open sea

Chapter 1311
Ying Ming thinks that Wei Si is a good kid, although he has nothing but his ability to be serious except his ability to ride and shoot.

No, it's only been two days since the England Levant and the Mexican merchant group were handed over to him. He brought along a servant of Alan, and the two of them led the horse and headed into the city of Puli, which no one knew, and then came back. Things are starting to take shape.

He brought back to Ying Ming a Chinese-Spanish-English trilingual investigation report on the business routes of the two companies.

It's amazing.

Ying Ming felt that this matter was miraculous inside and out. His little servant Wei Si was a semi-literate man in this era.

Listening, speaking, reading and writing, he can speak the official dialect of Beizhili, and because he learned riding and archery in his early years, he can also speak a few out-of-tone Mongolian. In addition, he needs to master Japanese, Western, Portuguese and Asian The indigenous people can't speak any language, and they can't understand English at all.

Writing is even worse. When I was a child, I learned less than [-] Chinese characters, and now I almost forget them. Except for the words on the leaf board, I basically know 'pawn shop', 'tavern', 'so-and-so building', 'huang' Torii and flags are common in neighborhoods such as the Ming Dynasty, but they don't know any languages ​​in overseas countries, let alone Latin.

The report in three languages ​​was written by many people, but Wei Jinzhong didn't have any ink.

The most important thing is that this kid is also a native of Daming, without the slightest foundation in England, and it only took two days to complete this matter.

"General, the villain knows what's going on with their merchant group. The British and Yi kingdoms are small and weak, and they only make money from trade, but they have a bad reputation in Europe. For example, Xiyi and Fayi don't want to talk to them, only the Netherlands , um...the villain also made a picture, where did that person tell me?"

Wei Si ran out of the tent like a gust of wind, took out the leather scroll from the side of the bow bag, took it back and unfolded it, pointed to the location on the picture and scratched his head, saying: "It seems to be here, anyway, it's right in the east, Netherlands."

"You mean France. This picture is rough enough. The Netherlands is here."

Ying Ming corrected Wei Si's concept of geography, thinking about whether to send his family's stuffed ship to Beiyang for refurbishment, but it was quite clever, but this knowledge was as crude as the map in his hand.

"Yes, yes, the general knows a lot, and the villain also remembers that he came here, and he traded with them in this place, but they produced little, only woolen fabrics, and soon they made more woolen fabrics, which could not be sold in the Netherlands. , They are interesting, the main source of treasury is tariffs."

"With less tariffs, we couldn't sustain it. Later, the Netherlands went to war again, so we had to find a new home. Many businessmen died on the way to find another home."

"Their businessmen are not like us. Rich merchants and wealthy businessmen go out to sea with a dozen boats at a time. It is not easy for them to have a small boat. Going to sea is like sending them to death. When there are too many dead people, they figure out that one person can't do it, so they join forces. "

Wei Si's phrase "combined buddies" refers to the joint-stock system. In the Ming Dynasty, merchants who have all the wealth and goods are called buddies. Some merchants work together, and some are rich. People regardless of their status, from the wealthy eunuchs to the squires who are bold enough to support pirates, all like this.

"They are also government-issued tickets. Merchants who have partnered with the Queen asked the Queen to allow them to go to other places for trade. The earliest guys went to Moscow, so people call the guys on the route approved by the Queen the Moscow Merchant Group."

Saying that, Wei Sile was happy, and pointed to the right side of the map and said: "Remember, this villain, here, the only part that is not outside this map is Moscow, England is a small border island, and Moscow is even more poor, there are not only troublesome people there , and a mink."

"Fur can be sold at a high price in Europa. According to the law, only nobles can wear fur cloaks. However, there are also rich people who secretly buy and wear them. The value is extremely high. They almost killed all fur animals they could find. Moscow has this , the price is still cheap, the two sides hit it off, and even let Moscow kill the little beasts running in the woods."

"Moscow wanted to find more furs, so it went to war with others. When the war broke out, the British and barbarians sold long guns, short guns, and gunpowder. They didn't use it themselves. They traded furs with the Muscovites at a high price. That's right, general."

Speaking of this, Wei Si frowned, and responded mysteriously to Ming: "I heard that Moscow is full of Tatars, isn't it not far from ours?"

"Tartar, Oara?"

Ying Ming frowned when he received this information. In his mind, the vast land between Moscow and Oara on the world map was suddenly shrunk and pieced together. He waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."

"Yes!"

"This route has made Yingyi a lot of money. Up to now, more and more businessmen have joined forces. The furs that come in every year are processed and sold to the princes and nobles of the Yi. A good quality can be worth hundreds of gold. It is the largest fur in the Yingyi royal family. source of income; the Levantine businessmen will not."

"Don't look at the Queen's investment of [-] pounds. Now it has been established for three years and loses money every year. The Ottomans seem to be under the jurisdiction of our Western Army. They went to Daming Port, which traded with Seville. The two countries are at war. The West The Chinese warship saw the British ship and sank it."

"Moreover, the villain also heard that when they passed the coast of the West Country, their merchant ships hung the sun and moon flag and pretended to be our ship. No one stopped Daming's ship at sea. They put the flag on the ship again at Daming Port and paid taxes."

When Wei Si said this, his expression was as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and said: "I heard people say that other places outside the city thought that the incident was brought to light when we called here, and they complained about me saying that we are very bright, so they borrowed a flag. "

Hearing what Wei Jinzhong said, and reading the reports in three languages, Ying Ming had a general understanding of England's foreign trade, but he really didn't expect that the Levant route would be ruined before he got involved. .

On the contrary, the Moscow route and the dumping of furs to Europe are indeed profitable—Muye has a large amount of beaver, bear, fox, and mink fur, and the Ming immigrants there also have extremely high skills in fur and fur making. As long as things are shipped over, they can be exchanged for a large amount of supplies. There is only one problem in the middle.

He has to cut off the England line first.

Thinking of this, Commander Ying sniffled, raised his head and asked Wei Jinzhong: "It took a lot of hard work to get these things, how did you get them, and why do you have such a big... smell of powder?"

"Hey, I'm afraid it will spoil the general's ears if I say it. The villain has made some friends in the city. The Tuyi language is written by the city people, the Xiyi language is written by the soldiers, and our characters are written by the merchants. It’s written, it’s nothing confidential, and it’s not difficult to get these.”

Wei Si thought about it, and finally decided not to tell the general that he slept in the brothel for two days and one night, and said: "The villain has a good friend in the city, and he helped."

A good friend in a brothel is also a good friend, right?

(End of this chapter)