I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 804: The envoys from Austria, Portugal and Poland asked, what should we do?
Shu Youliang laughed even more happily, "There's nothing special about taking a train, except for a little bit of caution."

"What are you paying attention to?" several people asked in unison.

"If you get off the train for something, or go down to smoke or buy something, remember to get on the train as soon as you hear the call and don't delay.

The departure and stop of trains are all scheduled according to the daily timetable. It must depart at the appointed time, otherwise it will affect the trains before and after.

So people can wait for the train, but the train will never wait for people. If you can't catch the train, you can only run behind it. "

Everyone looked at each other.

What's noteworthy about this?
Beep, beep, three quick long whistles sounded. Hu Yinglin stuck his head out and saw the railway attendant in dark blue uniform on the platform. He blew the copper whistle while raising his right hand high and twirling the green pennant in the air.

"It's time to drive." Shu Youliang said calmly.

real or fake?

Woohoo!

There were two whistles ahead, followed by a strong and rapid exhaust sound. There were creaking and clanging sounds everywhere in the carriage, and suddenly everyone realized that the platform was slowly moving backwards.

“It’s moving, it’s really moving!”

"I can't believe that such a long train, made entirely of iron, weighing at least a thousand tons and carrying hundreds of people, is actually being pulled by a steam locomotive in front."

"Yes, it's getting faster and faster. How powerful is this steam locomotive?"

"It's really unexpected. Some people say that the steam locomotive is nothing more than a larger wooden ox and horse. Now it seems that it is completely different and nonsense."

“Things from different eras cannot be compared.”

Hu Yinglin and the other two exclaimed in amazement.

Marcelo and Leon looked at each other and saw the panic in each other's surprise.

Steam engine!
The train was getting faster and faster, emitting black smoke as it ran across the land of Yanzhao.

Seeing the trees, houses, fields and mountains outside the car window moving rapidly backwards, Marcelo and Leon's expressions became more and more solemn.

Hu Yinglin and the other two on the opposite side were discussing even more heatedly.

“How fast is this?”

"It should be thirty to forty kilometers."

"Faster than a galloping horse."

Shu Youliang interjected, "A fast horse will run slower and slower.

Generally, a warhorse would have to rest after running for thirty kilometers. It could run for three hours in a row, covering sixty to seventy kilometers, but it had to stop and rest properly, otherwise the warhorse would be useless.

But as long as there is water and coal, this train can continue to run. It is not a problem to change people but not cars, and run 300 or 400 kilometers in one breath."

Hu Yinglin immediately thought: "I have heard that this train was tested at night before. This means that it runs day and night."

Shu Youliang agreed, "That's right. I've taken a night train before. It runs all night long and the speed is the same as during the day."

"So magical?"

Hu Yinglin said: "This train is running on rails. I heard that there is a dispatching room to coordinate the arrangements. There is no need to look at the road. It just keeps running forward."

"What if there are pedestrians on the road?" Leon suddenly asked.

Everyone nodded in unison.

Xiao Lin stroked his beard and said, "Deputy Envoy Lai asked a good question. I see that this railway runs through the wilderness. What if the people cross it?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Shu Youliang.

Among you, Mr. Shu, you are an old hand who has taken trains many times. Can you explain it to us?

In response to everyone's expectations, Shu Youliang answered the question as expected.

"I also asked the truck driver on the same train about this question. He said that this is indeed a big problem, but it is easy to deal with. As long as you are not a fool, you will definitely run away when you see the train coming.

The train seems to be fast, but it is very noisy and can be heard from far away. The locomotive, also known as the steam locomotive, blows the whistle from time to time at the bend to alert the people ahead.

Hearing the noise, pedestrians had time to leave the railway. It was also heard that the Ministry of War and the Imperial Household Department had joined forces to erect warning signs in villages along the railway and send propaganda teams to spread the word.

Why do you have to stop, look, and then go when crossing a railway?

