Chapter 707, Priceless Full-length Mirror

Toledo, among the royal palaces of the Kingdom of Castile.

Queen Isabella I and Ferdinand II are summoning Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang and others from the Far East Daming.

In the huge palace, the nobles and ministers of the entire Spanish royal palace gathered.

"See His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen~"

Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang came to the palace in bright red clothes, bent down slightly to salute the death, and after coming to the European side, they knew that there were many queens in Europe, and the Spain in front of them was actually merged by two kingdoms, and there were two kings at the same time.

Although it is a little difficult to understand this phenomenon, there should be etiquette, after all, I am from the country of etiquette.

"Let's be rude~"

Ferdinand II spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty Xie~"

Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang thanked him, then waved his hand, and someone behind him came up with gifts one by one.

"Your Majesty the King, Your Majesty the Queen, this time we have a little heart, please smile."

"This first gift is a full-length mirror~"

Zhao Monkey opened the full-length mirror blocked by the white cloth, even if the mirror is a Da Ming, it is already expensive, especially this kind of full-length mirror, any side costs a few hundred taels of silver, which is the most expensive thing brought now.

With the introduction of Zhao Monkey, someone carried a mirror to Ferdinand II and Isabella I.

"Oh God~"

"There are such big mirrors!"

The two of them looked at themselves in the mirror very clearly, and everything was clearly reflected, and they couldn't help but exclaim.

Mirrors were not manufactured until decades later when the merchants of Venice were able to make them, and as soon as the mirror appeared in Europe, it immediately swept the aristocratic circles of the whole Europe, and a palm-sized mirror sold for 150,000 francs.

Therefore, the merchants of Venice also made a lot of money by relying on glass mirrors, and in order to keep this secret, they even agreed that whoever leaked the secret of making mirrors would be put to death, and even placed the place where the mirrors were made on a secret island.

It was not until the 70s of the 17th century that the French took great pains to steal the technology to make mirrors from the hands of the Venetian merchants in Italy.

Of course, in this era, because of the arrival of Liu Jin, Daming has already made a mirror now? Were there Persian merchants who sold mirrors from the Ming Dynasty and then to the Mediterranean? And then it went to Europe.

This mirror is extremely expensive in Daming itself, and then after this layer of hands? Traveling thousands of miles again? A palm-sized mirror has reached a sky-high price in Europe, and only the truly wealthy royal family and aristocracy can have a mirror.

Obviously? The Spanish royal family in this era was very poor, and Queen Isabella I always wanted to have a mirror? But you can't buy it? And this mirror is just too expensive.

Now it's okay, Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang directly sent her a full-length mirror.

She couldn't help but stand up excitedly, looking at herself in the mirror, and was overjoyed.

The surrounding Spanish nobles and ministers also looked at the mirror curiously? Everyone already knows about mirrors? But very few people have seen it.

There are so few mirrors that have been lost to Europe, and each one is a treasure, a treasure collected by some princes and nobles.

Now that we have the opportunity to see the mirror, everyone is naturally very curious.

"I like this gift very much!"

Isabella I was very satisfied with the gifts given by Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang.

Such a full-length mirror? In Europe at this time, it is priceless.

Colster bought a few small mirrors from Penglai City in the United States and brought them back? It is said that each mirror was auctioned for a sky-high price, which made him rich overnight.

"To please Her Majesty? That's my pleasure~"

Zhao Monkey smiled, and then introduced other gifts one after another.

Before coming to Europe? Tian Erniu has already prepared these things here? But because it's on the Golden Continent? So there aren't a lot of things that can be brought over, and they're not too precious.

It's nothing more than mirrors, porcelain, silk and tea, these things are very common in the Ming Dynasty, but in Europe, they can still be used as gifts to the king of Spain.

It doesn't cost money, but it also has face and courtesy.

Needless to say, a full-length mirror is a priceless treasure in Europe, and if it is put in an auction house in Europe, I am afraid that it can be sold for millions of francs casually, which is almost equivalent to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

As for porcelain and silk, which are also equivalent to gold, they are also highly sought after in Europe, and the original purpose of their voyages was to obtain silk and porcelain from the Far East, and to find the wealth of the Far East.

