Shi Weila sat on the fast boat sent by the Ming Empire to escort him, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, and he could see from a small warship that the Ming Empire was really terrifying.

He hadn't seen this kind of small warship before, but it was all from a distance, and he could see a shape, and he couldn't see anything at all.

For example, the erection of artillery, it is not unusual to install artillery on ships, most of the armed merchant ships in Europe are equipped with artillery, but when the armed merchant ships of European countries are loaded with artillery, they generally make a gun carriage or simply fix the gun carriage of the battleship on the deck, and the gun carriage of the Ming Empire is specially designed at a glance, and it is quite well-made, whether it is the base or the adjustment mechanism are processed very finely, there is almost no flaw!

Another example is fasteners, the merchant ships or warships of European countries are not without fasteners, but they are generally used in the important parts of the keel and the hull connection, and the fasteners are relatively rough, where like the Ming Empire, the cabin and even the seats are fixed with fasteners, and they have undergone fine processing, and they all look exquisite and abnormal.

He has not been out for a year or two, he has almost sat on the merchant ships and warships of Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France and other European powers, and has carefully observed, and it can be seen from many details that the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Empire far exceeds that of Europe for decades or even hundreds of years!

It would be nice if such a super-empire could help its homeland, and Portugal urgently needs such a strong backer.

He was the first governor of Macau sent by Portugal after the liberation from Spanish rule, and his term was originally only three years, but he was re-elected because he worked hard to learn the language of the Ming Empire during his time in Macau, and at the same time got along well with the local officials of the Ming Empire.

If there were no accidents, he should have returned to Portugal after finishing this year, but he suddenly received an order from home to make every effort to seek the help of the Ming Empire, and if he could complete this task, he would continue to be re-elected as the governor!

This Governor of Macao is lacking, because the strength of the Ming Empire is not only in shipbuilding technology, the production of civilian materials in the Ming Empire is also far beyond other countries, many things are made by the Ming Empire is better than other countries, and the Ming Empire has many special products, as long as it is resold a little, it can earn huge profits.

With the convenience of this governor, he can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, and he naturally doesn't want to give up this kind of beauty.

He wanted to be re-elected, but he was not sure that he would persuade the Ming Empire to help Portugal, or even form an alliance with Portugal, because the Ming Empire was too far away from the European continent, and the cost of helping them was too great.

How to convince His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire or the Duke of Wei Guo, who is in power?

He thought about it for two days, but there was still no good way, but at this time, he had no time to think, because the capital of the Ming Empire was about to arrive.

The sun was high, fifty light ironclad ships lined up in a neat formation into Tanggu New Port, and soon, Shi Vera took a few entourage guards to board a large dock, at this time, the Ming Empire's Ministry of Rites officials were already waiting on the dock, Shi Vela stepped forward and greeted a few more familiar officials of the Ministry of Rites enthusiastically, and then followed them into the carriage and rushed to the train station.

Train, this thing Schvera has been on more than once, but every time he sits on it, he can't help but sigh, the Ming Empire is really amazing, they can make this kind of iron car with its own power to run on land!

The train swayed for about three hours, and the capital of the Ming Dynasty finally arrived, but at this time, the sun had set, and it was about to get dark, and the officials of the Ming Empire did not take him to meet their Emperor Majesty, but took him to the Huitong Hall, entertained him well, and then began to teach him etiquette.

The last time he came over, he was not received by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, so he didn't know that the etiquette of the Ming Empire was so troublesome, and he had to lie on the ground, and His Majesty the Emperor didn't let him get up, so he couldn't get up!

The popular thing in Europe at this time is to stroke the chest, just bend down a little to mean it, and the Ming Empire is still popular with this kind of kneeling ceremony!

To tell the truth, Shi Vera refused in his heart, but he didn't dare not do it, because he came to ask the Ming Empire this time, if he didn't even follow the minimum etiquette, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire would probably be unhappy on the spot, and he would have no hope.

After tossing for nearly half an hour, he finally learned the rules of this set of etiquette, and at this time he was also tired, and just arrived at the luxurious room arranged for him by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and lay down on the bed, he fell asleep.

The next morning, before dawn, he was woken up by the faint sound of bells and drums and shouts, "Long live my emperor, long live long live!" Hearing this neat shout, he knew that this was the beginning of the early dynasty unique to the Ming Empire.

He hurriedly got up and washed up, and then accompanied by a Ming official, followed by two teams of brocade guards through a few streets, came to the imperial city of the Ming Empire, and passed through a few checkpoints, came to the magnificent noon gate, and then stood there and waited.

The officials of the Great Ming Rite Department had already told him that His Majesty the Emperor would not be able to receive him until after the early dynasty, so he had to wait here until the end of the early dynasty.

Fortunately, there were no major matters to discuss on this day, and in less than half an hour, he heard a huge mountain cry again, and soon, countless officials of the Ming Empire poured out of the small city gates on both sides of the noon gate.

These officials, one by one, looked solemn, bowed their heads and walked quickly, no one turned their heads to look at Shi Vera standing on the side, Shi Wei La was full of shock to look at these officials, he was shocked more than once in his heart, there are so many officials in the Ming Empire, there are more officials in the capital alone than all the officials in their entire Portugal combined!

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the officials finally finished, and immediately afterward, there was a relay chant from the noon gate: "Announcement of the Portuguese envoy's audience." "Announcing the presence of Portuguese envoys. "Announcing the presence of Portuguese envoys. ”

Shi Weila hurriedly tidied up the dress on his body, then lowered his head and followed behind the officials of the Daming Rite Department, walked quickly from the small city gate on the side into the noon gate, walked across the Jinshui Bridge, and came to the square in front of the Imperial Palace.

I don't know how long I walked, but the official of the Great Ming Rites Department finally raised his hand to signal him to stop, and then lay on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, the Portuguese envoy has brought it." ”

A majestic and distant voice came from the front: "No courtesy, flat body." ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly got up and stood aside respectfully, Shi Vera gritted his teeth, and according to the etiquette he learned last night, he respectfully lay on the ground and shouted: "The special envoy of the King of Portugal, the Governor of Macao, Shi Vera, pays a visit to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire. ”