Lady of the Lord From the East

The first show at the opera house was very successful.

Compared with the world-famous opera houses that can be called artistic buildings in later generations, the appearance of this opera house is not outstanding, but its interior is very brilliant. Although the huge circular hall has only one floor, the floor height is nearly ten meters. Outside the side where the stage is located, the other three sides are stair-like seats without compartments, which can accommodate nearly a thousand people to watch the performance at the same time, and the internal structure of the opera house is specially designed, even the audience in the last row can To be able to hear the voices of the actors on the stage clearly, of course, if you want to see the performance clearly, you have to use a telescope.

The audience had never seen such a large theater before, and the performances inside made them even more intoxicated. As soon as the first performance was over, they couldn't wait to buy tickets for the next performance.

Then they learned that the Opera House shows twice a week.

Many people feel very sorry, and they even hope to see it again tomorrow.

"If there is a show every day, I'd like to just live here and never leave again."

"Then you'll have to miss a lot of banquets, but I'm willing to replace it with me. This performance is really wonderful. The actors of Anna (the heroine's name) performed very well. I love her singing."

"I prefer Chris (the male lead), he is so handsome, I really want to have a romantic date with him."

"Oh dear, it's inappropriate to say that in front of your husband."

"It doesn't matter, you can also go and ask your Anna."

"Well, you're right. I remember that there are flower baskets at the entrance of the theater. Let's go and have a look now."

"good idea."

Obviously, this is also a superficial couple playing each other.

There are a lot of people who are also interested in the actors, but behind the Opera House there is the Duke. They don't dare to bully others and do any little tricks except for the positive pursuit. Therefore, the actors have a group of suitors and Fans, apart from being sought after, no one dares to force them to do anything. Of course, if they can't hold back, Felix and Wei Wei will not stop them. After all, everyone has their own aspirations.

The charm of the opera was also publicized along with the audience's discussion. Not only the other nobles who had not watched the show, but even ordinary civilians began to wonder what the opera was like in the mouths of the nobles. Unfortunately, the ticket price of the opera house is very high. Gao, even for the small and wealthy middle class, is not easy to consume, so for them, opera is still a pastime for the aristocracy.

And when the opera was all the rage, Felix and Wei Wei welcomed back their fleet.

The team led by Kingsley has been away from Sardinson for nearly half a year, and shortly after Anthony Jr.'s second birthday in May, Felix received the news of his return and knew what he had achieved this time.

Kingsley had led a team to the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. With the help of the businessman, he successfully met with the local king, and obtained the friendship of the other party with the various commodities he brought, and persuaded the king to send someone to help him find the rubber tree. .

Because the local priest knew the exact address of the rubber tree, it did not take much time to find the rubber tree, but the distance between the two places was far away. Kingsley did not know whether those trees were the rubber trees Wei Wei wanted to find, so after finding them , according to Wei Wei's method, he collected some tree sap and put it in wooden barrels. At the same time, he dug a small tree and asked the fleet and other locally purchased goods to bring back to Sardinson for Wei Wei's identification. while he himself stayed on the ground to handle follow-up work.

The fleet came back at the end of January. The small trees and sap that Wei Wei brought back were carefully compared with the information in the encyclopedia. Let him collect some more of this sap and bring it back, and at the same time build a local rubber plantation, the bigger the better.

Rubber trees are generally planted for at least five years before rubber can be harvested. Even if new plantations are built now, they will not officially start producing sap until five years later, so if they need to use it now, they have to keep people in the tropics. Look for rubber trees in the rainforest.

After the letter was sent, because the two places were too far away, when Kingsley's reply came back, their fleet was about to return to Sardinson.

When the fleet returned this time, they also brought the messengers sent by the local king on board. They were on behalf of the king to envoy Sardinson to discuss cooperation with Felix.

And after meeting Felix and Wei Wei, Kingsley couldn't wait to report the experience of this period to them.

He didn't stop searching after the sap and the small trees were sent back first, so when Sardinson's reply came, Kingsley himself was still looking for rubber trees in the tropical rainforest, which is indeed very dangerous. , their team encountered a lot of trouble on the way, but with the help of the guides and soldiers sent by the king, they found more rubber trees, and it was a big one.

After receiving Sardinson's letter, Kingsley followed their request and sent people to buy land locally while recruiting people to collect sap and dig small trees for transplanting in the rainforest. After all, compared to tree species, Transplanting young trees that have grown for a few years can save a lot of time, but because the job is very risky, their recruitment process is not smooth, and in the end Kingsley spent a lot of secondary delivery. The materials to be sent were exchanged for a large number of slaves from the local nobles before they were able to gather enough manpower.

