System, help me become the empress

Chapter 168 Discussing Business Matters
This time, when he set off for Guangzhou, Xu Youxi only brought four guards including Xu Ling with him.Along the way, several people changed horses at every station, traveling day and night, they were really exhausted, so they rested at nearby stations for two or three hours.

The weather in September is still very hot, especially when traveling at noon, the clothes will basically be wet with sweat.In order to prevent everyone from heatstroke, Xu Youxi turned on the 'Empress Halo' to create a 'shuddering' cool environment nearby.

Just like this, it took nearly ten days for several people to arrive in Guangdong.

When they finally arrived at the local post station in Guangzhou, it was already dark, Xu Youxi asked everyone to rest for the night, and the shadow guards were in charge of the night watch, and they would continue tomorrow morning.

To be honest, Xu Youxi came by coincidence. He happened to meet He Jiangyi's military ship, which was calling at the port to replenish its cargo.

The morning sun shone on the port, and with the salty and humid wind, the sea water seemed calm, and a few white birds flew by from time to time in the low altitude. The port was full of people, and the soldiers were struggling to carry it.

"General He."

When Xu Youxi suddenly appeared in front of He Jiangyi, the 1.9-meter-tall general even wondered if there was something wrong with his eyes.

"Your Majesty..."

"Li Si." Xu Youxi stopped He Jiangyi's unspoken words, "In accordance with the order of the emperor, he will patrol the coast of Guangdong and be responsible for coordinating overseas commerce and trade. General He will just call him Lord Li."

"Yes, Lord Li." He Jiangyi suppressed the shock in his heart.

"If you have something to do, you can do it first." Xu Youxi looked around and found that General He seemed to be directing the army to carry things.

"Not busy, not busy."

After He Jiangyi asked the deputy general to take his place, he quickly jumped down and stood beside Xu Youxi: "Did Master Li come here for the 'Sheng Shi'? Is this why I send someone to invite him over?"

"Need not."

Xu Youxi led He Jiangyi to a place where there were no people, and Xu Ling stood by to ensure that no one would disturb him.

"When General He went to inspect those ships, what kind of goods did they bring?"

General He recalled carefully: "Fur clothes, a lot of silver, and some things like food."

"Well. Are you ready for a long-term battle when you go ashore to replenish the goods?"

"Yes." He Jiangyi admitted.

Xu Youxi continued to ask: "Where are the overseas merchant ships now?"

"Being stopped outside the Dagan sea area, the minister delayed for a few more days on the grounds of waiting for a reply from Shangjing."

"How many merchant ships did they come this time?"

"Seven."

"Notify those merchant ships and ask them to send representatives to the port for negotiations at noon tomorrow. Also, evacuate the old, weak, women and children in the port overnight, and let the chief envoy of Guangdong dispatch emergency infantry to wait for orders near the port at any time."

He Jiangyi couldn't understand this kind of behavior: "Your Majesty, I have worked so hard to be self-sufficient. Why do I really want to let those barbarians in? Can I be afraid that a few merchant ships will fail!"

"General He, do you know how many countries there are across the sea?" Xu Youxi asked back.

"I don't know."

"Then do you know what the people in those countries do for a living? Is their life better or worse than that of the common people?"

"I don't know."

"General He knows how many soldiers and cannons their country has? How many guns and ammunition?"

"minister……"

"General He thinks these questions have nothing to do with Daqian? But have you ever thought that if one day, overseas countries progress faster than Dagan, develop weapons better than Dagan, and the people are richer than Dagan, what should we do?"

"Once at this time, they focus on the land of Dagan again, and even decide that the coalition forces will enter Dagan to burn, kill and loot. How can we deal with it?"

"General He, you and I will all grow old one day, coveting the momentary comfort and closing the gates of the country. Sooner or later, future generations will pay the price for our choices."

He Jiangyi intellectually admits that His Majesty is right, but emotionally still does not agree that these overseas congresses will one day be stronger than Daqian.

"General He, think about it carefully."

Xu Youxi asked He Jiangyi to leave first, and at the same time arranged for Xu Ling to arrange the negotiation location immediately, and prepare shore accommodation and food for the merchants who were about to disembark from the merchant ship.

According to the recommendation of local trendy businessmen, Xu Ling also sent someone to invite back a well-known local translator Le Xiaoqu.

In the afternoon, Xu Youxi went to the odd goods store warehouse and found Pei Yao.

"Li Si, why are you here!"

"Well, merchant ships coming from overseas want to establish long-term business relations with Daqian, so I'll come to assist in the negotiation." Xu Youxi explained.

Pei Yao asked puzzledly: "Overseas ship? Which country specifically? The tide merchants I know have been to many places, so I can ask you about the situation."

"No, the imperial court has already sent someone to understand it in advance." Xu Youxi replied, "but there is something that really needs your help. Contact these tide merchants for the imperial court and ask who has a large amount of tea, sugar, porcelain, and silk in stock. , the imperial court is willing to pay a high price to buy it.”

"Okay, leave this to me."

In the evening, Xu Youxi planned to go to Xu Shengshi, but General He's soldiers had already returned to the ship, and Xu Youxi was embarrassed to open the back door for himself, so he temporarily dismissed this idea.

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On the appointed day, at noon.

Under the guidance of a large military ship, seven overseas merchant ships moored in the port smoothly, and a dozen reddish-brown curly-haired foreigners quickly got off the ship.

Standing on the left and right sides of Xu Youxi were tall and tall Jinyiwei, and Le Xiaoqu, who was in charge of translation, was a thin, dark man, but his eyes were full of wit.

"Hello, I'm Lenato Brusson, a merchant from Great Britain. These are my crew members. It's a great honor to be here and have the opportunity to do business here. Many of our ancestors have visited here, like... "

Lenato, who has rare pale green eyes, is cadenced to express his admiration.

However, in the eyes of those who don't understand, they only know that this guy has been "chirping" all the time, and they don't know what he is talking about.

Great Britain?British?

Fortunately, the other party spoke English, Xu Youxi understood at least % of it, and it was not difficult to understand what the other party wanted to express.

Le Xiaoqu, who was the translator, also listened intently: "My lord, he said that he came from a barbarian country, a low-level man who was doing business, Lenato. He was very grateful to be able to come to Dagan this time, and his ancestors I have also been here, and I have received a lot of charity from Dagan..."

What is this translation?
Xu Youxi looked at the Dagan soldiers next to him with suddenly enlightened faces, and couldn't listen anymore. She originally planned to be polite and polite first, but she was afraid that Le Xiaoqu would mistranslate, so she hesitated and decided to omit all the nonsense and go straight to the point.

"It's such a joy to have friends coming from afar." Xu Youxi paused for a while after each sentence, leaving Le Xiaoqu enough time to think about how to translate.

"You guys have come to Dagan from thousands of miles away, what do you want in exchange?"

(End of this chapter)