The return fleet of Nanyang in close to Shuangyu Port, immediately slowed down, and then in order to enter the port one by one, originally with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce's business on the right track, the frequency of fleet sailing more and more frequent, so in addition to the first successful return of the fleet when Zhou Zhong organized people to meet, pulled down and no longer organized people to meet, at most some of the cargo owners related to the interests of the fleet spontaneously went to the dock to meet, Nanyang Chamber of Commerce generally did not come forward.

However, for the fleet returning from the South Seas this time, Zhou Zhong once again organized people to prepare to meet it, not because of the European craftsmen in Chilava, but because the voyage of this fleet is the farthest voyage of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and it is also the first time that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has sent people to India.

It is precisely because of this, so Zhou Zhong organized people to meet the matter is also very smooth, just spread the news, whether or not involved in the voyage of the cargo owners, most of them also rushed to the dock to watch, after all, the safe return of this fleet, marking the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce's route has expanded a lot, in the future their goods can also be transported to India, get more profits than before.

As the Chirava family's ship slowly docked in the harbor, all the European craftsmen gathered on the deck, looking at the place where they were going to work and live, and at the same time they were very curious about the crowd on the dock ready to greet them, watching and whispering about something.

"Father, look over there. What kind of monster are those people dancing? Looks so much fun! Miss Siella stood next to her parents. Cheers cheered and pointed to an empty spot on the pier, where many people were dressed in colorful clothes, two or more people danced together with two animals she had never seen before, and in front of them there were people holding colored balls and beating musical instruments, which looked very lively.

Before Chirawa could answer his daughter's question, Father John next to him smiled and said, "Ha Luha, beautiful Miss Silla, there is the dragon and lion dance team of the Ming Dynasty." Generally only when there are major festivals or when welcoming important guests, Ming will come up with such a lively program, when I came to Daming with Priest Nader, there was no such treatment, it seems that Zhou Gongzi is really very welcome to your arrival! ”

"It turns out that this is called a dragon and lion dance, and the animal that two people dance with is indeed very similar to a lion, and the long snake-like animal should be a dragon, but this kind of dragon doesn't seem to be the same as the dragon in our European legends, it's really strange?" Syrah heard Father John's explanation. Some nodded in understanding.

However, when Father John heard Sila's words, he couldn't help but remind, "Miss Sila." The attitude of the Central Plains people towards dragons is completely different from ours, they worship dragons very much, and even believe that their ancestors are also related to dragons, so Miss Siela had better not have too many negative comments about dragons when interacting with Central Plains people in the future, otherwise this may make them unhappy, and then affect your life in Daming! ”

For Father John's kind reminder, Chirava, as a father, thanked him, but this made Ciara interested in the customs of the Central Plains, and immediately pestered Father John to ask a lot of questions, such as what do the people of the Central Plains eat? What do they usually like? Fortunately, Father John did a lot of research and understanding of the customs of the Central Plains in order to preach, so he was not pulled back, but even so, Father John was still very troubled by some strange questions asked by Syra.

Fortunately, the ship was finally about to dock, and Father John's ship, captain Liu Tao, asked him to disembark with him, which freed Father John from Miss Sila's entanglement. The captain Liu Tao was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and he was not only the captain of the ship of Father John, but also the steward of the fleet, and the entire fleet had to obey his command.

Speaking of which, Liu Tao was not a person from the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, but Zhou Zhong began to recruit captains with sailing experience after being in charge of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, Liu Tao was originally the captain of the fleet of a small chamber of commerce, because of the contradiction with the chamber of commerce, so he came to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to work, because he himself is experienced, and has read a few books, and knows how to locate the stars at sea, so he was quickly reused by Zhou Chong, and this time he commanded a fleet to go to sea alone.

Before Zhou Zhong took over the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, the strength of the fleet of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce was greatly damaged, and some experienced captains were buried in the sea with Zhou Hai, leaving only those under Sun Tong, and then Zhou Chong expanded the strength of the Chamber of Commerce, relying on Sun Tong's people alone was naturally not enough, and the fleet was the main force of the Chamber of Commerce, and Zhou Chong could not hand over the important positions of the fleet to Sun Tong's people, so in addition to recruiting some ordinary crew members, he also recruited many experienced people like Liu Tao to serve as captains and other positions, so that Sun Tong's influence in the fleet has also decreased a lot, and Sun Tong has long expected this, after all, this is also human nature, so he didn't say anything, not to mention that Zhou Zhong still trusted him very much.

