Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1366 Friends, friends

  Fang Jifan read the letter and couldn't help beaming with joy: "This guy Wang Xizuo is really capable, haha... When he comes back, I will reward him with dozens of acres of land."

  Fang Jifan finished speaking, but encountered another problem.

  Visiting delegation…

  How to entertain?

  I don’t know Francophone.

   Only a few words of hello and good touch you.

  He was silent for a long time, and when he saw Zhu Houzhao who was eager to try, he was amused: "Your Highness, there is something that I have to ask His Royal Highness to do."

   "What are you doing?" Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan warily.

  Fang Jifan said conveniently: "His Royal Highness is well versed in the past and the present, and knows the languages ​​of all countries. It is really remarkable."

Zhu Houzhao's vigilance gradually eased, and he said happily: "It's nothing. I only learned a dozen kinds. Although it is unprecedented, it is expected that future generations will finally know one or two cats and dogs. This palace is just in case."

Fang Jifan said: "Now there are a group of Frangji people coming, His Royal Highness is a noble person, it is time to let them feel at home, if His Royal Highness can take them to play and take a walk, that would be great .”

  Ordinary people go to entertain, Fang Jifan is not at ease.

   These people owe themselves money.

   It is the uncle who owes money.

   These guys, if they go back to Frangji and chop up their debt agent Wang Xizuo, who will they turn to?

   As for myself, my temper is a bit grumpy, but His Royal Highness is different. He is very proficient in such things as eating, drinking and having fun.

  Zhu Houzhao said, "So it's such a trivial matter, why don't I give it a try, but what are you going to do?"

   "I have to prepare a memorial immediately, and sort out the information from Frangji, so that I can report to His Majesty. Your Majesty attaches great importance to the Northern Province. It is no small matter. I am afraid that there will be another discussion between the courts."

   "Leave it to Ben Gong." Zhu Houzhao seemed very happy.

   Seeing that Zhu Houzhao agreed so happily, Fang Jifan began to doubt his life... Generally speaking, the more straightforward the Crown Prince, the greater the chance of accidents.

But on Fang Jifan's side, he was really thinking about how to digest the news from Frangji. Next, the DPRK and China would be fighting with each other again. The northern province was a fulcrum for the Ming Dynasty's strategy and strategy Frangji. A northern province thousands of miles away is nothing, but what matters is Daming's Franji national policy, which is not easy.

  …

  Zile and the visiting delegation landed from Tianjin.

  As soon as they arrived in Tianjin, they were shocked by the scene before them.

   This is a harbor much larger than the port in Northern Province.

   After that, before they could stay, a carriage carried them into the heart of Daming.

   Along the way, they saw villages everywhere, and the road was constantly flowing. Even... in the distance, they could see huge steel monsters whimpering and galloping.

  This visit is more of a certain degree of helplessness.

  It's like the French made peace with the Ottomans in order to break the siege of the Kingdom of Spain.

  This time...the reason why they came to Daming was because they had to seek outside help after the rebellion.

   Ziller is a nobleman. His family background can be traced back to the Western Roman Empire. His family has always been in the northern province, and has a certain relationship with the royal family of France.

   It's just... Ziller, like all Dutch nobles, not only hates the rulers of Spain, but also is quite wary of the Kingdom of France.

Since the war between Britain and France, the king of France has taken an absolute advantage. In the territory of the Kingdom of France, he has begun to abolish the power of the nobles, turning countless territories into provinces directly under the king's direct control. This has greatly strengthened the power of the French royal family and made France The royal family has become the most powerful royal family in Europe, but it also caused many nobles to complain.

   Now... many hearts have settled down.

  They sensed that the governor was not deceiving himself.

  When they arrived in the capital... they were even more shocked by this huge city with a population of more than one million.

  They saw contiguous residential areas, criss-crossing streets, and countless horses and horses. Compared with it, even the largest city in the Northern Province was more like a village.

  They arrived at a place, and then a nobleman greeted them with many followers.

  This person was wearing very decent clothes and a unique crown on his head, and said: "Do you know French, Spanish, or English."

   This is Spanish.

   The visiting group, you look at me, I look at you.

  They all speak Spanish.

  But out of disgust for the Spaniards, Ziller said: "We all know French."

  Then, the person's language began to switch: "That's great, my palace also likes to speak French the most, is that what I said? Could it be that you have listened, and there are obstacles."

  This noble man who claims to be the Palace obviously speaks with a very strong accent, but...he speaks clearly, and there is no obstacle to communication.

