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The British envoy Douglas and the Portuguese envoy Carlo each brought a delegation of more than 20 people, and the envoys of Otessa, Chettisgar, Calkende, and West Benese also arrived in Ningbo at the same time. He was officially received by Xie Qian, a foreign minister of the Great Qin Foreign Ministry.

Ningbo, as the first state city in Daqin to set up a city, with the continuous prosperity of maritime trade, a large number of commodities from all over Daqin gather here every day and load them to the sea.

Naturally, merchant ships returning from overseas also brought back a shipload of goods, which were unloaded here and diverted to various cities in China.

The whole city of Ningbo is bustling and prosperous, usually drawn in the middle of the avenue to the port, and all pedestrians and vehicles walk on the right, so although the road is full of traffic, it seems to be orderly, which left a deep impression on Douglas and Carlo.

As for the envoys of Otesa, Chetisgarh, Charkend, and Simon, not to mention, they opened their mouths for a long time to see everything, and the look of surprise made people want to laugh when they saw it.

As soon as they landed, Lagras and the others were fascinated by the loading and unloading boom of the port, and repeatedly asked Xie Qian to visit the crane arm of the port, and Xie Qian finally agreed, and personally took them to the cargo handling area of the wharf.

I don't know if I don't see it, I'm shocked when I see it, and I can't understand it.

On the wharf of Ningbo, there are many tall booms, and there is a coal-eating boiler below, which passes steam into an iron machine, which constantly sprays hot white gas, driving a large runner, constantly flying rapidly.

A worker stood in front of an iron box with a two-foot-long iron rod, and the worker only pushed the iron rod when he heard "Click! With a sound, the cable tray next to the iron box will rotate up, and then the pulley group on the boom will follow, and hundreds of kilograms of goods packed with wooden frames below will be lifted high.

and so on the goods to rise to a certain height. When the worker pushes the iron rod again, the rope tray will slowly reverse and the goods will slowly be lowered.

At this time, several strong men on the ship held a long hook and hooked the slowly rising cargo to the deck, when the cargo was still a foot away from the deck, several strong men cooperated tacitly, and went up together to exert force, and hundreds of pounds of cargo fell on the deck safely and securely, easily and quickly.

This qiē stunned Douglas and Caro. This can not only save a lot of manpower, but also the speed of loading and unloading is several times faster.

Douglas and Carlo knew that the key was the thing that was spewing hot air, and the one with an iron rod sticking out, one for power and one for control.

Douglas humbly asked Xie Qian, who smiled and was very polite. But the answer is that I don't know.

As soon as I came out of the port and entered the Ningbo market, the delegations of hundreds of people from various countries felt dizzy.

And messy. Compared with the stinking cities of Europe, the streets of Ningbo are as neat and beautiful as God's garden.

The buildings on the street go from the cornices to the walls. To the window, there are flowers and birds carved everywhere, which is extremely exquisite. Amazing.

The flower stand on the door of the shop is still blooming in this cold winter season, and there are beautiful tassels and various signboards under the tea stand;

The shops are filled with a dazzling array of goods, and people dressed in bright clothes are greeted by the shopkeepers who are free to choose their favorite goods.

One of the shops with huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows is luxuriously furnished, and the store sells a kind of women's clothing called "moving garden", a dazzling beauty of women's clothing, worn on life-size dummies made of wood, like a beautiful princess or noblewoman, standing in the floor-to-ceiling glass windows to show off their beauty.

Douglas and Caro were instantly intoxicated1

Their resistance to this gorgeous women's clothing was almost zero, and they couldn't control their steps and walked over.

The entire gorgeous shop floor was covered with exquisite carpets, which made Douglas and Carlo, who walked to the front of the store, a little ashamed of themselves, and hesitated to step further in.

At this moment, a white woman with blond hair and blue eyes came out of the shop, she was dressed in a "moving garden", with a beautiful hat on her head, and white silk gloves on her hands, such an outfit that even the princesses of Europe sighed at themselves;

And she turned out to be just a shopping guide in this store, and she invited these customers from Europe into the store in fluent Dutch.

