Chapter 799: This is a notice, not a solicitation of opinions

The Ottoman Turkish Empire was extremely powerful and undoubtedly one of the great powers of this era. As an imperial envoy, Ibrahim was naturally extremely proud, but when this pride could not be reflected, it would turn into a kind of humiliation.

The trip to the Far East was a secret trip, and it was also on the fleet of Arabs, and I thought that as long as I put on the guard of honor to show my identity, the other party would give me a grand welcome ceremony. Unexpectedly, the officer of the Ming Empire who stepped on the deck, after glancing at him with a very disdainful look, gave a very ordinary answer: "Ottoman Turkish Empire envoy?" I'll escalate! The officer said to Abdullah, who knew Chinese: "Your ship follows my ship, be honest, don't embarrass me!" ”

Ibrahim was furious, his fists clenched, his fingers piercing his palms, and the blood came. Abdullah cooperated carefully, and after sending the people off the ship, he saw the expression of the big man, and immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Your Excellency Envoy, please be calm. Although the Turkish Empire was strong, the navy of the Ming Dynasty had not defeated even one time in this world. ”

It was a powerful empire that could not find an opponent on land, and although it was very far from the Ottoman Turkish Empire, their warships and expeditions had already appeared in Africa and Western Asia. Is this a provocation or a temptation, or something else? The Ottoman Sultan needed to figure out the answer. Although those expeditions had been driven to the ships of the sea, even the powerful Ottoman Sultan did not want to have a life-and-death conflict with a powerful opponent.

If you have to go back in time. The ancestors of the Ottoman Empire, which roamed across three continents, lived long ago in the northern steppes of the Ming Empire, because of the continuous westward expansion of the Central Plains Empire. The ancestors had to abandon the pastures on which they depended. All the way to the west, he was displaced, and eventually settled in the west, establishing the powerful Ottoman Turkish Empire.

As Ibrahim struggled to control his emotions, a thick cloud of black smoke appeared on the surface of the sea, visible from afar. No cannon fire was heard, where did the smoke come from? Ibrahim kept his anger under control. Curiously looking in the direction of the smoke.

The voyage that followed the cruiser lasted half an hour, and a large ship emitting black smoke appeared in sight. There was no explanation on the ship, what kind of monster was this? Even Abdullah, who has been running this route for a long time. It's still a strange ship that looks at this strange ship in amazement, a strange ship that can sail without sails with black smoke.

"The Ming Empire has built a new type of ship, and they can always come up with something new that the world can't understand. The Ming Empire subverted the traditional mode of naval warfare, and now they are subverting the traditional mode of navigation. Abdullah wrote in his days of sailing. As a long-term merchant in maritime trade. He was well aware of the changes that such ships bring. In this age when sailing must be powered by the wind, how terrible it is for a ship to sail without sails.

If you don't witness the gathering of hundreds of large ships in the wharf, you can't imagine the prosperity of the port in front of you by your imagination. This is Chen Xie's old nest on the sea, and its importance is second only to Liaodong. One end of the railroad is on the edge of the dock, and the other end doesn't know where it ends. When the smoky train roared with a strange whining sound of loaded goods, the pride in Ibrahim's heart was hit again.

There are people waiting on the docks. A civilian staff, and dozens of soldiers dressed in black.

"Welcome. I am Zhang Hao, director of the Xinghai City Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Empire, and now I need to confirm the identity of the special envoy. The tone and expression of neither humility nor arrogance angered Ibrahim again.

"Standing in front of you is the great envoy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and if it were in Europe, an official like you who stood in front of me and spoke would definitely be thrown into the crocodile pond by me to feed those hungry guys." Anger is like a lit hay on the steppe in winter, mixed with all kinds of emotions, all erupting at this moment, and Abdullah, who is accompanying him, has no time to stop it.

Although he was only thirty years old, Zhang Houhou, who had been rolling in Xinghai City for ten years, was not frightened by the threat at all after listening to the translation, but showed a faint sarcastic smile and asked rhetorically: "Even this great Chen Guogong did not require the people of the Ming Dynasty to perform the etiquette of kneeling. Are you sure you want me to bow down to you? ”

"Bold!" One of the brave warriors in the attaché drew his scimitar at his waist, and he wanted to slash the alien official who dared to question the Sultan's envoy. In Africa, in Europe, in Istanbul (Constantinople), countless officials, both native and foreign, knelt before His Royal Highness the noble prince.

