After listening to Zhao Xu's question, even if James Norrington was stupid, he also heard that Zhao Xu wanted to understand the economic power of their country, so James Norrington said a little vaguely: "This question is not easy to say, and it generally has to be determined according to the country's income in recent years, so, dear Huang, as for how much such gold, silver and copper currency can buy a cow, to be honest, I really don't know very well." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhao Xu felt very unhappy in his heart when he heard James Norrington answer his question so flickeringly, but this is also a normal phenomenon, so Zhao Xu thought to himself: You, a guy who can't even deceive people, dare to play tricks with yourself, a grandmaster-level pit king, you really don't know how thick the sky is, so Zhao Xu immediately said to James Norrington: "Okay, since you can't tell the standard purchasing power of your country, then these goods you brought, Just calculate the price of your goods according to the standard purchasing power of our Great Song Empire. Dear Brother James, please tell me how much cargo you have brought with you. ”

"Okay, dear Huang, this time I will bring a total of fifty spotted cows, one hundred long-haired dairy sheep, one thousand catties of cumin, and fifty barrels of Corsica specialty wine in the south of the Kingdom of France, each barrel is about fifty catties." After James Norrington finished speaking a little nervously, he stared at Zhao Xu tightly, seeing Zhao Xu pretending to give him an estimate of the price there

And Zhao Xu listened to James Norrington's words, sat there with his eyes closed and pretended to be serious and estimated for a while, before he opened his eyes and said to James Norrington, who was nervous: "In our Great Song Empire, the price of a cow is three guanwen per head, you brought fifty heads this time, that is, the market value is one hundred and fifty guanwen, and the sheep are worth five hundred wen per mouth, that is, half guanwen, all your sheep are worth fifty guanwen, and the price of cumin can be slightly more expensive, worth 100,000 guan, as for the wine you brought, Each barrel is probably worth ten kanwen, and all your goods are worth one hundred thousand and seven hundred kanwen, and I will count one hundred and one thousand kanwen for you, counting the warship drawings you gave me, and I will give you one hundred and 10,000 kanwen, and the total weight of silver is about 11,000 catties, so you can still buy a lot of goods, and if you can return to the kingdom of England safely, the price of these goods you buy in your kingdom of England can be about twenty times higher. ”

Zhao Xu fooled James Norrington and the others seriously, not to mention those Corsican specialty wines, just the real price of cumin in the East, that is, the price that can be equal to gold, so at a glance, Zhao Xu's handful can be regarded as a pit James Norrington A lot of benefits

"Really?! This is really great, dear Huang, I don't know where we can buy the goods we need? James Norrington said with some impatience

"I'm afraid you won't be able to buy such a large amount of goods yourself," James Norrington was about to wilt after listening to Zhao Xu's words, when he heard Zhao Xu say, "In this way, I'll help you find a way and collect as many goods as possible." ”

"Oh my God, dear Huang, this is so good, I don't even know how to thank you." James Norrington said excitedly

"It's nothing, who made us friends, but since your cargo needs are relatively large, I will also help you apply for a fleet of our empire to escort you." James Norrington listened to Zhao Xu's words, and he was moved by tears

Zhao Xu took Xiaodouzi, Wu Song, and Tiehu, and just returned to the palace, and before he walked to the imperial study, Zhao Xu instructed Xiaodouzi as he walked: "Immediately pass on Liu Shihai, the secretary of the household department, and Zhou Dong, the secretary of the military department, to see the driver." ”

"The slave obeys." After saying that, Xiaodouzi hurriedly ran to deliver the message. Looking at Xiaodouzi's distant back, Zhao Xu's thoughts once again floated amusefully, why is there no sports meeting in this world, otherwise with Xiaodouzi's speed, why can't he run a world champion back. However, when it comes to the sports meeting, Zhao Xu really suddenly came up with the idea of holding a national-level sports meeting, which can also make the people of the whole country participate happily

Retracted his thoughts and came to the imperial study, Zhao Xu just sat down and drank tea for a while, and Zhou Tong and Liu Shihai came side by side

"Minister, Liu Shihai, the secretary of the household department, Zhou Dong, the secretary of the military department, see long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Flat, sit."

"Long live thanks."

"The two secretaries, the matter of two large Western ships on the Jingbei wharf, I think the two secretaries should know about it." Zhao Xu said straight to Liu Shihai and Zhou Tong

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers know."

"It's good to know, I happen to have a few things to do about this for the two of you."

"But please ask Your Majesty to command." Liu Shihai and Zhou Tong sat at Zhao Xu's head, bowed down and clenched their fists at the same time and said to Zhao Xu

"Liu Qingjia, you immediately go through the channels of our royal trading house, and approve about 100,000 taels of silk, tea, and porcelain, the quality does not need to be particularly good, but the quantity must be larger, and then trade these goods with those Westerners who have crossed the ocean, and inform all merchants that without the permission of the imperial court, anyone is prohibited from doing business with these Westerners, otherwise they will be punished for treason."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers have written it down."

"Zhou Laoqing's house."

"The minister is here."

"You immediately send an order to Yue Fei through the military post of your military department, order his East China Sea Fleet to prepare an ocean-going fleet to stand by in Qingzhou Port, and arrange a group of 20,000 elite soldiers of light infantry to secretly go to Qingzhou Port to stand by, and then set off with the fleet, and let the generals of this fleet, as well as the top generals of the accompanying army, come to Beijing to see me in the shortest possible time, I have specific things to tell them, we must tell Yue Fei that this voyage is not the same as before, we need to cross the ocean, Going on a mission to an extremely distant place, if I can, I hope that Yue Fei can personally lead the team. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister immediately passed through the military post and conveyed His Majesty's instructions to Yue Fei."

"The two Qing families, you have worked hard all these years, let's talk about how old you two are." After talking about political affairs, Zhao Xu changed his words and asked Zhou Tong and Liu Shihai about the usual questions

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister is already seventy-six this year." Zhou Tong took the lead in hugging his fist at Zhao Xu, and said with a little emotion (to be continued.) )