It is naturally risky to run on the sea as a diplomatic envoy, but this also satisfies this guy who is full of king-like thoughts, makes him happy, and let him stay in Myanmar to take care of government affairs, which is useless, and Xiao Ruxun, who is good at using talents, arranged an ocean-going task for him.

Before leaving, Matteo Ricci said that before he came to China, he encountered a big storm at the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and almost died, and he didn't know if he would encounter it again this time, and if he did, it would be the end of no bones.

I thought that Chen Longzheng would retreat, but Chen Longzheng looked at Ricci with bright eyes and asked, asking him what kind of sea storm, how terrible, what it looked like, can you describe it, etc., which made Ricci very depressed, and the result still contributed to this action.

Sailors and merchants set out on this meaningful voyage with a fleet of seven large ships, silk and tea, which were in high demand in Europe, and sailors dressed as 300 sailors.

After a year, the two finally returned, and a lot of interesting things must have happened during this period, Xiao Ruxun was most concerned about whether they encountered a storm at sea, and when I asked, there really was!

According to Chen Longzheng's description, the place where the storm at sea was encountered was probably in the Strait of Gibraltar.

At that time, the whole sky and the sea seemed to be completely calm, the sea was like a mirror, it was so smooth that the seabirds that could be seen could not be seen, the wind stopped, everyone went up to the deck to look, and felt that something was not right, and then Mr. Leigh rushed out and shouted to us to find a place to evacuate, there was about to be a big storm at sea, and I thought it was strange, how could there be a big storm when it was so calm?

Mr. Lee said that this is what will happen on the sea, only at sea, will there be such a situation, the sea is completely calm, the wind has stopped, and the seagulls can not see, that is the precursor of the storm at sea, the calmer, the more terrible the storm at sea for a while, although our ship is big, but it is difficult to say whether it can be carried or not, we must find a place to hide.

There is a small island in the place where we sailed, we hurriedly rowed to the vicinity of the island to take refuge, but as soon as we completed the preparations, the whole sky suddenly became dark, I couldn't even believe what I saw, really, Xiao Hou, you can't imagine that feeling, that kind of mountain rain is about to come, the wind is full of buildings, and the black clouds are about to destroy the city, I really understand the state of mind of the ancient poet! ”

Then Chen Longzheng began to describe the following knowledge, lightning and thunder, wind and rain, they felt the majesty of nature for the first time, felt the insignificance of human beings in the whole heaven and earth, and then produced all kinds of philosophical thoughts, and when everything returned to calm, they all had a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, Chen Longzheng described himself as trembling and sitting down, holding the surviving tea bowl, but with a shake of his hand, the tea bowl shattered.

Speaking of this, Chen Longzheng laughed and said that he was really embarrassed at that time, and Matteo Ricci was no better, when the storm began, the whole person lay on the ground to protect his head, no matter how violent the storm was, he didn't get up, the whole thing was like a big groundhog, and after the storm passed, Chen Longzheng went to pull him up, only to find that his legs and feet were numb, and he couldn't even stand up.

Fortunately, the voyage successfully reached its destination, that is, the Republic of Geniana, which at this moment was still an independent and strong maritime republic, and its commercial position in Europe was quite important, and it was the most important financial and trade center in Europe for decades after the decline of Venice and before the rise of London and Rotterdam.

In fact, Xiao Ruxun could have arranged for them to go to England and the Netherlands, but considering that Spain, which is now showing its old age, is launching a non-stop attack on the emerging young Britain, the war between the two countries has not yet ended, and that maritime area is full of war, in order to avoid danger, Gena is the best choice, here is the most developed business and the most national merchants in the whole of Europe, as well as the safest political environment.

The merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty sailed into the Mediterranean Sea and arrived at the port of Gena.

Along the way, because of the special Chinese character flag and the appearance of the sailors on the ship with black hair and yellow eyes, yellow skin has caused heated discussions among the merchant ships, and when the fleet arrived at the port of Genoa and landed, it caused almost 10,000 empty alleys, and countless Europeans rushed to the port to see the legendary "Chinese".

In their memory, this is something that has never happened, it seems to have happened once hundreds of years ago, but it is too far away from them, China, the country of the legendary milk and honey and full of gold, is the collective yearning of Europeans in this era, but not long after they have passed, the Chinese have already arrived.

In the previous decades, European missionaries had been to China, and some had returned from China, describing to them what they had seen and heard in China, rich, civilized, numerous, powerful, this is the most impression, the color-changing skin and black hair and eyes are the physiognomy characteristics of the Chinese, silk porcelain and tea are the specialties of the Chinese, this is all that Europeans know about the Chinese.

However, these imaginary Chinese are never as direct as the Chinese seen in reality, and the news of the Chinese's appearance in the port of Genoa spread throughout the port in a very short time, quickly marching towards the city, and then more fanatical enthusiasm was fed back from the city to the port, and the news even alarmed the governor of Genoa and the bankers.

Chen Longzheng and the Ming sailors did not understand the enthusiasm of these Europeans with different hair colors and different pupil colors but only slightly whiter skin, and Chen Longzheng even thought that these people wanted to besiege the Ming ships because of the contradiction between the Ming and the Franco.

After Matteo Ricci's explanation, Chen Longzheng knew that these people are not the same thing as the so-called Francois at all, and Europeans are also divided into many countries and nationalities, this is Gena, these people are very yearning for China, and they are also quite enthusiastic about Chinese nature.

Chen Longzheng is very interested in the customs and customs of European countries, and after seeing this scene, he remembered what Xiao Ruxun said - as long as you take out silk porcelain and tea on the European land, you can be regarded as a status symbol and be respected, of course, provided that you do not encounter pirates.

So Chen Longzheng instructed his entourage clerk to change into silk formal clothes, and he also changed into silk clothes, after all, under the guise of a businessman, it can't be very formal, everyone is here to do business, there is no official background, it's that simple, and then, it's to unload the goods.

Boxes of silk, tea, porcelain, and other goods from the seven ships of the sea were loaded up and down the harbor, and the eyes of the Genanas were immediately straightened.