Because these rubber trees are originally local products, the survival rate after transplanting is very high. There are nearly 500 young trees in the newly purchased rubber plantation that are about a year old, and there are nearly 10,000 trees grown from seeds. Seedlings from seedlings, if they go well, in five years, they will be able to have a lot of rubber raw materials.

Of course, they also have a lot of latex now. The fleet brought back about two tons of rubber tree sap. Wei Wei couldn't wait to ask the alchemists to help her refine rubber and make various rubber products.

The first is to transform the carriage that can turn people to death!

After Kingsley reported this, he talked about the fleet's harvest this time.

In fact, the second batch of goods sent to the other side was used by Kingsley to buy land and slaves. Although Felix had the fleet bring him a lot of gold coins, gold was not as popular locally as The goods they sent in the past were high. After knowing that they were going to buy people and land, the locals all asked him to exchange the goods in his hand, so this resulted in Kingsley's goods not being exchanged for anything to bring back to Sarawak. All Dinson's goods were put into the construction of the rubber plantation by him.

However, the gold coins sent by Felix are not useless. Jins used these gold coins to buy several sugar cane gardens. He knew that sugar cane could make sugar, but the sugar making process was monopolized by those producers. , Others don't know how to make cane sugar, but Kingsley believes that Wei Wei must understand, she can use malt and beet to make sugar, it makes no sense that sugar cane will not be clear, and although sugar is now reduced due to the appearance of beet sugar Some prices have increased, but it is still an expensive commodity with high returns.

If Kingsley hadn't established friendly relations with the local monarch, he would never have been able to buy the sugar cane orchards, and in exchange, Sardinson would have signed a long-term trade relationship with the other party.

After thinking about it, Kingsley agreed to the other party's request. Although he agreed to do it on his own initiative, he believed that the Duke would agree. After all, Sardinson does have a lot of needs for local things, so cooperation is inevitable. However, he was not qualified to talk on behalf of Felix about how to cooperate, so he brought everyone over. Those messengers came to visit for this matter.

And because he spent almost all the money, the fleet did not bring back much cargo. The people in the fleet felt that it was too wasteful to return empty-handed, so they simply rented the boat to the embassy and let them prepare the goods themselves. Bringing in the Sardinson trade, they earn as much as they can, and the fleet only charges a fee, so they don't go home empty-handed.

And knowing that they not only have rubber plantations, but also sugar cane plantations, Wei Wei is very happy. Although beet sugar is also very good, she still prefers cane sugar made from sugar cane, especially because sugar cane has a higher sugar production rate. Improve the process , their sugar cane orchards can directly produce white sugar in the future, and pure white cane sugar thinks it can sell for a higher price than brown beet sugar.

She even suggested: "In fact, we can directly open a factory there and buy local sugar cane, make it into white sugar, and then ship it back for sale. In this way, we don't need to recruit workers to take care of the sugar cane plantation, and we don't have to worry about the annual harvest. ."

It is possible to reduce costs by producing raw materials by yourself, but buying raw materials is more convenient and labor-saving, and they buy sugar cane from others for reprocessing, and they will not be considered by local growers to steal their business, but become theirs. For large customers, it will be safer for them to be outsiders.

Felix nodded, and at the same time dismissed the idea of ​​setting up his own cocoa and coffee farms. The situation is stronger than that of people. They are indeed more suitable to be processors. After all, they are in a foreign country. It is more important to build a good relationship with the local people to make a fortune together. Otherwise, if something happens, they will not be able to lend a helping hand in time, and they still have to rely on the help of the people over there.

It seems that he has to discuss specific cooperation matters with Wei Wei.

"It just happened that they came to discuss cooperation, so let's just settle all this." Felix said to Kingsley: "You are familiar with them, and you will show them around in the past few days. Be sure to let them know about us. The strength of the cooperation can be discussed in a few days.”

When Kingsley heard the words, he immediately understood what Felix meant. He wanted him to take those people to understand the wealth of Sardinson, and at the same time let them understand that Sardinsons are not easy to mess with, so that they don't give birth to children. What an unrealistic idea.

Kingsley: "Lord Duke, may I show them the training of knights and soldiers?"

Felix laughed: "Of course you can, you are still the head of the Knights, you make up your own mind."