I don't know if he is really Catherine's suitor, or if these Francois simply don't want Catherine to be alone with the Ming Dynasty people, but Jiang Wan looked at him carefully and found that the young man is actually quite energetic, except for his shabby appearance.
He has a little more body hair and a stronger smell, but he doesn't have any other problems.
Qingyun Tower was as lively as ever.
I don’t know if Xu Bai has been running the business properly or if it has been going very smoothly recently. His restaurant has become so popular that it has become the number one restaurant in the neighborhood. If Jiang Wan hadn’t personally brought people here, I’m afraid that
There may not even be a place to eat when you get there.
Especially this location is the VIP seating area on the second floor.
"I didn't know you still had such a good place now!" After entering the lounge, Jiang Wan looked around and said to Xu Bai: "This place is good, much better than outside!"
"Mr. Jiang, why don't you entertain your friends at our best place!" Xu Bai chuckled: "The restaurant has two such seats, and they are not just for nobles like Mr. Jiang. Even in the restaurant
There’s no room to even stand, and no one is allowed to enter these two private rooms!”
"I'm serious about it!" Jiang Wan smiled and nodded: "Let's have some specialty dishes brought over. We can entertain our friends from Fo Langji, but we can't lose my dignity as a Ming Dynasty!"
"Friends Franji!" Xu Bai glanced at Catherine and Andre, his face and smile remained unchanged, but he said: "People have never eaten anything good. If we follow Mr. Jiang today, they will be in good luck.
…”
"Ahem!" Jiang Wan coughed awkwardly: "This Miss Fo Langji understands our Ming dialect..."
"Oh..." Xu Bai smiled exaggeratedly: "I'm just asking them to serve the food. Please wait a moment..."
Seeing him scurry out almost head-over-heels, Jiang Wan shook her head and sat down with a smile: "This guy..."
"It seems that you are really familiar with the boss here!" Catherine smiled: "In such a big restaurant, he even specially reserved this VIP room. This is not something ordinary people can do!"
"It's just a small friendship!" Jiang Wan laughed and reached out to pour a cup of tea for Catherine in front of her.
Andre was originally going to sit next to Catherine, but Catherine glared at him and sat obediently next to Xiaojiu and the "uneducated" quartet. Jiang Wan and Catherine were talking in Ming dialect, but he couldn't understand it.
, at this moment, he and Xiaojiu and others were staring at each other, trying to see who could glare at whom.
"This is not a small friendship!" Catherine pursed her lips and smiled: "I would like to have such a friendship, but no one pays attention to me!"
"By the way, when did Miss Catherine come to Ming Dynasty!" Jiang Wan didn't want the other party to control the rhythm of the conversation, so she ignored the other party's words and quietly changed the topic.
"I've been here since I was a kid!" Catherine smiled: "It's so difficult to learn Ming dialect. You wouldn't think that I learned it so well in three or two years!"
"Oh!" Jiang Wan nodded: "It's not necessarily that Miss Catherine is talented and smart, she is much better than ordinary people!"
"Okay, okay, I know you speak nicely, so you don't have to use all the words to compliment me!" Catherine started to tremble again, causing Andre to turn around frequently: "The leader of the mission this time,
It's my uncle Jose, he is one of the leaders of the Victor Chamber of Commerce in the Far East. I heard that he was coming to Beijing, so I took the initiative to come with my uncle!"
"Besides these, what else do you want to know?" She looked at Jiang Wan with a smile: "As for the trade talks, you can ask your officials after you go back, and you can ask them. Why don't I just finish these things and let's talk about other things?
thing!"
"Okay!" Jiang Wan nodded fiercely. This Catherine was so interesting. Before he even asked anything, she started pouring the beans.
"Your Ming Empire wants to buy an 18-pound cannon made by Folangji. You can't make this, at least not now. Your Ming Empire's technology in barrel manufacturing is a bit behind. You can make something smaller with this specification.
Yes, you can only buy it from us!”
Catherine said: "Your quotation is 5,000 taels of silver per gun. You want thirty guns. We also need to provide instructors to teach artillery technology to the artillery deployment areas to teach local soldiers how to use it!"
"I know this!" Jiang Wan nodded.
"However, such a price is simply outrageous, okay? Five thousand taels for an eighteen-pound cannon, and additional services such as transportation and teaching. If my uncle agrees to this kind of trade, our prince from the Victor Chamber of Commerce will
President, we will send people directly from Lisbon to tear him apart!"
"So, is this the fundamental reason why we can't reach an agreement?" Jiang Wan sneered in her heart. This was taking Daming as the enemy. Five thousand taels of silver for a cannon was already a sky-high price. Fo Langji still felt that he was at a loss.
Money, they are really greedy!
"That's not the case!" Catherine shook her head: "In terms of price, actually, the Ming Empire and the Victor Chamber of Commerce won't care too much about the price. It's mainly because my uncle has put forward some small conditions, and then you Ming Dynasty
The empire has fallen out!"
"What conditions?" Jiang Wan was startled and asked immediately.
"In addition to Haojing'ao, we would like to ask the Ming Empire to rent us a little more space as a permanent residence. If possible, if the Ming Dynasty is willing to open Guangzhou and Quanzhou as treaty ports, and allow the Kingdom of Spain to use military and civilian
Ships come into port for supplies, and even if we give these cannons to the Ming Empire for free, they can actually be used as a symbol of friendship between our two countries!"
Jiang Wan was stunned and smiled slightly at Catherine, but there was a sense of ridicule in the smile that Catherine couldn't ignore no matter how much she wanted to.
"It seems that you also know the absurdity of this proposal..." Catherine muttered: "I said that there must be smart people with outstanding vision in the Ming Empire, but they don't think so!"
"Yes!" Jiang Wan nodded: "Don't even think about this kind of thing. Even if you have gotten a huge advantage about Hao Jing'ao, if people don't have enough people, I'm afraid it will be really ugly...
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"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I've finished what I want to say. These are things that big people consider, and we don't need to consider them!" Catherine shook her head, as if she wanted to expel the ray of frustration that had just emerged.
Then he put on a smiling expression: "I have said so much, should we say something else?"
"Of course, Miss Catherine, what do you want to know?" Jiang Wan said with a smile.
"Um, your name is Jiang Wan. I know people in Ming Dynasty get married very early. I want to know if you have a wife?" Catherine blinked her eyes and her eyes glowed green (this is true, her eyes are green!)