Chapter 769: The Head Got the Donkey Kicked?
Since he couldn't figure it out, Li Cohen temporarily put a few green skin things behind him.
The Netherlands is not the Ming Dynasty, and Li Cohen, who has lived in the Ming Dynasty for a period of time, knows very well that if three people are killed in one night, the officials of the Ming Dynasty can look around for clues like mad dogs, and the official master will have a hard time.
As for the Netherlands, forget it - although the Netherlands is generally not bad now, after all, it is part of a messy Europe, and no one cares about the occasional death of a few members of a dynamic group.
Just picked up the tea brewed by the cabbage seeds, Li Cohen's heart was a pain - the taste of the cabbage seeds brewed by him was really familiar to him, and the taste of the tea he bought back with one or two gold and one or two tea leaves was exactly the same!
After Gou Lei took a sip of the teacup, he sighed and said: "I usually heard that there is a kind of tribute tea in the palace, and I can't see it when I am idle, it is said that it has a long aftertaste, and I really want to buy some to taste." ”
After finishing speaking, Gou Lei laughed self-deprecatingly: "Actually, it's just a matter of thinking about it, although that kind of tea is said to be available outside, but the price is also ridiculously high, and it is not something that ordinary people like me can afford at all."
This kind of tea that has always been a pound of treasure money is also from Shaofu, and the taste is also good, and it can only be drunk by rich and noble families in Daming, if it weren't for Mr. Cohen to come to the Netherlands, I'm afraid I would be reluctant to buy such expensive tea. ”
Lee Cohen's heart was bleeding.
When he heard that it was from Shaofu, Li Cohen's heart almost understood that the tea that Li Chengyan sold to himself at the price of one tael of gold and one tael of tea could buy one catty in Daming for only one tael of silver.
This is no longer as simple as adding a zero or changing a unit, this is simply subtracting a zero from the weight and adding another zero to the price, which can be summed up in two words, pit people!
Li Cohen, who had come back to taste, looked at Gou Lei's eyes a little hot, and almost made Gou Lei misunderstand whether Li Coen had any habit of breaking sleeves, and Longyang was good......
After taking another sip of tea, Li Keen said: "Brother Gou, next time you go back to Daming, how about you go directly to buy thousands of catties of tea like this?" When the time comes, just relying on this tea, our brothers will be able to make a fortune! ”
Gou Lei shook his head and said: "Don't think about it, any Ming people, with their own household registration booklets, can buy ten catties of tea like this in the governor's office of the state capital where they live, and the price is always one catty."
However, these ten catties are a quota for a whole year, and the price after more than ten catties is one tael of gold and one tael of tea, and you and I are no exception. As for relying on other Ming people to buy it for you and then ship it to sea, don't think about it. ”
Seeing that Gou Lei stopped talking, Li Cohen directly took out a few silver coins from his arms and pushed them in front of Gou Lei: "Please also ask Mr. Gou for advice?" ”
Gou Lei was not polite, and directly put away the silver coins: "It's very simple, first of all, it's impossible for you to take such a large amount of tea out of the customs, and the government won't let it go."
Secondly, many rich people in Daming also expect this kind of play to allow them to drink more of this kind of tea, and the people naturally hope to earn more silver by this method.
When you get involved, if you want the people of Daming to buy it for you, it is estimated that the price will be eight or nine taels of silver a catty, how much profit do you have in it? If these two problems are not solved, the others are just a flash in the pan, understand? ”
Hearing Gou Lei's words, Li Keen's heart suddenly cooled, if it was like Gou Lei's words, the people of the Ming Dynasty would not buy tea cheaper than themselves.
What you need is not ten catties or eight catties, but thousands of catties, after more than ten catties, the price of the people of Daming is also ten taels of gold and one tael of tea, and they are still ten catties away?
From this point of view, Li Chengyan is not a pit for himself, but he didn't tell himself that the household registration of the people of the Ming Dynasty can buy ten catties of tea at a low price.
In addition, what Gou Lei said is also true, at least Li Coen thinks that he can't fight the group of people in Daming Customs - they are all human spirits among human spirits, and he is a little demon and that kind of thousand-year-old fox fighting method, it is estimated that he will die a miserable death!
