The three boats have docked, the first to get off the boat is Zhao Xiande, he came to watch the crowd anxiously looking for his wife and children, because there are too many people who came to the official website, Zhao Xiande took a long time to see his wife and son, Li and his son have already seen their husband, but there are too many onlookers, although they came by carriage, but Liujiagang has already been surrounded by people, plus there is a place to make room for the officials to welcome Zhao Xiande, so it is even more crowded, Li's mother and son didn't want to squeeze too forward, but the mood of looking forward to their husband and father made them keep anxiously watching the approaching boat.

Zhao Xiande, who had not returned home for more than half a year, was very excited to see his wife and children, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to pick up the mother and son. I don't care about this moment.

Zhao Xiande also knew the severity, and after straightening his clothes, he saluted the local officials in Taicang first, but with this salute, Zhao Xiande found the problem, how did these officials become so ...... today How to say it, so honest and honest, in the past, these officials always squeezed their money as if they were never satisfied, although this is just a drop in the bucket for today's Zhao Xiande, but it also makes him unhappy, but today, Zhao Xiande saw a different scene, he prepared a lot of red envelopes for gifts when he was on the boat, including gold and silver, and precious jewelry, but just now when he secretly stuffed the red envelopes to these officials, they secretly pushed the red envelopes back, Zhao Xiande was inexplicable at first, but then there was panic, his panic was not unreasonable, after all, China's ranking of agriculture and industry since ancient times, the status of businessmen is extremely low, he is worried that these officials may have taken a fancy to his huge profits in the past three years, and want to knock him hard, but what worries him the most is not money, but whether it will hurt his family.

But then, Zhao Xiande was no longer alarmed, because he was going to visit those officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River, including the prefects and eunuchs from all over the country, and as soon as he arrived in front of those people, they told him that there was now a minister of the imperial court, and now the Son of Heaven was out to patrol the south of the Yangtze River, and he happened to be here, and this time he also came to welcome his return.

When Zhao Xiande first heard it, he was indeed a little surprised, he really didn't expect that there would be a minister of the imperial court to greet him, although in Europe, Zhao Xiande has seen many princes and nobles, and those people because Zhao Xiande brought them exquisite luxury enjoyment, plus Europeans do not discriminate against merchants, but reverence their adventurous spirit, so Zhao Xiande is quite at home when he is in Europe, but he still has a concept formed since he was a child, and he has a sense of awe for officials, Now that he heard that Qin Cha came to greet him, Zhao Xiande was naturally very in awe in his heart.

It's just that in awe, Zhao Xiande is not without care in his heart, he has vaguely guessed what Zhang Fan is doing here from the behavior of those officials just now, saying that he is parading on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but he is actually here to check taxes, but Zhao Xiande is not optimistic about this matter, because if this Qin Cha can't wipe out these corrupt officials, when he is gone, these people will definitely come to exploit themselves even harder, if Zhang Fan can really wipe out these corrupt officials, someone will always be this official at that time. At that time, it was not the same that they continued to exploit, treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

However, Zhao Xiande just thought about these things in his heart and suppressed them, and didn't take them to heart, he didn't expect these, he just hoped to make a fortune in peace.

Coming to Zhang Fan, Zhao Xiande didn't have time to see what Zhang Fan looked like, so he went down: "Grass people Zhao Xiande, returning from the ocean, Lord Lao Qin deigned to come to greet him in person, I am really ashamed, thank you, my lord,"

Zhang Fan didn't stop him, after all, his current identity is the imperial court, and he is the identity of the Son of Heaven, and it is normal for Zhao Xiande to be defeated, he waited for Zhao Xiande to finish speaking, and then he said: "Get up,"

Zhao Xiande was already a little surprised when he heard Zhang Fan's voice, he thought that most of the ministers were old men over half a hundred years old, even if they weren't, they were middle-aged people who were not confused, but when he listened to Zhang Fan's voice, he felt that the Qincha in front of him was very young, and when he stood up and looked, he was even more surprised, Zhang Fan in front of him was just a young and handsome, beautiful son, and in an instant he thought in his heart, thinking that Zhang Fan was just a descendant of a prince and nobleman, and his determination to thoroughly investigate corrupt officials was immediately greatly discounted.

