The people of the European continent, regardless of the vassal states, will lose hope and hope for the future because of the hardships or hardships of life.

If you were a person who lived at the beginning of the seventeenth century, then you would know that the common expression on the faces of Europeans in this era is numbness, indifference, and the kind of demeanor that is rigid to the extreme.

Because they have suffered endlessly in their lives, they have no expectations for the future. So, they are all living like the walking dead, how can they have too many expressions.

Therefore, the look on the faces of the people who do things here in the concession made Jenny the most curious.

Moreover, the Europeans who lived in Manhattan in the Americas were also insensitive and indifferent. But since they went to Manhattan, they have changed a lot one by one.

This change is their own momentum.

That kind of self-confidence, as well as the expectation of a future life, is completely impossible to fake.

This feeling that comes from the heart can be seen through at a glance and really felt.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Jenny would have such an idea.

Still, there's nothing wrong with what she thinks.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that after being implicated in the Song Empire, people will indeed undergo earth-shaking changes.

This change is still very obvious and elusive.

To say what the people of the Song Empire did, it is impossible.

But people are changing.

What is the reason for this?

Jenny hasn't delved into this reason yet.

However, even if she investigated, it was impossible for her to understand the reason so quickly.

After all, this matter is still difficult to understand with her thinking and knowledge.

Only Zhao Hongyu will know about them.

To put it bluntly, the simple thing that makes people feel confident is that they can live a good life and wake up full of energy every morning. It is enough to maintain the 'fairness' of society and let them know that they can completely change their hardships and live a better life through their own efforts.

Only in this way will they be full of longing and hope for the future.

And to do this, it's actually not difficult at all.

It's just that the noble lords on the European continent don't notice this at all.

Not to mention the nobles and lords of Europe, even those officials of the Eastern Ming Empire, rarely pay attention to such problems.

In this era at the beginning of the entire seventeenth century, there were only Zhao Hongyu of the Song Empire in the Americas. will pay attention to people's livelihood issues and grasp them as a major matter.

The man who was asked by Jeanne pondered for a while before answering her: "We are very energetic because we have enough to eat, after all, we have not been deprived of our wages for our work here, and we can buy cheap half-price food, and even have spare money to buy cheap meat and non-staple food, so we have a good life, much better than those workers in Marseille." ”

After speaking. The man laughed sheepishly.

"You also know that when people have a full stomach, they will be more energetic."

Dare to love, this man will be so energetic for the reason. The blame was on a full stomach.

However, you can't say that he was wrong in this answer.

In fact, there is some truth in his answer, but it is not completely correct. It's just part right.

The man continued: "The people who work in the port of Marseille are always deducted from their wages and oppressed by some guilds. So there is almost not much money in the hand. At the same time, the price of food is very high now, and they can't buy much food after a day's work, so they have no hope for life, and it is normal for them to be different from us. ”

It is also thanks to the fact that this man is a little old and has a wealth of life experience.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to answer Jenny's question.

After all, this man's answer is still more accurate.

"We are different, there is no oppression here, as long as you work hard, you can get a lot of wages. Except for being tired, there are no other problems, so every morning when I wake up, I feel full of energy, according to the foremen, as if I am about to do a life for the future, full of hope. ”

The man said with some uncertainty and some shyness.

"Actually, I don't know what it means to be hopeful for the future, but I do know that I am happy and content with my life. And I hope to work here all the time, because working here can bring my family a prosperous life, and I am willing to work hard. ”

The man's face began to bloom with bursts of luster, and it could be seen that he was really as he said he was, and he was very satisfied with this life.

"If nothing else, imagine what kind of life I used to have. If you look at what kind of life I am living now, and what kind of life I bring to my family, I can make my family's life better through my own efforts. Of course, this is not unrelated to the fact that the people of the Song Empire are very fair, they believe that you will be paid for what you do, and you will get more for what you do. ”

After saying that, the man raised his right arm and made a very 'strong' posture.