"Oh God!"

"Oh, is that true?"

Douglas and the others felt a sense of vertigo, and the store was filled with a fresh fragrance, as if there were countless delicate roses in bloom.

The decoration of the store is luxurious, and the decoration is so exquisite, that they are inexplicably a little cramped and uneasy, as if they are standing in heaven, for fear that they will defile this place.

The shopper dressed more beautiful than a princess whispered to them the clothes in the store, and Douglas admired them one by one, as if admiring the most magical work of art.

From the clerk's mouth, he learned that each of these intoxicating costumes cost four to five hundred dragon coins, which was equivalent to two hundred to three hundred taels of silver.

At first glance, this price does sound intimidating, but when you think about it, it is worth it compared to its luxurious materials, exquisite design, and intoxicating effect.

Douglas had secretly decided that when he returned, he would choose one for his wife and one for his daughter, and it is conceivable that it would amaze the whole of Europe.

Douglas and the others had just come out of the store, and they had just taken a few steps and couldn't help but stop, because they were attracted by the novelty again.

In an antique shop, the shopkeeper took a small box, took out a small wooden stick from the small box, and then lightly scratched the red side of the small box, and a magical scene appeared, and the small wooden stick was so burning;

The shopkeeper used it to light sandalwood, and the first small wooden stick was extinguished because of a gust of wind through the door of the shop, and the sandalwood could not be lit, and the shopkeeper took out another small wooden stick from the small box, and with a slight stroke, the flame was lit again

"What is this?"

"Oh God, it's amazing."

Douglas didn't even have time to say hello to Xie Qian before he walked into the antique store first.

When the shopkeeper saw someone entering the store, he immediately greeted him, but when he saw that it was a Westerner who had entered, the shopkeeper was not surprised at all.

Douglas pointed to the small box that the shopkeeper had just taken and chattered in English.

Xie Qian smiled and came up to explain to him: "Mr. Ambassador, this thing is called a match, it was just invented by my Daqin this year, because it is convenient and practical, and now many places in my Daqin have used it as a daily fire, if Mr. Ambassador likes it, the official will send two boxes to you later." ”

"Matches, that's amazing, what is this made of?"

"Haha, the official only knows how to use it, what is it made of, the official really doesn't know, sorry, sorry."

Douglas kind of understood, no matter what novelty, if you want to visit, Xie Qian will show you, but if you ask him how to make it, he will politely answer that he doesn't know, obviously, it is difficult to ask something from his mouth.

When they arrived at the embassy in Ningbo, Douglas and a group of people entered the Grand View Garden like Liu Lao, and many people made jokes, and one of the entourages even took water from the toilet bowl to drink, and grinned very happily after drinking

After waiting for the embassy staff to explain, the man's face was as red as a pig's liver, and he couldn't wait to find a hole in the ground and get into it immediately.

At dusk, Xie Qian hosted a banquet for the envoys of Douglas, Caro, and Otessa, and the small table in front of each person was filled with exquisite meals, which attracted people's mouthwater.

Xie Qian was elegant, and said with a smile: "Gentlemen, please." ”

The problem came, there were only chopsticks on the table, Douglas and Carlo hesitated to pick up the chopsticks, glanced at each other, and then looked at Xie Qian together.

Not to mention the envoys of Otesa and other countries, they are still used to tearing with five claws when they usually eat, and this chopsticks are too high-end for them;

Otesa Emissary Adil thought to himself, "Why don't you make these chopsticks sharper, we can also use them to poke and eat."

"Ladies and gentlemen, please do as the locals do."

Xie Qian smiled and picked up the chopsticks and demonstrated to everyone

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PS: Today will be presented three more, one to fulfill the promise of 100 votes plus one more, second, naturally I also want to take this opportunity to ask my relatives for a monthly pass, today on the 26th, a few days away from the end of the month, the chasing soldiers are all exerting force, brothers also give me more oil, ask for monthly ticket support!.

(To be continued......)