The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 456 A New Legend

Jia Min looked around at the crowd, and slowly expressed his plan.

"Let's go in two steps. The first step is that this letter is still useful to me. Remember what you said here. When you return to the imperial capital, try to meet His Highness Chang'an and tell her the meaning of the letter. I think she will know what to do. of."

"What if she doesn't believe it?"

"She will believe the news that comes from us. As for whether the emperor believes it, it depends on God's will."

"It's better to ask Miss Xue and the others to copy one and give it to His Highness Chang'an."

Lin Dajiang came up with an idea,

Just as Jia Min wanted to deny it, Feng Ziying spoke first.

"No, if the emperor doesn't believe it and leaves Miss Xue's handwriting, it will give them a handle instead. We must guard against this."

"Yeah, why didn't I think of this. The emperor turned his face when he said that he would turn his face. Maybe he thought we had ulterior motives."

That's exactly what Jia Min thought, so he gave up on copying.

"The second step is related to my trip to the north. I'm going to meet the Duchess of Tamar."

"They still have a female princess? That's really strange."

"Wu Zetian can be the emperor, so why is it so strange to have a female Duke?"

Chen Yejun looked down on Lin Dajiang for his ignorance.

"That's right, why did I forget about Wu Zetian?"

"Officer Min, this Tamar dares to do such a big business, it seems that he is also a figure in Ross."

"Officer Min, do you mean to intercept the [-] guns?"

Wei Ruolan mentioned a key point.

"Yes. But it's not the [-] she originally planned, but the new [-]."

"What's the difference?"

"It's the [-] upgrades, or rather, it's not her [-], but we got [-] from France, but along the way, we need to use the power of Tamar to hold the gun Ship it back."

"Officer Min, we can make firecrackers ourselves."

Dai Zhi finally lost his temper.

"Mr. Dai, when we get to France, you will understand that the firearms we made are actually far behind. It was okay to deal with the Tatars in Dade. When we come to the North Sea in the future, our enemy is the Cossack cavalry of Ross. That At that time, our guns won't work."

At this time, the Industrial Revolution had begun in Europe.

The most obvious sign of this industrial revolution is the large-scale use of steam engines.

The steam engine has changed the mode that has been dominated by natural energy such as horses, wind, and water for thousands of years, making artificial energy widely used.Thus promoting the great development of the manufacturing industry.

In the manufacture of weapons, a revolution was also set off.Soon after, the military history of the world entered the era of strong ships and sharp guns.

At this time, the Ross Empire was expanding to the east. Before that, the Cossack cavalry of the Ross Empire had already reached the Wendura grassland, and even posed a threat to the places south of Bukui.

If you want to gain a foothold in the North Sea, you will inevitably have to deal with the Cossack cavalry of the Ross Empire in the future.

Without more advanced weapons, it is difficult to resist their iron hooves.

This is the main purpose of Jia Min going to France.

The reason why Dai Zhi, Liu Cheng, and Jiao Li were brought there was to use Dai Zhi's advanced concepts such as chain guns, mines, and spray guns to combine with the European industrial base to create a batch of advanced weapons.

And introduce advanced processing machinery such as steam engines, and establish its own military industry system in the future.

If it is in the territory of Dade, it will be difficult to achieve this goal in dozens of hundreds of years.

"This Duke of Tamar, I don't know what she looks like. If the appearance is acceptable, you might as well accept her, Mr. Min. By then, you will gain both money and money, and you will save money on transporting guns."

Lin Dajiang came up with a brilliant idea.

"This plan is not right. Since he is a prince, he must be 50 or [-] years old. Didn't he wrong Chief Min?"

Chen Yejun was still thinking of Jia Min.

Seeing that these people were getting more and more outrageous, Jia Min had no choice but to change the subject.

"Ruolan, have you collected information about Beihai these days?"

"Customs, customs, geography, mountains and rivers, etc., I have collected some. There is an unexpected harvest, which surprised me."

"Oh, what windfall? Tell me?"

"According to a fur trader, there are still members of our Wei family in Beihai. They are still a big family, and they still have some influence there."

"It's surprising that there is such a situation. How could there be your Wei family there?"

"This starts with Su Wu shepherding the sheep. Do you still remember that Su Wu was in Beihai at the time, who did he give him to shepherd the sheep?"

"Wei Lu, oh, it's really you with the surname Wei."

"This Wei Lu is also Han. At that time, he was an envoy of the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu, but he was detained there. After a long time, Shan Yu treated him well, so he took refuge in Shan Yu. Shan Yu named him king, I gave him tens of thousands of people, and they went nomadic to Beihai."

"Su Wu was herding sheep for him at the time. He stayed there for 19 years and was released later. It's not surprising that there are Wei family members there now."

"When I was at home, I also heard from elders that during the Han Dynasty, there was indeed a branch of the Wei family. When they arrived at the Huns, it must be Wei Lu."

"If so, you can get in touch with it, it may be helpful."

