My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 793 Encountering an old acquaintance

Barcelona soon realized the reason why he was being ridiculed. It turned out that steamships did not rely on manpower, but a machine called a steam engine to drive the ship forward at high speed. Unfortunately, no matter how much he imagined, he could not imagine the end of the steam engine. What does it look like?

However, steam engines have little to do with Barcelona. Now he only needs to take a steam ship to Dahan, so he quickly bought a ticket.

When I was buying the ticket, I realized that the guy was right. The ticket was not cheap. It cost ten guan per ticket, and it was in the bottom cabin. Four people could share a room, and two people could share a room in the middle cabin. But it cost Twenty guan. If you are willing to spend 50 guan, you can live in a single room on the top cabin, and servants will deliver your daily meals to the cabin.

Although Barcelona was not short of money, they were not willing to spend 50 guan on a boat ticket. After all, a piece of cloth in the border market only cost 1 guan. A 50 guan boat ticket was no different from robbery.

So Barcelona finally bought a middle-class boat ticket. Because the steamer departed every two days, Barcelona waited for a day before boarding the ship the next day.

Barcelona carried his luggage to the cabin. As soon as he put his things away, he saw a bearded man wearing a turban walking in with his luggage. He should be his roommate for this trip.

"Huh? Aren't you the guy who buys cotton in Hezhongbian Market?"

Barcelona was stunned for a moment when he saw the bearded man, and then he remembered that when he and the bearded man were in the border market, they saw those machine-woven cotton cloths. At that time, the bearded man bought hundreds of them.

"Oh it's you!"

The bearded man also recognized Barcelona, ​​and then he clapped his hands and laughed.

"We are really destined to be together. It seems that you, brother, are just like me, planning to go to Dahan to enter cloth!"

When Basa heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the bearded man had bought hundreds of pieces of cloth in the border market. He was probably greedy enough and thought it was too expensive, so he planned to go to Dahan himself to buy cloth at a low price.

"Haha, this is really like the saying of the Han people, we are heroes and we all think alike, but I am also curious, how was the sales after I bought those cloths last time?"

Barcelona took advantage of the situation and followed the opponent's words directly.

"Hehe, to be honest, brother, I just got the cloth last time. I resold it after it was shipped to Cairo. It was a small profit. I saw that this kind of cloth was selling so well, so I decided to go to Dahan in person. I’ll bring back a few more batches of cloth.”

The bearded man was quite honest and directly explained his purpose of going to Dahan.

Although they are both cloth merchants, there is no competitive relationship between the two, and they will spend the next few days in the same room, so the bearded man behaves very friendly.

Barcelona is also a good person, and he was also very enthusiastic, so the two chatted for a few words and quickly became familiar with each other.

Only then did Barcelona know that the bearded man's name was Aldan, and he was a big food businessman. However, in recent years, he had often done business in Egypt. In his words, he was selling Chinese goods, so he often dealt with Han people.

"Aldan, from what you said, it seems like this isn't your first time going to Dahan, right?"

Barcelona chatted with the other party for a few words, and soon felt keenly that Aldan seemed very familiar with all aspects of the big man. This was by no means hearsay, but should have been seen with his own eyes. "Hey, brother Barcelona, ​​you are really right. I have been to Dahan twice before, but I only went to Beizheng Port and accepted two batches of goods there. I did not go to Xijing, the capital of Dahan. This time I plan to Go to Xijing, because it is said that most of the textile workshops are near Xijing!"

Aldan said with a proud smile.

The main reason why he was able to do business successfully was his boldness and carefulness. In the past, the Dahan trade route was not very safe, especially when pirates were often encountered at sea, and many merchants' goods were robbed by pirates.

But Aldan dared to take this dangerous trade route, and he actually got through it. His previous two trips to Han not only allowed him to transport back many in-demand commodities, but he also got to know some Han merchants, which made him You can get some goods from these Han merchants that others can't get.

But this time Aldan took a fancy to Han's cotton cloth. When he saw this kind of cotton cloth in the border market before, he immediately realized that this kind of cloth would probably replace other cloths and become one of the best-selling commodities. , so I decided to make another trip to Dahan to try to open up a new trade route.

"I didn't expect you, Aldan, to have been to Dahan twice. It's really admirable. Speaking of which, this is my first time there. I know almost nothing about the situation there. I hope Aldan will give you more advice. ah!"

Barcelona was also very happy when he heard this, and immediately said very politely.

"It's not easy for us when we go out. Brother Basa, you don't have to be too polite. Speaking of Dahan, it's a really good place. I even plan to find a way to buy a piece of land in Dahan when I make enough money in the future and bring the whole family there. Moved to live in Dahan..."

Aldan was a talker, so he told him in detail what he had learned about the big man without Barcelona asking him.

Barcelona also listened very attentively, and from time to time he would interrupt and praise Aldan, which made the other party even more excited. He not only talked about his own personal experience, but also talked about some rumors he had heard from others.

Through Aldan's narration, Barcelona also had a preliminary understanding of Dahan. In Aldan's narration, Dahan is definitely one of the most powerful countries in the world, otherwise it would be impossible to defeat Timur. As for Osman's role in In front of a big man, you also need to be a little shorter.

But such a powerful country was only founded not long ago, and the current emperor of the Han Dynasty was actually a prince from the distant Ming Dynasty. Most of the people of the Han Dynasty also migrated from the Ming Dynasty.

This made Barcelona even more interested in the Ming Dynasty, so he asked Aldan a few questions. Unfortunately, Aldan didn't know much about the Ming Dynasty. He only knew that the Ming Dynasty was located in the very far east. In the past, silk, porcelain and porcelain were more expensive than gold in Europe. Tea is a commodity produced in Ming Dynasty.

However, although the Han people were born in the Ming Dynasty, it is said that the strength of the Han Dynasty is not much worse than that of the Ming Dynasty. In particular, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was brave and good at fighting. Timur's army was defeated by him before.

Apart from the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the most important person in the Han Dynasty is the emperor's eldest son, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Han Dynasty. This prince is very knowledgeable and talented. He is not only good at governing the country, but also a great inventor. It is said that the steam engine is He invented it.

"Aldan, you have said so many advantages of the big man, doesn't it have some shortcomings?"

After listening to Aldan's story, Barcelona suddenly asked curiously, after all, no matter how excellent a country is, it cannot be without some shortcomings.

(End of this chapter)