It is a slum with dirty, chaotic and overcrowded houses compared to the main urban area where the municipal department is located.
The houses of different sizes are next to each other, the yards are very small, and there is a small plot of land behind the house where vegetables are grown, and chickens and pigs are raised.
The poor here have very few jobs to do, and women are mainly domestic workers, who have little choice but to sell.
All trades in the area had guilds, even thieves, beggars, and maidens had their own guilds, but Duck went the wild way, he didn't join the brokers' guild, and his wife was part of the housekeeping guild.
Xia Xun imagined the power of the Europeans to be a little stronger, at this time the European continent was divided, Britain and France had endless Hundred Years' War, Morocco was making trouble, Spain was killing you to the death in order to unify the small principalities, Northern Italy and Germany were in local conflicts, and gangs of mercenaries were rampant everywhere.
I am afraid that Fei Yinglun's trip to Venice will hardly form a state act, at most with the support of the rich and powerful, to create a private hostage fleet, if so, before Europe ends its internal disputes and begins the Age of Discovery, it is entirely possible that the Asia-Europe route will fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty will establish a great new maritime era, and Chinese goods will continue to flow into Europe, and the Eastern and Western cultures will further exchange.
Since the Ming Dynasty is not only a producer of goods, but also a shipping route carrier, the profits can be imagined, and the entry of overseas wealth in the economy will greatly stimulate the development of the Ming industry, and then affect the political process, which will not be transferred by anyone's personal will.
And all the great men of this era, have not yet seen this.
At this time, Xia Xun was at Dark's house.
That day, Duck had been waiting outside, and waited for a long time before seeing Xia Xun come out of the house, Xia Xun seemed to have something in his arms, his expression was a little solemn, and Duck was very obedient and did not ask him any questions.
Then, Duck led Xia Xun back to the dock, and on the way, he saw Su Ying and Tang Sai'er leading a group of guys who were fighting with open flames to kill them head-on.
After Xia Xun explained clearly, when he led them back, he met the mayor and some nobles with a large number of policemen, and after learning that it was a misunderstanding, these chiefs were greatly relieved: small Marseille could not afford such a powerful armed robbery.
After that, they asked Xia Xun about the incomprehensible question, and they wanted to know where so many Orientals drove their ships to the Mediterranean.
Xia Xun's explanation is that they encountered a storm, drifted in the storm for nearly a month, and when the storm stopped, they appeared outside the Strait of Gibraltar, and they did not know where they came from.
This answer was a great disappointment to the Marseille authorities, who had no clue as to where they were going to find the way of this group of Orientals, and whether they were going to wander for months in the ocean, to find their route in the ocean where they did not know where to go After Xia Xun dealt with these local officials indiscriminately, he wanted to return to the ship and let Su Ying and Tang Sai'er also change into foreign clothes to try, and at this time, Tang Sai'er noticed Duck.
The eighteenth change of the female college has changed, Tang Sai'er has become a handsome big girl, Jacques Dak doesn't recognize her, Dake is almost no longer fatter than before, and Tang Sai'er certainly recognizes him.
After this coincidental encounter, Jacques Dack knew that he and Xia Xun had met as early as when they were lost.
Knowing that his favorite Jeanne had married Xia Xun and had given birth to a child, Duck couldn't help but feel a little sad.
However, he had already married a wife and had children, and he just wanted to pursue Jeanne as his lover, and now that the beauty has a lifelong support, Duck doesn't have too many ideas except for a little melancholy.
In the past few days, Xia Xun's fleet has started to do business with the locals, and the crew from the East has filled the bars, markets, and all the places to look for flowers and willows, while Xia Xun, Su Ying, and Tang Sayer are guided by Dake, and they roam the streets and alleys of Marseille every day.
Xia Xun even wanted to go to Paris to have a look, but because it was a few days to go back and forth, he had to give up.
Xia Xun wanted to stay in Marseille and wait for Zheng He's fleet, he asked Xu Hu to take a few ships to other countries in the Mediterranean, a small Marseille could not eat so many goods he brought, not to mention, he also needed to buy a lot of goods back.
It is stupid to bring money back, you must know that strange goods can live, why do ocean trade make money Especially in such an era, the transportation is too inconvenient, so the goods of the East are regarded as treasures by the rich people of the West, and the goods of the West are also priceless in the East, and you can exchange with each other, and you can make a lot of money.
Xia Xun brought oriental goods can be sold for a lot of money, and he robbed countless treasures along the way, of course, all these money cannot be exchanged for goods, and the whole of Europe cannot provide as many goods as he can buy, not to mention that he does not have so many ships to load so many goods, but if he wants to buy some Western curiosities as much as possible, he cannot be limited to Marseille.
Therefore, during this period, Xia Xun only left one ship in Marseille, and the other ships rushed to other countries in the Mediterranean to buy goods from various countries.
