Dongcheng Street, Zhenwei Hall,

It wasn't the time to open for business, but the door was already open.

When I got closer, I saw that it was Jia Yun waiting at the door, and Jia Rongqi said:

"Brother Yun, why are you here, didn't you communicate that there was something today?"

Jia Yun hurriedly invited Jia Rong into the house and said, "You can be regarded as a big boss, a distinguished guest has come today, it should be said that it is a strange guest, not as easy to get along with as usual." ”

Hearing this, Jia Rong was in a fog, thinking to herself, in the past, she was dealing with the eldest princess's mansion, and what could be more expensive and difficult to get along with than the royal family?

As Jia Yun entered the back hall, there were indeed many people in the hall at this time.

Jia Rong took the main seat, and when she looked at it, the person sitting opposite her had blonde hair, deep eyes, and a straight nose, and he was a foreigner.

It turned out that Jia Yun meant this, and the language barrier was really a little difficult to get along with.

There was a person under the hall, it was Wang Er, who had sent a message to Jia Rong's mansion in the old days, and he was much more stable at this time.

Wang Er saw Jia Rong take a seat, took a step and arched his hand: "Big Boss, the villain Wang Er was ordered to take care of the semicolon in Jinmenwei, a few days ago, I happened to help these foreigners, and I entertained them in the shop, they took a fancy to our seasonings and wanted to do seasoning business with us, but the villain couldn't be the master, so he had to come back and ask the big owner." ”

Jia Rong bowed, "What we do is business, you are doing a good job, just take a seat." ”

Wang Er bowed again, "Thank you for your appreciation." ”

Seeing that Jia Rong and the guy finished talking, the foreigner made a gesture, and the person next to him opened his mouth and introduced:

"The villain Qian Shun, his ancestral home is from Chaozhou Mansion, Guangdong, his ancestors emigrated overseas, and the villain also learned some foreign dialects and used them as translators for his son."

Jia Rong nodded and said, "Okay, let's introduce it first." ”

Qian Shun spoke again: "This is the Duke of Guimarães from Europa, equivalent to the current county king of the Liu Song Dynasty, and the prince can call him His Royal Highness López." ”

When Jia Rong heard this, she got up and said to the foreigner: "Your Highness López, hello." ”

Then Jia Rong stretched out his right hand, this action surprised López, and Qin Shun behind him whispered a few words to him.

Lopez smiled, also got up, and after showing respect to Jia Rong, he stretched out his hand.

After a friendly handshake, Jia Rong said: "Liu Song is not a closed place, there are already many treaty ports, and I also know some of the situation in Europa, there are dozens of countries in Europa, I don't know which country López is." ”

Before today, Jia Rong had never considered the forces outside of Greater China, and now it seems that Jia Rong has traveled through this life, except that the historical process of the previous dynasty is not the same as the previous life, and the world plate should be very different.

Since there are already foreigners coming to the door, it means that Europe has opened the age of sail at this time, and colonialism has germinated.

If he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the previous modern history, Jia Rong seems to have to do something, as a time-traveler, only he has the ability to change the course of history.

At this time, Qian Shun's words interrupted Jia Rong's thoughts, "His Royal Highness López said that he is from the country of Franco. ”

Jia Rong turned her mind, shook her head at Qian Shun and said, "Francoji is a general term, not a country. ”

Qian Shun didn't understand what he meant, but still translated Jia Rong's original words to López.

Listening to Jia Rong's words, López was taken aback and asked Qian Shun to translate: "You are the Song people I have ever met who know the most about Europa, not only understand our etiquette, but also know our history, which is really amazing." ”

After saying this, López said two more words to himself, one pronounced first in the Western pronunciation and the other in the first pronunciation, indicating that he was the second country.

This is naturally Spain and Portugal mentioned in the previous life, and Jia Rong can still distinguish it.

Jia Rong nodded to López, knowing these two countries.

López was even more pleased, and said: "Since you are so familiar with our history, I will no longer hide anything from you." ”

He began to describe himself: "I am the second son of the Duke of Guimarães, in charge of the family's estates in South America, and I have come here because of the huge profits from the spices, and I am also in the spice business, and I believe that these magical spices will be very popular in Europa." ”

Jia Rong had a preliminary understanding of the situation of this foreigner and asked, "Your Highness López, at what price do you want to buy the seasoning?" ”

López let Qian Shun translate behind him: "The Zhenwei Pavilion sells for five taels of silver, how about I buy it for three taels of silver?" ”

Jia Rong frowned suddenly, López was in need of a bigger business to compete for inheritance rights at this time, seeing that Jia Rong was displeased, he hurriedly said:

"Three, two, five? Four taels? ”

When she said four taels, Jia Rong nodded slowly, "Your Highness is sincere in doing business, four taels will be four taels." ”

López wiped the sweat from his head and smiled at Jia Rong, thinking that the Han people were really difficult enough.

Jia Rong asked curiously, "What kind of spices does His Highness López sell?" ”

Now that the business price has been negotiated, López has also begun to chat comfortably.

López explained: "This ship is a chili pepper from South America, and it was supposed to land on the island of Japan, but it was lost in a storm, docked at Jinmen, and was rescued by Wang Er, who was receiving the goods. ”

Hearing that there were chili peppers, Jia Rong immediately became interested and said: "Your Highness López, I am very interested in the chili peppers you mentioned, you sell this shipload of goods to me, and this seasoning will count you as three taels of silver." ”

He was worried about how to get out of this shipload of goods to clear the warehouse, and when he heard what Jia Rong said, he was a little incredulous, and asked:

"You actually want to take my shipload of goods and reduce the cost of me, you are really a kind person, no wonder there are such kind-hearted subordinates, may the Lord bless you."

Jia Rong was so generous, Lopez was no longer polite, and motioned to the people around him, who took out a beautifully decorated long box and put it on the table.

López patted the box and said to Jia Rong: "This box is the most advanced weapon in the country of Franco, which was rewarded by the king to the Guimarães family, and my father rewarded it to me. ”

It is their etiquette to meet someone who appreciates the gift of weapons, and after Jia Rong shirked it a little, she still opened the box with anticipation.

Lifting the lid, inside is a flintlock pistol carved in gilt, which is very exquisite.

Jia Rong was very happy in his heart, this was exactly what he lacked, and he was still unfazed on the surface, and said to López:

"Your Highness's kindness, I, Jia Rong, have already understood, in the future, such firearms can no longer be shown in front of others, Liu Song is very strict with the management of guns and gunpowder. But His Royal Highness's kindness, Jia Rong should also accept it, so I will take good care of it, and when I see this thing, I can think of the deep friendship I have formed today. ”

Lopez was very moved when he heard this, hugged Jia Rong deeply, and said: "Jia Gongzi, you are my first friend in this land, and you will be the best friend!" ”