"Dear Christina!"

After visiting Yang Chao's exchange, Nassau returned to the inn and couldn't wait to write hard, he was so excited that he couldn't wait to find someone to share it with immediately.

"You can't imagine what I saw today. I have seen the Count's Castle, and I beg your pardon for my rude assessment, in front of this castle, the palaces of the entire European monarchs are no different from the grass houses where the peasants live in the country.

I'm not exaggerating, Christina, you didn't see it, I'm sure if you did, you would be more thrilled than I am, it's an incomparable temple, and allow me to paraphrase a verse that the Indians carved on their royal palaces: If there is heaven on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here!

Having said all this, my mood has slowly calmed down, let me take you into this great palace.

When I first saw him, I was completely stunned, you don't know what I saw, I saw porcelain, yes porcelain, but also walls, a porcelain wall, a porcelain wall that exudes a wonderful white halo. You must be frightened, dear, and listen to me as I continue. I was as shocked as you were at the time, I couldn't believe it, and I couldn't imagine anyone having the luxury of using porcelain for their walls.

When I walked into the room, I felt like I couldn't take a step, because I was still porcelain, and the porcelain floor was like a carpet of ink and gold threads, but I still recognized at a glance that it was another kind of porcelain, Christina, and if you were there, would you bear to step on it.

Then I saw the golden dome, which was different from the dome of my castle, which was curved and porcelain.

But what shocked me the most was the walls, both sides full of completely real Chinese character drawings, making people feel like they were in the middle, I fully believe that the individual characters in the pictures, they are all living in reality, I have seen their eyes, which no clever artist can imagine out of thin air, must be depicted according to real people.

Christina must have been very confused and frightened by now, in fact, I was like you at the time, and now I will tell you a secret, in fact, the walls of the Count are not porcelain, that is too shocking. Instead, I put porcelain wall tiles on it, and this fact made me feel better, otherwise I would really have low self-esteem.

But even so, I still felt shocked, and it is not an exaggeration to call this palace a porcelain palace.

If I had the possibility, I would ask the Count for permission to bring back a batch of tiles, and I would decorate a wonderful room for you, in which you might show off your amazing temperament!

Love you João. ”

Nassau then went on to write to the directors of the East India Company.

"Dear Directors of the East India Company.

I am ashamed to write to you yesterday and draw conclusions without clarifying the facts. I shouldn't have doubted everything that had come before, I shouldn't have questioned Marco Polo, I shouldn't have questioned Matteo Ricci, Galleott, Cruz and Martin. Morality. What these gentlemen of the Rada, which I now believe them say, is completely true.

Thankfully, I didn't have time to send out yesterday's letter, otherwise I would have made a big joke.

I have important information to report, and today I have seen the castle of Lord Count. When I first saw it, I thought it was a porcelain palace, but later I learned that it was a castle wrapped in porcelain tiles.

I felt compelled to report this news to the wise and learned directors, and I believe it was useful, for the Count offered to allow the monarchs of Europe to use the same porcelain tiles, and I received an offer to buy porcelain from the Chinese kilns.

You should know what this promise means, it means that we can think of European monarchs supplying them with porcelain that drives them crazy to be plastered all over their castles, and who wouldn't want to live in porcelain?

I think that's all I think I've done with this mission.

But in reality our negotiations have not yet begun.

So you see, this is a generous earl.

I will now briefly introduce this count and his domain, which is located in the very center of China, and only the east side is close to the sea, and all other directions are the territories of other Chinese monarchs. However, the Count's territory is the richest place in China.

Fortunately, the Earl of such a rich territory was a generous man, and by the way, his title was Count Zhongyi, which means loyalty and generosity in Chinese words.

Previously, we only knew that Count Zhongyi was in charge of China's customs, but now I must have heard that Count has complete control over the most prosperous part of China, and I think the company should list Count as one of the most important people.

As for the next phase of work, I intend to visit the Chinese capital and then negotiate with the Count to determine what goods we need.

I am not confident that I will accept the Count for the goods we need to sell, and the only thing the Count is sure to accept is the warhorse, and the other is probably our warship, and if the negotiation is successful, I will as soon as possible, according to the instructions of the directors, to establish a shipyard in the East for the purpose of supplying the Count with ships.

In addition, I will work hard to obtain as many concessions as possible for tea, silk, raw silk and porcelain.

Good luck to me, Dear Directors, and dear friends! Your João. (To be continued.) )