My Daming New Empire

When this family learned from Daming in every move, they used iron pots to cook, stir-fry, cook soup, and boil water.

After it gradually spread, Europeans discovered that they could enjoy the lifestyle of the upper class without too much cost, instead of gnawing on the immovable black bread.

Therefore, in addition to spices, iron pots are the favorite commodity of Europeans, and many people have to buy an iron pot even if they lose their homes.

In order to fight against France, the bold Charlie put forward the slogan that everyone should have an iron pot at home.

Because Meng participated in the No.40 three royal football matches held in November, for Meng, no matter how much money he earned, it was not as important as his son being accepted by the noble class of the Ming Dynasty, so he postponed the trip.

But the trip cannot be postponed for too long, because apart from these orders, most of the various commodities on his ship already have buyers.

Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ming Dynasty and the Department of General Administration wanted to take advantage of Monte's status, in addition to selling these products according to the original plan, they also wanted to go deeper into the European inland.

Therefore, they moved a lot of goods from the warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Crete, and used two four-thousand-stone cargo ships to load them.

Monte's ship is [-] tons. Except for some ports that can directly dock, most areas are inaccessible.

Now that there are two more cargo ships of less than [-] tons, most of them can enter as long as there is a river.

During the period of raising the goods, they also conducted some training for Monte, letting him know when, on what occasion, what kind of words he could say without arousing the other party's suspicion.

The three of Monte, father and son, were excitedly accepting the training, and they didn't stop even during the Spring Festival.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, two cargo ships specially sailed from Suez arrived in Crete.

Subsequently, Monte and the others set off from Crete, and the first stop of their destination was Venice, which had gradually declined.

(Some book friends said to focus on a certain person, otherwise it looks a bit tired. These chapters are being laid out, and these relationships will be connected together soon. Besides the protagonist, you can’t write on other people too much, hope to understand)

Chapter 8 The Zheng Family

The decline of Venice is absolutely reasonable.

More than 100 years ago, Venice developed into a port city relying on the handicrafts and rich products of the Milan area.

It is located on the boundary line between the Holy Roman Empire and the Papal State. The special geographical reasons, coupled with the arrival of craftsmen, including later glass production, made this place prosperous.

In the original world, they would not gradually decline until the sixteenth century, that is, after Europe discovered the American continent, and the economic center moved westward.

But now, Da Ming has occupied Gibraltar and established a Mediterranean trade center based on Crete. No matter which country trusts Da Ming, because if Da Ming really wants to attack them, they can't hide anywhere.

In the face of absolute strength, they lost the will to fight instead.

And Daming has more and more complete commodities than Venice.Those exquisite porcelain, soft silk, strong iron, tea for bowel cleansing, and essential spices cannot be provided by Venice.

Even the glass they are proud of is incomparable in front of Daming's glass.

At the beginning, Venice was unwilling to decline, and wanted to rely on its own sea power to threaten other countries.

However, Ming's fleet began to escort merchant ships from various countries. When encountering such a situation, it directly sank the Venetian ships.

The Venetians began to be flexible. They went directly to Crete and became wholesalers, so that their money would not be less, and it was safe.

But in this way, a large number of businessmen left Venice and came to Crete, where the decline was even faster.

However, this is the area that Daming's caravan attaches the most importance to, because one of the two destinations of this trip is here.

This is the southern part of the Holy Roman Empire and the most fertile area.Much of the south of the Alps is accessible via the Piave, Brenta, and the Po, Italy's largest river, and its tributaries.

Not only can you directly reach the Principality of Milan, but also the Principality of Turin.

The Holy Roman Empire has always been the backbone of Europe. If you want to understand how the various principalities in northern Europe are united, this is a good channel.

More advantageously, Monte's hometown is Bologna at the southern end of the Po River Plain.

Although he followed his father to Daming when he was a teenager, after he developed the trade from Ming to Europe, the relatives of his former family gradually found out again.

Their family was originally a descendant of a declining earl in the Bologna Free State. Although it declined, the family relationship still exists, and these families are all nobles.

The royal family and nobles in Europe have a complex relationship of me in you and you in me.

Relying on these people, Monte has established his own business network in Europe, and then it has flourished.

The more he understands the gap between the two sides, the more he will identify with Daming.He has lived in Daming since he was ten years old, and when he came to the backward Europe, he actually has no sense of identity with Europe.

In the past, he was earning money and resources from the Europeans, but now he is allowed to take advantage of his appearance and lead Daming's spies deep into Europe to help Daming inquire about information. For him, there is no psychological burden at all.

Because of poor study, he lost the opportunity to integrate into the upper class of Ming Dynasty.But he never gave up.

He has been waiting for such an opportunity, and now that the opportunity has come, he will never let it go.

Huang Ting, as the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ming Dynasty, is a public figure.When he was in Ottoman, he received many high-ranking officials and nobles from European countries.

So this time, he didn't directly participate in it.Those who followed Monte into the Holy Roman Empire were professionals from the Ming Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of General Administration.

The Habayashi School of Daming has been established for 50 years, and other professional colleges have been established for more than 40 years.

Zhu Zhanji's achievements over the years are too numerous to list, but what makes him most proud is that he has truly turned Confucianism into an academic rather than a criterion of national governance.

The advantage of Confucianism lies in the unification of thought and the establishment of moral principles and behavioral standards in people's minds.

But in terms of governing the country, it is a top-heavy deformed monster.

He established a variety of professional disciplines based on mathematics, specialized knowledge systems such as physics, chemistry, electricity, and medicine, and trained two generations of officials with new ideas. This is the aspect of him that really changed the world.

The emancipation of the mind formed by these people, the professionalization of various knowledge and the professionalization of officials are the biggest changes in Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, there will be absolutely no phenomenon of people dying.

In the first year of Zhengtong, he established a professional intelligence training school in Yingtianfu, and in the fourth year of Zhengtong, he established a special foreign affairs academy.

For decades, these schools have trained countless professionals for Daming.

They followed Monte into Bologna and into Milan, and quickly investigated the approximate real background of various situations through some rumors spread in the society.

But these are not enough, because they need not these inferences, but need to directly enter the upper class in Europe in order to know more inside stories.

That's what Monte does.

It took Monte half a month to get used to his new identity.Facing these personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of General Affairs pretending to be his subordinates, he will no longer show strange expressions.

And starting from Venice, Monte also began to fulfill his responsibilities.An international rich and powerful businessman in the kingdom of heaven is Monte's current identity.

He is also not like before, staying away from politics and only talking about business.On different social occasions, he would inadvertently comment on some current affairs in Europe as a wealthy businessman.

And his comments often attract rebuttals from many nobles. This kind of civilized debate often leaks a lot of information during the process.

Many people always think that spies are supernatural and omnipotent, but in fact, from ancient times to the present, 90.00% of the information is collected, organized, and then sorted out in daily life.