When Zhang Mingwei saw it, he stood up with a smile, turned around and walked out of the desk, walked towards Theodosio, and said to him: "The Ming Dynasty has always said that a drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring! You I am very happy to know how grateful I am and how good Ming Dynasty is. It seems that you have really studied hard in the past few years in Ming Dynasty!"
When he finished speaking, the man was already in front of Theodosio, and then he reached out to help Theodosio up.
After being praised by Duke Xingguo, Theodosio couldn't help but be extremely excited and said quickly: "If people don't know how to repay gratitude, they are beasts! I am a Portuguese prince, how can I not know etiquette, justice and shame! The Ming Dynasty's kindness to Portugal, Of course I will keep it in my heart and I won’t dare forget it for a day!”
"Okay!" Zhang Mingwei nodded again. It seemed that he admired Theodosio very much.
Johnson, who was watching all this, suddenly felt that Theodosio's hair dyeing was not unacceptable. At least Theodosio's approach can win the appreciation of Duke Xingguo, which will have many benefits for Portugal!
At this moment, I heard Duke Xingguo telling Theodosio again: "Okay, for your sake, when you return home this time, you can bring a message to your father."
"Please tell me!" Upon hearing this, Theodosio quickly lowered his hands and bowed to wait for instructions.
Zhang Mingwei stood in front of him, looked at his lowered head and explained: "Before Ming can protect your Portugal, one of your Portuguese principles is to first ensure your own safety, and secondly to ensure the interests of Ming. As long as If you can do these two things, no matter what happens, you can deal with it first and then tell it later!"
His words were actually foreshadowing what would happen in the future. In other words, Portugal can sell arms to other countries as long as it pays Daming, regardless of what happens to Spain!
However, this matter cannot be stated explicitly. Only when other countries want to obtain arms from Portugal in the future, referring to these two principles will be equivalent to getting permission from the Ming Dynasty to sell arms to other countries.
Therefore, when these two principles are spoken, it sounds like they are all for Portugal at this moment. After all, the first one is to ensure Portugal's safety. As for ensuring the interests of Ming Dynasty, that is also a matter of course.
Therefore, whether it was Theodosio or Johnson, who was a little surprised when he heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. He didn't expect that Ming Dynasty was so good to Portugal!
Theodosio felt that it seemed that his performance was good, and with a little pride, he quickly knelt down to thank him.
Johnson thought so too, and felt a little emotional that Theodosio's stay in Ming Dynasty had not been in vain in the past few years. It was just such a promise from Ming Dynasty, which was very worth it, so he knelt down to thank him.
Zhang Mingwei smiled and asked them to stand up, and then said to Johnson: "Currently, Ming Dynasty does not know much about the situation in Europe. You must report to Ming Dynasty regularly, so that Ming Dynasty can understand the situation in Europe and help you Portugal at the right time."
Upon hearing this, Johnson quickly replied: "Please rest assured, Sir, every time I first come here, I will report the situation in Europe to the Jinyiwei Yamen. I dare not make any mistakes!"
Zhang Mingwei nodded after hearing this, that was enough, everything that needed to be said had been said, everything that needed to be explained had been explained, and he went about his business.
Next, Theodosio and Johnson were taken by the Jinyi Guards to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty to negotiate with the Ministry of Household Affairs to purchase the arms of the Ming Dynasty.
Under the Ming Dynasty's price reduction promotion, Portugal bought fifty steam paddle-wheel warships in one go, and the ships were filled with rifled guns. The delivery locations are Salyem in Daemyeongdong Province and Guangzhou in Guangdong Province.
If Johnson hadn't estimated his manpower and used all the Portuguese in Hao Jing'ao and Goa, he could only take away so many warships. He would probably have asked for more.
With the permission of the Ming Dynasty, Portugal can sell these arms to Spain exclusively. Because the Ming Dynasty has given a preferential relationship, it can make a lot of money from Spain, and there is no need to worry about not being able to pay the Ming Dynasty. of.
Relatively speaking, at least for Portugal at present, there is no other product that is more profitable than these arms and will be the most popular in European countries. It will definitely not worry about selling!
Of course, Johnson would not tell this plan to the Ming Dynasty. He just had a small calculation in his heart and tried his best to persuade Theodosio to buy the largest amount of these arms first.
Then, he asked Theodosio to take his entourage overland via Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty to Dongwu and go to Shalian. As for himself, he immediately rushed to Haojing'ao to call the people there to collect the goods in Guangzhou, and then rushed to Sha Lian to meet Theodosio before returning home.
