Since the little Duke of Goodman became a shareholder of the Spanish Continental Business, his whole body has changed.

He was like a different person, no longer idle and extorted money everywhere.

He is very busy every day. He either takes people to find stores in cities around Madrid, or brings various gifts to talk about love with famous beautiful ladies in Madrid.

He even held various dinners in his manor, inviting the children of all kinds of small nobles or big nobles to taste various wines and foods.

The Goodman family is a real noble family. Their ancestors were the original Castile royal family, and Spain was formed by the merger of several ancient kingdoms, Castile, Aragon, Laion and Naval, among which Castile was the largest.

Moreover, the king of Spain is the descendant of Queen Castilla and the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

It can be said that in addition to the royal family, the Goodman family is the most noble, and they are still close to the royal family.

Originally, because this little Duke Goodman was too dandy, he was not popular among Spanish nobles.

However, he was different after changing his own personalities, and the Spanish nobles were eager for him.

Not only were the famous beautiful ladies thrown their arms to him, but many unmarried noble girls also got involved with him under the hint of their homes.

After all, sooner or later he will inherit the throne of the Duke. With the blood of the Goodman family, the descendants he and others born to are at least an earl!

His transformation was naturally soon noticed by the old Duke of Goodman.

During this period, the old Duke of Goodman was busy building iron-armored warships everywhere, so he didn't care much about this baby son. In fact, he was still very concerned about this heir in normal times.

The reason why the little Duke of Goodman had no money to spend was that Old Goodman was worried that his baby son would be too big and ruin the Goodman family's fortunes, so he was stuck with the kid's living expenses and paid roughly one hundred pounds of silver every month.

Unexpectedly, this kid suddenly seemed to be richer than him!

What's going on?

After receiving the news, Old Goodman rushed home and recruited the boy to him, saying with a serious face: "I heard that you suddenly became extremely generous. What's going on? Where did your money come from?"

The little Duke Goodman shrank his neck in fear and said, "I earned it from doing business with someone."

To be honest, he was really a little afraid of his father, because his father was not the only son.

He became the heir because he was the oldest.

However, if his father changed his mind and insisted on passing the throne of Duke to one of his younger brothers, he would have no choice.

If this is true, he will go from a noble little duke to an indifferent little Count.

This is a very different treatment, so he is very afraid of his father.

Old Goodman really didn't expect that this kid would do business.

He then asked, "What business is so profitable?"

The little Duke Goodman said honestly: "It is to resell high-end goods from the Ming Empire."

The Ming Empire!

Old Goodman immediately said in a deep voice: "You are doing business with the people from the Ming Empire?"

The little Duke Goodman is the son of the Spanish Prime Minister after all, so he naturally knows about the European Union and knows that Spain is secretly accumulating strength to go to war with the Ming Empire.

If he had any connection with the people from the Ming Empire, he would be a foe!

He quickly explained: "No, Desilau, who is with me, is a Madrid native."

When Old Goodman heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Madrid natives? Are you sure?"

The little Duke of Goodman nodded quickly and said, "I'm sure I've visited his manor."

His manor is located on the banks of the Manzanares River, not far from Madrid.

It was indeed an old manor that had been passed down for more than a hundred years, and everyone nearby knew him and knew that his family was in business."

Well, everyone nearby is a spy under Desilau, so it is natural that it is easy for him, the little duke, to go to the lake.

Old Goodman didn't hear the flaws. He thought for a while and continued to ask, "Where did your goods come from?"

The young Duke of Goodman hesitated for a moment and said honestly: "This is a secret that outsiders don't know. The person who supplies us is a director of the Atlantic Business Company in Daming. That guy wants to make money privately, so he found Desilao, who specializes in business, and asked him to sell it on behalf of others."

It turned out to be a borer from the Ming Empire.

Goodman also often does this kind of thing. In order to make money, he can even make people secretly sell Spanish supplies to France, which was still hostile at the time!

He really didn't expect that his son would have such ability.

very good!

Old Goodman actually nodded slightly and said, "If you can make money, you can make money, but you have to be careful not to do other things with others."

You just make money and don’t participate in anything else, do you know?"

The so-called father must have sons.

It is precisely because this old Goodman is too selfish and always wants to make money in secret that Spain is suppressed by the Anti-Habsburg Alliance and is bankrupt again and again.