This Wei Lu may have a common ancestor with Wei Ruolan.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Wei family represented by Wei Qing was also a prominent family.

Since Wei Lu was able to serve as an envoy to the Huns, he must also have an official position in the imperial court.It is likely to have something to do with Wei Qing's Wei family.

But if it is said that a branch of the Wei family came to the Xiongnu, the possibility is not very high.

As an envoy, Wei Lu will have entourages, but not necessarily too many family members.

But this matter is not impossible, if he brought some military and generals with him, and there are many family members, it is also possible to stay there in the end and become a member.

It is already difficult to verify this matter, but if you climb up to your own family, it will always be of some use.It's not a bad idea to take advantage of this relationship.

"Gioli, when will the batch of spices arrive?"

"According to the itinerary, it's time to arrive in five or six days, together with the porcelain. Then we can start our journey."

This batch of spices and porcelain is the main cargo that Jia Jiamin will carry on this trip north.

At this time, in Europe, Middle-earth porcelain was all the rage, especially some high-end porcelain, which was regarded as a luxury.

High-grade porcelain, even in Daedeok, is an expensive luxury.

The kiln utensils used by Miaoyu are by no means affordable for ordinary families.

Fortunately, there is a workaround, that is high imitation.

These high-quality imitations can often be mistaken for real ones in Daedeok, the hometown of porcelain, which makes some connoisseurs go astray, let alone in Europe?
Jia Min's batch of porcelain is high imitation.

Although it is a high imitation, the price is about the same as that of ordinary porcelain.

Because this batch of porcelain came from the Wanjia Kiln in the suburbs of the imperial capital.

Speaking of this Wanjia Kiln, we have to go back to the time when Jia Min lived in the wild.

At that time, he had just led Ping'er and Jiao Li to start a business in Yeduju, and his first big fortune was Guogong Wine.

The bottle of Guogong Liquor is custom-made in Wanjia Kiln.

Later, Jia Min stopped producing bottled wine himself. When he sold the wine-making technology to Hu Yidao, he also introduced Wanjia Kiln to Hu Yidao.In recent years, Hu Yidao's wine bottles have been supplied by Wanjia Kiln.

When he was back home last time, Jia Min stopped by Wanjia Kiln to order this batch of highly imitated finished kiln porcelain.

He planned to use these high-quality imitations bought at ordinary prices to sell them at a high price in Europe.

In fact, this is also a helpless choice.

The journey here is long, and it is transported by land. Porcelain is relatively heavy and fragile.There is also a lot of loss on the road.Even for ordinary porcelain, the cost of shipping it to Europe is extremely high.

Moreover, there is almost no difference in transportation costs between ordinary porcelain and high-grade porcelain.Since it has been shipped once, why not ship "high-end goods".

As for the spices, they are mainly cinnamon star anise, Sichuan peppercorns and some spices from Nanyang.

Spices were chosen for several reasons.

One is the factor of the sales market. The more you go north, the more expensive the spices are. Not only are the prices high, but you can also go all the way and sell them all the way.It is estimated that it will be sold out before it is used in France.

The second is the factor of transportation cost.

The weight of spices is relatively light, and the unit price is relatively high, which has advantages in terms of transportation cost performance.

The third is the advantage of purchase price.

At this time, the price of spices in the Dade Dynasty had a great advantage compared with Europe.

The maritime trade routes from Europe to Southeast Asia are fiercely contested by European countries.

However, the sea trade route from Nanyang to Dade has always been controlled by Dade.The smooth flow of trade routes makes the price of spices relatively low.

The spice trade between China and Southeast Asia flourished during the Ming Dynasty.

In the eyes of later generations, Zheng He's seven voyages to the West were to show off the military power of the Ming Dynasty, or to find the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen.

There may be reasons for this, but it is an oversimplification of the problem.

The spice trade was also an important part of Zheng He's ocean voyages.

When Nanyang spices were imported to Middle-earth the most, there was an oversupply and a large backlog.So much so that in order to digest these spices, for a period of time, officials were paid salaries, and they were all replaced by spices.

The price of spices at this time is relatively low.

Jia Min used the name of Bukui Yamen, and he didn't have to pay taxes to pass the checkpoints along the way.
When it comes to Bukui's export, it is supposed to pay taxes and be restricted.

However, General He Shen is now in charge here, and the people in Bukui Yamen are all his subordinates.

Although there may be a phenomenon that people take the tea to cool, but the Fubingtuan has just been abolished, and he has a huge influence in Bukui, even if the tea is cooled, it will not be cooled so quickly.No one is ashamed to collect taxes from him.

The tax alone gives his spices a huge advantage in cost.

Whether it's porcelain, spices, or going to France, Jia Min has been making arrangements in secret for a long time.

Now, as soon as the goods arrive, he will set off to the European continent to stage a new legend.

This legend is the sequel to the legend of Fubingtuan.

(End of this chapter)