Jinxiu Long Street is the most prosperous street market in the west of Luoyang City. Various vendors set up stalls on both sides of the street in an orderly manner.
The products here are dazzling. In addition to some local specialties of Luoyang, there are also many kinds of rare treasures from all over the world. You can even see some rare goods from the east and west.
In other words, since the Longqing Switch, the Ming Dynasty ended the maritime ban policy that lasted for more than two hundred years. After more than ten years of commercial development, the Ming Dynasty has reconnected with the world.
However, what is unexpected is that the Ming Dynasty, which has reconnected to world trade, is not in a disadvantageous position. On the contrary, relying on the accumulation of Chinese civilization for thousands of years, the Ming Dynasty is in an absolute position in trade with Western countries. advantageous position.
In this trade between the East and the West, most of the products introduced to China from the West were agricultural products plundered from the Americas such as peppers, corn, and sweet potatoes.
As for some of their own consumer goods, because China had already formed its own unique civilization over thousands of years, there was no market for their products in the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was different. With the popularity of the three traditional commodities of silk, tea, and porcelain, the Ming Dynasty generated a huge trade surplus in its commodity trade with the West.
This huge trade surplus forced the West to pay obediently in this trade exchange, which also caused the silver they finally plundered from the Americas to eventually flow into China continuously.
It can be said that the money that Western countries finally got from the Americas through murder, arson, robbery, and plunder had to be spent to buy Ming Dynasty goods. This huge trade gap made them very jealous.
However, no matter how jealous the West is at this time, it is useless, because even if the Ming Dynasty has huge internal and external troubles at this time, it is not something they can shake.
What's more, the West is now more chaotic than the East, and Spain and Britain are at war with each other.
With the rise of the Age of Discovery, Spain was the well-deserved hegemon of Western Europe, but the emerging Britain actually had its own plans.
Jealous of Spain's huge profits from plundering the Americas, Britain openly supported pirates and supported them in plundering Spanish merchant ships at sea.
From 1577 to 1580 AD, that is, from the third year to the sixth year of Wanli, a major event occurred that intensified the conflict between the two countries.
That was Drake, the great British pirate. During his voyage around the world, he plundered the mountains of gold and silver treasures stored by Spanish colonists in ports along the coast of South America.
After hearing the news, the Spanish government immediately asked the Queen of England to punish Drake for piracy. Unexpectedly, the Queen of England instead made Drake a baron.
For a time, a war between the two countries was about to break out, and in order to win the naval battle against Spain, Britain even planned to join forces with the Netherlands, which had just broken away from Spanish rule.
Of course, these are all beside the point for the present East, and things in the West have nothing to do with the present East for the time being. However, as the times develop, the East and the West will inevitably usher in a fierce collision.
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The ten-mile long street is bustling with people coming and going, but today, on this bustling and lively street, a few uninvited guests were welcomed.
I saw a woman in black wearing a black gauze hat running hurriedly down the street with a little girl.
"Give in, give in!" The woman's clear and gentle voice shouted anxiously.
While she pushed away the pedestrians in front of her and ran in a hurry, she looked back worriedly and saw that the man holding a sword behind her was getting closer and closer.
Looking at the crowded crowd in front of her, Wu Shuang's heart skipped a beat. She immediately picked up Xiao Qi next to her, jumped up, stepped on the shoulder of the person in front of her, and flew to the stall next to her. Then she used her strength again. He flew up to the eaves protruding from the second floor of the house nearby and ran away quickly on the sloping eaves.
"Wow!"
Everyone on the street looked up at this scene and couldn't help but exclaimed.
The eaves are made of thin tiles, and it is very difficult to bear the weight of a child, let alone an adult like Wushuang.
Moreover, she was holding a little girl in her hands. Under such circumstances, she was able to fly over walls and fly over walls as if she were walking on flat ground. She was truly as light as a swallow.
"Wow sister, you are so awesome!"
Even Xiao Qi in Wushuang's arms couldn't help but be amazed when he saw Wushuang walking like flying.
Listening to Xiaoqi's praise, Wushuang felt a little happy. She was a girl who really wanted to be recognized.
In fact, Wushuang himself was not sure just now. He just took the risk and gave it a try. Unexpectedly, he actually succeeded.
Wushuang, who felt that he had escaped from danger, immediately ran away and said with a smile: "What's this? I don't think I was a sister back then..."
"Sister, be careful!" Xiao Qi quickly exclaimed before Wu Shuang finished speaking.
Wushuang felt the sound coming from behind, and with Xiaoqi's reminder, she was also aware of the approaching crisis. She immediately turned around like a kite and narrowly missed the sharp sword that was heading towards her. Pass by.
When the other party saw that Wushuang had avoided his sword that was aimed directly at the vital point, he immediately changed his move and swung his sword horizontally, sweeping it straight towards Wushuang's face.
Wushuang felt that the sword edge was attacking him again. During the process of turning over, he also bent over and leaned back, narrowly avoiding this fatal sword blow.
The sword edge ruthlessly swept across the bamboo hat above Wushuang's head, and the black gauze bamboo hat above Wushuang's head was instantly split into two halves.
At the same time, in order to avoid this fatal sword sweep, Wushuang lost his balance in the air, and fell down while lying down.
But even at this moment, she still held Xiao Qi tightly in her arms.
"Ah! Ah!"
The two women fell from the sky in panic, but Sikong Heng did not give them a single chance.
He quickly stepped on the outer wall of the house, used the force to turn around, and swung his sword to stab down from high altitude, only to take out Wushuang's throat.
This pursuit has dragged on for long enough. I am afraid that it has already attracted the attention of the six gates in the city, and it must be resolved quickly.
The three-foot green blade in Sikong Xing's hand was pointed directly at Wushuang's throat. Wushuang, who was falling, had no way to dodge and could only wait for the kill.
And at this critical moment of life and death, Wushuang only felt a hand gently holding her waist, stopping her falling figure. At the same time, the three-foot green blade pointed directly at her throat also stopped.
"Are you okay?" A gentle and warm voice came into her ears.
