1890 King of Southeast Asia

Leaving Singapore, passing the Strait of Malacca, heading north by sea, although the winds along the way were not as strong as the doldrums, they were only level 3 or 4 winds, which was good weather in the boundless ocean.

"Sir, we have entered the Burmese Sea. From here to the north, bypassing the Bay of Bengal, we will arrive at the pearl of the British Empire - India." Liu Yiming ran to the control room, and Barbosa popularized navigation knowledge to Liu Yiming.

"How long will it take to sail?" Liu Yiming looked at the various seabirds that landed on the deck, and the few pieces of knowledge told him that this place was not far from the land.

"We will be in India the day after tomorrow, but our destination is Mumbai, which will take a week to arrive. During this period, I don't plan to stay." Barbosa said, taking Liu Yiming to visit various equipment on the ship.

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Barbosa is worthy of being an old captain. He said a week, and seven days later, the Vega arrived at the Port of Mumbai.

The Port of Mumbai was given to Britain as a dowry in the 18th century, and then Britain carried out a series of construction in Mumbai.

So Mumbai has some classic colonial divisions, with huge European-style buildings, such as churches, hotels, castles, and manors.

These buildings are solid and gorgeous. They are usually hotels, and they become permanent strongholds when encountering rebellions.

Since it is a division, there must be something that is completely unrelated but completely opposite to it.

For example, there are beggars all over the streets, people in tattered clothes, and India is also a place where opium is rampant, and there are people without spirits everywhere.

The shabby thatched houses, children without clothes, and the British and Indian troops patrolling the streets, the colonizers and the colonized have only one equality - life.

"Mr. Liu Yiming? Hello." At the dock, a waiter brought Liu Yiming to a man.

The man was blond and blue-eyed, dressed in a meticulous suit, holding a cane in his hand and a tall hat on his head.

"Isn't he hot?" Liu Yiming looked up at the sky and thought in his heart.

"Yes, sir, may I ask who you are?" Liu Yiming stepped forward and shook hands.

"Spear, Spear Burgo, Lord Sarah, Baron." Spear's expression softened and he introduced himself.

After a round of politeness, Spear took Liu Yiming to the carriage, but at Liu Yiming's request, the carriage did not move.

"Excuse me, but I don't have much time. I have to leave the day after tomorrow morning. Has Charles told you?" Liu Yiming said.

"You are too polite. Charles has already said that I wanted to invite you to a banquet first and talk about it tomorrow, but now it seems that it is not possible." Spear said.

"The goods are on the ship, but I only brought samples and gifts." Liu Yiming got off the car and asked someone to unload the goods.

This time Liu Yiming came to hand over the goods. Charles found this partner before leaving. His position was responsible for managing Mumbai and the surrounding area of ​​nearly 100 kilometers. Liu Yiming passed by Mumbai and came to sell new medicines.

This time Liu Yiming brought Chinese patent medicines, such as Wuxing Yanzong Pills, Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Jinkui Shenqi Pills, etc.

In order to achieve significant results, Liu Yiming also brought a large amount of soap for comparative experiments.

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Spear actually organized a banquet, but only invited a bunch of princes. Spear will become a new partner, and the main buyers are these princes.

"Oh! My God! God must have given you the best head. No woman can resist this smell." After taking a shower with the money for the meal, and using the soap given by Liu Yiming, Spear praised it highly.

At this time, Europe already had soap and preliminary soap, but the craftsmanship was not mature. The soap was okay, but it was just a color problem. After washing with soap, it left a bad smell, not once or twice. Europeans have strong body odor, so Europeans especially like perfume.

Moreover, dumping a large number of goods to Mumbai will touch the nerves of the British. It is better to sell medicines and high-end daily chemicals.

"Did you wash your hair with soap?" Liu Yiming looked at the current state of the blonde hair, "Why not use shampoo, which is specially used for washing hair."

"I have used it, and the effect is very good, but I think it is not good enough to remove stains, so I washed it with soap again. Sure enough, I can't remember the last time it was so clean." Spier said with a look of reminiscence.

"So that means there is a market?" Liu Yiming asked.

"Yes, the market is very large, very large, and all the nobles will not refuse it. How do you set the price? How about five pounds for a soap with a floral scent?" Spier said.

"Is this... a bit high? This is a daily consumable..." Liu Yiming hesitated. After conversion, the cost price is twenty to thirty copper coins, and it is sold for twenty taels of silver, which is more than a thousand times the profit?

"It's okay, but there are thousands of local states here, and they are all very rich. Don't worry, there is no problem selling it." Spier said.

"Okay, you are the host of India, you have the final say." Liu Yiming smiled, "Then, the daily necessities will be divided according to the proposed contract?"

"Okay." Spear nodded happily, he didn't need to pay a penny, Nanhua produced and transported it to Mumbai, and let the prince come to pick it up himself, and he could get 30%.

"Does your medicine really have the effect you said?" Spear asked in a low voice.

