The little baby heard the sound downstairs and turned to support Yan Shiqing. Yan Shiqing, who had a good ear, naturally heard the conversation downstairs and understood what was involved.
Their boats are well built, but they still feel like they are floating on the sea.
Now that I'm here, I naturally want to stay down to earth, stay here for a few nights and try the local specialties.
It's just that there are many of them, there are no less than a hundred people on Emperor Dexuan's side alone, so it would not be practical if they all live in an inn.
As for their group here, not counting the shadow guards, they would need at least ten rooms.
Xiao Nian'an, the Ni family, and Xiao Nian'an's wives, plus Xiao Wa and Wen Xiu, her husband and wife, Zhai and several other close guards. In addition, there was Emperor Dexuan
Over there, he was afraid, were the two beauties, the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting for them personally, and the bodyguards.
In this case, it is estimated that the inn will need to be booked for several days.
When Yan Shiqing came to the deck on the first floor, she met the translator's gaze and said, "I heard everything you just said. I think it is necessary for me, the princess, to talk to you. The original purpose of asking you to come to translate was just
We just asked you to translate, and we didn’t ask you to get any kickbacks on our food, clothing, and accommodation. I’m afraid the money I gave your family earlier would be enough for you to translate for other merchant ships for five years. As a human being, you should know how to be content! In addition, if you can
We are satisfied. When we go back, we will naturally receive additional rewards. Don’t focus on those crooked ways. That is not what I, the princess, want to see, and I think your Majesty, Hongwu Kingdom, doesn’t want to see it either. You just have to do your duty.
That's good, the other princesses will naturally not miss you, understand?"
The five translators, hearing what Yan Shiqing said so clearly, didn't understand anything, so they nodded immediately.
"Very good! Now let that person lead the way. We will rent their inn for three days. We will come back in three days and continue to live on the boat. As for food, we will see the situation at that time."
"yes!"
After the ship docked, Yan Shiqing and others got off the ship, and someone from Emperor Dexuan had already gone to notify them.
Therefore, in addition to the two beauties, the people he brought off the ship this time were only the few people who served him personally and a few royal chefs.
Although he also wanted to try the local specialties of Cangming Kingdom, his life was at stake, and he still had to avoid anything uncertain.
He can ask the imperial chef to learn how to cook it for him to eat!
However, when he got off the ship, he asked someone to carry the dragon out, but Chu Ximo and others refused directly.
This is not the capital of the Cangming Kingdom. Being too eye-catching will only cause trouble.
The fact that they have so many large ships is already eye-catching enough, but with the addition of Long Chu, they are definitely just making themselves uncomfortable.
After all, this time they came out and brought goods with them in the name of doing business, which was different from Campbell and his friends back then.
Emperor Dexuan was a little unhappy for a moment because of the rejection, but everyone followed him out and didn't want to listen.
For him, he almost gave up the throne, so why should he be angry?
I have to say that this inn called Honggu is huge. This inn looks a bit like a modern farmhouse, but it is not. They are all wooden houses and the verandah is made of bamboo.
This made Emperor Dexuan and others see it for the first time, and felt it was particularly strange.
It is not very far from the port, only two and a quarter of an hour away. The environment is very quiet and surrounded by various trees, most of which are banana trees.
This red grain package costs five taels of gold for a day, and food is not included. If you want to eat local specialties, you will need to pay extra.
Of course, they can make it themselves, but they need to buy the ingredients from them.
Yan Shiqing looked at this vacation-looking cabin and felt quite refreshed.
Immediately, she asked about the price of goods, what other delicious food was available, what was produced here, and which countries' businessmen there were in Thai, which she was not very proficient in.
Because they booked the inn and gave them five taels of gold as a deposit, the couple who owned the inn were very easy-going and answered almost all questions.
When Yan Shiqing nonchalantly took out a glass mirror from her sleeve pocket, and then took out rouge and gouache to touch up her makeup in front of the boss and his wife, she saw the couple looking at what she took out, their eyes
Shine.
"Madam, do you want to sell these?"
When Yan Shiqing heard the sound, she put down the glass mirror in her hand, glanced at the landlady in surprise, then raised her hand and shook it: "Is this what you're talking about?"
Finally, he pointed at the rouge water flower on the table: "Or are you talking about these?"
The landlady nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I told you, do you sell it?"
They had never seen such a mirror before. Just now she saw what was reflected in the mirror, but it could see people clearly.
And those boxes, just by applying them, the lady looked a lot whiter, and she also looked much better.
If they can buy this thing, they will definitely be able to sell it at a high price.
Not to mention transporting it to their capital, even businessmen from other countries would definitely be interested in it.
