After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 247
In the eyes of a few people, 'grandpa' refers to them. For example, when you go to a restaurant for a drink, the waiter in the shop will say, 'Grandpa, invite me! '.Therefore, when I heard Western businessmen say that the father is dead, the father is dead, and I feel that they are cursing them.

"Father, we won't buy it." Liu Lian said.

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

"His smiling face doesn't seem like he's cursing us. The word "death" should be their special language." Liu Bowen said, and he still tried his best to buy the ring for three taels of silver. .

The diamond ring must be at least two carats.

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

And the Western businessman was also very happy. To him, this thing was just a beautiful stone.At that time, people did not know how to hype diamonds and regarded them as stones.

Residents of primitive tribes occasionally picked up diamonds in diamond mines, and merchants bought them at a low price.

Because he felt that the Ming Dynasty was rich and the princes and nobles of the Ming Dynasty should like it, so he made one casually and used it to test the waters.Didn't expect someone to actually buy it.

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

"Brother Shan, don't you want to buy one or two Western gadgets 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 'curse' from the stall owner.

The older you get, the more taboos you have.

Leaving the booth, walking forward, I saw a big stage set up in front of me.On the stage, a group of tall overseas women were dancing samba on it, each with wheat-colored skin.

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

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

The organizer of the show was a Ming speculator who cooperated with overseas businessmen.Where to beat gongs and drums, use performances to attract audiences, and then sell overseas products, a pile of black cocoa beans.

In front of the stage, a large group of people had already surrounded.

"Aren't these overseas women too tall?"

"Clothing is also bold, showing it all."

The common people laughed and commented on it.

"Indecent, indecent!" Li Shanchang shook his head repeatedly when he saw it.

"Indeed, how can you be so revealing in your clothes?" Liu Bowen said, "The emperor attaches great importance to trading with overseas merchants. Although it made Daming rich, it also brought some bad things."

She sighed, "Maybe this is a unique characteristic of the country where they live."

"What you think is bad, some people think it's exciting." Li Shanchang said, "There are such women in many places on the flower boats by the Qinhuai River. Their guests are endless, and the limelight even overwhelms the local oirans. "

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

"Men who like to visit brothels, privately call them big horses."

"Brother Bowen, if you are interested, which day will you try it?"

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

A few people left the stage, at the entrance of the vegetable market in front of them.An overseas man in a gray robe with a cross on his chest stepped out.

A group of Han children clapped their hands, danced and sang around him, and sang a nursery rhyme: "Long-haired man, with long hair, he will be called mother when he returns home. Green eyes, long nose, head hitting the wall when passing by the archway..."

Nursery rhymes can often reflect the characteristics of an era.

Overseas priests took the trouble to drive the children away with a wave of their hands.

Extremely embarrassed.

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

Several people hurried over.

I saw a stall set up by an overseas businessman in front of me. The stall was a Western woman with a very beautiful appearance.A drunk sergeant was molesting her there, dragging her and trying to force her back to be a concubine.

The Western woman kept struggling, with tears in her eyes.

He kept saying something in his mouth, but he couldn't understand the language.The person who robbed her has a noble status, and no one can say a fair word for her.

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

When He Zhen heard someone calling his name, he looked back and immediately recognized Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen. He was half sober, let go of the woman, and timidly bowed to the two: "Mr. Li...Master Liu. "

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

"Yes, yes." He Zhen repeated.

He Zhen is also a member of the Huaixi Party, and by robbing Western women in broad daylight, he is adding chaos to their Huaixi Party.For the prosperity of overseas trade, Shen Wansan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce, has already asked the emperor for an order: Ming people should not bully overseas businessmen who came from afar.

So He Zhen was blatantly breaking the law, and was bumped into by Liu Bowen, the supervisory censor.

How can we not make Li Shanchang angry?
"In the past, there was a slave of the Huo family, whose surname was Feng and whose name was Zidu. He leaned on the general and made fun of the bartender Hu. Hu Ji was fifteen years old, and she was only a rice cooker in spring. She had a long skirt with a belt, and wide-sleeved acacia jacket. On her head was a blue field jade, and behind her ears was a big Qin pearl. ..." Liu Bowen read. "It doesn't matter if you don't care about your body. Men love their step-wives, and women value their ex-husbands. There are new things in life, and there is no difference between high and low. Thank you, son of Jinwu, for your selfish love."

At the end, he sighed: "Since the Han Dynasty, we have been bullying those foreigners, and we are used to bullying. In the past, Huo Guang's slaves molested the daughter of the Hu family, and now I see me, a Ming sergeant, molesting Western women."

Li Shanchang also heard it, he was mocking himself for treating He Zhen too lightly, so he pretended not to hear it.

"During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were many barbarians doing business in Chang'an, and there were more barbarian women selling wine. This represented the prestige of the Han Dynasty and the prosperity of Chang'an." Li Shanchang cleverly changed the topic.

"That's right. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, only barbarians from the Western Regions came to Chang'an to do business. But in Yingtianfu today, there are many businessmen who are Westerners. It is more difficult for Westerners to reach Yingtianfu than barbarians." Liu Lian said, "by This also proves that my Ming Dynasty is more famous and prosperous than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Prosperity is secondary, and reputation is the main thing."

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

If the Xiongnu had not been defeated, it would be impossible to attract foreigners to do business just because the court was rich.

If you have money, you can only welcome robbers who come to rob, 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 most useless.

(End of this chapter)