"Your Highness, this is a Francois merchant named Sabertay Alvarez, and the other two are his lieutenants."

Xia Yuanji took the lead in introducing Zhu Yunxi.

The Spanish merchant named Shaberty Alvarez shook his head, and then looked at Zhu Yunxi with a smile on his face: "Respected His Royal Highness the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I actually have a Central Plains name."

Zhu Yunxi looked curious and said, "Oh? What's the name?"

Shaberty Alvarez spoke, "Your Highness, my name in the Central Plains is Fan Worm."

Xia Yuanji on the side was slightly stunned.

Zhu Yunxi was also a little surprised, and then immediately understood.

Then he joked, "I didn't expect that you also know about my Shang Dao Patriarch in the Central Plains. It's just that this Central Plains script still needs to be learned."

A laugh.

Xia Yuanji, who didn't understand it at first, finally understood it at this time.

The businessman of this franc machine actually knew Fan Li, so he followed Fan Li's name.

It's just that......

These Yi people really don't understand etiquette, and they actually started to change their doors and names.

Fan Worm smiled: "There are many saints in the Ming Dynasty, the land is vast, we conquered the ocean, defeated the huge waves to come to the Ming Dynasty, I heard about the figures in the history of the Central Plains, Fan Li's deeds are very encouraging to us."

Zhu Yunxi snorted twice and said, "Then you should take a surname Shen, he is the biggest businessman since the founding of our Ming Dynasty."

Fan Worm immediately bowed down and whispered, "Shen Wansan is stupid, he is already dead."

Zhu Yunxi was stunned when he heard this.

Shen Wansan was assigned to Yunnan in the sixth year of Hongwu, and in the past 20 years, he has rarely heard of it.

But I didn't want to, this Fan worm from the Franc machine was also familiar with Shen Wansan.

couldn't help but make Zhu Yunxi's eyes sink slightly: "I don't know what you want to give?"

Fan Worm puffed up his chest and smiled: "We heard that His Royal Highness the Imperial Prince is willing to reward ten thousand gold and even the title of Marquis of the Great Ming Kingdom for the things that are offered."

When he said this, Fan Worm was full of courtesy and smiles.

He's haggling.

Xia Yuanji immediately said in a deep voice on the side: "I have already written a reward for all the things that I have offered, but there are no things that you have heard of."

Fan Worm bowed down again, faced Zhu Yunxi and said, "The Great Ming Kingdom is great, the Imperial Sun is benevolent, we came to the Great Ming Kingdom from far away Spain. I heard that the Great Ming Kingdom was offering a reward, so I was naturally willing to give it."

After a tentative moment, Fan Worm turned his head to look at one of the attendants beside him.

The man immediately took out a cloth bag from his bosom, and then took out a red but shriveled thing from the cloth bag.

As soon as he saw it, Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows.

Xia Yuanji also looked at it twice, isn't this the chili pepper that Taisun drew on the paper at the beginning.

Fan Worm has already explained: "This thing was found on the way to Daming, and on the Daming Kingdom bounty, this thing seems to be called chili pepper?"

"When we found the peppers, they were growing on the ground and the fruit was so bright that we wanted to bring it back to Spain and plant it in the garden."

….

"We've sacrificed the lives of some of our best sailors for this."

Probably because not long after entering the Ming Dynasty, Fan Worm's official speech was intermittent, and a few words of Spanish popped out from time to time.

It's just that everyone can still hear that they want a big reward.

Zhu Yunxi gave Xia Yuanji a look, and the other party took the cloth bag from Fan Worm's entourage and sent it to Zhu Yunxi.

When he opened the cloth bag, Zhu Yunxi saw that the bag contained several different chili peppers.

There are elongated red peppers, some fatter green peppers, and more of an oval, shriveled red pepper with some orange yellow.

[Recommended, wild fruit.]

Reading and chasing books is really easy to use, everyone can try it soon. 】

Zhu Yunxi took a red pepper, broke off the shriveled skin and flesh outside, took out a chili seed and put it in his mouth.

At this time, Fan Worm immediately opened his mouth and reminded, "The seeds of these fruits are poisonous, and eating them will be very painful in the stomach, and it will also make people feel feverish."

