As he expected, the treaty of friendship and mutual assistance signed with the Ming Dynasty was unanimously praised within the Portuguese noble circle, and all the nobles praised him for finding a strong ally for Portugal, so he rose from the fringes of the Fuguo aristocracy to the core decision-making level.

The signing of the treaty of friendship and mutual assistance not only made him glorious, but also made the Quir Nino family gain huge benefits, the last time from the Ming Dynasty Western trade back to buy back high-grade porcelain, high-grade tea and silk caused a sensation among the nobles of various countries, a auction made the Qui Nino family's wealth swell rapidly, and finally the profit reached a terrifying more than 80 million taels of silver!

Although they divided half of the profits to Conde's Dinonha family according to the agreement, only half of it had already made his family's power in the core of Portugal's aristocratic circle, and now he and Conde's status were no different. That's not all, he has signed a long-term supply agreement with Daming Western Commerce, which is equivalent to monopolizing the official foreign trade of Daming, and every month the Quir Nino family will get tens of millions of taels of silver from it!

The wealth of the European continent is astonishing now, and as he knows, Portugal has obtained nearly 300,000 kilograms of gold from its development in Africa in recent decades, and Spain has obtained more than 200,000 kilograms of gold and more than 20 million kilograms of silver from its development in the Americas in recent decades! Such a huge wealth has caused prices to soar in the European continent, and you can't buy things even if you have money, let alone high-end luxury goods, so Daming's high-end porcelain, high-end tea and silk are basically auctioned on the European continent, no way, everyone is too rich, and there are so many high-end luxury goods!

Da Ming can be said to be a huge cash cow, and now there is only one person under this cash cow, Shi Vera, all he has to do is to stand firmly under this tree and not let others set foot on it. How do you occupy this position? Naturally, he is desperately trying to tie up with the Ming magnates, and he has sent one million taels of silver to Nicola, the king of Zhennan, to temporarily retain his position as the exclusive agent, and now what he has to do is to use all means to tie up the biggest magnate in the Ming Dynasty: His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire!

How much does it take to impress His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire? This question is really a headache, as far as he knows, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is not short of money, a Ming Western trade can make him a profit of tens of millions of taels a month, I heard that he also has a bigger Rixinglong business, and the profit is more than 10 million taels a month!

Just when Shi Vera had a headache, Nicola, the king of Zhennan, wrote to him and told him that His Majesty, the great emperor of the Ming Empire, wanted to buy some iron ore with him. Bully me Chinese is not good, right!

But after a short period of anger, Schvera jumped up in surprise, iron ore is not gold and silver, how much can that thing be worth, a million kilograms do not cost a million taels of silver. What an opportunity, don't miss it!

As long as you know what you want, I'm afraid you don't want anything, iron ore, I'll find it for you, you want two million catties, I'll send you two million kilograms!

So, Schvila wrote to the governors of various places for help: Is there any iron ore? Sell them all to me, the price is negotiable!

Now Schvila's status in the aristocratic circle is very different from before, and the governors everywhere are a little tempted to scold him, isn't it iron ore, it's easy to say, and besides, it's not that he doesn't give money, so two million kilograms of iron ore will soon be scrapped.

If others want to slap him, he also wants to slap His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, and he naturally won't miss such a good opportunity, so he followed the fleet escorting iron ore to Beijing.

This Dutch is too insidious, there are pirates everywhere, and the Dongying people are also very shameless, there are many pirates under the Dutch, and more pirates themselves, and the coast of Daming can be said to be a pirate den. Fortunately, there is Nikolai's fleet to protect it, otherwise it would be dangerous, I heard that he used to be a pirate, and he is also the biggest pirate leader......

Shi Weila followed the eunuch, thinking as he walked, and soon came to the place where the Ming Emperor received him.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong had already changed into a dragon robe, and sat in the imperial study dignified waiting for Shi Weila to come to visit, Zheng Chenggong's kid was also wearing a dragon robe and standing next to him like a dog! There was no way for this kid to clamoring to follow, saying that he hadn't seen a foreigner for a long time, Zhu Cijiong was so big by his quarrel that he could only reluctantly agree.

