Chapter 808 is a nobleman and a turtle

Ibrahim no longer had any temper, and since the day he set foot on the land of Xinghai City, he had not suffered such humiliation, or rather humiliation as he thought he had. When he disembarked from the ship, he brought with him sixteen guards and fifty servants, and this imperial envoy who had roamed the three continents did not receive any preferential treatment in Xinghai City.

I still remember that the most powerful warrior around me that day, after an extra blood hole in the brain, the entire mission was taken down and locked up in a farmstead. Because Abdullah interceded and bribed, he was not abused too much, but the consumption was a little higher. It didn't matter to him to spend some money, and he was angry that three full months had passed, and he hadn't seen a single official of the Ming Empire. Even more infuriated was the fact that his guards had been caught out at night without permission to inquire about the news, and the soldiers who were guarding them opened fire. After that, they were held more strictly, and if they did not comply, they would be punched and kicked, and if they were not convinced, they would shoot and kill.

It was not until two months ago that a clerk came, beckoned them to pack their bags, leave the farm, and board the smoky ship. During the intermittent voyage at sea, he anchored in a port called Huating for ten days and could not get off the ship, and then walked for another ten days before he saw his final destination. After months of devastation, Ibrahim wanted to cry without tears, he, the Ottoman envoy, was really nothing in the eyes of the Ming people, and the soldiers in custody would not hesitate to shoot if his subordinates complained or commotioned. Of the sixteen guards, six were killed and eight wounded in these months. The only consolation is that the maids he brought with him were not harassed in any way.

The loyal Abdullah has always followed Ibrahim and never left, which made Ibrahim deeply gratified. This Arab businessman who had previously seen him as a dog. Now he has become his confidant, and he will discuss everything.

There was an army waiting for them on the docks, the same docks, and Ibrahim was numb to what he saw. Cranes raised high, hard piers stretching deep into the sea, and masts lining the harbor. Locomotives spewing black smoke and so on.

Dressed in a crisp light black uniform, each soldier looks extraordinarily energetic and handsome. It looks noticeably different from the color of other soldiers' clothes. Even the temperament of these soldiers gave Ibrahim exactly the same feeling, the murderous aura in the eyes of these people was very high, and at first glance they were the elite who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and they were the elite of the elite. Their weapons were also different, with only daggers on the barrels of their shoes visible from the outside.

Wang Rui, a young officer, stood on the dock, looking at some envoy from thousands of miles away, his expression of disdain flashed. Wang Rui, who inherited his father's business, can't see the age of thirty. He fought in the jungles of the South Seas for five years, and after systematic military education and training, he proved himself in battle. Otherwise, who is qualified to wear this Black Hawk uniform, which symbolizes the most elite soldiers in the army.

"Black Eagle" is a code name, which belongs to the most mysterious unit in the army, and the elite of this unit is qualified to appear in Chen Xie's attendant team, and it depends on luck. In that test a year ago, if it weren't for a small negligence on the last moment of the "shadow guard" who was caught. Wang Rui is the object of elimination.

Even so, after entering the chamber of the attendants. Wang Rui will not tell anyone that his father is Wang Qinian.

The members of the mission finally disembarked, and they were completely out of temper, and stood together in silence waiting for the verdict. Quacks and whistles, leather boots on the concrete floor make metal rub against people, and the ears of those who listen are sore. (Note: In order to save the friction of the shoes, the iron sheet is ordered on the sole.) This was still popular in the early nineties. ）

"Are they all together?" Glancing at the second lieutenant of the Marine Corps who was in charge of escorting, after getting a clear answer, after signing a document, Wang Rui turned around and said lightly: "Get in the car!" "The group, including Abdullah, got into the four-wheeled carriage waiting here. After leaving the dock and turning a corner, the carriage stopped in less than ten minutes.

From the train window, Ibrahim and Abdullah had been watching, seeing a train stop inside the station and soldiers standing at gunpoints every few steps. When he got out of the car, Wang Rui stood in front of Ibrahim, finally saw his smile, and said a rather enthusiastic sentence: "Welcome to the Ottoman envoy to Daming, because you are secretly infiltrating, so you have to be treated specially." Now there is no possibility of leaking news here, and you can get on the train and have a good rest for a day and a night. ”

I don't understand the meaning yet, but I can feel that the treatment is changing. After following a soldier closer to a carriage, Ibrahim finally regained the feeling of an envoy. The soldier who led the way smiled, and after taking Ibrahim inside, he said with a smile: "Rest on the sofa first, Your Excellency's servants are here, and I am obliged to teach them how to use the furnishings here." ”

