Chapter 276 Science and technology are the primary productive forces
As soon as Boss Hai came out, he took a ruthless move to get rid of the golden beard. He was quick and ruthless, and extremely decisive, which made people unacceptable for a while.
But in Shen Xi's view, this is just a means for Boss Hai to express his position, and the purpose is very simple:
Don’t do anything bad, otherwise I can even give up my life. Fight to the end with you. It’s best not to force me to make a fuss to the point of defeating the death.
Chen Xi had the advantage at the beginning, and even the official army was dispatched, so there was no problem with the other party establishing his authority by killing people.
Then, after removing the sword, Boss Hai was invited to enter the main house.
The Hu Shang entered the house with no one except Boss Hai and a personal servant. Chen Xi included him, Yun Liu, Xier, and Peng Yu. Xier acted as Chen Xi's personal guards, blocking Boss Hai and staring at each other, fearing that his hidden arrows would hurt people.
Boss Hai said in the ear of the servant, and the servant shouted: "We, the head, said that he does not understand the language of the Central Plains people, so the dialogue with you needs to be conveyed by me. If possible, it is best not to beat around the bush and just talk about the transaction... Before that, our head, want to know, how do you judge that the head of the Jin family is cheating people?"
Not only Boss Hai wants to know about this question, but even Yun Liu, Xier and Peng Yu also pricked up their ears and wanted to know the answer.
Chen Xi smiled slightly and said, "It's very simple. As far as we know, the strong boss of Hai, who is entrenched in the Xihai area, actually passed away five years ago. The person who inherited his name and foundation was one of his concubines. In this case, how could Boss Hai be the unshaven man I just saw?"
The attendant quickly conveyed Chen Xi's words to "Boss Hai" to know.
Chen Xi said again: "And as far as I know, the woman who inherited Hai's business was originally the daughter of a criminal who was bought by Boss Hai in the Jingcheng Jiaofangsi during the Ming Dynasty. So you can't understand what I said... Why find a middleman to interpret the matter?"
"Huh? You know all such a secret thing? Well, since you already know that I am a woman, there is no need for me to hide it!"
The other party really spoke, and responded with a pure Beijing accent.
The voice is clear and pleasant, and he is indeed a woman.
Yunliu and Peng Yu were both surprised. They tried their best to find out much information about Boss Hai. However, Chen Xi seemed to have completely figured out the details of each other. They were eager to know how Chen Xi learned about all this.
Chen Xidao: "Open the skylight and say something bright, I will not kill you, nor will I stop you from doing business around the capital, but the prerequisite is...I want you to buy some things for me from Western countries, the price is not a problem..."
Chen Xi doesn't care whether the other party is a man or a woman, in short, it's enough to do a good job.
This woman kills people without blinking, which is similar to a female devil. Thinking about it, she can survive among a group of bandits and become a leader, obviously she cannot be treated as an ordinary woman.
Hai Lao Dadao: "What I want to buy is the firearms equipped by your official army, and some specialties of Daming that I can't buy. Can you sell them to me?"
Chen Xi smiled: "It depends on what you can buy for me from Westerners."
"What do you want?" Boss Hai asked eagerly.
Chen Xi knew from his attitude that the other party was looking for a way out. After all, being coerced to conduct business negotiations is a frustrating thing. This woman who took over the identity and power of Qianhai’s boss knows how dangerous the current situation is and wants to quickly resolve the current dilemma.
Chen Xidao: "I want to get advanced Western technology and help me transport a batch of raw materials..."
"impossible."
Boss Hai looked a little incredible and shook his head and said, "Westerns don't have what you want in their hands. They are not as rich as the Central Plains. Silk, tea and ceramics are all in short supply in Western countries, and even gold and silver are not as good as the Central Plains! They are barbaric and backward. The Inquisition is killing people all the time. It is crueler than you imagine..."
Boss Hai is very aware of the goods.
At this time, Europe had just walked out of the Middle Ages, which was marked by the demise of the Byzantine Empire. The entire West was shrouded in the shadow of the church, and science and technology were in a relatively backward state.
However, European scientific and cultural culture has begun to gradually recover. At present, the Renaissance movement has emerged on the Apennine Peninsula, and scientists and mathematicians such as Leon Vinci, Copernicus, and Cardano have emerged. With the emergence of the Flangerman, Chen Xi realized that the curtain of the colonial war had begun. With the strength of the Ming Dynasty, he could only draw with the Flangerman with advanced sea ships. Those small countries in Latin America and Asia and Africa are not opponents at all, and it will be a matter of time before they are conquered.
