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Chapter 191: 50,000 taels of silver

When the Ming of Power heard Chen Feng say this, Xuan Xuan's expression was even more displeased: "Brother Feng, I see that you are calm in your affairs. Why, you have forgotten all the things about the old Taoist?"

"Master calm down. Today, my mind is in a mess. I have no clue about many things. I really can't remember what the master is doing." Chen Feng said.

After hearing Chen Feng's words, Xuanxuan was relieved. Although Xuanxuan was waiting in the carriage, Xuanxuan was bored outside and did enter the palace, and circle around. He also heard the conversation between Chen Feng and Zhu Yuanzhang. Of course, he heard it inadvertently.

Now, after Chen Feng said this, Xuan Xuan said indifferently: "Brother Feng, what's wrong with you?"

"It's not for the sake of national affairs. This time, several envoys came to Great Britain. The emperor sent me to lead the troops myself." Chen Feng said casually. After saying that, he suddenly felt something was wrong: "Master, this is a secret, and you must not spread it outside."

"Just send troops, send troops. What's the upset about this?" Xuan Xuan continued to ask.

"Master, you don't know that when I leave, there are so many things at home, especially in Dadu, Taizhou and other places. I am afraid that there will be major changes when I leave." Chen Feng said.

"There will be no changes within the year." Xuanxuan said: "And, these places will be more prosperous. What are you worried about?"

"Master, how could you know?"

"The old Taoist knows everything and is powerless." Xuan Xuan said: "The old Taoist can understand the secrets of heaven, and the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed..." At this point, Xuan Xuan suddenly stopped. Oh no, the secrets of heaven have been leaked by himself.

"Thank you for your advice," Chen Feng said: "I suddenly remembered that the master seems to want to go out together, right? This is easy to say. At that time, just prepare more food for the master alone, just work harder."

"The old Taoist is not picky about food." Xuan Xuan said.

The reason why Xuanxuan is dedicated to following Chen Feng to Great Britain is not only for fun, but more importantly for experience.

For Taoism, in addition to martial arts, he is also struggling to realize the truth. If he wants to have an enlightenment, he must have experience. Therefore, many Taoists like to travel around the world. For Xuanxuan, the entire East has been traveled all over. If he wants to have a new breakthrough, he can only find it from a new journey. In this way, traveling to the West, which is completely different from the Central Plains and increasing his knowledge has become an indispensable way.

For Chen Feng, this is even more rare opportunity. With a master like Xuanxuan by his side, going to Great Britain will be smoother. At least, Master Xuanxuan is also a martial arts master.

In the West, it is still the era of heavy armored cavalry, and it lags behind Chen Feng's weapons for several years. Moreover, this time Chen Feng's army was secondary to helping Britain attack France. It was the main thing to show off the force of the Ming Dynasty and protect the trade of merchants in the Ming Dynasty.

This time, Chen Feng agreed to go to Great Britain in person. Another purpose is naturally commerce!

The Yuan Dynasty no longer had its original prosperity. The country spanning the Eurasian continent had disappeared at this time, and the silk on the formerly prosperous land gradually disappeared.

The trade between the Central Plains and Europe was almost cut off, and the silk on the sea also needed to be transported through the Persian land.

Although Chen Feng knew that it would be enough to dig the two-kilometer-long land in Egypt, in this era without modern machinery and equipment in later generations, manpower alone would cost a lot, so Chen Feng had no plan to dig the Suez Canal.

The only thing left is another plan. Go to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of Africa, bypass Africa, and run to Western Europe. This is a long water that no one has ever walked through.

On the way, it is farther than the silk on land, but the carrier for transporting goods becomes a ship, which means that large quantities of goods can be transported over.

Now, merchants in Jiangnan have regarded overseas business as the most important. With the continuous trade with the South Ocean, the conditions for ocean navigation have already been met, skilled boatmen, suitable merchant ships, and countless sailing experiences, these are all valuable assets.

As long as you go to Great Britain once under Chen Feng's leadership, you can open up the airline. In this way, merchants from the Ming Dynasty could come and do business in the West in the future.

Not only Great Britain, but also the entire Western Europe countries are all within the scope of the Ming Dynasty merchants. Chen Feng took the navy this time and established his authority. If they dare to harm the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, they will wait to be bombarded by the artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty navy!

