The capital of the Ming Empire is really scary, it took nearly half an hour to take a carriage from the Daming Commercial College in Beicheng District to the four general numbers in Dongcheng District, and it really scared Useda along the way, such a large area, there are people everywhere, how many people are in this city!

When they arrived near the four major numbers, the flow of people became even denser, looking at the pedestrians rubbing shoulders one after another, Useda, who had just gotten off the carriage, couldn't help but exclaim: "How many people are there in the capital of the Ming Empire?" “

He really asked the right person, Shi Weila is an old capital, and he doesn't know how many old friends he has in the capital, he doesn't know how many he has visited in the past two nights, and he will naturally talk about the development of the capital in his speech, which is not without pride: "The population of the capital of the Ming Empire reached three million two years ago, and after the expansion of the capital last year, it is estimated that there are at least more than four million, which is only for those who live in the capital, if you add those who come to do business and play, there are at least seven or eight million!" “

When Useda heard this, he was so frightened that he almost planted a big fight, Spain is already a big country on the European continent, but if you don't count the natives of the colonies, the native population of Spain is only seven or eight million, and the population of a city is as large as the population of a large European country, what a terrifying thing!

After being stunned for a while, Useda came back to his senses, looked at the flow of people in front of him, and said a little timidly: "We really just walked over like this?" “

There are no guards, no entourage, just two people walking on the street, Useda really hasn't tried, not to mention that there are too many people on the street, and they are not even the same skin color and clothing as the people of the Ming Dynasty, won't people treat them as monsters?

Schwila put his arm around his shoulders and walked into the crowd, smiling as he went: "Don't worry, my lord, I used to wander the streets alone, and I never had an accident. “

Useda said weakly: "Of course, you won't have an accident walking on the streets of Portugal, but this is the Ming Empire!" “

Shi Weila laughed and said: "Hahahaha, I'm talking about walking around the capital of the Ming Empire." “

His loud laughter immediately drew attention from all the eyes, but these did not seem to be the eyes of an orangutan or a monster, but the eyes of a nervous person.

Seeing this, Schvera quickly covered his mouth and pulled Useda to flee the scene.

Seeing this scene, Useda couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed, and he smiled as he walked: "It's a shame now, but their performance is too ordinary, do they often see people like us?" “

Shi Weila shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "What is this, anyway, I don't know it, I forgot it when I walked by, there are more people like us in the Ming Empire, and I heard that there are no less than 100,000 foreigners living here, of course they won't be curious anymore." “

The two talked and laughed, and soon walked to the gate of the Daming Royal Xinglong Business Headquarters, looking at this huge building, Useda couldn't help but exclaim again: "Oh, buy cakes, such a big house, how did they build it, it can accommodate at least thousands of people!" “

Shi Weila said lightly: "What is this, they have cement and steel bars, no matter how big the house is, you have seen the bridge on the dragon coin, I don't know how many times bigger than this, it is still on the water, they don't build it in the same way." “

Walking into this huge building, there are rows of huge columns, and under each column there is a circle of counters with all kinds of goods, and countless customers wander between the counters, choosing what they want, and it is a sight to behold.

Instead of immediately taking Useda to the counter, Svera turned and walked to the corner on the right against the wall, where there were many small carts neatly arranged, and on each cart sat a young man dressed as a small man.

He walked up to a young man who looked more clever, directly took out a silver coin and threw it over, the young man dressed up immediately stood up and reached out to catch the silver coin, and then pulled the cart to Shi Vera, nodded and said: "Guest officer, how long do you want to go shopping, we charge twenty copper coins an hour." “

With that, he took out a money bag from his bosom, put silver coins in it, and took out a handful of paper and copper coins in it, as if he was going to find money for Schwila.

Schwila shook his hand and said, "Don't look for it, I'll reward you more." “

When the little guy heard this, he immediately stuffed the money back into the money bag, and said excitedly: "Thank you, officer, you want to buy something, and the little one will guide you." “

Svera immediately turned his head and asked Useda, "Lord Duke, what do you want to buy?" “

Useda thought for a moment and hesitated: "Then buy something for writing first, I'm talking about writing Chinese characters." “

Shi Vera nodded and said to the little guy next to him: "Go to the counter that sells the four treasures of the study first." “

The little guy said "Okay", then pushed the cart and led them inside, and after a few turns, they arrived at the counter where they bought the four treasures of the study.

The old shopkeeper at the counter was still bargaining with a customer, and when he saw these two, he knew that it was a big customer, so he immediately raised his hand and beckoned a small student, taking over him to bargain with others, and he himself quickly ran to Schvila and Useda, and said enthusiastically: "Two guest officers, what do you want?" “

Shi Weila immediately said loudly: "Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, what price do you have?" “

The shopkeeper replied: "We have a set of hundreds of yuan, a set of a few taels, a set of dozens of taels, and a set of hundreds of taels, no matter how expensive you are, you have to go to the Nikko Bank, and they sell tens of thousands of taels of sets." “

Schvila and Useda discussed a few words, and immediately said to the old shopkeeper: "Let's take a few sets of dozens of taels first." “

The shopkeeper immediately ran to the side of the counter, took out a few delicate bamboo baskets, put them in front of Svera and Useda, and introduced: "This is a set of thirty taels, this is a set of fifty taels, this is a set of fifty-five taels, this is a set of sixty taels, and this is a set of seventy-five taels." “

These bamboo baskets are about the same size, and they are filled with two delicate wooden boxes and a thick pile of white paper, which can be seen from the reliefs on them, one for brushes and pen holders, and the other for inkstones and ink.

Useda immediately picked it up with great interest, these things are really exquisitely made, the pen, the pen stand, the inkstone, and even the ink block are carved with exquisite reliefs, there are ladies, there are landscapes, there are all kinds of animals, and the two of them are fascinated.

In the end, Useda couldn't help but pick two sets, the most expensive.

The shopkeeper smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, rubbed his hands and said, "Thanks to your patronage, a total of one hundred and thirty-five taels of silver." “

Svera was about to take out the money, but Useda stopped him, asked the price, and then took out a wad of one hundred taels of dragon coins, drew two, and nervously handed them to the shopkeeper.

He wanted to see what the shopkeeper's expression was when he saw the banknotes, but the shopkeeper's expression did not change at all, and he still smiled so much that he couldn't close his mouth.

Useda was still a little unconvinced, and he said directly to Svera: "Let him find gold and silver coins." “

Schwila nodded with a smile and said to the shopkeeper, "This friend of mine likes gold and silver coins. “

The shopkeeper immediately nodded and said, "Okay, okay, please wait a moment." “

With that, he turned around and walked to the cash cabinet, opened one of the top drawers, took out six gold coins, and then took out the second drawer, pinched out five stacks of silver coins, neatly stacked them on a small wooden plate, brought them to Schwila, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, please click on it, a total of six gold coins, fifty silver coins,"

There's no need to point this point, the problem is that Useda didn't bring a money bag, so big, how to get it!

The shopkeeper seemed to see Useda's predicament, so he turned around and brought a brand-new money bag, handed it to Useda, and said, "The cotton cloth is not very good, so the guest officer should make do with it first." “

Useda pinched the money bag in his hand, and couldn't believe that paper money could really buy things, and he had recovered so many gold and silver coins!

Immediately after that, he began to go on a shopping spree, buying a lot of silk, cloth, tea, dried fruits, etc.

Looking at the things piled up in the cart and the money bag bulging in his hand, Useda couldn't help but say in his head: "Crazy, it's crazy, a few banknotes can buy so many things, this dragon coin can really be used as money!" “