   This person is of course Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao continued: "Duke Qi has something to do. In the past two days, let me take you for a walk and have a look."

   Qi Le and others did not know the identity of Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to talk.

He took people with him and began to tour the capital, from the school, to the hospital, to the theater, and even...the steam engine station, the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, a garden between Linlin Xincheng and the Fifth Ring Road, and various workshops .

   Ziller's eyes almost went straight.

  He can neither imagine that a city can accommodate such a huge population, nor can he imagine how much productivity such a huge city can bring.

  He was looking at flowers on horseback, but it was more like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

   Immediately afterwards, he was even taken by Zhu Houzhao to visit a newly built mansion. This is a five-story building, a red brick house, with cement paved inside. After the cement was leveled, a layer of paint was applied.

  The weather is a bit cold, and there is heating in the house. People are reluctant to come out after entering the house.

  This is a new building, not far from the sales office.

  There seemed to be a lot of people, people crowded at the sales door, sweating profusely, all shouting for something.

   Ziller and others are puzzled.

  Then, the salesman came to Zhu Houzhao respectfully and said something. Qi Le didn't hold back. He waited for the people to leave before he looked at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Excellency, what is this?"

  Everything here is fresh and exciting.

  The size of the city here is even dozens of times larger than that of Paris.

  Many facilities are the first time they have seen them.

  Zhu Houzhao said: "Someone came to buy a house. They robbed too much and made a lot of noise. Unfortunately, it was sold out. Those who didn't buy it had to be scolded."

   Ziller and the others looked at each other.

  Buying a house...property...Can it be sold like this?

   This reminded them of tulips, which was how they were robbed back then.

   "Your Excellency...I think...the popularity of real estate may not be a good thing."

   "Who said that?" Zhu Houzhao looked at Qi Le with a smile.

   Ziller is very serious: "This property is just bricks and stones, no matter how beautiful it is, it will not be snatched."

  Zhu Houzhao stood on the window sill, pointing out the window: "The house is built of earth and wood, does it cost?"

   Ziller is happy to discuss this issue with Zhu Houzhao.

  What Zhu Houzhao said made them nod subconsciously.

  Zhu Houzhao then said again: "Look, if you live here, the way out is the way. Is this way money?"

   Everyone looked at the straight road below, Zi Le was the first to nod: "Yes, such a road can provide a lot of convenience."

"Look in the distance, the chimney is the workshop, the workshop is the work, and the two streets next to it are the school, there is the hospital, and the house is more than a place to shelter from the wind and rain. A family of young and old studying, entertaining, and working, take a look..."

Zhu Houzhao ordered someone to take the map: "This is where we are. Have you noticed that if you sell a piece of land here, one piece is missing? This is a good place, not to mention, it only costs a dozen taels of silver. You can buy the house, how can there be such a good thing in the world."

   Ziller and others were shocked.

   More than a dozen taels of silver.

  They roughly, have already understood the value of the Ming currency.

   This is equivalent to four Spanish gold coins.

  Four Spanish gold coins are worth a lot, but they are not too much for the visiting group. Even after going through a crisis, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse...

so cheap?

   "Because Xishan Bank provided a loan with an extremely low interest rate. Guess what it is? It's only five points..."

  Hoo...

  The accompanying businessmen of the visiting group exclaimed.

Europe's current lending is still in a very primitive stage, banks have not yet appeared, and as for loans, most of them are private loans of Jewish people, but the interest is terrible, five points, this is already a good man, inflation It has always existed, whether it is Europe or Ming Dynasty, if it is a Jewish merchant, their interest rate may be more than five times.

  People looked at Zhu Houzhao in surprise.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "It only takes a few dozen taels of silver to live here comfortably, isn't it a loss? Look at this house, the security is very good, and there are special management personnel below, cleaning up the garbage every day, every day There are special huts on each floor, and...you see...there is heating here, look at the glass windows..."

  Zhu Houzhao talked about the advantages of this house with relish.

   Ziller and the others started whispering again. At this time, they gradually began to understand some of the reasons why those people robbed the house.

  Tulip...that is a fruit, but Zhaizi...seems...does have its value.

  People stood on the windowsill on the fifth floor, looking out of the window. There was also a market on the street below. The market was full of cars and horses, and it was extremely noisy.

  Ziler sighed in his heart, if at the beginning... he bought real estate instead of those tulips, maybe... his situation would not be so bad.

But…

  It seems that the land and real estate in Northern Province itself does not seem to have much value.

  (end of this chapter)