After giving up the tempting idea of buying tea at a low price and selling it at a high price, Li Cohen continued: "By the way, don't care about the tea, let's go to my house today?" ”
Gou Lei said reservedly: "Since this is the case, there is a lot of trouble?" ”
Li Cohen was suddenly overjoyed and said with a smile: "Why bother? It is the luck of my Li family to be taught by Mr. Dogzi, thanks to the great kindness of Mr. Hong Fuhe, the son of heaven, in this life, I dare not forget it! ”
Listening to Li Cohenwen's crepe words, Gou Lei only felt that the goosebumps on his body were about to fall to the ground - if this guy didn't have yellow curly hair and blue eyes, just listening to the accent and expression of his speech, he almost thought that this guy was a Ming man!
In fact, if Li Cohen doesn't look at his appearance now, no one will think that this guy is Dutchman at all - even the apprenticeship of the two sons in the family, Li Cohen is also prepared with enough courtesies!
Of course, this apprenticeship is a bit incomprehensible in Gou Lei's opinion - ten pieces of pork, a pot of wine, and a big yellow dog.
"The Book of Rites: Shaoyi": "It gives people a pot of wine, a bundle, and a dog." ”
It is estimated that Li Cohen is a good reader, and he doesn't seek to understand much, or he read Zheng Xuan's annotation on "The Book of Rites: Shaoyi": "Bundles, ten chests." ”
Ten pieces of pork and a big yellow dog made Gou Lei's heart instantly pop up four words: Pigs and dogs are not as good?
But Gou Lei couldn't find any fault with Li Cohen's apprenticeship, or he couldn't bear to find fault.
A barbarian who has just been naturalized, what kind of apprenticeship can you expect him to prepare? Being able to prepare like this is enough to prove its intentions!
After all, this thing was purchased according to the statement of "The Book of Rites: Shaoyi" - although this thing was not popular in the Ming Dynasty, and more of it has been replaced by good things such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
After thinking about it again, Gou Lei's heart was balanced again, after all, he was just a child, and he didn't even have the fame of a showman, and it was not easy for someone to ask him to be Mr. Xixi.
After putting aside those messy thoughts, Gou Lei smiled and said to Li Cohen: "By the way, if there are some familiar neighbors or children of relatives and friends nearby, if they are the same age as Ling Gongzi, they may wish to call them to study together." ”
Seeing that Li Cohen's face was a little worried, Gou Lei smiled and said, "Mr. Cohen doesn't have to worry, it's a good thing to have more children, and it won't delay your son's studies." ”
Li Cohen muttered: "I'm not worried about anything else, I'm just worried that there are too many children, and Mr. will inevitably be distracted?" After all, this is a place where saints do not come to turn barbarians, and most of the barbarians are illiterate and embarrassed to be educated? ”
Gou Lei was almost laughed to death by Li Cohen - a place where saints do not come to turn into barbarians? Barbarians? How did you come up with these two statements?
When Sage Confucius traveled around the world, didn't he hear that there was a man named Holland among the countries? They are not among the nations, and it is estimated that the saint doesn't even know where your place is, so how did he come here?
Barbarians? Except for you Li Cohen and your wife who have a Ming household registration, even your son is a barbarian in your mouth, and now you have learned to despise barbarians?
It's good, it's powerful! No problem!
After laughing, Gou Lei said: "Call it all over, Zi said that there is no class of teaching, and he said that if you are a threesome, you must have my teacher."
Although it is inevitable to be distracted when there are more children, there must be a desire to compare with each other, which is also a promotion for the noble son's studies.
In addition, from time to time, I will make up classes for your son's studies, which will definitely not affect your son's studies. ”
Seeing Gou Lei's resolute attitude, Li Cohen no longer insisted on it, and simply responded: "That's fine, it's just that those barbarians are cheapened and let them be educated as saints." ”
After saluting Gou Lei, Li Cohen went to the neighbor's house next to him, and Elena brought out a plate of fruit and put it on the table next to Gou Lei, twisting the corners of her clothes with her hands, not knowing what to say.
There is no way, Li Cohen is addicted to the book culture of the Ming Dynasty and can't extricate himself, but Elena has no interest in these messy knowledge, and her interest is only for Gou Lei.
Dressed in a Confucian robe, Gou Lei, sitting on a chair, is in response to the saying that there is poetry and writing in his belly, and his righteousness makes Yelena want to say something but can't say it.