Moreover, because the Ming Dynasty already has Dongwu Province, it is no longer meaningful for Portugal to be in Haojingao. It will move its office to Salian in Dongwu Province, where it will be almost half the distance from the Ming Dynasty. .
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On the western Mongolian side, the person in charge for the time being is Choros Batur Hutaiji, leader of the Dzungar Tribe, and Sengge's father, who has returned from Tibet. When he was angry, he suddenly heard the news that Sengge, Eqirtu and others had returned. He couldn't help but be surprised, because they had returned many days earlier than he thought.
So, he immediately welcomed them out in person and saw these people who were envoys to the Ming Dynasty returning.
As soon as they met, Batur Hutaiji hurriedly asked: "Why, you came back so soon. Could it be that you didn't go to the capital at all and didn't meet the Ming Emperor?"
For such an important matter, according to his understanding, he must have an audience in the capital. But if he went back so soon and didn't see the Ming Emperor, things would probably go very wrong.
Tsarist Russia had just sent someone to threaten him again, but he pushed back. He was in a bad mood, but he didn't expect that things in the Ming Dynasty would not go well either.
In the original history, Tsarist Russia sent people to threaten the Jungar tribe seventeen times, but Batur Hutaiji did not agree even once and spoke with swords and guns.
However, there is a gap between swords, guns and flintlocks after all, which makes Batur Hutaiji very interested. This is also the reason why he wants to get help from the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Sengge say to him with joy: "Let's go, we went to the capital, and we stayed in the capital for many days!"
"Yes, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is simply like the Tianshan Mountains on earth, so prosperous!" Eqirtu also said very excitedly.
I have never seen such a prosperous city!
When Batur Hutaiji heard this, his face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly to them: "Are you guys working together to deceive me? Do you think I'm old and confused?"
"..." Upon hearing this, Sengge and Eqirtu couldn't help but look at each other. They didn't know why Batur Hutaiji spoke like this.
Seeing them "pretending to be wronged", Batur Hutaiji was so angry that he immediately exposed them and said: "In such a short period of time, you have been to the capital of the Ming Dynasty and stayed in the capital of the Ming Dynasty for many days. ? Do you really think of me as an old fool? Am I that old and foolish? "
Upon hearing this, Sengge, Eqirtu and others couldn't help but look enlightened and couldn't help laughing.
Seeing them like this, Batur Hutaiji couldn't help but get angry. They were teasing him like this and he didn't know how to restrain himself!
When he was about to get angry, he saw Eqirtu carefully untied a package from his back, opened it on the spot, took out a copy of the Ming Emperor's imperial edict, held it in front of Batur Hutaiji and said: " This is the will of the Ming Emperor!"
No need to explain much, this answer has the best effect.
When Batur Hutaiji saw it, he quickly took it and checked it. He is not looking at the content of the imperial edict, but checking the authenticity of the edict.
After a while, he raised his head, looked at his fifth son, and confirmed again with an incredulous expression: "You have really arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty?"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for an answer, he continued: "How is this possible!"
Sengge and Eqirtu understood very well why he thought so at this time. With a glance, I briefly explained the situation of the Ming Dynasty in one sentence, which made Batur Hutaiji stunned.
In fact, those changes in the Ming Dynasty would be unbelievable if you had not seen them with your own eyes and experienced them yourself.
At this time, Batur Hutaiji looked at his son and Eqirtu, and understood in his heart that it was impossible for the two of them to join forces to lie on such an important matter.
After confirming this, he was ready to look at the specific content of the imperial edict.
When Sengge, Eqirtu and others saw him, they all remained silent and waited quietly.
After a while, Batur Hutaiji had obviously finished reading, but his eyes were still looking at the imperial edict, obviously thinking.
When Sengge and Eqirtu saw each other, they couldn't help but look at each other, and they could see a trace of worry in each other's eyes.
For them, this trip to the Ming Dynasty has impressed both of them. The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the best in the world, the power of the Ming Dynasty, what they saw and heard along the way, and after visiting the Navy and Army Arms Hall, they were equally impressed.
The Mongols have a tradition of serving the Ming Dynasty, so there is no obstacle for them to become a part of the Ming army.
The two of them actually longed to become a member of the Ming army, to make the devil of Tsarist Russia look good, and to recreate the glory of the East sweeping the West hundreds of years ago!
However, this wish must be approved by the senior ministers of Oirat. The one in front of me is one of them.
Will he agree? After all, after becoming a member of the Ming Dynasty, the Oirat Mongolia were no longer decided by them.
Batur Hutaiji remained silent. After a while, he raised his head and looked at the two juniors in front of him.
