Chu Yining said nonchalantly: "Mr. Augustus, we have brought some quite advanced technologies and we hope to sell them through you."
"What kind of technology?"
For the sake of fairness, Chu Yining translated each sentence for Huang Xuan. Now that she finished speaking, she assessed the technology of similar times and said, "I wonder if Mr. Augustus knows about rotational farming?"
Without understanding the specific era and similarities, Chu Yining's analysis of the technological level of the feudal era was almost the same as ordinary people's analysis of the people of the Bronze Age, and it was easy to deviate.
She carefully told Augustus II that dividing the land into three parts and cultivating only one-third of the land every year was more advantageous than cultivating one-half of the land every year.
Augustus II looked at Chu Yining's little mouth with fascination. Huang Xuan snickered beside him while confirming several points more seriously.
Chu Yining glanced at Huang Xuan. She rarely made similar deals. Generally speaking, she was used to negotiating after having an absolute advantage. This is the advantage of beauties. They can always negotiate when they have an advantage. But Huang Xuan's intervention forced her to start a deal that seemed fair but was actually unfair. Before that, she wasn't even sure what was happening in this era.
It was also her contempt for Huang Xuan and her desire to understand Huang Xuan's thoughts that made her actively and unfairly accept the challenge.
After talking about three-field rotational farming, Chu Yining began to talk about the application of heavy-wheel plows and horses, especially the reform of horse gear and equipment, until several guards couldn't help but laugh - three-day rotational farming was 2000 years ago Now in Europe, due to the beginning of fertilizer production, the advantages of two-field rotation have become more prominent. As for horse equipment, it is even earlier than this.
This was perhaps the most embarrassing moment in Chu Yining's life, especially among several aborigines and in front of Huang Xuan.
She could barely hold back her anger, and Huang Xuan said slowly: "Tell him that I am Chinese."
Chu Yining said the most when she knew the other person the least, so she was inevitably embarrassed and annoyed. Out of commitment and to learn more about Huang Xuan, Chu Yining translated Huang Xuan's words truthfully.
She was surprised to find that Augustus II's lustful eyes turned to Huang Xuan and said: "You... don't have braids."
Huang Xuan laughed loudly. In 1709, it was the era of the Qing Emperor Kangxi's heyday, and along with Louis XIV's luxurious style, Chinese porcelain was highly respected.
The "Powerful King" left three legacies to the world - a large group of descendants, a Dresden decorated and restored like a little Paris, and hard porcelain.
In Europe before Augustus II, nobles had two ways to get porcelain. The first was to buy expensive and deadly Chinese porcelain, which was the kind of porcelain used by Louis XIV. Augustus II was a huge fan of porcelain throughout Europe. His most glorious deed was to exchange 600 fine Saxon cavalry for 4 pieces of Chinese porcelain, which was said to be worth 40,000 thalers. That was a huge sum of money. If it were exchanged for real estate, it would be enough to build several large manors and thousands of serfs in Berlin.
Ordinary nobles could not afford Chinese porcelain. They called such porcelain white gold, so cheaper "silver" appeared - soft porcelain. In modern terms, soft porcelain is porcelain with too much vitreous body—actually a sign of poor technical skills. As the name suggests, soft porcelain is too soft and does not have enough hardness and strength, so it is easily scratched by knives and forks. You can imagine how embarrassing it is to use such a dinner plate during a dinner party.
Even so, soft porcelain is not something you want. It took Europeans 00 years to research. Practical soft porcelain was born in Lyon, France, and later appeared in Italy.
The greatest legacy Augustus left to Germany and even Europe was his porcelain.
It was in 1709 that Augustus discovered the precious ceramic soil layer in Saxony, which laid the foundation for making soft porcelain. Over the past 100 years, the Germans have been persevering in studying the secrets of Chinese porcelain. , history gave Mr. Frederick an opportunity. He spent most of the treasury on this preparation and found the famous alchemist Betegue.
The deal mentioned by a Chinese made the old pervert Augustus allocate at least 60% of his attention to Huang Xuan, and the remaining part was still drifting on Chu Yining.
Huang Xuan winked at Chu Yining and said, "You translate for him. I know how to make the best hard porcelain. I am Kangxi's royal porcelain master."
Chu Yining looked at it carefully and said, "Porcelain? For imperial use?"
"That's right." Huang Xuan laughed.
Augustus finally focused all his attention on Huang Xuan and waved: "I am very interested in porcelain, but at this time, the way you visited is too..."
Huang Xuan listened to the soft simultaneous translation, shrugged and said: "Miss Chu, now is the time for you to use your magical power."
