Chapter 769 The head was kicked by the donkey?
Since he couldn't figure it out, Li Keheng temporarily put a few things about Qingsie behind his mind.
The Netherlands is not the Ming Dynasty. Li Kehen, who has lived in the Ming Dynasty for a while, knew very well that if three people were killed in one night, the Ming Dynasty officials could search for clues like mad dogs, and the life of the official master would be difficult.
As for the Netherlands, let’s forget it. Although the Netherlands is generally good now, it is a chaotic European member after all. If a few members of the dynamic group occasionally die, no one will care about it.
Just as I picked up the tea made from Naoko, Li Kehen felt the taste of Naoko brewing. He was so familiar with it. It tasted exactly the same as the kind of tea I bought from one or two gold and one or two teas!
Gou Lei picked up the teacup and drank it, but sighed, "I used to hear that there is a kind of tribute tea in the palace, and I can't see it at any time. It is said that it has a long aftertaste. I really want to buy some to try it."
After saying that, Gou Lei smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Actually, it's just thinking about it. Although there are those kinds of tea outside, the price is also ridiculously high. It's not something that ordinary people like me can afford.
This kind of tea that has always been a pound of treasure money is also from Shaofu, and the taste is excellent. It can only be eaten by wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty. If I hadn't come to the Netherlands with Mr. Cohen, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been willing to buy such expensive tea."
Lee Kehen's heart was bleeding.
When he heard that he came from Shaofu, Li Keen almost understood that Li Chengyan sold his tea at the price of one tael of gold and one tael of tea, and in the Ming Dynasty, he only needed one tael of silver to buy one pound.
This is no longer a simple thing to add a zero or change a unit. This is simply subtracting a zero in weight and adding another zero in price. To sum up, it’s just two words, which is a scam!
After recalling the taste, Li Keen looked at Gou Lei with a hot look, which almost made Gou Lei misunderstand whether Li Keen had a habit of breaking sleeves and Long Yang's love...
After picking up the tea and taking another sip, Li Keen said, "Brother Gou, next time you go back to the Ming Dynasty, how about you buy thousands of kilograms of tea like this? Then, we brothers can make a fortune by relying on this tea alone!"
Gou Lei shook his head and said, "Don't think about it. Any Ming people can buy ten kilograms of tea from the prefecture where they live with their household registration booklets, and the price is also one kilogram of treasure money.
However, these ten kilograms are the quota for a whole year. After more than ten kilograms, the price is one tael of gold and one tael of tea, and you and I are no exception. As for relying on other Ming people to buy it for you and then transport it to the sea, don’t think about it.”
Seeing that Gou Lei stopped talking, Li Keen took out a few silver coins from his arms and pushed them in front of Gou Lei: "Would you like to give me some advice?"
Gou Lei was not polite and directly put the silver coins in hand: "It's very simple. First of all, you can't bring such a large amount of tea out of the customs, and the government will not let it go.
Secondly, many rich people in the Ming Dynasty also hope that this way of playing can make them drink more tea, and the people naturally hope to make more money by using this method.
When you get involved and want the people of Ming Dynasty to buy it for you, the price will be 800 taels of silver per kilogram. How much profit do you have? If these two problems are not solved, the others are just mirrors, do you understand?"
When Li Keen heard Gou Lei's statement, he suddenly felt cold. If he had said Gou Lei, the people of Ming Dynasty would not be much cheaper than themselves to buy tea.
What I need is not ten or eight kilograms, but a thousand or ten kilograms. After more than ten kilograms, the price purchased by the people of the Ming Dynasty was also ten taels of gold and one or two taels of tea. Is this ten kilograms missing?
In this way, Li Chengyan was not a cheating person, but he just didn't tell himself that the household registration of the people of Ming Dynasty could buy ten kilograms of tea at a low price.
In addition, what Gou Lei said is also true. At least Li Keen thinks he can't beat the group of people in the Ming Customs. Those who are all human spirits are among human spirits. A little demon like him fighting with a thousand-year-old fox will probably die miserably!
After giving up the extremely tempting idea of buying tea at a low price and selling it at a high price, Li Kehen continued: "By the way, no matter what the tea is, can we go to my house today?"
