The Royal Palace of Portugal does not have the grandeur and luxury of other royal palaces in Europe, with a simple architectural style on the outside and a beautiful and colorful interior.

To Wu Zhong's surprise, there were many porcelain, ivory towers and lacquer painting screens from the Ming Dynasty on display.

It can be seen that there are people in the Portuguese royal family who like the culture of the East.

What made Wu Zhong depressed was that King João IV, this guy, just sent the Ming delegation with a few polite words.

Judging from the king's attitude, Wu Zhong felt that the Portuguese royal family was very wary of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that since the Nanyang Incident, the whole of Europe has developed an inexplicable wariness of the Ming Dynasty.

Vigilance is vigilance, business still has to be done.

The main interest of the European public is not how many colonies Spain has lost in the East, but when they will be able to drink Chinese tea.

In the era of great exploration, there were frequent exchanges between the East and the West, and tea has become an indispensable part of European people's lives.

Whether it is on the luxurious low coffee table of the aristocracy or on the simple high table of the commoners, tea leaves from the Far East always bring people a pleasant and leisurely time.

As the British themselves say: "As long as there is tea, there is hope for life!" ”

Tea's position in the history of trade between the East and the West is unique, tea has made the world discover China, and China has discovered the world.

With the arrival of the Ming fleet full of tea, silk, and porcelain, there are now many Europeans who want to buy tea.

Even a certain count of Portugal, such a decent person, has to wait in a small tent in the port, which is no less attractive than the fruit fans who squatted overnight to buy crazy mobile phones in some years.

On the day when the Ming fleet unloaded and began to sell goods, the Portuguese royal family took the lead in ordering a shipload of goods, and it was a group of palace guards who came to pick up the goods.

As soon as this group of guards came, they had to check the identity of the Ming Mission, and even the weapons they carried with them, and their attitude was a little arrogant.

Wu Zhong smiled, he had never heard such a strange request when he was so old, he came to buy things, and he had to check the boss?

As soon as he waved his hand, a team of brocade guards immediately blocked him and shouted, "Stand back!" Please show us your identification! ”

The brocade guards all had cold eyes, as if they were checking on fugitives, and their attitudes were even more arrogant than those of the Portuguese palace guards.

The head of the palace guard coughed unnaturally, as the palace guards, they were the only ones who checked others, and no one else checked them in turn.

"Hurry up!" Jinyi Wei Qianhu shouted.

Who the fuck are you with!

The chief of the guard was on fire at that time, ready to give the arrogant Oriental officer in front of him a look!

"Alright, Tress, stand down!"

A sweet voice came.

Behind the chief of the guard stepped out a tall beautiful girl with golden curly hair, she was wearing a low-cut yellow dress and a string of pearls the size of a small thumb around her neck, and she looked like a noble and elegant woman.

The court interpreter introduced: "Chancellor, this is our princess of Portugal, Her Royal Highness Catherine! ”

Princess?

Wu Zhong raised his eyebrows, no wonder these Portuguese made such a big show, and they had to check weapons and other things, it turned out that the princess of the family was here.

It's just that this princess is too bold!

Wu Zhong is not saying that she is bold when she goes out, but that she is dressed.

Catherine's long yellow dress only covered half of her breasts, revealing her delicate collarbones and accentuating her proud breasts.

According to the information that Wu Zhong has, this Princess Catherine should only be sixteen years old, the same age as Princess Zhaoren, but this development is too good!

Fortunately, he was a eunuch and had no special needs or hobbies in this area.

But the rest of the mission was different, such as the surname of the country and the uncle of the country, these two eyes were erratic, obviously in a state of wanting to see but not daring to look.

Wu Zhong coughed heavily and bowed slightly: "The foreign minister has seen Her Royal Highness the princess!" ”

The rest of the mission, who had been reminded, also saluted.

Catherine looked at Wu Zhong with a smile and said, "I love the culture of Dongfeng, especially the exquisite porcelain, gorgeous silk, and delicious tea!"

