Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 882 Close the door
Tens of miles south of Madrid, on the banks of the Manzanares River, a long convoy was slowly moving forward.

There are not many carriages in this convoy, there are only a dozen or so in total.

However, there are many young and strong guards on both sides of the convoy, more than a hundred of them.

They seemed to be transporting very valuable goods, so they were careful along the way, as if they were afraid of being robbed.

In fact, what they ship is really expensive.

Not only did they bring tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver, but they also brought a cartload of jewelry, as well as the most valuable coffee, cocoa, silk, high-end porcelain, etc. in Europe, all of which were cartloads.

According to the current price on the European side, the goods they brought were worth millions of taels of silver!
However, the reason why they are so careful is not because the goods are valuable.

In their eyes, this kind of goods is nothing at all. If it is sold in Daming, it may not be sold for 10 taels!

What's more, these things are basically produced by themselves, and they don't cost much at all.

The reason why they are so cautious is because they came to a strange environment.

This convoy was actually sent by Taichang to take over the business of Carinho's family. Except for Carinho's cronies who led the way, the rest were either Desilao's subordinates or Jin Yiwei.

They have basically never been to Spain and are not familiar with everything here, so naturally they have to be cautious.

Desilao's subordinates were extremely nervous at the moment, each one of them was really like guarding against thieves, their eyes kept scanning around, as if they were afraid that a bunch of robbers would suddenly appear somewhere.

The Jinyiwei elite scout pretending to be the coachman was fine, there was no expression on his face at all.

Of course, even if there was expression on their faces, they would not be able to tell, because not only did they have the beards that most Spaniards have, but they also had special potions on their faces.

This time Wang Chong also came along, and he was studying Spanish with De Silao in the leading carriage.

In the future, he will lead his staff to stay here permanently, and naturally he will learn Spanish, which is the most popular language in continental Europe today.

Jin Yiwei's elite scouts have more or less talent in language. He can stand out from so many elite scouts, and his language talent is naturally quite good.

It has only been a month or so, and he has been able to communicate with Desilau in Spanish, but he has not learned some vocabulary, and the pronunciation is not very standard.

Originally, he was worried that such a big team would be a bit garish and might arouse people's suspicions, but after entering Spain, he quickly put his mind at ease.

Because the Ming Empire and Spain won decisive victories this time, the anti-Habsburg alliance has surrendered, and the whole of Spain has a tendency to become the center of the European continent. There are many people and horses on the road leading to Madrid, and there are also many convoys. The team isn't even the biggest yet.

As for the checkpoints along the way, as long as a few catties of silver are stuffed through, people will let them pass without even looking at the goods on their cars.

Their journey was quite smooth, and they didn't even meet a small thief.

Therefore, Wang Chong felt relieved and concentrated on learning Spanish with Desilao in the carriage.

He was just learning, when Carlinio's confidant, who was leading the way, suddenly turned around and came to the carriage, and said softly in Spanish: "My lords, we are here."

finally reached!

Wang Chong and Desilao couldn't help poking their heads out to look forward when they heard the words.

Uh, this place turned out to be an inconspicuous manor!
There are still quite a few rich people in Spain at the moment, especially the nobles and those families who have nepotism with the nobles. They all like to buy land and build manors everywhere.

They didn't know how many such manors they saw along the way. This one wasn't considered a big one, it looked quite ordinary.

However, the defense of this manor is well done.

As soon as their convoy stopped, someone led a team of guards over.

Carinho's acquaintance came forward to say hello, and then took out the secret letter in his arms.

The team leader glanced at the signature on the envelope, and immediately waved his hand to order someone to open the gate of the manor, let the convoy in, and then rushed to the manor to report the letter with the secret letter.

After a while, the convoy entered the manor. Just as Wang Chong and Desilao got off their horses, a group of people came up to meet them.

There are actually two noble ladies of Ming Dynasty in this group of people!
It seems that these people are Carinho's family members and relatives.

Desilao stepped forward to greet him with a smile on his face, and then introduced him with his hands: "This is the special envoy of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, Daming Jinyiwei Qianhu, Lord Wang Chong."

Jinyiwei Thousands of Households!
The two noble ladies of the Ming Dynasty were so frightened that they kowtowed on the ground and said, "Master Wu, Mrs. Zhou, I pay my respects to Lord Qianhu."

Uh, you will be princesses in the future, don't be like this!
Wang Chong quickly raised his hand and said, "The two ladies please get up quickly."

When Carinho's family and relatives saw this, they couldn't help being shocked.

They didn't know how big an official Jinyiwei Qianhu of Ming Dynasty was, but looking at the posture of the two countesses, he was probably a terrifyingly powerful official.

