While talking to Su Fangyi, Gongliangxu said outside his study

"Father-in-law, the young marquis of Xuanting and Lord Chichka have asked to meet, and the son-in-law has arranged for the two to go to the atrium."

Bailiyan got up and went out of the house and said to Gong Liangxu

"The virtuous son-in-law will entertain the two for the good life of the father, and the father will go later."

"No."

Carefully instructed Gong Liangxu, Bai Liyan returned to the study and continued with Su Fangyi

"This Chichika-sama is not an idle person, and he is very shrewd."

"Huh." Su Fangyi smiled, and then said, "It's you who want to provoke them, and you can't help anyone else." ”

"Hehaha...... That's right. Sir, stay in my house for the time being, and I'll meet Chichka in the future. ”

Chichka is the 37-year-old ambassador plenipotentiary of the Nirkocco people to the country of Xian, Chichka is his surname, and his full name is Chichka Saar.

Chichka was a distant relative of King Nirkocco and one of the first Nirkocos to come into contact with the Xianguo expedition. This time I came with Qiao Cheng, mostly for trade.

At this time, Chichka and Qiao Chenggong Liangxu had a lively conversation, and the three of them were very talkative.

Because of their short stature, the Nilkocco have short vocal cords and speak like a duck. Seeing Bailiyan coming, the short man jumped off a special wooden chair with steps, dressed in a human child's deep clothes, and stepped forward to greet him

"Yo Yo, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Hehe, I'm bothering Lord Chichika, and I'm going to come here myself."

Bailiyan walked along the road and sat down, Chichika said with a smile

"Hehaha...... Si Nong is the busiest person in the country, so it is also appropriate to visit him. ”

Chichika's mouth is very sweet, to be exact, the mouth of the Nilkocco people is generally sweet, and can coax and deceive.

The preliminary investigation also found that being able to speak well may be a common social phenomenon in their ethnic group, but in human society, it will inevitably seem flamboyant.

And their greeting ceremony is very peculiar, different from the Central Plains people's bowing and bowing, etc., and also different from the Western handshake, their greeting ceremony is small hands holding small hands, circling around the ground, especially funny. At the beginning of his arrival in Xianguo, it once became a spectacle, and now he has gradually learned the greeting etiquette of the Central Plains.

After some greetings, Bailiyan went straight to the point, and he asked

"Lord Chichika came to visit, can you have Ben Hou's service?"

"Hahaha, how dare you. Recently, I found that there is a strange three-wheeled iron cart in the city, which can pull a lot of goods, and I also want to order some to improve the lives of our people. ”

At this time, Qiao Cheng answered

"The iron car that Lord Chichka said is a newly built tricycle in Yongxing City, because it is convenient to pull goods, Lord Chichka really wants to buy some and transport them back to Lingjing Island."

"Yes, but you can't use such a big tricycle."

"So I hope that Master Si Nong can help make it smaller, and it doesn't matter if the goods are less."

"Hiss......" Bai Liyan glanced up and down at Chichika, and a strange painting style inexplicably appeared in front of him.

The height of this Nilkoco is less than three feet, the tallest is no more than three feet and a half inches, and the female is only two feet two or three inches.

Thinking of that peculiar painting style, Bai Liyan couldn't help but want to laugh, and finally forced to hide the smile on his face, he said

"This matter is also simple, this official can order someone to do it as soon as possible, I don't know how many cars Lord Chichka needs?"

"Let's have two hundred cars first, as long as the people of our clan are satisfied, our clan will buy more, the price, or according to the old rules, how about it."

"No problem, just follow the old rules."

Bai Liyan nodded in affirmation and agreed to continue to pay for the goods in the way agreed before.

The so-called old rule is to exchange the special products of the Nilkocco people for the goods of the Xian country, at the beginning Bailiyan believed that the social productivity of the Nirkoko people was low, and the trade would be at a loss, in order to avoid the predatory trade brought about ethnic contradictions, the trade with the Nirkoko people has been monopolized by the imperial court, and the price is only sold at cost price, and the imperial court finance has not posted some.