Ibrahim, who had been tortured, had just regained a little bit of the feeling of an uncle, and immediately returned to his essence, although he saw that everything in this carriage was fresh, he still waved his hand very forcefully and said: "No need, my servants are specially trained." After listening to the meaning of the interpretation, the soldier shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Then so be it, you can press this red switch if you have something." ”

After saying that, the soldier simply left, and the disdain in his eyes could be felt by everyone. Ibrahim finally didn't lose his mind, and immediately added: "Wait a minute, I see that this room can only accommodate three or five people, and I have so many servants, how can I live there?" The soldier kept a polite smile and said: "Your servant lives in the carriage next door, you can press the green switch if necessary, if you need someone to serve you at any time, there is a big bed in the compartment behind the small door, there are complete living facilities, it is more than enough to sleep three people, it is really not good, there is a carpet outside." ”

The soldier who led the way simply left, and Ibrahim felt that he had been neglected, but he dared not speak out in anger and watched him go. After waiting for a while, Rahim, the steward, came in with four servants, and when he saw Ibrahim sitting sulking on the couch, he immediately knelt down on the ground and said, "Venerable master, we are allowed to come and serve you to rest." ”

Jingle bell, the phone ringing on the huge desk, alarming Ibrahim and his entourage, no one dared to touch the phone, who knows what the hell this is? At the critical moment, Ibrahim rang out to receive the soldier and reached out to press the red button on the side of the couch. But in a minute, the young soldier appeared at the door, ignoring the four maids who showed their thin waists but were covered with veils, walked straight to the desk, picked up the phone and heard Wang Rui's voice inside: "That turtle is frightened, right?" Tell him that there was a welcome banquet in the evening, and Mr. Wako came to receive him. Well, so be it. ”

Ibrahim saw it clearly, and the soldier snapped and said, "Understood! After the timely translation of the portable interpreter, he saw the soldier turn around and looked at the watch on his wrist and said: "It's ten o'clock in the morning, I suggest that Mr. Special Envoy take a shower, eat something and sleep, there is a banquet in the evening that must be attended." There's nothing else to do, can I go? ”

A soldier is so domineering, this has to be changed before, Ibrahim will chop this guy into meat sauce and feed it to the dogs. But since entering the territorial waters of the Ming Dynasty, he finally understands that the territory of this empire is no smaller than that of the Ottoman Empire. The combat effectiveness of the army is much higher, if it can have the same population as the Ottoman Empire,......。

Thinking of this, Ibrahim subconsciously asked: "How many people is there in the Ming Empire?" ”

I didn't expect Ibrahim to ask this question, the soldier was obviously stunned, and thought for a while: "I don't know very well, the native population of the Ming Empire should be more than 10,000, and the population of overseas territories is not very clear, there are always 70 or 80 million, right?" ”

When he heard the interpreter's 10,000 words, Ibrahim's legs were unsteady, and he suddenly lost his strength and sat down on the sofa. The body of the two hundred pounds was slammed on the soft cushion with a bang. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire had less than 50 million people. This told him that there are 10,000 people in just one locality, which is a terrifying number. In this era, population is an extremely important symbol of strength.

It took a while for the goods to come in, the soldiers had already gone out, and Ibrahim, who stood up, twisted his thighs vigorously, and finally had the spirit, stood up and said with a solemn face: "Go, prepare the bath water." "I was thinking at the moment that I had to change my mentality, this empire was very powerful, unexpectedly powerful. Between the two powerful empires, separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, this was the luck and misfortune of the Ottoman Empire. The reason is simple, the Ming Empire has a strong sea force and a sufficient army.

Approaching the separation and seeing a big bed, Ibrahim's mood improved a lot, and he stretched out his hand and pressed it and said with a smile: "This is a quilt made of velvet, it seems that the Ming Empire has no intention of slacking off." "After finding a place for myself with a long face, I walked to the door of the bathroom, and when I opened the door, I was stupid. A huge floor-to-ceiling mirror shows an ugly fat man. Such a mirror cannot be found in the entire Ottoman Empire, right?

The white bathtub, the golden sprinkler and faucet switches, the rose petals in the bamboo basket, the white soap in the delicate wooden box, and the ceramic toilet, except for the rose petals and soap, everything else he had seen before, everything was so unfamiliar.

This feeling of Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden is really terrible, knowing that this is a place to take a bath, watching the four maids at the mercy of the four maids for a long time, but when they can't understand anything, the last bit of arrogance in Ibrahim's heart has been worn away. Coughed and said: "The nobles of the Ottoman Empire must maintain the dignity of the empire at all times. Go and press that red button. (To be continued......)