At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was a feudal town, but in Western Europe

Chapter 362 Frank is out of oil and water to fish

After sending Ruben Abby away, Feng Sen originally wanted to continue to correct the notebook, but he lost his mind. He called Wei Xunzhi and asked him to find out the schedule he had made before and review it again.

The Danube trade route this time is one of Feng Sen's core plans.

The main reason is that there are poor ghosts here in Western Europe, and there is no money to fish for.

At this time, the lack of precious metals in Western Europe seriously affected Feng Sen's triangular trade and economic strength, and many scheduled plans were delayed again and again.

At present, Saxony's main products, apart from the bulk commodity trade produced by the West Britain Company, are white paper and beer with the highest profits.

In terms of white paper, Abbas has obtained the paper craftsmen of Datang, who can make paper of good quality, and Abbas also has the advantage of shipping.

In the white paper market, Feng Sen definitely couldn't squeeze out the Arab businessmen, and opened up the market for them in vain.

Beer, like wool, is more expensive, but after all, it takes the route of bulk transactions, and the transportation cost is too high, so there is no profit.

Moreover, in order to gain the title of the Teutonic Knights and win over the relationship with the Church of Rome, Feng Sen has already transferred the beer recipe, and maybe he will have to fight a price war with the Pope.

The disadvantages in transportation doomed Feng Sen's Danube trade to take a less and better route, which meant that it must be a luxury trade. What is the most valuable luxury in this era?

Just look at what is the most expensive commodity in the Mediterranean.

For the common people, the daily goods are full food and warm clothes, and for the nobles, the daily goods are silk, seasonings and perfume to cover body odor.

Feng Sen wants to export to Byzantium, mainly divided into two categories, peppermint essential oil, sachets, and embroidery with perfume as his flagship product, and iron pan and butter with soy sauce as his flagship product.

Taking perfume as an example, the cost of a bottle of perfume is about one gold coin, while the cost of a sachet is about one and a half solida. If sold, the profit is ten times or even nine times.

Raw materials and commodities from East and Central Asia were purchased from Byzantium, raw materials such as musk, cumin and other spices were left behind, and various local flowers were used to make perfume.

Then resell it back, come and go, the precious metal hard currency sucked away by the Hagia Sophia and the pilgrimage will flow back to Feng Sen's hands again.

Based on the current output of the perfume workshop, the monthly output is about 100 bottles. After removing those transportation and various factors, the profit per bottle is about 7 solidas, so the monthly income is 700 solidas, and the annual income is 8400 solidas.

But this is not the limit of Feng Sen. According to the current speed of the perfume workshop, the production can be increased by 50 to 100 bottles per year. If the perfume process does not require fine operators, this production can still increase.

Moreover, luxury goods such as perfume and sachets are in demand, whether it is the Arabs of the Abbasids or the Greek nobles of Byzantium. In the case of crushing quality, Seris sachets are definitely a seller's market.

Under ideal circumstances, with the current Byzantine and Arabian market demand, by the third year, the income of 25000 solida can be reached.

It’s ridiculous to say that the amount of woolen sold to commoners is ten times and a hundred times that of perfume. It took almost three years to sell it to earn 2 solidars, while the perfume sold to nobles can neither fill the stomach nor keep warm. The amount of hundreds of bottles per year can be exchanged for a net income of 25000 solidars.

In addition to the perfume that robbed Byzantium and Abbas of their big money, Feng Sen can also use it to be a second-hand dealer, such as all kinds of silk, which he cannot produce by himself.

Feng Sen wanted to raise silkworms in Saxony, but the silkworms brought by the refugees basically died of illness within a few days, and it was too late to rescue them.

Embroidery is also high-end clothing in Europe, and its value is quite high. Among the refugees from Chang'an, there are many very powerful embroiderers who work for the government and even the royal family, but Feng Sen has talents but no raw materials.

It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Wouldn't it be great to import silk through this Danube trade route, make high-end clothing and embroidery in Hamburg, hang the brand of Seris, and sell it to the Frankish interior?