Wu Zhong was relieved, obviously the Ming porcelain and other things placed in the Portuguese palace were all made out by this girl.

Everyone entered the living room and began to talk.

Uncle Xu Bohan smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, our Daming has more precious national treasures than these!" ”

Catherine's eyes widened and she asked curiously, "Oh? What it is, tell me quickly! ”

Uncle Guo said meaningfully: "It's my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Tianwu!" ”

"A person, what kind of national treasure is he?"

Catherine reached out and covered her little mouth, looking surprised.

Wu Zhong and Zhu Chenggong were equally surprised, what is Uncle Guo going to do?

Xu Bohan seemed to have encountered prey, and the woman in front of him had a delicate face, like a peach, and she could get out of the water with a light press.

Before going to the West, Xu Bohan made a promise in front of Zhu Cihong that he would find a Yanma in Europe to warm the bed for the Son of Heaven, and now when he saw this little princess, his eyes suddenly lit up, didn't he send it to the door?

Can this be refused? I have to carry it back to Daming!

Moreover, Portugal first disrespected the Ming mission, and Xu Bohan felt that as the uncle of the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to take revenge on Portugal and win glory for the country.

As for the way of revenge, it is natural to deceive the daughter of the king of Portugal to Daming!

The big Yanma is not easy to do, so let's get a small Yanma first!

With the goal in mind, here's the tactics!

In order to avoid Wu Zhong and others from getting into trouble, Xu Bohan, who is familiar with many Chinese, directly communicated with Catherine in Portuguese: "My lord Tianwu Emperor is young and promising, wise and martial, and he is an emperor who is difficult to come out of the ages!" On top of that, he is handsome and handsome! ”

Catherine is a beautiful and cheerful princess who is also sociable, and she laughed coquettishly after Xu Bohan's words: "How handsome can you be?" ”

Xu Bohan's eyes tightened, and he smiled slightly: "It depends on how handsome you can imagine!" ”

The more he said this, the more curious Catherine became.

As a royal woman, Catherine was considered for political marriages at an early age, but she still enjoyed a happy childhood in Lisbon.

She knew very well that she was going to marry the monarch of a country in the future, so she inquired about the princes of various European countries.

It's just that I didn't expect that there was a powerful empire in the East, and their monarch was also a young and promising emperor.

Catherine was originally a curious person, but now that she was teased by Xu Bohan, some of Sichun's girlish hearts were even more serious.

However, her eyes rolled, and she suddenly laughed coquettishly: "Daming is really a magical country. ”

A powerful person, no matter how curious, will not let his opponent lead him by the nose, and it is clear that young Catherine has this condition.

Although the topic has changed, the historical Portuguese princess, queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, and even the regent of the Kingdom of Portugal, has begun to take a slight interest in Emperor Tianwu.

Next, Catherine, who loves oriental culture, talked about tea, and she said that her favorite drink is black tea.

In the 21st century, there are many people in the UK who love to drink Chinese black tea, and the first credit is the introduction and promotion of Catherine.

Historically, in the 17th century, the Portuguese princess Catherine married King Charles II of England, and her dowry included Zhengshan Xiaozhong black tea from China.

When Catherine came to the banquet with a glass of bright red liquid, the British royal family and the invited guests had a kind of "I don't know what it was, but it seems to be very powerful", so in all kinds of exclamations, black tea became popular in British high society.

The tea trade between Britain and the Qing Dynasty was also facilitated by Catherine.

Wu Zhong and Xu Bohan patiently talked with the European princess for more than an hour, during which they also negotiated a small deal.

Wu Zhong presented a large amount of tea, silk, and porcelain to Catherine.

Catherine agreed to Wu Zhong and persuaded her father, King João IV, to allow the Ming to resupply in Lisbon and set up an embassy.

Catherine can guarantee that it is not how much influence she has in Portugal, but that the current situation in Portugal is very complicated, and with the presence of the Ming naval fleet, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. (Not much to say, when it comes to the relationship between Portugal and European countries, I can't beat two thousand words, so let's write it slowly in the future)