Feng Yibo still doesn’t know what’s going to happen here.
Even if he knew, he couldn't control it.
Not to mention him, even the government may not be able to control it.
It looks like a human life, but a slave life...
That's all!
Everyone who understands understands.
Although the laws of the Wei Dynasty clearly stipulate:
If the master deliberately kills his slave, he will be punished with a rod of seventy and one year in prison.
If it is a manslaughter, he shall be fined ten strings.
But regulations are regulations and execution is execution.
Not to mention "seventy rods, one year's apprenticeship", even if it was a fine, few people had to pay it.
The government of the Wei Dynasty has always believed that "it is better to do less than to do more" and respects the principle that "the people will not hold officials accountable".
Those who could afford slaves were not ordinary people.
At least it's respectable.
Guerlain was a slave girl bought from the south of the Yangtze River, and she had no relatives around her.
There are too many ways to deal with it.
For a wealthy family like Jia Mansion, what does it matter if a few servants die?
For such a family, the government dared to "forfeit three drinks of wine".
Maybe you think it's a bit much.
After all, which great nobleman has not killed several slaves with a stick?
In fact, the Jia family is already very respectable in this kind of matter.
If you rarely move, you will be killed with a stick.
He is also very kind to his slaves.
From this perspective, it is truly a “house of kindness”.
Even if Wang Xifeng wanted to kill Guerlain, she didn't want to get blood like this.
Instead, he took it back to the house and tore it apart a little.
But despite all her calculations, she didn't expect that this Guerlain was so soft that she couldn't eat it, so she had to have a hard one.
But he also lost his life directly as a result.
It can only be said that she gave Wang Xifeng some trouble with one body and two lives.
But for a family like Jia's family, it's not a big trouble.
The only thing to worry about is that the head wife kills the pregnant concubine.
A scandal big and small.
Once word gets out, I'm afraid it will lose the dignity of the Jia family.
Wang Xifeng understood this and dealt with it thoroughly.
Using Jia Lian's name, she went to Chang'an Mansion to find several servants.
We helped organize the funeral together.
This is through official figures, declaring that Guerlain's death was not related to foul play.
It was because of her own short fortune that she died accidentally.
This kind of powerful family has many children.
It's normal for a slave to die occasionally.
It didn't attract anyone's attention at all.
Not even the masters of the Jia family knew about this.
After all, it was her confidants who went there.
Only the one from Zhou Rui's family is Mrs. Wang's roommate.
So Mrs. Wang must know.
But I think this aunt and aunt will not embarrass her.
Wang Xifeng's only worry now is Jia Lian's return.
How should she give a reasonable explanation.
If one of them is not handled well, the relationship between husband and wife may break down.
The stone quarry that Jia Lian went to was not far from Duzhong.
The round trip only takes three or two days.
Even if I am delayed for a while, I should be back in five, seven or eight days.
Therefore, there is not much time left for Wang Xifeng.
Jia Lian hasn't come back yet, and Feng Yibo is also busy here.
Honglu Temple took on a big job, and the Ministry of Rites sent him to take charge of the work.
The specific content is to negotiate with overseas missions.
The person who came to negotiate this time was the envoy from Hercynian France.
It is said that the great Wei Dynasty requested an audience with the emperor.
I want to complain about being expelled by the Wei army overseas.
At first, these people found Nanjing and were contacted by the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.
But after a brief inquiry, it was discovered that it was not Wei's army that drove them away.
To be precise, a group of militiamen.
There is absolutely no precedent for this matter, so the Nanjing Ministry of Rites used this as an excuse.
conveyed to the cabinet.
The cabinet was also confused.
A country's envoy was beaten by a group of Wei militiamen overseas.
Are you afraid of making people laugh when you say it?
But this Hexi Francis Ya not only spoke out, but also asked Da Wei to make the decision for them.
If two children fight and can't fight, they can sue their parents, which is excusable.
But if an adult lets his child get beaten, you have the nerve to complain?
What's more, the cabinet doesn't know much about the situation overseas, so how can it make decisions for them?
You can't just issue an order to reprimand, right?
Even if you want to reprimand, no one knows your will.
Then, Zhang Songyue thought of someone.
A person who specializes in overseas matters.
No need to ask, this person is naturally the chief guest of the Ministry of Rites, the Minister of Qing Dynasty, and the right Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.
Feng Yibo is responsible for overseas affairs.
Feng Yibo received a letter from the cabinet and took the job without saying a word.
Because just when the envoy arrived in Duzhong, he also got the news.
It was none other than Mengzi who led the people to expel Haixi Francis Ya.
These people from Hercynian France logged in on their territory and started enclosing the land and building houses without saying a word.
The people in charge of patrol soon discovered that Gouzi led people to surround them.
After a brief negotiation, there was no big fight.
Just evict them and tear down the houses they built.
Mengzi didn't take it seriously.
I only mentioned it during the routine report on the flow of wood while transporting wood back to the capital.
