Chapter 70 Trade Treaty Making
Originally, due to the lack of a connection between the Suez Canal, the European Union's credentials had to go around a large gulf in Africa before they could start to travel to Asia.
But who told the republic to open a Grand Canal that the news has spread throughout the world? So much so that the envoys only had to arrive at the junction of the Baltic Sea and the Red Sea, and then patiently search, they could find merchants from the East, and then take their ships to the People's Republic of China in the shortest possible time.
However, this journey also took more than a month.
It was almost winter, and the envoys came to Chang'an City with the national letter.
Unlike the colonizers who had seen the world outside, this envoy had hardly left Europe, and at most had been running around the country for official reasons. When I first came to the mysterious East and saw this prosperous city, I immediately felt that the representatives of the Ottoman Empire were indeed not lying, and it should be a very pleasant thing to trade with such a prosperous country.
It was the first time for the envoy to come to a foreign country, especially a country with a completely different form of government than theirs, so he didn't know who to turn to for help. In desperation, he could only ask the businessman who brought him to Chang'an.
"Messenger, just go to the government consultation desk and ask, the government will naturally have someone to receive you and tell you which department you should go to!" The businessman didn't know much about the process, so he could only show him the way to the government office building.
"Hello, is there anything I can help me with?" The envoy came to the government office building, found the information desk with the help of an interpreter, and was received by a very sweet-looking young woman.
"Beautiful young lady, you are so beautiful, the roses can only be eclipsed in front of you!" But I don't want this ambassador to be an amorous seed, a nymphomaniac.
"Sorry, but I'm from France...... The barbarian country Lang is used to wandering, and it is inevitable that he does not understand etiquette. The translator said helplessly.
"It's nothing, what kind of business are you here to handle?" The receptionist asked with a smile, but everyone could see that his tone was much colder than before.
It is not surprising that as the republic became the largest country in the world, the national pride of the people of the republic was naturally cultivated. Especially in Chang'an City, the capital of the Republic, the people here have always regarded themselves as the subjects of a big country, and the most despised are the barbarians of the Fanbang barbarian country. In their view, the first choice for finding a partner is the Chinese people, and the second choice is the new Chinese residents who have been completely naturalized. As for the rest, I don't make a choice, unless it is to take a concubine, you can consider it.
In China, if there are no naturalized people, they are basically either coolies or slaves, and they are actively reforming or receiving punishment, who will choose them?
Obviously, the foreigner in front of him is not this kind of bitter X type, but unless he is brain-dead, no one will look down on him. No matter how handsome and chic he is in their country, in the final analysis, the aesthetics of China and the West are not quite the same.
"Employer, pay attention to your image, you are losing the face of the European Union!" The interpreter could only pat the envoy on the shoulder and whispered admonishment.
His translation is actually quite sad, originally he was also a representative of the Manchu Empire, sitting in the EU Parliament. But ever since the Manchu Empire began to move north into the interior of Africa, he became very unpopular as a representative. Seeing that they were about to be marginalized, and their own country didn't seem to plan to call them back anymore, they simply asked yƬ to come over to the envoys as interpreters, and depending on the situation, they simply stayed and didn't go back!
"Sorry, I beg your pardon for my gaffe, but I am an envoy sent by the European Union, the European Union, and I intend to present to you a credential from the European Union. Don't know which department I should go to and who to deal with this matter? When the envoy heard about it, he had to sort it out, and he asked like a dog.
"Guests, you can go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report and wait for the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with this matter." When the receptionist saw that it was a serious matter, he naturally did not dare to slack off.
"Thank you, beautiful Miss Oriental, when this is over, can I invite you to a cup of tea?" The envoy performed a noble salute very standardly.
"I'm sorry, I already have a boyfriend!" After the translator translated this sentence, the receptionist replied coldly.
"He's such a lucky man, so I won't bother." Hearing this, the envoy could only leave in frustration.
"Xiaomei, don't you have a boyfriend?" A colleague passing by suddenly asked.
"In order to say that to him, I have decided to agree to date Duchenne!" Xiaomei spat at the back of the envoy and said unpleasantly.
"Lucky Duchenne, he should have invited the envoy to a cup of tea." The colleague smiled, and left immediately while Xiaomei was not mad.
After saying that, the envoys approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs personally came to receive them. In fact, the tasks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are really very few, after all, there are very few countries that have established diplomatic relations with the Republic at the moment. In the math, that is, an Ottoman Empire and an India, the latter of which was also a vassal state of the republic.
As a result, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also been downsized several times, as miserable as its dissolution.
Now that I've finally encountered a serious matter, I take it seriously. But naturally, he will not flatter the EU envoy, unless he really doesn't want to do it.
"I have received your credentials, and I will submit them to the emperor immediately tomorrow, and I will reply to you after deliberation in the National Assembly. Before that, we will arrange a guest house for you to stay for foreign guests, where you can rest for a few days, and by the way, you can also play in Chang'an City, but pay attention to being on call! The Minister of Foreign Affairs said to him very sternly.
"Okay, I can wait slowly!" Seriously, the envoy has long wanted to have a good time in Chang'an City.
The minister sent a clerk from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take the envoy to the guest house, and then turned around and came to the Diet with his credentials. At this moment, the Congress is discussing one thing, that is, not long ago, the rebels in Egypt began to contact the merchants of the republic, and not only gave a huge list of arms trade, but also said that if the republic is willing to help them restore the country and regain the lost territory from the Ottoman Empire, then they will also be vassals to the republic, just like India.
As for the newly dug canal, all the land and operations will forever belong to the Republic!
In view of this, the Congress also had to pay attention, but in fact, it had to discuss whether to help the Ottoman Empire earn more or help the rebels earn more. The Minister of Foreign Affairs was also present before, and he was still arguing when he left, but when he came back now, he found that he had basically come to the conclusion that he was in favor of both sides.
When the Minister of Foreign Affairs heard this, he felt that this was the truth, and that whoever the Republic had ever feared, the Ottoman Empire, or Egypt, would have the opportunity to be included in the territory of the Republic in the future, and whoever dared to rebel would be destroyed!
"Okay, let's discuss this issue here, Minister of Foreign Affairs, I just heard that a foreign envoy came to present his credentials?" Zhang Hongbin looked at the minister.
"Yes, just now, an envoy from the European Union, the European Union, came to us and handed over a credential, hoping to break the ice and trade with us on an equal footing!" Seeing Zhang Hongbin ask, the minister hurriedly presented the credentials.
"Hmph, the tone is not small, you can also take a look, and then discuss, how to reply to them!" Zhang Hongbin took it and took a look at it, and handed over the national credentials to others.