"Hello, Your Excellency Prince of the Ming Empire, I am Augustine, the Prime Minister of the Holy Roman Empire, and I bring you cordial greetings and goodwill from the Holy Roman Emperor, hoping that there will be an indestructible friendship between the two largest countries in the East and the West, bringing peace and hope to this chaotic world!" Hua Houwei didn't have that arrogant and rude temperament at all at this moment, he acted like a real gentleman, and responded without humility or arrogance: "Thank you Maximilian I for your attention, on behalf of His Majesty Zhu Houzhao, the Emperor of the Ming Empire, I would like to thank the Holy Roman Empire for its kindness, and I am also willing to do a little bit for this chaotic world!" Prime Minister Augustine is invited to take a seat, there are still many things that you and I can negotiate! After the two sides took their seats, they exchanged national gifts.

What the Holy Roman Empire gave to Hua Houwei was a huge transparent amber dragon sculpture, and the most ingenious part was that among the dragon's five claws, a hideous-looking insect toothed and dancing claws!

Hua Houwei is still the same old, he is determined to strangle the European watch industry in the cradle! The blue and white porcelain table clock not only looks dignified and atmospheric, but also uses the wrong gold and silver craftsmanship to inlay European patterns!

The whole clock looks magnificent, and it also has a mysterious oriental charm, so that Augustine is really reluctant to take his eyes off!

"Your Excellency, is this, is this the clock? It's incredible! Huahou Wei smiled reservedly: "Hehe, in order to express the sincerity of the Ming Empire, this is specially tailored for the Holy Roman Empire!" To this end, we did not hesitate to spend a lot of money and time, employing the best craftsmen in the empire, using the most advanced technology, and it took three years to produce such a product! This work of art is accurate in two minutes a day, and most importantly, it has not yet been named! Well, yes, that's what it means, it can be a commodity exclusively for the Holy Roman Empire, and the naming rights can also be given to His Majesty Maximilian I! ”

"My God! That's great! I can't repay your kindness, how long will it take to get another piece of art like this? "Mader, white prostitution!

Hua Houwei smiled and picked up the teacup casually: "It depends on the investment of funds and the traffic conditions!" In Daming, if urgent mail is expensive, then the corresponding miracle will appear! "Got it!

Ask for money! Augustine pretended to be stupid and asked curiously, "So how much does such a work of art need?" Hua Houwei smiled: "Not much!" Three thousand dinars! Of course, this is only the cost price! ”

"It's too expensive! The Holy Roman Empire could not afford such a heavy price. ”

"Really? Well, Europe is so big, countries like France, England, or business empires like Florence, Milan, Venice, it's still not good. I believe that they will be very interested in such unnamed art treasures, after all, in addition to their own use, they can also be exported! Faced with a small profiteer like Hua Houwei, Augustine was defeated and said again and again: "Wait a minute, Your Excellency, you mean that it can be exported?" ”

"Of course! You have to learn to share good things! Mr. Prime Minister, I have been in Europe for a few days, but I regret the size of the European cities! Do you know? We have two cities with a scale of one million people, at least ten cities with a scale of 500,000 people, and no less than 100 cities with more than 100,000 people, as for cities with more than 10,000 people, hehe, there are at least ten or more cities in each province! ”

"Impossible! When pigs fly! Oh, my God! How could it be! Augustine shouted in a gaffe! You must know that at this time in Europe, there were only three cities with a population of more than 150,000, Paris, Naples and Venice; There are only three cities with a population of more than 100,000: Seville, Genoa and Milan.

Daming actually has a city with more than one million people, which is beyond Augustine's imagination! You must know that when the population size reaches a certain order of magnitude, the difficulty of management will increase exponentially!

If it were in Europe, the whole city would be flooded with and urine every day! Hua Houwei disdained to answer such a question, and Jiang Mian spoke at the right time: "Mr. Prime Minister, this is not a miracle, but a fact!" Your European city construction is obviously very backward, from management to scale, tsk, it's really hard to say! Augustine woke up from the shock and couldn't help but reassess the strength of the Ming Empire.

Population is the war potential, the size of the city shows the level of management and organizational ability, the overall strength of the Ming Empire, surpassing Europe is not a star and a half, and it must not be taken lightly!

"Well, you scared the hell out of me! I can't imagine that the distant Ming Empire has such strength! This is good news about how wise the Holy Roman Empire has been, and it is an honor for us to be friendly with such an Empire! I take the liberty of asking, there must be a lot of troops in the Ming Empire, right? Jiang Mian looked at Hua Houwei, who was lazy and disdainful of answering, and smiled slightly: "Mr. Prime Minister, there are many Ming troops, the number of regular troops exceeds one million, and there are still certain garrisons in the local area, and there should be more than one and a half million on the whole!" Well, the burden is heavy, but it is necessary, after all, the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and there are still rat-like Hu people in the north, and there are too many places that need to be guarded! "Ugh!