Xia Xun stayed in Marseille, wandered the streets and alleys, and often arrived at Ke's house as a guest when he was bored.
Duck had made some money in the East, and had planned to buy a piece of land and become a farmer after returning to his hometown, but the money was robbed by robbers on the way, and in desperation, he had to take his wife and children to Marseille to make money after returning home, because his family had already owed a lot of debts during his years abroad, and he would never be able to repay the huge amount of money that was astronomical for him if he stayed in the village.
Xia Xun gave him three sets of porcelain, and Duck took the fine porcelain from the East and sold them to the bishop, the prefect and an old nobleman living in a castle on the outskirts of the city, in exchange for enough money to pay off his debts, but also to buy him a piece of land in the countryside, buy a cow, and be a farmer in his right.
He planned to wait for Xia Xun and his party to leave, and then take his wife and children back to the countryside, and now he is still here, just to translate for Xia Xun.
Duck's house is a small rented house that is very clean by the hardworking couple.
Although the family already has enough money to pay off the debt, the hard-working hostess has not quit her job, and she plans to do enough for this month, and then quit her job after earning this month's salary.
Duck is Xia Xun's guide, where Xia Xun is, he is naturally there.
Xia Xun was drinking tea in the courtyard of Duck's house at this time, the tea was brought by himself on the ship, and now Duck is also obsessed with the taste of this drink, but he can only follow Xia Xun to dip it, he can't afford to drink it himself.
Doncelle is playing with Dark's youngest daughter, Jean Nadark.
Jeanne is the youngest daughter of Duck, and her name is taken from Xia Xun's concubine Jeanne, it seems that this Duck is really an amorous seed, and the romantic factor of the French is brought into full play.
Duck has several children, and when they reach the age of seven, they are sent to learn how to earn a living.
Children from poor families do not have the opportunity to read and write, children from rich families study finance, business, and law, and children from middle-class families learn literacy and mathematics, and children from families like them can only learn all kinds of work skills from tanners, blacksmiths, and tailors.
With the exception of the youngest daughter, Jeanne, the rest of Daque's children were over seven years old and had been sent to apprenticeship in shops around the city, and Jeanne was six and a half years old, the only girl left at home.
Because her parents were busy with their livelihoods, no one cared about her since she was a child, and she was allowed to crawl with the boys, and little Jeanne was as lively and active as a boy.
Such a surname is exactly what Tang Sai'er likes, so the two can play together.
"You see, this, this, no" "Master, you're not doing magic or witchcraft, are you?"
Jeanne was changing her teeth, and she asked Don Sayre timidly with her mouth open, which had missed two front teeth.
Jeanne has already worshipped Tang Sayer as a master, Tang Sayer is teaching her tricks, Jeanne can't speak Chinese well, except for the word master, she speaks French, and Jacques Dack, who is sitting next to her, is responsible for translating for the master and apprentice.
"Of course it's not me, it's a magic from the East, I'll tell you, don't underestimate it, we have a White Lotus Sect there, there is a Han Shantong in the White Lotus Sect, he can do magic, those mud legs who can only work honestly, see his magic skills, all of them have become as powerful as tigers, they worship Han Shantong as the king of Ming, and raise troops to resist the Yuan Dynasty, if he didn't die early, then he would be the emperor."
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Jeanne shook her head: "However, you have become this lotus, which is not a holy thing for us."
"Oh, how did I teach you such a stupid apprentice what your people here believe, you can change it, the important thing is not what miracles you show, but the miracles you show, can make others believe you unconditionally, you know?"
"Oh" "What a stupid apprentice" Xia Xun held the teacup and said with a smile: "Sai'er, you are idle in this place, what are you doing to teach little Jeanna these messy things, do you still want to teach a little White Lotus disciple in the Frankish Kingdom?"
Tang Sai'er smiled and said, "Idle is idle, I like Jeanne a lot." ” Xia Xun just laughed when he heard it, although the White Lotus Sect is a taboo, but Tang Sai'er's so-called magic is a miraculous stunt in the ancient Chinese color tricks.
Besides, this little girl with red hair, a pointed little nose, two small teeth that show when she smiles, and is affectionately called "my little cabbage" by her father, is just a little daughter of a countryman, and her future way out is only to farm the land, grow vegetables and spin wool, and learn how to play tricks Xia Xun didn't know that the little Jeanne in front of him was the famous Joan of Arc.
Perhaps there is a long-cherished arrangement in the dark, born in the same era, and became famous in the Eastern and Western battlefields respectively, and two girls who are known as the Holy Mother and a canonized virgin will have such a relationship.
As for this little girl, who didn't even know a word, at the age of twelve, claimed to have been inspired by God, and then successfully gained the trust of peasants, soldiers, generals, nobles, and princes, so as to lead the army, and created a series of incredible miracles.
To be continued: