What does Peng Shi's words mean?

Is it to explain a fact, or is it reminding Yue Zheng to go back and make what to focus on the report?

These two are both civil ministers, one is the champion, the other is Tanhua, it can be said that they represent the younger generation of Confucian ministers in the Ming Dynasty, is it wealth, or ambition, or does Confucianism also recognize the merit of expanding the territory? Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Confucian ministers have been trying to find ways to limit the power of military generals.

Of course, the Confucian ministers limited not only power, but also the Ming Dynasty's war with foreign countries.

Peng Shi didn't explain, if there is a 蝧hì鹄 blowing curtain Ai Ya Yu Gong Mu Jiao ǎ 蔷 fade concave hot ash house セ惚ǎ uniform emperor and weapon which Chen Di Ji Yu Ai Yuan Meng Mao Mo Xinghuan horseshoe crab rush to float!

"That's for now, old blue. Urge Liu Mingxuan to see if there is any steel baked, needless to say, that port, that is our belongings. ”

"Xiaobai, don't worry, you don't have to explain this matter, I won't take my brother's life seriously."

Bai Minghe smiled and didn't answer.

"Xiaobai, you go and see that king, there are still small things here, I'll talk to them about them." Lan Hai obviously had something to say to Yue Zheng, Bai Minghe didn't need to care about the details, he had enough to worry about.

Out of the garden, to meet the King of Portugal, it is natural to have a formal place. There is a special reception room in this manor, of course, according to the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, what this reception room lacks is not gorgeous decoration, but a kind of bearing. A kind of Celestial Empire's bearing, but this is not their territory, and they can only be used reluctantly. Only some Ming decorations have been added.

The King of Portugal was also taken there by the court attendants.

At this time, Oliviale, that is, Angela, was receiving the three Spanish dukes, Spain came here purely for good intentions, and the white crane also blew up the people's port, not only did it mean to declare war. Not even half a sentence is mentioned. Of course, there is also a reason why this is not unified with Spain at the moment, but a small viscount occupies a port.

It is not a wise choice to embarrass an empire for the sake of an insignificant viscount.

A large number of gifts, as well as some food supplies given by the Spanish nobility before leaving Gibraltar, Angela remembered this love. So the specifications of the reception are also the highest. There is a chef of Daming preparing the dinner.

The white crane waited at the door of the reception room, waiting for Alfonso V to arrive.

This is the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, and guests must wait at the door to greet them. Angela can give the King of Portugal a dismount, but she doesn't need to do it herself. According to Da Ming, naturally one sings with a red face and the other sings with a white face.

Alfonso V stopped about five meters away from the white crane and gave a slight bow to his chest. The white-named crane uses the arch of the Ming Dynasty, to be precise, this is the Han arch salute, and there are also ethnic minorities in the Ming Dynasty who have their own etiquette.

Alfonso V and the white crane had very strict expressions. When it comes to their status, the things to be discussed will not be trivial, and this meeting is of great significance. Otherwise, Alfonso V's kneeling would have lost its meaning, both for Portugal and for the Ming Dynasty.

"Please!" Shirana Crane made a gesture of please.

Although the etiquette of the East and the West is different, Alfonso V could see that this young man from the East paid homage to him.

Both brought only one retinue. The white crane is an official of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites, and he is not proficient. But even if he could speak Portuguese, Alfonso V brought only one knight of the guard, and he motioned for the knight to stand aside and said to Phil: "Your Excellency, are you proficient in Greek and Oriental languages?" And you are deeply trusted by His Majesty. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the King!" Phil replied.

In front of the knighthood. The nobility of Europe did not look at age, nor character, but only at the title of the title, the kingdom that bestowed it, and the influence of that title.

Obviously. Phil is a first-class duke.

Following the Empress of the Byzantine Empire through many hardships and never abandoning, such a loyal person once again returned with the Byzantine Empress, and returned strongly, she possessed power beyond imagination, and even played a pivotal role in the communication with the Eastern Empire.

In the end, only three people entered the meeting room, White Crane, Alfonso V, and Phil.

As soon as they entered the house, the three of them were stunned, and there were people in the house.

Not an enemy, not an assassin, not a maid, but a maiden dressed in the clothes of a convent child, a girl of only six years old, who was trying to reach out and touch a square scarf on the table as the three of them entered the room.

It was just a square scarf to cover the tea set on the table, a very ordinary, miscellaneous embroidery.

