"If you want to talk about the benefits of the city, it is also the coastal embankment and port, where the merchant ships going to the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean are docked, and the merchant ships and warships on weekdays are hundreds to say the least, and your Excellency may not believe it, the British fishing boats have to come to the port of Acheng to go around before they are qualified to go back and sell ......"

"If you want to talk about deliciousness, only raw herring, fresh herring has its head removed, and then salted for a while, when eating, only the tail of the fish is held in your hand, and the head is swallowed in one bite, which is the most enjoyable...... It's a pity that everything on the ship is smoked, and after more than a year, it's really hard to swallow. ”

Captain Shu Teng hadn't rested his beard on his face for half a year, and in front of the scorching sun in the south, a little wiping a handful of sweat could bring up the dirt on his face. I can only wash with seawater all year round, and my skin is thickened, which is far from life in the Netherlands. However, he is a free and easy character, since the last time he went ashore, more than a month has passed on the ship, this time he found his companion unharmed, and saw that the native can understand the language, how not to say a few words.

However, an hour ago, Shu Teng was still on the road leading to the village of the Bajau tribe, guided by the general in front of him tremblingly, followed by more than a dozen able-bodied people who came down from the two merchant ships, and several trustworthy people who stayed on the big ship, and there were six or seven people from the Bajau tribe walking on the road, including Tawang. Yesterday, I caught Yake and the others, and asked about the fleet, and the general was taught a few words by Spuran, and was sent by Li Xiao to take a few Bajau tribesmen to take a small boat to find the big ship of Shu Teng.

Although the fishing boats of the Bajau people also have sails, they are very small, and they have no side, but they are based on two canoes, with brackets on them, and wooden planks, and the boat is triangular, although there are sails, they are not fast. Shi Tongshi was cautious on the ship, and it was almost sunset when he found the Endrakht, and the captain was wondering where the ship was coming, and when he saw that the person who came had Jaco's saber and could communicate, he knew that Jacole was now a guest in the village on the shore, but the man was wounded, so he asked himself to take his retinue ashore. Seeing that the person who came was not malicious, but he couldn't understand the words after asking a few more words, and he thought that the words in front of him should be taught by someone on the shore, so he might as well go and see it first, not to mention that Yake was still there, and he couldn't let it go.

At that time, the two merchant ships were anchored at the launching place, and there were still at least five or six miles away from the landing place of Yake and others a few days ago, but fortunately the moonlight was bright and the water was good, so they put down the boat overnight and followed the native's small sailing boat towards the shore. In the morning, when Jaco asked about looking for Shu Teng, Shu Teng and his party had already arrived two or three miles away from the village.

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Drinking the drink given by Li Xiao and eating freshly roasted pork, such a day is the most happy for travelers who have been at sea for a long time. It's just that Captain Shu Teng's words couldn't be continued before he could say a few words, and the young man who claimed to be an official of the Great Song Dynasty, I don't know where he got his knowledge, asked one question after another, and Shu Teng and Ya Ke gradually couldn't resist.

"I have heard for a long time that Acheng is a first-class place in Europe, and today I heard the two of them talk about it, Fang Xinsi said, I know that there are many immigrants in Acheng to settle down today, and I am afraid that the houses are not enough......"

"I wonder if the Gentlemen's Canal and the Emperor's Canal have been completed......

"It's been eight years since the stock exchange in your country opened, and I don't know what the regulations are, can you tell me more about the statutes?"

"Your Excellency Prince of Orange is in good health?"

Although the sudden question surprised Jaco and the others, they thought that there were many European merchant ships passing by here, and they had been on the sea for a long time because they were exploring trade routes, so they must have brought a lot of news from the Dutch merchant ships that came through the Cape of Good Hope.

