Chapter 43: Meet Again
Early the next morning, Zhao Lie scattered most of his manpower to confirm the news, probe the truth of the Portuguese army, and sit on the real power of the Portuguese army. It was really a rush, and at the end of the hour, the people dispersed, and Zhao Lie took Li Hu, Yu Dabao and two guards to walk towards the shop block.
Zhao Lie went in and out of the shop opened by the Portuguese, looking for an object, but unfortunately, he couldn't find it, and Zhao Lie couldn't help but be very disappointed.
Finally saw it in a larger shop on a street northeast of the council hall, two flint short guns crossed and hung on the wooden board behind the counter, the guns exuded a semi-dumb steel light, and the two sides of the handles were inlaid with hollow steel plate decorations, Zhao Lie looked at it fixedly, his heart fluctuated for a while, and then asked: "A few taels of silver." ”
"One hundred taels of silver." The answer was in stiff Chinese.
Zhao Lie was taken aback, it was too expensive. Only then did I see that a Portuguese female clerk in her thirties answered. As soon as I entered the store, I was attracted by the handcuffs, and I didn't pay much attention to people. This man was short and stocky, with a dark complexion, well, very familiar.
"Well, this lady, we met yesterday." Zhao Lie remembered that this was the lady who was with Alexandra yesterday.
"Dear sir, yesterday we met in the square in front of the council chamber. You can call me by my name, Marta. Perhaps Zhao Lie had a good impression in Marta's heart, and Marta reported her name.
"Lady Marta, how many of these handcuffs do you have here?" As Zhao Lie spoke, he looked around, looking for someone's beautiful shadow.
"Sir, we have about a dozen." Mata curtled her knees and smiled back.
"Well, ma'am, if we want them all, how many taels of silver." Zhao Lie asked with a smile.
"This ...... I asked Miss. Wait a minute. Marta went in through the back door to the back. Only a tall, thin old man was left in the store.
Zhao Lie looked around and saw glassware, knives, tableware, clocks, and single-way binoculars. There are also arquebuses, Gothic busts, full armor, cross swords, porcelain, silk and other goods, which are obviously also a distribution center for Chinese and foreign goods, and must also be engaged in business.
The door opened, Marta came in first, and then Alexandra, who was wearing a long black dress and a purple scarf, entered the room, Zhao Lie felt that the room suddenly lit up, Alexandra bowed slightly, Zhao Lie supported his chest and bowed in return,
"Dear sir, I heard that you are going to buy all of our short guns." Alexandra asked with a smile.
"No, no." Zhao Lie shook his head, Alexandra and Marta were stunned, Zhao Lie looked at the puzzled expressions of the two of them meaningfully and continued, "If there is such a long gun, I will also want it." ”
"Oh, Virgin Mary, I thought the gentleman was going to break the promise." Alexandra sighed lightly. "We still have more than thirty long guns, but they are not decorated, only fifty taels and one branches."
"Okay, let's talk about the price of a short gun." Zhao Lie and Alexandra began to bargain, if they don't cut it, they can't do it, it's really expensive. It's too expensive. After some bargaining, the long gun was set at fifty-eight taels and the short gun was set at thirty-three taels of silver, and Zhao Lie scraped all the monoculars and bought a few grandfather clocks and six sets of armor. In the end, it was settled more than 3,800 taels of silver.
Zhao Lie asked Yu Dabao to go back to the ship to withdraw the silver, and waited in the store by himself.
More than 3,000 taels of silver is not a particularly large amount of transactions, but these are luxury goods and ordnance, and the store must be very profitable, and Alexandra is also very satisfied, and can't help but smile.
"Miss López, this is your family's business." Zhao Lie took the opportunity to talk.
"Yes, it's my family's business with my uncle." Alexandra replied with a smile.
"In addition to this shop, the López family also has a sea boat." Zhao Lie looked around.
"Yes, we still have two merchant ships in our house. Now my uncle is leading him back to Portugal. Alexandra's eyes darkened at the mention of Portugal. Zhao Lie noticed this. There's a story, there's a story.
"The civil war in the Holy Roman Empire has broken out, Spain and France have gone to war, and the shipping routes are still open?" Zhao Lie asked.
