"I have to admit that the first half of the process of undergoing the health examination and health quarantine of the Chinese Imperial Medical Institution in Gao Langbu was full of shame and panic."

"The reason for the shame was because during the initial health check-up and sanitary quarantine, we were required to take a bath under the supervision of medical officials of the Chinese Empire. Our group of six people, accompanied by two Chinese Imperial medical officers and six service personnel, stripped naked and showered in a beautiful bathroom. ”

"Even though the people in the Chinese Empire are all men, it is still quite shameful to wash off the dirt on one's body with the attention and help of a group of men. This is mainly because, on the one hand, those of us who are also considered upper-class figures in the United Nations Republic are ashamed of our physical filth. On the other hand, it is also very shameful to strip naked in front of others. ”

Taking a sip of a cold coconut milk drink, Ludwig van der Perr, the special envoy of the United Provincial Republic for the plenipotentiary negotiations with the Chinese Empire, wrote in his diary.

"As for the reasons for the panic, these can only be secretly recorded in my diary. Because after the work of washing the body, each of us underwent a separate health examination by two medical officers of the Chinese Empire. ”

"If nakedness is a collective act, so we have no fear but only shame, two male medical officers, dressed in white robes and covered with a strange cloth on their faces, with only two eyes exposed, were scrutinized in a small closed room, from the scalp to every skin of the male organs, and even the upper thighs. This kind of encounter can't help but make me panic. ”

"You know, according to the information I have gathered, the former Spanish Governor of the Philippines, Sandy, once claimed in a report to the Kingdom of Spain that the officials of the Ming Empire, the predecessor of the Chinese Empire, who have now become a local power in China, seem to have serious problems with their sexual orientation."

"It is said that the officials of the Ming Empire were very fond of men, and they not only openly promoted this preference, but also adopted it as a fashion. This situation is very different from the strict prohibition and cruel punishment of same-sex relations in European countries. ”

"It was for this reason that I almost broke down when I underwent that horrible health check-up. Along the way, I kept praying to God that I wouldn't be horribly raped. ”

"While the claims of the hellish Spanish idiot Disan proved to be alarmist and that I and my colleagues were not violated, the inner damage caused to me by this medical procedure was enormous. So much so that I and a few of my colleagues spent the next few days in the hospital very bleak. ”

"Of course, this gloomy mood may also have something to do with the fact that we have to take repeated baths every day in the process of receiving medical treatment, as well as the need to take a lot of medicines, and we have to be very restrained in our diet, and we can only eat a small bowl of gruel made of yellow flour at every meal."

"And what made us even more emotionally and physically painful was that during our few days in the hospital, not only was our diet restricted, but also because of the medications we took, we had to run to the toilet frequently. The pain and suffering caused to us in this regard is also very severe. ”

"Although after five days, we all found that our bodies had disappeared because of the treatment, and almost many of the diseases that had plagued us for many years had disappeared, but I am afraid that no one wants to go through such a shameful and horrific experience again."

"To my comfort and my colleagues, after the completion of the health examination and sanitary quarantine, the Commissioner of Commerce of the Imperial Chinese Empire in the Viceroyalty of Ceylon entertained us with a sumptuous banquet."

"In addition to the tropical cuisine full of colonial styles, we also tasted the formal dishes of the Chinese Empire, which have been propagated in Europe since the time of Marco Polo, at this grand banquet."

"I have to say that this grand banquet allowed me and my colleagues to break a thought that had been established since the beginning of Goa. Because in Goa we found that the Chinese, from the officials of the Chinese Imperial Government to the ordinary Chinese, were very simple in terms of clothing and food, so much so that we all thought that the Chinese Empire, like the United Provincial Republic, was frugal and self-controlled. ”

"In addition to fish prepared in various ways, there are also various kinds of meat and vegetables at the banquet, and there are so many kinds of dishes that you think you have come to heaven. This sumptuous feast was a real eye-opener for those of us who lived on coarse bread and bacon. ”

"Especially at banquets, I found that even the most ordinary bread became very soft and delicious after being made by the Chinese."

"The thing that makes me have a sweet tooth the most is that there are more than 20 kinds of dim sum at banquets alone. One of them, called Cream Sorbet, is a frosted snack made with milk, eggs, flour and fine ice, which pierced my heart like Cupid's arrow of love. ”

"In addition to the sumptuous delicacies that soothed my soul, the meeting at the banquet with Mr. Li Wenyuan, Deputy Director of the Commerce Bureau of the Imperial Chinese Governorate in Ceylon, further made me feel completely at peace in my heart."

"Because after I met him at the banquet, through a simple exchange, I learned that this official of the Chinese Imperial Government who could communicate with me in Low Languages was the one introduced to me by my friend Mr. Li Wenwen, and Mr. Li Wenyuan, a distant cousin of Mr. Li Wenwen who could be relied on in Ceylon."

"At the tea party after the banquet, Mr. Li Wenyuan explained to me why the Imperial Chinese Government conducted a relatively rude and rude health examination and sanitary quarantine on Westerners entering the areas directly under the Chinese Empire."

"He pointed out to me that the Chinese Imperial Army, in the course of managing and understanding the arrested Europeans in the South China Sea, had discovered that the Europeans did not have any health and hygiene practices. Neither the Spaniards, nor the Portuguese, nor the English, nor the people of the United Provincial Republic, do not have any of the most basic sense of personal hygiene. ”

"In order to prevent the spread of the terrible plague and various epidemics, the army of the Chinese Empire had to take a tough approach to the hygiene of Europeans. It's also for their own health. ”

"In the face of Mr. Li Wenyuan's very vague question, 'Do all Europeans have no concept of hygiene?' I was very embarrassed. ”

"However, out of respect for a friend's friend, I had to endure this embarrassment, and I was very embarrassed to explain to Mr. Li Wenwen why vanilla soap, a product of the Chinese Empire, which was sold well in the South China Sea countries and India and even the Arab region, was not favored by European merchants."

"I very cleverly attributed the reason why Europeans don't like bathing to the evil Roman Church and the terrible Black Death."

"Although I can clearly feel that Mr. Li Wenyuan does not trust me very much, I have to stress in the rest of my conversation that unlike the Spaniards, the Portuguese, and the barbarians in Germany, the republics of the United Provinces, which are religious and have adopted a relatively civilized political system from the point of view of the Chinese Empire, are not ignorant Catholic countries. Compared to them, we still deal with personal hygiene regularly. ”

"After this awkward meeting, I immediately announced a strong order to all the diplomats as soon as I returned to the Merchant House."

"For the sake of the dignity of the United Provincial Republic in its diplomatic operations with the Chinese Empire, we must establish strict personal hygiene. I personally paid for all my colleagues to buy for all my colleagues a dozen muslin shirts and vanilla soap, which sold very well in the Indian Ocean, extremely cheap, made in China, for a silver dollar. ”

"Everyone has to take a shower and change their shirt at least once a day. That's what I ask of them. ”