When he walked out of the Zhaoqing Imperial Palace, Guedes felt floating when he walked, and his feet were soft, just like when he walked out of a night of fighting with a young lady who was said to be from an aristocratic background in a small red building in Malacca a few years ago.

The same is true of him now, who is still immersed in the shock and joy of the audience!

After the end of the formal ceremonial audience, he accompanied the envoy to the imperial study to meet the Tang Emperor Li Xuan again, of course, Li Xuan and the mission said that he did not pay attention to other things, what he really paid attention to was that Li Xuan was discussing with the people in the mission at that time about the introduction of various technical craftsmen, but several other people in the mission were colonial officials, but they didn't care about this kind of thing, although they agreed on the spot to let the Tang Dynasty introduce craftsmen, but how to introduce them didn't care.

They are all decent officials, so naturally they won't deal with those lowly craftsmen!

At this time, Guedes felt that his opportunity had come, and he said on the spot that he was willing to contribute the power of Weibo to the glorious and great Tang Dynasty and to Li Xuan, the ancient saint, and to bring various technical craftsmen to the Tang Dynasty.

When Li Xuan heard this, he naturally smiled and said yes.

At this time, Guedes's whole person just fell down directly, not kneeling, but the whole person was lying on the ground, and said in an extremely humble tone: "Your Majesty, who is greater than the sun, the humble and insignificant Guedes begs you to allow me to live in the glorious, heaven-like city of Zhaoqing, and Guedes will not only find all kinds of craftsmen for Your Majesty, but also be willing to give half, no, two-thirds of the property!" ”

When Li Xuan heard this, he felt a little strange, this Franc machine man was a little strange, he wanted to live in Zhaoqing?

Naturally, he didn't know that after seeing the prosperity and style of Zhaoqing, Guedes, who had been wandering around the world for decades, had an incomparable impression of the city, and he dreamed of living in this paradise-like city these days, and he never wanted to return to the pigsty-like city in Europe.

Although he was explicitly rejected by an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last time, he did not give up.

And now, he sensed his chance!

Of course, this is actually only one of the reasons, there are other reasons why he wants to live in Zhaoqing in every possible way, what reason, naturally the cutest baby in the world: gold and silver!

Now although the Tang Dynasty has opened the port to trade, but only opened two trade zones in Guangzhou and Lianzhou, foreign merchants can only trade with Chinese merchants in the trade zone, and many times, it is often the Chinese merchants who take out what to sell, and the foreigners have to buy something.

But if Guedes can be allowed to live in Zhaoqing, then he can directly buy the most urgently needed materials in Europe from Zhaoqing and even the entire Tang Dynasty, and then ship them to Europe, without even having to go back to Europe himself, he can sell the goods to other foreign merchants as a second-hand dealer.

Who better knows what goods those foreign merchants need most?

At the same time, those foreign businessmen, especially the businessmen who are also Franc machine people, are they willing to believe in the Chinese or believe in their own Franc machine people, when the time comes, the goods will not be sold at all, maybe they can buy a higher price than the market price, kill a few more times, and they will not make money!

It's safe, fast, and hugely profitable!

So after pondering for a few days, he finally decided that he was ready to take the risk today and personally make this request to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

And the introduction of craftsmen just mentioned, he thinks it is an opportunity!

After all, if you ask for His Majesty the Emperor, you have to show His Majesty the Emperor that you can provide what he needs!

Sure enough, Geddes just saw the young emperor above pondering for a while, and then spoke, but these words disappointed Geddes, and only listened to Li Xuan: "Except for the trade zone, foreigners are not allowed to live in other places, this is the law of the empire, unless you are a subject of the empire, you can't live in Zhaoqing!" ”

As an emperor, Li Xuan naturally opened Chrysostom and directly allowed Geddes to live in, but since the laws have been formulated, and Li Xuan personally approved and issued them, it is not a good thing to break them casually, let alone just for a foreigner.

However, Li Xuan's subsequent words made Guedes's face happy, because Li Xuan continued: "However, I also know that there are many foreign people who admire Chinese customs, and it is not good to ban them all, as long as they can make outstanding contributions to the empire and swear allegiance to me, they can be admitted to citizenship!" ”

As for the guilt caused by betraying the country and the nation, this naturally does not exist, there is no modern concept of the country and nation at all, and the idea of loyalty to the whole world and even loyalty is universal!

