System, help me become the empress

Chapter 169 The transaction begins

Several crew members, including Lenato, almost blurted out, and their eyes were clearly flickering with excitement.

"tea!"

"green tea!"

"Blue and white porcelain, and silk and satin!"

……

Xu Youxi recalled a record in the history of later generations, which said that domestic tea was introduced to Europe. After the tea sellers promoted it, in addition to its good taste as a drink, tea also has the added benefit of treating headaches, insomnia, colds and fevers, etc. effects of diseases.

Tea can be grown anywhere, but people from other places cannot imitate the mysterious oriental tea-frying technique. Therefore, this unique oriental tea is often sold at a high price in Europe, and even once became the most important thing for nobles to show their status.

If you think about it this way...

She can not only sell tea, but also tea sets!

Xu Youxi gave Xu Ling some instructions, and then Xu Ling waved to the side, and several soldiers walked over immediately carrying the iron box.

The boxes were opened one by one.

"The tea, porcelain and silk you need are all in these boxes. But what do you plan to exchange?"

When Lenato and his crew saw the contents of the box, their expressions became more and more excited. They even stood up and hugged each other with the other crew members, as if they had achieved success, and they felt that the past few months at sea were not in vain.

It was not easy for them to listen to the translation of Le Xiaoqu patiently.

"On our ship, except for the cannon, everything can be exchanged. We have clothes made of animal skins, which are very warm; we also have soft wool..."

Xu Youxi offered to take the initiative: "Can I go to your boat and have a look?"

"of course can."

But Xu Youxi's proposal made He Jiangyi, who was standing not far away, break into a cold sweat. Your Majesty, this is too risky.

After Xu Youxi boarded the ship, he took a closer look at these British merchant ships. They were not powered by steam. The appearance of the several cannons on the ship was slightly different from that of the big dry copper cannons. The power might not be obvious from the appearance.There are several long-barreled guns in the corners of the ship, but there is no rifling design in the muzzle, and they are also front-loaded.

"This is our cabin!"

Xu Youxi approached the place where these foreigners store food, and found a lot of white things that looked like cheese, so he asked, "What is that?"

"Cheese, a food made from cow's or goat's milk, is very delicious, do you want to try it?" Lenato was particularly enthusiastic.

Xu Youxi didn't eat it, but secretly thought of the other party's milk in his heart. Britain should still be in the early stage of development at this time, and there is a high probability that the local people still rely on animal husbandry for their livelihood.

"Can you exchange your local milk and goat milk?"

Lenato seemed to be very embarrassed: "You can only drink fresh milk, otherwise it will go bad."

"But we don't have many cattle and sheep. It's a pity. I still thought that if I can exchange milk with you, it can just be dedicated to our emperor."

Xu Ling, who was standing next to her, was just silently watching her Majesty's serious nonsense, but she clearly didn't drink milk, okay?
"It's really not good." Lenato said with a bitter face, "It can't be shipped, and you will get sick if you drink bad milk."

After repeated inquiries, Xu Youxi can basically confirm that milk pasteurization has not yet been invented: "Then can the milking cows and sheep in your place be traded? The emperor sent it to taste."

"The sea and land are bumpy, how can it be possible to bring cattle and sheep?"

Lenato found this method of exchange extremely absurd.

"You come over next time. A healthy cow will give you a box of tea in exchange; a live sheep will give you half a box of sugar; pigs of different breeds will give you different celadon wares. Our emperor likes those with different looks. , the things you exchanged, as long as they can please the emperor, I will give you a few more sets of precious tea sets."

Lenato instantly felt that there were no difficulties: "Deal! You have as much as you need!"

"First order a thousand heads each."

"Apart from these cattle and sheep, do you still need wool and leather products? Or cotton and tobacco, we all have ways to get them!"

"Cotton is fine, but tobacco is not."

Xu Youxi maintained a smirk.

Who knows, whether you sent tobacco or opium!
Xu Youxi originally guessed that the people coming this time would be Portuguese or Dutch, but he never thought it would be the British, but then he remembered that maritime trade was basically banned decades ago, maybe Portugal and the Netherlands had already come here, Was it just blocked by the closed sea trade policy?

"That's really a pity, maybe your emperor will like it?" Lenato felt it was a pity.

"The Son of Heaven does not like the smell of tobacco. If you forcibly bring tobacco into Dagan, all transactions between us must be suspended."

A few years ago when the customs were not so strict, some fashion merchants brought some tobacco products back from outside, but due to the scarcity of the quantity, the market price remained high, and even some wealthy people could not buy tobacco.

As time goes by, there are almost very few smokers who work hard, at least the poor will definitely not have that chance.

Smoking is not good, but tobacco can still be used as a medicinal material. Dagan's current policy is to only allow tobacco to be grown in a small number of medicinal fields, and private sales are not allowed.

Lenato patted his chest: "Please trust us, we will definitely follow your rules."

The two reached a cooperation at an extremely fast speed, and both sides seemed to be afraid that the other would suddenly go back on their word.

Xu Youxi specially gave a lot of things to the British traders, and as for the wool in exchange, they sent them to the textile factory for them to process.

It wasn't until this transaction was completed that Xu Youxi returned to the residence to rest.

"Your Majesty, why did you spend such a large price to exchange cattle and sheep with them?" Xu Ling couldn't hold back anymore, "You still use such absurd reasons."

Xu Youxi was in a good mood, "If you can understand why, this matter still requires me to do it myself?"

"...Are you really thinking about milk, mutton and pork?"

"Ah."

Xu Youxi nodded unabashedly.

"It's the minister's dereliction of duty, which actually made His Majesty's food unsatisfactory. The minister will arrange for someone to prepare again!"

"You come back." Xu Youxi put down his pen, not even in a hurry to write a letter, "I ask you how long it will take for ordinary people to raise a pig, and then be able to kill it and eat it?"

"Three to five years?"

Xu Ling asked tentatively, he had never raised pigs before!

"At least December!" Xu Youxi corrected.

Huh?
Your Majesty also raised pigs?

Xu Youxi didn't know about these things at first, but after reading more books, he gradually realized that the native pigs are all black, and the white pigs that later generations saw were all imported from overseas.

Why do white pigs gradually replace black soil pigs?
The reason is simple, that is, the cost issue.

It only takes about five months for a white-skinned pig to be ready for slaughter, and its weight is still heavier than that of a black pig, which will greatly reduce the manpower and material resources required.

Xu Youxi plans to get some foreign breeds of pigs to try and breed them on her own, but she really can't figure it out. She still has a system to back her up. After all, even if she turns into a pig out of thin air, she can't do it too abruptly, right?

If this trend continues, in less than two years, the common people will at least have pork to eat.

(End of this chapter)