Just for the benefit of Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Feng would never carry out this activity that consumed his energy and energy. Chen Feng still made the benefit of the entire Ming Dynasty, in order to fulfill his promise!

When they went out to sea, the princes and nobles who came from Great Britain should be stunned.

Chen Feng thought about it and found it funny. Since there would be no accident at home, there would be no greater obstacles for this trip.

Chen Feng was already happy, and the guests who returned to the inn from Great Britain were cursing with gritting their teeth.

"Hmph, the Orientals are all guys who eat meat and don't spit bones! I really didn't expect that they would actually be so arrogant to us!" Marquis Homz said angrily.

Fifty thousand taels of silver! This is a celestial number. I really didn’t expect that Prince Chen could actually raise it!

"His Marquis, now if we want the Ming Dynasty to send troops, we have to agree to their conditions." William said.

"William, it's all you! If it weren't for you, how could we have come to the Central Plains!" Marquis Homz said angrily. Now, he vented his anger on William.

"His Marquis, this has nothing to do with me." William immediately retorted.

William's words made Marquis Homz even more dissatisfied. He jumped over and raised his right hand, and slapped William in the face.

In terms of identity, William is still a civilian now, and Marquis Homz beat him without any consequences.

"His Marquis quelled his anger." The Earl of Monte Cristo, who was beside him, said quickly.

"Oh no, His Highness the Marquis is not good." At this moment, a servant ran in outside. Seeing the messy scene inside, the servant was also startled and shut up.

"What's the matter?" asked Marquis Homz.

"Several teams of soldiers came outside and surrounded the inn we stayed in." The servant said.

Soldiers came? Earl Casey opened the window and saw that there were soldiers outside, and the entire inn was everywhere.

Suddenly, the faces of several people changed.

"William, go out and ask, what's going on?" At this time, Marquis Homz seemed to have forgotten what had just happened and said to William.

After all, only William understands Central Plains.

William's face was burning, his head was lowered, and he didn't say anything, but his heart was full of anger. This marquis was simply a beast! He came to the Ming Dynasty, even the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and was polite to him. At this time, William thought of Prince Chen, and compared this Marquis of Homz, William's heart was completely inclined towards Prince Chen.

"Yes," William said, and walked out.

"Ding" William went downstairs and saw the soldiers outside. He couldn't help but thrust his chest and walked out.

"Hey, brother, what are you here for?" William asked a tenth prince.

"We are ordered to protect the safety of foreign guests." said the chief of the Tsun.

Protection? Is this still called protection? Is this about obstruction? Is it almost the same, William thought to himself and said, "We have our own servants, which is enough. Besides, the Ming Dynasty is now prosperous and peaceful, so where are there bad people?"

"Dear foreign countries, there are 50,000 taels of silver to be tributed to the court. The amount is so huge, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will be malicious. We are ordered to come to protect everyone's safety until the silver is tributed to the court." The tenth chief continued.

After hearing this, William knew very well that these people came to put their own house arrest. As long as they did not hand over so much money, they would probably be protected by the whole family.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was not relieved after hearing Chen Feng's words. In order to prevent them from being too much, he scared away these foreigners. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang came up with such an idea and sent someone to protect them.

William walked up the stairs with heavy steps.

"What are they here for?" asked Marquis Homz.

"Come and protect us," William said. "They will protect us until we hand over fifty thousand taels of silver."

After saying that, William sat aside without saying a word. He knew that this Marquis of Homz would definitely put the responsibility on his head.

Sure enough, the Marquis of Homz said with some angrily: "William, go and tell them that we do not need protection, let them evacuate!"

"If you want to say it, you can tell it yourself." William said, "I won't."

"You!" Marquis Homz wanted to raise his arm again, but was stopped by the two people next to him: "His Marquis calm down. Now, we should consider how to deal with such a situation. We cannot fight in the first place."

"Hmph!" Marquis Homz walked to the window angrily, and cursed in English.

Unfortunately, it was useless. The people below didn't know what he was talking about.

"It seems that we have no other way except to give the 50,000 taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty." said the Earl of Monte Cristo.

"Do we have that much silver? Damn, when we came, the queen only gave us one thousand taels of gold and five thousand taels of silver." Earl Casey said. "We have to take out all our money." Earl of Monte Cristo said. Chen Feng guessed that this time they came, they almost brought their own assets, just to get some goods back.

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