After chatting with Basil II for a while, Jiang Yin finally offered to invite Basil II to visit the top ten cars of Oriental goods he brought.

Basil II was also very curious about the goods of the East, because of the existence of the Silk Road, the Roman Empire also had commodity exchanges with the East, and the goods of the East belonged to the collection of the top nobles in Europe, and in his palace there were many porcelain and silk from the East.

He succeeded to the throne at the age of five, and he knew all the fine jewels and utensils of the royal palace, and even he had met Roman merchants who had gone to the East, but this was the first time he had seen a purebred Oriental.

Surrounded by a group of guards, Basil II and Jiang Yin came to the empty square parked in the royal residence, and the ten truckloads of goods had also been quietly parked there.

"Move all the goods off this car." Jiang Yin commanded.

Lin Yue immediately led more than a dozen handymen to carefully carry down the goods on the cart, while Basil II was on a silver cane and a golden aristocratic wig, watching with interest as Lin Yue and the others moved down from the truck with a large box.

Most of these boxes were wooden boxes, and there was nothing strange about them from the outside, and in a few moments, all the boxes on a truck were removed and stacked neatly on the open field.

"Open the box."

Lin Yue and others pulled out all the nails nailed to the wooden box one by one with tools such as picking locks and other tools, and opened the lid of the wooden box.

Jiang Yin turned his head to Basil II and said, "Your Majesty, these are the goods I shipped from the East, please take a look." ”

Basil II was still a twenty-year-old young man, about the same age as Jiang Yin, so he couldn't hold back his curiosity, and hurriedly walked up to take a look, and several ministers around him also came up.

The first wooden box that Basil II saw was filled with glasses.

Glass, whether in the Great Song Dynasty or in Japan, is a bit rotten, at the beginning, a glass cost a few hundred yuan, but now, basically ten yuan can buy two.

However, due to geographical isolation, there was no such high-tech product as glass in the Western world, although the Romans had begun to know the process of making glass, but the specific time of glass products was not until the thirteenth century, and at this stage, they had glass of various shapes and shapes, full of variegated stones.

"Oh my God." Even though Basil II had a great eye, he was amazed by a whole box of glasses that were as transparent as crystals that reflected the light.

"God above, is it all crystal?"

"Only a craftsman can make such a beautiful crystal cup..."

"Magical Oriental! ....”

The courtiers around Basil II praised me word by word, and Basil II had already taken out a glass from the box at this time.

This glass is rectangular in shape, has a handle, a round mouth, and a small corner mouth for pouring water.

Basil II raised the glass, and in the sunlight, the whole glass reflected a crystal light, and when it was cast through the glass, he could see the scene behind the glass at a glance.

"Incredible...," Basil II praised.

"Your Majesty, this is the glass, and there are other goods behind it." Jiang Yin said on the side.

After admiring the glass, Basil II put it down with some reluctance, and then impatiently walked to the next wooden box, which contained all porcelain.

These porcelains are naturally not comparable with those top porcelain in ancient China, and the most expensive ones sold in modern times are only a few hundred yuan, but for porcelain, these Europeans have no aesthetics, they only feel that the porcelain is glazed white and painted with exquisite patterns, which is simply a piece of exquisite art.

"These are our oriental silk garments...."

"These are various flower teas and tea leaves, as well as Longjing and Tieguanyin that can be brewed....."

"These are mirrors...."

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"These are condiments, chili peppers, peppers, spices, peppers, etc..."

Basil II curiously pointed to the powder in the glass jars and asked curiously, "Condiments?" Can you eat chili, pepper, and spice? ”

"Of course" Jiang Yin smiled and nodded, he believed that if the Roman emperor had tasted Chinese Malatang, he would definitely fall in love with this thing. "Tonight, Your Majesty can send a cook to cook a table of dishes with these spices as spices according to our oriental cooking methods, and I think it will definitely make your Majesty unforgettable in your life."

As soon as Jiang Yin said this, Basil II suddenly moved his index finger, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Then the king is going to taste some oriental cuisine tonight." ”

After browsing through a dozen wooden boxes, and finally reaching the last one, Basil II skillfully walked up to the wooden box and took out a bottle of champagne from it.

The golden wine rippled in the glass bottle, and Basil II asked with great interest: "What is this?" ”

Jiang Yin said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is champagne from the East." ”

"Champagne? What kind of wine is that? This king wants to taste it now. Basil II was also a drunkard, and when he heard of this wine he had never heard of, he immediately wanted to try it.

Jiang Yin made a casual gesture, and ordered Lin Yue to bring a wine opener, and then brought three goblets, Lin Yue skillfully opened the cork of the champagne, and then poured three goblets.

Basil II was stunned for a moment, and one of the knights beside him tacitly took the glass, and then poured it down, drinking not a drop of wine from the glass.

After waiting for a while, the knight's face did not change in the slightest, he nodded, and Jiang Yin also picked up the goblet and said to Basil II: "Cheers to our friendship." ”

"Cheers!" Basil II said excitedly, and at the same time, he pinched the cylinder of the goblet and took a sip lightly.

Champagne was known as the "Queen of Wine" in later generations, which shows its noble status, and its taste is naturally not to be said.

Basil II only took a sip, and he felt as if every cell in his mouth was singing, as if he was in a vast vineyard under the sun, and he couldn't help but close his eyes with such enjoyment.

"It's the best wine of the day!" Basil II sighed, and couldn't help but take another sip, the sweet grapes and the fluttering of the bubbles in his mouth made him completely obsessed with this fine wine called champagne.

"Your Majesty likes it." Jiang Yin smiled slightly.

"Say it! What kind of business do you want to do, this king has all these goods, as long as the price is not too outrageous, this king is willing to bid to buy them all. Basil II said proudly.

Jiang Yin also looked at him with a smile and said softly: "I am willing to give all these goods to Your Majesty, I only hope that Your Majesty can agree to a request below." ”

"What requirements?" Basil II asked with some humility, these expensive gifts, he was afraid that Jiang Yin would make more excessive demands.

"I hope that Your Majesty will allow me to recruit laborers in the Byzantine Empire to mine in the East, and of course I am willing to pay the corresponding goods in exchange for ..... from the lord of the manor."

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