"Majesty, this is Sophia, Sophia-Palaiologos. The daughter of His Majesty's uncle, but His Royal Highness the Prince betrayed Byzantium and went to the Pope for asylum, renunciating his faith. ”

"Little children are not guilty." Bai Minghe said to Phil, and then said: "In order to protect his children, he may not be a qualified prince, but he may not be a qualified father. If he is to be convicted, I ask that he be given enough justice! ”

"Yes!" Phil replied softly, and then told Alfonso what the white crane had said.

In this case, any whispering is not an act of impoliteness.

Bai Minghe came to Sophia's side and took the square towel used to cover the tea set in his hand: "Do you like it?" ”

The girl grabbed the square scarf and hugged it tightly in her arms. When she was in the Byzantine palace, she was too young to remember what was there? But when she was in the Pope's church school, she knew what it meant to be magnificent, and she had seen the archbishop's garment topped with the income of a hundred ordinary poor people in a year.

"Sorry, I think it might be delayed for a while!" The white crane apologized to Alfonso V.

Alfonso V made a gesture of please, which would not affect anything at this time.

Shiro-Natsuru asked Phil to call one of his guards, and after whispering a few words, the guard turned and went out. Sophia just looked at the white crane timidly, and hid in the corner of the chair with the square scarf in both hands. The white crane looked at it with a smile on his face, and Alfonso V also stood aside, quietly watching the white crane's every move.

Soon, the guards returned, and it was two people. Carrying a rattan box.

Bai Minghe motioned for the guards to go out, squatted in front of the box, squeezed a grimace at Sophia, and then took out a high-quality purple silk from the box. In Europe. Purple is extracted from shells and is extremely precious.

The price of a pure purple silk with five times the price of gold is open, and it is limited to the use of the royal family.

This is also the reason why Angela is known as a nobleman under the purple veil.

A piece of silk, the top lake silk, almost brightened the eyes of the blind little girl, stretched out her hand in a daze, touched it, and quickly hugged the silk in her arms.

"And surprises!" The white crane is like a trick. A pearl necklace that is not too big, but it is gold.

The little girl was so shocked that she almost fainted, who had seen a golden pearl necklace in Europe.

Alfonso V said to Phil at this time: "Such a necklace should be worn on your body, duke, too precious things are not suitable for children." After all, she is still young, and this nobleman of the Eastern Empire seems to be very fond of children! ”

"No, in the eyes of Lord Bai, that kind of pearl is only used to coax children. In the Ming Empire, the top pearls were one finger in diameter. Phil said. It is the length of the first joint of a man's index finger, and the wrist is a foot upward. This is an ancient Greek unit. "And according to the color, it is divided into purple and black, purple red, bright gold, dark gold, and this string of gold and gold, so according to the color, size, and luster, the Ming people are divided into nine and seventy-two levels."

Originally. It's very ordinary, just something to coax a child.

The Eastern Empire is really rich.

Alfonso V thought of the travels of Marco Polo, where the Orient was full of gold and the curtains were strung with pearls.

For Europe, pearls are no ordinary gemstones. All European countries have legislation, and they are not even qualified to use pearls. is like the string of white-named cranes coaxing children, which is basically about 0.3 in diameter, and only the big nobles are qualified to use it here.

Not to mention the golden pearls that no one has ever seen.

"And one last thing, a bear!" The Byzantine language of the white crane was too far away, and it would be good to be able to barely say a few words, and he personally made a bear movement, which startled Sophia. But a small bear suddenly appeared in the hand of the white crane, only a one-foot-tall imitation teddy bear.

Sophia screamed, throwing away the silk and holding the bear tightly in her arms.

The white crane smiled and picked up the silk and stuffed it to Sophia, Sophia kissed the white crane on the face, and then ran out, she wanted to show it to her father, of course, she didn't see her sister yet.

The white crane opened the box, and there was another one inside, pure white. Pointing at Phil, meaning it's only yours.

Phil doesn't know much about flashy things, but Teddy's lethality to Phil is so high that it almost makes Phil scream.

The velvet cloth that has been cut and processed, not to mention that the Europeans have never seen it, and the Ming Dynasty has not seen much. The process of this thing is too complicated, unless there is a new type of machine, the cost of relying on manpower to cut the velvet is not willing to do it, it is too expensive.

Alfonso V smiled: "Your Majesty, do you have any of my gifts?" ”

This was originally a joke, and Alfonso V also adjusted the atmosphere, after all, Duchess Phil had lost her temper. And he also needs to give the duchess a step down.

Bai Minghe smiled, and took out a short gun on his body and put it on the table.

A gun, a delicate musket, not held in the hand, and in appearance it was far beyond the craftsmanship of Portugal.

Is it this gun, or many guns, or something.

The white crane spoke at this time: "I don't know, whether the Moroccan Majesty likes it." Or a land about the size of Portugal? (To be continued......)

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