"Mr. Tong, you Dehua porcelain can't be like this, we have been waiting here for half a month, at most another week we have to go to sea, if you don't have the goods, then our losses will be very huge, that's absolutely not good, we will go to your chamber of commerce to ask for compensation!" Auston was very angry at the moment, and the ordered batch of high-grade Dehua ivory porcelain had not arrived for more than ten days, but the scheduled time to go to sea was about to arrive, if they missed the time and could not rendezvous, their caravan would not be protected by warships, which was extremely dangerous. What's more, without this cargo, half of their merchant ships would have to go back empty, not only will they not make money, but they may also lose money. As a businessman, this is the most unbearable.

"Listen to me, listen to me! It's not that I don't give you the goods, but the goods were temporarily taken down by the government for inspection in Punan, wait a few days, please be patient for a few more days" The person who is called Mr. Tong is the shopkeeper of the Dehua County Porcelain Union Guild in Yuegang. At the moment, he was sweating profusely and was busy explaining. Their goods were shipped more than ten days ago, but they arrived at the destination but were seized by the local Haoqiang in Punan County under the pretext, if they could not deliver on time, according to the contract their firm will have to pay a large amount of silver, it is really anxious to make people angry.

"Anyway, the time for our departure is coming, if your goods have not arrived here within five days, we will ask you for compensation through the Guò Yuegang Association!" Alston did not understand why such a thing had happened, and it seemed to him completely unthinkable: "I have come to this beautiful East for the first time, and I really do not want anything unpleasant with you. Please hurry up. You can't afford to delay, and so do we! ”

"Yes, yes, our guild is asking the adults above to help, and please ask Mr. Auston to wait, wait!" The shopkeeper Tong really hated those roadblocks from the bottom of his heart. Doing business is about credibility, and if you don't do it well this time, the signboard will be smashed.

Geng Jingzhong listened to it for a while, probably understanding. The goods of the Dehua porcelain company were detained, and the British merchants may have returned empty. The crux of the matter is whether the porcelain can be delivered on time. This is a very small matter for him, just a gesture, making up his mind, Geng Jingzhong smiled at the corner of his mouth. Then he walked directly to Auston and the others.

“Hello,MrAston.Nicetomeetyou.”

“Oh,yeah. Nicetomeetyou,too.but,whoareyou?”

"Hahaha, my name is Geng Jingzhong, you can call me His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Oh!" There was a sound of surprise around him, and Ah Hu and the others were no longer surprised by Shizi's skills.

"Xiaomin greets His Royal Highness." The British businessman didn't make any moves, but the shopkeeper Tong and the others next to him immediately saluted. No one in the territory of Fujian has dared to pretend to be His Royal Highness the Prince of Jingnan.

"Oh, Your Royal Highness, you speak English quite well, have you ever been to London?" Auston has been in the East for nearly a month and has not heard a single Oriental who can speak fluent London English, and he is very surprised!

"I have not been to your country, but I have learned your language with a missionary. I'm interested in you in the West. And I can help you solve your current difficulties! ”

“Really？” Auston had some surprises.

"Please also ask His Royal Highness the Prince to help, the porcelain industry will be grateful to Dade!" The shopkeeper next to him shook again and again, and almost knelt down directly.

"OK, I can help you, but I have one condition! See a few missionaries over there? I need your merchant ships to bring them back to Europe! ”

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, Your Highness the Prince. The situation in Europe is complicated and we ---"

Geng Jingzhong saw that his face was embarrassed and probably knew what the reason was: "I know that your relationship with the Netherlands is very bad, and battles at sea are common, but I only ask you to bring a few missionaries back to England together." If you can do it, I will not only help you solve the current problem, but also give you another great benefit. ”

"No problem, Your Highness the Prince. We can do that! ”

"Ah Hu, send someone to take the token of my palace and go with the shopkeeper Tong, and tell sù that the eyeless things are for this batch of porcelain. I'll see who dares to stop it. Geng Jingzhong was very tired of these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and he was not polite at all.

