A person can eat 365 days a year without getting tired of it, and can eat three meals a day without getting tired of it either.
But eating fruit every day of the year would definitely get boring.
Moreover, it doesn't contain much nutrition, and fruit isn't available 365 days a year.
Even if the quantity is large, it still depends on the season.
This is the issue of food. The next issue is housing. Zhu Yunwen had also observed that most of the houses built by the people in India were constructed using rammed earth.
Occasionally, someone would add some stones to pile it up. Even better ones might use lime mixed with other substances to build the house with bricks.
But these are all relatively outdated.
It's far less useful than bricks with cement. Therefore, in the housing sector, the Ming Dynasty's advantage is that it can sell cement.
As for transportation, there's not much to say. The Ming Dynasty had many basic options, such as bicycles and tricycles.
High-end vehicles include small cars powered by modern steam engines, and even higher-end vehicles include trains.
Even ships were already using gas-fired steam engines.
Zhu Yunwen's fleet on this voyage basically had two power systems. One system used manpower to propel the ship through the seawater using wooden oars on both sides.
Including sail assistance.
The other power system consists of a propeller made of steel sheets installed at the stern of the ship.
The propeller is connected to the power system formed by the gas-fired steam engine. There is a special coal-fired control room at the bottom of the ship, which is filled with a lot of coal.
The steam power system was created by heating water with coal. This is why the voyage was so fast this time.
It doesn't rely on manpower, or even sails, unless sometimes it happens to be with the wind, in which case the coal-fired steam engine is shut down and the sails are propelled by the wind, thus saving resources.
In any case, when it comes to travel, the Ming Dynasty was basically ahead of any mode of transportation in the world today.
The gas-fired steam engine system was applied to everything that needed power, whether it was a car or a boat.
Or, to put it another way, there are places where power is needed in daily life.
As for the clothing, although there wasn't a major breakthrough, it remained at the previous level.
Zhu Yunwen couldn't make any major improvements to the clothing, nor was it necessary, since it was a matter of aesthetics.
However, the fact that a trade route in ancient China was called the Silk Road perfectly illustrates that the Ming Dynasty was absolutely capable of producing high-quality silk fabrics that could astound the world.
In terms of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, the Ming Dynasty had an absolute advantage and was able to meet any need in the world.
And this greatly enhances their existing enjoyment, which is naturally the advantage of the Ming Dynasty.
The purpose was merely to use the fruit trade as bait, to lure out a large country like India into needing to buy more goods from the Ming Dynasty.
No matter how you look at it, this is a great deal.
At least Zhu Yunwen had a clear understanding of this matter. He didn't know whether the people of the Ming Dynasty had a special fondness for Indian fruits, whether there was a huge demand for them, or whether they could bring huge benefits to India.
But he was certain that India had a huge demand for the people's daily necessities, food, housing, and transportation from the Ming Dynasty.
There is no doubt about this, so at this moment the King of India was secretly delighted, thinking to himself, is the grandson of the Ming Dynasty a fool?
They came out to actively open up trade routes, but first they wanted to buy fruits from India.
It's important to understand that in trade, although it involves exchanging necessities, the one who earns more is ultimately the one who benefits most.
He believed that Zhu Yunwen's initiative in expressing his desire to buy Indian fruit was simply an attempt to give India an advantage.
But he didn't know that Zhu Yunwen had already used this so-called small bait to catch him, the big fish. So in the subsequent trade, it was the Ming Dynasty that really made a great profit.
Of course, the King of India was unaware of this. Upon arriving at the palace, he immediately signed various trade agreements with Zhu Yunwen.
Actually, this agreement is quite simple. Its main purpose is to ensure that all kinds of goods traded between the two parties can be legal and protected by both countries.
At the same time, the two countries also need to make a simple distribution of the benefits. For example, how much tax should be collected when goods from India are sold to the Ming Dynasty?
This refers to tariffs, commonly known as import taxes.
How much tax would be levied on goods exported from the Ming Dynasty to India?
After both parties reach an agreement, the contract is formally signed. Such a trade contract cannot be easily broken.
After all, this is a cooperation between countries. If the agreement is broken, it will not only have negative consequences, but may even lead to war.
This will also make other countries around you think that your country lacks a sense of contractual obligation, and they will be less willing to cooperate with you in the future.
This kind of thing is quite important, so it's usually handled carefully. After signing this series of trade contracts, both parties revised the agreement and began to celebrate.
The King of Tianzhu summoned all his civil and military officials to a banquet for Zhu Yunwen at the royal palace.
It was already evening. Zhu Yunwen was eating fruit and looking at the plate of hand-grabbed rice in front of him, but he didn't have much of an appetite.
Suddenly, I realized that it's a good thing that this country has so many kinds of fruit; at least it gives him more options at the banquet.
When asked why he wasn't eating the food in front of him, Zhu Yunwen smiled and replied:
"With such wonderful fruits in India, who cares about eating?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingzhu, who was standing next to him, immediately nodded in agreement. To be honest, she also had no appetite for the hand-grabbed rice on the plate.
As she was thinking, unsure how to refuse, she simply echoed Zhu Yunwen's words:
"I also like to eat fruit, but I don't like to eat rice."
Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu both escaped the fate of having to eat that plate of hand-grabbed rice that looked like it was all mushy.
But then, as the king clapped his hands, a group of men and women went up and began to dance the Indian dance.
Zhu Yunwen rubbed his forehead in exasperation. He had dodged the hand-grabbed rice, but he couldn't escape the Indian dance.
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