A year later, Boris Johnson led the fleet to New South Wales again. This time he still brought a lot of saltpeter and cotton, but more importantly, the amount was much more silver than before.

From silver bars and silver ingots to large quantities of silver dollars.

The British East India Company has truly experienced the beauty of New South Wales, which not only has silk and porcelain, but also has wonderful rhubarb.

For Chinese people, rhubarb is a medicinal herb from beginning to end, which has the effects of attacking stagnation, clearing dampness and heat, purging fire, cooling blood, removing blood stasis, and detoxifying. However, in Europa, rhubarb is the treasure that many upper-class people dream of.

Matteo Ricci once recorded: "China is rich in herbs, but only imported elsewhere. Rhubarb and musk were first brought in from the West by the Saracens. After spreading throughout Asia, they were exported to Europe with an almost incredible profit. Buying a pound of rhubarb here is only a dime, but it costs six or seven times more gold nuggets in Europe." Not to mention whether rhubarb and musk were first brought in from the West by the Saracens, but only the super high profit is absolute.

Moreover, the history of Europeans eating rhubarb is not only recently. The long time can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty. Since Zhang Qian opened the Western Regions and the Western Han Dynasty government controlled the Hexi Corridor, merchants on the Silk Road have become busy, transporting various spices, gems, gold, fur and wool fabrics from Central Asia and West Asia to the East, and transporting silk, porcelain and medicine from China to Persia. The medicine has cured rhubarb. The caravan passed through Asia Minor to reach the current Ottoman Empire, taking advantage of the

The ship entered Europe through the Bosphorus Strait. At that time, Europeans called the rhubarb transported from Tianfang Tianfang Rhubarb. After the Song Dynasty, the Southern Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road rose. China's cargo raw silk, satin, porcelain, medicine, etc. were transported from merchant ships to the South Ocean and then to Tianzhu, and then flowed from Tianzhu to Tianfang and then into Europe. The rhubarb on this road was named Tianzhu Rhubarb, while China obtained valuable items such as rhinoceros horns, ivory, agarwood, and gems from this Maritime Silk Road.

What's more, it's not just Europeans who need rhubarb? Tianzhu, like the nobles in the Tianfang world, need rhubarb to make themselves excrete and smooth.

Among all carnivorous peoples, rhubarb is their main tonic and the best medicine to clear the intestines and cure toothache and laxative before drinking tea to relieve greasiness and supplement vitamins.

In addition to silk and porcelain, the most attractive thing to Europeans in New Zealand Port is rhubarb. Each tumble of rhubarb is. Although it is so high that it makes people feel distressed, think about the profits they have after being transported to the West, which can also make people crazy.

But even Zheng Zhilong couldn't openly provide rhubarb to Europeans, because in the current environment, it's very hard for him to take out 30,000 kilograms of rhubarb every year, so how can he open the supply?

Especially the high-quality Sichuan Rhubarb and Northwest Rhubarb are obviously white and rich in silver, but they can only be greedy.

Now Zhang Xianzhong is fighting in Sichuan and Shu. Although he controls most of Sichuan and Shu on the surface, there are many invaders in the prefectures and counties, and his investment in Sichuan is not stable. As for Li Zicheng, this man is afraid that there is no rhubarb in his eyes.

Zheng Zhilong is planning to withdraw from tea now, and first tie the tea with rhubarb to let Europeans understand what it means - to eat meat and cheese, and not to get sick from tea.

Then slowly open up the market?

From the time Europeans came into contact with tea to the large-scale demand for tea from the British, there have been decades in between.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong had a regret in his previous life. How to say it? That is, Europeans like to drink tea, as if only John Niu. He didn't know whether his thoughts were right or wrong, but he felt that this was entirely because China's influence on Europe was too weak.

If he could reach into Europe early in this time and space, his descendants would gradually deepen their imprint and influence on the global scale, and tea could completely crush coffee.

After all, Europeans are exposed to coffee later than tea (are you surprised?).

The saltpeter and cotton brought by Boris Johnson from India are not valuable at all. A large bale of cotton cannot be exchanged for a piece of silk, and a load of raw silk can easily kill the cotton saltpeter in a cabin.

In order to make money, the British could only use more precious metals to buy Chinese commercial goods.

"Sir, we have finished counting your goods. This is a list of all goods. Please check it out. If there is no problem, please sign it. Our company can make follow-up arrangements and ensure that the loading and unloading, transportation, warehousing, cargo collection, consignment, customs declaration, inspection and other work of goods is completed in the shortest time."

The visitor spoke Latin language that was not very fluent, and Johnson barely understood what he meant. After reviewing the list of goods, he happily signed his name on the power of attorney.

The visitor took the power of attorney, gave Johnson a friendly smile, and then turned away.

He has many things to do.

