The reason why Zhao Xin is interested in the 13-year-old Nguyen Phuc Jing is because the child’s life experience is really tortuous.

At that time, Nguyen Phuc Ying was desperate. In order to seek help from France, he did not hesitate to let the four-year-old Nguyen Phuc Jing follow Peter to the ocean and go to the local governance and France. Later, he signed the Treaty of Versailles with France on behalf of Guangnan and did not return home until he was ten years old. During this period, he met Louis XVI and his family, who worked as a playmate for Louis XVI and even had dates with Thomas Jefferson, then the US ambassador to France.

However, because of this, after returning to Guangnan, Nguyen Phucang showed a strong pro-Christian tendency, and even refused to kneel in front of the ancestral temple, drew crosses in front of the Buddhist altar, and attended mass regularly, which made Nguyen Phucang very angry. If nothing unexpected happened, Nguyen Phucang would be poisoned by someone at the age of 20.

When Zheng Huaide finished reading it, he respectfully placed the congratulations on Zhao Xin's table and then explained Nguyen Phucing's request. However, Zhao Xin did not express his opinion after hearing this, but instead talked to Nguyen Phucing about his experiences in Paris with relish.

Zhao Xin's tone was very easy-going, which made Ruan Phuc, who was originally very nervous, gradually relax. When he learned that Louis Charles and his sister were both visiting Beihai Town, he immediately showed a hint of excitement and nostalgia, and talked endlessly about his life in the palace in Versailles. Although Zheng Huaide and Li Wenyue were trying to turn the content of the conversation to the matter of sending troops, Zhao Xin didn't want to mention it at all.

At the same time, in the green garden inside the Military Control Commission, two beautiful women were also talking. Although their conversation was not political, they were also talking with caution.

"Dare you ask how long has the girl been following His Highness King Zhao?"

"It's almost nine years."

Chen Wan, wearing a white Odai, showed her graceful figure with a concave and convex shape. Because there were guards standing guard at the entrance of the garden, outsiders could not enter, so she did not wear a hat and veil, revealing her delicate facial features and snow-white face. She looked at A Miao with surprise and leaned over the big yellow cat under her feet, and stroked the other person's head in a doting manner.

"This cat is really popular. It's so blessed to see that girls spoil it a lot on weekdays."

A Miao glanced at the other party's towering chest with some envy, and secretly compared it with her "little steamed bun". Youyou sighed and immediately decided to eat an extra bowl of papaya bird's nest to make up for it. To be honest, if the other party had not introduced herself before, she would never have thought that the woman in front of her would be 26 years older than her.

"I told my sister that it was named Dofu. Sister, don't underestimate it. It has a higher status in the family than me. In the words of the master, including him, he is all Dofu's slaves."

(Dofu: "Well said it! I am very satisfied~~")

"Hey?" Chen Qi looked stunned, thinking that he had never heard of this before. She then pursed her lips and smiled slightly, thinking that King Zhao was also an interesting person. She couldn't help but want to touch Duofu's fat head, but the other party suddenly raised his front paw and scratched her, which made her hurriedly shrink her hand, and then escaped the disaster.

"Stop messing around, this is a guest." A Miao reached out and patted Duofu's claws, then apologized to Chen Qi. After Duofu had been tricked enough, he broke free from A Miao's arms and jumped to the ground, and began to chase the butterfly.

"What perfume does the girl use? It smells so good."

Although Chen Yun also had several bottles of perfume bought from French missionaries, he used animal spices too choking, so he didn't use them once.

"This is given by the owner, and it is called 'Blues Time', and I bought it from the French." A Miao continued with a smile: "Sister Chen likes it, I'll take away a bottle later."

"Blues Time..." Chen Qi recited it silently several times in his heart, thinking that the name is really strange. She then smiled and said, "I was as happy as seeing the girl. I was my own family, so I asked the girl not to see her."

"So why are you so embarrassed? Sister Chen doesn't have to be polite."

Although Chen Qi was polite, she really liked the fragrance and thanked her half-rejectedly. This time she asked A Miao to see her, the gift she gave was quite good; in addition to two sets of high-quality gold jewelry and gorgeous cloth, there were also five small finger-sized Meile beads, all with orange-red body and flame patterns.

After being with Zhao Xin for so many years, she has never seen the good thing. She knows the weight of the other party’s gift. After thinking about it, she can only take out a bottle of two bottles of perfume given by Zhao Xin.

While talking to A Miao, although the other party had a master on the left and the other on the right, Chen Qi did not dare to treat her as a slave. No, just the other party's wear and the perfume smell on his body proved that this little girl was definitely not an ordinary person. Especially the pink pearl on the hairpin behind the other party's head was round and moist, almost the size of an index finger, and it was definitely the best among pearls. Even Chen Qi, a rich merchant in Jiading, had never seen it before.

Furthermore, European perfumes are made of natural spices and transported to East Asia across the ocean, they are all expensive and cannot be affordable for ordinary people.