Chu Yining glanced at him dissatisfied and said, "Don't you also have a 'plane in the palm of your hand'?"
Huang Xuan grinned and said, "It can't be used in this plane."
He is not worried that Chu Yining will have evil thoughts because of this. In fact, no matter whether he has a person's plane or not, in a real fight, the degree of compatibility will determine the outcome. No matter how much energy he has, it is useless.
Such a little lie can only be suspected but cannot be exposed. Who knows what characteristics the plane on the palm has and what characteristics the trial plane has.
Chu Yining pursed her lips, and kicked her slender legs on the ground. The distance of four to five meters was reached in an instant. She blocked two crossbow arrows with her energy shield, and then knocked the guards to the ground one by one.
Augustus bravely drew a two-handed sword.
Huang Xuan waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding."
Chu Yining translated angrily. Huang Xuan simply regarded her as a thug, and she could see it.
"You continue to tell him that we can make the best porcelain for him within 5 days, but it will cost money." Huang Xuan said quickly.
A few escaped guards brought more guards, but they probably also drained the entire palace's defense power. During the Thirty Years' War half a century ago, the army dominated by the Holy Roman Empire (Note 1) had assembled more than 400,000 troops. However, as the elector of Saxony, he now only had a few hundred guards.
Augustus stood behind more guards and did not feel safe. He did not dare to look at Chu Yi Ning now, and he did not give an order to attack.
Huang Xuan said with a smile: "If you want porcelain, prepare a comfortable bedroom for us, with warm water and servants. We can have a good talk tomorrow morning."
Without much persistence, Frederick agreed, without even being awakened from his erotic dream, plus the anger of the attack. The German lords of this era were very interesting. They were proud but inferior, poor but envious of luxury, worshiped force but suffered repeated defeats. The whole of Europe regarded them as country bumpkins, and they themselves were no exception.
At the beginning of the 18th century, France was the center of the world, the capital of fashion, and the Germans dreamed of joining it. What the gentlemen of the first century could not have imagined was that in this land that had experienced countless wars, numerous small states quarreled, and the entire empire fell apart, the weak German monarchs were unwilling to trade any production and goods overseas. Living supplies, their only trading needs are luxury goods.
The German lords were willing to pay large sums of money and respect anyone who could provide luxury goods.
The palace in Dresden was completely modeled after the Palace of Versailles. French artists—gentlemen who were still called craftsmen at that time—were hired to guide them. Two maids led Huang Xuan and Chu Yining through the marble courtyard. Rooms with circular domes and relief paintings, before arriving at the guest rooms decorated with sculptures, paintings and tapestries.
Only then did Huang Xuan say with a smile: "Miss Chu, I won, right? You should listen to me next."
Chu Yining is not a stubborn person. Although the competition proposed by Huang Xuan is very unfair, it also proves that in this plane, his opinion is more important. So she turned her back to Huang Xuan, looked at the tapestry on the wall and said: " Only valid in this plane."
"Hey, that's good." Huang Xuan didn't dare to say anything unnecessary to avoid irritating Chu Yining. In fact, without Miss Chu's military support, he might not be able to do anything.
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There is not only one room in the guest room. Chu Yining asked for a hot bath early. She was very satisfied with Huang Xuan's request. Warm water and good food are indeed the foundation of a good life.
Huang Xuan also had similar requirements. But Xiao Huang never expected how humane the German dormitory would be.
There are no toilets or washing facilities here - for the sake of beautiful and elegant design, the designers even sacrificed the bathtub.
No wonder later French kings went out to build villas.
Hearing Chu Yining's angry command, Huang Xuan couldn't help but lie down on the bed, not even planning to take a shower. He hadn't thought of more serious problems yet. Historically, the French Dauphin could only defecate in the fireplace, while the Elector of Saxony completely imitated the Palace of Versailles.
For the sake of fashion, people in the 1st century could expose their breasts in winter; for the sake of fashion, people in the 18th century could defecate anywhere in the living room.
The chaotic situation lasted for a long time. Huang Xuan listened with his ears to the negotiation between Chu Yining and the maids, as well as the courtesy of Mr. Augustus who occasionally came over, imagining the legendary beauty taking a warm bath in the bucket. scene, and fell asleep in a daze.
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Note 1: Holy Roman Empire: Some friends may misunderstand that this is Italy. In fact, the name has nothing to do with Italy, Rome or the Holy See. It is a German nation-state including today's Austria and Vienna. If it is not so sophisticated, it can be considered It is the predecessor of Germany and a standard medieval feudal empire. (To be continued)