Daming Military Empire

Chapter 132
Shivira can be said to be proud of the spring breeze now. As he expected, the treaty of friendship and mutual assistance signed with Daming has won unanimous praise from within the Portuguese aristocratic circle of restoration of the country. All the nobles praised him for finding a powerful ally for Portugal. The fringe figures in the aristocratic circle entered the core decision-making level in one fell swoop.

The signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance not only brought him glory, but also brought huge benefits to the Kiernino family. The high-grade porcelain, high-grade tea, and silk bought from the Daming Western Trade last time caused a sensation among nobles from all over the world. After auction after auction, the wealth of the Kiernino family expanded rapidly, and the final profit reached a terrifying 8000 million taels of silver!
Although they distributed half of the profits to Condade's Dinonia family according to the agreement, only half of it has already made his family power among the core Portuguese aristocratic circles, and now he and Conded's status are no longer high or low.That's not all, he has already signed a long-term supply agreement with Daming Western Trading, which is tantamount to monopolizing Daming's official foreign trade, and the Kiernino family will get tens of millions of taels of silver profit from it every month!
The current wealth of the European continent is astonishing. As far as he knows, Portugal has obtained nearly 30 kilograms of gold from the development of Africa in the past few decades, and Spain has obtained more than 20 kilograms of gold from the development of the Americas in the past few decades. And more than 2000 million kilograms of silver!Such a huge wealth caused the prices in the European continent to skyrocket, and even the rich could not buy things, let alone high-end luxury goods. Therefore, Ming’s high-end porcelain, high-end tea, and silk were basically auctioned in the European continent. , everyone is too rich, and there are only so many high-end luxury goods!

Daming can be said to be a huge cash cow, but now Shivela is the only one under the cash cow. All he has to do is stand firmly under the tree and prevent others from stepping in.How to dominate this position?Naturally, he is trying his best to curry favor with the powerful and powerful of Ming Dynasty. Zhennan King Nicholas has already sent 100 million taels of silver to him, temporarily keeping his exclusive agency status. His Majesty!
How much money can impress His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire?This problem is really a headache. As far as he knows, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is not short of money. A single business in the Ming Dynasty can make him tens of millions of taels of profit a month. I heard that he also has a bigger company, Rixinglong. , The monthly profit is more than 1000 million taels!
Just when Shivira was having a headache, Zhennan King Nicholas wrote to him and told him that His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to buy some iron ore from him. He looked at the numbers behind, Huake, 200 million catties, that is, 100 million Kilo, is that called a little?Bully my Chinese is not good, right!

But after a brief moment of anger, Shivela jumped up in surprise. Iron ore is not gold or silver. How much is that thing worth? One million kilograms does not cost one million taels of silver.Great opportunity, definitely not to be missed!

As long as you know what you want, I’m afraid you don’t want anything. Iron ore, I’ll find it for you. If you want 200 million catties, I’ll give you 200 million catties!

So, Shivira wrote to the governors of various places for help: Is there any iron ore?Sell ​​them all to me, the price is negotiable!

Now Shivira's status in the aristocratic circle is quite different from before. Governors everywhere want to curry favor with him. Isn't it just iron ore? It's easy to say. Besides, it's not that he doesn't give money, so it's even better. So 200 million kilograms of iron ore were quickly assembled.

If others wanted to curry favor with him, he also wanted to curry favor with His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire. Naturally, he would not miss such a good chance to curry favor, so he followed the iron ore fleet to the capital.

The Dutch are too insidious, they raise pirates everywhere, and the Dongying people are also very shameless. There are many pirates under the Dutch, and even more pirates themselves. The coast of Daming can be said to be a den of pirates.Fortunately, there is Nikolai's fleet protection, otherwise it will be dangerous. I heard that he used to be a pirate, and he is also the biggest pirate leader.
Shivira followed behind the eunuch, thinking while walking, and soon came to the place where Emperor Ming was receiving him.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong had already put on the dragon robe, and was sitting upright in the imperial study room waiting for Shi Weila to come to see him. That boy Zheng Chenggong was also wearing the dragon robe and stood beside him like a dog!There's no way this kid just clamored to follow, saying that he hadn't seen a foreigner for a long time, and Zhu Cijiong's head was so pissed by his quarrel, so he had no choice but to agree.

Soon Shivela came in under the guidance of the eunuch, and he respectfully knelt on one knee and saluted: "The special envoy of the Portuguese Empire, Shivela, has a meeting with His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said kindly: "Excuse me, Mr. Shivela has been gone for a long time, how are you doing recently?"

Shivela stood up and flattered him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I, oh no, I'm fine, fine."

Hearing his nondescript address, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, "I don't know why Mr. Shivela came here."

Shi Weila continued to please: "I heard that His Majesty the Emperor wants iron ore, and I have specially sent you 400 million catties."

