"Your Majesty, I'll do it immediately, but time is still a little short, and His Excellency Yan Peterson Kun is now in Batavia." Albert said.

"I have allowed you to use the Empire's fast horses, so that you will soon be able to deliver the letter to Xin'an, and from Xin'an to Batavia." Zhu Youxiao suggested.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'm sure there will be news soon. Albert replied.

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In his letter to Yan Peterson, Albert not only praised the performance of cement, but also predicted the future prospects of cement according to Zhu Youxiao's ideas.

Yan Peterson Kun was also very interested in cement, and he had already heard that Daming used a new building material that not only shortened the construction period, but also worked far better than other similar materials.

It was the time of Jose's Eighty Years' War, and the Netherlands were on the defensive, and they needed to build a new bastion to deal with the Spaniards. Cement is exactly what they desperately need. And by monopolizing the sale of cement, the Dutch can make incalculable profits.

After receiving Albert's letter, Yan Peterson Kun decided to agree to Zhu Youxiao's request, but he made a request, that is, to normalize trade, and no longer limit the qualifications for trade with grain.

Yan Petersun Kun also wrote a report to the committee at this time, in which he strongly demanded an increase of 1 million guilders in funds, and also demanded the mobilization of more merchant ships, stressing that "once trade with the Ming is normalized, Batavia will be able to obtain 10 million dong worth of best-selling goods every year", and this 10 million guilders of best-selling goods will be able to obtain a profit of more than 10 million guilders.

Zhu Youxiao's response to Yan's request for a normalization of trade was to gradually complete the normalization of trade between the two sides by 1626. But at this time, with the switch of the Ming Dynasty, more and more Westerners began to sail to the Ming Dynasty, and these merchant ships brought the grain and mineral products that the Ming Dynasty urgently needed (from the middle of 1625, Zhu Youxiao purchased a large number of mineral products from all over the world), and then transported the goods they needed from the Ming Dynasty to sell them all over the world.

By 1626, this sea route had become the most prosperous sea route in the world, and it had become a veritable "golden waterway", and a large number of merchant ships loaded with goods sailed on this trade route every day. Of course, all this is an afterthought.

On December 19, Zhu Youxiao arranged a blind date. Of course, it is impossible for the current blind date to hold a party like later generations, so that the two parties can meet at the party, and then choose each other. This blind date is one-sided, and a hundred palace maids choose their own wishful husband first.

Zhu Youxiao arranged the location of the blind date in the courtyard of the palace maids' residence. A hundred Longteng officers and soldiers stood in the courtyard, but the palace maids were sitting in the hall, but each palace maid wore a veil, and the officers and soldiers could not see the appearance of the palace maids. Of course, this is all Zhang Yan's request.

"I tell you, I also want to talk about the joy of the two in this marriage, and you will be in a team of ten people later, after entering the hall, introduce yourself first, and strive to leave a good impression on the palace maids sitting in the room." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he motioned for Wang Liqian to continue. Wang Liqian immediately shouted loudly: "The first column enters the house!" ”

The first column has the highest position in the Longteng Army, including the general soldier, the general and the general Qian, Chen Si has a meritorious service in capturing Hanfeng in Mubang, and is now a general, but the position in this is not the highest.

After the first column of officers and soldiers entered the hall, they saw a room of beautiful women, and they were a little excited at first, but soon they were a little dazed and at a loss, and they did not know how to introduce themselves.

"Self-introduction is a simple introduction of one's name, age, position, place of origin, family situation, etc." Zhu Youxiao said with hatred.

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he then asked, "Who will come first?" ”

"The last will come first." Chen Si took the initiative to stand up and said.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and motioned for Chen Si to start.

"The last general Chen Si, a native of Shandong, born in Jiachen, is currently a general of the Longteng Army, and has an old mother and a sister at home......" Although Chen Si was a little nervous, he still briefly introduced himself in one breath.

With Chen Si taking the lead, the next step was much smoother, and a column of ten people was quickly introduced.

After hearing the introduction, Zhu Youxiao reminded: "Don't remember to write their numbers on the fan first, you can just remember them in your heart, and there will be ninety people in the future." ”

"The first column leaves, and the second column goes into the house." Wang Liqian said.

The positions in the second column are lower than those in the first column, which was deliberately arranged by Zhu Youxiao, so that the high positions come first, and the low positions are ranked behind. Originally, the last to come in left the deepest impression, if the position is placed at the end, it is easy to lead to no candidates in the first column.

Soon a hundred people introduced themselves, Zhu Youxiao emphasized again: "A cup of tea time, for you to discuss, and then write your favorite object number on the fan, each person can only write one, you also know that the queen said, if you haven't picked the right eye in the end, but you have to draw lots to determine the husband." ”

Originally, Zhu Youxiao asked everyone to write three, so that the success of the pairing would have a lot of chance, but Zhang Yan directly vetoed it.

When Zhu Youxiao ran this blind date, Zhang Yan strongly objected, Zhang Yan's meaning was very simple, that is, it was directly referred to as marriage, and Zhu Youxiao could decide who would marry whom. Zhu Youxiao definitely doesn't want to be so simple and rude, it's a bit too irresponsible, although the whole Ming Dynasty is so simple and rude most of the time.

In the second round, it was the turn of the men to pick the women. In the side hall of the house, a hundred portraits of palace maids were hung, and each man could write three names this time. These portraits are all from the court painters, just from the portraits, Zhu Youxiao feels that the difference in everyone's appearance is not too big.

Zhu Youxiao doesn't know if his face blindness is serious again?

"You only have an hour, but don't be picky." Wang Liqian said solemnly.

Hearing Wang Liqian's words, everyone quickly got busy, and the entire side hall became lively in an instant. Although it was a little dazzling to look at one round of portraits, everyone wanted to see a few more rounds.

For this blind date model, all people feel fresh and interesting, whether it is a palace maid or a soldier, they like it very much. Everyone thought that Zhu Youxiao would marry at first, but they didn't expect Zhu Youxiao to come up with such an activity, which made everyone's enthusiasm very high, especially the palace maids, who liked it even more, even if Zhu Youxiao let them marry blindly, they had no ability to resist, and now let them pick their own father-in-law, which is also a gift for them.