MTL - Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty-v2 Chapter 1766 rich again

  Chapter 1766 Got rich again

   More and more people started to inquire about this thing.

   So much so that more people became interested in it.

   In the market, Fang Jifan is not the only one who wants to buy this thing.

  Thinking about it, even Lord Zhen couldn't ask for something, this thing... definitely has great benefits.

  It's a pity... After half a month of tossing about this thing, it's still priceless.

  At this moment...a Persian merchant caused a small disturbance.

  This merchant is also a newcomer.

  I heard that the confinement of Ming Dynasty was much more relaxed than before, and there was a steady stream of merchants traveling to and from the Western Regions.

   Hearing that the Ming Dynasty was rich and prosperous, he hoped to import some silk from the Ming Dynasty to sell, but when he arrived in the capital, he found that it was actually more terrifying than he had imagined.

Soon, he was like a fish in water. Here, he lived and dreamed every day, listened to operas, listened to music, ate and drank, and everything was paid for in silver. In just over five months, the expenses were almost the same. Sadly, the goods were Did not enter.

  He began to panic, wondering what to do, so... Although he was still wearing silk and satin every day, putting on airs, he tried his best to find a way out here.

  In fact, there are many foreign merchants like him, but the business failed and they ended up on the streets! What's even more frightening is that once he falls on the street and is captured by the Wucheng soldiers and horses, he will be escorted directly to Huangjinzhou.

  Golden Continent...

  Although this Persian merchant has never been there, when he thinks about it, he feels terrible.

   Fortunately, after coming to the capital, his only gain is that he can barely communicate with people in Chinese.

   This day, he was in the tea shop as usual. He was drinking tea, but he was thinking about something on his mind. He suddenly heard someone talking about some treasures in the tea house next door.

  He listened carefully, and the more he listened, the more strange he felt.

   What are they describing...what the **** is it?

   no...

  He stood up and asked the two chatting tea drinkers what this thing looked like.

  After careful questioning, he then said: "But I don't know if there is a sample. If there is no sample, just rely on the description, and I may be mistaken."

   "Why, you know this thing?"

  In Beijing, people generally despise Hu merchants.

  After all, this is a kingdom of heaven, and since the Han and Tang Dynasties, there has been a lot of contempt for the Hu people.

  Even if the ancients wrote poems, most of the poems involving Hu people were treated with contempt. But whenever the word Hu is mentioned, Hu Ji and the like are unavoidable. It is believed that most Hu people in China have low status.

   Not only because the barbarians are poor, but the most important thing is that they are different from later generations. People of later generations regard blond hair and blue eyes, or high nose and deep eyes as beautiful, but in this era, people regard such looks as ugly.

So much so that in the laws of the Great Ming Law Collection, Hulu, and Marriage, there is a special legal interpretation: people with **** eyes are ugly, and if Chinese people do not want to marry them, they should let their own kind marry each other, and they are not allowed to marry each other. The prohibition of marriage and so on.

  So these two merchants looked impatient,

  The Persian merchant said: "I don't necessarily know each other, I just need to see it in person. If I don't see it with my own eyes, I dare not make a conclusion easily."

So a tea guest said: "I can't find such a thing in other places in the capital. Only the biggest shopkeeper in the capital, Mr. Wang, can find it, but...even if you come to the door, he may not be willing to see you. Baby, let alone show it to you."

  Who is Mr. Wang, this Persian merchant knows it just by hearing it!

  Wang Jinyuan is just a butler in Fang's family, but among merchants, he is like a thunderbolt.

  The Persian merchant didn’t dare to stay, and continued to waste time, paid the tea money in a hurry, left the teahouse excitedly, then went straight to Xishan, asked around, and finally found Wang Jinyuan who was checking the accounts in the bank!

  Originally, the Persian businessman came here with the mentality of giving it a try, and didn't expect that Wang Jinyuan would really want to see him, but who knew that the shopkeeper Wang was willing to be a corporal.

  Then, the Persian merchant entered the hall, and Wang Jinyuan exchanged greetings with him. However, the nature of merchants always likes to go straight to the point. Wang Jinyuan asked him why he came.

  The Persian merchant said: "I heard... now all in Beijing are looking for something, this thing... shopkeeper Wang called it yellow bile, right? I don't know... can shopkeeper Wang give this yellow bile for the villain to see."

  Wang Jinyuan smiled and said, "This is easy."

   So someone took it.

  The Persian merchant opened his eyes wide and looked at the object carefully.

  The reason why it is called 'yellow gall' is that it really looks like 'biliary', the whole body is yellow, translucent, like some kind of glue...

  Looking at this, the Persian merchants were already in turmoil.

  He suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked up at Wang Jinyuan, and said, "I have this thing..."

   "You have?" Wang Jinyuan looked at the Hu merchant with great interest.