Such a beautiful woman was confiscated as a concubine, and was dressed as an unmarried girl in Yun Ying. Is it true that His Highness, King Zhao, isn't it good to be a woman?

"Sister Chen, you look so pretty. Do the women in Guangnan look like you?"

"Don't joke, girls, I'm old. But there are still many pretty women in Guangnan. The ancients said that they have always been famous beauties in the south."

"Is Guangnan fun? We passed by Hoi'an when we took the boat south, but unfortunately the time was too haste and we didn't have time to enter the city."

"It's not as beautiful as Bacheng. I have been here for a few days and saw the grand and grand building of the harbor. The buildings in the city are so majestic that it is not comparable to small places like Jiading. I have also received a letter from my sister before, saying that Beihai Town is steep and steep, and there are even more vast forests. When it snows in winter, it is even more covered in silver, like a jade dragon scattered mountain. It is completely different from the scenery of the south. It's really fascinating. I've never seen snow before."

"Yes, Beihai Town is so beautiful and the place is also big. It takes several months to walk from south to north, from east to west. I followed my master to Siberia for a few months before. There were woods everywhere, blue sky and white clouds, and vast snow fields. It looks good, but it is so cold in winter and there are many mosquitoes in summer."

“There are mosquitoes in such a cold place?”

"Why aren't there? The soldiers who stand guard have to wear hoods and gloves in the summer, and their cuffs and trousers must be tied tightly."

"Does the cooling oil produced in Beihai Town work? "

"I don't know this."

"If you don't say anything, the cooling oil produced in Beihai Town is really a good thing. My sister doesn't know that this thing is now popular in Guangnan."

The reason why Chen Xu followed Nguyen Phuc and others to Bacheng this time was mainly to get the exclusive agents of cooling oil and blush oil essence in Guangnan and Siam.

Nowadays, the cooling oil produced in Bacheng is well-known throughout Southeast Asia, but the limited production has led to a shortage of supply in various places. In order to alleviate the crazy buying of maritime merchants from all over the country, Deng Fei set up a regional hierarchical agency system at that time, and different wholesale prices and discounts were given according to different sales volume guarantees, and there were rebates for the excess.

After obtaining the first-level agency rights, Gu Lihuan from Penang not only sold it in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, but even sold it to Siam and Guangnan, which quickly became popular in the local area.

As the head of the Chen family, Chen Xun quickly noticed the huge profits contained in cooling oil and wind oil essence, and then he became interested in getting a first-level agent in Guangnan and Siam. The problem is that if you want to become a first-level agent, you must pay 3,000 taels of silver or equal amount of Spanish silver coins as a deposit, which is a lot of money for the Chen family. She originally wanted to tell Deng Fei about the envy through her sister, but who knew that when her sister went to Beihai Town, Deng Fei no longer cared about Bacheng.

Later she also tried to imitate it, let alone glycerin, the cost of extracting holly oil alone was so high. When Zheng Huaide learned from his mouth that he was going to Bacheng to meet the King of Beihai, she thought about it and asked to go with her. The Chen family in Jiading was originally a big family, and three generations of grandparents and grandchildren served the old Ruan. Chen Yan's sister married Deng Fei again, so Ruan Phoe naturally had no objection.

After the group arrived in Bacheng, they waited for several days. During this period, Chen Feng sent his servants to inquire. When she learned that there was a beautiful female relative next to King Zhao, she started to think about it and tried to open a gap from A Miao with the identity of Deng Fei's sister-in-law.

During these days when A Miao came to Bacheng, she stayed with Zhao Xin almost from morning to night, and she had no friends here. When she heard that it was Mrs. Deng Fei's sister asking for a meeting, she happily agreed. Unexpectedly, she realized that the other party was actually a beautiful woman.

Others don’t know what Zhao Xin is doing, but A Miao knows it very well. Although there is only Shen Xuan, the official wife at home, there are definitely colorful flags flying outside.

Okay, it’s okay for me and Wang Zhenyi, but Tang Xiaoma is still reasonable, but before leaving, Zhao Xin left, he seemed a little confused with the tall French woman. If you want another one, you can definitely form a team to play volleyball in the future!

The two chatted in the garden for half an hour, and Chen Qi showed compliments everywhere in his conversation, which made A Miao's original vigilance go away most of the time. Chen Qi didn't plan to withdraw the deposit, but when she learned that Zhao Xin was about to leave by boat soon, she tactfully mentioned to A Miao.

A Miao never gets involved in such a thing, but for Deng Fei's sake, she promised to tell Zhao Xin. As for whether she would agree, she doesn't know.

Because he held a banquet to entertain Ruan Phuket and his party in the evening, Zhao Xin was busy until very late before returning to his residence. A Miao took advantage of his brushing teeth and told Chen Feng about it.

When Zhao Xin heard this, he was so amazed and laughed. He thought that he had to find himself such trivial matters. But since he had asked A Miao for his sake, and his wife had to give him face, he casually said: "If you want to be a first-level, you don't want to pay? She is really a thief. You ask her to pay a thousand taels and get the goods at a first-level price; but from the second purchase, you must make up for the difference. Rules are rules. Since they are established, they cannot be broken casually, and I will do the same."

