In the eyes of several people, 'master' refers to them, for example, when they go to a restaurant to drink, the shopkeeper will say, 'A few masters, please!' ’。 Therefore, when I heard the Western merchants say that the master died, I felt that they were cursing them.

"Father, we won't buy it." Liu Liandao.

"Yes, these outsiders are too impolite." Li Shanchang frowned.

"Looking at the smile on his face, it doesn't look like he's cursing us, the word "death" should be their special language." Liu Bowen said, still against public opinion, and spent three taels of silver to buy the ring.

The diamond ring was at least two carats.

In Liu Bowen's eyes, it is just a little bit better, and its value is far less than that of jade or jade of the same size.

And the Western merchant was also happy in his heart, and this thing seemed to him to be just a beautiful stone. At that time, people did not know about hyping diamonds and treated them as stones.

The inhabitants of primitive tribes occasionally picked up diamonds in the mines, and the merchants bought them at low prices.

Because he felt that the Ming Dynasty was rich, the princes and nobles of the Ming Dynasty should have something to like, so he casually made one to test the waters. I didn't expect someone to buy it when I tried it.

It's just that the base and inlay cost some money, costing one tael of silver, and now selling for three taels, he earns twice as much.

"Brother Shan, why don't you buy one or two Western gadgets and go back?" Liu Bowen asked.

"Don't buy it!" Although Li Shanchang also took a fancy to the things on the stall, he didn't want to hear the stall owner's 'curse'.

The older you get, the more taboo things become.

After leaving the booth and walking forward, I saw a big stage in front of me. On the stage, a group of tall overseas women were dancing samba on it, all with wheat-colored skin.

Although the appearance is very different from that of a Ming woman, it doesn't look ugly, and there is even a unique beauty in it.

The women are all boldly dressed, with long legs and tall figures.

The show was organized by a Ming speculative businessman who cooperated with overseas businessmen. Where to beat gongs and drums, use performances to attract audiences, and then sell overseas products, a bunch of black cocoa beans.

In front of the stage, a large group of people were already around.

"These overseas women are too tall, aren't they?"

"It's also bold to wear, and it's all exposed."

The people laughed and commented on it.

"There's immorality, there's immorality!" Li Shanchang shook his head again and again.

"That's true, how can you be so revealing?" Liu Bowen said, "The emperor attaches great importance to trading with overseas merchants, although it makes Daming rich, but it also brings some bad things. ”

sighed: "This may be the unique characteristics of their country." ”

"What you think is bad, some people think it's very exciting." Li Shanchang said, "On the flower boats on the banks of the Qinhuai River, there are such women in many places. Their guests are so crowded that they even overshadow the local Oiran. ”

"The price is also high, and many dignitaries like to order them."

"The men who like to visit the green house privately jokingly call them Yanmar."

"If Brother Berwyn is interested, when will he try it?"

"I'm old and not interested in these things." Liu Bowen said surgingly.

Several people left the stage and walked in front of the vegetable market. An expatriate man dressed in a gray robe with a cross on his chest stepped out.

A group of Han children clapped their palms, danced and sang around him, and sang a nursery rhyme: "Long-haired people, hairy people are long, and when they return home, they will be called mothers." Green eyes, long nose, passing by the archway head against the wall......"

Nursery rhymes often reflect the characteristics of an era.

The overseas priest did not tire of it, waving his hand to expel the children and let them go.

Extremely embarrassed.

Suddenly, I saw a large group of people in front of me, and there seemed to be some kind of dispute in the crowd.

A few people hurried over.

I saw a stall set up by an overseas merchant in front of me, and the stall was set up by a Western woman with a very beautiful appearance. A drunken sergeant was there to tease her, dragging her in the hope of pulling her back to be his aunt's wife.

The Western woman kept struggling, and her eyes were filled with tears.

I kept saying something, but I couldn't understand the language. The person who robbed her was noble and noble, and no one helped her say a word of justice.

"He Zhen!" Several people squeezed out of the crowd and came to the sergeant, Li Shanchang looked very ugly and shouted. This sergeant named He Zhen is Lan Yu's subordinate, and his position is Qianhu.

He Zhen heard someone call his name, looked back, and immediately recognized it as Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, suddenly sobered up for most of the time, let go of the woman, and timidly saluted the two: "Li Xiang...... Lord Liu. ”

"After pouring a few cups of yellow soup, you dare to make trouble in broad daylight? Get lost! Li Shanchang said coldly.

"Yes, yes." He Zhen said repeatedly.

He Zhen is also a member of the Huaixi Party, and he robbed the Western women in broad daylight, which is to add chaos to their Huaixi Party. Shen Wansan, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, for the prosperity of overseas trade, has asked the emperor for an order: the people of the Ming Dynasty must not bully overseas merchants who come from afar.

Therefore, He Zhen is blatantly breaking the law, and he was also hit by Liu Bowen, the superintendent of the imperial history.

How can you not make Lee Sun-chang angry?

"In the past, there was a Huo family slave, surnamed Feng Mingzidu. Relying on the general's strength, he laughed at the restaurant Hu. The fifteenth year of the orchid, spring is alone. Long sleeve with tie and wide sleeves. Lantian jade on his head, and big Qin Zhu behind his ears......" Liu Bowen read. "Don't hesitate to crack the red Luo, let alone despise the body. Men love their stepwives, and women value their ex-husbands. There are new reasons in life, and the high and the low are not exceeded. Thank you Jin Wuzi, my private disciple. ”

At the end, he sighed: "Since the Han Dynasty, we have bullied those foreigners, and we are used to bullying them." In the past, Huo Guang's house slaves molested the Hu family's daughter, and now they see me as a Ming sergeant and flirt with Western women. ”

Li Shanchang also heard it, he was secretly mocking his handling of He Zhen too lightly, and pretended not to hear it at the moment.

"During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were many Hu people who did business in Chang'an, and there were more Hu women who sold wine, which represented the prestige of the Han Dynasty and the prosperity of Chang'an." Li Shanchang cleverly diverted the topic.

"Yes, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was only the Hu people of the Western Regions who went to Chang'an to do business. In today's Yingtianfu, there are many Westerners who do business, and it is more difficult for Westerners to reach Yingtianfu than the Hu people. Liu Lian said, "This also proves that my Ming Dynasty is more prestigious and prosperous than the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty." Prosperity is secondary, prestige is the main thing. ”

To put it simply, it was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who scared the Huns, so that there were many Hu people doing business in Chang'an.

If there was no defeat of the Xiongnu, it would have been impossible to attract foreigners to do business just because the court was rich.

Just having money, you can only usher in robbers, and no one will come to do business.

It is said that the Song Dynasty was the richest, but it turned out to be the richest.