Bai Nan had a case for Pan Youdu's question, and he replied calmly: "In the early years, my ancestors had all kinds of arguments about whether to return to their homeland, and they also tried many times, but basically failed. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info my country wanders the sea, looking for a new habitat, it is difficult to survive, and I can't care about anything else. In recent years, our country has made great breakthroughs in the art of manufacturing, and we have to build iron ships with more than 10,000 materials, no wind and self-propelled, and unimpeded sailing the ocean, and our country is set in the North American continent, the country and the people, and the voice of seeking to visit the ancestral homeland has become louder, so there is this trip. ”

Pan Youdu nodded slightly, at least what Bai Nan said made sense logically. He sketched a picture of a nomadic people wandering on the sea for thousands of years, if so, it is not impossible, so Pan Youdu asked again: "I don't know why the ancestors of your country left the Central Plains and crossed the ocean?" ”

Bai Nan directly prevaricated and said: "What happened thousands of years ago, who can say clearly, after all, there is not much written history left, I heard that the ancestors and several major families offended someone and had to flee." ”

Pan Youdu didn't ask anything, why he fled to the sea instead of going to other provinces, after all, even if the Chinese people were in exile, few people crossed the sea east.

This businessman, who was examining the authenticity of Bai Nan and the others' origins, found a new question, and asked: "Looking at Bai Taipan's appearance, he seems to know the changes in my Celestial Empire in the past thousand years, and he also knows something about my Qing Dynasty, I don't know why?" ”

Bai Nan said with a smile: "Although it has been a thousand years since we had been connected with our compatriots, in the past thousand years, we have met the Dongying people, the Ryukyuan people, and the Westerners on the sea, and we can generally understand some of the content in their narratives, and in the past thousand years, some Chinese people who have been displaced at sea have also joined us, so we are also aware of the changes on the mainland." ”

"I see." Pan Youdu nodded, and he asked again: "When I came, I asked the Yi merchants of the Spanish Merchant House, and they haven't heard of the Tang Dynasty in America, Bai Daban, how can this be explained?" ”

Bai Nan smiled and said: "My Datang was established on the west coast of the North American continent, and it is also in the north of the Spanish Mexican colony. This Luzon and Mexico passed the news, at least once a year, our country had some conflicts with the Spanish colonies last year, defeated the Spaniards in a row, and established our absolute control over the west coast, at this time the Spanish king should have decided how to deal with himself, and soon to formally demarcate the border with our country in North America. Moreover, the eastern ocean is vast, and it is not surprising that the Spaniards are far from knowing and not knowing anything about it. ”

Pan Youdu naturally said that Bai Nan, who was not able to argue, always felt that there was something wrong with his intuition, but Pan Youdu did not doubt that this Tang man had a certain strength. He knew very well that although the current Qing Dynasty had the reputation of being the world's number one country, its military thinking was outdated, its equipment was backward, and its command was corrupt and rigid, and it was just a layer of tiger skin. If it really encounters the Western army, I am afraid that it will be defeated miserably.

If the Tang army can really defeat the Spanish army, it means that the other party's military ability is not weak.

Moreover, the four big iron ships can't do fake things, and Pan Youdu, who is a businessman, already has the understanding that capitalists should have in the embryonic state of capitalism, that is, science and technology and industrial capacity are definitely not strange tricks, but the fundamental things of a country's strength. But it was already an extremely amazing thing to build four giant ships made of pure iron, and to sail on the sea without sails, on principles that he did not know.

If the Tang people are crooks, then what is the purpose of their deception? Pan Youdu felt that this point was worth scrutinizing, so in order to understand these Tang people, Pan Youdu made a decision, which had nothing to do with the entrustment of the governor Li Shiyao, and was purely based on his own interests.

"Bai Daban said that I came to Daqing to exchange information and conduct trade, I don't know what kind of goods your country has brought, can you let my little brother take a look at it to open his eyes?" Pan Youdu is the same age as Bai Nan, but at this time, Pan Youdu naturally lowered his position and called himself the younger brother.

The corners of Bai Nan's mouth raised imperceptibly, as long as this businessman was interested in Datang's goods, then this voyage would not be abandoned halfway.

"I don't dare to ask for it."

Bai Nanqian led Pan Youdu into the cargo hold of the Fubon freighter. What catches your eye is boxes of neatly stacked goods, held in huge wooden boxes, with hay and other items inside, reducing the chance of breakage.