The shopkeeper Tong was really surprised and delighted, and he walked down with the palace guards, and couldn't stop sighing that he had met a real nobleman!

As soon as the shopkeeper Tong left, Auston couldn't wait to ask, "Your Royal Highness, ---what did you say just now?"

"Hahaha, worthy of being an authentic businessman, he doesn't let go of any benefits that can be chased. Are you just going to let us stand here all the time? ”

"Sorry, His Royal Highness the Prince, please here!" As he spoke, he led Geng Jingzhong and his entourage to one of the merchant ships. A merchant ship is slightly different from other merchant ships, most of the other merchant ships are used for loading cargo, and the crew's rooms are small, but this cargo hold is much smaller but has an extra hall, which should be used by the caravan leader for meetings, and the decoration is full of Western atmosphere.

"You may be seated, Your Highness the Prince. Try the wine from England! ”

"Well, it's not bad, Mr. Alston is quite good at it! But one thing that is strange to me, if I remember correctly, is that now your relationship with the Dutch is very tense, and Luzon and Manila are controlled by the Dutch, how did you get here? ”

"Oh, Your Royal Highness, you are really very familiar with us in Europe, we fought a war with the Dutch ten years ago, and the good news is that we won, although the area around Manila is the sphere of influence of the Dutch, but our merchant ships come here and they dare not use warships against us, we are more worried about pirates than about them!" Speaking of being able to reach the East on a smooth basis, Auston was still full of excitement.

"Oh---" Hearing Alston's explanation, Geng Jingzhong probably knew that the three Anglo-Dutch naval battles that he had studied in world history before seemed to be the first time Britain won, the second time Britain lost, and the third time I can't remember the result. "Now that ten years have passed since the first naval battle, isn't the second naval battle about to begin?" Thinking of this, Geng Jingzhong was shocked, and then he was relieved, this has nothing to do with him, and it seems that he can also profit from it!

"Are we the goods of the East and the nobles of the West still satisfied?"

"Dear Highness, silk, porcelain, sugar, etc. are our favourites and are the most popular commodities in Europe. I really praise you for being able to produce such beautiful things. ”

"If you like it, I'm afraid you're going to make a lot of money when you ship this batch of silk and porcelain back, but I still have a batch of better things, I don't know if you need it?" Ahu! With a wave of his hand, Ah Hu took out a brocade box, which contained more than a dozen small porcelain bottles, which were the perfumes produced by Princess Fang.

"Let's take a look, do you need this product?"

Auston and several other caravan leaders each picked up a bottle, and they were all puzzled, could it be that His Royal Highness the prince was also going to sell them porcelain?

"Hehe, I forgot to say, you open the lid and put it in front of your nose to smell it!" Geng Jingzhong looked at them with a puzzled look on his face, and couldn't help but smile.

"This is ---" "What is this?" Several English merchants were amazed, the bottle revealed a faint fragrance, so charming and intoxicating! Auston immediately saw an opportunity to ship the goods to Europe, where they would be the object of competition among the upper nobility.

"This is Her Royal Highness's favorite perfume of Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Great Qing Kingdom, all of which are refined from flowers, retaining the original fragrance of flowers, and even more fresh, spraying on the body The fragrance lasts for a long time!"

"No matter how many perfumes you have, we want His Royal Highness the Prince! But I would like to be able to get an exclusive agent, please do not resell the perfume to European merchants in other countries! ”

"Hahaha, just now I was praising you for being an authentic businessman, and you are really very shrewd! It's impossible to sell only one to you, and the market in Europe is not small, and you can't eat it. However, I can sell you all the more than 20,000 bottles of perfume I have brought this time, and I can guarantee that I will not sell the perfume to other British merchants. What do you think? ”

"Thank you for your generosity!" Auston and the others were very excited, they didn't expect such a big surprise, this batch of perfume was shipped to Europe, and they would also become upper-class celebrities.