"Aren't you going to sell the goods you brought back all the way?" Zhu Biao asked strangely, "If you sell them yourself, wouldn't the price be higher?"
Hader smiled and shook his head and replied: "Your Highness, although Hader sold all the goods in the ship to the Ottomans and Byzantines, the price they gave was not low."
"How is this possible?" Tang Ding didn't believe Harder's words at all.
Harder turned his head and bowed slightly towards Tang Ding and explained: "Dear Lord Marquis, Harder dare not deceive His Highness and Your Majesty."
Tang Ding still asked in disbelief: "You mean, if you sell all the goods to those people at once, the price is higher than if you sell it alone in Hulumos? Then why do they want to buy your goods? This How is that possible, then they might as well wait until you sell it separately before buying it?”
Businessmen all take money very seriously, and Tang Ding believes that the people Harder mentioned are no exception. It is impossible for them to pay a high price for goods that are obviously cheaper.
Hader smiled and explained: "Your Majesty, the Marquis, does not know that Ottoman and Byzantium are not next to Khrumos, but are thousands of miles away from Khrumos. In fact, they are the same as Hade. Hader went to the old port to bring When the goods were brought back, they brought the goods back from Khrumos. In fact, most of the buyers of these goods were not in Khrumos, but in Ottoman and Byzantium, or even further west. They brought the goods If you go there, you can still sell it at a higher price.”
"Of course they can purchase goods bit by bit, but this would waste too much time for them. You know, in business, sometimes time is more important than gold coins."
Han Du suddenly understood. It turned out that Hulumos was just a transit point for goods. The buyers who could really pay higher prices were those from further west.
Zhu Biao's eyes widened and he asked in surprise: "What? Aren't you from the West? Are there people further west than you?"
"Yes, Your Highness." Harder nodded with a smile, "Not only there are, but there are many."
President Han Du felt there was something wrong with Hard's words. He pondered deeply. Suddenly Han Du raised his head and stared at Hard and asked, "Wait a minute, you mean the Ottomans and the Byzantines?"
Han Du remembered, the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire!
Narrowing his eyes, Handu stared at Hard and asked in a deep voice: "Is it the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire?"
Hader looked at Han Du in surprise, wondering how Han Du knew the names of these two empires. He nodded and replied: "Your Majesty the Marquis...how do you know that? Although the Byzantine Empire is relatively old, they are too far away from the Ming Dynasty. You should have never heard of their names. As for the Ottoman Empire , this is an empire that has just emerged in recent years, it is even more unlikely that the Marquis has heard of it."
After Harder finished speaking, he stared at Han Du, wanting to hear Han Du's explanation.
But how could Han Du care about Hard? I can't even explain anything to him.
But Zhu Biao listened and looked at Han Du with Tang Ding doubtfully, and asked: "Empire? Are these two countries very strong?"
Because both of them had heard Han Du say that the Western Ocean was almost a piece of loose sand, and three cities dared to call themselves kingdoms. Empire, this was the first time they had heard of such a country in the West.
The faces of the two people couldn't help but darken. The name of the Empire alone could make them feel different from the Kingdom, and even put an invisible pressure on them.
Han Du looked up at the two of them and explained calmly: "The Byzantine Empire is a large empire that spans two seas..."
"Wait, what did you say? Across two seas?" This time it was Zhu Biao's turn to interrupt Han Du. His body shook and his eyes were full of shock.
"What is the concept of crossing the two seas? Given the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, it can at best be regarded as crossing the two seas. Well, the East China Sea and the South China Sea!
Could this Byzantine Empire be comparable to the Ming Dynasty? "Zhu Biao was greatly shocked.
Han Du shook his head and explained: "That's not the case. Although Byzantium spans two seas, these two seas are not as big as the East China Sea and Nanyang. But in terms of vast land, Byzantium is half the size of the Ming Dynasty."
Hearing Han Du's explanation, Zhu Biao and Tang Ding both breathed a sigh of relief, but their brows still furrowed involuntarily. Although the Byzantine Empire is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, it can be considered a powerful country if it is half the size of the Ming Dynasty.
Harder on the side was even more shocked when he heard the conversation between Han Du and others. He looked at Han Du in disbelief and murmured to himself: "What? The powerful Byzantine Empire is only half the size of the Ming Dynasty? How big is the Ming Dynasty?"
For the first time, Harder was shocked by the power of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, he had only been to Old Port, and every time he came and went in a hurry, he never cared about whether the Eastern Empire of the Ming Dynasty was powerful or not. In Hader's opinion, as long as the Ming Dynasty merchants can bring him enough rare goods so that he can make money.
How old is Ming Dynasty? This is a good question.
Han Du looked at Hard with a smile, not caring about his shock, and asked instead: "Since you can do business with the Ottomans and Byzantines, can you understand what they say?"