But later, I found out that the people of Nilkocco were simply sitting on a mountain of gold, sitting on the unique resources of the "Seven Treasures of the Spirit Realm".

A treasure is a gemstone, Lingjing Island produces a variety of colored gemstones other than diamonds, not only the output is considerable, the quality is extremely high, and the particles are huge.

Erbao is Yunsi tobacco, which is a spice that emits an aromatic and attractive smell, and is a cigarette made from the rhizome of Yunsi grass, which spits out snow-white white smoke when sucked and gets the name Yunsi.

It can whiten teeth, treat bad breath, and after burning, it will produce beneficial substances and produce special aromatic sweetness, which can prevent cerebrovascular diseases, enhance blood vessel elasticity, reduce blood lipids and prevent liver disease.

In short, it's a harmless cigarette that has never been seen before. With few side effects, substances that enter the respiratory tract and lungs are eventually exchanged through the lungs into the bloodstream and are not retained in the lungs.

The cloud silk grass can only be planted on Lingjing Island, because the cloud silk plant needs a variety of fungi that work together to germinate in the hot and humid rainforest environment.

The Nilkocco people chop the rhizomes of the cloud silk finely, roll them into cigarettes with dried leaves, and squat on the ground to smoke one in their leisure time, which is very pleasant. Therefore, the people of Nilkocco, whether adults or children, are all old smoking guns.

After the Xianguo delegation discovered Yunsi cigarettes, they quickly returned to China and became the new favorite of the wealthy.

Sanbao is a plantain plant, after treatment, the whole leaf can be used to make waterproof, breathable, and tough, high-grade fabrics, which is the main source of fabric for the Nierkoko people. Because it is waterproof and breathable, it has an unbeatable advantage before the advent of advanced fibers.

Sibao is a marsupial dog domesticated by the Nirkocco people, which is used as a means of transportation to pull a cart or ride, and is also used as a livestock for the care of the home.

The dog milk of the bag dog contains the effective ingredient to resist rabies, and once this ingredient is generated, it will carry it for life to form immunity, so the Nirkocco people drink dog milk for a long time, and the whole family is not allowed to rabies.

Wubao is a green oil that is healthier than tea seed oil.

The six treasures are herbal medicines, and Lingjing Island produces at least one hundred and fifty kinds of unique herbal resources, among which Timu is a drug with excellent efficacy to lower blood sugar.

Shippo is a metal element "collar".

The people of Nierkoco were the first to discover and use the "collar element", a white metallic element with a density of only 053, which is only half the density of water, and is a new element that Bailiyan has never seen in his previous life.

The melting point of the collar element is slightly higher than that of copper, but much lower than that of iron, so charcoal can also be smelted, it has extremely strong toughness, strong oxidation and corrosion resistance, elemental or compound is non-toxic and harmless, and the alloy formed with other elements has high hardness and strength.

Prior to this, Xuanyun Laboratory had successively produced more than 20 catties of collar elements, and because it was not completely clear about the distribution and specific characteristics of the collar elements, Bailiyan had not found rich ore resources that could be mined.

However, the land of the Nilkoco people has a large number of collar elements, and they add collar elements to the bronze to improve the quality of bronze, and also use it to build ships and build light metal boats, so their sheet metal technology is very developed, and they even need to learn skills from them.

Because its density is lower than that of water, and its performance is close to that of aluminum-nickel-titanium, its affinity with other elements is stronger than that of iron, and its performance in forming an alloy is higher than that of the base material itself, and it is not easy to rust and lightweight, so it is an ideal super alloy.

Collar elements obtained from the hands of Nilkocco people have been added to special steels in small quantities in the way of rare earths, and a number of special steels such as manganese steel, high-speed steel, stainless steel, and tool steel containing collars have been developed successively, and it is no exaggeration to say that the performance has been improved by more than 30%.

The purchase of the tricycle was agreed with Chichka, and Qiao Cheng changed his words

"In addition, Lord Chichika hopes to open two businesses in Lingling and the royal family, and in the future, the goods sold from Lingjing Island to Xianguo will be exclusively operated by them."

