Lord Moyu was forced to open

"Sir George, do you have any other goods from Great Britain?"

Zhao Jun looked at George with a half-smile and asked harmoniously.

George smiled bitterly and then said: "In addition to these luxuries, we also have a lot of spices, but they are all colonial property. I don't know if the Song Dynasty wants them?"

"spices?"

Zhao Jun finally became interested. Compared with primary industrial products such as telescopes and soap, the demand for spices among the local troops in the Song Dynasty was quite large. In addition, in the former Tang Dynasty, the imperial court had distributed pepper to officials as a reward. Salary situation.

At that time, pepper could even be said to be as valuable as gold.

Since the opening of the sea, in addition to those who took the Japanese route, most of the goods brought back by maritime merchants along the coast were gold, silver and other daily goods. Most of the goods brought back by maritime merchants who took the Southeast Asian route were spices.

Even this still could not satisfy the Song Dynasty’s growing demand for spices.

Especially since the people's lives in the Song Dynasty have gradually improved, their food requirements have gradually become higher. In addition, coupled with the popularity of hot pot and other eating methods, the domestic demand for spices is growing day by day. There is never enough supply and demand for spices.

If Great Britain can really provide a large amount of spices, it is not impossible to trade with them.

Zhao Jun immediately asked: "What kind of spices are they probably? How much can you provide?"

When George heard this, he keenly realized that he might be happy, and his face showed joy. He quickly took out a sachet from his waist and offered it with both hands:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Emperor of Song, worries that there are some types of spices in this sachet. These spices are specialties of some of our colonies. Spices are everywhere. We can provide about one thousand tons of spices a year!"

"One thousand tons? Two million catties?"

Zhao Jun asked Wang Huai'en to take the sachet over and looked through it carefully in his hand, thinking in his mind as he looked at the types of spices in the sachet in his hand.

To my surprise, I found pepper, star anise and other daily spices inside. I was immediately delighted and said, "Two million catties is not enough!"

Zhao Jun said, holding out a finger and saying:

"In the first year! Great Britain needs to send at least 10 million kilograms of spices to our Song Dynasty. From the second year onwards, the amount will be increased by at least 20% every year!

If Great Britain can do it, then I, the Song Dynasty, will trade with Great Britain! "

According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs last year, if all foreign races are included, the population of the Song Dynasty has now exceeded 500 million!
Among them, the Song people accounted for 350 million, and the remaining 150 million people were the Tatars, Shendu people, Japanese people, and other ethnic groups combined.

For such a huge market, a mere two million kilograms of spices is not even enough to fit between your teeth. It will take at least ten million kilograms!
Ten million pounds!
This huge amount made George feel like his whole body was shaking!
I was also making quick calculations in my mind.

In the territory they currently occupy in Great Britain, although there are several places where spices are produced, most of them rely on naturally grown spices and do not form artificial breeding. Ten million kilograms in the first year is not impossible, but in the future It would be very difficult to add 20% every year, unless...

Only by driving out all the local indigenous people to grow spices can we maintain the increasing supply of spices every year.

But as the years go by, breakfast will not be enough, unless we can seize the French colonies!
If they can trade with the Song Dynasty, according to what they learned during the Song Dynasty, many commodities from the Song Dynasty can make ten times and hundreds of times as long as they are shipped back to the mainland. Then the national power of Great Britain can also be rapidly increased. In three years at most, Great Britain will The national power of France and Spain will be able to surpass France and Spain in an all-round way. At that time, we will be able to seize France and Spain's colonies with confidence!

Thinking of this, George's heart became more and more excited. However, he could not completely decide such a big matter, and he did not have the right to change national policy. George immediately said:

"Dear His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, we already know your request. Please give us half a year. We need to spread the news back to the mainland and let our Majesty the Queen of Great Britain make a decision."

Zhao Jun nodded:
"For such a big event, this is what it should be. I can give you this time. During this time, you can first get to know me in Da Song and see what products you need from my Da Song. When the results come in half a year, I I also hope that you have drawn up a list of goods for trade.”

"Dear His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, your generosity is like God's blessing to the world. May God bless you!"

George was overjoyed and quickly flattered him. Then he left the Palace of Imperial Instruments under the leadership of Wang Huaien and went out of the palace.

As soon as they left, Yun Yi's figure slowly appeared in the corner.

Zhao Jun caught a glimpse of him and asked, "Did you see something?"

Yun nodded, took out a milky white cup from his arms and presented it.

Zhao Jun took the cup and squeezed it with his hands. His face immediately showed joy. It was indeed something he had thought of.

Dang Ji ordered: "In the past six months, we must use all means to know where they come from!
As long as we get this, our Da Song Dynasty will be able to develop rapidly!
Make this matter the most important thing for the Department of National Health to do! "

Yun Yi was puzzled and asked: "Your Majesty, what is the use of this thing? Is it so important?"

Zhao Jun clenched the white cup in his hand with one hand. The cup was crushed into a ball under the pressure, and then quickly returned to its original shape after Zhao Jun let go.

Zhao Jun looked at this thing and said coldly: "This thing is called rubber!

Currently, only natural rubber can achieve this effect!

The reason why steam engines have never been widely used is because the alternatives we found are not very effective.

Only this kind of natural rubber can make our steam engines develop rapidly, but we do not produce this kind of thing locally.

Nowadays, these British people actually carry this kind of rubber products, which means that they must know or have been to a place with this kind of rubber tree!
Once we can find this place, if we cannot transplant this tree back, I will directly send the East China Sea Fleet to snatch it!

No matter who he belongs to now, the future will definitely belong to me, Da Song! "

Zhao Jun's eyes were full of cold murderous intent and greed, a look that Yun Yi had never seen on him before.

But he didn't know that Zhao Jun was completely aware of the importance of rubber. In his previous life, China had been limited in its industrialization process because there were no rubber trees in the country. It wasn't until suitable local varieties were cultivated that China got rid of the foreign restrictions. limit.

Now that he has the opportunity to cash in and own the place where this rubber comes from, Zhao Jun will never let it go!

After Wang Cezhi wrote back and said that Paul and the others saw them drinking water from this special cup, Zhao Jun had already set his sights on them. The main purpose of letting them come to the capital was actually for this!
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(End of this chapter)