Zhu Yunxi turned a deaf ear, but carefully rejected the chili seeds.

A familiar feeling of heat spread in the mouth with the broken chili seeds, and the stomach that had been fed by Mu Caiyun before leaving the palace instantly began to feel hungry again.

Zhu Yunxi took a sip of tea and couldn't help but look up at Fan Worm deeply.

Then he whispered, "The best sailor? Isn't it in what is now Portugal and France? On land, the Ottomans and the Romans are not weak there, and I heard that they have been at war with the Byzantiums?"

Xia Yuanji's eyes gradually became more curious, and he tilted his head to look at the imperial grandson, he didn't know that the imperial grandson was so familiar with the land of Europa.

Fan Worm was also shocked.

His Royal Highness, a young emperor in the Far East, knew so much about the situation in Europa.

But after taking a sip of tea, Zhu Yunxi continued to say quietly: "If you can be more sincere, I don't think England will replace you Spain."

"English?" Fan Worm grunted, then laughed, "They don't have any advantage in the ocean."

Zhu Yunxi smiled, took over the topic, and said, "Do you have anything more to give?"

"Your Royal Highness, we only have chili peppers, a plant that the Great Ming Kingdom has bountied, that we can offer." Fan Worm told the truth.

Zhu Yunxi frowned, chili peppers can only improve the taste of the people in the Central Plains and make the days more flavorful, but they cannot solve the problem of yield per mu in the Central Plains.

He turned his head to look at Natsuharaji, "Where is their fleet docked?"

"It's over there at Longwan Pier." Xia Yuanji immediately opened his mouth and asked again, "Is Your Highness going to take a look?"

Zhu Yunxi nodded, when he returned to Beijing a few days ago, he didn't see these Spanish boats at Longwan Wharf, thinking that he was driven away from Longwan Wharf by the imperial court that day, so that he could dock and disembark.

Fan Worm has been observing words and feelings, and when he saw that the imperial grandson of the Great Ming Kingdom wanted to go and see the Spanish ship, he immediately said: "It is our honor to let His Royal Highness the Imperial Emperor of the Great Ming Kingdom board the Spanish ship."

Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly and glanced at Xia Yuanji.

….

Typical white-skinned rhetoric.

After a while, under the escort of a team of brocade-clothed guards, Zhu Yunxi appeared on the Longwan Wharf outside the Jinchuan Gate outside Yingtian City.

The entire long riverbank falls within the confines of the Longwan Pier.

Ships are docked at the edge of the pier, and further afield, in the deep water, there are some anchored boats, waiting to dock to the pier.

On the way to their own merchant ship.

Fan Worm eagerly looked at the Daming treasure ship docked in the water and all kinds of warships and merchant ships, and his eyes showed a strong desire.

Zhu Yunxi smiled the whole time and was silent.

Fan Worm gushed endlessly, "The shipbuilding industry of the Great Ming Kingdom is the most advanced in the world. If we in Spain could have such ships, the whole of Europe's seas would be ours."

The treasure ship with a length of more than 100 meters and a width of more than 40 meters, with nine masts and twelve sails, weighs thousands of pounds just by anchoring, and the heavy hull and the muzzles of black holes all attract the attention of Fan Worm.

No country in the whole of Europe has been able to build such a huge ship.

A large ship that can accommodate 5,000 loads and a displacement of thousands of tons is the concrete insurance of the pinnacle of the world's shipbuilding industry today.

After all, the nine-masted treasure ship is a minority, and even in today's Daming Naval Division, it is often used as the flagship of the Naval Governor and leading generals.

It is more of a fortune ship that can hold 2,500 materials and displace about 1,000 tons

and all kinds of smaller warships and grain carriers with hundreds of tons of displacement.

Along the way, even if it is not the first time to watch the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty at close range, he still sighs one after another.

Zhu Yunxi was blessed to the heart, and turned his head to look at Xia Yuanji: "Ordered Longjiang Shipyard to draw a number of shipbuilding drawings and seal them in the palace, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, etc."

Xia Yuanji nodded, looked at Fan Worm, who was walking in the forefront because of excitement, and said in a low voice: "When the Yi people enter Beijing, they are all followed by Jinyi Guards in secret, and they can't get close to places like Longjiang Shipyard."