"Of course," Harder stood up proudly, "Hader can not only understand what they say, but also write their words."
The smile on Han Du's face grew stronger, he nodded and praised: "I didn't expect that you are still a talent."
Hard bowed slightly and replied humbly: "Your Majesty the Marquis, this is nothing. As long as the merchants in Horumos are more or less good at it, they just don't know how to write like Hard. And in addition to Ottoman and Byzantine, Hader can also understand the writing of the Timurid Empire."
"Timur's Empire? Where did this country come from?" Zhu Biao was speechless. Why are empires popping up one after another in the West like mushrooms after a rain? If these empires are as big as the Byzantine Empire, doesn't it mean that the land in the West is wider than the Ming Dynasty?
Hader knew that Zhu Biao had the most distinguished status here, so when he spoke, he would bow slightly to him before he dared to speak: "Your Highness, the Timur Empire really only existed in recent years. Originally they were not called the Timurid Empire.”
"Then what were their original names?" Tang Ding also asked curiously.
"Western Chagatai Khanate." Hader said casually. These were all things known to everyone in Khrumos, and he had no need to hide them from Handu and others.
But when the words fell into Han Du's ears, they were like thunder and thunder.
The Western Chagatai Khanate... This was too familiar to Han Du.
The same goes for Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao may not be familiar with other countries, but he is too familiar with the Western Chagatai Khanate. When Han Jingyun entered the Fengtian Palace as a daughter, everyone in the Western Chagatai Khanate couldn't hold their heads up under the pressure of mathematics, which shocked the world. Zhu Biao was in the Fengtian Palace at that time, witnessing everything about Han Jingyun's unique style from beginning to end, and he couldn't remember it deeply even if he didn't want to.
Han Du looked solemn, stared at Hader and asked: "Is the king of Timur's empire called Timur?"
Hader was even more shocked and looked at Han Du with a look of complete disbelief. "The Marquis is really well-informed. He even knows about the Timur Empire, but they are not called kings, but called Timur." Mu'er is sweating profusely."
Han Du laughed twice, nodded and said subconsciously: "That's right, after all, he is from Meng Yuan, so he should be called Great Khan."
Han Du moved his eyes to Zhu Biao and Tang Ding, and nodded towards Zhu Biao, "If your guess is correct, the great khan of Timur's empire is the same Timur who claimed to be his consort."
Han Du's tone suddenly turned cold, and there was a chill between his teeth as he said, "If we had known that Timur was such a tyrannical figure, we should not have let him leave the capital alive."
Zhu Biao shook his head, waved his hand and retorted: "When the two countries are at war, we will not kill the envoys. Although Timur went with the purpose of provoking our Ming Dynasty, in any case, he came to the capital as an envoy to worship our Ming Dynasty. . Even if you want to kill him, you can't kill him on the land of Ming Dynasty. You have to wait for him to leave Ming Dynasty.
Besides, when he used his false identity, who could know that he was the Great Khan of the Timur Empire? "
Han Du and the others spoke casually, but Hade trembled all over after hearing this. Who is that? That's the Great Khan of the Timur Empire. The Timur Empire was the real overlord in Central Asia. Which country around here doesn't look at the face of the Timur Empire?
But for such a powerful Timur empire, his Khan is like a chicken that can be killed at will in the eyes of Handu. Even, I heard the discussion of Handu and others, the reason why Timur Khan was not killed was because he hid his identity. If his identity was exposed, he might be killed by the Ming Dynasty?
"Your Highness, Lord Marquis, Harder knows that the Ming Dynasty is powerful, but Timur is also a very powerful empire..." Harder wanted to remind Han Du and others that the Timur Empire is different from ordinary kingdoms.
Han Du turned to stare at Hader and sneered: "So what? The Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven and the suzerainty of the Timur Empire. Does he dare to come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute?"
Although the title of the Ming Dynasty's suzerainty has no binding force on the Timurid Empire, it does not mean that it has no binding force at all. If the Timur Empire did not consider itself inferior to the Ming Dynasty, Timur would not have gone all the way to the capital to personally pay tribute to the Ming Emperor.
But Harder didn’t know what a heavenly kingdom or a suzerain country was. This was the first time he heard about it. But although he didn't understand the meaning of this, he could also feel that between the Timurid Empire and the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty must have the absolute advantage.
The Ming Dynasty... no, it should be called the Ming Dynasty Empire. Harder's whole body was trembling slightly unconsciously, even in his heart he did not dare to be disrespectful to Daming in the slightest. In his mind, the empire is the most powerful country, and he doesn't know what to call it.
Wait... Hard suddenly came back to his senses and suddenly thought: "When Timur Khan went to the Ming Dynasty, he actually hid his identity?"
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