"Is this a rubber tree?"

Some embarrassing things are happening in Changsheng.

Chen Mu has been looking for rubber trees for a long time, and it is not even a secret in half of the world. Shao Tingda is looking for rubber for him, Yang Tingxiang is looking for rubber for him, and even the Portuguese in Brazil are looking for rubber for him.

As a result, when Shao Tingda brought the rubber, Chen Mu finally knew why Shao Tingda brought the rubber, not others, because it was impossible for others to find it.

He could not express the word "rubber tree" clearly to the Portuguese. Yang Tingxiang asked about the physical characteristics of rubber trees, but Chen Mu didn't know what rubber was like, so he had to say that it was something similar to Eucommia rubber.

I only said a little while drinking with Shao Tingda that it is probably a kind of tree, which can take glue from the trees, and it should be found in the forests on the edge of Peru and Chile.

Shao Tingda was so blind and touched the elephant, but he really found it.

In fact, it cannot be said that it was found by Shao Tingda. After Shao Tingda sent the tree species and raw rubber, Chen Mu discovered that he had seen this tree, not only he had seen it, but also Zou Tuzi, and most people had seen it.

But Chen Mu didn't know that there was a large area of ​​rubber trees around the terraces where he held martial arts performances, which were planted by the Spanish in his early years.

Even the British Francis Bacon, who was always victorious, laughed when he saw the raw rubber and said, "I didn't expect that the coach was interested in this. I wore the clothes and shoes I made, and this thing was useless."

What Chen Mu didn't know was that 50 years before he landed in Asia, a rubber fever emerged centered on Spain.

Because the indigenous people were the first to use rubber, the Aztecs had already used rubber-made things before the Europeans came. They made this into plates and tubes, and of course, the most common thing was to use raw rubber as elastic balls to please the Aztec emperor.

The Spanish used Venetian glass beads to exchange the elastic ball from the Indians... Chen Mu felt very fucked no matter how he thought about this.

After the Spanish came, they were also very curious about this new thing. They promoted more rubber tree planting and used rubber smoked with coconut shells to make clothes and shoes, which became a novel and fashionable wear.

The rubber clothes Bacon wore when he was a messenger in France came from Spain.

He searched everywhere after searching for a broken iron shoe, but in fact he would see rubber trees every day, but he had never seen anyone picking rubber.

So Chen Mu decided to find a Spaniard to ask clearly, and he sent someone to find New Spain's deputy governor Almanza from Mexico City.

In fact, Acosta is a better choice. Monks are often more knowledgeable than others. Moreover, he is committed to studying how to convert Indians, so he has a very good understanding of the indigenous people.

But unfortunately, this expert took the Duke of Alva's downwind fleet to Madrid to report to Fei Lao Er to the situation in the New World to Lao Er, so Chen Mu had to settle for the second best and find the former governor of the land.

Chen Mu really didn't want to see Almansa. This old man was very aggrieved by his sending Yang Tingxiang as the governor, but he came very quickly. Seeing that Chen Mu complained endlessly, he heard that he could not strangle him to death. He was helpless.

Especially the tone, the most unlucky and unstandard Tianjin Wei language, I knew it was learned from Yang Tingxiang when I heard it.

Chen Mu remembers that Yang Tingxiang's personal soldiers were from Tianjin.

When he spoke, "How are you talking about it, Grandmaster?" He probably couldn't figure out whether he was an official appointed by the Ming Dynasty or a governor sent overseas by Spain.

In any case, there is always an end to complaining. After Chen Mu promised him to find him a part-time job at the Eastern Military Office without stepping down as Deputy Governor-General of New Spain, the boss's governor calmed down.

The situation in New Spain these days is strange. Who knows what happens in the future?

Just because New Spain is controlled by Yang Tingxiang, the fencemen are now following their lead. Most of the hard-working players are not capable, so they are already out of the way in the New World.

The official position is not about the size of the person, nor is the salary. If Chen Mu wants to go to the Madrid Palace one day, this is a guarantee for Almansa.

It’s not that Armanza agrees with Ming Guodo, but he has no choice in New Spain. It’s far from Madrid and closer to the ever-winning one.

“This thing is useless.”

Regarding rubber products, Almansa said this: "On cold nights, going out to attend a party, and when someone else's cloak can stand up; when you go out in the morning, wearing rubber shoes, walking for a while, the soles are gone, and the rubber hat will stick the noble lady's hair on hot days."

"Before I was sent here to be the governor, the crying sap did become popular for a while, but later people found that it had no use except novelty."

Almansa shook her head and said, "There will be fewer crying trees in the future. In the past, there were crying trees everywhere here. Later, instead of letting slaves take care of the crying trees, it would be better to let them go to the mine to dig silver. The crying trees were abandoned. Some plantations even shoveled the roots to change the corn and sugarcane. Now even the Indians don't care about this thing."

"Master General..." Just by this title, Chen Mu knew that Almansa and Yang Ting were definitely not bad. They used to be General Chen, but now they looked sincere: "I know you are looking for this, but it has no use."

"Instead of spending time on this, it is better to transport silk and porcelain from the Ming Empire. The goods sold well in Europe and everyone is profitable. Of course, you make the most money."

The most profitable?

Chen Mu: "I didn't! You guys are misunderstanding!"

After knowing how the Spanish used rubber, Chen Mu was very happy.

Others don’t have the method to turn rubber into resources, he has it! Who doesn’t know the name of vulcanized shoes, and the name says how it is made.

This gave him the mood to talk nonsense with Almansa.

"You don't know that a piece of silk has been sold here from the Ming Dynasty. It has gone through countless processes. Each process costs money, not to mention the shipping fee of 30,000 miles across the sea. This is all in the cost. If a piece of silk is sold here, the cost will be 9,000."

Chen Mu said and said, "What's more, this silk is not mine, and there is only the inscription by Chen on the porcelain, which can only give me some moisturizing pen."

Mr. Chen’s words really can’t be true anymore. Silk is not his. The whole transaction has nothing to do with him. He raised his hand proudly and pointed at the heavens: “It’s hard for you to believe this? Officials and priests are fighting in trade. How could Chen be so noble and honest? Yes, noble and honest.”

Isn’t this a joke to say that he earns the most?

Who still trades?

joke!

We print money and exchange it for silver, but it is not good to set up a card to collect taxes? Where can we get the best place to trade locally without any thanks?

Almansa knew that Chen Mu would not tell him the truth, and he didn't plan to do business. Chen Mu listened and said, "Even if the general does not summon me, I am planning to come over. Half a month ago, an English pirate attacked the east coast of Mexico City, and was repelled by the defenders on land and headed south."

"I'm afraid they're targeting Panama."

"Panama?"

Listening to Chen Mu's rhetorical question, Almansa saw the disbelief on Chen Mu's face with wide eyes, and then saw Chen Mu laughing even more unknownly, from sneering insufferable way to raising his head to laughing.
Chapter completed!