Alexandra's beautiful blue eyes looked at Zhao Lie suspiciously, how did this Ming man know about Europe, in recent years, the wars between Western Europe and France, the Netherlands and Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and other countries have become more and more intense, it can be said that there is no hope of ending in a short time, to put it bluntly, it is a war for hegemony in Western Europe. "The war has started, and the route from here to the Mediterranean is quite smooth, after all, there are many Portuguese overseas territories that can dock for supplies, but there is no peace in the English Channel." England first secretly financed France and the Netherlands, and then went shirtless to openly oppose Spain, and the English Channel was of course uneasy for the Spanish Portuguese.
Zhao Lie felt that he was about to melt into this blue ocean, and Alexandra's eyes were pure and beautiful.
"Your country is still a subject of Spain." Zhao Lie looked at Alexandra's surprise happily.
"Yes, or to call the King of Spain king." Alexandra subconsciously replied, sighing in her heart that this wise man really knew about the relationship between Spain and Portugal.
"It's not easy for your country to survive, the rising Netherlands, France, and England are eyeing the sea, is Malacca still in your country's hands?" Zhao Lie really wants to ask, the current European events, Zhao Lie only understands some basic major events, or some superficial things that the company understands when traveling, and can only rely on the help of people in the current era to supplement it.
"Malacca?" Alexandra asked, confused, apparently not hearing the title.
Zhao Lie was shocked for a while, could it be that he crossed over to Daming and actually wore Malacca, can't it, then where is it. Could it be that this world is different?
"It's the narrow channel before entering the Indian Ocean, where you have a territory." Zhao Lie stared at Alexandra, because Alexandra's answer determined whether Zhao Lie's three views were displaced.
"Oh, you mean the Malaka territory, there's only one territory in that location." Alexandra replied with a smile. "However, the Dutch people continue to harass the territories, and in Japan they have entered Nagasaki and excluded us."
Zhao Lie let out a sigh of relief and wiped his sweat, I said, my little clothes will not affect the earth's topography. Zhao Lie's three views immediately returned to his place, this is still the world he is familiar with.
"Miss, are you still used to living in my Daming? Don't miss your hometown? Zhao Lie asked casually, he was also relieved, he was too nervous just now.
"The climate here is similar to Portugal, just slightly wetter, and as for my hometown of Faro, I won't go back to it in this life." Alexandra looked in a trance, and her eyes glowed with blue water.
Marta handed over a white handkerchief, and Alexandra wiped her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Miss López, for reminding you of something bad." Zhao Lie saw Alexandra's tears, and he was also very uncomfortable.
"It's okay, it's all over." Alexandra smiled, and the brightness returned to her face, and her beautiful face made the flowers lose color for a while.
"Miss López, the two children are all right." Zhao Lie asked about the two children.
"Fortunately, my sister is still in pain, and my brother is better, I hope they will forget the suffering of the past as soon as possible. Thank you sir for your concern. Alexandra's eyes brightened at the mention of children.
"I should thank Miss on behalf of the Ming people, after all, you are saving my Ming people." Zhao Lie bowed.
Alexandra immediately returned the salute.
"My son-in-law has also helped tens of thousands of refugees in his hometown." Li Hu's voice sounded appropriately, and he could see that the son was tempted by this Franco girl, well, it's not bad to marry back and be an aunt's wife.
Zhao Lie gave Li Hu a thumbs up in his heart, it was not a loss to walk beside his father for a long time, and he was deeply satisfied, the timing of this sentence was just right, and it was very comforting to my heart.
"Oh, Childe, is that true?" Alexandra was surprised, inadvertently revealing her neat teeth, and looked at Zhao Lie in surprise, very cute.
"Yes, it's true." Zhao Lie unconsciously straightened his chest and back, and looked back at Alexandra with affirmative eyes, there is nothing that the Zhao family can not say about the rescue of tens of thousands of Liao people. "There are countless floods in my hometown, and there are countless victims, and it is our duty to help them."
"Oh Virgin Mary, you must be a servant of God who brought them the gospel of God." On the side, the short and fat Marta drew a cross on her chest, looking very reverent.
Uh, Zhao Lie's grievance, this is my decision, I am proud of myself and the old Zhao family, what is the matter with Guan Yangshen.
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