Gou Lei said reservedly: "Since that's the case, how can you disturb me?"
Li Kehen was immediately overjoyed and said with a smile: "Why do you have to disturb me? It is a blessing for my Li family to receive the teachings from Mr. Lu. It is entirely due to the great kindness of the emperor and Mr. Lu. I dare not forget it in this life!"
Listening to Li Keen's funny words, Gou Lei only felt that goosebumps on his body were about to fall all over the floor. If this guy wasn't the yellow curly hair and the blue eyes, just hearing the accent and expression of his speech, he almost thought that this guy was a Ming Dynasty person!
In fact, if Li Keheng doesn't look at his appearance now, no one would think that this guy is a Dutch man. Even if Li Keheng has prepared enough etiquette for his two sons in his family!
Of course, this apprenticeship in Gou Lei seemed to be a little confused about the so-called ten pieces of pork, a pot of wine, and a big yellow dog.
"Book of Rites: Shaoyi": "He rode a pot of wine and tied up a bun, and gave a dog to someone."
It is estimated that Li Kehen is a guy who likes to study and does not seek much understanding. Or he read Zheng Xuan’s comment on "The Book of Rites: Shaoyi": "Shu Xiu is a ten-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-
The top ten pieces of pork and a big yellow dog made Gou Lei’s heart instantly say four words: Pigs and dogs are worse than?
However, Gou Lei could not find any fault with the apprenticeship ceremony held by Li Kehen, or he could not bear to find any fault.
A barbarian who just became a naturalized barbarian, what kind of apprenticeship can you expect him to prepare for a barbarian? It is enough to prove his intention to prepare it like this!
After all, this thing was made according to the "Book of Rites: Shaoyi". Although this thing was not popular in the Ming Dynasty, it has been replaced by good things such as antiques, calligraphy and painting.
After thinking about it again, Gou Lei's heart became balanced again. After all, he was just a child and didn't even have the reputation of a scholar. It was not easy for someone to invite him to be Mr. Xi.
After putting aside those messy thoughts, Gou Lei smiled and said to Li Keen: "By the way, if there are some familiar neighbors or children from relatives and friends nearby, if they are about the same age as the young master, they might as well call them to study together."
Seeing that Li Kehen's face was a little worried, Gou Lei smiled and said, "Mr. Cohen, don't worry. It's a good thing to have more children and will not delay the noble son's studies."
Li Kehen pondered and said, "I'm not worried about anything else, I'm just worried about having too many children, so the gentleman will inevitably be distracted. After all, this is a place where saints cannot go to to transform foreign barbarians. Most of the barbarians are ignorant and ungrateful people, and they are embarrassed to educate them?"
Gou Lei was almost laughed at by Li Kehen and the saints were transformed into a barbarian land that was not allowed to go to? Barbarians? How did you come up with these two statements?
When Saint Confucius traveled around the countries, he didn't hear that there was a person named Holland among the countries. He was not among the countries. I guess the saint didn't even know where you are, so how did he come here?
What are the barbarians? Apart from your Li Keen and your wife having Ming ancestry, even your son is the barbarian you call him. Now you learn to despise the barbarians?
Very good, very powerful! No problem!
After laughing, Gou Lei said, "Let's call me here, and I say there is no difference in teachings. I also say that three people will walk, and I will have my teacher."
Although there are many children, they will inevitably be distracted, but if there are many children, they will inevitably be comparing each other, which is also a promotion for the noble son's studies.
In addition, we will also provide tutoring for the noble son's studies from time to time, which will definitely not affect the noble son's studies."
Seeing Gou Lei's attitude firm, Li Keen stopped forcing and simply responded: "It's good that this is the case, it just makes the barbarians cheaper and makes them educated by the saints."
After giving a gift to Gou Lei, Li Keen went to the neighbor's house, and Yilena brought out a plate of fruit and placed it on the table beside Gou Lei, with her hands twisted the corners of her clothes, not knowing what to say.
There is no way, Li Kehen is addicted to the Ming Dynasty's book culture and cannot extricate himself, but Yilena is not interested in these messy knowledge, and her interest is only targeting Gou Lei.
Gou Lei, wearing a long gown of Confucian scholars and sitting on a chair, was just right that he was full of poetry and literature. His righteousness made Yilena want to say something but couldn't say it.
