Iron Dynasty

Hahaha……

The ministers in the Hall of State Council all laughed. If it was a few years ago, they would definitely have regarded this glass as a treasure of this world.

But now as glass gradually becomes commonplace in Qingzhou, they will not be as ignorant as before.

Brandon awkwardly held the glass artwork, which looked like a mountain and was a bargain in the Netherlands.

But he believed that the natives of the East did not have these things in their hands.

Your Majesty the Emperor, is this thing ridiculous? The sarcastic smiles of the ministers made him a little confused.

Xiao Ming put away his smile, and then he said to Brandon; Dutch messenger, the thing in your hand is called glass, it's just a cheap thing in your country, are you trying to humiliate me with this thing? ?

Brandon's heart suddenly tightened. As Black said, the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom seemed to have an amazing understanding of the West.

Putting away his contempt, Brandon said respectfully; Sorry, Your Majesty the Emperor, maybe glass is not very valuable in the West, but it is rarely seen in the East, so in my opinion he is not cheap.

Every messenger has a eloquent mouth, but this time you are wrong, glass is just an ordinary thing in my country of Great Yu, if the messenger wants, I can give back some.

Brandon opened his mouth, he was already surprised enough when he entered Qingzhou City, but now one thing is constantly beyond his understanding.

At this moment, he finally admitted from his heart that this Great Yu Country was a little different from other eastern countries.

It's not necessary. Brandon was a little uneasy, he thought that the gift he brought this time would make the emperor very happy.

But now the emperor is looking at the things he took out with a look of garbage.

Xiao Ming showed a smile. The Dutch messenger came from a long way, and he couldn't make people look ugly, so he said against his will: I like your gifts very much. In return, I will also bring you some gifts back.

Brandon was overjoyed. As far as he knew, the monarchies in the East were very generous, and they were often rewarded tenfold for every gift sent by an envoy.

Sending gifts is only the first item of the diplomatic envoy. This time the Dutch envoy has more important things to do.

So Xiao Ming asked: Is the messenger coming to the Great Yu Kingdom just for the permanent negotiation team?

Not only that, but we also look forward to establishing a deeper friendship with Da Yu. Brandon said sternly: We are very interested in trade with your country, and we also hope that the two sides will cooperate in jointly dealing with maritime threats.

Threats at sea? Xiao Ming asked, Are you referring to the British?

Not that, there are the French, the Spaniards, the Portuguese. Brandon said the decline of the Netherlands made the maritime trade routes no longer safe.

European countries are now fiercely competing for colonies in Asia, which makes the sea smell of gunpowder even more, and their merchant ships are often attacked by privateers at sea.

Xiao Ming frowned, Brandon's words showed that there are many colonists in Asia now, but it is impossible for Brandon to tie him to the Dutch warship.

The reason is very simple, the eternal interests between countries, not friendship, he is a kind of use to the Dutch, and the Dutch are also a kind of use to him.

Therefore, he never intended to put apples in one basket. Maybe the Spaniards, Portuguese and the Netherlands have conflicts, but this does not affect his establishment of contacts with these countries. Diplomacy is never an option.

But now the British have shown naked hostility to him. Since the Netherlands and he are both unhappy with the British domineering, he can still accept the issue of unanimously dealing with the British, but he cannot do it with all the Dutch enemies. enemy, this is not in his interest.

So he said: I can guarantee the safety of the Dutch merchant ships in the territory of Da Yu, and will also work with your country to deal with the threat from the British.

Brandon's pupils shrank a little. He understood the meaning of the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom. Now the Dutch trade with the Great Yu Kingdom is basically the Dutch merchant ships transporting porcelain, tea and other items from the Great Yu Kingdom. All kinds of ores are shipped.

To put it simply, the shipping routes outside the Great Yu Kingdom were all Dutch merchant ships, and the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom was obviously not willing to send a fleet to escort them all the way from the Great Yu Kingdom to the Netherlands.

Brandon had already expected this result. Although the Netherlands was declining, the dead camels were bigger than horses, and they were still able to deal with threats from other countries at sea.

He made this point this time just to show off his power in front of other countries.

Thank you, Your Majesty. Brandon saluted Xiao Ming again. For the time being, he has no more demands.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly and said to Pang Yukun, Pang Shoufu, you are responsible for arranging the accommodation for the Dutch embassy.

Pang Yukun bowed and led Brandon out of the Council Hall.

Sending off the embassy, ​​Fiji said: Your Majesty, these barbarian countries have fickle temperaments and no credibility at all. You should be very careful with them.

Xiao Ming nodded. He never believed that the Dutch would look down on the people of Da Yu. Now is the heyday of Western white supremacy theory.

The Dutch cooperated with him the most because of money. If the European countries were all ready to attack the Great Yu Kingdom, he believed that the Netherlands would not hesitate to rush up to bite him.

After all, for the Europeans, the Great Yu Kingdom challenged their authority in the world.

Feige is old. I won't trust the Dutch, and I won't talk about friendship with the Dutch. For me, the two sides are just using each other.

Fiji nodded, now Xiao Ming's wrist is more and more mature, this is what the king of a country looks like.

Here, Pang Yukun arranged Brandon and his party into the Wei family restaurant.

When Brandon saw the glass window of Wei's restaurant and the porcelain toilet in the room, he was silent again for a long time.

The Great Yu Kingdom is a threat.

Finally Brandon spit out a word.

The accompanying members said: That's right. Sooner or later, this Great Yu country will compete with our European countries for colonies. At that time, no one in Asia will be his opponent. We must unite with other countries to prevent this.

Brandon took it seriously. He never regarded the Great Yu country as an ally. His superiority as a European made him look down on the Great Yu country, just like a city person looked down on a countryman.

And when this countryman has something they also have, there is some sourness in this mentality.

He complained: How did the Great Yu country master European technology, this is really puzzling, is it the people of the Republic?