Soon Svera came in under the guidance of the eunuch, and he respectfully knelt down on one knee and saluted: "The Portuguese Empire's envoy Svera meets His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Ming Empire. ”

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said cordially: "No courtesy, Mr. Svera hasn't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

Svera stood up and flattered: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the Emperor, I, oh no, are very good in the next place." ”

Hearing his nondescript title, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "I don't know why Mr. Schvera came." ”

Schvila continued to curry favor: "I heard that His Majesty the Emperor wants iron ore, and I specially sent you four million catties. ”

Four million catties! I only seem to have two million catties, you can't be too much iron ore and want to blackmail me for money, right? Zhu Cijiong's face was blank, and he asked lightly: "Oh, four million catties, how much is it worth?" ”

Shi Weila didn't pay attention to Zhu Cijiong's expression, he had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and now His Majesty the Emperor finally asked the price, he refreshed his mind, according to the script that had been prepared a long time ago, and said impassionedly: "Don't want money, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor won a big victory last year, these are the congratulatory gifts I gave you, to celebrate His Majesty the Emperor's great victory." ”

Send! This guy is very good, not bad, it is worth cultivating, he is trying to cultivate a spokesperson among the powers, and it will be much more convenient to break into the powers when the time comes. Last time, he felt that this Schvera was very good, but he didn't expect this guy to be so good this time, well, that's it.

He pretended to be moved and said: "Oh, Mr. Schwila is too polite, how can I thank you, you are a count in Portugal, so let's do it, I will also make you an earl, the earl of the Ming Dynasty, just call it Count Sincerity, there is still an empty earl's palace in the capital, so I will give you a place to rest." What do you think, would you like to be my Earl of Daming? ”

The Earl of the Ming Empire! That's not bigger than the duke of the Portuguese Empire! In Schvila's view, the stronger the country, the greater the corresponding title, the count is equivalent to a provincial official, and a province in the Ming Dynasty is much larger than the whole of Portugal!

Shi Vera said excitedly: "I am willing, I am willing, thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor." ”

Zheng Chenggong next to him really couldn't stand it, although Zhu Cijiong had already warned him when he came, standing aside and staying honestly, not allowed to speak, but what this foreigner said was too awkward, he was really uncomfortable to listen to, he couldn't help but open his mouth and corrected: "It should be said that Weichen thanks the emperor." ”

Shi Vera was stunned when he heard this, he always thought that the little eunuch standing next to him was a little eunuch, but he didn't expect this little guy to dare to interject, then he might not be a little eunuch, who is this? Shi Weila looked at Zheng Chenggong suspiciously, how did he feel so familiar, he thought about it, Nikolai! Yes, I have heard Nikolai say that his eldest son is very much loved by His Majesty the Emperor and is living in the palace with His Majesty the Emperor.

So, Svera tentatively asked, "Are you the eldest prince of King Nicholas?" “

Zheng Chenggong rolled his eyes and said proudly: "You should say, Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince!" “

Shi Weila knew that he was the eldest son of the Nikolai family when he heard his tone, and he hurriedly followed Zheng Chenggong's meaning, bowed and said, "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince." “

Zheng Chenggong nodded with satisfaction: "Well, this is about the same." “

Now he is satisfied, Zhu Cijiong is not satisfied, tell you kid not to speak, what are you interfering here?

He coughed dryly and said majestically: "Count Svera, I don't know if you will be free tomorrow?" “

What can Shi Vera do, he is here to talk to Zhu Cijiong, he hurriedly replied: "Weichen is free tomorrow." “

It sounded much more comfortable like this, and Zheng Chenggong nodded with satisfaction. Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes angrily, this is to meet foreign envoys, this kid is here to make trouble for him, he really shouldn't let this kid come.

Zhu Cijiong glanced at Shi Weila and found that he did not have a strange expression, perhaps in the eyes of foreigners, the prince could be a little more casual in front of the emperor. Zhu Cijiong breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I'm going to inspect the trained new army tomorrow, I wonder if Count Svera is interested in accompanying me?" “

He is not temporary, he is indeed going to Zunhua tomorrow, one is to see the drills of the Tianxiong Army and the Second Legion of the Praetorian Guard, and the other is to buy people's hearts, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, the emperor will visit them in person during the Lantern Festival, can they not be moved!

Now it happens that Shi Vera is here, so naturally he wants to take him to see, he has been showing his force in front of Shi Wei La, just to let him see the strength of Da Ming, so that he can go back to publicize. Portugal is now ruled by Spain, and these people want to rebel and restore the country, so they naturally want to find strong allies everywhere, so that they can see the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and they will naturally make a lot of money, and then there will be more benefits.

Shi Vera had already seen His Majesty's Praetorian Guard last time, it was a shock, he went back and bragged, and sure enough, he was unanimously praised in the circle of the nobles of the restored country, this time there was such a good opportunity, he naturally wanted to follow, so that he could continue to brag when he went back. The stronger the Ming Empire, the higher his status in the aristocratic circle will be, you must know that the ally of the Ming Empire was pulled by him, this is his greatest political capital.

Thinking of this, Shi Weila said excitedly: "Wechen is interested, Wechen is willing to accompany His Majesty to review the army." “