When Gao Pei and Zheng Yongji and others were fighting over land taxes, the European envoy led by the French envoy Pierre finally returned to Europe.

Compared with the sensation caused by the return of the English envoy Wilson, the return of Pierre caused even more sensation.

Wilson represents only one country, England, while Pierre represents the whole continent, which is naturally different.

After Wilson returned to Paris, Emperor Louis XVIII of France personally went to the docks to meet him.

During this period, Louis XVIII asked Pierre about the details of the Great Zhou.

Pierre did not have the same heart for the Great Zhou as Wilson, and replied truthfully: "The territory of the Great Zhou is indeed no less vast than the whole of Europe. The population is also larger than the whole of Europe combined......"

Speaking of the national conditions of the Great Zhou, Pierre gushed endlessly.

Louis XVIII wondered: "As far as I know, more than seventy percent of the land of the Great Zhou is mountainous, how did they feed so many people?" ”

When Pierre confirmed that the population of the Great Zhou was even larger than that of Europe, Louis XVIII was puzzled.

You must know that there are not many large mountain ranges on the European continent at all, even the highest mountain in Europe, the Alpis, the highest mountain is only 4,810 meters above sea level, and the area occupied is only 220,000 square kilometers.

In the Great Zhou, whether it is the Taihang Mountains, the Qinling Mountains, the Wuyi Mountains, or the Hengduan Mountains, the area is much larger than the Alpis Mountains.

In other words, the arable land area of the European continent is more than three times that of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But the population of Da Zhou is actually more than the population of the entire European continent combined.

"Could it be that the grain production of Da Zhou is very high?"

Faced with Louis XVIII's question, Pierre replied: "On the contrary, the grain production of the Great Zhou is not high, not even a fifth of that of the European continent. ”

"What?" Louis XVIII was surprised, "How is that possible?" Their land area is equivalent to one-third of Europe's, how can they produce only one-fifth of Europe's food? ”

Pierre explained with a smile: "This is mainly because the land in Dazhou is not fertile, and the cultivation is mainly manpower, so the production efficiency is very low. ”

The land of the Great Zhou Dynasty was originally extremely fertile, especially in the Yellow River Valley, which was the earliest developed.

However, over the past few thousand years, the soil fertility of the Yellow River basin has long been depleted, and grain production has been declining year after year.

Because of this, Jiangnan and Huguang became the main grain-producing areas of the Great Zhou.

It is important to know that both Huguang and Jiangnan are mountainous areas.

In addition, with the development of industrialization, Europe has begun industrial planting, and Da Zhou is still in the stage of relying on the sky to eat, how can the grain output compare with Europe?

After listening to Pierre's explanation, Louis XVIII asked the previous question again: "You haven't explained to me how such a small amount of land in the Great Zhou can feed such a large population?" ”

Pierre smiled bitterly and continued to explain, "It's not because of this damn Black Death. ”

Over the years, the whole of Europe was poisoned by the Black Death, and more than 30% of the population died from the Black Death.

"The Black Death?" Louis XVIII asked: "Could it be that there was no Black Death in the Great Zhou?" ”

"Not really!" Pierre shook his head and said, "There is also the Black Death in Da Zhou, but the Chinese medicine in Da Zhou is very magical, and they can always find some prescription to restrain the Black Death. ”

"Da Zhou actually has medicine for the Black Death?" Upon hearing this, Louis XVIII was immediately excited.

You know, Louis XVIII's eldest son died of the Black Death, when he heard that Da Zhou actually had a cure for the Black Death, could he not be excited?

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor!"

"Did you bring the prescription with you?" Louis XVIII asked.

"No!" Pierre shook his head, "How could Da Zhou sell me such a precious prescription?" ”

Seeing this, Louis XVIII's eyes looked a little gloomy.

But then, Pierre's words made Louis XVIII's eyes brighten again, "However, His Majesty the Emperor, the minister went to Da Zhou this time, and although he did not get a prescription for the Black Death, he brought back the pill for treatment. ”

It turned out that after Pierre learned that not many people died of the Black Death in Da Zhou, he learned that there was a cure for the Black Death in Da Zhou after careful inquiry.

Therefore, Pierre affirmed that the Emperor of the Great Zhou, that is, Zhang Lingyang, gave a prescription for the treatment of the Black Death.

But after Zhang Lingyang learned that many people in Europe died of the Black Death, how could he be willing to give such a precious prescription to Pierre.

As for those pharmacies and medical centers?

The prescription is the foundation of their business, and it is easy not to give it to outsiders, let alone a Xiyi person?

But in the end, Zhang Lingyang agreed to configure some pills and let Pierre bring them back to Europe.

At that time, Zhang Lingyang explained: "These prescriptions are very complicated to configure, and people who don't understand traditional Chinese medicine can't configure them at all."

Therefore, even if I give you a prescription, if you don't mix the herbs properly, you will die.

Besides, how do you Europeans distinguish Chinese medicine? ”

It is also difficult that both Western medicine and Chinese medicine are both medicines, but the differences are very different, and they cannot be integrated with each other in a short period of time.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang proposed a compromise solution, "Why, I will sell you some pills to treat the Black Death, and you can bring them back to Europe?" ”

Pierre gladly accepted.

Of course, the price of pills is very expensive.

An ordinary pill, Zhang Lingyang actually sold it for a high price of one or two pieces of silver.

Originally, Zhang Lingyang could have set a higher price.

But Zhang Lingyang also understood that in Europe now, the Black Death was an epidemic, and if the price was set too high, ordinary people would not be able to afford it except for those European aristocrats.

It is also for this reason that Zhang Lingyang set the price of one or two pieces of silver, so that ordinary European people can still buy so many pieces when they tighten their belts.

At the same time, Da Zhou can also earn more silver.

Sure enough, after Zhang Lingyang offered the price, Pierre asked for 100,000 pieces in one go, and as for other countries, it was more than tens of thousands.

But combined, it is more than half a million.

With so many pills, Da Zhou couldn't take them out at all.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang ordered the Ether Hospital to take the lead and gather most of the doctors and apprentices in the capital, and only then did he produce 500,000 pills in three months.

Among them, the cost exceeded 100,000 taels of silver, plus the 100,000 taels of silver that were rewarded to the hospital and doctors, and the final profit was 300,000 taels of silver.

Don't underestimate the 300,000 taels of silver......

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