After sorting out his thoughts, he explained Li Xiao's confusion one by one: "At present, there are indeed many immigrants in Amsterdam, but Spain has not yet given up, and there are still wars from time to time, but since His Royal Highness the Prince occupied the Breda Fortress, and after several major battles, north of the Behmas River, there is no need for thieves from the west to attack, and it has been peaceful for more than 20 years. As for the canal to which you are mentioned, it was the western section of the canal, which was started in 1613, and was not yet finished when we went to sea, but most of the wealthy merchants of the city had already settled there. And the stock exchange and the prince, I really don't know, it's all the business of the big businessmen in the city, if you ask my father, you can ask in detail, but my father is thousands of miles away, it's a pity. Spain now dominates the sea, and in the Netherlands is also pressing step by step, and I have been at sea for two years, and it is not peaceful to come to China. ”

Spuran listened and said: "The western thieves are only strong for a while, they do not understand the principles of commerce and trade, and they plunder excessively, and the country only knows how to profligate, and it is only a matter of not enough to watch their self-defeat." ”

At this time, Jacos was no longer surprised by the knowledge of the few people in front of him about Europe, and even more admired their judgment.

Spain's driving force in the sea has always been to satisfy the hedonistic desires of the nobility of the country, and the king and nobles gathered around the king and nobles are not so much navigators as adventurers, and the nobles who have infinitely expanded their material desires use money to support those who hope to become famous overnight. Even Portugal was the same, and only later England was the true successor of the Dutch will. Naturally, the so-called serious business is also based on strength, if there is no solid backing to support, the later Geranza City also reminds the traversers that in the hearts of most of the 'elders', non-our race, their hearts must be different after all, the idea is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Li Xiao said: "My Great Song Dynasty also encourages commerce and trade, and the so-called official supervision and business management are to ask and understand, but it doesn't matter, we have our own charter." ”

Since we talked about trade and had special commodities, Yake was naturally interested and hurriedly asked, "Do you dare to ask about the goods sold in your country, only this mercury mirror?" ”

"Naturally, it's just a gadget, as long as your company is interested, all kinds of commercial goods are naturally available, and when you go to Boroni City tomorrow, you will naturally be able to see it, but there is a difficulty at the moment."

"What's the difficulty?"

"I know that your company usually sells spices, silk, porcelain and tea, and most of the goods shipped are doro, glassware, etc., as well as ivory and jewelry from Africa and India, but these goods are either our own, and some are not in demand, so if you can, I hope your company can also trade according to the needs of my imperial court, I happen to have a list here, although they are all in Chinese, but yesterday I have added notes to some important goods, I think you should be able to understand." Doro is the woolen wool, at this time the Netherlands, Britain are exported by this, because it is long in the cold, in the Ming Dynasty and Japan are quite marketable, as for the glassware is the bulk of Genoa exports, ivory, jewelry is Africa, India is more, along the way there are many transports.

Yake took the list, glanced at it hurriedly, and handed it to Shu Teng on the side noncommittally, the two looked at each other again, but this time it was Shu Teng who asked: "Ivory and gems have always been strange goods, I heard that if they are shipped to Ming or Japan, the profits can be huge, I don't know why your country doesn't like it." ”

"These kinds of items are not edible and useless to the peasants, why spend it, as for the doro, it can be transported more, but the glassware is not necessary, my Great Song Dynasty utensils Your Excellency has also seen it, whether it is glass or porcelain, I don't know how your Excellency thinks it compares with other places?"

After seeing the mercury mirror, and hearing that the Song people had other better utensils, and there were many of them, how could Shu Teng not be impressed: "The artifacts in your country must be good, but I don't know what the price is." ”

"As long as you go to the commercial port of Brahmanai, I will give you a fair price, and another like what you just drank will be sold, and the price will be just as fair."

Looking at the glass bottle in his hand, which was only the size that could be held with one hand, the dark brown liquid was already more than half missing. The glass bottle has obviously undergone special design and processing, and the whole presents a perfect arc, and the goods with bubbles and variegated colors that came to the Far East from Genoa in the past are really like garbage when compared with the Song people's utensils. Originally, when this thing was taken out, the crystal clear crystal bottle made Yake's heart pound, but after all, it was not as shocking as the effect of the mercury mirror, and the Song people were accustomed to it when they saw it. I had been talking for a long time, but I had forgotten about it, and now that I heard Sbran mention it, I realized that such exquisite utensils and drinks that had never tasted like jade liquid and elixir in them could be sold, and looking at the bottling style, I thought that it could also be transported over long distances, and I added another product that could be profitable, how could I not be happy.

