Sun Yuanhua arrived in the Netherlands at the end of February, and five of the nearly 100 people he was traveling with died on the way. Wilhelm II and the Dutch Grand Speaker Odenba? Envelt met with Sun Yuanhua and his party in Amsterdam. Sun Yuanhua personally presented his credentials to Wilhelm II.

That night, the Dutch held a grand dinner in Amsterdam to entertain Sun Yuanhua and his party. For the dinner of the Dutch, the envoys from the East were not adapted, even if Sun Yuanhua was a Catholic, he was also very uncomfortable. After all, there is a huge difference between the cultural heritage of Easterners and Westerners. At this time, the status of the Oriental people was also very different from that of later generations, and it was impossible to discriminate against the Ming people in this era, but many of Sun Yuanhua and his party had a kind of "Heavenly Empire" mentality.

Fortunately, the head of the mission this time was Sun Yuanhua, and if it weren't for him, it is very likely that this state-to-state exchange would not have achieved anything. The arrival of the Chinese can be said to have filled the whole of Europe with curiosity, and it has also made many Western countries prepare for formal diplomacy with China. At this time, China was a rich, powerful and civilized country in the eyes of Westerners.

Before the Qing Dynasty, Western accounts of China were almost always positive, and even by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Western accounts of China were "quite rich and prosperous, and in every way admirable." In the eyes of Westerners, the "prosperous era of Kangqian", which was praised by later generations, was 108,000 miles away from the end of the Ming Dynasty, and "there was amazing poverty everywhere...... People are ragged and even red-fruited...... The garbage we throw away is being eaten by people."

How ironic history is!

How ironic the history books are!

Sun Yuanhua set up the embassy in Amsterdam, and the construction of the entire embassy was strongly supported by the Dutch government, and the cement obtained from the east was used in the construction of the embassy.

Most of Sun Yuanhua's delegation were young people, strong in blood, and had been on the ship for more than a year, at this time, he responded to the sentence "Singles fight for three years, sows race sable cicada", just a few days, Sun Yuanhua heard a lot of such rumors. Sun Yuanhua realized that the first thing to do was to strengthen discipline. One can imagine what these people will leave behind when nearly a hundred young men are going to stay in Europe for three years.

"This official once again affirms that you represent the image of the empire, and you must not act recklessly in a foreign land, if you are a good family, you are willing to wait for your wife and concubine, you can marry yourself, you must not abandon it from the beginning to the end, and be criticized by others, if there is any violation of law and discipline, it will be dealt with according to the "Da Ming Law", do you understand?" Sun Yuanhua said.

"No."

"Li Hailong." Sun Yuanhua shouted.

"The lower official is here." Li Hailong stood up and replied.

"You take ten men with thirty thousand guilders, and in three days you leave for Florence in search of a man named Galileo? Galilei's person, this person now lives in Florence, this person must be brought back to the empire at the request of His Majesty, if there are other people in mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, etc., who are willing to go to the Empire, you can bring it, and after returning to the Empire, Your Majesty will reward you for your merits. Sun Yuanhua commanded.

Zhu Youxiao was afraid that after Sun Yuanhua went to Europe, he would not have the money to carry out the recruitment of talents, so he specially prepared a large amount of money for Sun Yuanhua, and Zhu Youxiao also agreed with the Dutch that if Sun Yuanhua did not have enough funds, he could first go to the Dutchman's bank to withdraw cash with a total amount of no more than 500,000 dong.

"No."

"Zhong Guanghua."

"The lower official is here."

"You take ten men with thirty thousand guilders, and in three days you leave for Austria in search of a Johannes? Kepler's people, this person must also be brought back to the empire at the request of His Majesty, and if other talents are found, they can be brought back to the empire. ”

"No."

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Sun Yuanhua's move caused concern among the Dutch, who wondered why Sun Yuanhua had sent emissaries to all European countries. The attempt of the Dutch to monopolize trade with the East has not changed. For this, Odenba? Enwert personally approached the door.

"Your Excellency, before I came to the West, His Majesty instructed us to learn more about the Westerners and local customs, and they went for this purpose." Sun Yuanhua explained.

"I can help you solve this matter, why send someone to go there yourself." Odenba? Enwert would never believe Sun Yuanhua's nonsense.

"We have a saying in the Ming Dynasty, which is called 'It is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles', and it is best to experience it for yourself." Sun Yuanhua said with a smile.

"Now that the whole of Europe is at war, it is dangerous to travel blindly." Odenba? Enwert said.

"Your Excellency the Speaker, we have come with a peaceful purpose, and if anyone dares to harm the emissary of the Empire, the Empire will take revenge at all costs." Sun Yuanhua said righteously.

After Sun Yuanhua finished speaking, he smiled and said: "Your Excellency, the empire and the Netherlands are friends, and Amsterdam will be the only way for us to enter Europe in the future. I'm sure His Majesty Wilhelm II will guarantee the safety of the Imperial Mission, right? ”

"Of course, in the Netherlands, we will definitely guarantee the safety of the Ming envoys, but when we leave the Netherlands, we can't guarantee it." Hearing the phrase "Amsterdam will be our only way into Europe in the future", Odenba? Envelt was slightly relieved.

"What we bring is peace, and I am sure that no one will deliberately target us." Sun Yuanhua said with a smile.

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Sun Yuanhua left only twenty people in Amsterdam, and the rest were scattered throughout Europe by him, and now the Netherlands is still fighting the war of independence, but the Ming Dynasty is neutral to all other countries, and the characteristics of the Orientals also make the whole mission basically safe to walk in Europe.

Just when Sun Yuanhua arrived in the Netherlands, Quan Yuan and Zhang Hui also arrived in Europe, but the place where they arrived was Lisbon. The two of them are not as generous as Sun Yuanhua, and the two of them only carry a thousand taels of gold and a batch of fine silk, this thousand taels of gold was still handed over to the two by Zhu Youxiao entrusted by Yan Siqi, and they rushed from the east to the west, and there are only more than 800 taels of gold left in one thousand taels of gold, and this batch of fine silk was given to the two by Yan Siqi.

After arriving in Lisbon, the two decided to go to the Netherlands, and on the way to Lisbon, they had already heard the news that the Ming had sent a mission to the Netherlands, and the two of them decided to change their names to join the mission.

"Brother Ren, I heard that the Ming delegation has arrived in the Netherlands." Jeon Yuan said. Now Zhang Hui has changed his name to Li Zhongren, and Quan Yuan has also changed his name to Li Zhongyi.

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