Until they got off the boat, Gilt and Pablo's heads were still buzzing, and their eyes kept looking at the mountains of gold and silver bricks at the dock. Their minds were filled with the charming light of silver and gold.
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"How much gold and silver did the Ming Dynasty plunder from America?"
"I heard that they conquered the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire and asked them to build pyramids with gold and silver to atone for their sins."
"Oh God~"
Geert and Pablo's eyes were all blood-red.
"This faraway eastern country is indeed as described in Marco Polo's travels, extremely rich."
"God only knows how much gold and silver they plundered from America."
Gilt couldn't help but sigh, Marco Polo was not lying, this huge Ming Empire was really very rich.
"Mr. Gilt, Mr. Pablo, shall I take you to find a place to stay first?"
Wang Dashan walked over with a smile on his face. All the gold and silver on the 'Peace' had been handed over. He, the captain, had also completed his duties, and he could take a good rest for a while.
"Okay, please Mr. Wang~"
Gilt and Pablo came back to their senses and said to Wang Dashan with a smile.
"There are many inns in Tianjin, some are expensive and some are cheap. Expensive inns such as Tianjin Inn cost hundreds of silver dollars a night to stay in a good room, while cheap ones cost more than a dozen silver dollars a day."
"One silver dollar is enough to stay in an ordinary inn for four or five days. I wonder what kind of inn you need to go to?"
Wang Dashan is a native of Tianjin and is very familiar with Tianjin.
Then he looked at the people brought by Gilt and Pablo, thought for a while and said, "There are more than a dozen of you. If you plan to stay in our country for a longer time, you can also rent a house."
"Renting is relatively more cost-effective, but staying in a hotel is still too expensive."
"A good inn costs hundreds of silver dollars a day?"
When Gilt and Pablo heard this, they couldn't help but gasped, wondering if Ming Dynasty's consumption was too high.
When they came, they already knew the currency used in the Ming Dynasty, silver and copper coins, and they also knew that silver was more valuable in the Ming Dynasty.
"Even in the cheapest inn, one silver dollar is only enough to stay for four or five days, which is too expensive."
Gilt couldn't help but shake his head.
Although he had brought some gold and silver with him when he came, the amount was not large. He planned to stay in Ming Dynasty for a longer time, so he still had to budget carefully.
"Let's stay at the inn today. I'll have to ask Mr. Wang to help me find a place to rent tomorrow."
"That's okay~"
Wang Dashan smiled and nodded, and then led them towards a familiar inn.
"Wang Dashan? Who are these people around you?"
"Why do they have big noses and blue eyes? They look like monsters~"
Some people quickly noticed Gilt, Pablo and others, while someone who knew Wang Dashan asked with a smile.
"We are not monsters~"
"We are people from the Kingdom of Spain in Europe~"
When Gilt heard this, he immediately replied unhappily.
"Europeans?"
"Blonde hair, blue eyes, big nose? White skin~"
“Really European~”
Suddenly, the crowd around them became interested and turned their attention to Gilt, Pablo and the others. Then they started talking and pointing.
"These Europeans are so ugly~"
"Look at their noses? How big? How ugly~"
"Their eye sockets are all sunken, like ghosts, so ugly~"
"..."
Geert and Barbroton looked ugly when they heard the discussions around them. Why do people in the Ming Dynasty always say that they are ugly? They are not ugly. When they were in Spain, they were famously popular little princes.
Why in the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty, am I really that ugly?
"Mr. Gilt, Pablo Reality? Let's go~"
Wang Dashan on the side smiled helplessly and led them to push through the crowd and walk towards a familiar inn.
Gilt, Pablo and others were wearing strange clothes, and they had completely different looks from the Ming Dynasty people. Wherever they went, they immediately became the center of attention. People around them looked at them curiously.
But soon, Gilt and Pablo got used to it. The people in Ming Dynasty were just curious and said they were ugly and didn't do anything to them.
The two began to walk as a habit, carefully observing and sizing up this huge city.
The city is very prosperous and lively. On the wide concrete roads, there is a lot of traffic, people coming and going, and it is very lively.
On both sides of the road, there are neatly planned buildings stretching to the end of the field of vision. Below the buildings are extremely busy shops, all kinds of shops, and the business is very good.
At the port pier where we came from, and at the pier in the distance, we could see a large number of sea fish being loaded and unloaded from the boats, piling up like mountains, but they were soon picked up one after another -->>
Transported away by horse-drawn carriage.