If these people had not gone to Jinling to complain first, they would have been among the people who came again and again.
Maybe Feng Yibo didn't have time to receive the news.
But now that he is known to be involved in the matter, even if the cabinet wants others to handle it.
He also has to find a way to get it.
Otherwise, Liuqiu's affairs may be exposed.
Fortunately, when he learned the specific situation, he knew it was a false alarm.
Because compared to this, there was another thing that shocked him even more.
That is, the cabinet knows nothing about overseas affairs!
This kind of mentality of heaven and earth is really inexplicable.
A great prophet once said: Strategically despise the enemy, tactically pay attention to the enemy.
But the Wei Dynasty did not regard these overseas countries as "people" at all!
In other words, just treat him as a savage.
There is no contempt or attention.
Feng Yibo learned from the court's information.
At the beginning, Wei knew nothing about this country.
Haixi refers to the location, west of the West Sea.
Feng Yibo didn't know whether the West Sea referred to the Caspian Sea or the Black Sea.
But Haixi's position is in Feng Yibo's understanding.
Roughly speaking, it is the countries of Western Europe.
Feng Yibo also studied overseas countries and found that none of these countries seemed to be as powerful as in his previous life.
At least according to the official news of the Wei Dynasty, many countries also paid tribute to the Wei Dynasty.
Among them, this Franciscan country is one of the most visited among the Hercynian countries.
However, after Feng Yibo carefully checked the information, he discovered something was wrong.
This Franconia doesn't seem to be the name of a country.
It is the collective name given by the Wei Dynasty to the countries in Haixi.
In other words, as long as they are foreigners from the sea.
Da Wei recognized him as Fulang Siya.
There are even different opinions on the location of this country.
The prevailing theory is that at the beginning, these people occupied Manraka and expelled the king there.
And used this to conduct tribute trade with the Wei Dynasty.
Later, as we gradually learned more about it, we realized that its country is located to the west of the West Sea.
Therefore, the official name of Wei Dynasty added the word "Haixi" in front of it to indicate the location of its country.
However, Da Wei didn't know much about the actual situation there.
Even those who come from Haixi are regarded as belonging to the same country.
Speaking of the name Francis Ya, you may still feel a little unfamiliar.
But after Feng Yibo's research, he made another major discovery.
Falang Siya is called "Fo Langji" in Minyue.
There are records to check, and it was the first person who came from France.
Just land on the Minyue side.
The first translated name may have a Fujian-Vietnamese accent.
This is like Hols, which could have been literally translated as Holmes.
But legend has it that there was a literary giant from Fujian who first translated it.
Translated him as "Sherlock Holmes".
So the name has been passed down to this day.
Although this may just be a joke, in reality, it is said that many translations really come from this.
In Fujian and Yue, these people are called "Fo Langji", and elsewhere they are translated into "Fulang Siya".
Feng Yibo guessed that this may be the pronunciation of ia.
In Minyue, it is simply pronounced as [ki], shortening the sound of [a].
So it is literally translated as "Fo Langji".
Elsewhere it is pronounced as [si], followed by the sound [a].
The literal translation is "Flan Siya".
Of course, this is all Feng Yibo's guess.
There is no record of specific information.
Regarding overseas countries, the information on the Wei Dynasty is limited and tight.
It's called Folangji, or Folansiya, which is pretty good.
Many courtiers refer to the countries in the Western Sea as "Western Sea" in general.
Or "Western Sea Coast".
The people who come there are also collectively called "Haiyi".
In addition to bringing in new things from overseas, such as clocks, foreign satin, and foreign medicine.
Some were introduced as "Qiyin Techniques".
He doesn't pay much attention to his country.
Just treat them like a group of newly civilized savages.
In their opinion, it is generally better than raw food.
But it's also limited.
In addition, this era does not yet have the concept that "diplomacy is no trivial matter."
Therefore, the envoys of such a country were beaten by the militia.
For the cabinet, it is just a trivial matter.
Such trivial matters are left to Wei, who is responsible for overseas affairs.
A doctor of the fifth rank is enough.
Feng Yibo took his interpreter with him and went to the Siyi Pavilion of Honglu Temple.
These envoys who called themselves Hercynian Francis lived here.
After the two sides met in accordance with etiquette, the representative of the other party immediately put forward his demands.
"Dear Mr. Feng! On behalf of the Falang Siya official, I would like to lodge a protest with Da Wei!"
The two parties have already introduced themselves, and the other party cannot understand the official position of doctor.
He can only be roughly regarded as a count.
The representative named George Stark looked arrogant and said:
"Your people are expelling us from Liuqiu and preventing us from stationing in Liuqiu."
Feng Yibo was a little confused after hearing what the interpreter translated.
I don't understand where his arrogance comes from.
Is being evicted something to be proud of?
"But as far as I know, Liuqiu is not under the actual control of Wei Dynasty, and they have no reason to do this!"
