Daming Yinghua

The Dutchman, who escaped the shipwreck, made no secret of his surprise at the black dry leaflet that Zheng Haizhu took out.

Because after trying it himself, he agrees with Zheng Haizhu's statement: After the small black leaves are boiled into a deep red soup, it is also as invigorating as green tea, but the mellow taste is closer to the coffee they love in the western continent.

Moreover, this kind of tea that does not emphasize the quiet and elegant taste, if you add cow and goat milk, not only tastes better, but also has a clear sense of fullness, and you will not feel hungry for a long time.

That's pretty cool.Just like the Chinese have no shortage of silk, when did the Dutch have no shortage of cows?

What's more interesting is that when the young Chinese girl was still serving tea, she used a beautiful white porcelain saucer to hold bean cakes and fresh wild fruits.

Ms. Zheng said that the elegant civilized people of the Eastern Empire often hold such activities called "afternoon tea parties", and presumably the equally decent Dutch nobles should also follow suit.

Gullit then keenly realized that this specialty of Ming Dynasty, which is called "black tea" in Chinese and "black tea" in Saxon, would definitely bring huge profits to their East India Company.

This harvest can more or less dispel Governor Cohen's disappointment when he heard that Taiwan Island already has the Ming Empire to rule over the garrison.

Shortly after the Dutch returned to the East India Company's home base in Batavia, thunderclaps of stinging stings exploded in the sky.

The Siraya people rejoiced, because according to the revelation of the pot god, spring will really come after all things wake up.

The tribe can finally hold a wedding for the young female chief Wen Akun.

Please play the urgent delivery from the imperial court to appease Yan Siqi. Although it is still on the way to Beijing, Liu Shimin asked Ma Xianglin to bring it by boat in order to express his confidence in the success of this matter and his sincerity of full support. High-quality farm tools, cattle, rice seeds, tea seedlings, Fujian soil, and a dozen fellow Zhangzhou villagers who are good at farming and tea.

Ma Xianglin didn't even forget Zheng Haizhu's previous reminder, and paid a lot of money to hire two teachers from Nanxi Zhu's family to go to Taiwan together.

Yan Siqi wandered for many years and never forgot his genealogy. As the No. 20 eighth descendant of Yan Hui, a disciple of Confucius, he was naturally very happy to see the two descendants of Zhu Xi.

He became more and more determined, and told Zheng Haizhu at the wedding banquet that after returning to Songjiang with Zheng Zhilong, he must contact Tang Hong and Shi Yuelan on Daishan Road through Nanhui Tangbo as soon as possible, and let them inform the brothers in Hirado, Japan. Brother wholeheartedly looks forward to their coming to the stage.

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"I would like to do business with all the public, unite my heart and liver into Guiwan, create a career in Ryukyu, fulfill the man's ambition, and promote China's reputation."

One month later, Zheng Haizhu and Zheng Zhilong handed Yan Siqi's above-mentioned letter to Tang Bo at Huizui, Songjiang River, and Tang Bo invited a young son from the inner house.

Tang Bo laughed and said, "Young Master Mao, this one is Miss Zheng whom you have been waiting for for many days."

But I saw that man, in his early twenties, with a green cloth straight skirt and a Confucian scarf, at least he was a scholar. However, looking at his face, he had a wide forehead, protruding eyebrows, a lion nose and a wide mouth, with a bit of recklessness. He was almost the same as Mao Wenlong. It was carved out of a mold.

"I've met Miss Zheng, I've met an official son. Under Mao Chengbei, following the instructions of my parents, I came to Songjiang to send Fenlan to the girl."

Mao Chengbei...

Zheng Haizhu murmured silently in his heart. According to historical records, Mao Wenlong had a son named Mao Chengdou, who was born to Mao Wenlong's concubine in Northeast China. He survived the battle of Liaoyang five or six years later and was sent back to Hangzhou to be raised by his wife.

But on the boat back to the mainland from Daishan, Mao Wenlong clearly stated that he had a son-in-law in Hangzhou, and now he is smacking the two names "Chengbei" and "Chengdou". The eldest son.

Seeing that Mao Chengbei didn't shy away from Zheng Zhilong, he directly mentioned the word "Fenlan", presumably Tang Bo had told him that he was surrounded by his own people.

Zheng Haizhu then smiled and said: "Young Master Lao Mao, let me sit down and talk about it. It just so happens that an official will often travel to various prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River in the future, and listen to the business experience together."

Mao Chengbei hurriedly came to the stone table in the courtyard to pour tea, his gestures were quite courteous.

