I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 734 The Value of Milk Tea

How many times has she been blessed by God to be so lucky to stand in front of her intact.

Not to mention, how she survived more than a year of drifting at sea.

Just talking about how she survived in Daming for more than half a year is already surprising enough.

Such a girl with perfect luck, good looks and courage has once again subverted Li Tian's cognition of the human beings who bravely chase their dreams in this era!
She is like a shining star in the dark age, making the entire Daming Palace brighter.

Of course, this is indeed an exaggeration.

But in Li Tian's eyes, Sophia's feat is no worse than those legendary navigators, such as Magellan, Columbus, and Zheng He.

Since she is just a girl in her early twenties, this alone has already beaten those navigators who have left a great reputation in history.

Although Sophia took a ride with Zheng He's fleet and got a lot of money along the way, it was enough for Li Tian to re-recognize this unusual girl with a critical eye.

Seeing that her mouth was a little parched, Li Tian hurriedly ordered someone to bring her twice as much steaming milk tea.

"Sophia, take a break first, let's talk about forming an alliance, and try my Daming's specialty milk tea first!"

Under Sophia's surprised eyes, an eunuch brought a cup of milk tea with a lot of impurities in a crystal clear glass to her.

Sofia was quite shocked when she first saw that they actually used glass that was still hyped as an additive in Europe to hold drinks.

"Oh my God, this is too extravagant. Isn't it too wasteful to use such a pure glass cup to hold things? Such a good-looking glass cup is worth a lot even in Europe!"

But she thought about it again, maybe Li Tian showed respect for her as a princess, so she used such a precious glass cup to hold drinks for her.

She took the glass carefully and looked at it carefully. The glass in her hand looked like milk, but not quite like a drink.

Seeing the brown, white and other ball-like things of different colors floating inside, she instinctively thought that those were not good things.

But the strange fragrance she could smell made her want to try it.

"This is Daming's palace, and this thing is the other side's emperor, so it shouldn't be a bad thing if it was given to me!"

She hesitated for a moment, and took a sip carefully.

The movements were cautious and stiff, as if drinking a glass of poison, and deliberately avoided those small ball-like things.

However, when the silky milk and rich flavors like tea and cane sugar flowed into her air, it was as if her taste buds were reopened.

The whole person seemed to be floating, as if he was in a sea of ​​lubricated milk.

"My God, what is this, it's so delicious!"

While speaking in a vague tone, she raised her head and drank heavily.

Now she no longer intentionally avoids those balls.

When the pearls made of sweet potato, banana, or yam powder came into the mouth, she tasted several different flavors besides milk tea.

Originally, there were only two flavors of milk tea, but the layers suddenly became complex and rich.

She couldn't help crying out comfortably.

"Delicious, this is simply the peerless delicacy God bestowed on mankind."

"My dear His Majesty the Ming Emperor, what did you just say this thing is called!"

Li Tian smiled and introduced to her again,
"It's called milk tea, and it's a drink made from milk and tea leaves... According to different people's tastes, there are sweet, slightly sour, and other flavors!"

Sophia, who is both a navigator and a shrewd businessman, immediately understood the value of this small cup of drink just by listening to it.

She said to Li Tian with an excited and excited tone,
"His Majesty the Emperor Ming, can you sell me the formula of this milk tea? I am willing to pay you one thousand...ah no, five thousand gold coins!"

Hearing Sophia's words, Li Tian smiled unkindly.

In this era, gold coins, silver coins and copper coins were generally used as the main currency in Europe.

Among them, due to the different casting techniques and sizes of each country, the exchange ratio of silver coins and copper coins is also different.

But there is one thing that is similar, and that is the size and weight of the gold coin.

Calculated by the most widely circulated gold coins.

At that time, a gold coin weighed about five grams, which was equivalent to two tenths of two Ming's gold.

It is about equal to one tael of silver, but considering the scarcity of gold, this conversion ratio may be much higher.

It is more reasonable to calculate that one gold coin is approximately equal to one and a half silver.

Sophia said that she was willing to exchange 500 gold coins for the formula of milk tea, which meant that she was willing to exchange [-] taels of silver for this formula.

It stands to reason that the price is not too small.

It is probably the highest price Sophia can afford, and it is even possible that the money has already been her entire net worth.

But Li Tian knows that in the capital city alone, milk tea can sell at least two or three thousand cups of tea a day. If calculated on this basis, it is only a few thousand taels.

Even if he agreed to the deal, with Sophia's situation, it was impossible for her to get so much money.

He shook his head slightly and said,

"It's not that I'm not willing to sell this formula, nor is it that Princess Sophia's bid is too low! You need to know where you are now, even if you bought the formula, what can you do? This is Daming, not yours. Hometown!

Isn't the most important thing you should think about now is how to go home! "

Having said this, Sophia was stunned for a moment.

Only then did she realize that although she bore the name of a princess, her fleet crew and goods were still in the hands of those hateful Arabs.

Even if I want to buy something, I still can't afford the price!
Probably thinking that she might never return to her hometown, her eyes turned red and she couldn't help sobbing.

This sudden change made everyone in the imperial study look dumbfounded.

My heart is whispering,
"What the hell was your Majesty talking to this foreign woman just now? Why did she almost jump up for a while, and then burst into tears without a license!"

Li Tian stepped forward and patted her shoulder lightly, comforting her,
"Okay, you have survived so many difficulties and obstacles, why can't you persist in such a trivial matter, you can stay in the palace for the time being, in the future when my fleet sails across the ocean, maybe you There is still a chance to go back!
At that time, I can promise you that I will give you this recipe for free! "

(End of this chapter)