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In March, outside the city of Boranai, less than ten miles away, the construction of the commercial port of Mullah was in full swing, the only difference was that there were hundreds of more people, and the travelers no longer had to work hard overnight. Everything continues in an orderly manner under the guidance of the Construction Division's "Brunei Port Planning and Development Outline", with modern command, even if it is just ordinary work, it is much more efficient.

Several people have a pair of work, the Song people are in charge of the construction of the officials to talk kindly, the people will inevitably gossip after work to pass the pastime.

I saw a short and fat one and said to everyone: "Yesterday, Qin Jiyi sent someone to send someone to send lunch, the roasted pork is a thick layer, where have I eaten it before, I don't know what to eat today." ”

A little man next to him quipped: "Liu Jilao, you are doing things for the chiefs now, it is like a mouse falling into a rice bowl, and you only think about the offerings of delicious food and drink every day, which is really as happy as a fairy." ”

The little man's name is Li Ahri, and the short and fat Liu Ji and a few other people who do work are fellow villagers in Fujian, not long after they first arrived here, a few days ago they found local teeth to work for the Song people, but they were very happy. Everyone listened to Li Ahri's sarcasm, and they all laughed at Liu Jilao, who was originally forced to come to this Nanyang land to beg for a living, and was so lucky, but he met the leaders of the Great Song Dynasty, and found such a good errand, how could he be dissatisfied.

It's just that when everyone was talking, an old man next to him was sighing.

"Zhao Laji, why are you sighing? and I don't tell you to exert yourself. ”

The old man surnamed Zhao was in his forties, but he was born dark and thin, and he looked sickly, and at first glance, he looked like he was in his fifties. Because he has done a good job in muddy water, he is quite famous among the local Han people, and speaking of which, he has been living in this Brahma for nearly 20 years, but his ancestral home is in Jiangxi. In the Ming Dynasty, everyone in the three provinces of Beijing and Beijing had a nickname, and Jiangxi people were mostly commensurate with preserved chickens, probably because officials entered Beijing to prepare more soil gifts, and Jiangxi people carried more preserved chickens, so they got their names. When Sejong's cabinet chief assistant Yan Song celebrated his birthday, although the officials of the same township came to congratulate him, they were all trembling, and when the university scholar Gao Gong saw it, he used a sentence from "Cockfighting Walk" written by Han Yu, "The big chicken comes proudly, and the little chicken is terrified." That Yan Song is pleasant, and he is in Jiangxi. Zhao Lao'er worked under the Song people, but it was a skilled job, so Li Ahri said that he didn't work hard.

Zhao Lao'er was not angry, and only asked lightly: "Li Lezi, you don't want to think about it, such a day may last long?" "If it is said that Jiangxi people are obsessed with chicken, then Fujian people will be a leper word, probably saying that Fujian people are lazy and do not like farming, and are good at business and drilling, and there are many people who have been working overseas all the year round, so there is such a nickname, and his sentence Li Lezi is indeed to bring all the Fujian people present.

Seeing Zhao Lao'er retort, Liu Jilao was not convinced: "How can such a day not last long?" ”

"Long?" Zhao Lao'er said as if a parent was teaching his children and nephews: "You have only seen the goods and equipment of the Song people, exquisite is exquisite, but in the past month, have you ever seen a soldier of the Song people?" It's like playing around on the street with money, will it be coveted? I want to be bigger, and I claim to be a little fair, but this city of Brahmanai is not a clear boundary. ”

That Liu Jilao also thought to himself, Zhao Lao'er was indeed reasonable, but he couldn't see the problem.

I saw that Zhao Lao'er said again: "The ancestors of the Song people were driven into the sea by the Tartars, the original Song country was rich all over the world, what a luxury, but against the Khitan, against the Jinren, and then with the Tartars, the New Year's coins were given for more than a year, but they couldn't be beaten on the battlefield, how did it end in the end?" "The operas of the Ming Dynasty mostly originated from Yuan opera, and many of the Yuan operas were all kinds of anecdotes in the Song Dynasty, and ordinary people could always tell some truths, as for the details, there was no need to care.

The crowd here listened to Zhao Lao'er's words, and their voices became louder and louder, but in a shed less than thirty steps away, one of them said to himself: "Don't overdo it, fishing never ends well......"