ps: Brothers, considering that I have been fighting for two updates a day recently, I will make all kinds of votes for me. I need recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, so I need to keep them.

On May 11, 1633, just when Mo Ming was impatiently waiting and decided to return to Bordeaux, Castelli, who had just finished the week, came to their residence with two young men.

Mo Ming, who was happily chatting with Armenian businessman Holnisian, was stunned for a moment, and then sued him for the crime and went out to receive Castelli. This person was a student of Galileo. At this time, the Italian academic community also had a considerable status and had a wide connection. Mo Ming still had to give him enough respect.

"Mo, I'm sorry I came very late." Castelli said apologetically, "I wrote a letter to my secretary Evangelista. He was very envious of your research. He clearly stated to me that he wanted to go to the East Coast to conduct academic research. For this reason, he ended a study in Padua and came back today. Come, Evangelista, this is Mo, let me know."

After saying that, Castelli gave a young man behind him to his death.

"Hello, I am Evangelista Toricheli, a student of Mr. Castelli. He is 28 years old and is currently engaged in research on atmospheric pressure and mathematics. I heard my teacher talk about your outstanding scientific achievements in all aspects. I think that maybe studying on the East Coast for a while will be very helpful for my scientific career." The "young man" behind Castelli stood up and said friendly to Mo Ming.

"On behalf of the Republic of China's East Coast Natural Science Institute, I welcome you." Mo Ming stretched out his hand and shook Toricheli, then looked at another teenager behind him and asked, "This is..."

"Ah, I almost forgot to introduce it." Castelli smiled a little annoyed. Then he introduced: "He is the child of Vicenzo Viviani, my friend. He is only 14 years old this year, but he has shown an unparalleled talent in mathematics. I originally thought I would introduce him to Mr. Galilee in a few years, but now I find that perhaps studying on the East Coast will be more beneficial to him, and he himself is happy to study there."

"Viviani?" Mo Ming recalled for a long time and didn't remember who this person was. Maybe he was an unknown person. However, he still stretched out his hand to shake the boy and said with a smile: "Hello, future mathematician."

The boy might not understand French, but just smiled shyly.

"Finally, thank you for your help, Mo," Castelli said sincerely. "Teacher Galilee's physical condition does not allow him to travel for long distances, and I also have to help the teacher organize his works, so we both didn't go. It's really a pity. To be honest, I really want to go to the East Coast to see this legendary place where you can study academic freely and so many academic achievements. Haha. Let's talk about these later. Then, there will be a period of time. Help me take good care of Evangesta and Vicenzo. Thank you very much for your help, goodbye."

After saying goodbye to Castelli, Mo Ming took some of Galileo's manuscripts, as well as Frank, Holnessian, Toricheli, Viviani and others to take a carriage to Pisa, then rented a small sailboat to Montpellier, and embarked on a journey back to Bordeaux.

The southern French region in May was still calm. The Spanish army in Lucirong seemed to have suffered some small losses recently and all retreated, which also made Mo Ming and others a much easier journey.

On May 30, just as the First Fleet fought fiercely with the British in the heavy fog outside the Chesapeake Bay, the dusty Mo Ming and his party finally arrived in Bordeaux through Toulouse.

The East Coast Republic Commercial Station in Bordeaux City is now becoming more and more grand. Over the past six months, after Xu Xin found people to find people to build, a medium-sized warehouse, a temporary living square for immigrants and a solid castle-style building have been built on the original site. The number of children and employees in the commercial station has also increased to more than 20. In addition to them, there are also several trade department staff and seven or eight intelligence agencies sent from China.

As soon as Mo Ming arrived at the entrance of the business station, Sun Heiqi came up with her legs, led the reins, and said, "Staff Master, you are back. I am about to report to you."

Mo Ming threw the horse whip into Sun Heiqi's arms, turned over and dismounted, and said, "Go and inform Minister Xu, saying that there are important matters to discuss. In addition, arrange a high-quality residence for these gentlemen."

Soon, Xu Xin rushed out. After hearing the whole story that Mo Ming briefly described, Xu Xin was both surprised and happy. He was a little afraid of the risks of doing business in the Ottomans, and was happy that the large market with a population of more than 30 million was waving to him. But thinking about it, this was not a big problem. As long as Holnessian and his family could open up the market in the Ottoman Empire, we would just collect money and ship the goods, and we would not interfere in anything else, so that the risk could be minimized.

