On the sea, the French fleet was showing off its might.
Although the war is over, the British Empire and France have become brothers with the same father and mother, but the brothers also have to settle their accounts.
What French Admiral Philips likes to do most is to intercept the ships of the British Empire and inspect them on board, in order to avenge the British Empire for embarrassment to the French merchant ships.
In the English Channel, many merchant ships gathered here and they lined up in a long queue to sail to the port.
British Empire merchant ships were intercepted and inspected.
However, merchant ships from the east can travel unimpeded.
Among these merchant ships, the steam merchant ships attracted the most attention. They were completed in various shipyards in the Ming Dynasty, with a displacement of between 2,000 tons and 5,000 tons.
Because the Ming Dynasty was still very backward, ports in various places could not supply coal, and the caravan was usually followed by a supply fleet.
The scale of this merchant ship is so large that even the Port of Brest is unable to handle such a large number of merchant ships.
The workers at the port are miserable and happy, and high-intensity overtime work allows them to get more pay.
A group of workers were given work badges that guaranteed them access to Ming merchant ships.
Under the guidance of Ming merchants, they fixed the huge wooden box on the deck to the chains.
There are only three steam-powered tall cranes in the Port of Brest, one of which is the maintenance crane of the Brest, and the other two were brought by Ming officials stationed at the Palace of Versailles.
These three steam cranes are more than 20 meters high, with four thick legs equipped with steel wheels, and four huge steam engines provide power for them.
Above the four thick steel legs is a platform with a counterweighted boom. A steam unit composed of 6 small steam engines provides power to the boom.
"Dang Dang Dang~"
The observer on the platform saw the workers on the ship giving the signal. He sounded the alarm and warned the surrounding unrelated people to evacuate as soon as possible.
The boom driver pushed the pull rod, and the boom easily lifted the huge wooden box and slowly rotated it.
The driver controls the boom and loads the wooden boxes directly onto the waiting steam locomotive.
The goods will leave the dock and travel to nearby logistics warehouses before being distributed throughout France.
“It is truly the crown jewel of industry!”
In the distance, many French workers who were resting were chatting. They looked at the huge crane and sighed in their hearts.
The mobile steam crane used in the port was also featured in the "Da Ming Bao" and was classified as one of the crown jewels of industry by the Ministry of Rites. It is the pride of Ming Dynasty's industrialization and the yearning of other countries.
In the town of Versailles as far away as Paris, after a period of construction, cement and steel bars sent from the Ming Dynasty were put into the transformation of the town of Versailles.
Today is the official opening day of the town’s commercial street.
It's not quite right to say it's a commercial street. Apart from a few restaurants, entertainment and small supermarkets, there are actually more shops that integrate warehousing and sales.
It is not so much a commercial street as it is the commodity distribution center of Versailles.
European businessmen, in addition to writing letters to companies in the Ming Dynasty through the business section of the "Da Ming Newspaper", and sending the full payment to the Ming Dynasty to order goods.
The only way left was to purchase goods in the town of Versailles.
The town of Versailles opened on January 1, and the town was already crowded with businessmen from all over Europe.
They waved gold and silver, or held up passbooks from various banks in the Ming Dynasty, and rushed to buy goods from various shops noisily.
Daming's products are famous for their environmental protection, advanced, high-end, etc., and are deeply loved by European people.
Among them, the most popular items are matches, oils and dresses.
These goods were shipped from the Ming Dynasty and crossed the ocean. People added the word "foreign" to them, which made them sound very foreign.
A workshop owner from Paris, wearing a dress and waving a stack of bankbooks.
The thick leather hat that covered his ears was removed, and he squeezed the bodies of his colleagues around him, his beard waving wildly, and spittle flying everywhere.
"Me, me, I'm a bankbook! It's easy to count, so sell me the goods first!"
In order to grab the goods, he waited outside the town last night, and had the foresight to deposit various gold and silver currencies into the Daming Bank in Versailles.
Sure enough, when the clerk saw it was a passbook, he "politely" pushed away other businessmen carrying money bags, politely took the passbook and let the businessman in.
Olai looked delighted and couldn't help laughing.
Under the guidance of the clerk, he passed through a row of security personnel maintaining order, passed through the hall where sofas and coffee tables were placed, opened the small door and entered the warehouse.
After entering the warehouse, Ole was shocked.
In the huge space between, concrete pillars support the ceiling above, and the thermal power plant in the town of Versailles supplies power for the incandescent lights on the ceiling.
There are rows of shelves in the warehouse, and each shelf has an introduction board in Chinese and French. Through these introduction boards, Olay can understand the basic information and delivery price of the goods.
Under the guidance of the clerk, O'Lai first visited the entire warehouse, and then focused on introducing Daming's star products.
The clerk stopped by a shelf and took out a box of display samples from the shelf. It was a paper box less than the size of a palm. It had a delicate pattern on the front and a strip of gray-brown paper with a hint of red and purple on one side.
This is a box of matches. Europeans call it a match.
"This is a match. There are 50 pieces in a box. Just rub the round end on the paper to ignite it. It is much stronger than flint and flint.
Currently, this product is almost sold out. If a new batch of merchant ships hadn't arrived at the port, you wouldn't be able to buy it today! "
The clerk introduced, and then took Ole to another shelf.
This row of shelves is filled with iron cans. These cans are square and cold to the touch.
"These are foreign oils, which are brighter than animal fats when burned, are cheaper than cooking oil, and sell very well."
"This is the clothing area. There are various styles, including work clothes, professional clothes, etc., and there are also many traditional Han costumes, especially palace clothes and skirts, which are deeply loved by ladies."
"As for this shelf..." The clerk smiled mysteriously. He took out a delicate small box from the carton and said, "This piece of clothing has a term in the history of China, called Dandy.
But because of its novel style, it has a new name, stockings. Take a look, you will like it. "
O'Lai carefully took the box and was a little confused when he saw a pair of printed leg curves on the front and the word "Taihu" in the upper right corner.
Opening the box, there was a paper bag inside. Ole continued to open it and picked it up curiously and unfolded it.
"This, this, this..."
Ole's words were incoherent. He looked at the thin stockings and his eyes widened.
Made of soft and fine silk, soft and white, it has an indescribable feeling when held in your hand.
"Restock!"
Ole had a hunch that he was going to send it off!
Compared with those novel daily necessities, this kind of exquisite stockings obviously contains higher profits.
For the purchase price of two pairs of a Ming Dynasty silver coin, Olay directly purchased more than 4,000 coins and shipped them to Paris.
A new trend among Europe's upper aristocracy has arrived.
