In the Bay of Biscay, the Ming Pacific Fleet scuttled badly wounded enemy ships and towed captured ships outside the port of La Rochelle.

They waited there for three days, and then burned seven of the ships in front of countless Frenchmen. In fact, these warships are quite well-made, and if they can drive back to the Ming Dynasty, they can continue to serve.

However, Zhu Linwei knew that the confidence of defeating the Westerners was a thousand times more important than defeating their combined fleet. Once the former collapses, don't even think about repairing it for tens or hundreds of years, while the latter can be rebuilt in a few years as long as they are willing to invest money.

Seven huge battleships burned outside the harbor for a whole day and a night. The pride of these Helan and French people was gradually reduced to ashes in the raging fire, and their self-confidence was completely dissipated with the fire, replaced by infinite fear and reverence for the mysterious Eastern Empire.

Twenty days later, the consul of Holland and the representatives of the King of France boarded the Hangzhou. Ezekbazia, Franc, England, and the Holy Roman Empire were also invited and sent envoys.

Here, Zheng Chenggong, on behalf of the great tomorrow, signed the "Bay of Biscay Agreement" with peace and France.

The agreement stipulated that Helan would transfer all the colonies in Southeast Asia and the Indian Peninsula to the Ming Dynasty, and pay the Ming war reparations equivalent to 2 million taels of silver. France ceased its support for the principalities in the Holy Roman Empire, withdrew its forces from the Gulf of Guinea in Africa, and paid war reparations to the Ming Dynasty, equivalent to 1.5 million taels of silver.

Zhu Linmiao didn't want to spare these two countries, but he still needed them to deal with Britain for the time being, but he shouldn't hurt his muscles and bones too much.

As for Spain and Portugal, since there was no direct evidence of their participation in the war, they only reaffirmed the trade agreements they had signed with them, and did not pursue them too much. After all, the trade agreement itself was already quite beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

For more than 100 years after that, European countries launched several challenges to the Eastern Empire for sea power, but they never shook the overwhelming superiority of the Ming Dynasty at sea, but that is a story for later.

……

Time flies, and the white horse flies.

Suddenly, it was the nineteenth year of Hanxing.

In March, the climate is pleasant.

The giant steel behemoth spewed out a puff of white smoke, then let out an extremely long roar, finally calming down.

Emmanuel reluctantly touched the seat of the train, and finally stepped out of the door, urged by the accompanying envoy Mansdorf.

On the station, seven or eight hundred Ming soldiers dressed in crisp dark green military uniforms stood solemnly on both sides, their eyes not squinting, and the rifles behind them reflected dazzling light.

Emmanuel looked at the huge "honor guard" with some surprise, and cautiously asked the officials of the Daming Rites Department who came to pick him up, "Well, is this here to greet me?" ”

The latter smiled kindly, and stretched out his hand to signal him to walk through the side passage, "Your Excellency, it is His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming who has returned to the capital tonight, not long ago, His Royal Highness was assassinated in the Wa Kingdom, so the saint raised eight hundred forbidden troops to martial law at the station, but there is no need to be nervous." ”

Emmanuel rubbed his nose a little embarrassed, looked back at a train that was slowly starting, and was immediately shocked by the great mechanical power that made his heart tremble, and his steps slowed down.

Mansdorf coughed dryly, and asked the Ministry of Rites officials in a state of concern, "There will be assassins!" I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is injured? ”

Emmanuel also reacted, and explained in his heart that the crown prince of the kingdom was not his future "eldest brother", why did he forget to express it just now, and hurriedly followed: "Yes, yes, how is Your Highness?" ”

"Ah, Your Highness Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he is unscathed."

The two Bavarian nobles immediately stroked their chests and nodded, "That's good, that's good." ”

The Ministry of Rites officials arranged for them to be put on a horse-drawn carriage, which had been imported from Bavaria, and Emmanuel was not surprised, but looked out of the window to the sides of the road.

The streets are bustling with traffic, shops, and rarities, and the pedestrians are dressed in bright clothes and laughing, even in Paris.

His gaze fell on the glass vitrines next to a very imposing clothing store, where there was a dark blue curled robe, obviously of silk texture, elegant and elegant.

He immediately instructed Mansdorf: "Write down the name of this shop, and help me buy that blue robe tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Lord Duke."

Nanjing Railway Station is still some distance from the Ministry of Rites Post House, and the car walks on the flat asphalt road for a while, and the sky gradually darkens.

Emmanuel saw two men holding long poles with flames burning on them, setting fire to the "bald trunks" standing by the roadside. Flames erupted from the glass enclosures at the top of the "tree trunks", illuminating the surroundings as bright as day.

As the two men walked along, countless lights lit up on both sides of the street, and the night was swept away, as if someone had summoned the day back by magic.

"It's really-beautiful!" Emmanuel looked like a dirt bun entering the city, pointed to the street lamp on the side of the street and exclaimed, "How did this happen, it's a miracle!" ”

Mansdorf had done some homework when he came, and when he heard this, he coughed lightly and said, "Lord Duke, this thing is called a 'gas lamp.'" Each lamp is connected to a gas tank somewhere with a hollow copper pipe, directing a combustible gas to the lamp head, which can burn forever as long as it is ignited. ”

Emmanuel realized that he was a little out of shape, and sat up heavily, but he couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Won't those copper pipes leak?" ”

"This ......"

The official of the Ministry of Rites on the side explained to him with a smile: "The pipes are sealed with rubber, and there is a special person to check them every ten days, so there will be no air leakage." ”

"I see." The Duke of Bavaria nodded with his mouth half-open. Rubber, a high-tech product, can only be imported in small quantities on the HRE side, and it is so expensive that it is so expensive that Ming Guo actually uses it on street lamps all over the street!

It's night.

A special building for the Ministry of Rites to entertain foreign envoys.

Envoy Mansdorf slammed the door open, heard a "Come in" sound coming from inside, and pushed the door in.

"Lord Duke, this is the dress to be worn tomorrow......" He asked the servant behind him to pick up a set of hanfu, only to see that the Emmanuel was still in a small room next to him, intently playing with the faucet.

"This thing is amazing," Emanuel exclaimed, "and it comes out of the water as soon as it is twisted, it has been flowing for at least half an hour just now, is it connected to the nearby river?" ”

"Ahem, Lord Duke, it's not a river, it's a water tank. I saw a huge jug on their roof, and I think the water came from there. Mansdorf coughed dryly and said, "Well, it's better for you to prepare more for the marriage than to play in the water." ”