Chapter 27 Chapter 161 The Virgin and the Virgin

This is a slum area with dirtier, messier, and more crowded houses than the main city where the municipality is located.The messy houses of different sizes are next to each other, and the yards are very small. Vegetables are grown on a small piece of land behind the houses, and chickens and pigs are raised. There are very few jobs for the poor here, and women mainly do domestic work. If they don't do these, they have almost no choice but to sell their bodies. All trades in this place have guilds, even thieves, beggars, and prostitutes have their own guilds, but Dak took a wild path, he did not join the brokers' guild, and his wife is from the housekeeping guild one molecule.

Xia Xun imagined the power of the Europeans to be a little stronger. At this time, the European continent was torn apart, England and France were engaged in an endless Hundred Years' War, Morocco was fighting for independence, Spain was fighting to the death to unify the small principalities, and Northern Italy was fighting with Germany. Local conflicts and gangs of mercenaries are rampant everywhere. I'm afraid Fei Yinglun's trip to Venice will hardly form a national behavior. At most, he will build a private fleet with the support of rich and powerful tycoons. If this is the case, he will end internal disputes in Europe and start a big voyage. Before the era, it was entirely possible that the Asia-Europe route would fall into the control of Daming.

The Ming Dynasty will establish a great new ocean era, Chinese goods will flow into Europe continuously, and the Eastern and Western cultures will further exchange.Since Daming is both a goods producer and an airline transporter, the profits can be imagined, and the entry of overseas wealth in the economy will greatly stimulate the development of Daming's production industry, which in turn will affect the political process. This will not depend on anyone's personal will. transfer. And all the great men of this age have not seen this. At this time, Xia Xun was at Dake's house. That day, Dak had been waiting outside, and after waiting for a long time, he saw Xia Xun coming out of the house. Xia Xun seemed to have something in his arms, with a serious expression on his face. Dak obediently didn't ask him any questions. .

Then, Dake led Xia Xun back to the pier. On the way, he saw Su Ying and Tang Sai'er leading a group of guys with open fire to kill them. It turned out that they heard the report from the interpreter and thought that Xia Xun had suffered a catastrophe. After Xia Xun explained clearly, when he led them back, they ran into the mayor and some nobles with a large number of police officers. After learning that it was a misunderstanding, these officers were greatly relieved: Little Marseille can Can't stand such a powerful armed looting. Afterwards, they asked Xia Xun the puzzling question. They wanted to know where did so many orientals sail to the Mediterranean Sea.

Xia Xun's explanation was that they encountered a storm and drifted in the violent storm for nearly a month. When the storm subsided, they appeared outside the Strait of Gibraltar, and they didn't know where they came from. This answer disappointed the Marseille authorities. After the Strait of Gibraltar, there is an endless Atlantic Ocean. With this little clue, where are they going to find the origin of this group of Orientals? Are they going to drift on the sea for several months, and go there without knowing where the border is? to seek their course in the seas of After Xia Xun dealt with these local officials indiscriminately, she wanted to go back to the boat and ask Su Ying and Tang Saier to change into western clothes for a try. Only then did Tang Saier notice Dak.

Eighteen changes in the female college, Tang Saier has grown into a handsome big girl, Jacques Dac doesn't recognize her anymore, Da Ke has almost no change except that he is a little fatter than before, of course Tang Saier recognizes her.Only after this coincidence did Jacques know that he and Xia Xun had met each other when they were separated. Knowing that his favorite Rena had married Xia Xun and gave birth to a child, Darke couldn't help feeling a little sad.However, he had married a wife and had children a long time ago. At first, he fell in love with Renna, and he only wanted to pursue her as his lover. Now that the beautiful woman is reliable for life, Darke doesn't think too much except for a little melancholy.

In the next few days, Xia Xun's fleet started doing business with the locals. The crew from the East filled Marseille's large and small bars, markets, and all the places where people were looking for flowers and flowers. Xia Xun, Su Ying, and Tang Sai The son is guided by Dak, and walks in the streets and alleys of Marseille every day. Xia Xun even wanted to take a look in Paris, but because it took several days to go back and forth, he had to give up.Xia Xun wanted to stay in Marseilles and wait for Zheng He's fleet. He asked Xu Hu to take several ships to other countries in the Mediterranean Sea. A small Marseilles couldn't eat so much goods he brought, not to mention that he also needed to buy a lot of goods. Goods go back.

It is foolish to take money back home. You must know that there are rare goods to live in. Why does ocean trade make money?Especially in such an era, the transportation is too inconvenient, so the goods from the East are regarded as treasures by the rich in the West, and the goods from the West are also priceless in the East. If you can exchange what you have, you can make a lot of money. The oriental goods brought by Xia Xun can be sold at a high price, and he robbed countless treasures along the way. Of course, it is impossible to exchange all the money for goods, and the whole of Europe cannot provide so many goods that he can buy, let alone him. There are not so many ships to load so many goods, but he wants to buy some western curiosities as much as possible, so he can't be limited to Marseilles.

