"Franc Envoy, Richard. Sosa, Joanna. Oliveira, come up to the temple," shouted the eunuch in his high-pitched duck voice.

In other words, the names of the two seem strange to the Ming people, but they are not unacceptable, to a few decades ago, when the first European came, the eunuch who reported the door shouted like this, and now it is just a different name, and the others are no different.

With the sound of the eunuch's announcement, all the ministers in the hall also turned their eyes to the door.

"By the way, Zhang Aiqing," before anyone arrived, Long Qing asked Zhang Fan again, "Will these two speak our words?"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, these two people have been able to understand us for so many days, and they can also speak our words, but they are a little unskilled," Zhang Fan replied, "As long as they are not, they should be able to understand,"

Hearing Zhang Fan's words, everyone smiled, but Zhang Fan's words were tantamount to telling them a piece of news in disguise, that is, the words of Zhihuye, these two people couldn't understand it, so if there was anything about them but it was not good to say it in person, there was no need to deliberately avoid them to discuss.

Put away the smile just now, everyone straightened their faces again, Richard and Joanna had already walked in, for the blonde and blue-eyed appearance of Europeans, although it was rare in the Ming Dynasty, but everyone had also seen it, and no one had any doubts about their appearance at this time.

When the two of them just got off the ship in Tongzhou, they were told that they were going to come to meet Longqing, and they didn't expect that the two of them would hurry back to their cabins to change their clothes, and now, both of them are dressed in court dresses, and Richard is a dress that marks his status as a diplomat, although the Ming Dynasty officials present do not know each other, and Joanna did not wear that gorgeous court dress, but passed a military uniform, which now looks quite heroic.

The two of them came to a slightly front place in the center of the main hall, facing Longqing, and knelt down on one knee, Richard did the etiquette of meeting the emperor in Europe, and Joanna was a woman, but because she was now wearing a military uniform, and did not bow down to ordinary noble women.

"Portuguese Foreign Secretary, Richard. Sosa,"

"Baron, Joanna. Oliveira,"

"In the name of His Majesty Philip II, the Emperor of our country, I will send an envoy to your country to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty,"

Listening to the two of them with a strong accent and speaking extremely fluent Chinese, everyone present smiled, but at this time, after all, it was a diplomatic occasion and it was not appropriate to make noise, so everyone just smiled and did not make any sound.

"Hehe, the two of you came to my Daming from thousands of miles away, it's really hard, please hurry up," Long Qing also said with a smile.

Whether it was Longqing or the ministers below, they didn't have any idea because the two of them didn't kneel down to meet each other, after all, the Ming Dynasty had also received foreign envoys before, and they understood that each country has its own etiquette, which does not need to be forced.

"Your Majesty Emperor Xie," the two said in unison, and stood up.

"Although I Daming calls you Franc Machine, but I heard Zhang Fan say that Franc Machine has two countries, one is called Spain and the other is called Portugal, and you are from Portugal," Long Qing suddenly asked about this matter.

"His Majesty the Emperor is right," said Richard, as a diplomat, to whom he had always answered, "that we are from Portugal,"

"Then I am going to ask you," said Long Qing, "I know that there are a group of Francois in Ho Jing (present-day Macau) who obtained the right to live in Ho Ho Ho Kung from the magistrate of Guangdong, and whether those people are you or the Spaniards,"

"Back to His Majesty, those people are really from our country," said Richard.

"Well, I have a question for you, I've always wanted to ask, but I never had the chance, but now that you're here, I'll ask you to understand," Long Qing said.

"Your Majesty has something to ask, and I will answer honestly," said Richard confidently.

"Back then, under the system of my Ming Dynasty, no matter where the officials were, they had no right to let the people of other countries live in large numbers in the territory of my Ming Dynasty," Long Qing said, "And you actually persuaded the officials there, whether to bribe them, this, sent money,"

As soon as Long Qing said this, everyone present was stunned, whether it was Richard and Joanna, or the Ming officials present, or even Zhang Fan, they didn't expect Long Qing to ask such a question, which is really, a little unbelievable.