After secretly regretting that he had no knowledge and could not even speak, Yilina made up her mind to follow Mr. Gou to study the language and words of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise she would not have known where to start with her words.
Just when Gou Lei was thinking about starting from Jiyun or starting from "Three Character Classic", Lansing was also having a headache.
The person in front of him had a pale face, and he looked thin and weak, as if a gust of wind could blow him away. If the scar on his face had not destroyed the overall feeling, he would have been called a handsome man.
But Lansing, who had just watched this person practice swords when he entered the yard, knew in his heart that if anyone really thought the person in front of him was too thin, he would probably not even know the thickness of the wood of his arm, and instantly waved the knife to cut it into two pieces. Even if he borrowed the sharpness of the knife, I am afraid that this person's arms would have a lot of strength!
After wiping his hands with a wet towel placed on the side of the table, Liu Xiaoyao spoke to Tongyi who was standing aside, "Ask him, what's wrong with coming to find this lieutenant?"
After listening to the translation, Lansing said directly: "That's right. I have some information about Tsarist Russia in my hand, and I come here to report it to the Lord?"
When Liu Xiaoyao heard the word Tsar, the blue veins on his hand suddenly burst out, and it took a long time to slowly calm down.
Tsar? In addition to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, there are people who dare to call themselves emperors? Kill the emperor? What do these barbarians want to do? These damn barbarians are indeed all without kings and fathers, so they should all be wiped out!
Resisting his anger, Liu Xiaoyao nodded and said, "Even if the information is of great use, your benefits will naturally be indispensable. Even if the information is not worth a penny, this lieutenant will still record your contribution."
Lansing was overjoyed and said, "That's right, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich relied on his teacher Morozov. Under Morozov's appointee, the great noble Duma passed a new salt tax decree.
The purpose of this decree was to increase the Tsarist Russia's treasury revenue, and stipulated that high taxes were charged on salt merchants, with a tax rate of 1.3 times higher than the market price of salt.
The salt merchants in Moscow were dissatisfied with this decree and had already rioted. They ransacked Morozov's residence and killed Duma clerk Chist and the imperial courtier Pleseev.
The salt tax riot ended with Morozov being exiled and the salt tax returning to its original level. Morozov, who was recalled to Moshu once again, no longer monopolizes the power.
Meanwhile, Nikon, the director of the Kozeelsky Monastery near Arkhangelsk, went to Moscow and was received by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.
This Alexeisha was a devout Orthodox Christian and arranged his own diet, daily life and daily affairs in strict accordance with the Orthodox canon.
Father Nikon gained his trust. According to the Tsar's orders, he went to the Kremlin to discuss issues with the Tsar every Friday. At first it was just a religious issue, but later Father Nikon gradually began to discuss national affairs with the Tsar.
In other words, all the decrees of Tsarist Russia now cannot be separated from this priest. As long as you control this person, you will definitely affect Tsar Alexei."
While quickly recording everything Lansing said on the paper, Liu Xiaoyao nodded and continued: "Tell me about the specific situation of the Tsarist Russia. I want to know what their general situation is now."
Lansing said: "Although the current Tsarist Russia has been out of the chaos for thirty years, it is still sluggish and hidden dangers are everywhere.
On the outside, there is a strong enemy in the north of Sweden, occupying a large tract of land along the Baltic Sea coast from the Pskov-Novgorod line, firmly controlling the business roads leading to Europe;
Going westward is the kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, occupying a series of important towns led by Smolensk and threatening Moscow at all times;
The southwest is Ukraine, which belongs to Poland. The Cossack cavalry coming to the Ukrainian prairie is also a serious threat to Moscow;
To the south is the Krim Khanate, a Turkish vassal state that invaded Russia countless times within hundreds of years; only on the southern grasslands were obedient to Moscow but still independent of the Don Cossacks outside Tsarist Russia.
In addition, Khmelnitsky has formally filed a request to Tsar Alexey, asking him to agree to the incorporation of East Ukraine centered at Zabaroje into Russian territory.”
Liu Xiaoyao was suddenly confused and even the merchants in his country were unfair. Someone gave him land? Did he get kicked his head?
Chapter completed!