These goods are so rare. Not to mention the mirror, just the things you put on your face are definitely popular in their country.
Most of the people here don't have skin as white as this lady's.
It's really strange. Since this person is from the Hongwu Kingdom and they have such good things, why didn't those merchants from the Hongwu Kingdom's merchant ships transport some to sell them?
A smile flashed through Yan Shiqing's lowered eyes, then she raised her head and pretended to hesitate: "I came out to play this time. I plan to play for three to five years before going back. I don't bring much with me. This thing is extremely valuable.
If I sell it to you, I won’t be able to use it.”
Chu Ximo, Emperor Dexuan, Jiang Hongxuan and others had no idea what Yan Shiqing was talking about, but they could guess something based on her actions and expression.
Everyone was silent, waiting for her to negotiate with the owner of the inn. After all, if the negotiation goes well, they can sell more or less, and in this way they will have more capital to buy local goods and sell them elsewhere.
As for the translators at the Maritime Safety Administration, looking at Yan Shiqing's behavior, they didn't know that she was setting up a trap to take the initiative in her hands and make people beg her to sell things to them, so that they could control the price.
When the owner of the inn heard Yan Shiqing's words, they looked at each other, and seeing the joy in each other's eyes, they said again: "If it lasts for three to five years, that's definitely not a lot. Please be kind enough, madam, to sell me some."
, I particularly like these things.”
Yan Shiqing pretended to hesitate, looked in the direction of the beauties brought by Chen Yining and Emperor Dexuan, and then deliberately said to them: "This shop said that he particularly likes our rouge, gouache and glass mirrors, and asked us to sell them."
Some, what do you think?"
The two beauties were confused, but Chen Yining reacted quickly and said: "Sister Shiqing, you have full decision-making power!"
She said, reaching out and touching her belly.
Seeing her reaction, Yan Shiqing gave her an appreciative look, then turned to look at the couple and said, "I asked, and they think they can allow you some. After all, glass mirrors are precious, but they are fragile because they are fragile.
Not much, I can only give some. Rouge and gouache need to be saved relatively, so there will be more. The main reason is that we both have children, and it will be difficult to put on makeup when the baby is born, otherwise I don’t want to give it to you."
When the innkeeper and his wife heard this, they nodded repeatedly and claimed to understand.
It's just that she didn't know how much to ask for at the time. Yan Shiqing was a little unsure about the price they offered.
After all, she didn't know much about the ratio of silver to money in this country, so it was useless to ask for silver and gold.
She mainly sells and buys now. Instead of giving her money, it is better for the couple to buy something and exchange it with her after she values something.
While Yan Shiqing was thinking this, she looked at Emperor Dexuan, Jiang Hongxuan and others, and expressed her thoughts directly, and then got their agreement.
"In this way, we will calculate how many things we can sell to you tomorrow, and what we need to buy. After you purchase the corresponding items of equal value, we will directly exchange them. What do you think?"
The couple who runs the inn are naturally willing. For them, they can get lower prices than outsiders like them by buying things locally.
In this way, they can save themselves costs, so why not?
When they get the items, they can resell them and earn a bigger price difference. In this way, they can make more money than if they opened an inn.
It only takes five taels of gold to open an inn a day, and gold is not valuable here. Who doesn’t bring a few kilograms or dozens of kilograms with them when they marry a girl?
They have had guests use goods to stay and eat in the exchange area before, but those are not particularly unusual at all.
The things that the lady took out are all easy to carry. For example, the mirror can be held directly in the hand or tucked into the waist.
As for the rouge and gouache, it was small and easy to carry. They just had to ask the lady to teach them how to use it later.
That thing doesn't look like it was applied casually. Otherwise, it would be a small box and would be used up without much effort.
Because they wanted the goods in Yan Shiqing's hands, the innkeepers and his wife decided not to use the money to rent the inn, and asked them if they could use the glass mirror in exchange for the money they needed to rent the inn.
Just two mirrors a day is enough.yyls
Yan Shiqing didn't expect that they would value the glass mirror so highly, but she had no reason to disagree and agreed immediately.
After all, five taels of gold a day can be regarded as fifty taels in Dachu, but in Hongwu Kingdom, it is one hundred taels.
The glass mirrors she brought out this time were not many, but not many. The ones she made in Hongwu Kingdom were ordinary, while the ones she brought from Dachu were exquisite.
The glass mirror that Dachu brought out had various patterns engraved on the handle, and various pictures of ladies were painted on the back.
What she took out just now was just ordinary. But even if it was ordinary, it was much better than the bronze hand mirror, and it was considered exquisite in Hongwu Kingdom.