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Chapter 356: The money is coming

Selling you things, holding your money, and saying it is a reward to you. I am afraid that no country except the Heavenly Kingdom has such a heroic spirit and demeanor!

Of course, the people of the Ming Dynasty did have this courage. Whether it was silk or porcelain, there were too many things in the Heavenly Kingdom that made the world obsessed.

A pair of Chenghua Doucai has made these Western merchants fascinated. The cups are white and transparent, and the colors are gorgeous and charming. This is an artifact that only the gods on Mount Olympus can use!

Bafur stared at him with his eyes fixed on his face and swallowed his saliva with difficulty. If he could buy such a pair of porcelain and take it back to Brussels and offer it to the Grand Duke, he would swear that he would immediately receive a reward and become a genuine nobleman!

The same is true for other merchants, clenching their fists one by one. No matter how high the price is, they will get it!

Mao Pijiang smiled and squeezed into the middle, revealing his identity to the interpreter inside, and the explainer was politely saluted.

"So it's the adults here!"

Mao Pijiang nodded slightly, smiled and held the chicken cup in his hand, and said, "Go, bring some good tea leaves!"

"yes!"

For a while, the little official held a tea pot in one hand, which contained the newly picked Longjing this year and a copper pot in the other hand, and was still steaming in his mouth.

Mao Pijiang grabbed a little tea, put it in a cup, and slowly injected hot water into it. The tea churned up and down with the hot water, and a intoxicating fragrance wafted out.

After the gorgeous cup was filled with water, bright green and gorgeous cups merged together. The white cup body turned transparent, and the chicken on it seemed to come alive.

In front of these Western merchants, this is not a cup of tea, it is clearly a flower roll!

These guys were all jealous and hot, and saliva flowed from the corners of their mouths.

Bafur suddenly jumped out and said loudly: "Dignity of the Heavenly Kingdom, I am willing to pay a thousand taels of silver for this pair of cups. Please sell it to me!"

One thousand taels!

The officials next to them looked at each other, and the barbarians were really stupid and had a lot of money. Although the chicken cup was a rare thing, it was only one hundred taels at most. They even increased ten times at once. It was too easy to make money!

Mao Pijiang looked as usual and smiled slightly: "Friend, I heard that you Westerners do not like the bitterness of tea. Therefore, when you drink tea, you will add sugar and milk. In addition, you also like a kind of coffee-selling thing. Grape wine luminous cups, different drinks. You should have different utensils. According to your drinking method, you should use thicker and more luxurious colors, which is not suitable for the clear style of the chicken jar cup."

Mao Pijiang's sons of officials made friends with so many noble men and were familiar with all kinds of things. This is also the reason why Gu Zhenhua sent him here. After he said this, Bafur barely understood that it was for his own good!

"Sir, Tianchao. Do you have any cups suitable for us?"

"Of course, there is nothing in the Celestial Empire!" Mao Pijiang smiled and said, "Now I'm just a small display. Let you take a look at the specialties of the Celestial Empire for the time being. In less than half a month, we will hold an exhibition to display various items in the Celestial Empire. If you are interested, you might as well visit it. I promise you will have unexpected gains, and there are many exquisite and precious things than this chicken jar cup!"

"ah!"

This scared the merchants below. Shamon, a red-bearded businessman from the Netherlands, stuttered: "Master, sir, there are so many things in the Heavenly Kingdom, why, why can't we buy them in the past?"

Mao Pijiang smiled slightly: "Everyone, I'm not sure about it. In the past, you can buy through merchants, at most you can buy from ordinary officials' homes. It's almost too much compared to the real fine products of the Celestial Empire. This time, the King of Zhongshan specially ordered that the scenery of the Celestial Empire should be fully displayed, and there are even imperial objects used by the palace in the exhibition. It is guaranteed to feast your eyes!"

The bombs thrown by Mao Pijiang scared all these merchants silly. Bafuer even counted on his fingers. Everything in the past was already amazing and even better. From officials to nobles, princes and princes, princes and emperors...

Oh my God!

How many good things are there? These guys feel that their hearts are not enough! They are even more eager to buy the so-called exhibition. Even if they can’t buy it, if they can take a look and touch it with their own hands, they will have the capital to brag about for a lifetime.

No wonder it is called the Heavenly Dynasty. Everything here can be created only by the hand of God. What they came is worth it.

Since Mao Pijiang arrived in Shanghai, he has displayed an item in front of the official office for ten days every day, including porcelain, silk, iron, and jade carvings. In short, each of them has caused a sensation among the Westerners. When they thought that something reached its limit, there was immediately something more outstanding in front of them.

Lianhuan's heart shock made these guys willing to accept it. When they became a person and said that this person was God, they would believe it!

Ten days later, the exhibition came to an end, and in another five days, the exhibition officially began. All Western businessmen and various domestic merchants rushed to Shanghai.