400 million catties!I seem to only need 200 million catties. You don’t have too much iron ore and want to blackmail me, right?Zhu Cijiong's face was serious, and he asked lightly: "Oh, 400 million catties, how much is it worth?"

Shi Weila didn't pay attention to Zhu Cijiong's expression. He had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and now His Majesty finally asked the price. Once he regained his composure, he said impassionedly according to the script he had prepared a long time ago: "No money, I heard that the emperor Your Majesty won a great victory last year, these are my congratulatory gifts to you, to celebrate His Majesty the Emperor's great victory."

Sent!This guy is very good, not bad, worthy of training, he is trying to cultivate a spokesperson among the great powers, and it will be much more convenient to break into the internal powers.Last time he felt that this Shivela was very good, but he didn't expect this guy to be so good this time, well, this guy is the only one.

He pretended to be touched and said: "Oh, Mr. Shivela is too polite, how can I thank you, you are an earl in Portugal, how about this, I will also make you an earl, the earl of Daming, let's call it Earl Sincerity , there is still an Earl's Mansion empty in the capital, so I will give you a place to rest. What do you want, are you willing to be my Earl of Daming?"

Earl of the Ming Empire!Isn't that bigger than the Duke of the Portuguese Empire!In Shivela's view, the stronger the country, the greater the corresponding title. The earl is equivalent to a provincial-level official, and a province of Ming Dynasty is much larger than the entire Portugal!

Shivela said excitedly: "I am willing, I am willing, thank you His Majesty the Emperor."

Zheng Chenggong next to him couldn't stand it anymore. Although Zhu Cijiong had already warned him when he came, he stood aside and was not allowed to speak, but what the foreigner said was so awkward, he felt really uncomfortable listening to it, and he couldn't help but speak. Corrected: "It should be said that I thank the emperor."

Shivira was taken aback when he heard the words, he always thought that standing next to him was a little eunuch, but he didn't expect that this little guy would dare to interrupt, then he might not be a little eunuch, who is this?Shi Weila looked at Zheng Chenggong suspiciously, why did he feel so familiar, he thought for a while, Nicholas!Yes, I have heard from Nicholas that his eldest son is deeply loved by His Majesty the Emperor, and he is living with His Majesty in the palace.

So, Shivela tentatively asked: "Are you the eldest son of King Nicholas?"

Zheng Chenggong rolled his eyes, and proudly said: "You should say, I see His Royal Highness!"

Hearing his tone, Shivira knew that he was the eldest son of the Nicholas family. He hurriedly followed Zheng Chenggong's intention, bowed his hands and said: "My minister sees His Royal Highness."

Zheng Chenggong nodded in satisfaction and said, "Well, it's not too bad."

Now he is satisfied, but Zhu Cijiong is dissatisfied, and told you to keep quiet, why are you interrupting here?
He coughed dryly, and said majesticly: "Count Shivira, I wonder if you are free tomorrow?"

What could Shi Weila do, he was here to curry favor with Zhu Cijiong, he quickly replied: "Wei Chen is free tomorrow."

This sounds much more comfortable, Zheng Chenggong nodded in satisfaction.Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes angrily. This is a meeting with foreign envoys. This kid is here to make trouble for him. He really shouldn't be here.

Zhu Cijiong sneaked a glance at Shi Weila, and found that he didn't have a strange expression. Perhaps in the eyes of foreigners, the prince can be more casual in front of the emperor.Zhu Cijiong breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "I'm going to review the drilled new army tomorrow. I wonder if Earl Shivira is interested in going with me?"

This is not a temporary idea, he is indeed going to Zunhua tomorrow, one is to see the training situation of the Tianxiong Army and the Second Corps of the Imperial Guard, and the other is to buy people's hearts, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival robbery, the emperor will go there in person during the Lantern Festival Visit them, can they not be moved!

Now that Shivira is here, he naturally wants to take him to see it. He has been showing his force in front of Shivira just to let him see how powerful Daming is, so that he can go back to promote it.Portugal is now being ruled by Spain. They all want to rebel and restore their country. Naturally, they want to find powerful allies everywhere. Let them see the strength of Ming Dynasty. They will naturally try their best to curry favor, and the benefits will be more .

Shivira had already seen the imperial guards of His Majesty the last time, and it was a shock. He went back and boasted, and he was unanimously praised by the aristocratic circle of the restoration of the country. With such a good opportunity this time, he naturally I'm going to follow, so that I can continue to brag when I go back.The stronger the Ming Empire was, the higher his status in the aristocratic circle would be. You must know that the ally of the Ming Empire was brought over by him, and this was his greatest political capital.

Thinking of this, Shivela said excitedly: "I am interested, and I am willing to accompany His Majesty to inspect the army."

(End of this chapter)