Li Feng, who was wearing official clothes, looked at the Jews in front of him. They were not much different from the white slaves in his family's plantation. Of course, it was said that Europeans could easily identify the Jews.
"According to the decree of His Royal Highness Prince Ning, the entire Ning Kingdom must welcome the New Year. All towns must hang lanterns and every household must post Spring Festival couplets."
"In addition, every small town must hire teachers, set up academies, and learn Chinese culture and etiquette. Every small town must use the Ming Dynasty script and language."
Li Feng said seriously to Brown and the Jews around him.
Hearing Li Feng's words, Brown and others were slightly relieved but also frowned.
It is not asking them for money, nor is it blackmailing them, nor is it restricting their actions or occupations, etc.
You must know that in Europe, basically every country stipulates that Jews cannot own land, engage in certain professions, own slaves, have litigation rights, etc. Therefore, most Jews can only rely on their own crafts or business.
Make a living.
This is why it is said that most of the Jews are businessmen and appear to be very shrewd. In fact, they were all forced out because no matter how rich they are, they cannot own a piece of land of their own. It is just the land of the powerful people from various European countries.
Piggy bank, whenever there is a need or necessity, they will come and loot the Jews.
When they came to Ningguo, they were finally assigned a piece of land of their own. Every Jew couldn't help but kneel down and kiss the land.
It is really not easy. For thousands of years, they have wandered around the world and never had a piece of land of their own, but now they have it.
They are afraid of losing this land, although now it seems that this land is still very barren and has nothing to do with fertile farmland.
But this is the first land they have owned in thousands of years.
They were also afraid that these Ming dynasties would come to blackmail them like the Europeans, and they were afraid of being targeted.
However, this worry is obviously somewhat unnecessary. In the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty, they are no different from white slaves at this moment, except that they are not slaves, but legal citizens of Ningguo.
"Sir, we are willing to abide by the will of His Highness Prince Ning and abide by the laws of Ning Kingdom~"
"But please forgive me for asking, does this decree apply to all small towns?"
Brown exchanged glances with the surrounding Jews.
The Jews are the most stubborn people. No matter where they go, they always maintain their own things. This is one of the reasons why they have been rejected by Europeans.
When they arrived in Ningguo, they naturally hoped to continue to maintain their own characteristics and traditions, but this was Ningguo after all. Learning the language and writing of the Ming people was necessary and necessary for survival, and it did not violate Jewish teachings and
Tradition.
However, hanging lanterns and posting couplets are the customs of the Ming Dynasty people during the Spring Festival, which made these Jews very repulsive. They did not think about the Spring Festival, even though the whole Ningguo was now very lively about the Spring Festival.
In some nearby towns and plantations, you can see festive red lanterns, Spring Festival couplets, etc. everywhere. Red Ming people think it is festive, but for the Jews, they don't like red.
But this is the will of King Ning of the Ning Kingdom. Even if they have established a firm foothold here, they cannot violate it, let alone the new arrival. Only after arriving here did they truly realize the power and vastness of the Ning Kingdom.
Ningguo has a huge territory in both the Tianzhu continent and the African continent. Ningguo's annual fiscal revenue exceeds five million taels of silver, and the food produced every year is enough to feed tens of millions of people.
Such a country would definitely be a strong power in Europe.
However, Ningguo was just a vassal state under the great Ming Empire. Compared with the great Ming Empire, Ningguo was simply insignificant.
There is no way to disobey it, so you can only obey it, but Brown still wants to know whether this edict is aimed at the Jews.
"Nonsense, of course all towns must comply."
Upon hearing this, Li Feng said coldly, then got on his horse, turned around, and quickly left the small town of Saifati.
"Mr. Brown, what should we do?"
As soon as Li Feng left, the surrounding Jews gathered around Brown one after another, with anxious eyes in their eyes.
"Don't be anxious, don't worry~"
"As far as I know, the Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Ming people. There is even a law in the Ming Empire that clearly stipulates that during the Spring Festival, the entire country has a fifteen-day holiday. This shows that they attach great importance to this festival.
of attention.”
"Ningguo is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Almost all the systems are the same as those of the Ming Dynasty. It is normal to attach great importance to the Spring Festival."