"This ......," Richard looked at Joanna, who had not spoken for a long time, and he did not know what to say.

"Back to His Majesty the Emperor, this matter has indeed happened," said Joanna on the side, "but at that time, it was also because the merchants of our country were so eager for your country's goods, and they were blinded by money, so they would do such things, and now they don't do it anymore,"

As soon as Joanna's words came out, everyone was surprised again, Longqing had already scratched their heads when he asked like this, but the other party actually returned like this, even if they were like monkeys, they couldn't imagine it at all.

And hearing Joanna's answer, Richard couldn't help but look at her, he didn't blame Joanna for saying this, after all, Long Qing would ask this, he must have already known some news, he was deliberately lying at this time, but it was not good, Richard was worried about the latter words, now that decades have passed, those Portuguese who have entered the mirror are still bribing local officials in Guangdong.

After thinking about it, Richard also said simply: "Your Majesty, in fact, we came to your country this time, and we also have opinions about this matter and want to discuss with His Majesty the Emperor,"

"Oh, what's the matter," Longqing asked.

"I hope that Your Majesty will allow you to continue to live there for those who live in your country, but every year you want your country to pay taxes, please rest assured that your country does not want to get involved in your country's land, and the security and management of that land is still carried out by your country.

"Well, then, I agreed," Long Qing thought about it, there was no problem, and he could collect some money every year, so he agreed.

He didn't expect it, the two Portuguese didn't think about it, the officials didn't think about it, and even Zhang Fan didn't think that the decision made by Longqing would completely change history.

Originally, it was because the Portuguese bribed the officials of Guangdong to obtain the right to occupy Macao, but when they moved in, they just wanted to import and export goods between them and the Ming Dynasty more conveniently, and did not think about anything else, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty at that time saw that there was money to be taken every year, so they relaxed their vigilance, and even ignored the problems of the Portuguese, completely isolated from them.

Originally, Longqing didn't want people to ask about the lives of those Portuguese, but since they said that this was a sign of respect, Longqing agreed, and in the original history, it was precisely because of the way of the Ming Dynasty that the Portuguese living in Macao were accustomed to exercising their sovereignty, and they even set up and selected officials on their own, because of this, gradually, both the Portuguese and the Ming Dynasty felt that it was legal for the place to be given to the Portuguese. Thus gradually formed the event of the cession of Macau to the Portuguese three hundred years later.

The decision made by Longqing today has completely changed this fact, the Ming Dynasty people began to exercise sovereignty in that place again, where the Portuguese only have the right to live, and have no right to manage, so that they are just a group of tenants who pay rent, not completely occupy the land, and with some things that happen later, it will change history and will not be turned into a colony by the Portuguese.

"I don't know what the emperor of your country sent the two of you for, why it was so sudden, and it didn't even make those people in your country who live in Haojing come over to rule," Long Qing asked again.

"Your Majesty," said Richard, "our country is too far away from your country, and although our envoy to your country this time is the emperor of our country, it is too troublesome to send someone over to rule, so the two of us came directly to your country by boat, and did not let anyone who lives in Haojing come to inform you, and ask your Majesty's forgiveness,"

"Well, that's what happened," said Longqing, "so what are you here for?"

"That's the case, 60 years ago, our country was in a place called Goa in India, like a local tribal leader bought it, and many people in our country went to live there, and now, the tribe next to Goa has openly launched an attack on the residents of our country who live there, in order to maintain the safety of our people, His Majesty Philip II, the emperor of our country, intends to send troops to fight against them, we are here for this matter, I want to ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whether he agrees with this decision of our country," Richard said what he had thought of for a long time, although the purpose of sending troops to attack India was just for money, but in the face of such a powerful civilization empire as the Ming Dynasty, he really couldn't just say the seemingly barbaric idea of his own country, so he had to make up a story and turn his country into a victim.

When the ministers on the side heard his words, they couldn't help but slander, it seems that this European's ability to make up nonsense is not bad, obviously just for money, but now they have made up such a high-sounding reason.

And Long Qing, who was sitting on the emperor's throne, showed a very embarrassed expression at this time.

This expression also made Richard and Joanna's hearts tighten.