Chapter 312: Friends Are Coming, There's Good Wine
Wilson's cargo ship was still unloading, so he was busy running to see Xiao Chen, I have to say that this foreigner is a very affectionate guy.
"Is he speaking Rus?" Tie Kunlun traveled south and north, and he more or less understood a little bit of the local dialect, but he couldn't understand Wilson's words
The strangest thing is that the boss Xiao Chen actually understands, and he and Wilson chatted happily, and burst into bursts of laughter from time to time.
So our boss is really a Wenqu star?
"It's not." Liu Cong's Ross language was good, but he couldn't understand it, so when he looked at the boss Xiao Chen, he also had a little more admiration.
"Is it Inge eating inside or outside?" Wen Shanchang said.
Ah!
Everyone looked at Wen Shanchang's eyes and there was a little more admiration, it turned out that Wen Shanchang was not only proficient in medical skills, but also knew bird language?
"It's in English Grechi." Ye Baiqing said lightly.
Woohoo!
is a good Bai Qing, and he is really from Hanlin, so he really has a different reaction.
"And what did the boss talk to him about?" Tie Kunlun was curious.
"Then how do I know!" Ye Baiqing smiled, "I don't understand." ”
I know that you kid has always loved to pretend to be the most!
"Ask Ling'er, she will say." Wen Shanchang pointed at Duan Ling'er.
"They seem to be talking about business." Duan Ling'er could understand the conversation between the two, but she couldn't understand many terms...... I don't know what Po Li is?
Poli is glass, and glass is originally a foreign word, like a sofa, an engine, and a humor, which is a word that is directly transliterated.
There is glass in the world now, but it is not widely used.
Xiao Chen knew that the production process of glass came from the West, and it seemed that it was made by the ancient Egyptians at the earliest, but he didn't know what the current level of glass technology was?
If the technology is already quite mature, then he can just introduce it directly, and he will save himself any more trouble.
But no.
Although Wilson knew and had seen such things as glass, the current manufacturing process was still quite backward, and it was impossible to make bottles and jars like porcelain, and no one used it to make windows.
Xiao Chen: You say this kind of glass can be used as a window? It can also be canned...... What is Canned?
"Dear Wilson, I'll invite you to taste it when I make a can, let's not talk about that, can you bring me some seeds next time you come over?" For example, peppers, peppers, pumpkins, potatoes, peanuts, sweet potatoes, sunflowers...... Anyway, everything you can collect, bring it all! ”
At present, Da Zhou does not have these vegetables, and Xiao Chen is going to be the first in the world again.
"There's nothing wrong with that." Wilson agreed, "But I have a personal question, you said you've never been overseas, so how did you know about these vegetables?" ”
"We have an ancient saying in Huaxia, which is called Xiucai does not go out, but can know the world!" Xiao Chen said nonsense casually.
"I would like to pay my highest respect to you amazing Chinese people." Wilson Road.
He should pay tribute to the Chinese.
Because Xiao Chen used the silk and porcelain of Jiangnan County to settle the accounts with him, and the silk porcelain of Huaxia was the favorite high-end luxury of their Western aristocracy.
It is said that a fine silk can now be sold for an astonishing price of fifty gold coins in the West! A fine piece of porcelain can also sell for a gold coin.
In fact, the price was not so high, but because the Great Zhou Dynasty now banned overseas trade, these silk porcelain could not be shipped out at all, which led to the rarity of goods.
Xiao Chen not only settled the payment with him with these precious items, but also promised to fill all his ships and let him help sell them to the West, no matter how much money he made, he would share it with him fifty-fifty!
He didn't even have to settle accounts to know how much money he could make on this deal, so to speak, it must have been a little more profitable than his shipload of rubber.
How much higher? There are always dozens of times.
Xiao Chen was so generous, but he was worried about Xiao Chen, such a ship of valuable goods, you handed it all over to me?
What if I get greedy and sell all these goods and never come back?
Because the value of this shipload is astronomical, and I am a merchant......
Xiao Chen said I don't care who you are, I just treat you as Wilson as my friend!
One sentence moved Wilson to tears.
Friends came and had good wine.
But there are not many people who can drink with him, mainly because they can't understand his bird language, and Duan Ling'er, who can understand his bird language, doesn't drink.
So the big guy can only point fingers at him, and the chicken and duck talk, and it is very difficult to communicate.
So what else are you talking about? Say nothing.
It's all in the wine.
No matter how much Wilson drank, he couldn't stand the bombardment of everyone, and in less than a stick of incense, he went directly under the table......
Xiao Chen really has too much to do.
But the good thing is that he has two of the most powerful helpers.
The first one is Zhuge Xiaosheng, Xiao Chen trusts him 200 percent, and now he has basically handed over all the military power of Yanyun County to him.
After coming out of Niutou Mountain, Zhuge Xiaosheng and Wei Yuntian parted ways with Xiao Chen.
They had to walk around Yanyun County, and although they had a map in their hands, they could only work out a relatively perfect defense after on-the-spot investigation.
At the same time, he had to recruit a large number of soldiers, at least 100,000 according to his vision.
This idea is at odds with Chen's opinion.
Chen Jisheng felt that what Yanyun County needed most now was to recuperate, not to make a big move!
How many people are there in Yanyun County, and you want to recruit 100,000 soldiers?
You have recruited all the strong men, who will grow food and develop production in the future?
There is also the extremely expensive raising of soldiers, how much silver does it cost to spend 100,000 soldiers a year? At least dozens of times higher than the current tax revenue of Yanyun County!
Aren't you kidding to make such a big deficit!
But Zhuge Xiaosheng insisted on his opinion, 100,000 soldiers is already the most basic structure, and it is necessary to start recruiting now, because training takes time.
Only by building a strong army can we ensure the stability of our Yanyun County.
Otherwise, no matter how good your economic and people's livelihood development is, no matter how good it is, isn't it useless?
In the current situation, only by strengthening the army first can we strengthen the country!
Without a strong army of our own, relying on various diplomatic means to maintain peace is not a long-term solution.
Just for this matter, Chen Jisheng and Zhuge Xiaosheng went back and forth in the letter, and they quarreled a lot.
In the end, I still have to find Xiao Chen to decide.
Xiao Chen resolutely supported Zhuge Xiaosheng, but also appeased the old man Chen Jisheng and said that he could guarantee the military expenditure of these 100,000 people, without a penny of the local income of Yanyun County, and would never forcibly levy a grain in the future.
He'll figure it out himself.
Chen Jisheng stopped insisting at this time, but he was also very unhappy.
Hmph, you boys have stiff wings now, and you can't listen to a word of the old man!
Looks like it's time for me to go home.
Of course, he was reluctant to leave.
Because now Yanyun County is his hometown, Xiao Chen Zhuge Xiaosheng is his relatives.