Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

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More and more people started to inquire about this thing.

As a result, 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 Duke Zhen couldn't ask for something, this thing... definitely has great benefits.

It's a pity... this thing, after tossing for half a month, is 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.

He also heard that Daming was rich and prosperous, and originally hoped to import some silk from Daming to sell, but when he arrived in the capital, he found that this place was actually more terrifying than he 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 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 thinking about something on his mind, he suddenly heard someone talking about some treasures in the tea shop next door.

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

The things they describe...what the hell is it?

no...

He stood up and asked the two chatting tea guests 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, I'm afraid I may be mistaken."

"Why, do you know this thing?"

In Beijing, people probably despise Hu merchants.

After all, this is the kingdom of the heavens, 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 the later generations. People in the later generations regard blond hair and blue eyes, or high nose and deep eyes as beauty, 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 sex 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 businessman said: "I don't necessarily know each other, I just need to see it with my own eyes. 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. In this way My baby, let alone show it to you."

Who is Mr. Wang, this Persian merchant can know who it is just by hearing it!

Although Wang Jinyuan is just a housekeeper in Fang's family, but among merchants, he is like thunder.

The Persian merchant didn't dare to stay and wasted his time. He paid the tea money in a hurry and left the teahouse excitedly.

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 treasurer Wang would actually be willing to respect the corporal.

Then, the Persian merchant entered the hall, and Wang Jinyuan exchanged pleasantries with him, but merchants' nature always likes to go straight to the point, so Wang Jinyuan asked him why he came.

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

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 it this way, the Persian merchants were already in a turbulent state.

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. There is also a huge demand for it here in Xishan. It might as well be like this. How about exchanging one tael of yellow gallbladder 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 in 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 patiently: "It's easy to say. I'm already graying my hair because of this thing. No matter when you bring this yellow bile, what the old man said will count."

It is said that there is no business without fraud.

But the businessman has reached the point like Wang Jinyuan, so it is a nail for one spit.

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

The Persian merchant did not hesitate any longer.

He got up and said goodbye 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 recognized this thing!

Of course, this thing 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, is called gum arabic locally.

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 that some locals use it as a condiment for food, this thing has almost no function, it can be said... 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 traveled almost day and night without stopping for a moment.

This Persian merchant is very clear that 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.

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

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And Fang Jifan, the original perpetrator, 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 of personnel, supplies, maintenance and so on.

Advances in technology have brought about extremely high requirements for professionals.

An ironclad ship is not as simple as a lump of iron. The power, steering, artillery and other systems involved in it require professional talents to master.

It is precisely because of this that Tianjin Naval Academy is the only branch of Xishan Academy stationed abroad.

But this 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. Going out to practice, sometimes you can't come back for a month.

This school was established by Tang Yin himself. In order to recruit students, he even waived all the tuition fees and promised that those who enroll would enjoy a salary, thus attracting batches of poor students.

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, there is a steady stream of talents for Tianjin Wei's steam ironclad ships.

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

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

So much so that Fang Jifan himself... was reminded by Xu Jing before he remembered, it seems that there... there is such a thing here.

Fang Jifan arrived in Tianjin Wei, where the upper and lower personnel of the ironclad navy and 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, the horse infantry that can carry nearly 7,000 people will fight with the ship."

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