"My God!! You see, they're white! ”

This exclamation on the harbor can be said to be full of drama.

After all, ever since they learned that New York had been loaned to the Ming Dynasty, words about "infidels" and "barbarians" had been circulating in people's mouths, but perhaps the most frightening thing was their speculation about the similar skin color of the Ming and the Indians.

However, after the "Meizhou" entered the port, after seeing the appearance of those soldiers clearly, a dramatic scene appeared.

At this moment, everyone immediately stretched out their heads, wanting to see what was going on. Really. The next moment they were greeted by the savage Tatars they had imagined, nor the barbarians who resembled the Indians. It's a group of fair-skinned people who are different from them. Although they differed from the Europeans, they had a very different skin color from the Indians, and even some of them had slightly darker skin tones, which they selectively ignored.

In fact, as early as the first contact between the Daming and the Europeans, the European missionaries noticed the difference between the Daming people and the natives of Southeast Asia, they believed that the Chinese were white like the Europeans, but near tropical Guangzhou, their skin color was slightly brown, especially the island residents near the mainland, except for the Chinese in Guangdong Province who had a little brown skin, the people in the rest of the provinces were white, no different from the white of the Europeans, and the further north they went, the whiter the skin of the Chinese became.

Almost all of the missionaries also think so, they think that the Ming people are a group of fair-skinned, tall and handsome, enviable, of course, this identification in Zhu Mingzhong's view, I am afraid it is also a civilization advantage, so that Europeans are more inclined to regard the Ming people as slightly different from the "white" skin color of the "whites" in southern Europe and other places.

Now, the reason why these people in New York have this impression is because of the distance and because the black coats on the officers and soldiers make their skin whiter. And more importantly, there is the psychological delusion, which makes them prefer to believe that the Ming people are white.

At the very least, it can give them a little comfort and a little bit of security.

After "discovering" that the Ming people were actually "white", the people who were originally nervous finally breathed a sigh of relief, until the ship docked in the port, when the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty disembarked with the password, looking at those Ming officers and soldiers with ruddy faces and tall figures, many people on the dock even had a feeling of shame.

Because compared to the neat clothes of the Ming soldiers, only a few of them are dressed neatly, most of them are very shabby, and because they do not take a bath like the people in their old homes in Europe, their complexion looks extremely ugly, and they are unkempt like a group of beggars. It is no wonder that these unkempt beggars think that the Ming people are "white".

Because he had already been prepared, but after getting off the ship, although Peng Peng was so choked by the smell of New York that he almost coughed, it was stinking compared to the London summer. In New York in winter, after a heavy snowfall, the stench has decreased a lot, which also allows him to maintain a polite demeanor.

When Peng Peng met with the governor of New York, the soldiers standing in line could feel the hot stares cast around them, and now, they were immune to it, if it weren't for the abstinence of the voyage and the need to indulge, maybe they would have lost interest in women because of their experiences in Europe—they had all experienced severe psychological trauma in Europe—and when they were looking forward to finding a woman, they felt that those women smelled like an old goat, all seasons, Finally resisted the thought of vomiting, and the other party grinned as if flatteringly, but immediately showed a mouth full of uneven, black or yellow bad teeth, and spewed out a breath like a dung pit from his red lips......

It's like a nightmare!

I don't know how many people, so I almost lost interest in women. It's just that they don't know that their eyes do not squint, but in the eyes of women, they have become a gentlemanly demeanor that ordinary people do not have, far from being comparable to those "native hats of England", coupled with their neat clothes, which also attracted a look of admiration.

In the eyes of all, the fragile nerves of the people, who had been worried a few days ago, would be transformed into a "civilized man", and the fragile nerves of the people were finally comforted as they watched the Governor walk confidently from the wooden trestle towards the dock, accompanied by the Governor.

At least, at this moment, they no longer need to worry about their future fate as they did in the past.

It seems, it seems, that they are a truly civilized bunch!

Almost all of them had the idea of respecting the well-dressed and then the people, and throughout the ages, even the Europeans were the same, and when they saw the neatly dressed Ming soldiers, they looked at their clothes and compared them with the unkempt beggar-like British soldiers, and naturally felt that the former were civilized people, while the latter were just a group of vulgar civilians.

