On 13 April, the Ming fleet bypassed the Spanish coast and arrived in Lisbon, the capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.

For a few days, many merchants and soldiers on the ships stood on the deck, and the mood was very high, for the fleet had finally escaped from the desolate sea in the past few days, and had seen the scene of a thousand sails racing, and the lonely voyage was over!

There are many boats off the coast of Lisbon, like schools of fish swimming freely.

Since Lisbon, the capital of the Kingdom of Portugal 400 years ago, it has developed into an important trading city in Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as a commercial center in Europe.

One hundred and fifty years ago, Vasco da Gama was sent by the King of Portugal to sail from Lisbon to find a sea route to India.

"No wonder Your Majesty wants to vigorously develop the navy and commerce, there are too many ships in Europa!"

Wu Zhong sighed with emotion, and then ordered the fleet to follow the Portuguese pilot ship into the port.

The port of Lisbon was crowded with people who had come to watch, led by King João IV of Portugal and Portuguese officials sent to greet the Ming mission.

After floating on the sea for a long time, as soon as Wu Zhong's feet stepped on land, he immediately felt that he could hardly walk, which made people extremely uncomfortable.

He looked at the country's surname, uncle and others, and everyone's steps were a little weird, so he was relieved.

Eventually, the Ming delegation was placed in a small western-style building in the city of Lisbon, not far from the Portuguese Royal Palace.

After moving in, something unpleasant happened.

Wu Zhong and Zhu Chenggong, the chief and deputy envoys of the mission, had three private rooms in their suites, and even the suites of Xu Bohan, the uncle of the country, and several other principal members of the mission, were also separated by a private room.

Zhu Chenggong, the national surname, frowned and said, "Why is this room still separated?" ”

The Portuguese steward who was in charge of serving them explained with a smile: "Sorry general, before you came, the envoys of the Kingdom of Spain, France, and England were already living here. ”

Wu Zhong, as the overseer of Dongchang, has played with intelligence for more than ten years, and he can see the doorway at a glance.

He chuckled, went to Zhu Chenggong's side and lowered his voice, and said: "I don't know the surname of the country, this is a trick of the intelligence department to spy on foreign diplomats, and those so-called suites occupied in advance by envoys from other countries are actually spies planted by Portugal next door......."

After Zhu Chenggong heard this, he was about to get angry and threatened to beat people.

In the end, under the persuasion of Wu Zhong and others, he gave up angrily.

At Wu Zhong's signal, Zhu Chenggong and the others came to his suite, and as soon as they entered the door, two Dongchang elites immediately moved quickly to clean the room.

They first searched the suite up and down to see if there were any dangerous items.

Immediately after, they gently tapped the wall, discerning its thickness by sound.

A Dongchang stall leader lowered his voice and said, "Overseer, this wall is covered with wooden planks, and as long as you put your ears on the wooden planks in the next room, you can basically hear our speech clearly." ”

Wu Zhong nodded slightly, and said: "You have also heard, we are surrounded by ears, everyone remember, pay attention to what you say in the future, and you are not allowed to talk about any major national affairs to prevent leaks!" ”

"Yes, sir."

Back in their respective suites, the more Zhu Chenggong thought about it, the more annoyed he became.

When did my country's surname suffer such a sin? I think that I was a prisoner of Emperor Tianwu back then, but I was just a small soldier in front of the emperor, standing guard every day.

At least that is above board, I didn't expect to come to Europa, and I was guarded like a thief!

This kind of almost rude surveillance made Zhu Chenggong very annoyed!

He paced a few steps around the suite and suddenly shouted, "Fuck you! What a bullshit country! I don't even have a connecting suite, and I look down on Lao Tzu! ”

"What kind of bullshit Spain, in the past, it was so unpopular that it dared to provoke my Ming Dynasty, but now, they were driven down to the sea by my lord Emperor Tianwu in the South Seas to feed the fish, and in the colonies in the East, there is not a single gasp left!"

After scolding the street, Zhu Chenggong was a little more angry, and he picked up the teacup and drank the tea one by one.

Zhu Chenggong's big mouth was unobstructed, which frightened the Portuguese spies next door.

An hour later, two Portuguese officials came to the door and personally changed the suite for the Ming mission, saying that the Spanish envoy next door had left.

In fact, everyone knows that there is any bullshit Spanish envoy next door.

Zhu Chenggong didn't care, just squinted his eyes and scolded a few words of Fujian dialect with a smile.

Over the next few days, the whole of Europe became buzzy, and word spread that the Ming had defeated the Spanish colonial army and captured Luzon.

King João IV of Portugal, who had been delaying the summoning of the Ming mission, finally extended an invitation to Wu Zhong to meet at the palace.

As soon as Wu Zhong and his entourage left the small western-style building, a few "reporters" with pens immediately appeared outside, most of them were Europeans, and they came to cover the Ming mission.

Not only did the Ming Dynasty have newspapers, but also in Europe, and in 1450, printed newspapers using printing technology appeared in Europe.

However, in the past, European newspapers were not published very often, and were only temporarily published when there was big news, such as in 1493, when Columbus discovered the New World.

In the thirty-seventh year of Wanli (1609), Thorne published the weekly newspaper Avesu in Germany, which was the first newspaper published regularly in the West.

Since then, newspapers have become popular in Europe, and sources of news coverage have generally relied on well-connected businessmen.

Merchants and craftsmen urgently need to know the origin of raw materials, the markets in which they are sold, and the relevant transportation, politics, and military conditions.

As a result, some people became early journalists by collecting and selling news about political and religious news, business quotes, and voyages.

The Ming Dynasty's military operations in Nanyang were spread by them.

European journalists gathered around, and they interviewed the Ming mission in broken Chinese.

"I am a reporter for the "Ivesu Affairs Newspaper" of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation, may I ask Lord Qincha, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, is your trip to Europa aimed at the Kingdom of Spain?"

Wu Zhong was not used to this kind of "interview", but he still kept a smile and replied: "Our fleet is here to trade!" ”

"Then will your Ming fleet participate in the Anglo-Dutch war?"

Wu Zhong said with a smile as he walked: "His Majesty the Emperor of our country said that the Ming Dynasty will not participate in the war between England and the Netherlands, and we are here for trade and exchanges!" ”

Another reporter who came out of nowhere came up and asked: "Your emperor sent troops to the South Seas to seize the Spanish colony of Luzon in the East, does your country want to dominate Asia?" ”

Wu Zhong is a little unhappy, this kind of mentally retarded question is also to ask?

On the side, Zhu Chenggong replied a little coldly: "Luzon has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and the Spaniards shamelessly occupied Luzon by force and wantonly slaughtered the local aborigines and Chinese!"

My Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in view of the inseparable relationship between the clan and the vassal, decided to send troops to aid Luzon and help it restore the country. ”

The reporter touched his nose and was blocked by the brocade guard.

A local reporter from the Kingdom of Portugal hurriedly took it over, and asked politely in the mode of questions from CCTV reporters in the future: "What do you think of our Kingdom of Portugal?" Like it here? ”

Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, Wu Zhong naturally would not say that your Kingdom of Portugal is a declining empire, and he is too angry, he also smiled and said: "There is a different style here, you are very enthusiastic." ”

Fortunately, there were not many reporters in this era, and after simply answering a few questions, the mission declined the following interview on the grounds that the king was in a hurry to summon him.