Pan Youdu stretched out his hand and knocked on the wooden box, and said, "This wood is good, I don't know what kind of wood it is?" ”

Bai Nan said with a smile: "This is the California redwood, the cedar tree produced in Datang California for me, straight and perfect, the wood texture is beautiful, rot and fire resistant, fragrant, not eaten by termites, can be used as high-end furniture, can also be used for construction, the structure is fine, the material is light, moisture resistance, is the best wood." ”

Pan Youdu praised: "This wood alone is worth silver, in recent years, many people have imported foreign wood, although the South Seas Huanghuali, red sandalwood and other precious wood are the majority, but this California redwoods are quite practical, but also good." ”

Bai Nandao: "These redwood boxes should be used as a business partner, after all, they have been split into wooden boxes, and they are not considered wood." ”

"It's okay to make small pieces like chairs, doors and windows." Pan Youdu said with a little compliment.

Bai Nan randomly picked a wooden box and asked a sailor to open the wooden box, which was nailed with steel nails to prevent losses such as scraping. After the wooden box was opened, Bai Nan swept away the hay in the box, revealing the goods inside.

There was a faint light in the cargo hold, and the moment Pan Youdu saw the goods in the box through the light, he hissed and took a breath of cool air.

This is a piece of beautifully made, intricate pattern of glassware, in fact, this is just an ordinary glass plate, but the edge of the plate is with a very traditional Chinese pattern, and the bottom of the plate is also decorated with a special group, the glass in the center of the plate is crystal clear, like crystal. Pan Youdu has seen a lot of high-quality glass products produced in Europe, but it is rare to see such exquisite ones.

What makes Pan Youdu even more unacceptable is that this glass plate like a work of art, in this box, is actually all there, each glass plate is exactly the same, and there is no place to find the slightest difference, which is what shocked Pan Youdu.

"In other words, this glazed plate is not a time-consuming boutique created by a master craftsman, but an ordinary object mass-produced by ordinary craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty...... "Pan Youdu has been ignorantly aware of this difference, which proves what kind of strength Datang has.

As if feeling that Pan Youdu's shock was not enough, Bai Nan asked people to open another wooden box, and the filling in this wooden box was not hay, but silk hair and the like, which was not easy to scratch, which showed that the contents were much more valuable.

It's still glass, but it's far more complex and exquisite than those glass plates.

This is a wine container, but it can also hold other liquids. The base is made of pure gold, with a magical pattern, and the four pillars hold up the oval glassware, which is surrounded by regular and beautiful ripples, the mouth of the vessel is decorated with gold, and the cap is cut into polyhedral glass, which scatters light in the light of the ground.

Bai Nandao: "This is the best of my Datang glass products, reflecting the highest level of China's glass industry. ”

The Pan family spends three million francs a year, and the degree of luxury is unimaginable to ordinary people, and this small bribe is not very good for Pan Youdu, the next generation of the head of the Tongwen Bank. But Pan Youdu estimated that if such a golden glass wine bottle was sold in Guangzhou City, it would be at least a few hundred taels at a price. After all, such exquisite glassware is really unheard of.

Pan Youdu arched his hand towards the north and said: "This kind of utensils should be used by the nobles in the palace. ”

Bai Nan smiled again, he pointed at it casually, and said: "Datang came this time, not to pay tribute, to present some treasures to the Qing Emperor, it is also a proper thing, but the glass products we brought this time, such as this one, there are more than 200 pieces, except for the tribute to the palace, there are always some good friends left to give to our Datang." ”

Pan Youdu was even more surprised and asked, "How many pieces are there like the glass plate before?" ”

Bai Nandao: "I don't know the exact number, I only have boxes of data, a total of 1,262 boxes of glass products, mainly glassware, but also some works of art. ”

Pan Youdu's heart was shocked, what is the value of these more than 1,000 boxes of glass products, he knows very well, that is, those ordinary glassware, in his opinion, are also extremely exquisite, and it is very normal for a piece to sell for a few taels of silver, and these thousand boxes of glass products are afraid that they have to have a value of tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Bai Nan continued: "In addition to glass, we also brought two hundred boxes of leather goods, five hundred boxes of detergents, one hundred boxes of special candy, well, and five hundred boxes of iron weapons......

Pan Youdu was taken aback: "You also brought weapons?" ”

Bai Nandao: "Shopkeeper Pan knew at a glance that the weapons produced by my Datang Dynasty were sharp and unparalleled, and they were much better than those used by the Qing army. ”

Pan Youdu rolled his eyes and said, "If you have these weapons, there are some ways to persuade the Governor." ”