Otherwise, how could it be short of money with the huge overseas colonies of Spain?

He was far worse than the old fox Richelieu, so naturally he couldn't see the tricks.

The little Duke of Goodman was a fuss. Now he regarded Desilau as his confidant, and he did whatever others said.

"Sun, Moon, and Wind"

For example, one of Desilau's main tasks this time was to figure out what these nobles really like.

It is difficult to completely understand such trivial matters without integrating into the circle of nobles.

After Desilau coaxed Goodman, he directly lied to others that in order to expand business and make more money, he must study this carefully.

Goodman really heard that he started to study. He asked all the nobles who were invited to the banquet, and even thought about it every day.

As a result, he quickly made a list.

To be honest, the continental aristocrats are so rich that they are burning, especially the Spanish aristocrats, who are all trying their best to spend money.

The things they like are also quite weird.

For example, silk fabric embroidered with gold silk.

To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is used to please women among the nobles. If you can give them a dress made of this kind of fabric, what countess, duchess, countesses and even duchess can sleep with you!

Problem, Continental doesn't have this technology yet.

Because the kesi technology used for gold silk embroidery is more troublesome than weaving silk, they can't even weave silk well, let alone kesi technology.

This technology was only passed down by the Ming Dynasty. The silk and embroidery of kesi woven were also quite valuable in the Ming Dynasty.

As for the continent, a little bit of gold-embroidered silk and satin may occasionally be circulated, and the royal families of various countries are like treasures.

Of course, this kind of thing is just a bit more troublesome to make for the Ming Dynasty. As long as the price is affordable, the Ming Dynasty can make a lot of it.

As for the price issue, the continental nobles always only choose the expensive ones, the more expensive the better.

They all rushed to ask for two hundred taels of ordinary silk, and even if the silk embroidered by gold silk is 200 pounds per piece, some people are rushing to ask for even two hundred pounds of silk!

For example, high-end porcelain.

The porcelain from the official kiln cannot satisfy the appetite of these nobles. The truly rich European nobles all like extremely luxurious things.

They all hope that high-end porcelain can draw exquisite eucalyptus with golden glaze, so that it will appear luxurious.

This is also quite simple for the Ming Dynasty, with golden glaze just a little meaning.

There are also all kinds of food.

At this moment, the nobles in the continental region eat one rare and the other is unique.

Taichang didn't expect that all kinds of delicacies in the mountains and seas also liked the European nobles.

What are sika deer, wild goats, bears, crocodiles, sea bass, sturgeons, pheasants, pigeons, and even swans.

Anyway, as long as it is a rare food in continental Europe, they all like it.

They are no longer simply trying to satisfy their appetites. They eat just a taste and a rare one.

These are nothing to the Ming Dynasty. As long as they are willing to pay a lot of money, the Ming Dynasty, such as bears and crocodiles, can transport people to the continent!

Desilau's business is getting bigger and bigger. Under the leadership of Goodman, he even slowly got into other people's aristocratic circle.

He just used a little trick to use Daming’s specially made wine-relieving medicine to base it. When he caught someone, he would pour it in random orders and soon found out a lot of secrets.

For example, the Habsburg dynasty and the Anti-Habsburg Alliance have shaken hands and made peace and formed the Continental Union.

For example, Spain is renovating a shipyard and preparing to build an iron armored warship.

He even found out the general structure of the armored warship.

There is no way. Many people from the Goodman family participated in the top secret plan to build armored warships, and they also specifically learned about the structure of the armored warships.

The friends who received the little Duke Goodman would naturally not be suspicious. They would dare to say anything after they poured the fine wine that was not worthy of money.

It turns out that the iron armored warships of the Ming Dynasty are different. The biggest difference is the structure of the armor.

The black iron armor of the Ming Dynasty was stamped by special steel, and it was very tough. Coupled with the double-layer impact design, a piece of black iron armor could withstand several bombardment times of a twelve-pound cannon.

Their iron armor looks like a black iron armor, cast from pig iron, and it is not two layers, but three layers.

Simply put, the layer outside the iron armor is a buffer armor cast like an iron pot made of cast iron, in the middle is a cast iron plate that resists the impact of shells, and underneath is a thick wooden board.
To be continued...