Duck.
After the girl's eighteenth transformation, Tang Sai'er has grown into a handsome girl. Jacques Dak doesn't recognize her anymore. Dak Dak has almost no change except that he is a little fatter than before. Of course Tang Sai'er recognizes him. This
After a chance encounter, Jacques Dak found out that he and Xia Xun had met before in Beishi Bali.
Knowing that his favorite Jeanne had married Xia Xun and had a child, Dak couldn't help but feel a little sad. However, he had already married and had children. When he first fell in love with Jeanne, he just wanted to pursue her as his lover. Now
A beautiful woman can be relied upon for life. Apart from being a little melancholy, Duck didn't have many thoughts.
In the following days, Xia Xun's fleet started doing business with the locals. Crew members from the East filled all the bars, markets, and all the places in Marseille where people were looking for flowers. Xia Xun, Su Ying, and Tang
Sai'er, with Dak as his guide, walks around the streets of Marseille every day. The latest chapter of the Holy Church
Xia Xun even wanted to go to Paris to have a look, but because it took several days to travel back and forth, he had to give up. Xia Xun wanted to stay in Marseille to wait for Zheng He's fleet, so he asked Xu Hu to take several ships to other countries in the Mediterranean.
A small Marseille couldn't eat so many goods he brought, not to mention that he also needed to buy a lot of goods back.
It is foolish to bring money back. You must know that rare goods can be lived in. Why is ocean trade profitable? Especially in this era, transportation is too inconvenient, so the goods from the East are regarded as treasures by the rich in the West, and the goods from the West are also valuable in the East.
If you can exchange what you have in the market, you can make a lot of money.
The oriental goods that Xia Xun brought could be sold for a lot of money, and he robbed countless treasures along the way. Of course, it was impossible to exchange all the money for goods. The whole of Europe could not provide as many goods as he could buy, not to mention that he could not buy them.
There are not so many ships to carry so much cargo, but if he wants to buy as many Western curios as possible, he cannot be limited to Marseille.
Therefore, during this period, Xia Xun only left one ship in Marseille, and the other ships went to other countries in the Mediterranean to purchase goods from various countries. Xia Xun was stranded in Marseille, wandering around all the streets and alleys, and often went to Marseille when he was bored.
Went to Duck's house for a visit.
Dak had made some money in the East. He planned to buy a piece of land and become a farmer after returning to his hometown. However, his money was stolen by robbers on the way. In desperation, he had no choice but to take his wife and children to Marseille to start making money after returning home.
Because his family has owed a lot of debt during the years he has been away, and he will never be able to repay this huge sum of money, which is an astronomical figure for him, if he stays in the village.
Xia Xun gave him three sets of porcelain. Duck took the exquisite porcelain from the East and sold them to the bishop, the mayor and an old nobleman who lived in a castle on the outskirts of the city. The money he got back was not only enough to pay off his debts
, and also allows him to buy a piece of land in the countryside, buy a cow, and become a dutiful farmer.
He planned to take his wife and children back to the countryside after Xia Xun and his party left. He is still staying here just to translate for Xia Xun.
The Duck family is a small rented house, which has been kept very clean by the diligent couple. Although the family already has enough money to pay off the debt, the diligent hostess has not quit her job yet. She plans to work hard this month.
I will quit my job after I earn this month's salary.
Because Dake is Xia Xun's guide, he will naturally be where Xia Xun is. Xia Xun is drinking tea in the yard of Dake's house at this time. The tea was brought by him on the boat. Now Dake is also obsessed with this drink.
It tastes good, but he can only follow Xia Xun to enjoy it, he can't afford to drink it himself.
Tang Saier was playing with Dake's youngest daughter, Jeanne. Dake was named after Xia Xun's concubine Jeanna. It seemed that Dake was really a
The seeds of passion bring out the romantic factor of the French people to the fullest.
Dake has several children. Children here are sent to learn how to make a living when they reach the age of seven. Children from poor families have no chance to read and read. Children from rich families study finance, business and law, and children from middle-class families study
To learn literacy and mathematics, children from families like them can only learn various work skills from cobblers, blacksmiths, and tailors.
Except for the youngest daughter, Jeanne, the other people of Dacque are all over seven years old and have been sent to be apprentices in various shops in the city. Jeanne is six and a half years old this year and is the only girl left at home. Because
Her parents were busy making a living, and no one cared about her since she was a child. They allowed her to crawl around with the boys. Little Jeanne was as lively and active as a boy.
This kind of personality suits Tang Saier's taste, so the two of them can play together very well.
"Look, doesn't it suffice like this?"
"Master, you...are not magic or witchcraft?"
Jeanne was having her teeth replaced. She opened her mouth with two front teeth missing and asked Tang Saier timidly. Jeanne had already worshiped Tang Saier as her master, and Tang Saier was teaching her tricks. Jeanne couldn't speak Chinese well.
, except for the word master, she spoke all French, and Jacques Dak, who was sitting next to her, was responsible for translating for the master and apprentice.
"Of course not! This is magic from the East! I tell you, don't underestimate it. We have the White Lotus Sect there. There is Han Shantong in the White Lotus Sect. He knows magic. Those who can only work and be honest
Mudlegs, after seeing his magic, all of them became as powerful as tigers! They regarded Han Shantong as the Ming King and raised troops to resist the Yuan Dynasty. Huh! If he hadn't died early, he would have been the emperor!"
Jeanne shook her head: "But the lotus you turned into is not a sacred object here!"
"Oh, why did I teach you such a stupid apprentice! Whatever you people here believe, you can change it to whatever you believe. The important thing is not what miracles you show, but the miracles you show can make others unconditional
I believe you, you know?”
"oh……"
"What a stupid apprentice!"
Xia Xun held the tea cup and said with a smile: "Sai'er, you have nothing to do here, are you? Why teach little Jeanne these messy things? Do you still want to teach a little White Lotus disciple in the Frankish Kingdom?"
Tang Saier said with a smile: "Idle time is also idle, I like Jeanne quite a lot."
Xia Xun just laughed it off after hearing this. Although the White Lotus Sect is a taboo, Tang Saier's so-called magical skills are miraculous stunts in Chinese ancient color tricks. This thing can be righteous when used righteously, and evil when used evilly. There is no need to pay attention to skills.
I am biased myself.
Besides, this little girl with red hair, a pointed little nose, and two small gap teeth showing when she smiles, and who is affectionately called "my little cabbage" by her father, is just a country girl.
The only way out is to farm, grow vegetables and spin wool, so what if you learn magic tricks?
Xia Xun didn't know that the little Jeanne in front of him was the later famous Joan of Arc. Perhaps there was a predetermined arrangement. She was born in the same era, and became famous on the battlefields of the East and West respectively. One was called the Virgin, and the other was canonized a saint.
The two girls have such a connection.
As for this little girl who didn't even know the word, she claimed to have been inspired by God when she was twelve years old. After that, she successfully gained the trust of farmers, soldiers, generals, nobles and crown princes, and then led the army and created a series of incredible miracles.
The path she took was very similar to that of Tang Sai'er, Xu Hongru and other White Lotus believers in history, but I don't know if it was due to Tang Sai'er's teachings.
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