His grandson is good at everything.

It seems that he has always been full of contempt and vigilance for people outside the Central Plains.

This is well known to Xia Yuanji and Xie Jin.

But Xia Yuanji also agrees that since the treasure ships and lucky ships of the Ming Dynasty can be widely liked by the Yi people, then the Ming Dynasty should keep the secrets of shipbuilding.

"Your Royal Highness, this is my Fortune Karrick."

Finally, at the edge of Longwan Wharf, there are the docking places of Yi merchant ships. Facing the docking place of European merchant ships, Fan Worm finally showed a rare hint of pride.

From the thousands of tons of displacement, hundreds of meters long Ming treasure ships came over, these merchant ships of Yi merchants are like a small hill under Mount Tai.

The Fortune Karrick that Fan Worm pointed at was the highest mountain in this small hill.

The Carrick ship, with three masts and four sails, with a large square sail on the mainmast and a spinnaker on the backmast, is enough to be called the pinnacle of the Spanish shipbuilding industry today.

Just at a glance, Zhu Yunxi had some more guesses about Fan Worm's identity in Spain.

The emperor's grandson wants to inspect the Franc machine merchant ships that have come from afar.

….

The accompanying Jinyi Wei didn't wait for Zhu Yunxi to board the ship, and he had already rushed to the Fortune like a wolf.

Now most of the sailors of the Fortune have gone ashore to stay in Yingtian City, and there are only a few sailors on board, watching in a panic as Daming's brocade guards rush onto the ship.

Luckily, the captain followed him and got on the boat.

"Shipbuilding in Spain is very good."

Zhu Yunxi strolled on the deck of the Fortune and praised it without saltiness.

Fan Worm followed: "In front of the Great Ming Kingdom, Spain is nothing."

Zhu Yunxi said: "I heard that there are several philosophers in Europa, and their ideas are very sought after, and Da Ming hopes to get their knowledge."

Fan Worm stopped, his eyes flickering and looking at the grandson of the Great Ming Emperor who had walked in front and had entered the back cabin.

Then he immediately followed: "As long as the sailors of the Fortune can make money, I can take them to Daming Kingdom again next time." When the time comes, I will bring the books of the philosophers to His Royal Highness."

Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly, the white-skinned cabin always had a rancid smell of wheat sprouts mixed with various smells.

Coming out of the cabin, he was already on the back deck aisle.

"Your Excellency offers chili peppers this time, and the Ming Imperial Court will be rewarded for meritorious service, and a hundred taels will be sent." Zhu Yunxi tapped his fingers on the railing in front of him and looked at the fishing boats on the river in the distance: "Daming will also give you the official position of Daming, so that you can do business more conveniently in Daming, and the tax rate of fifty percent will also be reduced to thirty percent." That's the same tax rate as most Ming merchants."

Xia Yuanji, who was following behind, raised his eyebrows.

His Royal Highness actually lowered the tax rate of this Francophile businessman, and also gave him the official position of the Ming Dynasty.

When Fan Worm came to Yingtian City, he had already fully understood the etiquette and rules of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if you kneel on the ground.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yunxi kept knocking on the railing: "The Ming patrol European supervision envoy, receive the eighth rank, give the scepter, and when the European envoy returns to China this time, the Ming Dynasty will also send a treasure fleet to accompany the European envoy to Daming next time."

Fan Worm didn't know if Daming had such an official position as an envoy to Europe, but he went ashore by himself

After that, an eight-rank official was able to make countless people in the Ming Dynasty obey their orders.

He felt that this reward seemed to be heavier than his tax rate in Daming reduced to 30%.

Moreover, it seems that the Ming Dynasty will send their treasure ships hundreds of meters long and thousands of tons of displacement to escort them back to China.

When he returned to Spain with the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty......

Fan Worm's heart was agitated.

If only Spain could snatch those treasure ships......

No!

Even if Spain could occupy it, it would not be able to make it.

Let yourself continue to be valued in Daming and improve your status in Spain, this is what you should do.

Bang bang bang.

Fan Worm looked like a Ming man, and his forehead was heavily knocked on the deck.