However, the trade route of the Danube is divided into several sections, and each section has problems that need to be solved. The first section is in Bohemia, which may be invaded by Moravia or Sorbs.

The second section is on the upper Danube and is easily disturbed by the Avars.

The third section is located in the lower reaches of the Danube, in the Balkans, which is easily interfered by the Bulgars.

Three barriers and one card, no matter how big the profit is, the card is gone.

Therefore, in order to smooth the trade route, Feng Sen must deal with the Sorbs and the Moravians in turn. This is fairly simple. The Avars now have a tribe, and they can take advantage of Charlie's attack on Avar in the future.

It was the Bulgars, and Feng Sen was beyond his reach. The historical Bulgar riots were not resolved until the death of Irina, so either he had to wait until the Avars were conquered, and let the Avars organize a war to kill the Bulgars, or they could only cooperate with them.

However, the perfume trade is not well-known at present, at least for two or three years, these people will not come to make trouble.

After this trade route is laid to Junbao, another problem will be faced, and that is the problem of sales channels.

The local guilds and merchants in Constantinople are not easy to mess with, so it is inevitable to cooperate with the locals.

Tarasios, who is currently highly regarded by Queen Irina, is of course a choice, but he is too official.

What Feng Sen needs is someone who is more independent, more eager for power, and more potential for the future to cooperate.

So, before Bolenus set off, Feng Sen gave him a name: "Nikephoros".

Feng Sen dared to say that this is an investment with a very high return. If he remembers correctly, he should still serve in the Anatolian army.

As the most authentic (true) old Anatolian, maybe among the Anatolian refugees who immigrated to Hamburg, there are relatives of the future emperor.

With the opening of this business route, the economic income comes second, and the most important is political income.

You must know that at this time, the Western European economy is in decline, and the development cannot be achieved. Apart from religious factors, the most important thing is the vicious circle caused by the loss of currency.

The main reason for the lack of precious metal currency is that the Arabs and Byzantines controlled the Mediterranean, which is a fundamental contradiction.

Although Feng Sen can't get through the sea trade, can't he get through the land trade?

As long as the Danube trade can get through, such a gap in the western European manor will bring political benefits that will be far higher than economic benefits.

You know, Vienna and Austria in later generations developed on this trade line.

As the saying goes, the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. The benefits of this trade line are enough to make the nobles along the line twist together.

If it were someone else, such as Duke Heideson, I'm afraid they really couldn't play like this.

But in Saxony, Feng Sen has full power, and he can issue a franchise to himself to monopolize the perfume trade.

Of course, emotional intelligence is still required, and Charlie must have a share of these perfumes and benefits.

After closing the plan, Feng Sen leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated for a long time, then stood up and said to Wei Xunzhi, "Let's go and see the Eight Banners."

Chapter 363 Feng Sen said that this is pure slander!

"...When you get close, the man has a wooden shield in his hand. You can't cut with a waist knife. Even if you use a knife to chop, you must remember to use seven parts of the force and leave three parts of the force. You must not cut through it." Little Hans sat on the green grass, surrounded by a circle of banners and coats.

"Boss Han, why is this?" a bannerman asked.

Little Hans is not what he used to be now. At this time, Little Hans is already guarding Quanqianhu in Ahrensburg, and he was given a Korean character for his surname.

Coincidentally, he had beheaded a few heads in the Battle of Eupolite before, and later climbed first in the Battle of Villetti, and his credit was barely enough.

Little Hans originally wanted to take off his flag and enter the government, but it happened that the guard of Repp Qianhu in Ahrensburg was transferred to Dessau to replace Abramovich, and set about forming a new Frankish Qianhu.

As for Abu himself, he was urged by Feng Sen to rob Mercia. Because Abu's management ability is not high, the Dessau Thousand Households Office is the worst among the Thousand Households Offices.

Since there was room for promotion in the Eight Banners, little Hans didn't go to the Fubing, and finally took the seat of Quanqianhu as the old Hamburger.

After all, if he is going to Fubing now, he has to start from scratch.

If a thousand households were to enter the government with the post of guard, but with a rank of honor and the power to lead troops, it would be better to be promoted, of course he would choose the latter.