With the great geographical discovery and the continuous expansion of colonial wars, science and technology will usher in a leap in a short period of time, while the Ming Dynasty was self-confidenced due to long-term stability and always responded to external challenges with the attitude of a heavenly kingdom, without the pioneering and enterprising spirit of the Westerners.
Chen Xidao: "I don't want to know how Westerners live, just buy their skills... I will give you a list. You can buy it from Westerners based on the above list. The reward is not a problem..."
Boss Hai shook his head: "The good things in the hands of Westerners cannot be bought with gold and silver casually. They may have to be exchanged equally, such as this kind of thing..."
As he said that, Boss Hai took out something wrapped in gauze from his arms, which looked very delicate.
Because I don’t know what it was inside, Yun Liu and Xier became nervous, and Peng Yu even shouted: “Let it go back! If you act rashly, you will be in a different place!”
Chen Xi waved his hand: "Open it and take a look!"
Boss Hai lifted the cloth to reveal a mirror, and it was a rare glass mirror on the market.
Boss Hai seemed very proud: "This kind of thing can not be bought with money in the West. It is very precious, and only nobles deserve it."
Chen Xi couldn't help but smile and shook his head and said, "Is this thing a little more ordinary?"
"What did you say? I know very well that there is no such thing as the Ming Dynasty. Even in a prosperous place like the capital, the ladies only have bronze mirrors." Boss Hai was very dissatisfied because she felt that the mirror in her hand was very precious. She got it for a high price and had been clearing her relationship for a long time.
Chen Xidao: "I don't need this kind of thing here, I just don't take it with me now."
“I have it here.”
Xier seemed very angry, as if she was eager to prove it, and quickly took out something from her arms. It was also a small mirror, which was clearer than that in Boss Hai's hand. When she took it out, Boss Hai on the opposite side first widened his eyes, then wiped his eyes in disbelief, and then looked at it carefully.
During the Renaissance, the water city of Venice had appeared mirrors made of tin foil and mercury on the back of glass.
However, at this time, the Europeans' glass manufacturing process was relatively backward, and in addition to being unable to achieve industrial mass production, large-scale glass mirrors were not yet manufactured. Moreover, due to the high manufacturing cost and the monopoly of maintenance technology, it was difficult to systematically improve the technology, which made the development of glass mirrors enter a bottleneck period. The glass mirrors they sold were far less advanced than those manufactured by Shen Xi.
"This...how is this possible?"
Boss Hai was dumbfounded and was stunned for a long time before shook his head, "I bought this from a person with white skin and blue eyes in the West. Could it be that yours?"
The glass mirror in Xier's hand was not bought, but given by Chen Xi.
Chen Xi had previously conducted glass development in Guangzhou Prefecture and Wuchang Prefecture, but as he went north to serve as the three-sided general system, he stopped the research work and only produced variegated glass to be used as tiles and doors and windows. However, the only batch of glass mirrors he screened in Wuchang Prefecture for high-quality glass, which he treasured and gave to the women around him as gifts.
Chen Xi thought to himself: "It seems that some technologies should be marketed. I was thinking about what to rely on to make profits before. Isn't there any ready-made technologies and solutions? Why should we go far?"
Chen Xidao: "How we got it, there is no need to explain it to you. I can even teach you this technology to let you use it to make transactions with people..."
Boss Hai was very excited when he heard the news and immediately realized the huge business opportunities behind it.
She stammered: "You...you can't teach me this technology, because... because this technology can make you a lot of money. If I give it to white people in the West, I can get more money, and I may even become a noble in the Holy Roman Empire and exchange them for countless good things..."
"As a general person is careful not to collect such precious technology, how can he easily pass it on to others? It's like you won't transfer the process of muskets and artillery manufacturing!"
Chen Xi thought to myself, the technology you regard as a treasure is not worth mentioning to me, and the things I care about may not be worth mentioning to you.
In addition, it is not considered as how precious this thing is. Even if I keep it secret, Europeans will study it themselves in decades.