What is Guedes? Although he was a Franco, he used to be a pauper, then a pirate, and now a pirate and a maritime merchant, and in his eyes, the king is a fart!

Immediately, he knelt down continuously, and did not use Franco's words, but said in broken Chinese: "I am willing to be loyal to Your Majesty!" ”

When Li Xuan heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "Okay, since you are so loyal, then I will grant you the right to naturalize the Tang Dynasty, and you will be a subject of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and you can live as long as you want in Zhaoqing!" ”

Several Franco-machine people in the mission looked at Guedes in a blink of an eye, that is, they betrayed Franco-Ji, and directly swore allegiance to Li Xuan, and they were also a little dumbfounded, but allegiance is a personal matter, and they really can't stop it, not to mention, they can't stop it if they want to, this Guedes, he is a pirate.

But these have nothing to do with them, anyway, they have achieved their goals in Zhaoqing this time, after signing the contract, the two sides officially decided the state of war, and in the future, the merchant ships of the Francophone people will be able to enter and leave Guangzhou and Lianzhou in the two treaty ports, and there is no need to sneak around.

But although he didn't care much, he was still not very happy in his heart, but he didn't say much, this Guedes was not an official messenger in the first place, just a captain who sent him to Guangzhou.

Not to mention the others, after Guedes walked out of the palace, the whole person was still immersed in what had just happened, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and he would now become a member of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, he had in his arms the naturalization document specially issued by the people from the household department, and asked him to go to the Yamen of Zhaoqing Mansion to settle down in Zhaoqing Mansion accompanied by the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He's going to get rich, he's going to be rich!

With this identity, he is still a fart pirate, he can do big business, and use this special identity to maneuver between Chinese and foreign merchants, and the silver is not in a hurry!

However, although he has been successfully naturalized, when the official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accompanied him to his naturalization, he said: "Don't forget your previous promise!" ”

What promise, Guedes doesn't need to ask, it must be the recruitment of skilled craftsmen, as for donating family wealth, just talk about it, and the emperor also said it himself, no need to donate family wealth, let him use this money to recruit more craftsmen!

Guedes promised the people of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying that he would definitely recruit craftsmen as soon as possible, especially the artillerymen specified by His Majesty, and at the same time said that he did not need to go back to Europe, he went directly back to Malacca, and recruited a group of local artillerymen and other kinds of craftsmen, although the number is not large, but it can also respond to emergencies!

Hearing that Guedes was so motivated, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also showed a satisfied smile, and then asked him to learn Chinese as soon as possible, as a Tang people, even Chinese will not become a system, and before learning Chinese, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send a translator to him, of course, the salary of this translator will have to be paid by Guedes!

When accompanying Guedes to apply for household registration, he also encountered some troubles, and the people in Zhaoqing Mansion said that let foreigners settle down, which has never been done, what to do, how to go through the procedures I don't know, but it's just some small troubles.

His Majesty has said that those who have made outstanding contributions to the empire and owe allegiance to His Majesty to the Empire from which he is based.

As for the relevant legal provisions, the Ministry of Justice is improving, and it will not take a few days to officially promulgate it.

As a sea and pirate leader, he naturally had a lot of money, and on the spot he took out several hundred taels of silver bills issued by the Royal Bank specifically for the purpose of paying for large amounts of commerce, and the price was not returned, and he directly bought a house.

Unfortunately, he was the only one who became naturalized, and his slaves could not be brought with him, but fortunately, the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced him to an elderly couple to serve as housekeepers and cooks, and of course, the price of letting them serve a foreigner was also quite expensive.

And they, including those from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, don't know that this elderly couple is a serious spy, an agent of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Hanlin Academy!

A foreigner suddenly came over and said that he wanted to live in Zhaoqing, although His Majesty agreed, but the agents of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Hanlin Academy were not at ease, and the spies had to be sent.

In fact, not only is this housekeeper and cook a spy, but in fact, one of Guedes's neighbors is also disguised by a spy from the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Hanlin Academy

And these things, Guedes naturally does not know!

After buying a house and registering his household registration, Guedes ran out every day like a bird who had just entered heaven, wandering around the streets and alleys, fortunately accompanied by a translator from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who had spent a lot of money to hire him, otherwise he would be beaten to death as a demon every minute.

After indulging for a few days, he also collected his heart and began to prepare to do business, what a serious matter, naturally a craftsman!