"I, like many people, am not afraid to do things, and I am not afraid of hard work. What we are afraid of is that we will not be paid for what we do, and we will be bullied. Fortunately, I am very happy that I don't have to worry about these things here. ”

At this point, Jenny and the man had been chatting for more than ten minutes.

And hearing this, Jenny also understood something roughly.

"Thank you for being able to say so much to me, I'm really sorry for delaying your time, I hope I won't affect your work here, here are some small thanks, please don't shirk."

Jenny knew that because of her relationship, she had delayed this man for a while.

She didn't want to affect the other party's work process and bring him unnecessary trouble because of her relationship.

Because she can see that men value this job very much.

After speaking. Jenny took out a silver Song Empire Great Dragon Ocean silver coin from her robe and handed it over, and stuffed it into the other party's hand, no matter how the other party pushed her to let the other party accept it.

"Once again, I apologize for the trouble and the delay in your time, a small compensation is not a tribute, if your foreman is looking for trouble because of this matter, you can come to me, and I will give him an explanation."

A big dragon ocean, you can buy fifty catties of rice here in the concession, which is a lot of money.

The man was excited. Thank you Jenny without a word.

After all, this can be regarded as making him a small fortune, so how can he not be excited.

After a few more conversations, the man left Jenny.

Jenny walked back to the tent.

"How's it going, did you get the answer you wanted?"

Ruth had been standing at the door of the tent, and when Jenny returned, he asked questions.

"It's okay, although I don't know if it's accurate or not, but I seem to have some answers. And some of my speculations about a lot of things, which are not in vain. ”

Jenny shrugged her shoulders and replied to Ruth.

"How. Did the administrator's secretary get the intelligence documents? After answering Ruth, Jenny asked. Hearing this, Ruth shook his head and said, "Not yet." I guess there are too many documents, and he still needs to look for a while. ”

He shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

"Let's go inside."

Jenny walked straight into the tent and decided to wait for the intelligence documents in the tent.

Anyway, she had already learned about what she was curious about in the concession, so there was no need to continue outside.

Concession administrator in a tent. I'm still busy dealing with all kinds of documents and things.

There were constantly Chinese workers in the concession coming and going, and they brought a lot of trade agreements for him to sign.

This can also be seen from this. Trade was still very prosperous here in the concession.

The port of the concession has docked a lot of ships and unloaded a large amount of cargo.

The goods were brought in from the Americas, and the ships were either hired Arab ships or European ships.

There was nothing these merchants disagree with about helping the Song Empire deliver goods.

After all, the price offered by the Song Empire was very high, so it was impossible for them to refuse.

Moreover, this is still an opportunity to deal with the Song Empire, and they will not miss it.

Besides, these merchants who bought grain from the Americas and loaded them on ships did not necessarily fill the entire ship's cabin, and there was always a lot of space left in the cabin.

Instead of leaving the cabin so empty, fill the space and make use of it.

In this way, you can make more money, but you can't do it.

Moreover, a large part of the grain they bought from the Americas could be unloaded at the concession ports, so that people could transport it out of the concession.

In doing so, you can also reduce the cost by a point, which is a very cost-effective thing.

Therefore, the supply of goods in the concession is guaranteed.

Unlike Lisbon, the port of Marseille mainly sells women's hygiene products, as well as thirteen spices, as well as some daily spices.

The goods on the Lisbon side are more of daily household goods, so there is no conflict between the two concessions in terms of goods.

The concession in Cairo, Egypt, was oriented to the African chiefs and the chiefs of Arapa, so it was more inclined to the sale of condiments and some cold weapons and iron products.

You must know that in the Arabian world, there is a shortage of iron raw materials and various ores.

So, this business is very good.

At the same time, Cairo's concession was able to buy war horses and live sheep from there at very cheap prices, and then ship them back to the Americas for processing or breeding.

Therefore, these three were established in a concession far away from the Americas, and the trade was very prosperous. (To be continued......)