"It is clear that the Chinese Empire has not only asserted its strength and sovereignty over the South China Sea region with practical actions, but also in the Indian Ocean region, because the Chinese Empire has begun to build a huge military and economic base in the Kingdom of Ceylon, so her authority has begun to manifest itself in the Indian Ocean region."

Taking a sip of the Lion Country's black tea in a high-grade steel china (bone china) teacup given to him by the Trade Representative of the People's Democratic Empire of China in Goa, Ludwig van der Perr, the special envoy of the United Provincial Republic for the plenipotentiary negotiations of the Chinese Empire, continued in his diary.

"The port of Goa is no longer entirely Portuguese territory in a sense. Because according to the treaty signed between the envoys of the Chinese Empire and the king of the Jabr Sultanate, the Chinese Empire had the right to open up their own concessions in Goa. ”

"So when our fleet arrived in Goa, it was a port divided into two completely different areas. Of course, one of the areas that seems dilapidated and backward and chaotic is the port area of the Portuguese. And that neat and clean area, even though there are many ships moored in and out, but still appear to be in order, is the port area of the Chinese Empire. ”

"I must admit that when I first saw the astonishing machinery and equipment in the ports of the Chinese Empire, I felt a little panic in my heart similar to that of a barbarian man seeing civilization for the first time. But I'm an academic, and I've seen some very advanced machinery and equipment at the universities of Amsterdam and Leiden, so the panic caused by the unexpected ones only lasted for a short time. ”

"But my colleagues don't have the insight and literacy I have. Suddenly, after seeing the newly built tall steam-powered mechanical crane and the fast and convenient rail transportation equipment of the Chinese Empire on the wharf, I saw with my own eyes that Mr. Petro, who had always called himself brave and strong, had weak knees and kept drawing crosses on his chest. ”

Of course, the merchantmen of the East India Company, who were known for their well-informed, were only a little better than the ignorant sailors and soldiers. But after all, they didn't kneel on the deck and pray for God's blessing like those fools, which finally didn't make the first official contact between the United Provincial Republic and the Chinese Empire too humiliating. ”

"Mr. Li Wenwen, the trade representative of the Imperial Chinese Office in Goa, was as knowledgeable and knowledgeable as I imagined. Although his dress and style gave me the impression of a soldier, I could feel from his conversation that he was indeed a man of comprehensive and systematic education and profound knowledge, as the merchants who had traded in the East preached. ”

"When Mr. Li Wenwen greeted us on the pier, he saw the humiliating performance of the sailors and soldiers. But his good cultivation led him to say to me in a somewhat stiff whisper: 'Civilization always has a great impact on people. Obviously, none of these people have received enough civilization education, so they can't face advanced civilization as calmly as you are, Mr. Envoy. ’”

"Although I don't know how this venerable official of the Chinese Empire recognized me directly in a group of people. But I must admit that his words resolved my embarrassment and embarrassment very well, allowing me to echo his words more decently, and then formally greeted him. ”

"Like all colonial officials, Mr. Lee did hold a military position. However, I learned later that in the Chinese Empire, all adults, both men and women, had the responsibility and obligation to receive military education and training from the Empire. On the one hand, this made me feel relieved of Mr. Li Wenwen's military temperament, and on the other hand, it also made me, knowing the size of the population of the Chinese Empire, feel a huge sense of fear from my heart. ”

"You know, in the Goa lease of the Chinese Empire, all the Chinese I saw seemed to have that kind of uniform, courageous and capable military temperament."

"Mr. Li Wenwen is not the supreme governor of the Chinese Empire in Goa. He should be ranked third or fourth in the Chinese Empire's institutions in Goa, and above him, the Chinese Empire has higher commissioners and deputy commissioners in Goa. ”

"However, as far as I later learned, Mr. Li Wenwen, as the trade representative of the Chinese Empire, actually had a very high status in the Goa region. Because the Chinese Empire simply used their concession in Goa as a trading port. ”

"In Mr. Li Wenwen's office, I was warmly received by him not as a diplomatic envoy but as a friend. Before I identified myself as a diplomat, he entertained me to a tasting of a delicious black tea cultivated on the island of Ceylon by the Chinese Empire, in a beautiful fine porcelain decorated in blue and red that I had never seen before. ”

"To be honest, compared to the black-brown tea I drank in my home country, this black tea with a lot of spices and sugar is more to my appetite."

"After I praised the porcelain and black tea, Mr. Li Wenwen very kindly gave me a set of high-grade porcelain that he called steel porcelain, as well as a large package of beautifully packaged Lion Country high-grade black tea with various ingredients added to it in a delicate and beautiful paper package."

"I must commend Mr. Li Wenwen for his professionalism. After he gave me a gift, he very sincerely asked me to help him promote the porcelain and tea of the Chinese Empire to my relatives and friends. ”

"I can't help but think that if the East India Company's merchants in the colonies had been as concerned with the development of their own industries as the officials of the Chinese Empire, instead of serving the shareholders of the East India Company and their own family estates, the United Provincial Republic's industries would have prospered."

"I have learned from merchants who have long dealings in the East that the gentlemen of the Chinese Empire do not seem to be as fond of ostentatious wealth and status as the gentlemen of our country and of Europe. The admiration of frugality seems to have been the fashion of the gentlemen of the Chinese Empire. ”

"But from the details, I still perceive the wealth and civilization of the Chinese Empire."

"For example, although almost all Chinese in Goa wear very simple and austereine dark uniforms, it can be seen from their hygiene habits and the jewelry they wear that almost all Chinese are very concerned about personal hygiene, and almost all Chinese in Goa wear an advanced, sophisticated, beautiful and low-key high-end timekeeping tool made of precious metals similar to gold and silver with leather straps."

"It was only later in the Chinese stores in Goa that I discovered how expensive those coveted fine jewellery were."

"It's the kind of ordinary watch in the store, devoid of any precious stones or gold or silver decoration, and its retail price is six hundred silver coins. And those high-end watches decorated with a variety of precious stones, gold and silver can even sell for thousands of silver coins. ”