Shirana Crane sits on the beach, wearing his favorite floral pants, enjoying the beauty of the Aegean Sea.

Wan Xue'er and Qinghe came to Bai Minghe's side left and right, and Qinghe said: "Huaiyu left by boat, she said that it was fun to go to see Angela as the empress, the Byzantines were very nervous, and specially sent an elite guard of three hundred people, for fear that Huaiyu would hurt a hair." ”

"Foolish girl." The white name crane said in his heart, Huaiyu, if you go to Athens, you can only cause chaos for people.

Who is Huaiyu, the most beloved sister of the Ming Emperor. The Byzantines of the Ming Dynasty have understood, and even considered, whether to allow the first-class nobles to marry one more wife for the sake of the continuation of the empire, in fact, it is for the sake of the birth rate of children, of course, it is not easy to revise the doctrine, this is disrespectful to the Lord.

However, it is not that doctrine has not been revised in history, and it only takes a very good reason to believe that the Lord will understand.

Therefore, although Huaiyu was not born to the queen, such a Ming princess is also very noble, and the reason for her dignity is not because of her mother, but because of the attitude of the Ming Emperor.

One Huaiyu, top 500,000 troops, 1,000 warships.

This is the conclusion that several generals of the Byzantine Empire have come to this way, and this is the majesty that a powerful empire brings to a princess.

"Husband, do you want a few Ukrainian singers?" Kiyoha holds local fruits in one hand and points to ships moving on the surface of the sea with the other.

The Ming ship has obvious characteristics, there are some differences in the appearance of the ship that pulls people and the ship that loads the cargo, and the boat that pulls people is also different in the flag. This is so that when sailing, once encountering wind and waves or pirates, the passenger ship will have the right of priority to take refuge, which is a rule set by the Ming court.

Under Confucianism, people are always more precious than gold.

The white crane has a black face. The originally good mood was half ruined. Thinking of the timid look when I first saw Qinghe before, now I dare to tease myself, it seems that this woman is really used to it.

The fleet here loaded people and carried them to the Strait of Gibraltar, at the Strait.

Lisbon has never been so prosperous, and it can be said that all the merchants of Portugal have come. Even small wineries with only a few acres of vineyards will come to join in the fun.

Contrary to the fanaticism of the Portuguese merchants was the look of the Ming merchants.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty couldn't raise much interest one by one, and they chatted in groups of three or five, and the goods here were guarded by the grape army, and there were only samples. Daming merchants do not accept sporadic transactions, only bulk commodity transactions, and the minimum trading standard is one foot of silver.

There is a difference in weights and measures between the Ming Dynasty and grapes, so the merchants of the Ming Dynasty used the simplest standard.

Silver ingots, the standard silver ingots of the Ming Dynasty, and then contrast the fineness. Formulate standards, and then calculate according to the weight of silver on the Ming side, and use the simple tool of Pingtian to calculate.

Daming is a foot square, which is the number of silver ingots piled up, representing the lowest transaction amount, and only silver is used for trading.

"Do you see anything good?" A merchant came to the shed, where a dozen people were already drinking tea, all discussing the Portuguese deal.

"Some. But not much. There are no particularly stunning items. A merchant replied.

The merchant who came in later smiled and picked up a glass of wine: "If this Portuguese wine is really good, no wonder their country is called Portugal." You can take some of this wine back with you, just as a taste. It's to say that you won't be vegetarian if you eat too much meat. ”

"It's true, the vision of exploring business opportunities is the way to get rich!"

Everyone nodded, Portugal must have enough goods to trade. In fact, Byzantium also had it, but this time it did not trade with Byzantium first, because Byzantium needed to fight, and many goods were defective, but this Portugal could still trade some.

"If you just exchange some money for some money. It's also a good thing. It's just a pity that I didn't bring back some souvenirs. ”

"Yes!" The merchant who came in later took out a small piece from his pocket and put it on the table: "I have just signed a contract, which is to purchase a large number of two goods this time next year, the first one is this, everyone take a look." It is recorded in the book that there are records of the use of cork in China during the Han Dynasty. ”

Everyone picked it up one after another to look at it, and the person who knew the goods commented after distinguishing it: "This is better than the cap used in the thermos." ”

"That's right, cork trees. We don't have such trees in Daming, Wadao, or Nanyang, so I've inquired. It is the only one in the whole of Europe, and it takes twenty-five years for this tree to reach maturity, and there are a lot of natural growth here. This one is used as a thermostat cap, or as a wine bottle or spice! ”

It's very useful, and it's also a kind of resource.

"Is it worth the freight?" Someone asked again.

