Chapter 341 Convergence

Of course, he hopes that these will not be used for the time being, and he is afraid that Chongzhen's appointment of Lord Cheng will change after he takes the throne when he is not there, so this is his backhand. Of course, he hopes that these back-up hands will not be used best, and he doesn't want to appear in this era with these super-era products.

Anyway, when Zhao Long heard it in the end, he only knew that he couldn't open the red bag as a last resort, and Wan Qiyang rejected Zhao Long's brother's suggestion to send it further.

When the sky gradually brightened, Wan Qiyang also separated from the Zhao Long brothers, his own group of three, with Zhuang Yang together, the three of them were also unhurried on the road, along the way you can still see people fleeing to Chengdu Mansion in groups, probably because there are a group of people who are spreading the rumor that Chengdu Mansion can find a way to live, anyway, whether it is farming or being a soldier, it is a way to live!

Wan Qianyang's three people and five horsemen successfully arrived in Chongqing Mansion to bring the horses back to Chengdu Mansion, and Wan Qianyang sent these horses back to the Zhengyang Chamber of Commerce. After boarding a merchant ship at Chaotianmen Wharf, he went to Guangzhou along the Yangtze River, because the foreigner Andy had been waiting for him in Guangzhou since he received Wan Qianyang's reply. Andy didn't know why he was looking forward to Wan Qianyang going back to England with him, anyway, he was very happy when he heard that Wan Qianyang decided to go back to England with him.

Wan Qianyang spent less than half of the time he spent on the ship last time he returned to Chengdu, and he arrived in Guangzhou in almost ten days. On the way, he also picked up the English coins stored here in Zhenjiang, so Wan Qiyang is really a rich man on this trip! Because apart from gold, there are gold coins.

But Wan Qiyang didn't pay attention to it at all, so that Zhuang Yang was so shocked that he didn't come back to his senses for a long time after seeing these gold coins and gold bars. Mainly because he stayed by Wan Qiyang's side for too short, so there was such a gaffe.

Finally came to Guangzhou in less than half a month, met the foreigner Andy, and the two were scheduled to meet at the big inn in Guangzhou.

"Hey! MIR sniper, it's finally time for you, we'll be off in three days! I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up, but I'm glad I'm finally looking forward to you! God forbid! Wan Qiyang looked at this more devout Christian and smiled.

"Andy, I'm looking forward to this! I'm just two of them this time, this is Brother Yang, you can call him 'Yang'!" Wan Qiyang introduced the two to each other, and Zhuang Yang was naturally looking forward to how this trip would be memorable.

Andy naturally knew the robber, but what Wan Qiyang told him was that he had recovered the robber as his own. Let Andy also admire it very much! At the same time, he was more confident in his safety on the way home, because he thought that with the bandits, even if he encountered pirates, his life safety should be guaranteed to a certain extent, he didn't know that the current Wan Qiyang Gongzi was already a master among the masters!

In the past few days in Guangzhou, Wan Qiyang also felt the liveliness of the port city, especially the increase in the number of foreigners, including some black slaves can also be seen at any time, it seems that black people have appeared in Guangzhou since ancient times, but the identity of black people at this time is in the form of slaves, and at the same time, they also follow their masters to go.

Wan Qiyang had nothing to prepare, only Andy, a foreigner, bought a lot of things around, including some local specialties and some handicrafts. Anyway, Wan Qiyang was speechless, because every time he bought something, he was dragged with him, but it was also because of Wan Qiyang that the foreigner Andy saved some money, and at the same time, he also bought souvenirs in the real sense.

When he finally got on the boat, Wan Qiyang found that Andy's luggage had three large packages. When Andy saw Wan Qiyang with a box in one hand, and Zhuang Yang also with a box in one hand, the box was not big or small, looking at the two of them were very relaxed, Andy also asked out of curiosity: "Mr. Sniper, your luggage is too little, why don't I help you get it!" ”

Wan Qiyang smiled and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, there are few things on the ship, let's buy them when we arrive in England!" ”

This time they were on a cargo ship that departed from England in the first half of the year, and before that they had used Calais single-deck galleons, but they were eliminated due to the advent of artillery later. This cargo ship is of the Galen type, and before that it was the Clark type, and the flagship of the Cohuab expedition was the Clark type. The ship was British-made, one and a half times longer than in Elizabeth's time, with a deeper draft, a gun that could be placed on three decks, and an upright mast on the crosssail, with three square sails on it, about the same length as the Calais, but taller and thicker, with a high bow, four masts, and two sails. The power mainly comes from manpower rowing, and the wind power is used as an auxiliary, and the ship still weighs thousands of tons.

At that time, the world's largest maritime shipping was the Dutch power, in which the number of ships and transportation capacity were the first, so the Kingdom of England began to gradually restrain Dutch ships from entering England and the British colonies in order to fight against the Netherlands, the main competitor of British maritime trade at that time, and protect its own capitalist industry and commerce.

And a sea vessel like this, if it goes well, it will take more than five months to get from the UK to Guangzhou, and if it follows the direction of the ocean current, it will be faster. It will take at least four months anyway. Wan Qiyang no matter what time it is, his requirements are very simple, anyway, Zhuang Yang often lives on the water, of course, the difference between the sea and the river is still very big, first of all, the sea breeze on the sea has a salty smell. Another important point is that people must drink fresh water, so on a boat like this, sometimes rainwater has to be collected. Wan Qiyang put their luggage in his own cabin that he bought at a high price, and of course, under normal circumstances, Zhuang Yang almost never left.

And Wan Qiyang naturally at this time, in addition to cultivation, has been studying what kind of social situation Britain is like in this era. And then where to start and how to enter the British upper class of this era. In 1603, after the death of Queen Elizabeth without an heir, King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the English throne as James I, beginning the reign of the Stuart dynasty. At present, the industrial revolution in England has not really begun, and it is only the climax of the development of handicrafts.

Let's talk about the currency of this period, gold coins:

Rose Royal, 1 royal rose = £2 = 40 shillings

Monarch Sovereign, 1 monarch = £1.5 = 30 shillings

Guinea Guine, 1 Guinea = £1.05 = 21 shillings, was originally minted from Guinean gold, hence the name. Also known as Kini

Pound Sterling Gold Coins

Silver coin:

Pound Sovereign, 1 pound = 20 shillings Originally, one pound was equal to one pound of silver, hence the name, but it was only a monetary unit for taxation, and ordinary people did not use such a large means of payment for daily transactions, so there was no specific currency. Gold coins were minted later.

Half Sovereign, equal to 0.5 pounds or 10 shillings

Two Kroner Double Cron, equal to £0.5 or 10 shillings, also known as Angel

Cron, 1 kroner = 5 shillings

Florin, 1 florin = 2 shillings

Shilling, 1 shilling = 20p

Fourpence Groat is equal to 4pence

A dwarf Dandyprat is equal to 2 pence

Coppers:

Penny Penny

Half a penny Hapenny, equal to 1/2 pence

1/4 pence Farthing, equal to 1/4 pence

Why is there such a detailed classification? The first reason is that England at this time was ruled by a dynasty, and some money was only circulated within the dynasty, and ordinary civilians did not have it at all, and the human hierarchy was still relatively obvious, even if it was a reward, there was a difference, there were silver coins and copper coins. Of course, people prefer silver coins for the same value!

At that time, Wan Qiyang used a few gold coins to tip and received special treatment, and at the same time, the other party should be the first mate on this ship, listening to Wan Qiyang's pure aristocratic English, plus taking out rose gold coins, he really regarded him as a relative of the royal family of the East India Company!