After Fu Shaoyou had a brief exchange with Yang Dianfeng, he went downstairs and prepared to deal with the matter that Xu Xiang had explained.

Yang Dianfeng came to Xu Xiang's side and found a place to sit down.

"How about it, has Mingling successfully entered Mingheng's palace?" Xu Xiang asked.

Yang Dianfeng nodded, "Go in, now Mingheng's palace is extremely heavily guarded, there are at least more than ten innate masters, and Miss Mingling was almost discovered." ”

"So many masters?" Xu Xiang frowned, "So, Ming Heng should still be alive?" ”

"Yes, Miss Mingling saw Ming Heng, but Ming Heng is now lying on the bed, and there are many people around him to take care of him, so she can't check his specific situation up close. One thing is for sure, though, that he should still be alive. ”

Xu Xiang bit his lip and thought for a moment before saying, "You and your brothers should be careful, if you can't do it, don't be reluctant, your safety is the most important." ”

"Knowing the young master, I will do what I can." Yang Dianfeng felt a soft flow in his heart, and Xu Xiang still cared about him as always.

"Well, is there any news of Ming Jing, or who is in control of the Ming clan's power now?"

"There is no way to find out, but all the military orders and government orders of the Ming clan are conveyed from Ming Heng's palace. Moreover, Ming Jing should not be in the mansion, and I will arrange for someone to go to the Ming family's military camp to investigate the situation in the next few days. ”

With a "snap", the sound of the long knife slapping on the table came, and a loud voice with anger said: "A few of us finally came over and are so tired that our bones are falling apart, your store is open, the second floor is so empty, don't let us sit, and let us wait here?" ”

"Eh, Zheng Darthead, don't be so fierce." Another voice persuaded, "People are just guys, don't embarrass him." If it really doesn't work, we'll change it. ”

At this moment, there was a noisy sound from downstairs from the gnawing chicken.

"I'm sorry, guest. Right now we don't have guests on the second floor. We welcome you to come to us to eat the chicken, but now there is really no extra space, or you wait? "The voice of the guy who gnawed on the chicken.

"No! We can't wait, either you can seat us here now, or let us go to the second floor. ”

"This ......"

"Liang Darthead, we haven't been back for a long time. It's hard to see the gnawing chickens in this town, so you naturally have to feast on it! The chickens they gnawed opened the door to do business, and there was a place on the second floor, so why didn't they let us sit there? ”

"Guest, why don't you wait a little longer. Seats will come out in no time. The guy said with a smile on his face.

At the door where he saw the gnawing chicken, the guys in the store were surrounded by more than a dozen people wearing dart master costumes, and he recognized one of them, which was actually Liang Sitong.

"Liang Dart Head!" Yang Dianfeng walked over and shouted with a little joy.

Xu Xiang gave Yang Dianfeng a look, "Old Yang, go downstairs and tell the guys that the second floor can be opened, let them come up." ”

"Yes! Master! Yang Dianfeng responded and went downstairs.

"Steward Yang!" The guy naturally recognized Yang Dianfeng, he didn't expect Yang Dianfeng to actually know this group of dart masters.

Liang Sitong saw the guy call Yang Dianfeng like this, and asked in surprise: "Old Yang, you opened this store?" ”

Liang Sitong heard someone calling him, looked into the store, and when he saw Yang Dianfeng, he also showed a happy look on his face.

"Old Yang, why are you here?"

Yang Dianfeng pulled Liang Sitong, and the two reunited after a long absence, and went up to the second floor with a smile.

"Lao Yang, weren't you in Ningdu before? How did you come to this town? Liang Sitong asked.

"Well, it was opened by my young master. Will you follow me up to the second floor? Yang Dianfeng said, and then said to the guy, "Go and ask the people in the back kitchen to prepare fifteen nibbled chicken packages and send them to the second floor." ”

"Yes!" Since these guests Yang Dianfeng knew each other and asked them to go up to the second floor, he naturally wouldn't stop them.

"Oh? Young Master Xu is in town now? I was looking for him!"

"Well, the young master happens to be on the second floor now, and I'll see him when I go up later."

"My young master lives here now, so naturally he opened a shop here. Moreover, Ningdu is a little chaotic now, and it is not very convenient to do business. Yang Dianfeng casually found a reason to explain.