But it is precisely because of his busy things that British people are willing to pay a lot of money to ask their company to do things, right?

"Is this the commissioning company?"

"Yes, it is this kind of integrated commissioned company. They are run by Chinese people and have close ties with the official Xinzhou Port. They can help us handle everything in the shortest time." In the past year, this kind of company has monopolized nearly 70% of its customs declaration business from birth to growth, and now it is growing wildly.

Kiichi, the British East India Company's senior business in New South Wales, said this. Kiichi was originally a senior business in Batavia, but now he has switched to the British and is a natural fit for the senior class in the mall. After all, he is not a Dutch, but a Swedish.

With the completion of the first phase of NSW project, the Niu Niu also spent a lot of money to get two stores from NSW and synthesize the current store.

In Mumbai, the famous British East India Company in India, now lives on the First Avenue in Port B, New South Wales, which is simply inconspicuous. It is surrounded by signs and signs, which makes the British East India Company's signatures hopelessly obscured.

Boris Johnson did not feel sorry for the expenses he spent, and every penny there was worth it. Thinking about the experience he had after entering the Port of New South Wales last year, he was looking for an interpreter, a warehouse, and had to wait in line for official personnel. He was busy with all his hard work. But now he can not only enter the Port of New South Wales directly, but does not need to continue to stay in the Sisse Islands, but also completely get rid of those complicated things and can directly invest in the purchase and picking of goods, and even bargaining with merchants. That really feels like relief!

From the dock, there were carriages waiting for them. Johnson and Kuiyi took the carriage and drove to the mall quickly.

The Port of New South Wales is really lively, but it is still as neat and as usual.

Even though the streets are crowded, no one will go to the lane to show their presence, so the carriage is still very smooth along the way.

After getting off the carriage and entering the mall, Johnson saw glass, piece by piece, and glittering glass, blinding his eyes.

He never seemed to have seen so much glass in his life.

"It's really a masterpiece, and it's even more a miracle, right?" In a short time, the Chinese transformed from an importer of glassware into an exporter, and God would know what was going on.

In the studio on the second floor, Johnson looked at a Western-style floor-to-ceiling mirror, and he felt it clearly and sincerely expressed his praise.

"Yes, this miracle happened before us."

As far as Kuiyi knows, in New South Wales, the factory where the Chinese produce glassware is in New South Wales. But he dared not make any small movements in the dark. He could tell with his toes that place would definitely be stared tightly by the Chinese.

Not being able to eat mutton is not a disaster, but being flirted with is a disaster.

"Compared with us, the Chinese are very cheap. Although they have only appeared in the market for less than half a year, they have earned a lot of money for Zheng Zhilong. The local kings and nobles in Nanyang bought it like crazy. Especially this large full-length mirror and floor-to-ceiling mirror, I really don't know how the Chinese made it."

As time entered the seventeenth century, glass mirrors were no longer the patent of the Venetians. At the beginning of this century, the British used coal instead of wood as fuel for burning glass, and then used flint as raw material to introduce lead oxide to make lead crystal glass with high refractive index, large dispersion, and easy to engrave. However, it is still uncommon for such a large and flat mirror body.

"This is green tea, it's so beautiful."

Johnson looked at the glass in front of him, and the green tea leaves were rising and falling one after another, churning in the water.

"Yes, Chinese people think that when the weather is hot, they should drink green tea. This will refresh the mind, clear heat and relieve heat, eliminate food and eliminate phlegm, remove greasiness and lose weight. Anyway, there are many benefits. Black tea is drunk in winter. In addition to relieving fatigue and refreshing the spirit, it can also warm the stomach." At the beginning of this century, the Dutch first transported Wuyi black tea to Europe, and transferred black tea to the UK a few years ago. However, this kind of trade volume is very small.

European merchant ships returned to China only brought some tea, so the price of tea in Europe is extremely expensive. There is a saying that "spent three silver pieces to drink a cup of tea". Their consumer groups are mainly concentrated among upper-class figures such as royal family and aristocrats. Even when black tea was first introduced to the UK, some scholars and doctors opposed drinking tea, which also affected the popularity.

While Kuiyi was speaking, someone came to hand him a pot of milk tea, "But to be honest, I still prefer milk tea."

This kind of beverage that uses fresh milk, tea and sugar as the main ingredients is more in line with Kuiyi's appetite than green tea and black tea.

"Would you like to have a cup, it is chilled and cool. It is perfect for drinking this time."

"If you add some pearl powder and coconut pulp pulp, the taste will be even more beautiful."

Johnson picked up the glass and seemed to want to taste the green tea. The churning heat made him hesitate and put down the quilt again.

Then I took the iced milk tea, drank most of it in one breath, and sighed comfortably, "This tastes really good. Now I am eager to see the pearl powder and coconut pulp granules earlier."

"Did you agree?"
Chapter completed!