Zhou Zhong on the dock watched Liu Tao get off the ship with the important people in the fleet, including Father John, and he also saw the group of Europeans standing on the ship at this time, which made him overjoyed, and walked forward to greet Liu Tao and others with a smile, especially with Father John A few words of hot conversation, and told him that the church has been built, and the original village next to the church has become a lively town, which is also more convenient for them to preach, after hearing the news, Father John's happy face smiled into a flower.

The Chirava family, who were standing at the bow of the boat, also saw Zhou Zhong at this time, and they were also very surprised at the moment, and Miss Ciara even widened her eyes and said in disbelief: "God, could it be that the young man who is talking to Father John is the one who hired his father, but the other party is too young, right?" ”

"It looks like this young gentleman should be this gentleman, but Sira, you should be careful later, maybe the other party doesn't like people saying that he is too young!" Chilawa also spoke at this time, but he did not forget to remind his daughter not to care about the other person's age, because it might make the other person unhappy.

"Okay, I know the truth, father, you are really verbose!" Ciara said with some dissatisfaction, her father reminded him not to care about other people's age, but he always regarded himself as a child who didn't know anything, and he might be older than the young man below.

Soon Zhou Zhong greeted the first group of people who got off the ship, and then the cargo owners behind him swarmed up, these cargo owners all had cargo owners on the ship, and they also sent their own people to follow the fleet, and now the fleet returned safely, they also wanted to confirm how their goods were sold, whether the people sent were safe, and so on.

For these shippers, as the fleet steward Liu Tao is naturally responsible for greeting, he will tell these shippers the transaction situation, and the goods shipped back from Nanyang are on which ship, and then arrange for them to board the ship to check, and wait until these shippers have checked, they also have to evaluate Liu Tao as a manager, this is a management mechanism of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce for Liu Tao these stewards, if a steward can not satisfy the shippers, then it is likely to affect their annual red envelopes in the future.

Seeing that most of the people were attracted by Liu Tao and the goods brought back from the ship, Zhou Chong also met Chirava and others who had just disembarked under the introduction of Father John, but these European craftsmen did not speak Chinese, at most they had just learned a few words on the ship, and their pronunciation was very lame, so Zhou Chong simply said a few words of welcome, and then asked Father John to translate, and at the same time asked the other party to help him introduce these people.

In addition, Zhou Zhong also noticed that Chirava was the person introduced by Father John, and the identity of the other party's shipbuilding master also made Zhou Zhong very important, with Chilawa's joining, he could also build bigger and faster ships, and secondly, Chirava was also the only one who came with his family, especially the beautiful Miss Sila, which also made Zhou Chong feel bright, although now Ming men may not be able to appreciate European beauties, but it is not a problem for Zhou Zhong from later generations, Being able to see a beautiful woman with a Mediterranean style at this time in Daming made Zhou Chong feel like a very wonderful thing.

Of course, when they met for the first time, Zhou Zhong couldn't just stare at the beautiful women, and he welcomed the arrival of Chirava and these people very warmly, and he also personally promised that he would also honor the reward that Father John had given them before, and they would also live a rich and beautiful life in Shuangyu Port.

Hearing Zhou Chong's personal assurance, these European craftsmen who came from afar finally completely relieved, and at the same time began to be full of longing for the future life, and at this time Liu Tao's side was almost arranged, so Zhou Zhong asked Father John to take Chirava and these to the Chamber of Commerce, where a grand banquet has been prepared, and everyone has a good celebration.

However, Zhou Zhong may have been too happy to forget some of the most basic things, such as some differences between Eastern and Western cultures, Priest Nader knew this, but he was busy with the improvement of artillery, so he did not attend the banquet at all, and naturally no one reminded Zhou Chong, so when the Europeans such as Chirava rushed to the Chamber of Commerce to attend the banquet, there were some small mistakes, and Zhou Chong also suffered a little in the end. (To be continued......)