"Bang!" With a bang, the samurai who had just pulled out the scimitar had an extra eye on his eyebrows, and a stream of blood spurted out. Zhang mellow stood there, didn't wrinkle, but turned back to a short subordinate next to him and said, "Sheriff Kawakami, you have soiled the dock!" The reaction of the short subordinate was to bow upright and say, "Your Excellency Director, no one can insult the diplomats of the Ming Empire, otherwise it will not only be a shame for you, but also a shame for all members of the Ming Empire." ”

Zhang sighed thickly, looked at the fallen warriors, and then saw that the policemen had pointed their guns at the opposite side, and then said to Abdullah: "Since this envoy entered the country secretly and was not officially informed along the way, this envoy needs to be reviewed by the diplomatic department, otherwise he and his attaché will be detained and forced for provoking the dignity of the Ming Empire." Even if it has been reviewed, it depends on the final decision of the president. Okay, now you can tell the envoy to lay down all your weapons at once, or you'll be killed. As soon as the words were spoken, a sharp whistle sounded on the dock, and neat footsteps were heard, and a group of soldiers were approaching.

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The movement in the Valora Concession of the Ming Empire was so great that flamenco had to take the initiative to ask to see Zhang Guangde without receiving an invitation. What's going on? Its practical words "large-scale construction" can be explained clearly. It is inseparable from people to engage in engineering, so the recruitment notice is posted all over the city.

For a house without electric lights, a flush toilet, a bathtub, or a shower, Zhang Guangde really couldn't be satisfied. You say that it is better to fake the public and private, but anyway, he wants to build a private villa in the concession, and by the way, he will also turn the dirt road into a hard pavement. This idea was already in place when I set off, so I paid for it out of my own pocket and brought a flush toilet and a bathtub. Cement is not cost-effective at all, and naturally it will not be shipped thousands of miles away. Don't think about electric lights, and if you want to drain the pipes, you can only use local materials and use pottery pipes. All in all, without cement, a universal building material, a small design and construction team brought from Daming is really unaccustomed. Because of this, I feel more and more that Europe is the countryside. In particular, you can defecate and defecate on the street.

Hearing that flamenco was visiting, Zhang Guangde, who was looking at the design drawings, was quite impatient, put down the drawings and asked: "You didn't bring any luxury goods this time, didn't you tell them?" This kind of undisguised arrogance fascinated Carnon in particular, and he smiled and covered his mouth with a sandalwood folding fan, and whispered: "Tell me, who knows what these noble lords think?" ”

"Okay, I'll go and greet you, lest anyone call me rude." After tidying up his clothes, Zhang Guangde went out, stood on the steps with a hypocritical smile, and strode forward to stretch out his hand: "Welcome to the Humble House!" "This Portugal is still very slippery, thanks to the Portuguese mercenaries in Dengzhou.

Flamenco's self-esteem has been greatly satisfied, and these wise people still have time to be reasonable. After some pleasantries, Flamenco explained his intentions and pointed to those who were queuing up in the open space to apply: "Your Excellency, what kind of project is it to recruit so many workers?" Don't know how I can help? The moment he sat down, he saw the shining brilliance of the blue and white porcelain tea set from Daming on the coffee table, and flamenco subconsciously stared at it for a while, swallowing a big lump of saliva.

The Great Voyage brought great wealth to the Portuguese aristocracy, but did not do much to improve the qualification. In this era when the Ming Dynasty occupied the forefront of luxury, Europeans had nothing to say about it. To put it mildly, the so-called center of European fashion is still a place to pour urine and defecate from the upper floor, and not taking a bath for a long time is a bad habit that is not worth mentioning.

"Look at the map, here, you need to build a street, you need to build a private villa here, you need to build some shops, you need to build some residential ...... here, and here, you need to build a dock." Zhang Guangde casually pointed to the map, and in the end, flamenco was not calm, and questioned: "Your Excellency, is it really necessary to build a dock?" This one is not ...... Necessary, right? Originally, I wanted to say "not very good", but when Zhang Guangde raised the corners of his mouth slightly, flamengo immediately changed his words.

It's not flamenco, but Portugal in this era, all the seamen add up to more than 6,000 people, how dare you compete with an empire with a navy of up to 200,000 people.

Zhang Guangde laughed a little, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that his politeness and hypocrisy couldn't be more hypocritical, and then he came out with a sentence that was enough to make people angry: "I'm just informing you, not asking for your opinion." ”

Just before the decision of flamenco to draw his sword and duel with this guy was announced, Zhang Guangde took out a revolver and put it on the table and said with a smile: "A little meaning, Your Excellency the Governor don't shirk, let's discuss how to do a big business later!" (To be continued......)