Zhu Yunxi smiled silently: "Ou Jian please come."

European Supervision ......

Ou female dry?

Zhu Yunxi was happy in his heart, and suddenly felt that he had made this official position that was probably going to be deducted money.

….

Fan Worm got up.

Although Xia Yuanji on the side had a lot of doubts in his heart, he still cooperated with his grandson, and said to Fan Worm: "Congratulations to the envoy Ou on joining our court."

Fan Worm arched his hand and smiled: "You're polite."

Zhu Yunxi said as he walked to the stern of the boat, "I hope that after the European envoy completes the deal this time, he will be able to return to China as soon as possible and translate the books of Western philosophers into the Central Plains. I also hope that the European envoy can lobby with the Spanish lord, and Daming hopes to get a piece of land by the sea and send Daming's silk, porcelain and all goods to Spain."

Xia Yuanji opened his mouth and looked at the imperial grandson who said this with some surprise.

The former grandson only asked Daming not to give half an inch of land to outsiders, and now he hopes to obtain land from Franc Ji.

Can you get to such a far place?

What's the use of getting there?

Fan Worm also hesitated at this time: "The lord of the country ......."

Zhu Yunxi said directly: "The Ming Society will provide more convenience to the first country to establish contacts with us. If possible, the Ming would like to support Spain in owning the entire West after having the East."

At this time, the idea of great unification was still prevalent throughout the land of Europe.

The greatness of the Holy Roman Empire still belongs to the dreams of the old European whiteskins.

Everyone wants to wear the crown of the European co-monarch and be crowned emperor of Europe.

Fan Worm immediately didn't think about it, and said loudly, "I...... Under...... The Ministers will obey the orders of His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, and upon their return to the country, fulfill the wishes of His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and nodded.

A cool and gentle breeze greeted you, and the clear water of the river was rolling in front of the boat.

Suddenly.

Zhu Yunxi was shocked, and his heart moved.

He carefully hid his hands under his sleeves, but he couldn't stop trembling.

Xia Yuanji obviously noticed this change in Taisun, crossed Fan Worm to Zhu Yunxi's back, blocked Taisun with his body, and then said in a low voice, "Your Highness?"

Zhu Yunxi turned a deaf ear, held back his steps and stepped forward to a rope at the stern of the boat.

I saw a circle of vine branches around this rope, and the reddish-purple branches stretched out a piece of red-purple and greenish leaves.

On the deck below the vine branch was a hollow oak barrel filled with dirt that sustained the vine branch from thriving.

Sweet potato!

This is the sweet potato!

Even if you don't have to open the oak barrel, Zhu Yunxi, who has eaten sweet potatoes since he was a child and grew up with stinky farts all over the sky, will definitely not recognize this thing.

Seeing sweet potatoes in Daming, Zhu Yunxi seemed to see a peerless beauty, with a round and jade figure, standing in front of his eyes, swaying and exuding countless charms.

He suppressed the shock and surprise in his heart, to just now

Fan Worm, who came over, smiled, "I didn't expect that the European envoy would also have such a leisurely and leisurely attitude on the Fortune, cultivating green plants."

Fan Worm glanced at the sweet potato vine and said with a smile, "This was found by the sailors on an island beach before they sailed around the Storm Strait. After all, there is always a shortage of vegetables on board."

Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "It's quite wild, there is only this one on the Fortune?"

Fan Worm didn't know why the incomparably noble imperial grandson of the Ming Dynasty was interested in such a plant that only provided them with a source of vegetables, so he could only say softly: "It turns out that there are several plants, but they have all withered and the fruits have rotted, and only this one has been growing well."

What a waste!

These whiteskins are always wasting gifts from this world.

Fan Worm's eyes lit up at this time: "Your Royal Highness, the minister thinks that the fruit of this thing is very similar to the thing called sweet potato that His Highness has put on a reward."

At this time, Xia Yuanji also jumped in his heart.

The text of the court bounty merely describes the form of those plants.

But from the hand-drawn drawings that Taisun saw, he clearly saw that the sweet potato had an aggravated marking.

It can yield dozens of stones per mu!

This thing has to be snatched ...... Get your hands on it!

True or not!

Shredded pork and rice noodles