"Stop, look, and then pass? Master Shu, what does this mean?"

“When crossing a railway, stop first, look left and right, and if there is no movement, pass quickly.

In addition, there are some other rules, such as not walking near the railway; keeping an eye on your livestock and not letting them run around or onto the railway.

This railway is in a densely populated area, and there are barbed wire fences on both sides, not to prevent people, but pedestrians can pass through the reserved openings. The barbed wire fences are mainly used to prevent livestock from running onto the railway.

Especially cows. If a train hits them, the cows will definitely die, but the locomotive will also be seriously damaged."

After chatting for a while, Marcelo and Leon, who felt like they had grown weeds in their hearts, could not sit here and talk at ease, because the Ming Dynasty, which had such an important device as the train, was not their homeland.

The two absent-minded people stood up and said goodbye, returning to their private room.

"Leon, I can't stand it anymore. I feel like I've come to another world, a completely different world from Portugal and Spain, from the world we were in before."

"My Lord Marquis, I understand your feelings. To be honest, the shock and despair in my heart are not much less than yours."

"Yes, Leon, during these days in Ming Country, we were shocked and left with nothing but despair. It was as if mortals had come to Mount Olympus, to the kingdom of God, and saw miracles that they had never dared to imagine before.

No matter how desperate I am, I just want to find an answer now: what should Portugal do? "

Leon raised his head, his eyes full of worry, and looked at Marcelo and asked: "Mr. Marquis, have you found the answer?"

"Leon, the answer is actually very clear. We see it clearly, but we just don't want to admit it deep down in our hearts."

The private room fell into silence, with only the clanging sound of train wheels echoing continuously.

"Dong dong".

Someone knocked on the door. Leon stood up and saw four people standing at the door.

The Ottoman envoy was Abdul and his deputy Kaleri, and the Persian envoy was Kodaban and his deputy Ostagu.

"Chat?"

Abdul spoke.

"Okay, please come in." Marcelo stood up and responded, and Leon invited the four people into the private room.

Marcelo and Leon sat on the couch on the left, and Ostagu sat closest to the door.

Abdul and Kodaban sat opposite each other, and Calleri sat opposite Ostagu.

"Are you shocked?" Abdul asked in Arabic.

"It's very shocking." Marcelo paused, because the feelings he wanted to express were too complicated and he couldn't fully express them without mastering spoken Arabic.

Abdul asked, “Marquis Marcelo, do you speak Latin?”

If Arabic is the lingua franca of the Muslim world, then Latin is the lingua franca of the Christian world. Portuguese and Spanish are derived from Latin.

"meeting."

"Okay, you speak in Latin. Calleri is fluent in Latin." Abdul pointed to his deputy and said to the Persian envoy Kodaban, "He is also fluent in Persian. He will translate Marquis Marcelo's words for us."

Marcelo's pupils shrank.

Abdul went on to explain: “Kaleri is the third son of the Duke of Naxos.”

Marcelo and Leon looked at each other and seemed to understand.

It turns out he is the son of the famous Duke of Naxos. No wonder he is fluent in Latin.

Marcelo and Leon knew the story of the Duke of Naxos, whose name was Don Joseph Naxos. He was originally a Ute from Portugal, a very wealthy Ute.

The Spanish Inquisition gradually spread to Portugal. In addition to pagans such as the Moors, the Utais were also one of the people who were "tried" and expelled.

Naxi took his people and a large amount of wealth and first fled to his "own" Venice, pretending to be a Catholic. He did business there for more than ten years and accumulated a large amount of wealth through banks and lending.

However, their identities were soon betrayed by their relatives and friends, and they were also reported to have secretly held special education ceremonies.

In the Christian world at that time, this was tantamount to breaking the laws of heaven.

Therefore, the monarchs and nobles of France and Italy, led by King Henry II of France, firmly demanded that Venice arrest them and severely punish them.

According to Christian canon law, Henry II and his entourage could only borrow money from Christians.