The manufacturing process of glass mirrors can be said to be an open secret in the future. Chen Xi secretly thanked: "Although I am not an engineering student, I am lucky to learn history and know the future development direction of science and technology. Things that I cannot study cannot be lagging behind too many people. At least things invented by Europeans, as long as they are transmitted to the Central Plains in a short time, I can optimize these technologies, so that the Han people can always maintain their advantages over the Western nations!"
Chen Xidao: "It is not impossible for you to give it to you if you want the technology of glass mirror manufacturing. After all, I also like the technology you provide from the West."
"How could you teach me? What to exchange?"
Boss Hai asked eagerly, "Is it a beauty or gold, silver and jewelry? What do you mean by Western technology...? It's best to make it clearer, so that I can prepare!"
Chen Xi smiled and said, "A lot of things need to be discussed in detail. How can I explain them clearly in this situation? What I want will be provided with you a detailed list. I hope you can help you collect them with all your strength. If you still get nothing over time, I will be responsible for someone else, and you will never be able to set foot in the Central Plains again, otherwise there will be only a dead end."
Hai Lao Da said: "You can see that you have a huge power and ambitiousness, but I... like to do business with you. What you have is not only money, but also good things that you can't buy with money."
When Boss Hai found that the young man in front of him could mobilize the official army, he thought of vain and fleeing with the other party first. But when she found that the other party had a glass mirror that was more advanced than the Westerners' hidden mirror technology, she immediately gave up the idea of leaving. She had super judgment and understood how much benefit this technology could bring to her.
Then Chen Xi discussed with Boss Hai the next transaction method, especially how to establish a long-term and effective contact mechanism.
Chen Xidao: "I have to talk about ugly things first. If you want to take people away, I will not interfere, but this also means that you can never go to the capital or even within the Ming Dynasty again. Otherwise, once you are intercepted by my people, your fate will be very miserable..."
"If you want to do this business, hand over all your contact locations in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Every time you go to the Ming Dynasty, you will tell me what you see and hear in the West, otherwise you will be traitorous."
"If we can do all this, you will teach me the technology?" Boss Hai asked with anticipation.
Chen Xi nodded.
Boss Hai was very satisfied: "Okay, as long as you can give me skills, I will do business with you, but I will first declare that you must buy all the goods we have in our hands. Not only mine, but also the goods of the merchants who went to Beijing to do business with me, you must also eat them. I don't want them to return empty-handed."
Yun Liu was so angry that his eyes bulged, and he shouted, "You are so arrogant and ungrateful... Since you were once a native of the Ming Dynasty, you should understand what this means, right?"
Boss Hai seemed very proud: "I can't even tell who I am now, and I don't know whose people I am... My life is only responsible for myself. If you are willing to do this, you can trade now. If you don't want to do it, you have to send us away. This is what your boss said. This... Master, you won't even be disciplined by your subordinates, right?"
Perhaps it was Yunliu's strength that triggered Boss Hai's resistance, and the provocative meaning in his words was obvious.
Usually there is a kind of hostility between women, especially those with ability. Unless their relationship is good to a certain extent, they will not be able to look at each other.
Chen Xi nodded: "Haidang family should be considered half a member of the Western Regions, and cannot be considered a complete citizen of the Ming Dynasty. But you must remember that you are now on the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Everything you do must abide by the laws and regulations here. I will buy all your goods, and there are other Hu merchants' goods. Even if I don't buy them, I will be able to trade them with you at a reasonable price. After all, the glass manufacturing technology I own has never exceeded the price..."
Boss Hai showed a little concern on his face, because the business was difficult to negotiate. After all, the initiative was in the hands of Shen Xi. She proposed to take action on the goods at hand, which just gave Chen Xi a chance to speak out.
Chen Xidao: "However, I have always been hospitable in Daming. Since this is my place, I don't want to bully people casually. I promise not to let you suffer losses. How about mutual benefit?"
"Okay! When will the transaction be made?" Boss Hai made a quick decision.
Chen Xi smiled: "It will be about ten days later. I will ask someone to notify the specific time and location, but you must come in person. I don't want anyone to be a melodraft... When you come to Beijing again, I will tell you who I am!"
"I don't care who you are. Just teach me the technology of glass manufacturing... I can take people away now, right?"
After saying that, Boss Hai turned around and walked out. Yunliu was very unwilling to accept it and looked at Chen Xi, wanting Chen Xi to order the person to be forced to stay.
Chapter completed!