Just as everyone was preparing for it, Gu Zhenhua also arrived in Shanghai on a warship, and there was no welcome ceremony. Gu Zhenhua went directly to the county government office. Mao Pijiang, who was making the final preparation, was also shocked.

"Prince, why are you here?"

"Hahaha, it's impossible not to come. People die for money and birds die for food. I was going to go back to Henan to supervise the war, but if I don't make any arrangements here, I can't feel at ease!"

Wu Kaijie, who accompanied him, smiled and said, "Mr. Mao, how busy you are, let's talk about it."

Mao Pijiang nodded, and he took Gu Zhenhua to the front of a huge table, filled with small houses made of wood, just like a display of real estate projects in later generations.

"Prince, Shanghai County must be divided into four main areas. The first is the port storage area, which is the Huangpu River front line, and the second is the bank area, which is responsible for internal and external currency exchange, trade settlement, and the Trade Review Committee, the Daming Judicial Court, and the translation training classes will also be placed here, and the insurance companies you mentioned will also be placed here in the future."

Gu Zhenhua nodded after seeing it. The so-called banking area already has the shadow of financial services in the future. There are banks, coordination institutions, legal guarantees, and translation talents, and they are very thoughtful in all aspects. Mao Pijiang is indeed a little brainy.

"Prince, look again. This is the third commodity exhibition and sale area. The most important one is the Ming auction house. There are two commodity exhibition and sale areas, one is Western and the other is ours!"

Wu Kaijie looked at it and couldn't help but smile and said, "Mr. Mao, why is this Westerner so small? I don't even have one tenth of ours."

Mao Pijiang said: "I want to give them a bigger shot, but there is really nothing in the West, it's nothing but clocks, Western musical instruments, woolen stuffing and other things. Not many people are interested in it. Besides, their firearms are good, but they are traded by the military and cannot be traded on the market!"

The regional comparison between the two sides just shows the absolute strong position of the Ming Dynasty in trade. No wonder the world's silver will flow to the Ming Dynasty.

Gu Zhenhua said: "Mr. Mao, don't underestimate the West too much. Their things are still worthy. For example, if you want to say, isn't An**'s military uniform just used?"

Mao Pijiang smiled and said, "It's thanks to the fact that many people bought it. Otherwise, Westerners would not have any commodity that could be taken advantage of! The humble one would encourage them and try to get as much good things as possible."

When Gu Zhenhua heard this, he could only smile bitterly, but after thinking about it, imbalance means imbalance, and strong means strong. With himself, Westerners can make the world worse!

His eyes fell on the fourth area, and Mao Pijiang's face was a little unfair.

"Prince, this is for the navy and escort fleet. According to Lord Shen Tingyang's suggestion, a shipyard is built here to be responsible for building ships, including merchant ships and warships. However, in recent years, we have abandoned a lot of shipbuilding craftsmen, and the shipbuilding craftsmen are unable to get together for a while, and... "

"Don't hesitate, just say it!"

"And our ships are already behind the Western Barbarians. I heard that the Zheng family army can roam the sea because of its large number of people and power, and the size and performance of the warships are not as good as that of the Western Barbarians!"

Gu Zhenhua shook his head: "Hey, the boat is not as good as others. If An** hadn't worked hard to integrate, our firearms would not be as good as others. But the Tian Dynasty has abundant resources and so many things that make people salivate. What do you think will be next?"

"All men are innocent and bear the treasure!" Gu Zhenhua said: "This time the Tartars entered the pass, which was actually a blow to us. If you continue to be so conservative, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty will not bully us next time!"

...

The next day, it was the exhibition hall. Time was so tight that of course it was impossible to build a dedicated exhibition hall. Fortunately, Lin Haitian gave up a manor and after the renovation, it turned into an exhibition hall. It also took the opportunity to let these Westerners see the Chinese garden buildings and kill two birds with one stone.

According to Western time, the exhibition begins at 9 o'clock in the morning, but before dawn, many Western barbarians stood outside, looking at the Zhuhong gate with enthusiasm.

Finally, it was time to wait. With the sound of firecrackers, Mao Pijiang led these barbarians to visit. In Mao Pijiang's view, all this was for money. However, he could not have imagined that this was a new beginning for the Eastern World to officially open its doors and embrace the world.

Although there was overseas trade in the Ming Dynasty in the past, it was mostly spontaneous behavior of merchants. This time, it was the beginning of the ruling group led by An**, which opened its doors with unprecedented courage. Those who lingered among exquisite goods had no idea that they had opened a new era!

As soon as Bafuer came in, his eyes stared at various porcelains. The gorgeous colors almost made his eyes blurry. Mao Pijiang first took them to a house, with exquisite cups placed on both sides of the treasure pavilions.

"This piece is full of small pieces of porcelain, please take a look!"

Before he could finish his words, Bafur suddenly saw a dark golden cup in a corner, revealing a soft and luxurious glow, and he was stunned for a moment.

"I want this, no matter how much it costs, I want this!" (To be continued...)
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