"I understand. There is another thing. She brought a lot of gifts to her today. In addition to jewelry, there are five other melodies you told me."

"Just keep it in check. You have to tell me about this."

"I gave her a bottle of perfume as a gift, the two bottles you gave me last year."

"Ah?!" Zhao Xin opened his mouth wide, revealing a mouthful of white foam, and turned around in disbelief to look at A Miao.

Seeing this, A Miao said in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Ouch! My aunt, do you know how difficult it is to buy that perfume? I really admire you!"

When A Miao's face changed when she heard this, her little face drooped and her eyes began to turn red. Seeing this, Zhao Xin hurriedly comforted her and thought to herself, forget it, since she gave it to her, it was her own business. Besides, global limited editions are just gimmicks.

However, after coaxing A Miao and waiting for the other party to go out, he always felt that something was wrong... it was broken! Zhao Xin suddenly slapped his forehead and thought to himself that this matter might be long-winded. It seems that A Miao would have to let A Miao explain it to the other party tomorrow, but don’t have any misunderstandings.

At the same time, in a guest room on the west courtyard of the Military Control Commission, Chen Qi, who was lying on the bed, tossed and turned, and completely lost insomnia. After a while, she groped and turned on the desk lamp at the head of the bed. A black leather box with a gold-shaped look on the outside appeared on the bedside table.

The maid sleeping in the outer room heard something moving in the bedroom, then got up and walked to the door and asked. When the master told me that there was nothing wrong, he went back to sleep. At this time, the room was silent, and it was drizzling outside the window. Chen Qi's eyes fell on the leather box for a long time without moving.

Well, the two bottles of perfumes that Zhao Xin gave to A Miao were brought back from another time and space. They are global limited edition models from a certain brand and are expensive. The problem is that it would be fine if the perfume is special. The key is that the bottles containing perfume are of much value in this time and space, which is far more valuable than the beads and gold jewelry given by Chen Yi.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! It is said that after Chen Qi returned to his residence at noon, he didn't have time to see things; she first went to pay homage to the prince Ruan Phucing, and then listened to Zheng Huaide's remarks about the experience of meeting Zhao Xin in the morning, and helped analyze it.

You should know that the ancestor of the Chen family in Jiading was Chen Junqing, the famous prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the late Southern Song Dynasty, Chen Wenlong was released. He has always been a family of poetry and books, and the same was true after moving to Jiading.

Chen Qi was known as a talented woman since she was a child, and she was well known for her classics, history, literature, and even her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Otherwise, whether it was Ruan Phoe, Zheng Huaide, she would not be obsessed with her. After the "Jiading Massacre", she was able to take on the Chen family's business alone, and she was still prosperous, which shows that her mind and wisdom were extraordinary.

Chen Qi believes that the current focus of Beihai Town is not Annan. Although the Dutch have left now, the natives from all over West Java still need the Northern Navy to deter the North Navy, and the troops may be difficult to mobilize. Secondly, the Northern Navy had previously transferred a large number of troops and fleets to the west. I heard that they were going to India to help the French resist the attack of the British East India Company. The other is Hoi'an and Ganling'ao. These two places are very important to Beihai Town and must be left to defend. If the West Mountain is desperate, it would be more cost-effective. Finally, she believes that rather than asking for reinforcements, it is better to seek weapons and borrow money.

Everyone suddenly realized after hearing this, and Nguyen Phuc Jing agreed even more. The child had a deep affection for France and had been in the local governance, not to mention that the French were ally of Guangnan. So at the dinner, he never mentioned the matter of borrowing troops, but asked for another loan of 2 million taels of silver as Chen Yun said.

After hearing this, Zhao Xin agreed happily, but the condition was to pay it in Beihai silver dollars, and 40% of the money must be used to purchase weapons from Beihai Town. Ruan Phuc Jing and others were overjoyed when they heard this, and then they couldn't help but sigh that Chen Yun was not a man.

Chen Qi would definitely not be able to attend the dinner, so she went back to her residence and slept, and waited to wash and prepare for supper, then she remembered A Miao's gift. However, when she opened the box and saw the amethyst bottle of wine inside, she was immediately shocked.

The entire bottle seemed to be carved out of a whole piece of dark purple crystal. The body of the bottle was also decorated with crystal clear violet-style crystal stones, and a circle of gold threads were also inlaid on the edge of each flower. This is too luxurious and expensive!

After the initial dizziness and confusion, Chen Qi's first reaction was that even if he was given to Master Ruan, he would be taken into the palace to become a treasure. What is the purpose of that girl A Miao actually gave herself such a valuable thing?

The main theme of her life over the years is calculation. If she didn't know how to calculate, she would have been swallowed up by people with flesh and bones. So she naturally guessed in a complicated direction, thinking that it was probably the one who gave it to her by King Zhao with A Miao's hand. Well, the answer is about to come out, and it seems that King Xiang is interested.
Chapter completed!