Now that the true colors of the Naxi clan have been revealed, Henry II and his men discovered that the money they had borrowed was from the Universities, not the Christians. If they could kill these damned Universities, they wouldn't have to pay back the money. This was truly a blessing from heaven!

Not only that, Henry II also planned to work with the Venetian nobles to divide the huge wealth of the Nazi family.

Fortunately, Nasi had sent someone with a secret letter to Istanbul early on to ask for help from his good friend, Moses Hamon, the court physician of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I.

Moses Hammon again asked Suleiman I for help.

Suleiman I considered that the Ottoman Empire needed shrewd bankers to manage its finances and bold businessmen to expand its trade and increase tax revenue for its treasury, so he sent envoys to Venice to exert pressure and force the Venetian authorities to release the Naxi clan.

The Naxi clan came to Istanbul and, relying on their family's business talent and experience, began to engage in international trade between Asia and Europe, as well as intercontinental trade between the Old World and the New World. They made a lot of profit and contributed a lot of money to the Sultan's treasury. They were highly regarded and favored by Suleiman I.

Marcelo and Leon heard that after the death of Suleiman I, his only two remaining princes, Selim and Bayezid, started a civil war over the throne.

Nasi stood on Selim's side and provided huge military funds, which enabled Selim to recruit soldiers, bribe nobles and military generals, and thus defeat his brother Bayezid, ascend the throne of Sultan and become Selim II.

Before long, the entire European aristocracy knew that Nasi's gamble had paid off hugely. He was named Duke of Naxos by Selim II and became the Finance Minister of the Ottoman Empire.

But Marcelo and Leon had channels through which they obtained information that the Grand Vizier, Mehmed Sokollu, who presided over the Ottoman government, hated the Naxi very much.

Nasi was allied with Sultan Mihrimah, the sister of Selim II, who controlled the Ottoman court.

There is news that Abdul, the chief envoy of the Ottoman Empire, is a close confidant of Sokollu. It seems that the relationship between the chief envoy and the deputy envoy of the Ottoman Empire is very delicate.

These thoughts raced through Marcelo’s mind, but now was not the time to worry about the internal struggles within the Ottoman Empire; the most urgent task was to resolve the crisis at hand.

Marcelo said in Latin: "Four envoys, we have been in Ming, this mysterious oriental country, for more than three months.

What we saw and heard along the way challenged our cognition again and again, making us feel ignorant and backward again and again.

Standing in front of these confident Ming people, we seemed like savages in the African jungle.

For the first time, we discovered that in a distant part of the world, there was a powerful country with a vast territory, a large population, and its own long history and civilization.

What shocked us even more was that this country had unparalleled military strength. A powerful navy, an elite army. Their artillery was more than all the artillery in the world outside the Ming Dynasty combined.

Today, we boarded this train.

Marcelo pointed at the scenery passing by outside the car window.

"We have never even thought of such a magical thing before. In short, the strength of the Ming Dynasty is far beyond our previous expectations.

It is no exaggeration to say that human civilization and history have been redefined by the Ming Dynasty.

The world has been divided into two parts, Ming Dynasty and outside Ming Dynasty!

What is even more urgent for us is the military aspect!

I am a general with combat experience. According to my judgment, the Ming Dynasty's navy and army are fully capable of defeating the coalition forces of other countries in the world."

Kobanda murmured, “Yes, the Mongols who came from the east like a raging fire three hundred years ago will once again burn in front of us and burn us to ashes; the disaster accompanied by countless killings and looting will once again befall us.

Oh God, what should we do?

Marcelo nodded: “Yeah, what should we do?
In front of the Ming people, we are all sheep. How to talk to them later, we three countries should have a tacit understanding. "

Abdul agreed: "Yes, a flock of sheep will panic and flee in all directions when facing a lion, only to be despised by the lion and then eaten one by one."

After Carlili finished translating, he asked in return, "Everyone, what should we do?"

(End of this chapter)