Feng Yibo could understand part of what the other party said.
But it is very different from the English he knows.
But it is certain that they should be from the same language family.
After confirming the meaning of the other party with the interpreter, Feng Yibo looked serious and said:
"Please pay attention to your wording! Liuqiu has been the territory of the Wei Dynasty since ancient times!"
Speaking of this, he sneered in his heart.
Fortunately, he was prepared in advance, otherwise it would be difficult to handle it if it came to the court.
"As far as I understand, these people you are talking about are the owners of that land, and you want to occupy it."
After hearing what the interpreter said, George Stark became furious and shouted:
"Impossible, that place is the territory of some savages. When did it become Wei's?"
Regarding the other party's rudeness, Feng Yibo laughed it off and said:
"When they learned that you came to the court to protest, they also sent someone to explain and brought the title deed to purchase the land."
Knowing that the other party was coming to complain, how could Feng Yibo not be prepared.
The fleet transporting timber naturally came without the title deed.
But the land deed was originally in Feng Yibo's hands.
At this time, he took out part of the land deed, put it on the table, and said:
"Liuqiu has been the territory of the Wei Dynasty since ancient times and belongs to the Penghu Xuanwei Division. These land deeds are also reasonable and legal."
Feng Yibo showed the land deed to the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the interpreter who accompanied him from Nanjing, and said:
"So you went over to camp and violated their land rights."
After the officials from the Nanjing Ministry of Rites and the interpreter confirmed it, they translated these words to the other party.
He also asked the interpreter to add: "Their land deeds were registered a few years ago and are well documented."
"Oh damn! That's impossible!"
George Stark's eyes widened and he said angrily:
"That's Shengfan's territory, we've inquired about it!"
"The land belongs to me, the Wei Dynasty, and the land belongs to me, the Wei Dynasty."
Feng Yibo smiled and said:
"If you had done business honestly in the past, I think the officials and people of the Wei Dynasty would treat you with courtesy."
Having said this, he put away his smile and said coldly:
"But if you want to engage in any preemptive behavior, expulsion will be light. The subjects of the Wei Dynasty have unlimited rights to defend themselves on their own land!"
Feng Yibo looked at the interpreter and said: "This sentence must be translated to them verbatim, so as not to be ripped off in the future without knowing what happened."
The interpreter nodded and quickly translated to the other party.
When George Stark heard this, he glanced at Feng Yibo with a complicated expression.
After discussing quietly with a few people around him for a long time, he said:
"In this case, we will not pursue this matter."
At this point, the topic changed again.
No longer as rude as before, but a polite greeting, saying:
"But we also want to take this opportunity to make a small request to the Wei court."
Feng Yibo frowned after hearing this.
"I hope you can temporarily lend us a place in Haojing'ao, Xiangshan, so that we can stay for a while."
George Stark was afraid that the other party would disagree, so he said sincerely:
"Our companions encountered a storm and needed to temporarily stop there to wait for the lost people to return."
Having said this, he shrugged and said with a pleading look on his face:
"Hao Jing Ao is the place we agreed on before, let's get rid of it."
I thought he had finished speaking, but unexpectedly he added:
"I don't think His Majesty the Emperor of Wei would refuse even this small request, right?"
When Feng Yibo heard about Hao Jingao, he felt a storm in his heart.
Are these people Portuguese?
So, it is true that I was deported before.
But coming here to file a complaint may just be incidental.
In other words, it's used to pave the way.
And in the end, this seemingly small request is their real purpose, right?
"I will help you answer your request, but whether you agree or not depends on the wishes of the cabinet ministers."
Feng Yibo had a calm expression on his face, looking businesslike, and then said:
"But I want to remind you that the Wei Dynasty prohibits the establishment of private ports."
George Stark smiled when he heard this and said:
"Faq! We have freedom of trade!"
It was a bit difficult to translate, so I thought about removing the curse words and then translating.
But without waiting for the interpreter to translate, Feng Yibo replied in English:
"Sauri, your freedom is only valid in your country."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent.
George Stark on the opposite side suddenly turned red.
He thought that the interpreter could not translate dirty words, so he dared to do so unscrupulously.
Unexpectedly, this official did not speak Portuguese.
But he knows English!
He thought Feng Yibo heard Fake's dirty words.
But in fact, the last thing he wants to hear is the word "freedom" at every turn!
Freedom is the right to do anything within the limits of the law!
This was not said by Feng Yibo, but by a French Enlightenment thinker and jurist.
Montesquieu said.
You must abide by the laws and regulations to be truly free!
Otherwise, that is not freedom, it is crime!
Therefore, the freedom that some people shout about does not mention restrictions.
Skillfully taken out of context.
Any "freedom" that removes this restriction.
They are all double standard people.
Obviously, Feng Yibo must resolutely implement this restriction today.
Let the other person be a free and law-abiding person.
"In Dawei, you must follow our rules!"
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