"This is for conditioning the body, and the effect is not fast. I brought a lot, you can find someone to try it, especially those who are not very capable, at least it will improve." Liu Yiming said confidently.

The extraction of the blue pills is too troublesome. Although they are all chemical products, Nanhua can no longer catch the leader. A dozen pharmacy students are desperately trying to get penicillin, hoping to get high-yield strains as soon as possible.

"When I finish my visit, you will probably see its effect."

"Let's wait and see!" Spier took a sip of wine, "Let's go and join the banquet. These are all our big money sponsors."

Hundreds of local lords and beauties several times more than this. In addition to the Indian dance that reminded Liu Yiming of the divine song, the atmosphere was still very good.

The banquet lasted until late at night. Liu Yiming rested in Spier's manor for a night and ran back to the ship the next day. Why did he run?

"Tell me! Did you go to find other girls last night!"

As soon as Liu Yiming got on the ship, he met Zhang You who was waiting for him. Zhang You kept smiling. Liu Yiming and Lin Anmin explained clearly and asked when Barbosa could set sail. During this process, Zhang You had a smiling expression.

Until he entered their cabin and closed the door, there was the above sentence.

"No, I went to discuss business with a friend introduced by Charles. Here, this is his gift for you." Liu Yiming took out a small box. "He said he didn't have those precious collections, so he could only use the quantity to make up for the number."

The small box contained a box of gold and silver jewelry. Although it was glittering, it was just ordinary jewelry.

"Come here and let me smell it!" Zhang You almost believed it, because Liu Yiming had never lied to her, and it was not a big deal. She was just angry that Liu Yiming did not come home at night and did not tell her in advance.

"This..." Although I don't do bad things, I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, but what about doing half of it? Is there a second half after this ghost knocks on the door?

Last night, Liu Yiming drank a lot of wine. These state lords really ate and drank a lot at the banquet, but Liu Yiming and Spear still had the responsibility of sales. After all, these state lords had a mysterious self-confidence, even though they had been colonized for nearly a hundred years.

Inevitably, there were some frictions with the beauties in the middle, but Liu Yiming swore that he was busy making money and didn't pay attention at all!

"You still say you don't have it!" Zhang You puffed up her cheeks. She was angry that Liu Yiming had learned to lie to her!

Liu Yiming coaxed Zhang You for a long time before he barely coaxed her.

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"Eh~" Early in the morning, Liu Yiming began to search for the gift.

"Wife! Where is my knife?" After searching in vain, Liu Yiming shouted to the door.

"Ah! It's not even dawn yet, what are you doing!" Zhang You, who was woken up, said as she tossed and turned in bed.

"Here it comes." Perhaps she was too angry to get up, Zhang You ran to Liu Yiming barefoot in her pajamas, and then the two of them started searching together.

Half an hour later.

"I found it, I said I put it here." Liu Yiming took out a dagger, which was simple and exquisitely made.

"Tsk~" Zhang You rolled his eyes at Liu Yiming and turned back to sleep.

Liu Yiming took the dagger and hurried off the boat. On the shore, Spear was waiting for the gift Liu Yiming mentioned.

"Spear, thank you for your warm hospitality." Liu Yiming got off the boat and handed the dagger to Spear.

"Oh! Look, this dagger should belong to a general in the 18th century. Thank you, my friend, I like it very much, it is full of history!"

"It's a pity that you left too hastily, and you didn't pass through India on your return trip." Spear said with regret.

"You must come to India again. Didn't you like the scene yesterday? I will definitely not let you down next time!" Spear said with a smirk.

"Don't be like this, my friend, we will see each other again. I'm just going to England, not to heaven." Liu Yiming said with a smile.

"I need your help with something." Liu Yiming suddenly thought of it.

"What is it?" Spear asked.

"I need a lot of cotton, cotton yarn and cotton cloth are also OK, but the cost is a little high, please." Liu Yiming said.

"No problem, Mumbai has a lot of cotton, all for export. How much do you want? Is 5,000 tons enough?" Spear thought about his assets and asked.

"That's enough. There will be a ship to transport it later. Sorry for bothering you!" Liu Yiming said gratefully.

"It's nothing. We are friends. If you need it, I can grow more next year. In addition, I think you should look behind." Spier pointed behind Liu Yiming.

Thick smoke came out of the chimney of the Vega, mixed with black and white, which is a sign that the steam pressure has reached the standard.

"The ship is about to start. I'm leaving first. I look forward to seeing you next time." Liu Yiming said.

"Looking forward to seeing you next time!" Spier saluted.

Toot~

The Vega left the Port of Mumbai and went straight to London without stopping...

[Author's digression]: Sorry, I wanted to post another chapter today, but I was very dissatisfied with it after writing it. I am revising it. I am not very satisfied with the plot setting. Then I wanted to fill in Zhang You's character setting, but I watched too much of The Scoundrel in the Red Mansion and got into the pit. But thank Lao Yuan, he wrote it really vividly.