In Liang Sitong's eyes, Xu Xiang is just a businessman, so the specific reason is naturally not to tell him.

Therefore, he went out of his way to meet Liang Si and asked him to help find something overseas.

Later, there was no news that the dart team had returned, and it was half a year since they went to sea, and Xu Xiang forgot about it.

I was also surprised to see Liang Sitong and Xu Xiang, when he first entered Ningdu, he was the dart team of Liang Sitong, and then Yang Dianfeng also drank with Liang Sitong in private, and had a lot of friendship.

At that time, Xu Xiang was busy building the gnawing chickens, and heard Yang Dianfeng say that Liang Sitong was about to follow a caravan to sea.

"Young Master Xu, let me introduce to you, this is Zheng Haolan Zheng Dart Head of Haiyungang, and he is also a dart team that went to sea with us." Liang Sitong introduced to Xu Xiang, "Zheng Darttou, this is the young master Xu Changsha Xu I mentioned to you. ”

Zheng Haolan was wearing a tight-fitting black dart suit, half a head taller than Xu Xiang, with a full beard, and he looked like a bold rough man on the surface.

"Young Master Xu, I haven't seen you for half a year, are you okay?" Liang Sitong said hello to Xu Xiang.

Xu Xiang got up, pointed to the seat opposite him, and said, "Liang Darttou, please take a seat." ”

"Why! It's Liang Dart's head that praises it. Have a seat! ”

Yang Dianfeng arranged for the rest of the dart game to sit in other seats, and then stood quietly behind Xu Xiang.

"Hello Zheng Darttou, fortunately!" Xu Xiang said hello with a smile on his face.

"Young Master Xu, I'm glad to meet! Fortunately! I often heard Liang Darttou mention you, he said that you are a rich young master with a kind heart, and you are really kind when you see it today. ”

Zheng Haolan said while eating, "A certain family is indeed a little rude, when I was in Haiyungang before, I often heard about how delicious the chicken in Ningdu is. And this time I came to Ningdu, but I saw that the gnawing chicken was closed. Fortunately, I heard that you have opened a store in this town, so I rushed over! Today, I finally tasted such a delicious gnawing chicken, which is really worthy of its name! ”

Xu Xiang smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, please use it!" This one should be regarded as if I invited you to the dart masters, if you are not enough, I will let them go again. ”

At this time, the guy in the store also came over with a set meal of gnawed chicken.

As soon as the set meal was served, Zheng Haolan and the others couldn't wait to grab the chicken and eat it, while Liang Sitong said a little embarrassed, "Young Master Xu, I'm sorry." The brothers were hungry all the way and were a little rude. ”

And Zheng Haolan didn't notice Xu Xiang's expression, turned his head to the other dart masters and said, "You still don't thank Young Master Xu?" ”

"Thank you, Young Master Xu!" The other dart masters said to Xu Xiang in unison.

"Thank you, Young Master Xu!" Zheng Haolan grinned, "I'm a rough person, I don't like those twists and turns, now that I see that Young Master Xu is so bold, I can rest assured that I can do business with you." ”

Business? Xu Xiang was stunned for a moment.

He didn't know what the business was yet, but he wasn't in a hurry right now.

And Liang Si said apologetically: "Young Master Xu, I'm really sorry!" I rarely go to sea, and this time it was Zheng Dangtou who took me out to sea. The things you told me have always been familiar to Zheng Darttou, so I told him all about them. ”

"You're welcome, you're welcome, you eat well!" Xu Xiang responded.

From Zheng Haolan's words, Xu Xiang heard that he wanted to do business with himself. However, he did not talk about this matter with Liang Sitong, and Liang Sitong should have been in charge.

"Well, it's nature. I just don't know what I want, is Zheng Darttou really here? ”

"Yes! Of course! Zheng Haolan wiped the oil from the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, and then said to one of the dart masters, "Ah Han, why don't you take out the things and show them to Young Master Xu?" ”

"Oh? That's right. It doesn't hurt! Xu Xiang said indifferently.

"That's right, Young Master Xu. I heard Liang Dangtou talk about the things you are looking for, I have seen these things overseas, but they are all barbarians overseas, and they are not easy to deal with. Every time I go out to sea, I always bring some local specialties with me as a souvenir, and there should be something you want in it. If there's something you need and you want to buy in bulk, it's time to talk about business. ”

It is self-evident how important chili peppers are to the food industry.