Brown looked at everyone, thought for a while and said: "Frank, Barani, you two are going to go to Chixia City with me. We will ask around for news and buy lanterns and Spring Festival couplets."
"Okay~"
Frank and Barani nodded quickly.
"Everyone, go get busy."
"We finally got our own land. We should cherish it. Now we are going to reclaim the wasteland so that we can plant crops next year."
Brown looked at the worried people around him and comforted them.
Having been here for about half a year, the people of Daming gave them the feeling of being very proud and confident. When they looked at them, their eyes were full of contempt, as if they looked down on them very much.
Later they learned that there were basically a large number of slaves from Europe in these Ming people's plantations. The Ming people called these white-skinned people white slaves, and dark-skinned people black slaves. In addition, the local Africans
The indigenous people are called Kunlun slaves.
There are a lot of people in Chixia City, but most of them are slaves. There are not many people who have obtained free legal citizenship. Only people from the Ming Dynasty, Koreans, Japanese and other Easterners are legal citizens.
Almost all other white people were slaves, and they, the Jews, were the only white people with legal citizenship.
Soon, a carriage carrying Brown, Frank and Barani drove slowly towards Chixia City.
Along the way, Brown, Frank and Barani were observing everything along the way.
Jews survive by making profits and doing business. This instinct has almost been integrated into their blood, allowing them to easily survive in a new place and quickly rely on business to accumulate a lot of wealth.
And all this relies on a pair of eyes with keen insight.
"The Ming people's plantations grew spices, sugar cane and tea. Spices are very valuable in Europe, but they are very cheap here in Ningguo. Sugar cane should be used to boil sugar. Sugar is also very expensive in European countries.
Tea is also very popular in Europe, but it is said that the Ming Dynasty people themselves are the most fond of drinking tea."
Frank held a notebook and took detailed notes.
"Maybe in the future we can sell tea, sugar, and spices here to Europe."
Balani looked a little excited and said that after arriving here, he seemed to have quickly discovered a business opportunity to sell these things from Ningguo to Europe, because he clearly knew the huge price difference between the two places.
“It’s a good idea”
Old Brown smiled and shook his head: "But first, you need to master the business situation of Ningguo and all the surrounding vassal states and colonies. The business of the Ming Dynasty is extremely prosperous, and the wealth of their merchants is far beyond our imagination.
"
“When it comes to business, we Jews are the best.”
Barani said very confidently.
While walking and chatting, I realized that the plantations here are very large in scale. Huge plantations are even far apart from each other. It is obvious that the land here is so vast and sparsely populated that there is no time to cultivate a large amount of land.
, can only be temporarily deserted.
After almost an hour, they finally arrived at another small town, a small town named Xinxiang. Like Saifati Town, Xinxiang Town is one of the many small towns under the jurisdiction of Chixia City.
However, in this new township, the people living here are very complex. Tianzhu people, Burmese, Siamese, Nanyang people, Koreans, Japanese people, Turks, etc. are very mixed.
"Lanterns have been hung up and Spring Festival couplets have been pasted here in Xinxiang Town."
Frank looked at the streets of Xinxiang and saw that every house had hung up red lanterns and pasted Spring Festival couplets. It looked very festive, and the sound of fireworks and firecrackers could even be heard from time to time.
"Hmm~"
Brown nodded, observing carefully.
He found that whether they were Indians, Siamese, Burmese, or Turks, they not only hung red lanterns and pasted Spring Festival couplets, but also imitated the Ming people in their clothes, hair, beards, etc.
Their hair is short, their beards are shaved, they are wearing the clothes of the Ming people, and all of them speak the Ming dialect. Although some people's Ming dialect is not very good, they all speak the Ming dialect and use the Ming dialect when buying and selling things.
Although it can be seen at a glance that they are not from the Ming Dynasty, the influence of the Ming Empire is everywhere. Almost everyone, no matter where they come from, must learn from the Ming Dynasty in everything, including all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Brown was looking at the people around him, and the people around him also looked at Brown, Frank and Barani with some surprise.
"Whose white slave is this coming out alone?"
"You're still wearing the clothes of a European barbarian, and you didn't even give up your clothes to give the slave a few changes?"
"You are still wearing a hat on this hot day, isn't it hot?"
"Yes, I haven't cut my hair or shaved my beard. The smell on my body is so strong that I probably didn't even use soap in the shower."