Xiji Port in Nanyun Province, to be precise, should be called Xiji City now.

Because of its unique geographical location, Xiji Port is located on the east coast of the Black Sea and the western part of the Southern Caucasus. It is the westernmost port of the Ming Dynasty and the most important window for the Ming Dynasty to Europe, West Asia, Arabia and other places on the mainland.

Therefore, the development of Xiji Port in recent years has been extremely rapid. In just a few years, Yanran has now become one of the largest, most prosperous and most lively cities around the Black Sea.

The teahouse Yunwu Pavilion next to the port has five floors. Standing next to the port, it is one of the favorite places for everyone to go to in Xiji City.

Here in Yunwu Pavilion, order a pot of good tea from the Ming Dynasty, and then a few plates of snacks, a newspaper from the Ming Dynasty, invite three or five friends to read the newspaper, chat, and from time to time to look at the busy Xiji Port. This Yanran has become the daily life of many well-known people in Xiji City.

Tea, which originated from the Ming Dynasty, became popular quickly as soon as it was introduced to Nanyun Province, and became something that people in Nanyun Province cannot live without for three meals.

At this moment, there were many tea guests drinking tea and chatting on the Yunwu Pavilion Teahouse.

Li Ge drank a sip of hot tea and suddenly, his whole body was warm, and the cold in his body seemed to disappear completely.

Looking out the window, even in the winter, Xiji Port is still very busy. From time to time, large ships leave the port with cargo from the Ming Dynasty. You can see ships filled with slaves and cargo ships arrive at the port.

The port's dock is extremely busy, with dock workers loading and unloading goods and gantry cranes busy, so that they can see beads of sweat the size of beans on their bodies in the middle of winter.

Let’s look at Xiji City around the port. There are tall buildings standing with huge signs hanging on them. World-famous large businesses have set up offices here.

"I love this West Lake Longjing!"

Li Ge tasted it carefully, gently put down the teacup, and said to several friends around him with a smile.

Li Go was not a Han Chinese, but a Georgian. He was originally a businessman. His former name was Ballat, but since the Southern Caucasus was incorporated into the rule of the Ming Empire.

The local Georgians and Caucasians changed their Chinese names and surnames one after another. Even a large number of people who believed in Christ converted to Buddhism and Taoism in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Ge also followed the crowd, changed the surname of the Ming Dynasty, took the Chinese name, and even learned from the Han people in all aspects of language, clothing, food, etc., so drinking tea gradually became a habit.

"I made a lot of money to go to Eastern Europe this time?"

Beside Li Ge, Wang Xinming asked with a smile. He is also a Georgian and has a good relationship with Li Ge. He is both a businessman. He is mainly engaged in commercial trade. Because of the special geographical relationship here, he also earned a lot of property in just a few years.

“Haha, okay, okay~”

Li Ge smiled and responded vaguely, and then said with emotion: "It's better to live now. No one dares to bully us wherever we Ming people go. Unlike before, we didn't dare to do business outside, otherwise we wouldn't know how we died."

Li Ge was also inspired. As a local from Nanyun Province, he has always been in business.

In the past, the Kingdom of Georgia was the target of bullying by all directions, from the Persians to the Mongols, to the Aries and Black Sheep dynasties, to the Timur Empire and later the Ottoman Empire.

Almost all the surrounding countries and tribes can bully them, invade here, arrest the Georgians and the Caucasians as slaves, and sell them all over the world.

These businessmen who do business everywhere naturally feel the most about this.

Many times, I finally worked hard to accumulate some goods and prepared to sell them to neighboring countries, but I encountered various difficulties. Sometimes, not only did I not make money, but the goods were lost, and even my life was almost impossible to save several times.

Without a powerful country to support them, even if they have great skills, they can only make a little profit from the tip of the knife.

Many times, you have finally worked hard to make a lot of money, but when you encounter greedy officials from the enemy country deliberately forcibly collecting your heavy taxes, you have no choice.

Georgia clearly knew that selling goods from the East to Europe could make a big profit, but they never dared to do this, because it would touch the interests of the Ottoman Empire. Once it was found by the Ottoman Empire, it would definitely be impossible to escape death.

The business they could do was to sell some local specialties from Nagyun Province to Persia and the Ottoman Empire, making very little money, and they were always worried.

But now it's different.

They are now citizens of the Ming Empire, the people of the Ming Emperor, and are protected by the powerful Ming Empire.