"This matter has to be discussed with the king, and the shipping routes and merchant ships of Lingjing Island are now borne by our country, and the goods are also supplied and sold by our country. If you want to monopolize the nobility, you need to make a new agreement, and you have to pay for the shipping fee separately, can Lord Chichka think about it? ”

"Well, my king very much hopes to have more trade with your country, and we can sit down and talk about freight and agreements."

"Well, how about replying to Lord Chichka after the official reports to my king."

"Yes, everything is entrusted to Master Sinon." Chichka raised his hand to learn to do the Central Plains Rite and bowed, and then said, "All the things below are done, so let's take my leave." ”

"Alright, Master Chichika, please walk slowly. Brother-in-law, send me Lord Chichka. ”

Bai Liyan motioned to Qiao Cheng to send Chichika out of the house, and Qiao Cheng got up and said

"Okay."

The Nilkocco people are short in stature, and the city is a metropolis, they need to be very careful when walking on the road, and it is very dangerous not to accidentally bump into carriages and horses, so Bailiyan has assigned full-time security personnel and carriages to the Nilkoccos, if it is not for the Nirkocco people to refuse, they must be accompanied by humans when they go out on the street, and at the same time, let the royal guests secretly provide some security protection.

When Chichika Qiao and the two of them left the house, Gongliang Xu got up and stepped forward

"Father-in-law, the child thinks that this Chichika intends to take back the right to trade goods, and it is not good for Xianguo."

Bai Liyan nodded, got up and said

"Yes, the people of Nilkocco are very smart, slightly superior to others, and the people who are selected to envoy the Central Plains must be the dragons and phoenixes among them. Chichika arrived in the city for a few months, traveled all over the country, and knew a lot about the princes and other places in the city, and was very aware of the financial resources of the rich people of the Xian country, as well as their own shortcomings, and it was understandable that they took back the right to trade goods and goods in order to protect the best interests of their own people. Therefore, once it takes back the right to sell goods, it is not surprising that the price of Lingjing Island's properties will increase.

But you see, their land is so big, their population is so large, their ability to produce goods is very limited, and they need so much from us, so they will suffer from long-term trade.

You may not know that for the past three years, when the Father had traded with the Nilkocles, the treasury had traded with them at a loss, and even then they still had to pay more for our goods and gold and silver in exchange for our goods, so we should understand them. ”

When Gongliang Xu heard the news that Baili Yan was sticking to Lingjing Island, he couldn't help but feel surprised, and he asked puzzled

"Why does my father-in-law want the treasury to trade with him?"

"If you don't understand this, you will understand your father-in-law's hard work in the future. By the way, how did you read the book? ”

"Oh, the child is still studying, but there are many questions to ask his father-in-law."

"That's it, I'll take some time another day, you and I will sit down and talk slowly, if there's anything unclear, you can ask me again."

"Got it."

Gongliang Xu gave a deep salute, and said Baili Yan at the next moment

"In addition, I heard your father say that the girl you have been a childhood sweetheart in Zhiguo since you were a child is called Cai Lin'er."

Bai Liyan asked abruptly, Gong Liangxu was quite surprised, and he said carefully

"I don't hide it from my father-in-law, the child is a love affair with Miss Cai, but he has no disloyalty to Xiang'er, and he asks his father-in-law to learn from it."

"Well, I don't have to be so inhibited in front of me. My father remembered that the king once told me that a man with three wives and four concubines was a hero, but now in troubled times, there are many men and girls, and there are many women who stay alone for life.

Being a father is not an unreasonable person, Xiang'er and I also know, if Cai Lin'er is good, you can take her together. lest they be thousands of miles away, and they will regret lovesickness for life. ”

Gong Liangxu was grateful in his heart, and said with a deep salute

"Thank you father-in-law for your success, and my son-in-law is grateful."

"You and I will say thank you and you will be separated, and my father will talk to your mother-in-law about this matter, and I will not embarrass you. But Xiang'er, you have to go and tell her, don't be bitter about her. ”

"Got it."

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