Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 604 I don't understand etiquette!

John Burr had waited desperately.

Although his good friend Zuo Fu wrote back to him, but because of another dispute between Ming and the barbaric Tatars, he was not able to meet the emperor of Ming and submit his credentials for the time being.

In desperation, he had no choice but to return to England. After selling a batch of fresh goods from China, he set off again to search for all kinds of timber and transport the ore to Qiongzhou.

Daming has almost everything, and only a small amount of spices, wood, ores, etc. can be traded with them.

People, Ming also need people, but Ming people have high requirements, no black slaves, no natives from Southeast Asia, only Japanese, Korean, Annan people.

Either that place was not controlled by a strong government, or it was not under the control of the British at all. He tried to catch some people from the Indian mainland, but all of them were returned with the reason: too lazy.

For the importation of foreign population, Zuofu was very cautious during his administration.After several tentative inputs, Zuo Fu eliminated those from the non-Confucian civilization circle.

Although those people lived primitively, due to the geographical environment, they did not lack food, so they were very lazy.As for the people from the Indian subcontinent, Zuofu refused them to enter because of Zongjiao's reasons.

She didn't want to, hundreds of years later, a bunch of third brothers would talk about it, talking about such absurd remarks as ancient Indians invented airplanes and cannons, instead of doing real things.

After all, third brother's mouthpiece is famous all over the world.Although they are still only a geographical concept, no matter how a civilization changes, it will leave traces, so the third brothers and sisters who can only talk empty words should not come.

So he has nothing to sell, so he can only buy some rubies, emeralds, spices, wood, ores from Southeast Asia, India and other places to trade with the Ming people.

And his friend heard that he was promoted again, and now he is in charge of the capital of Ming Dynasty, and he has also become the teacher of the future emperor of Ming Dynasty. While the glory is boundless, it has also brought the envy of countless people, and it is said that he is doing his best to deal with these.

And she set off again, and it is said that she won the battle again, but the matter of the trade between Britain and Daming has to wait for the emperor to decide.

He waited and waited, and even the two clipper ships he ordered in Qiongzhou were built, and he hadn't waited for the emperor's approval.

Just when he was feeling extremely desperate, the Qiongzhou government finally came to him and said that His Majesty agreed to his audience, but according to the procedure, he had to hand over his credentials to the Qiongzhou government first, and then report to them layer by layer.

Well, the country is rich and prosperous, but its etiquette is notoriously complicated.But for the friendship between Ming and Britain, he felt that the wait was worth it.

But fortunately, the officials trained by Zuo Fu are relatively strong in action, and with the help of flying shear boats, after reporting to Guangzhou, they were quickly delivered to the capital under the hint of a letter from Zuo Fu.

The moment the letter of credence arrived in Zhu Cihong's hands, Zhu Cihong was a little proud looking at the tadpole writing.

Throughout the ages, what many emperors have pursued is not to re-translate it?In order for the Ming emperor to understand what they said, the British authorities deliberately wrote it again in Spanish.

Yes, Spanish.

The current John Bull is not the same as the sun never sets later, and now the lingua franca of the West is Spanish, so they wrote it again in Spanish.

They were thinking, this Daming person may not be able to understand Spanish, after all, no matter how powerful Spain is, how can it compare with Daming?He was unconvinced before and wanted to compete with Daming, but he was beaten badly, so Spain is not worthy of carrying shoes for others.

But after all, Spain was once the overlord of the ocean. It has been operating in Southeast Asia for a long time and has contacts with Ming people, so it should be written in Spanish, and then go to Luzon and other countries to find a Daming who can speak Spanish. It should be better than finding someone who can speak English. Much easier.

Although I heard that the honorable Duchess of Ming can also speak English, although her pronunciation and vocabulary are very weird, according to John Burr, they can communicate.But she is the most honorable woman in Ming Dynasty, with power in her hands, how could she do such things as translation?
Don't look at them, the British are countrymen when they are laughed at by the French, but, but!But that's just French hysterical nonsense, they Brits are gentlemen!
Therefore, they understand etiquette, and their duties and powers are equal, which is a symbol of civilized people.

"Aiqing, does this have the same meaning as what I translated into my Ming language?" Zuo Fu took the letter of credence, but she actually seemed to be struggling a bit.Although English in this period is very close to that of later generations, it is still different after all.

Fortunately, in this era, she can still understand a little bit. If we go back 200 years, in the era of Middle English, I am afraid that we will not be able to communicate.

She probably read it once, read the translated credentials again, and then nodded, "Returning to Your Majesty, it's roughly the same. However, I just learned a little bit because of trade, so I don't know whether my understanding is accurate or not, but I read the original text first, and then read the translation, and roughly speaking, they are all about the same."

Zhu Cihong nodded, "There is no objection to the trade, but I just want to help them with food, guns, weapons, medicines..."

Zhu Cihong frowned.

To be honest, for thousands of years, there have been a lot of poor people around, asking for things in different ways.But if they want something, at least they can bring some special products, but why is this Western Englishman so ignorant of etiquette?

Want benefits just by relying on a piece of torn paper?
This is too impolite!

A group of ministers also frowned after listening to the eunuch read the credentials.

Where did the barbarians come from, they are even less polite than the Annan barbarians, how can such barbarians make friends with them?Isn't this damaging Daming's face?

"Oh, Your Majesty, it's like this..."

Zuo Fu said: "This minister also inquired a little bit. It is common for countries like Europa to give aid to other countries, but they are borrowed and have to be repaid. If there is no money, you can use other things to pay off the debt. Such as land, mineral development rights, etc.”

Hearing this, the eyes of a group of ministers who originally wanted to object suddenly lit up.

Zuo Fu, who was suffering from the plague, beat them to death, thinking hard day and night, to see if he could get some money to supplement them. It would be good if he could get some money from Xi Yi.Just listen to this tone, only country-to-country aid?
Now they belatedly recalled that Zuo Fu and Xungui have set up an Australian Overseas Development Association recently, and I heard that His Majesty has become a shareholder. Could it be possible that joining them can justifiably lend money to Xiyi?
"This firearm and the medicine made by Aiqing are the treasures of my Daming Township. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the most important weapons of the country. Where can I give them?"

Zhu Cihong shook his head, "Although I don't understand science, I also know that this technology can be reversed. They are a group of people who don't know etiquette. If they get my Da Ming's artifact, do you know if they will come to enslave me in the future? They are in Australia , What America did is too barbaric, we have to guard against... this, no way! Food...you can think about it..."

　Finish!La la la la, I'm going to practice the piano.Bought an electronic piano, I am studying by myself, today is the No.11 day of self-study, the simplified version of Fur Elise is finally a bit decent, otherwise it is not like Fur Elise, but like Alice Festival... emmmmm... I feel that my keyboard is not If you can play well, you must be fine when you hit the piano keys. Wait for me to perform "Enjoy the Game", hahahaha

　　
　
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