"It's not worth it to just transport this. But with the addition of another kind of cargo it is worth it, wood pulp, good wood pulp of the highest quality. Pulling it back can be used to make paper, which is hundreds of times better than drafting, hemp and other papermaking. But to make paper with this kind of wood pulp, you need to buy a patent for wood pulp paper from the head of the bank. ”

Crack, a piece of paper shakes open, this is Daming's wood pulp hard paper, paper specially used for pen writing.

The fountain pen at this time of the Ming Dynasty did not have the design of storing ink, and it could write dozens of words with ink, but it was much faster than the brush, and the government scribes had begun to use the fountain pen, and the accounts of big businessmen slowly began to apply.

The wood pulp is heavy, the cork is light, and it is worth it with a shipload of goods.

"Let's go, go out and have a look. Let's see what we can buy back. And all the merchants stood up.

The Portuguese merchants outside saw the merchants of the Ming Dynasty come out, and some people already cheered, hoping to buy the precious goods of the Ming Dynasty and then sell them to other countries. But at the same time, I hope that my goods can be exchanged for a good value, and pure import trade is sad for a country.

Cork trees were transplanted in later generations, but at this time only Portugal had them.

The fiber here is different from the Ming Dynasty, but also different from the South Seas, some businessmen also fancy some fiber products here, ordinary clothing must not be eyed, but such as asbestos fiber refractory materials, it does make the eyes of Ming businessmen light up This thing is valuable, and it must be useful after going back.

Lisbon has set aside a special site for trading, which is secured by the palace guards.

In the area of the Ming merchants, the Portuguese lined up to purchase a large number of materials, silk, tea, porcelain, etc., as long as the Ming merchants had it, there must be a large pile of silver here to exchange.

Compared to the Portuguese merchants, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty finally felt a sense of superiority.

In the booths of hundreds of Portuguese merchants, there are scattered Ming merchants walking and stopping, looking at their favorite things leisurely.

If you fancy a certain thing, if you can't communicate in language, then use the stupidest way, just take the rules of the Ming Dynasty, a material as the standard, take out a picture here, or silk, or tea, and then write an Arabic numeral on the paper, plus the Arabic numeral of the decimal point.

According to the proportional exchange, none of the Ming merchants came out of the silver, and the silver was only in and out.

Occasionally, when the other party asked for gold and silver, the Ming Dynasty gave all the gold, and it was not his own gold, but all the gold that Byzantium had stolen from the Ottoman Empire.

Ten days later, a convoy of passenger ships from the Aegean Sea crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, and the merchants here in Lisbon set sail whether they completed the deal or not. If you need to trade, wait for the next batch of fleets.

And Liu Mingxuan, as a first-class guest, also sat in the Spanish royal palace.

At this time, Spain was still a divided kingdom, and it was not until the king of Aragon took Queen Isabella that Spain became one. Liu Mingxuan, as the commander of a sub-fleet of the Ming fleet, does not need a knighthood, and his fleet represents his identity.

"King of Aragon!" Liu Mingxuan is a Confucian general and has enough demeanor.

The conversation here is in Bible Greek, and Liu Mingxuan can't speak a foreign language, but there are people around him, and it is enough to bring a good translator, and his task is to decide something.

"Honorable General Liu!" The King of Aragon politely replied.

Liu Mingxuan rubbed his forehead gently, he was a little dizzy, because the king of Portugal was called Alfonso V, and this one was also called Alfonso V, this one was older, and that one was still young.

(Note: Aragonese Aragonese of Spain, 1416-1458 A.D. Alfonso V.) And Portugal: reigned 1438-1481. The same is called Alfonso V. Also, the mother of the King of Portugal was Leonara of Aragon. However, no relevant historical information has been found on the relationship between the king of Aragon and Alfonso V of Portugal. ）

The two Alfonso V seemed to be relatives, but Liu Mingxuan was not interested in inquiring.

"Why did the Byzantine prince choose Portugal, you must know that along our way, we have been constantly attacking the occupied areas of Portugal. Because Portugal made the Byzantine prince very angry, and the reason for the anger was that without the permission of our Ming Dynasty, someone enclosed land for himself at sea! ”

What a domineering opening remark, without the permission of our Daming!

Alfonso V of Aragon did not shy away from the topic, and the powerful had the right to speak, a fact that he recognized. It is also an indisputable fact that only if you are strong enough can you guide the world.

"Of course, Portugal has been punished and has recognised its mistakes, so it can be given a chance to make amends. This was one of the main reasons why the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were willing to trade with grapes, but another reason was that the King of Portugal shared the idea that the regime was greater than the clergy! ”

At that moment, the four Spanish guards standing behind the King of Aragon reacted.

Liu Mingxuan just smiled indifferently, he was experienced in a hundred battles, just a few small soldiers, he didn't pay attention to it. (To be continued......)