"Mr. Xu, I clearly state that I want goods from the East Coast. Whether it is a saber, cannon or cotton cloth, I need it. Please feel free to hand it over to me and my family for sale. I will give you a reasonable price." Holnisian said in his usual direct character.

"In principle, our goods on the east coast are open to all countries." Xu Xin promised, "Let's talk about other things, how do you calculate this delivery method? As far as I know, the ships in your country's port in Tunisia, North Africa do not have the ability to sail from the ocean. my country's current ocean capacity is extremely tight. The sea route from the East Port to Izmir is extremely long, and the entire journey lasts for almost four months, and the shipping cost will be unbearable."

"This... I would like to ask your country to undertake the maritime mission." Holneysian said with some embarrassment, "In fact, our country's merchant ships can only sail near the Mediterranean coast, not withstand ocean waves, and know nothing about the ocean routes. So I would like to ask your country to undertake the maritime mission. We will make a little compromise on the price as compensation. Mr. Xu, what do you think?"

"Um..." Xu Xin pretended to be pondered for a while, then nodded and sighed, "The market of the Ottoman Empire is extremely broad. To be honest, our country's commercial department is still very interested in this. Let's do this, let me communicate with the domestic transportation task and coordinate it, and strive to squeeze out some transportation capacity. But this price..."

It is true that the transportation capacity in the East Coast Republic of China is now tight. The only professional ocean transport ships are two Dutch flute-shaped ships currently being intensively built on the ship platform of Zhenhai Shipyard. But the problem is that the transportation capacity is not very tight at present. Many customers are picking up goods at home, which not only saves a lot of transportation capacity for the crossings, but also reduces all maritime risks.

The trade with the Ottomans must have been delivered to the East Coast Republic itself, but there may not be no benefit to it. As we all know, the Oriental goods transferred through the Ottoman Empire are several times more shipped by Western Europe through African routes. On the return journey, the transport ship is filled with Chinese silk, porcelain, tea, Indian gems, dyes, spices, local Turkish handicrafts, raisins, jujubes, camels and other commodities. You can make a big profit after returning to La Plata and Brazil.

Xu Xin was very clear about the gains and losses of this. He said this only because of the nature of a businessman.

The next two people were bored disputes over the prices of various commodities. Mo Ming frowned when he heard this, but he soon thought of a key question and asked: "I have a question, which route will our transport ship take? Do I mean the Atlantic route from Oriental Port-Recife-Canary Islands-Izmir, or some other route?"

"Another route?" Xu Xin and Hornishian asked in confusion almost at the same time.

Mo Ming spread his hands and said, "I just put forward an idea. The Atlantic route will pass through the sea areas controlled by countries such as Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, France, and Venice. The situation is extremely complicated. If any country shows hostility to us, our route is likely to be cut off. Moreover, pirates on this route are extremely rampant, and there is a great risk without warship escort."

"What do you think of? Are there other routes?" Xu Xin was a little upset when he heard Mo Ming say this. Now there are many people who are jealous of the East Coast, and Spain, which has fought a war with the East Coast Republic, will not talk about it. The Dutch's attitude towards the East Coast is not very friendly, one is because the East Coast supports Brazil's position, and the other is because they are both commercial competitors. In addition, the attitude of the British is not to mention. As a life-and-death competitor in the textile industry, Xu Xin almost does not see any hope of reconciliation between the two sides. This is a fundamental contradiction and irreconcilable.

From this point of view, this so-called Atlantic route is really full of crisis and extremely fragile. The importance of overseas markets to the East Coast needs no further explanation. In order to maintain this fragile route, how much does the East Coast Republic pay?

"Let's change our thinking." Mo Ming said, "Is it not possible to take the African route? Depart from the Eastern Port and sail eastward, bypass the Cape of Good Hope, then head north along the coast of Portugal East Africa (Mozambique and other places), cross the Horn of Africa and enter the Red Sea, and finally dock and unload the cargo at the Port of Suez in the Ottoman Empire. This route I call the African route, which is not much farther than the Atlantic route, and there are no complicated countries and forces in the middle, and there are almost no pirates, which is very suitable for us."

"Mr. Holneysian, if our merchant ships are unloading goods at the Suez port of your country, will you and your family accept it?" After hearing this, Xu Xin also thought that the route was very good, so he hurriedly asked.

"Of course," Holnisian nodded and said with certainty: "But I still need to organize a camel fleet to transport goods to the Mediterranean port in Suez, which has added a lot of money in between. I hope you can face this."
Chapter completed!