Gandhi, the Finance Minister of the Delhi Sultanate, looked on with cold hands and feet.
Its country is also a big country and borders the Ming Dynasty. How could there not be secret competition between the two big countries?
Although the Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne as the new emperor, Gandhi brought heavy gifts, but in fact Gandhi came with a mission. He wanted to re-establish trade lines with the Ming Dynasty.
We still need to figure out why the Ming Dynasty stopped importing sugar from the Delhi Sultanate. Is it possible that the people of the Ming Dynasty suddenly stopped eating sugar? !
Then the trade line between the two countries can be reconnected, and then sooner or later the gifts sent out this time will continue to flow back through another method.
Originally, Gandhi was full of confidence before coming to Ming Dynasty.
But now he feels very guilty, and he knows little things. Just from such a huge project, it can be seen that the national power of the Ming Dynasty may not be the same as that of the Ming Dynasty!
Little Marco Polo put away his notebook solemnly, stood up,
"Shall we go and take a look again?"
Gandhi nodded solemnly, his face no longer had the look of contempt and disdain he had when he first came out.
The two walked out side by side, but Gandhi, who had just followed little Marco Polo, seemed to be vaguely leading the direction.
It doesn't matter where little Marco Polo goes, anyway, for him, everything in Yingtian Mansion is new.
Gandhi glanced back and forth, and finally stopped in front of a shop that was open to sell goods.
A big bucket was placed in front of the shop. I didn’t know what was in the bucket, but it was all white.
"Sir, do you want to buy some candy?"
"Sugar?" Gandhi repeated in unskilled Chinese. With a look of shock in his eyes, he exclaimed, "This is sugar?!"
Little Marco Polo also came over quickly and couldn't help but praise,
“This is so beautiful it’s like a work of art!”
Gandhi couldn't control himself, so he reached out his hand rudely, inserted it into the sugar, picked up another handful, and twirled it on his fingertips.
White as snow, fine as sand,
"Oh! Who are you! If you don't want to eat, don't worry. If you stretch out your hand and do it like this, how can I take out the food?!"
The sugar shop owner looked disgusted and reached out to open Gandhi's hand.
With the current sugar-making technology of the Delhi Sultanate, it is not impossible to produce such fine sugar. Although the sugar sold among the people often contains particles of different sizes, the sugar specially supplied to the palace is ground to the finest quality.
But the scary thing at this moment is that even if the sugar-making technology of the Delhi Sultanate was fully exported, it would not be able to produce sugar with such a snow-white color.
Moreover, the fineness of the white sugar sold by the people in the Ming Dynasty is completely comparable to the special white sugar supplied in the palace of the Delhi Sultanate.
"What the hell is going on here?!"
Gandhi, who had always practiced Buddhism and had a calm mind, was now in a state of confusion.
The only thing the Delhi Sultanate can get now is this white sugar. But if even Daming’s white sugar is better than the Delhi Sultanate, then it’s a complete defeat!
"Are you going to buy it or not? If not, don't get in the way. I still have to do business!"
The owner of the candy shop waved his hand with disgust, signaling the two foreigners to get out of here.
Nowadays, the power of the Ming Dynasty is great, so the people of the Ming Dynasty, especially those in the capital, carry a sense of confidence in their every move.
There are no kneeling people at all at this time. Seeing that you are a foreigner, I have to lick you? Want to play? !
The people of the Hongwu Dynasty were fierce and fierce, and they would do anything if they refused. Although they have now entered the Shengwen Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty have not changed in their bones.
Seeing this, little Marco Polo quickly sneered and moved forward, saying quickly
"Boss, let's buy some, let's buy some."
As he said that, he took out the operational funds given to them by the Ministry of Accounts and placed them in front of the boss. The boss said in a bad mood.
"How much to buy?"
When Marco Polo heard this, he was stunned for a moment and made some rough gestures with his hands. After all, it was the measurement unit of the Ming Dynasty. It was different from the Yuan Dynasty. He couldn't explain it.
The shop owner knowingly packed some sugar for him and put the sugar into a transparent bag. There was also a brand-like pattern on the bag, which said Changjia Sugar Industry,
Then, the shop owner gave little Marco Polo some change and said,
"It doesn't take that much money, these are for you."
Little Marco Polo was moved and said,
"Thank you, thank you very much. People in Ming Dynasty are the most honest."
Before little Marco Polo had time to take the packed sugar, Gandhi reached out and grabbed the sugar halfway. Gandhi's eyes were red, he reached out and took a handful of sugar from the bag and stuffed it all into his mouth.
He didn't believe that sugar with such good appearance could have excellent taste.
If the taste is not good, even if it looks so good, it will be in vain. After all, sugar is for eating, not for looking at it!
But after putting it in his mouth, little Marco Polo's eyes suddenly widened. He had never tasted such a delicate and dense texture!
Even in the Delhi Sultanate, which leads the world in sugar making technology, he has never tasted such a sweet but not greasy taste!
"How could it be? How could this happen?"
The ground was ashen as ashes. Seeing this, little Marco Polo also lit up a finger of sugar, held it in his mouth, and exclaimed,
"Oh my god! What is this?! Friend..."
Little Marco Polo turned to look at Gandhi. He also knew that one of the purposes of Gandhi coming to the Ming Dynasty was to re-establish the sugar trade with the Ming Dynasty.
But looking at it this way, to put it bluntly, the Delhi Sultanate was not qualified to engage in sugar trade with the Ming Dynasty.
Gandhi's mind went blank;
He thought of countless possibilities as to why the Ming Dynasty cut off the sugar trade with the Delhi Sultanate. He even thought of the outrageous possibility that the Ming Dynasty people would no longer eat sugar.
But he just couldn't imagine that the Ming Dynasty's sugar industry had developed to the point where it surpassed the Delhi Sultanate, the largest country in the sugar industry!
What exactly did Ming Dynasty discover? ! In just a few years, it has developed to this point? !
Gandhi had no intention of wandering around the city any longer, so he turned around and left in a big stride.
Little Marco Polo quickly followed and asked,
"Friend, where are you going?"
Gandhi's eyes were full of seriousness, "I'm going to meet the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty!"
Little Marco Polo still wanted to play in the city, but he was worried about his friend Gandhi, so he gritted his teeth and followed him.
"I'll go with you too!"
Gandhi and Marco Polo returned the same way. Under the leadership of the palace guards, they went around to the household department of the outer palace, where Xia Yuanji, the minister of household affairs, had already been waiting there.
"Sir, these two envoys want to see you."
Xia Yuanji lowered his head to review the household affairs, nodded,
"I understand, please step back."
"Yes, sir."
Xia Yuanji stood up slowly, looked at Gandhi and Marco Polo, and said with a smile,
"Why are you back in the palace again? But you don't feel comfortable playing in the city?"
Little Marco Polo said quickly,
"Dear Sir..."
Before little Marco Polo finished speaking, Gandhi interrupted him and said,
"Master Xia! I want to talk to you about cooperation!"
