"Sir Henry, the batch of vaccines we sold you last time, I wonder if you have cleaned it?" Li Jinde met Sir Henry, the governor of the Levant Company in Britain at a teahouse in London.

"Mr. Li, you sent the doctor who was injecting the vaccine. I think he has reported to you the sales of the vaccine." The short Sir Henry said proudly with his legs raised.

Although Scotland is currently in a tendency to break away from King Charles' rule, it has not affected the wealth of the big merchants at all.

"According to the report of our doctor, all 1,000 smallpox vaccines have been used, which means you have successfully cleared the vaccine. First, I asked your King to inject the prince as a demonstration, and then I specially went to the village where smallpox outbreaks to sell products. I have to say that Sir Henry, you are really a business-minded person and can quickly get rid of all the vaccines." Li Jinde said.

"Valuable goods are never worried about not being able to sell, they just need to find a suitable method. Those villagers tortured by smallpox appear in their villages with fearlessness when they see us, and bring magical medicines that can prevent people who are not infected with smallpox from being infected with smallpox forever. How could they care about the slightest mortality rate?" Sir Henry picked up the teacup and said.

The huge profits of smallpox vaccines are beyond their imagination. In villages where smallpox often breaks out, people are willing to give up everything in order to escape this terrible disease.

"The reputation of vaccines will soon spread from the village where smallpox has exploded, so I want to ask you for another batch of vaccines and your doctors to serve us. I have opened up the market for you and want to purchase another batch of vaccines at the original price, which should not be a problem, right?" Sir Henry asked.

"If you can take more vaccines, I can sell them to you at a lower price." Li Jinde said.

"A lower price?" Sir Henry said in surprise.

"Yes, a lower price." Li Jinde said.

He knew that the smallpox vaccine he brought had a shelf life. No one could easily sell the smallpox vaccine except Sir Henry had a huge connection in Britain and the special measures he had taken to open up the market.

Li Jinde now has 9,000 smallpox vaccines on hand, and almost no one has been sold.

Even if the remaining vaccines are disposed of at a reduced price, there is still enough profit.

"If there are more vaccines, the better, I can try to take a lot of vaccines," said Sir Henry.

"We can talk about this later. I invite you to the teahouse for negotiation this time. In fact, there is something to ask for. I want to go to the Mediterranean to see the local trade." Li Jinde said.

"If you want to go to the Mediterranean... our Livante company is going to organize a fleet to transport the woolen velvet through the eastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean and into the Mediterranean. It would be easy for our fleet to carry you. But the trade to the Ottoman Empire was not as simple as you thought. Our Livante company signed an agreement with them, and the fleet of our British and Livante company flag ships can avoid being attacked by Barbary pirates when entering the Mediterranean."

"You China and the Ottoman Empire have no agreement. I don't know how the Ottomans will deal with you when they find you on our merchant ship." Sir Henry said.

"I can pretend to be an employee of your company. Your Levant company should have hired a lot of people from the local area. Even if I have an oriental face, it doesn't matter." Li Jinde made up his mind to see the Mediterranean.

Sir Greenville told him that Europe has several important trade areas such as the Mediterranean and the North Sea.

As a pioneer of Chinese businessmen in the West, he was eager to see these places in person so as to provide accurate information for later generations.

Sir Henry frowned: "If you insist on following the ship, I can arrange a seat for you in advance. We will set off in half a month. This time we will send a lot of armed merchant ships. In addition, we have signed a treaty with the Ottoman Empire, and even if we encounter Barbary pirates, they will not rob us. The real trouble is that you must be careful after arriving in the Ottoman Empire."

"I understand, thank you Sir Henry for your generous help." Seeing that Sir Henry agreed, Li Jinde expressed his gratitude to Sir Henry when he had the opportunity to go to the Mediterranean to see the Barbary Pirates and the Ottoman Empire.

"In half a month, you can just come with your luggage at the dock in London. It is best to buy a few sets of clothes from our place. Your oriental clothes are too conspicuous and will be paid attention to by the Ottoman people. I can't guarantee how they will treat you." Sir Henry reminded again.

The Levant monopolized the trade between Britain and the Ottoman Empire, and transported British specialties worth more than 200,000 pounds to the territory of the Ottoman Empire every year to exchange gold, silver and other valuable Ottoman specialties.

This year, Livant organized more than a dozen armed merchant ships equipped with artillery to prepare to go to the Ottoman Empire to conduct normal wool trade.

As a Chinese businessman, Li Jinde tried his first attempt to go to the Ottoman Empire, a behemoth that had fought against the entire Europe for two hundred years. Although this behemoth once made the whole Europe tremble, it is inevitably declining now.

Li Jinde didn't know that the Nanyang Province had formed a strait with the Ottoman merchants in order to monopolize the spice trade. If he went to the Ottoman Empire this time, he would be in danger.

"Shopkeeper Li, I think we only need to consolidate the market in Britain at this stage. There are millions of people here. We can earn more than hundreds of thousands of pounds here every year and export goods to other Western kingdoms through here. Therefore, I don't think you have to risk your life to go to the unknown eastern coast of the Mediterranean." After Li Jinde's companions knew that he was going to go to the Ottoman Empire alone for investigation, they dissuaded them.

In their opinion, the city of London, with a population of 400,000, is just a piece of fat, and it takes a long time to digest this piece of fat.

"There are always a pioneer who needs to go to the location to explore. I, Li Jinde, want to see a wider world in my lifetime." Li Jinde put his luggage into a wooden box, and specially put on British clothes and disguised himself as an employee of the Levant Company.

"How come you are like a hero? I think we should not persuade Manager Li, and I wish him a triumphant return soon." Some businessmen smiled.

"Our factories, tea shops, and tea shops are already operating normally. I finally had this opportunity to go out. Just wait for me to return from the Mediterranean smoothly." Li Jinde said.
Chapter completed!