Today's Daming is already a terrible behemoth in terms of trade.

Not only silk, porcelain, tea and other products sold well all over the world, but also sweaters, katanas and other specialties that were later absorbed into the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence.

In addition, it has a route to Fengmingzhou in the New World, and has also opened up two roads in the northwest and the South Sea, and has mastered the sea and land Silk Road.

In contrast, in the West, the remnants of the Black Death still loom over the heads of Europe, and the decadent and decaying Catholic Church still holds at the throat of the wise men of Europe. At this time, there was nothing in Europe that was enough for the Ming people to rush to, and in terms of trade, the "foreign goods" of this era were the representatives of shoddy production in the eyes of the Ming people.

Even the only goods they could provide: gold and silver, were now being shipped to the treasury of the Daming Bank in Dongying and Fengmingzhou...... Daming treasure banknotes are well stocked, and even gold and silver are not in short supply.

The West was desperate to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's willingness to trade with the Western world was a mercy of charity. The ban on trade with Westerners was just one less source of gold and silver for the Ming Dynasty, and it was not an unbearable loss.

Therefore, Zhu Su did not object to Lao Zhu imposing "trade sanctions" on these Westerners.

The emperor's order came out of the imperial city, and then was quickly executed, Xiyi's crime of instigating the Ming Marquis to rebel was soon announced, the warehouse of Xiyi in Yingtianfu was sealed, Xiyi's trade was banned, and even their exploration to Fengmingzhou was also taken back by the imperial court, and when the next round of Fengmingzhou fleet returned, they would not be allowed to go to Fengmingzhou with the ship to mine gold.

No one avenged for them, and the people had no good impression of these Xiyi, who looked like evil ghosts, and after learning of their crimes, they hated them even more for daring to calculate the court. When I saw them deflated, I could only applaud my hands.

The Xiyi who came to Daming to participate in the trade suffered huge losses.

Hangzhou Bosi, port wharf.

"Honorable Ming officials, we are the British legation, and we are the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty...... I once presented my credentials to the Ming Emperor and was personally received by the Ming Emperor. Please return to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we are not here to harm the thieves of the Ming Dynasty, you cannot seize our goods......"

Outside the door of a warehouse, a Xiyi nobleman with red curly hair was speaking a less familiar Chinese, trying to negotiate with the wolf-like guards in front of him.

"What kind of officials are not officials, we don't have a lady like you who looks like a rakshasa! We have seized your warehouse in accordance with the will of the current emperor! The leading Wu Chang didn't have the slightest intention of accommodating, and shook off the hand that was pulling and pulling the Yiren, and arched his hand in the direction of Yingtian in the west with a rebellious face.

"You are still our Ming vassal state? That would be even more unforgivable. It has already been said on the emperor's list that you red-haired people instigated the two former marquis of our Ming Dynasty to hoard Tartar slaves in the north, preparing to commit rebellion...... This is a sin of heaven! Don't say that you are just a mere envoy, even your red-haired lords are here, so you have to ask the emperor to open up first, so that we can unseal your warehouse! ”

"Hey, why don't you red-haired people don't understand faith, and finally made a foreign vassal for our Ming Dynasty, and you still have such a jackal mind...... Our emperor's eyes are golden eyes! What can be hidden from him! It's okay now, stealing chickens doesn't make it a ......."

"Come on, keep sealing these warehouses! Beat me out of all these red-haired people! Because their hands and feet were not clean, they went to three melons and two dates, and they hurt me to eat the command envoy! ”

Captain Wu greeted, and immediately several big-headed soldiers came over and took out the red-haired man who was still trying to block the front of the warehouse. Among the onlookers, the merchants on the dock were all disgusted, pointing at the Yiren, and even the big-headed soldiers who had just put the Yiren down as soon as they put him down, they all slapped the non-existent dust on their bodies with their hands in disgust, as if the Yiren had soiled the official clothes on their bodies.

"Viscount Firut, this ...... What to do? A yellow-haired Yiren who obviously looked like an attendant trembled and picked up the Yiren with red curly hair and asked in a trembling voice.

This Yiren, who claims to have seen the Ming Emperor, is the Yishang who pretended to be the envoy of Britain in the past, and his name is Firut.

A few years ago, Firut and another companion named Philip arrived in the Ming Dynasty, and happened to encounter the return of the Tie Xuan fleet on a journey to explore the New World. The benefits of a new route were well understood by these two merchants and adventurers who had been adventuring the seas all year round.

In order to obtain the news of the Fengmingzhou route, they tried all their resources to bribe officials, and in the name of the British lord, they issued a forged letter of state that "Britain bows to the Ming Dynasty", successfully confusing the identity of a "British envoy", and sailed to Fengmingzhou with the Tiexuan fleet.

It was this voyage that made Philip and Firut make a lot of money. Although the bumpy journey on the vast sea was very uncomfortable, after arriving at Jinshan Fort in the New World, the gold that could be found everywhere in the mountains and forests made this Xiyi team extremely excited. They greedily mined for gold, filling their cabins almost with gold, and then followed the Ming Dynasty's return fleet back to the Ming Dynasty, and then back to Britain.

The dazzling gold made them some of the richest men in all of Britain, and they were received by His Majesty the King. Originally, they were just the second sons of a down-and-out aristocratic family, and they were forced to sail thousands of miles to find the country of silk and porcelain in the East. Unexpectedly, when they came back from this trip, not only did they become rich, but they were even awarded the title of viscount by His Majesty the King, and authorized them to be the envoys of the British Empire, responsible for liaison with the Ming Dynasty.

Before, it was just a head-scratching name, but after a trip back, it became justified.

After tasting the sweetness, Philip and Firut immediately drew up a plan for a second voyage to Fengming Continent. Last time they only brought two ships, and there were not enough people to mine gold. It was this time that they spread the news of the discovery of the new continent and the presence of gold in the new continent by the great powers in the east, intending to attract more Chinese people to go to Fengmingzhou with them and bring back more gold and wealth.

(End of chapter)