As a citizen of the Ming Empire, no one dared to mess with him wherever he went. Merchant ships filled with goods walked on the Black Sea, pirates from the Ottoman Empire dared not rob them, and even the Ottoman Empire had no right to tax the merchants of the Ming Empire.

This time he formed a ship of goods to Eastern Europe for sale. Although he encountered pirates from the Ottoman Empire along the way, he finally returned safely with the Ming Dynasty's dragon flag.

He transported the silk, porcelain, sugar, glass products, cloth, etc. from the Ming Dynasty to Europe and sold it, and then bought the white slave from Eastern Europe. The money he earned from such a simple round trip was a number that he could not believe in business in the past, and he made a lot of money.

"Yes, it's better to live now."

"Look at the present and then the past, I can't believe that we can live such a good life."

Wang Xinming also nodded Zheng Key.

In the past, Georgians and Caucasians were a piece of fat meat, and all tribes and countries could come up to bite the fat meat.

The Ottoman Empire, Persians, Mongols, and Tatars. In ancient times, even the Genoese in the Mediterranean Italy knew that the slaves here were the best slaves.

A strong and powerful man is the best rush warrior on the battlefield. A woman is tall, fair-skinned, delicate and beautiful, and is the best bed companion.

There is no powerful country. They have been bullied and suffered from all directions from ancient times to the present.

"Good news, good news~"

At this moment, someone excitedly came to the teahouse with the latest Ming Dynasty morning newspaper. Before the people arrived, they shouted out excitedly.spanstyle>Grill/spanstyle>

"Good news just came from the capital~"

"Zhu'na, the concubine of the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, gave birth to a prince on the eighth day of November!"

"Zhuanna gave birth to a little prince for His Highness the Crown Prince!"

The voice seemed very excited, as if his wife had given birth to a son for him.

"real?"

"Very good!"

"Very good!"

"What a great joy to be happy about!"

As soon as the excitement sound fell, cheers suddenly rang out from the entire teahouse.

"real!"

When Li Ge heard this, he stood up excitedly.

"Very good!"

Wang Xinming also almost jumped up excitedly.

"This is really the most exciting and happy thing in our Nanyun Province. Anna is really committed to making a splendid family for my Ming Dynasty!"

Li Ge also shouted excitedly.

"Bang~"

"Bang~"

"Crack ~"

The tea lovers in the teahouse were cheering. As the news spread rapidly, people of joy immediately took out fireworks and firecrackers to set them off, as lively as the New Year. The entire Xiji City suddenly fell into a sea of ​​celebration.

The newspaper boys selling newspapers were carrying thick newspapers on their backs and shouted excitedly. In a blink of an eye, the newspapers that had just arrived here were sold out. Many locals were holding newspapers and thrilled to each other.

Anna, who represented them, Georgians and Caucasians, went to Beijing to choose a concubine, lived up to expectations. She was not only named a concubine by the prince, but also successfully gave birth to a little prince for His Royal Highness the Prince of the Ming Dynasty.

This news is undoubtedly huge news for locals in the entire Nagyun Province.

This is not just the simplest thing about the Ming Dynasty royal family.

It represents the local Georgians and Caucasians in Nagyun Province gradually becoming one and an inseparable whole with the Ming Dynasty.

It also means that the Emperor of Ming regards them as his own people, and even the noble royal bloodline has been integrated into their Georgian bloodline.

This little prince, his existence, proves this.

This is definitely the happiest thing for Georgians and Caucasians this winter.

The powerful Ming Empire allowed them to live a good life. They were eager to truly integrate into the Ming Empire and gain recognition from the highest level of the Ming Empire.

"I pay for everyone's consumption in the teahouse today~ Celebrate the birth of the little prince!"

Li Ge happily shouted to everyone in the teahouse.

"Shopkeeper, I'll give you a jar of good wine on every table present, so I'll treat you~"

When a generous person heard this, he shouted excitedly.

“Haha~”

"Add another pot of good tea to each table, I'll treat you~"

Wang Xinming also said boldly.

"Good news, good news~"

"There is another good news~"

"On November 25, 2011, Hongzhi's 21st year, the imperial examination list was announced. Li Nanyun, a talented man from Nanyun Province, ranked first in the second place!"

Everyone cheered and celebrated, and was full of enthusiasm, but at this moment, someone came to the teahouse excitedly and shouted.

"Li Nanyun ranked first in the second place and was awarded the Hanlin Academy Shuji Shi!"
Chapter completed!