The smile on Han Du's face gradually disappeared and became serious. He asked in a deep voice: "Had, you want to be my servant, do you know what this means?"
Childe Harold made a puff, knelt down in front of Handu with his right hand, put his right hand on his chest and swore: "Child Harold swears in the name of Allah..."
"Forget it, Hader." Han Du interrupted him directly, looked at him with a stern face and said: "You don't believe in Allah at all, so don't swear by the real thing. Besides, I don't believe in Allah either. If so, If you really want to be loyal to me and willing to be my servant, then you should swear by the honor of your family's ancestors."
Hader looked at Han Du in surprise. He didn't know how Han Du knew that he didn't believe in Allah. Not only did he not believe it, but almost no one in Khrumos believed it as long as they were businessmen. But in normal times, businessmen still like to swear in the name of Allah, because such oaths are easiest to gain the trust of those who believe in Allah. The merchants had no intention of keeping their oaths. They called this the cunning of merchants.
Of course Harder never thought of deceiving Han Du, but he was used to swearing like this, so he blurted it out subconsciously.
Compared to swearing by Allah, Hader was even more unwilling to swear by the honor of his ancestors. But since it was the request of the Marquis, he had to comply. He raised his hands again and swore an oath: "Child Harold swears loyalty to the death on the honor of the ancestors of the Harold family..."
At this juncture, Child didn't even know what to call Han Du, so he had to stop talking and look up at Han Du.
Han Du instantly understood what he wanted to ask and said directly: "I am the Marquis of Zhenhai of the Ming Dynasty, Han Du."
"Yes." Hade quickly lowered his head and responded, then raised his head and knelt down in front of Han Du again and swore: "...I swear allegiance to the death of the Marquis of Zhenhai in the Ming Dynasty, His Excellency Han Du. I think about what you think, and what you think, The direction of your sword is the direction of Childe Harold..."
Hader solemnly completed a complicated procedure, and then quietly knelt on the ground and waited for Han Du's response.
At this time, Harder suddenly remembered that the Marquis of Zhenhai was from the Ming Dynasty and probably didn't know how to swear allegiance to him.
He looked up at Han Du and was about to speak.
Han Du nodded, raised his hand to signal Harder to stand up, and said, "I accept you as a servant, get up."
This, this is completely different from the swearing-in ceremony. Hader felt a sense of displeasure in his heart, but facing Han Du's extremely stressful look, he wisely chose to stand up.
Han Du didn't care about oaths or allegiance at all. In Han Du's view, there is no loyalty at all in this world. The so-called loyalty is just that under money and power, Hard has no choice but to be loyal. Therefore, as long as Han Du still maintains absolute money and power, Han Du is not afraid of Hard's disloyalty at all.
"Since you are familiar with Ceylon, the negotiation with Ceylon this time will be left to you." Han Du looked at Harder intently.
Hader had the illusion that Han Du really trusted him. He had just accepted him as a servant and entrusted him with such an important matter.
"Master, please rest assured that Childe Harold will do his best to do what the master orders."
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Han Du showed a satisfied smile, nodded and said: "Don't call me master, call me Lord like everyone else. As long as you work for the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly, as long as you have made enough achievements, I can request from the court , making you a subject of the Ming Empire. Even if you have greater achievements, I can ask the emperor to knight you."
"Thank you, Master, no, thank you, Lord. Childe Harold will definitely make great contributions and strive to become a subject of the Ming Empire." Harder was busy bowing and beating his chest with his hands, but even if It is difficult to express his excitement at this moment and his gratitude to Han Du. Regarding the title of the Ming Dynasty, Harder also heard what the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty said in the old port, and knew that it was something that could only be found but not sought. Once you are knighted, you will truly become a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, a person who is superior to others. This kind of temptation is fatal to Harder. Originally, he was thinking about how to default on the debt and how to repay the debt. Now he is thinking only about how to do the things that Ming Dynasty asked him to do well. As long as he has made meritorious service to Ming Dynasty, as long as he can become a citizen of Ming Dynasty, he can abandon all debts and family members.
Han Du smiled faintly and said: "Child Harold? Is this your full name? Your name is too long and it is difficult to remember. I'd better call you Hard."
"Yes, yes, Lord Marquis can call his servant whatever he wants. From now on, I will be Hade." Hade nodded in response.
Han Du nodded, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I won't call you until I get to Ceylon. You can go down and rest first."
"Hard obeys the order, Hadd retires!" Hard returned the greetings to Han Du and Zhu Biaotang Ding one by one before retreating below the deck.