Because of chili peppers, wars were often caused in ancient times, and countless countries fought for them.

"Hmm!" The dart master named Ah Han answered, shoved a chicken leg into his mouth, and walked over with the package on his back.

Zheng Haolan took the package, and then opened one of the small bags, only to see that there was a dried red fruit inside, its shape looked like a cow's horn, Xu Xiang recognized it at first sight, this was the chili pepper he was looking for, and his heart was ecstatic.

Coincidentally, in 1499, when Spain brought back a large number of chili peppers from India with a large fleet, the Dutch sent a large number of ships to intercept them, and a naval battle broke out, in which thousands of people were killed.

"This is very similar to the pepper you are looking for as described to me, and there is an ancient tribe that cultivates it thousands of miles away on a continent. It's just that they don't call it chili, they call it 'spicy fruit'. It is usually hung on the body as a decoration of clothing, and it is very beautiful. But I don't know if this thing can still be eaten? ”

In ancient Europe, chili peppers were a symbol of wealth and were once a prize. In 408 AD, the Visigoths failed to ask for peppers from Italy and sent troops to capture the city of Rome.

As a result, it took Italy 3,000 pounds of chili peppers to buy back the city of Rome.

"I can't guarantee that! These spicy fruits are grown by the indigenous people, and they are used as decorations for their clothes, which is very important to them. It is estimated that it will be very difficult to ask them for them in large quantities. ”

Xu Xiang said: "In this way, Brother Zheng, if you go over, bring some silk and cloth over, how about exchanging with them?" ”

"That's right! That's right! That's it! Brother Zheng, can you help me get some more? Xu Xiang looked at this dried pepper, there were not many seeds in it, only forty or fifty, and it was impossible to plant it in large quantities.

He looked at Zheng Haolan as if he had seen gold, and even his title changed.

Although, there was already a chili pepper here, and there were some seeds, he could grow it.

However, in the case of this pepper, there is only one variety, and if you want to make the pepper diverse, it will take at least ten years for him to breed and mutate like this.

"I can try, it's just that this place is the furthest I've ever been. No matter what, it is estimated that it will be a year later. ”

"It's okay! I can wait! They're not the only ones they grow, right? All the varieties helped me change some back! Of course, I will never treat you badly on this trip, as long as you say a number, I will agree. Xu Xiang hurriedly said.

"Young Master Xu, you are serious, since this is the case, then I will make such a trip!" Zheng Haolan replied.

"Well, I know it's dangerous to deal with natives over there. When the time comes, when you go to sea, I will arrange a few masters for you to protect you. Xu Xiang said again.

He couldn't wait that long, and if he had chili peppers, his business plan would have been able to develop in a big way.

The place thousands of miles away in Zheng Haolan's mouth should be in South America, and it takes a year to go back and forth.

This sculpture is not pretty, and it can be said that the carving technique is very business.

Zheng Haolan took out the villain and said: "This is something carved out of the sap of a local big tree and formed by resin." Baijing still has a trace of fragrance, like jade but not jade, and it can't be broken no matter how you fall. ”

Chili pepper is very important to him, he can't let Zheng Haolan have an accident, and when the time comes, he can send a few people out and go to sea with him, and look for other things he wants to find by the way, such as corn and the like.

"By the way, Young Master Xu, take a look at this again!" Zheng Haolan opened a small bag again, and inside was a milky white sculpture of a villain.

"It's ...... Rubber? Xu Xiang was a little unsure, but it was indeed like rubber.

"The tree often sheds sap, a bit like human tears. That's why it's called the weeping tree in the local area. And when the juice solidifies, it becomes like this. ”

After saying that, he threw the sculpture to the ground, and the sculpture did not shatter when it fell to the ground, but bounced up, fell and bounced up.

Xu Xiang picked up the sculpture and pinched it, it was soft and soft, and there was a faint fragrance.

If he had rubber, he would be able to make a lot of things.

For example, tires of automobiles, insulated wires, and pistons can all use rubber.

It was not difficult for him to make the basic materials of the car, but there was always a lack of tires,

Now, if you can make a tire, you can make a car.