Zhang Fan looked at Zhao Xiande in front of him and was also surprised, but it was mainly because of Zhao Xiande's dress.

This Zhao Xiande is still wearing an ordinary green cloth robe outside, but Zhang Fan can see the exposed lace edge through the neckline and cuffs, and immediately he knew that he was wearing a European-style shirt, Zhang Fan couldn't help but want to laugh when he looked at him, and the other officials on the side also noticed Zhao Xiande's dress, but they didn't see the shirt or anything, they just felt weird, and they didn't think it was funny, but Zhang Fan, who had seen him wearing it like this, suddenly laughed in his heart, and he wanted to laugh out loud, but he wanted to take care of his current image, so the whole face was distorted.

Zhao Xiande didn't know the reason, but Zhang Fan saw his increasingly puzzled face, and hurriedly said, "Tea ......"

Originally, Yingyue should have done it for her, but now the little girl only looked at the treasure ship she had never seen in surprise, plus she hated Luo Ling'er, who had been entangled with Zhang Fan, and couldn't help but stay away, and didn't notice Zhang Fan's words, but Luo Ling'er, who had been staying by Zhang Fan's side, had a delicate heart, she was deterred by Liu Shan, and was worried that she couldn't get close to Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan hurriedly took it and drank it in a big gulp, only then did he suppress the urge to laugh out loud, and he immediately glanced at Luo Ling'er very gratefully, Luo Linger, a fireworks woman with countless benefactors, was actually blushed by Zhang Fan's grateful eyes without any lust, but Zhang Fan didn't see it, and Liu Shan on the side saw it, and his heart was already happy, and he secretly thought that Zhang Fan had taken the bait, but Yingyue occasionally turned around and found the situation here, and couldn't help but be even more resentful.

Zhang Fan didn't know this, he turned around and said to Zhao Xiande: "You came back today, you must have been tired, it's noon now, you must be going to eat, and there are many people here, it's not a place to talk, the official has a lot of things to ask you, I will have someone come over to pick you up in the afternoon,"

"Yes, the grass people are waiting for you," Zhao Xiande said.

Zhang Fan left immediately, after all, his identity was there, and he went to eat with a civilian, especially a businessman, and this matter would definitely attract criticism from others.

Zhang Fan and the others had no intention of staying here for a long time, so they only stayed temporarily in the county government in Taicang, but Zhang Fan, who had just returned, found that Yingyue had been pouting beside him, as if he had been wronged, Zhang Fan just wanted to go over and ask to understand, but Yingyue was far away, as if he did not want to get close to Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan didn't know the reason at first, but he looked at Luo Ling'er, who had been following him, and then understood the reason, but it was not good to drive Luo Ling'er away for no reason, so he had to smile helplessly in his heart.

Until Shen Shi, Zhang Fan estimated that he had a lot of time, and asked people to call that Zhao Xiande, he did have a lot of things to ask him.

When Liang Chao came back to his life, his face was quite weird, Zhang Fan was still a little puzzled at first, because Liang Chao was very stable on weekdays, but now he had such an expression, but then he understood why, Zhao Xiande did not come by himself, there were two figures behind him, Zhang Fan looked at it, okay, a man and a woman, it is rare to wear cumbersome elegant dresses, but his face has been sweating, about thirty years old; The woman is wearing a long dress with a corset waist and a leaky chest, and the skirt is still a European style cylinder skirt, but the appearance is young and beautiful, but the most important thing is that these two people are blonde hair and blue eyes that Zhang Fan has never seen since he crossed over.

