Brandon looked at the Qingzhou city wall and was a little stunned. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, he came all the way from the Netherlands and risked his life to reach Qingzhou along the way, and all this suffering finally ended at this moment.

"Count Brandon, welcome to your arrival in Qingzhou." At the gate of the city stood a young man dressed as a scholar, who greeted Brandon in fluent Dutch.

Rod was a little surprised, and he smiled wryly; "Looks like I can shut up this time."

The young man's name is Qiao Chuan, he used to be a student of the Bowen College, and he learned the Western language, which was also prepared by Xiao Ming to receive foreign missions.

"It's an honor." Brandon smiled slightly, then looked at the concrete road under his feet and wondered, "Is this thing made of volcanic ash?" “

When he entered Qingzhou, he was interested in this kind of smooth road, but in his opinion, it did not look like the volcanic plaster used in Europe.

Qiao Chuan was stunned for a moment, and he said, "Lord Earl, this thing is made of cement made in Qingzhou. “

"Cement?" Brandon silently remembered it, and now he began to believe Blake's words.

Half a year ago, Blake's private signing of a contract with Dayu reached the Dutch National Parliament, which made the parliament extremely annoyed.

When Europeans first set foot on the American continent and colonized Asia, none of the natives could bring European nations to their knees, and the members of Parliament shouted that Blake was a disgrace and demanded that Blake return to the Netherlands for questioning.

At the same time, out of caution, the Dutch National Parliament sent a delegation to Dayu to try to understand the truth of the matter.

Qiao Chuan smiled after explaining, and he said; "The emperor is waiting for the envoy in the council hall, please come with me."

Brandon nodded, in fact, he wanted to know more about this strange country, obviously, this was the first accident in the history of European colonization.

As far as he knew, Europe had never failed against people of color for hundreds of years, and this had contributed to the rise of Eurocentrism, white supremacy.

There are even more extreme arguments that natives outside Europe should be reduced to European slavery.

Before he came, he had the same idea, but now he was a little shaken, because here he found a hint of technology.

After all, the whole of Europe is now frenzied by all kinds of new inventions, from the commoners to the aristocracy.

Walking towards the city, Brandon did not miss any opportunity to observe the city, and when a group of soldiers passed by, his eyes glared fiercely at the flintlock pistol in the soldier's hand.

He was even more shocked when he saw a horse pulling a field gun passing, and now he finally understood why Blake had chosen to compromise.

After a dizzying journey, Brandon quickly arrived at the council hall, and at this time, Brandon entered the council hall with the four people who came with him.

At this time, Xiao Ming and a group of ministers were waiting for Brandon in the council hall, which was the rule of the Great Yu State to receive the mission.

And the presence of ministers is a sign of respect for their mission.

Entering the council hall, Brandon first glanced at the young man sitting on the dragon chair, and was a little surprised in his heart, as Blake said, the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom was only a young man in his early twenties.

However, he also knew that these eastern countries still retained a backward state system, so he took off his hat with his right hand, bent down and bowed, put his hat on his chest and performed aristocratic etiquette to Xiao Ming.

The mouth said; "The Dutch mission Brandon has met the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom."

Xiao Ming could understand Brandon's words, but the ministers didn't understand, and Qiao Chuan translated a sentence at this time.

There is no etiquette of kneeling in Dayu, so there will be no minister who will ask the mission why they do not kneel, and at the same time, this custom of not kneeling makes the people and officials of Dayu not seriously servile.

Because of this, the ideas he promoted were sometimes not very resistant to the common people and officials.

"Excuse me, the Dutch mission has come from afar and don't know what it is?" After a brief greeting, Xiao Ming got to the point.

In fact, there is no need for any courtesy to receive the mission, after all, since it comes, it must have something to ask for.

Before Brandon's departure, the council prepared two sets of plans for him, one was to overturn all the contracts signed by Blake and demand that the troops of the Great Yu State withdraw from the city of Geranza.

Of course, this is based on the fact that the name of the Great Chongqing State is not worthy of its name, and the second set is to strengthen relations with the Great Chongqing State, use the power of the Great Chongqing State to confront the British at sea in Asia, and at the same time expand trade in the Great Chongqing State and set up a permanent negotiation team.

Now the tip of the iceberg in Qingzhou has already made him feel worried, and naturally he does not dare to mention the first set, so he said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the purpose of sending the delegation to Qingzhou this time is to strengthen the commercial and trade exchanges between the two countries, and I hope to set up a permanent negotiation team in Qingzhou." “

"Permanent negotiating mission?" Xiao Ming showed an interesting look, this permanent negotiation team is none other than the predecessor of the embassy, and the people in the negotiation team are envoys.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the permanent negotiating mission is there to settle trade disputes." Brandon said.

Xiao Ming nodded, because the Netherlands is too far away from the Great Chongqing Kingdom, sometimes the trade matters are indeed very troublesome, if there is a Dutch envoy, it can save a lot of trouble.

So he said, "This is a very good thing, and I will approve it." “

Brandon was overjoyed, and then he said, "This time the mission has also brought a large amount of tribute for His Majesty, please accept it with His Majesty the Emperor. “

Xiao Ming showed an interested look, and he said, "Submit it." ”

At this time, Qian Dafu walked out, and after a while returned with the eunuch, a large box was carried up.

Brandon opened the box at this time, took out a round thing from it and said to Xiao Ming; "Respected Emperor of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, this thing is called a pocket watch, which can record time, please smile at His Majesty the Emperor."

Then Brandon took out another music box, turned the button, and the music box emitted pleasant music, and Brandon said, "This is called a music box." “

After putting the music box down, Brandon took out the exquisite glass crafts, Zhengsedao; "Your Majesty, this thing is expensive, and it is the most expensive thing in this tribute."

After speaking, Brandon looked at Xiao Ming carefully, trying to find a different expression from Xiao Ming's face, but he was disappointed.

When the pocket watch and music box appeared, the throne was still a little interested, but when it was the turn of the glass, he looked indifferent.

Brandon thought his statement was wrong, and emphasized, "It's a treasure, and it's worth a fortune." “

Xiao Ming finally laughed out loud at this time, this Brandon can fool the wrong person this time.