,"[Qihang Book Club YY: 52448 Welcome to your arrival This text is provided by Qihang Liuxiangxiang 571] Wanpeng Yinghua is pushing open the unpredictable door of finance with his left hand, and the Luzon Gate of Banya is ready to kick the door of Gangban with his right foot, and the Yinghua Mission in Europa has officially opened the door of diplomacy.

Crowds, flowers, cheers, salutes, the port of Lisbon was immersed in a carnival, wrapped in what seemed to be a little excessive, and he did not come to his senses when the Persian carpet was laid all the way to Xiao Xie's feet.

"Minister Pinto! Prince Ricardo! ，。

Sir Sosa, who had returned from Asia with the ship, exclaimed in surprise, while Ma Yu, the former governor of Macao, was already dumbfounded, and he was even more puzzled than Xiao Xie as to why his country had put on such a warm welcome posture.

To tell the truth, when Xiao Xie took Lu Hanshan, Tang Sunhao and Lang Shining and other important members of the mission to step on the carpet, their bodies were still a little stiff, but the hardships of settling on solid land and fighting with the sea for more than half a year suddenly dissipated, and their mood also calmed down and began to face the real mission of this trip.

The mission was not allowed to go ashore in Gibraltar, and to this day, the sixteenth day of the first month of the third year of the Chinese Era, the third year of the Holy Dao, had just passed the Lantern Festival, and they were officially set foot in Europa.

There is no problem in going out of the South Seas, and it is smooth all the way to Kolkata and Goa. After a period of time in India, he had full communication with the authorities of Britain, France, India and Goa, Portugal, and reached an agreement to travel westward. This made most of the people in the mission who were very familiar with Zheng He's story both indignant and helpless. Without this agreement, their mission would have been treated as a general trade vessel.

And in the Indian Ocean, and later farther in the Atlantic, the East India Company of all the Europa countries did not welcome the Chinese to go to Europa themselves. Naturally, the so-called "unwelcome" is nothing more than a cannon coat.

At E-mouth, the mission has fully realized that in just three hundred years, the world has changed greatly, and it is too late for Yinghua to open the door, and this gap must be taken first by them and catch up.

The rest of the journey was extremely difficult, and even the Portuguese merchant ship that was familiar with the route was cautious and trembling. In the words of the captain, the accident rate of each voyage from Europa to Asia is 30 percent, and if a ship can run three times without accident, it is the apparition of Christ Jesus Mary.

When he arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, the correctness of the captain's words was fully verified, and the merchant ship named "Prince Silva" was photographed by the storm on the reef, but fortunately Sir Sosa and Ma Yu were on Xiao Xie's ship, and seeing that the ship disappeared into the sea within five minutes, Sir Sousa also muttered to himself, this is the third time that the "Prince Silva" has returned from Asia.

The Mission's three sea warships also suffered varying degrees of damage, and one of them also hit the reef. Fortunately, thanks to the design of the watertight compartments on the lower deck, the ship sank only after transferring personnel and valuables.

Without the Portuguese entry into the merchant ships, the voyage of the remaining two ships of the mission was thrilling. After all, the Chinese people had no concept of the starry sky in the southern hemisphere, and the astrolabe, rectangular and primitive sextants used by the Anglo-Chinese navy in the southern seas were difficult to deal with. It was still relying on Li Fangying's speculation and Lang Shining's guidance that he stumbled to Sierra Leone and found a navigator at the local Portuguese trading post.

In the past nine months, more than 40 people of the mission died of illness, and Xiao Xie and 1,000 other dignitaries did not escape the disease, but fortunately, they were equipped with sufficient medical personnel and medicine when they set out, and according to some of the important rules mentioned by Li Xian, fruits and vegetables were replenished every time they went, so that the losses of the mission did not expand. When they arrived in Europa, seeing that these Chinese still maintained a good mouthful of teeth, Sir Sosa and Ma Yu felt very magical, and privately believed that the physiology of the Chinese and the Europa people was different.

In the eyes of the Portuguese who greeted the mission, these Chinese were also very different from the Chinese described by previous missionaries and merchants.

Sir Sosa introduced Xiao Xie to the Secretary of State who led the team to welcome him: "This is Tang Yi Airy, Silva, Domingos, Bahrain Li and Paul, Piero and Ariades, Pinto, Conse, ......, Xiao Xie followed Lang Shining's suggestion, stretched out his hand to shake the Minister of State, and his face was also smiling. But listening to such a long list of names, his face was a little stiff, and he secretly said in his heart that this Portuguese was deliberately ......, but he didn't know that among the countries of Europa, the Portuguese had the longest name. ,

The Minister of State, Count Pinto, also mentioned it, clenched his fists, bowed deeply, and was so pressed by this long name that he couldn't raise his head, and he probably cursed secretly.

The courteous meeting between the two men was described by Portuguese newspapers as a harmonious scene of mutual respect between the two countries, and although ......, the scene looked a bit like Pinto was meeting Xiao Xie.

Wiping the sweat that slipped from his wig, Pinto straightened up, but his eyes did not face Xiao Xie, but wandered in his head.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, why didn't you see your braids?"

