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Chapter 1670 Building an Embassy

"We plan to lease this area as the headquarters of our Chinese embassy in the West. We will arrange craftsmen to build houses here for our ambassadors to handle Western affairs."

The minister of the Ministry of Rites took several officials to survey the west bank of the Thames River, selected a good location, and planned to lease this location with a lot of money to build the embassy headquarters.

The Ministry of Rites has always used the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce of Western companies in London as its office location. This time, Chu Yun established diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and the Kingdom of Portugal. At that time, a group of outstanding diplomats were needed to be stationed in Europe to deal with the frictions between the two sides in trade.

Ever since, the main embassy in the West was established to manage all diplomats in European countries that have established diplomatic relations.

There is no better location for the headquarters of the embassy in the West than the city of London. It is not in the European continent but not far away from the European continent, and it can be protected by Sophia.

"Next to it is the Palace of Westminster, the Parliament Building of England. If any diplomatic incidents happen, we will be able to find the English as soon as possible. In the same way, the ambassadors of other kingdoms in London are also active in this block. We can as soon as possible Find them," said an official.

"I think this place is very good. We will take this land as the future land of the embassy headquarters. What do you think?" the Minister of Rites asked other colleagues.

"Yes." Other officials also felt that it would be more convenient to establish an embassy headquarters next to the Capitol.

"There is also a more important question, should we build wide garden buildings or tall stone buildings? Garden buildings can reflect our characteristics, but they are a little low in front of their Gothic buildings, which may damage us. The majesty of China, they may not appreciate the uniqueness of our gardens. Only by building a building that is as high as their Capitol can we show the style of China, but such a building cannot be a wooden tower, a wooden tower It is incompatible with our diplomatic functions. How to build the main embassy building is really difficult."

The minister of the Ministry of Rites looked at the Palace of Westminster, which was tens of meters high. He originally wanted to build a garden as the office of the Ministry of Rites in the West, but he always felt overwhelmed by the height of the Parliament Building.

"Please ask the military master about this matter." The officials of the Ministry of Rites planned to leave this difficult problem to Chu Yun to decide.

With the establishment of diplomatic relations with Western countries, the responsibilities of the Ministry of Rites have expanded, and it is necessary to send a group of outstanding diplomats here, so the Ministry of Rites has become more important.

The Ministry of Rites determined the location of the embassy's main building, and then found Chu Yun, wanting to determine the architectural style of the embassy's main building.

"Our gardens have wing rooms, courtyards, gardens, and pavilions. We don't seek height, but elegance. Don't care about height and face. Our embassy headquarters should be built according to our characteristics, and it should be built according to the characteristics of the garden. At the same time, we export our architectural culture, so that ambassadors from various countries will know that our diplomatic mission is located when they see our gardens. If it is really out of date in the future, then it will be better to rebuild.” Chu Yun doesn’t care, he believes that the productivity will only be more developed in the future , rebuilding a cement building is not a simple matter?
As for face, Chu Yun thinks that the most important thing and the least thing to have is face. Some face cannot be lost, but there is no need to have all face. Together, it will only make people feel nondescript.

"Then we will hire workers to build the embassy's main building according to the style of the garden." The official of the Ministry of Rites said.

"In addition, please estimate the cost of the main building. If it does not exceed the budget, we can arrange personnel to build it before we leave. In the future, when our first batch of ambassadors stationed in various countries arrive in London, we will have our own place to stay." Chu Yun Said.

"This subordinate understands." The official of the Ministry of Rites responded.

Chu Yun’s visit to Europe this time is not just going to the Mediterranean Sea to teach the Ottoman Empire a lesson. He is doing his best to open up the European market by winning over some kingdoms and suppressing some kingdoms. He also needs to meet and negotiate with local dignitaries and arrange diplomatic personnel , very busy.

During this period of time, he also made a little bond with Xin'er, his son living in the west, not wanting this son to deny him after returning to the east.

As for the son who entered the Stuart family, Chu Yun didn't know what his future fate would be.

Being a king is still a relatively risky career, and you may lose your life.

While Chu Yun was busy arranging various things, Aila was not idle as the director of the intelligence department.

From the day when Li Jinde led Western companies to aggressively open up the European market, she dispatched intelligence personnel to Europe in batches to infiltrate Europe year by year according to Chu Yun's orders. All major kingdoms are more or less active with intelligence personnel. A secret underground The intelligence network was gradually formed in Europe, but the other party hadn't noticed it yet.

She took advantage of this opportunity of personally arriving in London to recall the main intelligence leaders from various places, reorganized the intelligence network, and obtained some unexpected intelligence.

"French King Louis XIII and Cardinal Mazarin secretly contacted ambassadors from various countries, hoping to resist the English and our expansion in Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. The main targets of French contact are Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the Holy Roman Empire The princes, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and even Tsarist Russia, which is not very accepted by Western Europe." Aila sent a piece of information to Chu Yun.

"France originally thought that by defeating Spain, the colonial empire, it could replace it as the new overlord. I didn't expect that we would intervene at this time. However, Louis XIII was really generous. He even united the most important countries in Europe. Together, there is even Spain as an opponent."

When Chu Yun received the news that the European Kingdom intends to unite against foreign enemies, he couldn't help but think of the wise saying that there are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests.

Spain and France fought to the death, and the appearance of foreign enemies made them comrades-in-arms with common interests.

"There is another important piece of information. King Christian IV of Denmark signed a peace treaty with Sweden at the cost of ceding the land. He seems to be very dissatisfied with the treaty and plans to visit England... Sofia is still Denmark by blood. Wang's niece." Ella collected another piece of information.

"The King of Denmark is here too?" Chu Yun just met the King of Portugal not long ago, and now the King of Denmark is here again, and the King of Denmark seems to be full of resentment. If this continues, Europe will probably be split into two camps.

(End of this chapter)