The bearded Hans (Little Hans) laughed, and picked up a temporary cork shield from the ground beside him: "I'll demonstrate it to everyone, and you'll understand. Who wants to come?"

"Me." Bjorn immediately raised his hand. The boy who was beaten and screamed by Feng Hansi in the summer camp is also 17 years old this year.

A thick and short beard grew on his face, and his originally immature face became even rougher. His height has reached about 1.7 meters [-], which is considered tall in this era.

In the previous Battle of Thuringia, Bjorn beheaded two people in the battle, and after accumulating enough credit, he was promoted from Bannerman Yu Ding to Bannerman.

In accordance with the principle that Yu Ding, the bannerman, could not carry the flag in the guard, Bjorn was transferred to the Stade Thousand Households of the North Saxon guard.

Niu Zhihao (Dick), the original Stadt Qianhusuo, was transferred to Villetti as the south Villetti guard. The new Stadtqianhusuo is Abu's son Yingyu, who was promoted from the Dessau Qianhusuo with his merits.

Under the yelling and applause of the rest of the bannermen, Bjorn came onto the stage. He held a waist knife and tightened his waist and abdomen.

Sawdust flew horizontally, and the blade even penetrated into the shield as deep as a palm.

Hans, on the other hand, was not in a hurry, hummed lightly, twisted the shield with his arm, and twisted the blade inserted into the shield in the opposite direction, and Bjorn's body was deflected to one side.

Bjorn stepped forward with his right foot and wanted to pull out the waist knife. Hans was still relaxed and freehand. With his left arm leaning inward, the shield tilted, and he used the gap and torque to clamp the boy's knife again. The next second, he stretched out his foot and kicked Bjorn in the chest.

Bjorn had already lost his balance in this twist and tug, and this kick directly caused him to lose his center of gravity and his body topple over.

But after all, it was a life-and-death situation, Bjorn reacted quickly, put his right hand on the ground, rolled suddenly, and stood up again.

Glancing at the young man with some surprise, Hans smiled to the bannermen below: "Did you see that? If it were on the battlefield, when you deflected your body for the first time, you would have already been sent two short spears and an axe.

In addition, it is not a good idea to draw a knife in this situation. The best way is to let go and retreat. Your companions will protect you, and the soldiers in the second row behind will fill your vacancy in time.

After you get to the third and fourth rows, the logistics soldiers responsible for carrying the spare weapons will deliver the weapons. If it’s really not possible, you can just find someone to borrow an off-hand weapon, which is definitely better than suddenly dying and showing a gap. "

"I see."

"Is there still this?"

"Han Laowu, then tell me, what do you use if you don't need a waist knife?" asked a Qi Ding.

"A long ax can hook a shield, and a long spear can penetrate through the gaps. If those masters of the government soldiers would swing it away with iron bones, or lure it away with spear flowers."

Speaking of this, Hans sighed sincerely, "What's more, even if you don't care about it, when you hit it together, the shield can't stop it.

And the commander-in-chief is even more like a demon god, with a Mo knife and a mace, wherever he goes, no matter what shield and heavy armor you have, everything is like paper. "

"Hey, that's the truth. When Jieshuai and I fought Siegfried back then, you didn't look at it. There was such a long knife mark on Jieshuai's arm, and it scabbed in the blink of an eye. After another seven or eight days, there will be a faint scar on that arm. You can't see it unless you look carefully."

"I saw it with my own eyes. When fighting against the rebels of Eupolite, Jieshuai held a Modao alone, and killed those Wende people by himself. The head rolled behind the commander like a wave."

"It's so scary! It's so scary!"

"Like the heavenly father descending on the son of God, he is really the god of Tai Sui in the world."

Feng Sen couldn't help but laugh when he saw that the good tactical summary and discussion of the battle history turned into a personal praise meeting for himself.

Ever since he discovered that the pseudo-banners who whipped himself every day were prevalent in the Eight Banners, Feng Sen began to pay attention to the spiritual civilization construction of these bannermen.

