Zhu Daolin motioned for everyone to sit down and drink tea, and under the nervous gaze of the guests, he finally nodded: "Okay, gentlemen, you have won." ”

"Thank you, my brother, I knew you wouldn't let me down!" Sayide stood up first and extended a warm hand to Zhu Daolin.

"Dear Zhu, thank you for your generosity! You, as I expected, are the most generous, wise, and far-sighted Orientals! ”

Spaniard Sanchez grabbed Zhu Daolin's other hand for a long time.

"Thank you, my friend! Within three months, you will see me send you two sturdy 500-ton new Galen cargo ships, loaded with no less than 12 to 24-pound bronze guns, meticulously crafted by the best craftsmen in Portugal, as well as the wood, iron, tin and copper ingots you need for shipbuilding! ”

Moreno was finally reluctant to release the two Galen ships that had been covered for a long time.

Zhu Daolin warmly shook hands with each guest and thanked him constantly: "Thank you very much friends, I think we should have a glass of wine to celebrate!" ”

Sanchez immediately objected: "Thank you for your hospitality! My friend, before drinking, can you please tell us the exact price of the two tall and beautiful enamel vases? ”

The echo sounded immediately, and Zhu Daolin thought to himself, okay, this meal is estimated to be unfinished, but he still had a humble smile on his face, and calmly introduced:

"I'm really sorry to say it, but this pair of enamelled porcelain vases was specially purchased by me to celebrate the completion of my estate, and they are enamelled porcelain vases that all craftsmen in the entire Ming Empire cannot make. It is no exaggeration to say that every time you make about 50 large porcelain vases in a kiln, you can get 1 finished product with such an effect when you come out of the kiln, which is blessed by God! ”

"It is precisely because of this that I have no intention of including this 1.5-meter-tall extra-large porcelain vase in our trade, I just want to take it out for my friends to enjoy."

The guests were extremely sorry. Seeing that Zhu Daolin really had no intention of making an offer, Sanchez immediately walked up to the large crystal-colored statue of the Crucifixion and said very resolutely and loudly:

"Dear Mr. Zhu, I beg you to sell me this crystal carving that touched me so much, you know. The crucifixion of Jesus above is the god that we Spaniards love and believe in the most, so this crystal carving can be said to be a priceless treasure. ”

"Although I know that such a large piece of the finest crystal is rare in the world, and it is unheard of to be able to grind such a large piece of neat square crystal and then carve it, and its value is far from being estimated by anyone, I still beg you as a devout Christian to sell it to me!"

"No matter how much gold or silver there is, I will find a way to raise it. Then I will give you both hands and express my gratitude to you! ”

Seeing that Sanchez's tears were about to come out, Moleno was about to control himself, he wanted to stand up and say "This is also my god", but Sanchez had already said this, if he fought again, he would have a grudge from now on.

In front of everyone's eyes, Zhu Daolin, who was slightly hesitant, walked to Sanchez's side. whispered in Sanchez's ear, only to see Sanchez stunned for a long time. Then he nodded slowly, exhaled loudly, and stopped talking.

Zhu Daolin didn't want to let everyone speculate too much, so he walked directly to the large floor-to-ceiling pendulum clock and offered the price: "This big pendulum clock only brought back 12 this time, and if you want to get it again, you also need to wait until a year later, and 2 of them need to be placed in the Taoist temple I believe in." I also need to leave 1 for the new manor, and each of my four brothers needs to put 1 in the house, so I can only provide 5 for trading, and the price is 25,000 taels of silver! Let's take a look at this ......"

"I've got all 5! Thank you my brother, haha! ”

Sayide didn't wait for Zhu Daolin to say anything, and immediately decided. The other two really didn't bring so much money, and there were still a lot of rare goods waiting to be bid, so they were very silent very tacitly.

Zhu Daolin nodded briskly, picked up the statue of the Crystal Madonna, and joked to Sayid that you would not be interested in this, which immediately attracted a hearty smile from everyone.

When everyone quieted down, Zhu Daolin said sincerely to Moleno, Sanchez, Asnar and others: "When you browsed just now, I noticed that you seemed to be very shocked and very pious when facing these five statues of the Virgin, and then knelt down in front of these statues of Our Lady one by one and prayed silently, which touched me deeply!" ”

"So I decided to give these 5 statues of Our Lady of Crystal as a gift to friends from Portugal and Spain who came from afar, you are five people here today, there are exactly 5 statues of Our Lady of Crystal, it seems that this is the will of Our Lady, I am happy to obey, I hope friends like this gift."

Exclamations rang out.

The Portuguese and Spaniards who came to their senses all gathered around, hugged Zhu Daolin warmly one after another, and thanked him heartily with tears in his eyes, and even the cunning Moleno shed tears of gratitude.

In their hearts, this was not just a matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver, but that they had gained Zhu Daolin's respect, and seeing Zhu Daolin's sincere friendship and open-minded attitude towards the religion they believed in, the latter made them even more grateful in a way.

Zhu Daolin was surrounded by a group of Spaniards and Portuguese, his ears were full of excited and thankful voices, and he suddenly found that he seemed to have a talent for politics, at least he didn't feel anything uncomfortable in his heart, at least so far, his smiling face had no sense of fatigue, and his mind was also very calm, far better than Ying Changpei and other brothers who were shocked from time to time behind him.

After a five-minute warm atmosphere, Zhu Daolin took a hard time and offered the prices of the antique pocket watches and three kinds of tea, together with the prices of 190 large polished mirrors, to the guests to go back and consider, and then decide the final price and the quantity and batch of transactions tomorrow, and also asked the guests to list the prices, quantities and grades of the goods provided to them.

The guests immediately agreed, and Huan Huanxi followed Zhu Daolin and others to the backyard to toast and celebrate, shared a sumptuous lunch that had been postponed twice, and had a heated discussion on the specific matters of cooperation, and soon achieved results that were deeply encouraging to all parties.

Zhu Daolin's huge counterattack plan finally took the most difficult first step.

As long as this step goes smoothly, Zhu Daolin will gradually increase his efforts, and strive to establish a powerful industrial and trade group integrating finance, industry and commerce, and foreign trade in five years, completely smash the golden rice bowl of the powerful people in the southeast hidden behind the rotten civil servants of the government and the opposition, and launch a fatal blow to the southeast interest group that has secretly supported the Donglin Party members to control the Ming national policy for a hundred years, desperately annexed land, sucked the people's fat and people's ointment, suppressed the country's foreign trade, and plundered huge profits from large-scale smuggling trade!

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