Looking further into the distance, in each residential area, the lights are on, and under the influence of various glass lamps, they look resplendent. You can vaguely see the busy figures in the tall buildings.
“Tianjin is more lively again~”
Wang Dashan looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. It had been more than a year since he left Tianjin. When he returned to Tianjin, he felt very familiar and at the same time slightly strange. The place had become more prosperous and lively.
At this time, it was just time to get off work, and the flow of people on the street was very large. From the factory area, the huge flow of people poured into the spacious cement road and spread to all directions in Tianjin.
As factory and workshop workers get off work, the whole Tianjin is boiling with excitement and noise.
Gilt and Pablo followed Wang Dashan and watched carefully.
“What a clean city~”
Looking at the clean streets, both Gilt and Pablo couldn't help but sigh.
Tianjin City is really clean. Even though there are a lot of four-wheeled carriages and a huge flow of people, there is no smelly scene.
If you want to know Europe at the same time, it can really be described with one word, and that is the word "stinky".
Europe during this period simply stinked to death.
It's not just Europeans who don't like bathing, so everyone smells bad.
What's more important is that Europe during this period had no running water system, no groundwater drainage system, and no public health, so littering in the streets and alleys was too common.
Paris, France, which is famous in Europe, is even more smelly and absolutely not romantic at all.
Even the upper-class princes and nobles are like this.
The princes and nobles of the upper class in Europe like to hold various banquets, but because there are no sewage treatment facilities, they usually litter everywhere after the cocktail party. A castle will stink after one night.
This is also the reason why European princes and nobles have many castles. If one castle is dirty or smelly, they need to move to another castle to live in, and they will not move back until it is cleaned.
Looking at the Tianjin city in front of us, the streets are very clean. Even if it is a four-wheeled carriage, there is a hanging bag behind the horse's butt specially used to hold horse manure.
There are no people littering in the streets and alleys, and there is no pungent and unpleasant temperature. There is no random littering of garbage on the streets. It is clean and tidy.
The city is clean and tidy, and people in the busy Ming Dynasty are also very clean. Many people wear gorgeous clothes and stroll around leisurely.
Everyone here looks very good and is strong. It is obvious that they live a very prosperous life.
After walking with Gilt and Pablo for almost a stick of incense, Wang Dashan took them to a relatively remote place.
Tianjin Port is located in the most prosperous and core area of Tianjin. The consumption here is too high. Even in the most ordinary inn, the consumption is quite expensive.
Yuanfang Inn is one of the many mid- to low-end inns in Tianjin. It has average prices but is clean and tidy.
"Shopkeeper Li~Old Li~"
As soon as he entered the inn, Wang Dashan roared.
Soon, a man who looked like a shopkeeper came out from behind. The moment he saw Wang Dashan, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Old Wang, are you back from Golden Continent?"
"Haha, I'm back. I just got off the ship today."
Wang Dashan smiled and replied.
"Did you make a lot of money this time?"
Shopkeeper Li asked quietly.
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay. I'll talk to you slowly about this later."
"Today, I am introducing guests to you. These people are Spaniards from Europe. They met us here in Golden Continent and followed our fleet to our Ming Dynasty."
Wang Dashan smiled and replied, then pointed at Gilt and Pablo and said, "This is Mr. Gilt, and this is Mr. Pablo."
"This is the shopkeeper of this inn, shopkeeper Li~"
"Hello, shopkeeper Li~"
Gilt smiled and greeted Shopkeeper Li with a raised hand.
"Hello, you two, hello, both of you~"
Shopkeeper Li also smiled and replied.
"Lao Li, first arrange a few rooms for them to stay in, and then arrange food for their workers. Remember to give them some discounts. They turn out to be guests."
"I know, don't worry."
Shopkeeper Wang smiled and nodded, and then said to his waiter, "Why don't you take the guests to the room and put down the courtesy?"
"Shopkeeper Li, this is our money. When the time comes, more will be refunded and less will be replenished. Do you think that's okay?"
Geert also took out a small piece of gold as a deposit.
"Okay, okay, of course~"
Seeing the gold, Shopkeeper Li's eyes shone slightly, and he sighed in his heart, this guy who came from Golden Continent is different, he gets gold when he sells it, he is really rich.
Gilt and Pablo were busy for a while, settling down their people at the inn.
