Shi Vera excitedly followed behind the Ministry of Rites officials and entered the palace again, he only felt that his whole body was about to float.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I thought that the extremely difficult task was completed so easily, and he didn't sell any interests, the Ming Empire didn't open its mouth, asking for gold, silver and even colonies, they only asked Portugal to open all the colonies, which in his opinion would not cause much loss to Portugal at all.

He had already begun to fantasize about His Majesty's commendation, he had completed this task that decided the fate of Portugal so well, and had obtained the help of the Ming Empire at such a small price, what would His Majesty reward himself?

The Governor must be sitting firmly, will His Majesty award himself a knighthood?

It is very likely that as long as the Ming Empire helps Portugal get out of the crisis, it is really possible for him to become a member of the aristocracy, and perhaps, in the future, others will call him Count Schvera!

He thought about it all the way, and he didn't pay attention to where the officials of the Ministry of Rites were taking him, of course, even if he paid attention, it was useless, because the imperial city and palace of the Ming Empire were too big, too big to imagine, for him, this place was like a labyrinth, even if he paid attention, he didn't know where he went.

After about a quarter of an hour, the officials of the Ministry of Rites finally led him into a large hall, where His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire was sitting on the high steps and looking at him with a majestic face.

Seeing this, Shi Weila hurriedly lowered his head, his eyes secretly watching the steps of the officials in front of him.

The official of the Ministry of Rites slowly took two steps forward, then lay on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Portuguese envoy has brought it." ”

The majestic voice of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire came from the front: "Excuse me, be flat." ”

As soon as the official of the Ministry of Rites stood up, Shi Vera hurriedly lay on the ground and said loudly: "The special envoy of the King of Portugal, Shi Vera has met His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire. ”

The majestic voice of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire came from the front: "Excuse me, flat, and sit." ”

Sitting?

This is a rite official who introduced him to him, and sometimes His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire will also give people a seat, that is, let people sit down and talk to him, which is a great honor, and only a few people can get this treatment.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire gave himself such a great honor, and he was a little overwhelmed with excitement.

Of course, even if he wasn't excited, he didn't know what to do, because he didn't know where to sit on this gift, and His Majesty the Emperor wouldn't let him sit on the ground, right?

Schvila stood up in a daze, and just as he didn't know what to do, the official of the Ministry of Rites next to him suddenly waved his hand and motioned for him to go to the left.

He subconsciously looked up to the left, and the Ming Empire's Wei Guogong was sitting behind a small table on the left, smiling and nodding at him.

He seemed to understand a little that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire did not particularly look down on himself so he gave himself a seat, but for the convenience of drawing up an agreement, because there was a pen and paper on the table, and it was obvious that he was going to draw up an alliance agreement between the two countries.

He held back the excitement in his heart, slowly walked to the small table, and gave Wei Guogong a chest salute, and then sat down carefully.

As soon as he sat down, Wei Guogong placed the two scrolls in front of him, slowly unfolded them, and then raised his hand to signal him to take a closer look.

This should be the alliance agreement, he lowered his head and looked, yes, it is the alliance agreement, because the beginning of the scroll reads "Alliance Agreement between the Ming Empire and the Kingdom of Portugal", the header of the two scrolls is the same, but the whole text is in Chinese characters, and the back is half empty, probably asking him to write the agreement on it again in Portuguese.

He read it carefully twice word by word, no problem, no problem at all, the agreement is very clear, the Ming Empire only requires Portugal to open all its colonies, so that the merchants of the Ming Empire can do business freely, and they will send troops to safeguard the interests of their allies, and it is also specially noted that the gold and silver of the colonies and other benefits The Ming Empire does not take a penny, all of them belong to Portugal!

It was simply wonderful, he excitedly picked up the quill on the table, turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Your Royal Highness, is this for me to write the agreement again in Portuguese and add it to the back?" ”

Zhang Bin smiled and nodded: "Yes, but in order to avoid mistakes in translation, you'd better translate it on the blank paper next to you first, and write it down after being confirmed by our general translator." ”

When Shi Vera heard this, he nodded again and again: "It's still thoughtful for His Royal Highness the Duke, and it's really not good to write recklessly without making a little preparation." ”

With that, he pulled out a blank piece of paper and quickly translated the contents of the agreement.

The agreement wasn't very long, and in a few moments he finished translating it.

Zhang Bin turned out the manuscript paper he had translated, and invited the general translator of the Huitong Pavilion to check it himself, and then nodded with a smile and said: "Well, there is no problem, Your Excellency the Governor, please write the content of the agreement in Portuguese at the back of the agreement, and please write both copies." ”

Shi Weila nodded again and again in gratitude, then picked up the pen and carefully wrote on the formal agreement, in less than half an hour, he wrote the two formal agreements, Zhang Bin asked the general translator to check it again, then stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the agreement is written." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said majestically: "Submit it." ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly picked up the two agreements as he said, held them high above his head, and soon a eunuch came up to take the agreement and respectfully handed it to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong spread the agreement on the dragon case in front of him and looked at it pretendedly, and then picked up the brush without hesitation and signed his name, and then asked the eunuch to stamp the big seal on it, and then said loudly: "I agree to form an alliance with your country, and I hope that your country can abide by the agreement and open all colonies to the merchants of my Ming Empire." These two agreements of alliance will be brought to you by the Duke of Wei with his own army, and the agreement will come into force after your majesty the king signs and confirms it. ”

It's so simple, it's really done, Shi Weila stood up excitedly, touched his chest with his hand, bowed deeply and thanked: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire." ”

This alliance with other countries is a very important matter, and it originally needed to be discussed by the court and consulted with the important ministers of the court before it could be signed, but at this time, the entire court was basically under the control of Zhang Bin's "selection" officials, and Zhang Bin agreed, which means that all the important ministers agreed, so Zhu Cihong did not need to consult the opinions of other important ministers of the court at all, as long as Zhang Bin nodded, he also nodded.

Originally, it was not so troublesome to sign the alliance agreement, he could have authorized Zhang Bin to sign the alliance agreement on behalf of Daming and the Portuguese king's envoy Svera, but Zhang Bin suggested that it be signed by the kings of the two countries in person, why is this?

Zhang Bin did this not for anything else, but to personally lead the army to Europe!

He wanted to go to Europe to see it in person, and at the same time set out to implement his plan to pull and fight a wave, so that the Ming Dynasty could join the ranks of the colonial powers as soon as possible.