Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 354
Guangzhou is really a paradise for foodies. Even in the Ming Dynasty, the foodies here can turn up many tricks in their food.

Zuo Fu almost spent the past two days wandering around the city, except for fooling people to go to Qiongzhou, he just ate and drank in the city.

Then, she also discovered an interesting phenomenon.

Although Daming has opened the sea, those crooked nuts can only stay in the designated area.Only, those missionaries can come in like this.

She has studied the policy of the imperial court, and the imperial court has not made any regulations in this regard, but the current Guangzhou city still follows the way of opening the sea in the past, and these foreigners can only stay in the designated area. If they go out of the designated area, will be arrested.

Of course, if you are caught, you will be fined some money.But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is also a way to get money?

Because in the past two days in the city, she saw several waves of foreigners being arrested.Then these people were released again not long after. According to the local people, the fine was quite a lot.

Thinking of Ding Kuichu's money-making ability, Zuo Fu couldn't help but smile.

This guy has no other skills, but his ability to make money is first-rate.

Let the local residents lead the way and go to the area where foreigners are resettled.Not far from the port, the government designated an area for these people, and at the same time repaired the warehouse belonging to the government on the land, and rented out a small room to these foreigners at a high price.

After listening to the local people's introduction, Zuo Fu really thought that Lao Ding should engage in economic work, so why should he be an official with such a mind?Learning how to make money is faster than his corruption.

This area was surrounded by a fence, and a group of soldiers were patrolling. At the entrance, the guide who led the way left.In this area, foreigners are not allowed to go out, and ordinary people of Ming Dynasty are not allowed to enter.

But although it is impossible to enter, the fence separated by the fence obviously cannot prevent the Ming people from communicating with the crooked nuts.When Zuo Fu came over, he saw some smart people gesticulating through the fence, and the foreigners inside were also gesturing.

Although there is a language barrier, it seems that the communication is quite pleasant.

In addition, Zuo Fu also saw some Ming people selling things through the fence with small baskets, but these soldiers didn't care, and it seemed that they also acquiesced in this behavior.

After giving the guide some money, Zuo Fu stepped forward.When the soldier saw him, he immediately saluted, "My little one, please greet the Duke!"

"You know me?"

Xiao Bing said with a sneer: "You have an extraordinary demeanor, you are the Duke of the country at first glance."

What kind of nonsense is this?What a joke!
Zuo Fu complained in his heart, and the little soldier also complained in his heart: Those who dare to slap the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the street can hardly remember it! !

"My lord, why are you here?"

"I'll come and have a look. Although my Qiongzhou has opened the sea, it hasn't opened the pot yet. Some merchants have passed by, but they can't go directly to trade. They can only buy something from me and rest."

Xiaobing understood this in seconds.It was said that they had to go to the sea officially, but behind those big merchants stood the Chaoli people, and continued to work in a different appearance.Therefore, the folks are also going to sea, which has no effect on those big merchants.

But those small sea merchants are not necessarily so.They were already attached to these big merchants, and now the officials and family members can officially come in to share the profits, so there is nothing wrong with them.This is easy to understand, after all, there are only so many people who come, if the small sea merchants are not eliminated, there will be even fewer people who can share the profit.

Therefore, the Duke of this country is probably here to solicit some business.It's just that as the most honorable Duke of the Ming Dynasty, he can condescend to come here, so it's no wonder that he has won the support of so many people.

It's just that my lord doesn't have any boats. What can those broken boats in Qiongzhou do?Could it be that she wants to unite with those small sea merchants?So come here first to discuss business?

The little soldier couldn't figure it out.After all, many small sea merchants only have one boat!What can it do? !

He didn't know what Zuofu was thinking, but he didn't dare to neglect.Immediately called a few people over and accompanied Zuo Fu in.

Zuofu entered the fence, and all the Wai Guoren who lived here looked over.Zuo Fu glanced, almost all blue eyes.

Today, Japan is closed to the outside world, and the tributary relationship with China has not been restored, and North Korea is controlled by the Qing Dynasty, so it is not surprising to see only white-skinned and blue-eyed foreigners.

But apart from these white-skinned people, there are also some brown people and black people.These should be slaves they plundered from other places.

Zuo Fu took a closer look and found that there were quite a few women here.But it seems that it is either from South Asia or Southeast Asia.

Zuo Fu's intrusion seemed a bit abrupt, a group of people who were working stopped their work and looked at Zuo Fu.

Even if they don't understand the language, they can see that Zuo Fu has followers around him, and there are soldiers here guarding him in. With his toes, he can tell that the identity of the person who came is not low, he should be a local nobleman.

Thinking about it, how could someone who is not a noble person come in and out of this place at will?
Someone greeted him, bowed his head, and said in blunt Cantonese, "Hi, dear lady."

The little soldier on the side was busy translating, and then said fiercely: "You should practice the highest etiquette in your country and kneel on one knee! Now, in front of you is the most honorable Duke of Ming Dynasty, Duke Zhen! That is your Duke ! The noblest duke!"

The foreigner who saluted was not very good at Cantonese, but he understood the word "Duke".There was surprise in his eyes, and then ecstasy, he quickly knelt down and said humbly: "I didn't expect to see the most honorable royal princess of Ming Dynasty here, it is a great honor to meet you, please accept my respect for you. "

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, trying to grab Zoff's hand.

"stop!"

Chunya slapped him, hit him, and cursed: "Deng Tuzi! What are you trying to do?!"

"Chun Ya, don't get excited, this is the etiquette of their country. Kneeling on one knee and kissing someone's hand is a sign of respect."

"what?"

Chun Ya stared wide-eyed, "What kind of custom is this?! There is no distinction between men and women?! No wonder they are barbarians!"

Zuo Fu smiled and said, "He should have called me a princess just now?"

Xiao Bing nodded quickly, "He seems to have misunderstood."

"Is your excellency from Great Britain?"

Zuofu suddenly said in English, "I heard Father Ajulius say that only members of the royal family can be made dukes in your Great Britain, so you misunderstood me as a member of the royal family, didn't you?"

"Oh! My God!"

The foreigner exclaimed, "You can speak the dialect of my hometown?!"

Although he exclaimed, he thought to himself, why is the pronunciation so weird?He also spoke strangely, and he couldn't understand some words.

"I learned it from the priest."

Zuofu could talk about it, so he directly pushed Ai Julio, "I also learned Italian from him."

"My God! Does that priest know my British language?! That's amazing!"

The foreigner scratched his head, "Forgive my gaffe, Your Excellency the Duke. Because there are too few people who can speak our national language, it is really touching to hear a little local accent in this foreign country..."

(End of this chapter)