Almost instantly, the resistance began to loosen.

"Your Excellency the Governor, welcome to New York."

Faced with elegant manners and richly dressed magnificence, Richard Nichols, who was himself a servant of the Duke of York, immediately returned to the state he had in England, a lowly servant. In the past few years, the sense of superiority that had been built up with great difficulty all collapsed in this instant.

He even subconsciously said flatteringly.

"Oh, my lord, you've had a hard journey, do you need to rest first?"

"Not yet, I need to talk to the people here."

Peng Peng turned a blind eye to Richard Nichols's flattery, and he even took the initiative to put aside the former governor, took a few steps forward, calmed down first, and then said with a straight face.

"The people of New York, this official is the Governor of New York, and governs this place on behalf of His Majesty Ming!"

Because in Dutch, there is no such thing as "Daitian herdsman", so he can only change the word.

"Please rest assured that under the rule of my Ming Dynasty, your life will never be affected in any way, and unlike European countries, I will never interfere with your religious beliefs, whether you are Catholics, Protestants or Puritans, in the eyes of this official, you are all people under my Ming rule, and the government will never force you to convert to other religions......"

Maybe no one thought that Peng Peng would be on the dock, directly to the people to give a speech, in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, this is a very simple thing, when the local officials take office, the local gentry will always be outside the city gate to greet, and the inaugural officials need to be outside the city gate, to those gentry to say, he is a herdsman on behalf of the sky, so many great reasons, as for what he will do in the future, I'm afraid only God knows.

However, all this was so foreign to the people here that the whole dock fell silent when he said this. Hundreds of pairs of eyes were full of surprise and more of doubt.

Before that, their biggest fear was that their lives would be changed because of the Ming rule, and the biggest change was religion, but now, the governor promised that he would never force them to convert.

"Your Excellency, do you mean that we can continue to worship in the church in public?"

Father Andrei, who was standing in the front row, took the initiative to ask.

"As long as you don't engage in illegal activities inside the church."

Of course, there is a legal explanation for what constitutes illegal activity, but even such an answer has made Andrei extremely satisfied.

"Any other questions?"

Facing these people with very different appearances, Peng Peng asked with a smile.

Perhaps it was because His Excellency the Governor had shown himself to be close to the people, and William felt a little close, and almost without thinking asked his most important questions.

"Your Excellency, will you raise taxes?"

The sudden question startled the people who were rejoicing that their faith would not be changed, and they all looked at the governor.

Faith is important, but money is even more important.

And, as far as they knew, the Ottomans killed the resistors with butcher's knives every time they occupied a place, and then forced the Catholics to convert to heresy with heavy taxes.

"Of course not, and as far as the official understands at the moment, even in view of the reality of the colony, some of these taxes are unreasonable, and the official will adjust this in the future, but the official can guarantee that there will be no tax increases."

The sentence that there will never be a tax increase is like a reassuring pill, which makes everyone feel uneasy, and suddenly relaxes, and at this time, someone asked on the side.

"Will that increase our taxes because we believe in Christ?"

This was a consistent trick of the Ottomans, and the answer he received was yes.

"Please rest assured, Da Ming will never raise taxes on you because of differences in beliefs! Whether in the colony or in the Ming Dynasty. ”

The moment his words fell, thunderous applause immediately erupted on the dock. Evidently the populace was touched by the Governor's kindness and proximity. The hostility and rejection that had accumulated over the past few days vanished in an instant with the Governor's explanation.

Instead, there were bursts of friendly welcomes, and in the midst of people's welcomes, Peng Peng still returned the salute quite elegantly.

Looking at this scene from afar, Nie Ping, as the captain of the future colonial guard, knew that the most difficult level at the moment had been passed, he exhaled lightly, and then said to himself.

"Okay, we're basically settled here now, this is our place."

The captain who was standing beside him nodded quietly and said.

"Oh, this is only temporary, if you want to gain a foothold here, you have to have our people come over, the question is, when will the country send immigrants over! Perhaps, now the country does not even know that we have acquired a colony in America. ”