I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 57 Want to go to South America

How did you get so many good things?

That's Huang Yi simply employing people without suspicion.

Take out all the gold wares, gold, silver, silver products and a little copper coins you are carrying, and let shopkeeper Li look at the quality and calculate how much silver it is worth.

Currency is more complicated these days, not only silver and gold are judged by quality, but even copper coins are good or bad. A good gold coin with six hundred coins is worth one or two silver coins, and the worst copper coin is not necessarily [-] coins. In exchange for a tael of silver.

Huang Yi doesn't know the fineness of gold and silver at all, but shopkeeper Li is an expert.

He can make a rough distinction with just a glance, and then weigh it, wipe it with a cotton cloth a few times, and bite it lightly with his teeth, and then he can give a color.

Maybe it's because shopkeeper Li wants to stay for a long time, or maybe Li's business is really based on honesty.

In Huang Yi's business, the Li family basically achieved small profits but quick turnover, and the goods that the Li family's company did not have were bought from other stores to just make errand money.

After the transaction was completed, both parties were very happy. Mr. Li specially invited Huang Yi to have a big drink. He was accompanied by Mr. Li, shopkeeper Li and two fans.

Of course, the fans were recruited from the brothels in Zhangjiakou.

Li Dong's family was in a very good mood, although he didn't let go of the head, he just released the news.

The effect is unimaginable!

If it is only for money, the highest bidder has already promised 8000 taels.

The Li family is rich, so they don't really care if they earn 5000 taels of silver.

Li Dong's family wanted to use these leaders who were second only to the "Ningjin Great Victory" to help a certain adult become a governor-level official in the frontier.

Seeing that Huang Yi was buying weapons and buying food and iron, he judged that Huang Yi was not an idler.

If Huang Yi hadn't died young, sooner or later there would be gains.

Therefore, he specially invited Huang Yi to drink flower wine to deepen his relationship.

The first meeting is for business, and most of the time is bargaining.

This time is completely different!
A few people chatted hi!
Huang Yi's knowledge and eloquence are not covered!

In the words of modern people, it is especially good at blowing!

Drinking and bragging is the favorite of Chinese people!The same is true of Dongjia Li and shopkeeper Li.

Huang Yi talked all over the world, the North Sea and the sky, and made Dong Li's family yearn for him!
He asked: "Mr. Huang, is there really a medicinal material in overseas places that can cure malaria?"

"That place is called South America! The medicinal material is the bark and roots of a tree, and the tree and leaves are probably like this."

Huang Yi took advantage of the alcohol and asked the buddy to bring a pen and paper to paint and draw, of course, based on the cinchona tree information introduced in the mobile phone.

Li Dong's family seemed to be aroused, and asked the bottom line: "How to get to that place called South America?"

"Haha, South America is actually only separated by a vast sea from my Ming Dynasty. From my Ming Dynasty to the southeast, it can be reached by sailing about [-] miles!"

Everyone here knows that Huang Yi grew up in Frangji since he was a child. They just asked how Frangji people talk.

Of course Huang Yi didn't understand Frangji, and he didn't know which European country the so-called Frangji was. He said a few words in broken English.

Several members of Dong Li's family could tell that Huang Yi's English wasn't just rambling, but they couldn't understand it at all.

Therefore, they fully believed that Huang Yi had returned from overseas.

Stones from other hills, can learn!Li Dongjia firmly believed.

So ask what's good about overseas lands?

Huang Yi casually mentioned medicinal materials that can treat malaria.

Malaria was one of the major epidemics in the Ming Dynasty, with a high fatality rate, and no medicine could cure it.

Li Dongjia is a businessman, and immediately realized the business opportunity.

So I asked Huang Yi where he could find this kind of sacred tree!

After hearing Huang Yi's direction and distance, Dong Li gasped!
Said: "My family is also engaged in sea trade. It is not easy to travel to Japan, but South America is too far away!"

Shopkeeper Li said: "I have heard that there are as many pirates as a cow's hair. It is not easy to do business at sea. South America is not allowed anyway."

Huang Yi said: "If I have a big ship, I will go for it. It's just that I must personally supervise the construction of my big ship!"

Li Ba always wondered: "Why?"

"Because the warship I supervised must run faster than other warships with similar displacement. When encountering pirates, fight if you can, and escape easily if you can't!"

Shopkeeper Li asked: "Mr. Huang also knows how to build warships?"

"Understood! There are a large number of merchant ships and warships engaged in sea trade in all countries in Franji. There is a large dock not far from my home in Franji. I grew up watching the construction of warships on deck! "

"It's not simple, it's not simple!" Li Dong's family exclaimed: "Huang Zongqi is a real talent! It's a pity that even if you build a ship with a large deck, it won't help if you don't have strong sailors!"

"My boss is right, a good sailor is even more important than a warship!"

"Mr. Huang, I would like to offer you a toast. We will see each other often in the future. Maybe in a few years, my family will have the opportunity to ask you to lead the team on a trip to South America!"

"No problem! It's just that I decided to go to South America, and it will take a year or two just to prepare! There's no rush!"

"I understand that it takes a lot of time to build ships, build guns, and train sailors and gunners."

Shopkeeper Li said with a smile: "The most important thing is that it needs too much money. Big ships are not cheap. To travel such a long distance, no matter what, you need three ships to go together. You need to hire at least [-] sailors and gunners.

It is estimated that 10 taels of silver may not be enough. "

Huang Yi said seriously: "It is really possible to organize 800 people and three large ships to sail to South America. I am not only confident that I will find the sacred tree to treat malaria and bring back saplings or tree seeds. At least 2 taels must be installed in South America. gold."

"Why is Huang Zongqi so sure? Haven't you never been to South America?"

"I haven't been there, but I have heard from sailors who have been there in France that there are many gold, silver and copper mines in South America. Every sailor and merchant who returns safely from South America can bring back a lot of gold, Silver and copper ingots."

The reason why Huang Yi deliberately talked about South America is actually out of good intentions.

The world has entered the age of great exploration, and there are indeed many gold, silver and copper mines in South America.

The Li family is an official and a big merchant in Ming Dynasty, with strong financial resources. If they are tempted and organize people to fight for South America and North America, wouldn't it be a few years later than the arrival of the Mayflower ship in North America?

Of course, Dong Li's family could not decide on such a big matter. He listened carefully and asked many questions.

There is no doubt that a good place rich in gold, silver and copper, as well as the magic medicine that can cure malaria, makes him yearn for it.

It's a pity that it sounds farther away than the Western Paradise where Tang Seng learned scriptures.

He persuaded him to drink more attentively, and even poured wine for Huang Yi himself. At this moment, he definitely has the desire to go to South America. As for whether there is a next step, it depends on the situation.

Huang Yi just used South America as a talking point on the wine table, and he didn't expect any family to go to South America immediately.

Anyway, he fabricated his identity of returning from overseas, and he will definitely talk about exotic customs in the future, and he will definitely promote South and North America to Ming bureaucrats and merchants.

Try to broaden the horizons of officials and merchants, and take risks in order to obtain the gold, silver and copper mines in South America!
This big wine has been drunk for two hours, which is four hours in later generations.

When saying goodbye, Li Weida, who was drunk, held Huang Yi's hand tightly and asked Huang Yi to go to the city to play tricks the next time he came to Zhangjiakou.

He wants to take Huang Yi to visit the most ostentatious brothel in Zhangjiakou, order the most popular honest officials...

Forehead!What does an upright official mean?
Why not spend that wronged money to buy hundreds of thousands of catties of gunpowder!

(End of this chapter)