   "I just don't know, how much money should I buy?" the Persian businessman asked cautiously.

  Wang Jinyuan thought for a while: "This...but it's hard to say. Many people are looking for it now, and here in Xishan, there is also a great demand for it. It might as well be like this. How about exchanging one tael of yellow bile for one tael of silver?"

  The Persian merchant didn’t have much expression on his face when he heard this, but only he knew it. He felt his heart was jumping into his throat!

  His scalp exploded immediately, and he nodded hurriedly: "It's just that this thing is not in Daming, I need to go back to my hometown, this round trip... takes time..."

  Wang Jinyuan said very patiently: "It's easy to say, I'm so anxious to get this thing now that my hair has turned white. No matter when you bring this yellow bile, what the old man said will count."

   It is said that there is no profiteering and no business.

  But the businessman has reached the point like Wang Jinyuan, so it is a nail for a mouthful of saliva.

  His promise is more useful than ten thousand taels of gold.

  The Persian merchant did not hesitate any longer.

  He got up and left without hesitation.

   Immediately, he bought some rare things randomly in the capital, and then bought a horse, and left the capital overnight.

  In fact, he really recognizes this thing!

   Of course, this object is not actually from Persia.

   It is a certain kind of gum that is abundant in the North Kunlun Island.

  This kind of gum tree, because it can only survive in the North Kunlun Island area, so in the local area, people call it gum arabic.

  Now North Kunlun Continent is mostly the territory of the Ottoman Empire...and such gums exist in large quantities in North Kunlun Continent. In the local area...except for the locals who use it as a condiment for food, this thing has almost no function, it can be said to be... worthless!

  But now...

   It's time to make a fortune!

  This is almost the same as transporting a pile of stones from Daming to North Kunlun Continent, and you can get the same weight of gold.

  He travels almost day and night, without stopping for a moment.

   This Persian merchant is very clear, once this matter is leaked, countless merchants will flood into North Kunlun Continent.

Because of the beginning of trade between Daming and Ottoman, countless caravans began to communicate, so along the way, there are almost all post points and inns dedicated to merchants, and even in the vast desert, there are also special guides. Take your caravan to an oasis in the desert to rest and finally get out of the desert.

  Thus... Although this journey is a long journey, there is not much risk in this section of the journey.

  …

  Fang Jifan, the original culprit, seems to have temporarily put his gum matter behind him.

  The most urgent task at the moment is whether the steam ironclad ship can support ocean-going operations.

   This involves countless issues such as personnel, supplies, maintenance, etc.

  The advancement of science and technology has brought about extremely high requirements for professional talents.

  An ironclad ship is not just a simple lump of iron. It involves power, steering, artillery and other systems that require professional talents to master.

  Because of this, Tianjin Naval Academy is the only branch of Xishan Academy stationed abroad.

   But here is also the place where all the students who enter the school are the last place they want to come.

  After all... everyone is here to learn, so what is there to learn about running a boat?

What's more, the school has relatively high requirements for people's physical fitness. I heard that... in the school, it is very hard. Not only do you have to learn knowledge, but you also need to exercise your body every day. After studying for a year and a half, you also have to sail with the ship Practice, and sometimes I can't come back for a month.

   This school was established by Tang Yin himself. In order to recruit students, he even exempted all tuition fees and promised that those who enroll will enjoy a salary. This has attracted batches of poor children.

  These people began to learn to read and write in the first year, and began to teach the knowledge on the ship in the second year. The subjects in it were divided into helm, hydrographic surveying and mapping, ship command, fire control, maintenance and other majors.

  Nowadays, Tianjin Wei's steam ironclad ships are continuously provided with a large number of talents.

  It's just...Compared to the brilliance and achievements of other scientific students of Xishan College, the naval students here are unknown.

  Even if there are some theoretical breakthroughs, they are not allowed to send their papers to weekly journals, and only give some rewards internally. Normally... they have even been forgotten.

  Fang Jifan himself...had been reminded by Xu Jing before he remembered, it seems that there...there is such a thing here.

  Fang Jifan arrived in Tianjin Wei. Here, the upper and lower personnel of the ironclad navy, as well as the students of the school, had already lined up in the water village, and Fang Jifan came here specially.

  Fang Jifan's carriage arrived, Xu Jing opened the door of the carriage himself, and when Fang Jifan landed, he saw countless people lined up in front of him.

  Fang Jifan looked at these bronze-skinned guys, thinking back... Tang Yin often asked them to bask in the sun, so he said to Xu Jing: "How many people are there on this ship and in the port now?"

"A total of 3,974 people." Xu Jing said immediately: "However... this does not include the horse infantry that will fight with the navy in the future. In theory, if the fleet reaches the end of the year and another ship is launched, then , can carry nearly 7,000 horsemen to fight with the ship."

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  (end of this chapter)