After a tedious gift, Ferdinand II and Isabella I had a great affection for Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang, and the gifts they sent were all valuable things, and they were also the favorite things of Europeans in this era.

"Thank you very much for the gift from Daming, a big country in the far east~"

"I heard that neither Mr. Zhao nor Mr. Jiang have yet to obtain the title of nobility on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and here I bestow the title of Spanish viscount on the two gentlemen in the name of the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon."

Ferdinand II and Isabella I looked at each other, and then Ferdinand II stood up and said loudly to Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang and the ministers.

"Ah~"

Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang were both slightly stunned, they just gave some gifts, but they didn't expect to be able to get a noble title, although this title seemed to be of no use to them in Daming.

But it's also a noble title, and this identity and status are different.

"Your Majesty Xie~"

After the two were stunned, they also hurriedly bent down slightly to thank them.

As for the surrounding Spanish nobles and ministers, they applauded one after another, and they did not feel that it was inappropriate or inappropriate to give the Ming people the status of nobility.

In this era, although the Ming Dynasty did not have much contact with them, everyone could also know some things about the distant eastern powers from the pen of Marco Polo.

In addition, after Colster and other Spaniards returned to Spain, they continued to tell about the process of their interaction with the Ming people in the Americas, and listened to Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang's descriptions of the Ming Dynasty.

In their impressions and minds, Daming is synonymous with power and abundance.

Especially when they learned that the Ming had conquered the Mongols and conquered the whip of God that had whipped Europe, they knew that the Ming Dynasty was strong in force, such a powerful country, they were very happy to deal with the Ming people, and they would not feel that it was an insult to them for the Ming people to obtain their noble titles.

The Ming people of this era, no matter where they go, are the existence of holding their heads up, not only do they feel that they are not good at the fork, but even people in other places also think that you are not able to compare with the future generations.

The summons of the two kings of Spain was followed by a grand banquet in the royal palace to celebrate the communication and exchanges between them and the Ming Dynasty.

The gifts offered by Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang were also displayed by Ferdinand II and Isabella I.

The full-length mirror is very precious, and they also have to send guards to guard carefully, and every nobleman can't help but go to the full-length mirror to take a look, take a look, and sigh at the magic of this mirror.

The mirror that has been rumored for a long time, the mirror from the Far East Daming, is now also placed in front of them, and everything about them is clearly illuminated.

These Spanish ladies were immediately deeply attracted, and one by one gathered in front of the full-length mirror, constantly looking back and forth in the mirror, wishing that they would immediately have such a mirror.

So the husbands of these ladies suffered, and they all shouted that they wanted to have such a mirror immediately, which made them very helpless.

Where to buy such a mirror?

Not to mention that there is nowhere to buy it, even if there is a place to buy it, the price is too expensive.

Those who saw business opportunities found Zhao Monkey and Jiang Liang one after another.

"Dear Zhao, do you still have such a mirror in your hand?"

"I'm very sorry, there really isn't, there is only one full-length mirror like this, and there is no other small mirror, if you want it, you can only wait, and when I return to the Americas, I will write back to our Daming, after a ship is shipped to the Americas, it will be transported here, but in terms of time, it may take about a year."

Zhao Monkey shook his head helplessly, this is not something that has been asked once or twice.

Although I have a hunch that this mirror may be very valuable in Europe, I still underestimate the beauty of the mirror, and the mirror purchased by the Karlster Tianjin Ocean Trading Company has been sold for a sky-high price here in Europe.

And those mirrors are only the size of a palm, and this full-length mirror has and only this one.

"After returning to the Golden Continent, I must write back to Daming, and let the headquarters of the commercial bank transport a large number of mirrors, porcelain, and silk to the Golden Continent, and then transport them from the Golden Continent to Europe."

"A small mirror the size of a palm can be sold for thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver in Europe casually, and this kind of full-length mirror is a priceless treasure."

"And spices, these Europeans don't like to bathe, spices have a fatal allure for them."

"Sugar is also a good thing that sells well, a pound of sugar can be sold for dozens of taels of silver casually, they don't know how to make sugar, and they like to eat sweets."

"But these Europeans are very smart, and the seafaring technology is very developed, and if you want to make money, you have to seize the first few years."

Zhao Monkey's mind was constantly summarizing, and he had already thought about what to do next.