After watching Hade walk off the deck, Zhu Biao asked doubtfully: "This man looks like a duplicitous villain. Look at him, he is so excited about joining the Ming Dynasty. Has he forgotten his own country?" ?"
Han Du smiled and said: "The Ming Empire is much stronger than his country. Now that he knows how powerful the Ming Dynasty is, I guessed that he is eager to become a subject of the Ming Dynasty. I didn't expect that it would be like this after a try. But this is fine, since he wants to become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, then we can handle him better."
"But isn't the moral character of such a person too low? If the Ming Dynasty wants to accept such a person, wouldn't it be ridiculed by others?" Zhu Biao was still a little unwilling to give Hader the status of a Ming citizen. I really can't stand Hard's ethics.
"Yes, Han Du." Tang Ding also persuaded: "What kind of thing was that just now? To say that he sold his master for glory and was a slave with three surnames is an understatement. He is betraying the country, and he is still so shameless. . If such people want to be wanted, what will the people in the world think?"
"That's it..." Zhu Biao also immediately launched a crusade against Han Du.
Han Du quickly raised his hands, making a begging gesture, pressed them several times, and said, "Can you wait for me to finish speaking?"
Zhu Biao and Tang Ding looked at each other, and finally Zhu Biao nodded towards Han Du, "After that, let's see how eloquent you are and if you can tell a flower to come out."
Han Du retracted his hands, sighed towards the two of them, and said with a bit of laughter and tears: "I said that if his contribution is great enough, he will be given the status of a Ming citizen. But what is his contribution?
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How old he must be before we give him an identity, I didn't say. "
Zhu Biao frowned when he heard this and asked: "You mean, no matter how great his achievements are, you will not let him become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty?"
Directly cutting off Hader's chance to become a subject of the Ming Dynasty, of course, Zhu Biao and the others would no longer have to worry. But in this case, Zhu Biao suddenly felt that Han Du's words just now were just a lie to Hader? It seems that Han Du is more evil.
Han Du saw Zhu Biao's disgusted look and couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he had to explain: "Since we haven't made it clear how much credit we want, we can definitely set the credit bigger. If he were himself If you don’t do it, you can’t blame others.”
"Then what if he said he did it? Do you want him to become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty?" Tang Ding spoke dissatisfied and stared at Han Du angrily.
When Tang Ding thought of having the same identity as such a villain who betrayed his country and sought glory, he felt panicked.
Facing Tang Ding, Han Du nodded first, then shook his head.
Tang Ding frowned and immediately asked, "What do you mean?"
Han Du explained: "If he has made enough contributions, of course we can give him the identity of a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. But this identity must be different from the real people of the Ming Dynasty... Well, how should I put it? That's it People are born to be one class, or even two classes, lower than the people of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the real people of the Ming Dynasty, such people are at best the lower-class people of the Ming Dynasty."
Lower class people?
Zhu Biao and Tang Ding looked at each other, their expressions no longer as strong as they had just expressed opposition. If you just give people like that a status lower than that of common people, it's not that they can't accept it.
Tang Ding thought for a while and continued to ask: "Then what if his contribution is great enough? Do you really want to petition the emperor to knight him?"
"Block it, why not?" Han Du nodded without hesitation.
"You're crazy!" Tang Ding suddenly screamed.
Granting a title is completely different from giving status to the people. There are strict etiquette rules for making a title, and it is impossible to create a first-class noble like the people. A title is a title, and a title is a title.
Han Du waved his hand and found that Tang Ding's mind was still not open. He said with a smile: "Of course you won't be granted a title easily, but if Hader can open up thousands of miles of territory in Khrumos for the Ming Dynasty, if you don't even grant him a title like a county boy, then it's okay. Can’t you make sense?”
Han Du's words made Zhu Biao and Tang Ding speechless. There was no greater achievement than Cong Long, and the second was Kaijiang. If he could expand his territory thousands of miles for the Ming Dynasty, it would be unreasonable not to be granted a title.
"But, he is an outsider after all." Tang Ding still tried hard to stick to his thoughts.
Han Du spread his hands and said with a smile: "So I don't want to ask the emperor to seal him in the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it enough to seal him in the territory developed here?"
Sealed outside the Ming Dynasty? That's fine.
Zhu Biao and Tang Ding looked at each other, and then both of their faces burst into smiles.
Zhu Biao laughed, raised his finger and pointed at Han Du and said, "You still have many ideas and solutions!"
Tang Ding also nodded, "If it is sealed overseas, I won't object."
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