Therefore, during this period, Xia Xun only left one ship in Marseilles, and the other ships went to other countries in the Mediterranean to buy goods from various countries.Xia Xun was stranded in Marseilles and visited all the streets and alleys. When he was bored, he often visited Dake's house. Dake had made some money in the East, and planned to buy a piece of land and become a farmer when he returned to his hometown, but the money was robbed by robbers on the way. In desperation, he had to bring his wife and children to Marseilles to make money after returning home. Because the family has already owed a huge amount of debt during the years he has been away, and it is impossible for him to repay this huge sum of money, which is an astronomical figure for him, if he stays in the village.

Xia Xun gave him three sets of porcelain, and Dake took the exquisite porcelain from the east and sold them to the bishop, the mayor, and an old nobleman who lived in a castle on the outskirts of the city. The money he got back was not only enough for him to pay off his debts , but also allows him to buy a piece of land in the countryside, buy a cow, and be a dutiful farmer. He planned to take his wife and children back to the countryside after Xia Xun and his party left. He still stayed here just to translate for Xia Xun. Dake's house is a small rented house, which is kept very clean by the diligent couple.Although the family already has enough money to pay off the debts, the industrious hostess has not quit her job. She plans to work for a full month and quit her job after earning this month's wages.

Since Dake was Xia Xun's guide, wherever Xia Xun was, he would naturally be there.Xia Xun was drinking tea in the yard of Dake's house at this time. The tea was brought by himself on the boat. Now Dake is also fascinated by the taste of this drink, but he can only enjoy it with Xia Xun, he can't afford it himself of. Rena, the youngest daughter of Tang Saier and Dak.Dak is playing together.Rena is Darke's youngest daughter, and her name is taken from Xia Xun's concubine, Rena. It seems that Darke is really a passionate seed, bringing out the French romantic factor to the fullest. Dak has several children, and the children here are sent to learn how to make a living when they reach the age of seven.Children from poor families have no chance to read and write. Children from rich families learn finance, business and law, and children from middle-class families learn literacy and mathematics. Children from families like them can only learn from cobblers, blacksmiths, and tailors. Various job skills. Except for the youngest daughter, Genna, Dak's other children were all over seven years old and were sent to various shops in the city as apprentices. Genna, who was six and a half years old this year, was the only girl left at home.Because her parents were busy with their livelihood, no one took care of her since she was a child, and she was allowed to struggle with the boys. Little Rena was lively and active like a boy. This kind of character suits Tang Sai'er's appetite, so the two can play together very well. You see, this way, this way, isn’t it all right? Master, this is not magic or witchcraft, is it? Rena was changing her teeth, she opened her mouth with two missing front teeth, and asked Tang Sai'er timidly.Rena has already worshiped Tang Sai'er as her master, and Tang Sai'er is teaching her tricks. Rena can't speak Chinese well, except for the word "master", she speaks French. Jacques who is sitting next to her is responsible for This is a master-student translation. of course not!This is a divine art from the East!Let me tell you, don’t underestimate it. There is a White Lotus Sect in our place. There is a Han Shantong in the White Lotus Sect. Become as powerful as a tiger!They regarded Han Shantong as the king of Ming Dynasty, and raised troops against the Yuan Dynasty, hum!If he hadn't died early, he would have been emperor! Rena shook her head: But, the lotus flower you transformed into is not a sacred object here! Oops, how did I teach you such a stupid apprentice!Whatever you people here believe in, you can change into whatever you believe in. The important thing is not what miracles you show, but what miracles you show can make others believe in you unconditionally, you know? oh What a stupid apprentice! Xia Xun held the teacup and said with a smile: Sai'er, you have nothing to do in this place, right?What are you doing teaching Little Rena these messy things? Do you still want to teach a little White Lotus disciple in the Frankish Kingdom? Tang Sai'er smiled and said: "Idle is idle, I like Renna very much." Xia Xun just laughed it off when he heard it. Although the White Lotus Sect is a taboo, Tang Saier's so-called magical art is actually a supernatural skill in ancient Chinese color tricks. itself biased. Besides, this little girl with red hair, a small pointed nose, and two small gaping teeth when she smiles, whom her father affectionately calls "My Little Cabbage", is just a countryman's little daughter, and her future prospects will be nothing but What if you just farm the land, grow vegetables and spin wool, and learn how to play tricks? Xia Xun didn't know that the little Rena in front of her was the later famous Joan of Arc.Maybe there is a predestined arrangement in the dark, born in the same era, and became famous in the eastern and western battlefields respectively. Two girls called the Holy Mother and the other canonized saintess have such a relationship. As for this little girl who didn't even know a word, she claimed to be inspired by God when she was twelve years old, and then successfully gained the trust of farmers, soldiers, generals, nobles, and crown princes, and thus led the army and created a series of incredible miracles. The road she walked was very similar to Tang Sai'er, Xu Hongru and other White Lotus followers in history, but I don't know if Tang Sai'er has the merits of enlightenment.