In addition to letting these bannermen discuss war history and tactics together at regular intervals, they also created a mobile storyteller who went to various places to talk about Feng Sen's version of "Three Kingdoms" every once in a while, which suppressed the commotion in the Eight Banners.

However, this also brought about a side effect. These Eight Banners began to worship Guan Gong and worship Feng Sen himself, but Feng Sen was happy to see the results. As long as there were no troubles, he would accept it, not to mention that this was a good aspect.

But now this scene made him blush a little.

"Let's take a look at the bannermen training in the distance."

"Here." Lu Rengong Huward immediately led Feng Sen to the other side.

Beside a small pond is a large school field, where nearly a hundred teenagers of all sizes are training by the pond.

"One, two, one, two."

The chant was neat, and amidst the sound of the instructor's lessons, the new bannermen lined up neatly and ran along the school field under the scorching sun.

On the other side, some bannermen who couldn't turn their heads around were still practicing formation and turning left and right. The instructors held wooden sticks and beat their buttocks when they turned the wrong way.

Many of these banner boys were beaten and cried. They basically practiced while crying, and some even tried to escape, but it was useless. The instructor would bring him back, tie them to a special cross, and continue to practice in formation and turn left and right.

Many of the instructors back then were child soldiers, but they are not anymore.

At that time, the first batch of children from the Hamburg Academy basically graduated. Some entered the army as Kongmu officials, some entered the shogunate as minor officials, and some entered Nie Yinniang's Brocade Department. Everyone has a bright future.

During this period of time, Nie Yinniang's Brocade Clothes Department was in charge, Li Baojing's Audit Office was in charge, and the officials under them were basically this group of former child soldiers.

Most of them were born as orphans. They studied and grew up with veterans and Feng Sen since they were young. Their loyalty is much higher than that of ordinary officials, and their methods are much more iron-blooded.

Chapter 364 Military Aircraft Office and Zhechong Mansion

The water of the Leine River tumbles forward, dragonflies flit across the river, scaring away a group of perch, and the blue mountains send a gust of refreshing wind into the collars of pedestrians.

The jasper-like grass was covered with a delicate carpet of flowers, star-spotted white anemones and pink wild roses, leaning on them, and a few purple wild alfalfas also exuding an elegant floral fragrance under the blazing sun.

If there is a poet here, I am afraid that he will write a lot of good poems, and if he is sentimental, he may have to bury flowers.

It's a pity that the people who rest here in the beautiful scenery are a group of big men riding horses. Not to mention enjoying the flowers and scenery, there are some who directly step on the flowers and even spit on the ground.

Seven or eight government soldiers led their horses, and under the leadership of Zhechong Xiaowei Shi Jingfeng, they found a cool place everywhere, drank cold water, and began to eat lunch.

The government soldiers found an open space everywhere, sat down, untied the forehead wipes on their heads, took out towels and water bags, wiped off sweat, and drank water.

Unbuttoning the front, the Fubing exposed his chest covered with chest hair, letting the cool wind through the forest pass by his skin, relieving his hot flesh and blood.

Their current position is the official road of Hanover. These warriors are all from Zhechong Mansion in Salzgitter. This time they came to Hanover to buy some goods and slaves.

As Fubing, most of these people have black hair and black eyes, and the only one among them is not blond, probably Bue, and now his name is Bue.

After making enough meritorious service, Bue chose Fubing between being promoted and Fubing. After serving in Fuqian for a year, Bue successfully passed the assessment and officially became a member of Fubing.

At this time, there were quite a few Hu people in the Tang Dynasty. Although these Han soldiers were somewhat alienated from Bue, they did not discriminate against or isolate them.

"Lieutenant Shi, how long until we arrive in Hanwei? We set off from Tieling, it will be almost two hours?" Bue wiped the sweat from his armpits with a towel, "It's not hot, but the sun is too strong gone."

Because Salzgitter's name is too difficult to pronounce, coupled with the fact that there are mountains and iron production in the area, the government soldiers simply named it Tieling, and Hanwei is Hannover, which was changed for the same reason.

Shi Jingfeng gnawed on wheat cakes in the clear water, without raising his head: "There are still more than three hours to go, the sun is not too strong."