Augustine speechless, millions? It's unimaginable! A battle of 10,000 people in Europe is a war that determines the fate of the country, and millions of people fight together, what a spectacular scene!

Yokel! Hua Houwei didn't want to waste his tongue on this, so he glanced at Jiang Mian. Jiang Mian understood: "Mr. Prime Minister, these are not important, what matters is the friendship between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ming Dynasty. Well, we pay attention to courtesy, so let's start our friendship with trade, what do you think? Hua Houwei planned to focus on cultivating Jiang Mian, and after coming to Europe, these foreign affairs would be gradually handed over to him, so that he would be familiar with the intrigues between these countries and become his right-hand man.

Hua Hou Wei's Wu Wangfu talent is too single, Hua Hou Wei must promote more talents in order to break his dependence on Wang Yangming, Xie Qian and others.

Regardless of the original intention, Wu Wangfu has in fact formed several major factions, and Hua Houwei must stabilize the political situation before forming a good circulation mechanism.

In fact, this trip to Europe also has this consideration. Niu Yaowu is a reserve talent that he is very optimistic about, and so is Jiang Mian, as the new head of the faction, they will be raised to a certain height by Hua Houwei, thus breaking the old pattern and forming a new stability.

Augustine nodded: "Of course!" That's what I want, too! But before that, I would like to say a proposal from His Majesty Maximilian I. Margaret, the eldest princess of the Holy Roman Empire, was as beautiful as a flower, and her sister Silorde was even better. Your Excellency the Prince should not be married yet, do you think about it? Jiang Mian didn't dare to specialize in this kind of thing, he looked back at Hua Houwei.

Hua Houwei smiled slightly: "Okay, this question is about the customs and systems of the two countries, and it is not so simple!" Lao Jiang, you can explain! Jiang Mian understood what Hua Houwei meant, and said with a smile: "Mr. Prime Minister, the marriage of the prince of the Ming Empire is decided by his parents, and he can have a main wife, a second wife, and in addition, he can also have a lot of concubines." In the Ming Empire, the prince's wife cannot be a foreigner, including the second wife, but Concubine Teng is not forbidden here. "Augustine was overjoyed, Marguerite had long been engaged to Charles VIII of France, and now she was married to Philippel, Duke of Savoy, and it was impossible to marry Marquis Hua.

And that Silord is actually the illegitimate daughter of Maximilian I, and he is not qualified to be the wife of the prince in terms of status, but it is just right to become a second wife!

He said with a smile: "The Ming Empire is so powerful, the prince is handsome and talented, and it is okay for Silord to become his second wife." Isn't that too much to ask? Jiang Mian just wanted to refuse, Hua Houwei snorted, touched his chin and said, "Old Jiang, what are the rules for our Ming marriage?" I think it seems like the dowry should be a little bigger, right? "Thousands of Yanmars!

That's the Yanma princess, it's hypocritical to say that your heart is not itchy! Hua Houwei was tempted, his second wife, he can call the shots, the key is that fiefdom, the fiefdom in Europe must not be missing!

Alas, the prince really endured humiliation for the sake of Daming, and even the heavy taste of the unsalted woman in Fanbang was bitten!

Jiang Mian's gaze at Hua Houwei was full of reverence, following such a master, even if he was crushed, he was willing!

He paused slightly and said, "What the prince said is true! Mr. Prime Minister, this can be considered, but it is better to have a fief of the Holy Roman Empire as a dowry, and it is possible for the prince's mother to agree! "What fiefdom does an illegitimate daughter have?

Augustine almost blurted out! However, the strength of this Ming Empire is so strong, it seems that with such foreign aid, it is still a very good deal to pay a little fief!

No matter what, this problem should be left to Your Majesty for a headache, just promise it! Augustine has a smile on his face, and his smile is as bright as a tulip!

"Of course! It's a reasonable request and a must! In this way, the final decision was made by His Majesty Caesar, Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire. Now this matter is just a preliminary intention! Well, what projects can be achieved in trade between the Ming Empire and the Holy Roman Empire? Hua Houwei thought in his heart, cement was given to the Spanish aristocracy, silk, clocks, and porcelain were given to the Holy See, lacquerware was given to Portugal, and tea?

Well, tea bricks. Well? How did I forget that thing? Jiang Mian saw that Hua Houwei was silent, afraid that the field would be cold, so he hurriedly played a round: "Mr. Prime Minister, there are many commodities in the Ming Dynasty, which things do you like?" ”