"Lord Qincha," Zhao Xiande first saluted Zhang Fan, and then said: "These two are from Portugal in Europe, which we often call the envoys of Francis, and were sent by their emperor Philip II. Sosa, a diplomat sent by the Portuguese Emperor, was Joanna. Baron Oliveira, now a member of the Portuguese army, this ...... Lieutenant, they were sent here by their Emperor,"

Zhang Fan was not surprised, after all, he had seen too many foreigners in his previous life, and the people around Zhang Fan were different, they had seen Hu people, but it was the first time they had seen such a "Hu person", and they couldn't help but be very curious. Sosa, they still can see through it, and that Joanna. Oliveira they can't get used to it, for their aesthetic standards, this is really too ugly, and when they heard Zhao Xiande introduce this woman actually thought that she was a baron, and when she was still serving in the women's middle school, everyone felt even more incredible, but Yingyue and Luo Linger had a good impression of Joanna, after all, she also did something to increase the woman's morale in their minds, didn't there be a thing about Mulan joining the army.

"Welcome to the two of you who have come to our country from far and wide, my name is Zhang Fan, and I am the Earl of Qincha of the Emperor of our country," Zhang Fan stood up very solemnly and saluted the two of them with a European salute, and even when he was thinking about Joanna's salute, Zhang Fan also kissed his hand, which made the two people who knew the etiquette and Zhao Xiande very surprised, I don't know why Zhang Fan knew this etiquette, and the people around Zhang Fan felt that Zhang Fan was too Meng Lang, especially Yingyue and Luo Ling'er, their faces were slightly red, But Liu Shan on the side suddenly rose up, and thought in his heart: "I didn't expect this Zhang Fan to be so lustful at a young age, and he was actually in the hands of the woman he met for the first time," and then he looked at Luo Ling'er again, and then at Joanna, who seemed to be a saltless girl in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel very relieved.

Zhang Fan doesn't speak Portuguese, but he doesn't worry, since Zhao Xiande brought these two people over, he must be prepared, sure enough, Zhao Xiande used words that the Han people present couldn't understand to the two of them, these two people heard that Zhang Fan was so young but had become an earl, and now it was the Ming Emperor's chase, their faces immediately showed a surprised expression, and then the two immediately saluted Zhang Fan respectfully, what else did they say, in their minds, Zhang Fan can enjoy such a high position at such a young age, There is only one possibility for them, that is, they have an extremely prominent family background, and the Europeans have great reverence for the aristocracy, especially the nobility of the family.

Zhao Xiande immediately translated: "My lord, they really didn't expect to meet such a noble earl when they first arrived in my Daming, and they would like to express their most sincere greetings to you,"

"No need to do this," Zhang Fan said very politely, and then invited them to sit down, and the free maid in the county government immediately sent tea, and when the two of them looked at the women who observed the water delivery here were wearing clothes made of extremely well-cut silk, they faintly admired this originally mysterious eastern country even more.

And when they drank the tea sent by the maids, the kind of medium color that was completely different from what Zhao Xiande brought, and the fragrance of the high-quality tea immediately filled the mouths and stomachs of the two, and they couldn't help but admire it even more, now the upper class society in Europe has developed the habit of drinking tea, and the same is true for these two, but they can only taste the ordinary tea here, and the price is extremely expensive, but the two do not blame Zhao Xiande for not shipping the best tea, Because those tea leaves are already sky-high in today's Europe, and now the two of them have drunk such excellent tea, but they are fantasizing about the price of this tea in their minds.

Zhang Fan naturally didn't know what they were thinking, so he immediately asked, "I don't know what the two of you are doing here?"

The two listened to Zhao Xiande's translation, and exchanged words for a while, using a language that Zhao Xiande had never heard of, Zhao Xiande looked at Zhang Fan's eyes and couldn't help revealing helplessness, and shook his head.

However, Zhang Fan was happy when he heard it, these two people spoke in English, Zhang Fan passed the English level 8 exam that year, and the actual level reached level 10, and most of the English taught in China is an authentic London accent, although it is slightly different from the English of hundreds of years ago, but it is still difficult for Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan only listened to the two of them discussing whether to tell himself about something, Joanna wanted to ask Zhang Fan about something, but Richard disagreed, although the two of them did not say what it was, but Zhang Fan could guess some, after all, the sixteenth century was the era of the great development of world navigation and the rise of the colonial era, Zhang Fan could vaguely guess what they were talking about,