Eduardo Benjamin has been working a mission these days.

Because he had an appointment with Ning Xiu, the envoy of Haiphong Province in Guangdong, he could not build a church in Xiangshan County now.

Only after the inspection period can he build his own church on this eastern continent and let the gospel of the Lord spread in Daming.

The targets of his mission were all gentry. Because he thought that these people could help him put pressure on Ning Xiu, so that Ning Xiu could make up his mind.

But today, instead of carrying out this great work, Eduardo Benjamin was invited to visit the first glass factory in Xiangshan County.

The person who invited him was Ning Xiu.

This came as a big surprise to Eduardo Benjamin. He really couldn't imagine that the people of the Ming Kingdom would be able to make glass.

Until the moment he entered the glassworks, Eduardo Benjamin was still skeptical.

"Great Lord, isn't glass only made by Europa?"

Seeing the various glassware stacked in the factory warehouse, Eduardo Benjamin exclaimed in his heart.

Oh my God, how did the Ming people do it? Could it be that there are craftsmen from Europa who teach them?

Eduardo Benjamin thought that there was only one possibility.

After all, although the missionaries also knew about glass, they did not understand the craft, and it was impossible for them to instruct the Ming people to make glass.

But why did the craftsmen of Europa come to Mingguo thousands of miles away?

Missionaries can sacrifice their personal interests for the sake of mission, spending years on the sea, what are the craftsmen trying to do?

Eduardo Benjamin was puzzled.

"Mr. Eduardo, which is better than the glass made by this Xiangshan County Glass Factory and your Europa glass?"

Ning Xiu asked with a smile.

Eduardo Benjamin didn't expect Ning Xiu to ask such a question, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with an unhappy face: "What kind of problem is this, according to Your Excellency, the glass is made by us Europa, and the Ming Kingdom is just an imitation." How can an imitation be compared to the original? ”

Ning Xiu shook his head and said, "This glass is not an imitation, but it was made by the official himself. ”

Eduardo Benjamin opened his mouth and couldn't say a word.

What, this glass was actually made by Ning Xiu, a person who was on a mission?

He, a native of the Ming Kingdom, how could he know the process of making glass!

No, it can't be!

Eduardo Benjamin thought that Ning Xiu must be lying. It seemed to him that Ning Xiu must have hired a glassmaker from Europa, ordered him to make glass, and then took the credit for himself.

"Mr. Eduardo has seen this stained glass."

Ning Xiu saw that Eduardo refused to believe it, so he asked someone to bring a glass Ruyi.

Eduardo Benjamin had never seen anything before, and was curious to get closer and play with it.

How did he know that this was actually a glass that has existed in China since ancient times, and the production process was completely different from glass.

"It's so beautiful. Lord, it must be your work. ”

Eduardo Benjamin found all this difficult to explain, and could only take credit for the Lord.

"If Mr. Eduardo likes it, I'll give it to you. Please remember that this is something unique to me in the Ming Dynasty, and it means auspicious. ”

Ning Xiu's words were full of aura, and Eduardo Benjamin was completely overwhelmed, nodded gloomily, and accepted the gift.

"I wonder if Mr. Eduardo wants to see the Xiangshan County Ceramics Factory."

Eduardo Benjamin's eyes lit up.

"Is that okay?"

Ning Xiu waved his hand and said, "Of course you can." ”

Eduardo Benjamin's heart was overjoyed.

His favorite Ming goods were silk and porcelain.

Silk was worth a lot of money in Europa, and only the noble lords wore it, and even a clergyman with a small amount of savings like him did not dare to fight the idea of silk.

As for porcelain, not to mention.

Porcelain is often only used by the royal family, and even dukes and earls are proud to have a complete set of porcelain tea sets.

Surrounded by servants and guards, Ning Xiu and Eduardo Benjamin left the glass factory and went straight to the ceramics factory.

There are more craftsmen here than in the glassworks.

After all, making glass can be done on an assembly line, and making porcelain is basically done by one person, and if you want to make as many porcelain as possible, you can only pile up people.

This was Eduardo Benjamin's first close observation of porcelain making.

From beating, drawing to firing, he watched the whole process.

I can't imagine the glamorous porcelain, which was just a handful of clay at first.

Finally, Ning Xiu took Eduardo Benjamin on a tour of the porcelain warehouse.

Seeing the dazzling array of porcelain on the shelves, Eduardo Benjamin's eyes straightened.

"Your Excellency, these porcelains are going to be sold to Europa, right?"

Ning Xiu shook his head again.

"No, these are all sold to the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"What? Sold to the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Eduardo Benjamin nearly fainted.

"How is this possible, the price of porcelain is high, how can ordinary people afford it?"

Ning Xiu shrugged his shoulders and said, "How is it impossible?" All the people of my Ming Dynasty can afford to buy porcelain. ”

Eduardo Benjamin only felt that his brain exploded, and he couldn't even stand on his feet.

Oh my God, the Ming Dynasty is so rich and powerful, even the people are so rich.

In Europa, the porcelain that was cited as the most precious by the princes and nobles was used by everyone in the Ming Kingdom.

The people are like this, so how rich should the royal family be?

It's a foolish thing to fight against such a powerful country.

No, you must write to Governor Sánchez and let him be mentally prepared.

"Ahem, according to Your Excellency, I suddenly thought that there was one more thing that had not been dealt with, and I was out of company."

Ning Xiu nodded and said, "This tea set will be given to Mr. Eduardo." Come, send Mr. Eduardo back to his lodgings. ”

After Eduardo left, Qi Wen came over.

"My lord, why don't you take the opportunity to take this person down?"

It turned out that Qi Wen had ordered someone to check the details of Eduardo Benjamin before, and found that this person was actually a detailed work sent by Manila.

Qi Wen suggested that this person be taken down directly, but Ning Xiu decided not to startle the snake for the time being.

"What if you catch him? Manila will send others. Or maybe they sent more than Edward. ”

"Then why did the Lord show him around the glassworks and the ceramics factory, and give him gifts?"

"If you've never seen these things before, how would you feel and what would you do when you saw them?"

Ning Xiu asked rhetorically.

"This..."

"I'm going to ask Eduardo to pass the word to Sanchez for me. Let him tell Sanchez that Daming is extremely rich. ”

"But then they're going to invade even more."

"I just want them to invade, I want to annihilate all the Spaniards in Manila at sea, and I will do it all in one battle!"

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