Although he was selected as a scholar, he knows very well that there are many talents in Zhejiang. He has such aptitude, and he has not worshiped at the foot of a famous teacher. His father is not a high official in the court. Under such circumstances, it is very rare to improve his career in this province. , it is better to turn into a businessman earlier, after all, the ancestors of the Mao family were Shanxi merchants.

Therefore, this time, Miss Zheng, whom his father praised so much, Mao Chengbei intends to make friends with. Hangzhou and Songjiang are so close, maybe they can work together to manage the name and introduce their respective contacts.

After serving tea, Mao Chengbei said sincerely: "I will tell you the truth, Miss Zheng. Although my family is in Hangzhou, my family has been in decline since my grandfather, and I have always been frugal. Thanks to Miss Zheng for her advice and money, I am here to help you." I have seen a lot of high-quality silk goods."

With that said, he took out the baggage he was carrying and opened it for Zheng Haizhu to see.

It is two pieces of soft and beautiful material, one is jacquard and the other is plain.

Zheng Haizhu has modern people's basic understanding of textile fabrics, and has lived in the south of the Yangtze River where there are so many beautiful things in silk and satin. He has already seen the way of two kinds of materials.

She twisted the corners of the material and told Zheng Zhilong: "Look, this is Hang Jin, this is Hang Luo. Hangzhou was once the capital city of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the flower book that came down, the water pattern and flowers and plants have the legacy of the painting academy of the Southern Song Dynasty, which is simple and quiet. Hangluo is also a skill passed down from the Song Dynasty. It is as light as a cloud and as thin as a cicada's wing, but it is not transparent at all, and its fastness is enough. , it may not be easy to tear apart."

Zheng Zhilong looked at it attentively, while Mao Chengbei praised: "Miss Zheng is indeed an expert. My father said that there are no more than three types of people in Liaodong who know the goods and can afford silk. One is the official scroll of the Ming Dynasty, and the other two are The nobles of Mongolia and Li Dynasty. Hang Jin made spring and autumn clothes, and Hang Luo made summer skirts. When the goods arrived in Liaoyang last year, before the heavy snow closed the road, merchants from Mongolia and Li Dynasty bought a lot first. In the twelfth lunar month, Liaoyang The few important people in the family want to reward their subordinates and buy New Year's goods for their female students, and they are all in one go."

After Zheng Haizhu heard it, he was half excited and half regretful: "Look, Mr. Mao, I told your father at that time that such a great team of Huizhou merchants dumped our cotton cloth in Songjiang and traveled more by land to the capital. Crossing the sea from Dengzhou to Liaodong, after all, is close to Jianzhou Jurchen, and there is money to be made in Taiping, so why take risks. But General Mao doesn’t have to be afraid of these, so this business is really worth doing. It’s a pity this time , the cost is less."

Mao Chengbei thought she was implying that earning money should not be shabby, so he hurriedly said: "Miss Zheng, it's the first time my father is not a small business, so I have to take care of it for the master of the government, the chief military officer, and several generals first. Therefore, half of the 3000 taels of silver and the 4000 taels of earnings have been donated. Although my family has been struggling for decades, I am poor, and I will never cheat on girls in this matter."

Zheng Haizhu was taken aback, and then waved his hand: "Young Master Mao, you are too worried. If I were the kind of petty man who loves to be suspicious, how could I have given the capital to your father without hesitation?"

Turning to Tang Bo again, he said, "Thank you Tang Bo, can you give me a pen and paper."

Tang Bo took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, added water and ground the ink, Zheng Haizhu took the pen, first drew a crooked line of the eastern border of the Ming Empire on the paper, then estimated the approximate distance, and drew the Liaodong Peninsula, Korea, Japan Hirado, Songjiang There are seven circles including the Mansion of Hangzhou, the Mansion of Hangzhou, Daishan Island and Taiwan Island.

"Mr. Mao, younger brother of an official, since he is a businessman, there is no one who does not want to expand his business. Look at this picture, Liaodong, North Korea, General Mao is familiar with it, Hirado, Daishan, Taiwan, Brother Yan is familiar with it, and the latter two are already familiar. It is his territory. Songjiang Mansion has me and Yiguan, and Hangzhou Mansion has Mr. Mao. Mr. Mao is a man of fame and fame. Although Yiguan is the youngest, he grew up in Macau and has more experience than many old Jianghu. What about me? , luckily, I made some friends in Songjiang Mansion."

Zheng Haizhu paused, and said word by word: "We can open a large maritime business like the Hongyi people's East India Trading Company."