The surroundings were also quiet, and countless Portuguese people were waiting for Xiao Xie's answer. Xiao Xie looked at Sir Sosa in surprise, and the latter shrugged his shoulders innocently, in fact, when he went to Asia, he also thought that the Anglo-Chinese were shaved with tartare pigtails on the day of J.

Xiao Xie held his head high, making his purple robe and black yarn more majestic, and the peacock on his chest was more martyrdom.

"We are not Qing people, we are not Tatars, we are Chinese ......, we are Seris."

When Xiao Xie spit out this ancient name, there was no need for Lang Shining to translate, and there were unbelievable exclamations around him.

The Seris, as they have been called in Europa for thousands of years, are as mysterious and noble as the ancient Greeks. The Europa people at this time called China "Khitan", "Tatar", or "China".

Xiao Xie said in a disdainful tone: "That braid, it's just a hairstyle that the barbarians have invaded our land, enslaved our people, and forced us to follow their example, and it is only seventy years old now, which is nothing compared to the history of our Seris going back five thousand years. ”

I don't know what touched the heart of the Minister of State, and he let out an incomparably deep sigh of emotion, and tears were hidden in the corners of his eyes.

Lang Shining whispered: "Portugal was annexed by Spain one hundred and forty years ago, and it was only restored more than seventy years ago. ”

Xiao Xie sighed, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Flower petals were sprinkled all over the sky, and the hustle and bustle swelled again, wrapped in the mission, and came to the State Guest House to stay.

Smoked by the enthusiasm of the Portuguese and the strange atmosphere of the European continent, all the members of the mission were still like falling clouds, Lang Shining looked like he had found the gossip and said to Xiao Xie:

"The Portuguese thought we were here to sign a direct trade treaty ......",

Xiao Xie, who was originally relaxed to the extreme, was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and his eyebrows suddenly straightened.

At the emergency meeting, as soon as this was said, everyone suddenly realized, no wonder the Portuguese were so enthusiastic. They have been squeezed out of territory in Asia, and when they pass through Goa, they rarely see a thriving trading port. If the Anglo-Chinese maritime ships fly directly to Portugal, no, this is not realistic, just by flying directly to Goa, the Portuguese can make a comeback in the Asian trade chess game.

In this big chess game, the treatment of Macao and even the Portuguese people in Annam is already a trivial matter.

After tasting this news for a while, Lu Hanshan gritted his teeth and said:

"Is this playing us like pawns? ，。

Everyone else understands that this is nothing more than the Portuguese building momentum. The direct flight to Goa completely destroyed the trade layout of the Europa people in Asia, and it was impossible to achieve it. The mission had not communicated with the Dutch in Batavia, and it would have been difficult for them to leave Malacca, and without the Britons in Garbé, they would have been detained in Gibraltar. The Europeans regarded trade routes, control and division as if they were national territory.

The Portuguese did this but used their mission as a weight to compete with the Europa countries for Asian interests. At the same time, it also created the illusion that the two sides were very close, so that the countries of Europa were wary of the mission, so that the mission could only rely on the Portuguese to communicate with Europa.

Tang Sunho said angrily: "Sure enough, it's a barbarian who only knows business!" Aren't you afraid that our chess piece will smash his chessboard!? Xiao Xie sneered: "Before leaving, our general office made a study and judgment, and this situation has not deviated too much. He tapped on the bookcase, his knuckles falling on the map of Europa Portugal, and the Secretary of State had just touched him by the vicissitudes of history.

Xiao Xie said leisurely: "We are from Seris, we are mysterious, noble, rich, powerful, and gentle Seris people......."

He hugged his arms and sneered: "We are here to make friends, what kind of business to talk about, hurt feelings." ，。

Lu Hanshan, Tang Sunhao and others looked at each other, and said in their hearts that Xie Bachi had begun to work. ,

Then Xiao Xie spoke much faster: "They open this chess game, let's not play!" Let's start another game! According to the concept of the Chinese Nine Suits of the General Office, Portugal is going to change from barbarian to vassal! ”

"Portugal, if you want to become the gateway of my Yinghua in Europa, you must stand with me Yinghua at all times, wait and see the situation for our Yinghua, seek benefits for our Yinghua, and when necessary, fight with our Yinghua! ，。

"All in all, Portugal must be firmly tied to my Anglo-Chinese chariot! ，。

"Now they want to use the trade route to manipulate us, and in the future, we will use the trade route to manipulate them, and before the strength is reached, they can't be dragged into the overall situation of Europa's maritime trade."

Listening to Xiao Xie's positioning of the General Office to Portugal, which is also an important vertical and horizontal exit of this trip, everyone's hearts are swaying, it is really worthy of Xie Bachi, and his tone is so loud that he is dead.

"Do something small, don't act rashly yet, let's gain a firm foothold in Portugal!"

Xiao Xie is the head of the mission, and his words set the tone of work. But everyone is still puzzled, how to resolve the Portuguese chess game? At the same time, moving towards the goal that Xiao Xie said?

Xiao Xie said: "I just said, we are the ...... of the Seris."

He held up a scroll and nodded to himself: "Your Majesty's heart for the Portuguese is here, and my little thanks' mouth is here!" ，。

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