Chapter 717: Dutch Mission

Brandon looked at the Qingzhou city wall in a daze.
This time he came all the way from Holland and risked his life to reach Qingzhou along the way. All this suffering finally ended at this moment.
"Earl Brandon, welcome to Qingzhou." A young man dressed as a scholar stood at the gate of the city. The young man greeted Brandon in fluent Dutch.
Rod was a little surprised, he smiled bitterly; "It seems that I can shut up this time."
The young man’s name was Qiao Chuan. He was a former student of Bowen College, and he learned Western languages. It was also prepared by Xiao Ming for receiving foreign missions.
"It's an honor." Brandon smiled, and then he looked at the concrete road under his feet and wondered: "Is this thing made of volcanic ash?"
When he entered Qingzhou, he was interested in this smooth road surface, but in his opinion, it did not look like the volcanic ash being used in Europe.
Qiao Chuan was taken aback, and he said, "Master Earl, this thing is made of cement made in Qingzhou."
"Cement?" Brandon silently remembered it, and now he began to believe Blake's words.
Half a year ago, Black's private signing of a contract with the Great Yuguo was passed to the Dutch National Parliament, which annoyed the Parliament very much.
When Europeans set foot on the American continent for the first time and then went to colonize Asia, no native country could yield to European countries. Members of Parliament shouted that Blake was a shame, and asked Blake to return to the Netherlands for questioning.
At the same time, the Dutch National Assembly sent a delegation to the country of Da Yu to try to understand the truth.
After Qiao Chuan explained, he smiled and said, "The emperor is waiting for the messenger in the Hall of Discussion, please come with me."
Brandon nodded. In fact, he wanted to know more about this strange country. Obviously, this was the first accident in European colonial history.
As far as he knows, Europe has never failed against people of color for hundreds of years, and this has also led to the rise of white supremacy in Eurocentric.
There are even more extreme statements that the natives outside Europe should be reduced to slaves in Europe.
Before coming, he had the same idea, but now he is a little shaken, because here he found a hint of technology.
After all, the whole of Europe is now enthusiastic about all kinds of new inventions, and people from ordinary people to nobles attach great importance to technological inventions.
Following Qiao Chuan into the city, Brandon did not let go of any chance to observe the city. When a group of soldiers passed by, his eyes were cast on the flintlocks in the soldiers' hands.
He was even more shocked when he saw a horse drawn by a field gun, and now he finally understood why Blake chose to compromise.
Dazzling all the way, Brandon quickly arrived at the Conference Hall. At this time, Brandon entered the Conference Hall with the four people who came with him.
At this time, Xiao Ming and the ministers were waiting for Brandon in the Hall of Discussion, which was a rule for the Great Yu Kingdom to receive the mission.
The presence of ministers is a respect for their mission.
Entering the Conference Hall, Brandon first glanced at the young man sitting on the dragon chair, and was a little surprised. Just as Blake said, the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom was just a young man in his early twenties.
However, he also knew that these eastern countries still retained the backward state system, so he took off his hat with his right hand, bent over and bowed, put his hat on his chest and performed aristocratic etiquette to Xiao Ming.
He said, "Brandon, the Dutch mission, has met the Emperor of the Kingdom of Yu."
Xiao Ming could understand Brandon's words, but the ministers did not understand, Qiao Chuan then translated a sentence.
There is no courtesy of kneeling in Dayu, so no ministers will ask the mission why they didn’t kneel. At the same time, this custom of not kneeling makes the people and officials of Dayu less servile.
Because of this, the ideas he promotes are sometimes not very resistant to the people and officials.
"No courtesy, the Dutch mission came from afar and I don't know what is going on?" After a simple greeting, Xiao Ming reached the point.
In fact, there is no need for courtesy to meet the mission, after all, since it is here, there must be something to ask for.
Before Brandon set off, the parliament prepared two plans for him. One was to overturn all contracts signed by Black and request the Dayu team to withdraw from Geranj.
Of course, this is based on the fact that the name of the country is not true. This second set is to strengthen the relationship with the country, use the power of the country in Asia to fight against the United Kingdom at sea, and at the same time expand the trade in the country, and Set up a permanent negotiating team.
Now that the tip of the iceberg in Qingzhou has made him feel worried, he naturally did not dare to mention the first set, so he said: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Kingdom of Yu, the purpose of sending the mission to Qingzhou this time is to strengthen the business and cooperation between the two countries. Trade, and hope to establish a permanent negotiating team in Qingzhou."
"Resident negotiating group?" Xiao Ming showed an interesting look. This permanent negotiating group was nothing but the predecessor of the embassy, ​​and the members of the negotiating group were envoys.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the permanent negotiating team is to resolve trade disputes." Brandon said.
Xiao Ming nodded, because the Netherlands is too far away from the country, and sometimes trade matters are really troublesome. If there are Dutch envoys, it can save a lot of trouble.
So he said: "This matter is very good, so I approved it."
Brandon was overjoyed, and then he said: "This time the mission has brought a large amount of tribute to your majesty, please accept it."
Xiao Ming showed an expression of interest, and he said, "Present it."
At this time Qian Dafu walked out ~EbookFREE.me~ and soon returned with the eunuch, and a large box was carried up.
Brandon opened the box at this time and took out a round object from it and said to Xiao Ming; "Dear Emperor of the Kingdom of Da Yu, this thing is called a pocket watch, which can record the time, please accept it with your majesty."
Then Brandon took out another music box, turned the button, and the music box played sweet music. Brandon said, "This is called a music box."
After putting down the music box, Brandon took out the exquisite glass crafts and said seriously; "Your Majesty, this thing is expensive, and it is the most expensive thing in this tribute."
After speaking, Brandon looked at Xiao Ming carefully, trying to find a different expression on Xiao Ming's face, but he was disappointed.
The throne was still a little interested when the pocket watch and the music box appeared, but he had a calm look when it came to the glass.
Brandon thought his statement was wrong, and emphasized: "This is a treasure, and it is invaluable."
Xiao Ming finally laughed at this moment, this Brandon could fool the wrong person this time.