Is this worship or not?
Of course they knew the relationship between Carinho and the Ming Empire, and it was precisely because Carinho had secretly invested in the Ming Empire that they ordered people to hide them secretly in this humble manor.

At this moment, they are equivalent to the people of the Ming Empire, not the Spaniards.

The problem is that they haven't learned the etiquette of the Ming Empire yet, and everyone is stunned, not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, Wang Chong simply waved his hands and said, "Okay, everyone, don't stand here in a daze, let's find a place to discuss."

He spoke in Spanish, and everyone understood him naturally.

Soon, a group of people came to a large conference room.

Wang Chong was naturally invited to the main seat, while Desilao, his cronies, and the Carlinio family sat on both sides.

Perhaps in order to show their determination to fall to the Ming Empire, the members of the Carlinio family actually let the two women of the Wu family and the Zhou family sit at the front.

Wang Chong didn't care about this, and said directly: "You should have seen Count Carlinio's secret letter, and you should understand what he means.

Don't worry about the businessmen on the European side. Everyone, including his family and relatives, will move to America, and all the business here will be handed over to us. "

When Carinho's family members and relatives heard the news, they all beamed with joy and nodded repeatedly.

No way, they have spent the past two years in fear.

Because Carinho is tantamount to betraying Spain!

If their king Felipe IV knew about it, he wouldn't have arrested them all and slaughtered them!
Well now, I can finally be free.

As for the issue of making money, they don't care much about it anymore. No matter how much money there is, it must be spent!

Wu Shi heard the words, but couldn't help asking: "Master, how do we go to America, and what are we going to do there?"

She spoke in perfect Spanish!
Obviously, her status here is indeed not low, and she can speak on behalf of the entire Carinho family.

Wang Chong also replied in Spanish: "You go directly to Lisbon in a carriage, and then go to America with the Daming Fleet.

You don't have to worry about these, we will arrange it.

As for what to do there, Count Carlino will naturally arrange it for you.

He has now controlled the entire Viceroyalty of Peru. Next, the Spanish colonies in America will be under his control. You have something to do. "

It turned out to be the case.

Carinho didn't dare to write these things in the letter, so his family and relatives didn't know about it.

When Wang Chong said this, everyone became even more excited.

They naturally know how big the Spanish colony in America is, and the vice king of Spain who controls the entire American colony!

Wu couldn't help but nodded excitedly and said: "Okay, my lord, we are going to move out of Spain right now, just tell us if you have anything to do."

This, how to explain?
Wang Chong thought for a while, and then asked: "This manor should be kept secret, right? Others don't know that this is the manor of Count Carlinio."

Wu nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, we hired a reliable person to buy this manor. No one knows that this is the manor of the Earl."

Wang Chong nodded slightly, and then said to Desilao: "You go out and buy the surrounding land, as much as you can buy, and it is best to build a large farm."

Desilao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your officer understands."

Then he asked, "How many shops do you have, and how big is the floor space?"

Wu said without thinking: "We only have two shops, one in Madrid and one in Seville.

However, these two shops are very large. According to our Daming's calculation, they are at least ten acres in size. "

Well, this shop is enough for the time being.

Madrid is the capital of Spain, and there are not too many nobles here.

Seville is the current trading center of Spain. Although it is not a seaport city, it has an inland shipping terminal, and it is very convenient to transship goods. "

Wang Chong thought about it again, and then asked, "How much stock do you have left?"

Wu still said without hesitation: "We are running out of stock. The high-end silk and porcelain have been sold out, and there are only a few ordinary cloth, porcelain and tea left. If calculated according to the purchase price, they are not worth 10 yuan. Two."

That's it.

Hearing this, Wang Chong said decisively: "You order people to issue a notice, saying that you can't get in the goods, so you have to close the door, and then just sell it at a high price that others can't accept."

It is true that they are here to take over Carinho's family business, but they cannot let others know about their relationship with Carinho.

Therefore, Carinho's shop had to be closed for transfer, and the name of the shop had to be changed.

Originally, Carlinio named the store Spanish Far East Trading Company. This name is obviously related to Daming, so naturally it cannot be used.

Wang Chong directly asked De Silao to go to Madrid Sechan to establish a Spanish European trading company.

Immediately afterwards, the Spanish Far East Trading Company closed, and the goods inside were also emptied, and the Carinho family directly listed a sky-high price of [-] pounds of silver for a shop.

Ten thousand pounds is nearly 10 taels of silver. People in Madrid and Seville think they are mentally ill, and no one cares about them.

Unexpectedly, there are people with more brains than them, who actually sold these two shops, renovated them, put up signs, and opened the doors for business.

Spanish Continental Trading Company, no one has heard of such a name.

Who is this? Is my brain seriously flooded or what?
Ten thousand pounds to buy a shop!

Can the transferred money be earned back?

(End of this chapter)