After secretly hating that she didn't have much knowledge, so that she couldn't even speak, Elena made up her mind that she must follow Mr. Gou to learn the language and writing of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise she wouldn't know where to start with her stomach full of words now.
Just when Gou Lei was pondering whether to start teaching from "Jiyun" or "Three Character Classic", Lan Xin was also having a headache.
The person in front of him was quite pale, the whole person looked thin and weak, it seemed that a gust of wind could blow him away, if it weren't for the scar on his face that ruined the overall feeling, he could be called a beautiful man.
But Lan Xin, who had just watched this person practice knives when he entered the hospital, knew in his heart that if anyone really thought that the person in front of him was thin and weak, he probably didn't even know how he died - the wood with the thickness of his arm was cut in two with a knife in an instant, even if he borrowed the sharpness of the knife, he was afraid that the strength of this person's two arms was not small!
After wiping his hands with the wet towel on the side of the table, Liu Xiaoyao said to the interpreter standing aside: "Ask him, what is the matter with coming to find the captain of this school?" ”
After listening to the interpreter's words, Lan Sing said directly: "That's the case, I got some information about Tsarist Russia in my hand, and I came here to report it to my lordship?" ”
When Liu Xiaoyao heard the word tsar, the green tendons in his hands suddenly burst out, and it took a while to slowly calm down.
Tsar? Except for the great emperor, there are still people who dare to call the emperor? Kill the emperor? What do these barbarians want to do? These damn barbarians, if they are all fatherless, they should all be sanded away!
Holding back his anger, Liu Xiaoyao nodded and said: "Although you say it, if the intelligence is useful, it will naturally be indispensable for your benefits, even if this information is worthless, the captain of this school will also take note of your merits." ”
Lansing was overjoyed and said: "That's right, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich relied on his teacher Morozov, and under Morozov's auspices, the Grand Noble Duma passed a new decree on salt tax.
The decree was introduced to increase the revenues of the state treasury of Tsarist Russia by imposing a high tax on salt merchants, which was 1.3 times higher than the market price of salt.
Dissatisfied with this decree, the salt merchants in Moscow have rioted, ransacking Morozov's house and killing the Duma clerk Chist and the imperial courtier Plesheev.
The salt tax revolt ended with Morozov's exile and the return of the salt tax to its original level, and Morozov, who was once again recalled to Moshu, no longer held sole power.
At the same time, Abbot Nikon, from the Kozheozelsky Monastery near Arkhangelsk, went to Moscow and was received by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.
This Alexeisha is a devout Orthodox Christian, who strictly follows the canons of the Orthodox Church in arranging his diet and daily affairs.
Father Nikon gained his trust, and on the orders of the Tsar, he went to the Kremlin every Friday to discuss issues with the Tsar, at first only religious issues, and then Father Nikon gradually began to discuss state affairs with the Tsar.
In other words, all the decrees on the side of Tsarist Russia now have nothing to do with this priest, and as long as this person is controlled, it can definitely affect Tsar Alexei. ”
While quickly recording everything Lan Sing said on the paper, Liu Xiaoyao hummed and continued: "Talk about the specific situation of that Tsarist Russia, I want to know what their general situation is now." ”
Lansing said: "Although it has been 30 years since the present Tsarist Russia emerged from the era of chaos, it is still generally languishing and full of hidden dangers.
Externally, Sweden, a strong enemy in the north, occupied a large area of land north of the Pskov-Novgorod line and on the Baltic Sea coast, firmly controlling the trade routes to Europe;
To the west is the feud of the kingdoms of Poland and Lithuania, occupying a series of important towns led by Smolensk, threatening Moscow at all times;
To the southwest is Ukraine, which is a vassal of Poland, and the Cossack cavalry that comes to the Ukrainian steppes is also a serious threat to Moscow;
To the south is the Crimean Khanate, a Turkish vassal state that invaded Russia countless times over the centuries; Only in the southern steppes were the Don Cossacks, who were under the orders of Moscow, but remained independent of Tsarist Russia.
In addition, Khmelnitsky has officially submitted a request to Tsar Alexei for his consent to the annexation of eastern Ukraine, centered on Zabarozhye, to Russian territory. ”
Liu Xiaoyao was suddenly a little confused - even the spicy chicken tsar in his own country can't be even, and someone else gives him land? The head made the donkey kick, didn't it?
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