Valley Emperor

When he walked out of Zhaoqing Palace, Guedes felt floating and his feet were soft, just like he had a fight with a young lady who was said to be a nobleman in a small red building he spent in Malacca a few years ago. When I came out after a whole night, my feet were so soft that I could barely walk.

The same is true of him now, and now he is still immersed in the shock and joy of the audience!

After the formal ceremonial meeting, he accompanied the envoy to the imperial study to meet Li Xuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty again. Of course, he did not pay attention to other things that Li Xuan and the envoy said. What he really paid attention to was that Li Xuan at that time He was discussing the introduction of various skilled craftsmen with the people in the embassy. However, several other people in the embassy were colonial officials, so they didn't care about this kind of thing, although they agreed on the spot to let Datang import craftsmen. , but it doesn't matter how they are introduced.

They are all decent officials, and naturally they will not deal with those lowly craftsmen!

At this time, Gerdes felt that his opportunity had come, and he expressed on the spot that he was willing to contribute to the power of Weibo for the glorious and great Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan, the sage of all ages, and to bring all kinds of technical craftsmen to the Tang Dynasty.

When Li Xuan heard this, he naturally smiled and said yes.

At this time, Gerdes just fell down directly, this is not kneeling, but the whole person is lying on the ground, with a very humble tone: "Your Majesty, who is greater than the sun, The humble and insignificant Guedes beg you to allow me to live in Zhaoqing, a glorious city like heaven. Guedes will not only find all kinds of craftsmen for His Majesty, but also willing to give half, no, one-third Two's property!"

As soon as Li Xuan heard it, he felt a little strange. This Buddha Lang machine is a little strange. Want to live in Zhaoqing?

He naturally didn't know that after seeing the prosperity and style of Zhaoqing, Gerdes, who has been floating around the world for decades, has an unparalleled affection for this city. In this paradise-like city, he never wanted to go back to the pigsty-like city in Europe.

Although it was said that he was explicitly rejected by the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last time, he did not give up.

And now, he feels his chance is coming!

Of course, this is only one of the reasons. There are other reasons why he wants to live in Zhaoqing. What is the reason? It is naturally the cutest baby in the world: gold and silver!

Although the Datang Dynasty has opened Hong Kong and trade, it has only opened two business districts in Guangzhou and Lianzhou. Foreign businessmen can only trade with Chinese businessmen in the business districts. In many cases, Chinese businessmen often come up with something. To sell, foreigners have to buy something.

But if Guedes can be allowed to live in Zhaoqing, then he can directly buy the most urgently needed materials in Europe from Zhaoqing and even the entire Datang, and then ship them to Europe, without even having to go back to Europe in person, he can be a second-hand dealer. The goods are sold to other foreign merchants.

Who else can know better than himself, what kind of goods do those foreign merchants need most?

At the same time, those foreign merchants, especially the merchants who are also Flang machine people, are willing to believe in the Chinese or believe in themselves, the Flang machine people, when the time comes, the goods will not worry about selling, maybe they can buy more than the market price. The high price, if you kill it a few times and cook it, you won't be able to make a profit!

Safe, fast, and hugely profitable!

So after thinking hard for a few days, he finally decided to take the risk today and personally make this request to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

And the introduction of craftsmen just mentioned, he thought it was an opportunity!

After all, if you want to go to His Majesty the Emperor, you must first let His Majesty see that you can provide what he needs!

Sure enough, Guedes saw the young emperor above pondering for a while, and then opened his mouth, but this made Guedes disappointed, and only listened to Li Xuan: "Except for the business district, foreigners are not allowed to live in other places. Residence, this is the law of the empire, unless you are a subject of the empire, you cannot live in Zhaoqing!"

As an emperor, Li Xuan naturally opened his mouth and directly allowed Gerdes to live in, but since the law has been formulated, and it was approved and issued by Li Xuan himself, it is not a good thing to break it casually. Not to mention just for a mere foreigner.

However, Li Xuan's subsequent words made Gerdes happy, because Li Xuan continued: "But I also know that there are many foreigners who admire Chinese customs, and it is not good to ban them all, as long as they can do excellence for the empire. Contribute and swear allegiance to us, and you can be granted naturalization!"

After all, Guedes immediately showed a happy face and was able to naturalize. This is a pie in the sky. As for the guilt brought by betraying the country and the nation, this naturally does not exist. The modern concept of state and nation, the global and even the idea of ​​loyalty to the king!

What is Geddes? Although he is a Flang machine, he used to be a poor man, then a pirate, and now he is a pirate and a sea merchant. In his eyes, the king is a piece of shit!

Immediately he knelt down continuously, and instead of using Flang's machine language, he said in broken Chinese: "I am willing to be loyal to Your Majesty!"

As soon as Li Xuan heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "Okay, since Gerdes is so loyal, then I will grant you a naturalization in the Tang Dynasty. You will be a subject of the Tang Dynasty in the future. You can live in Zhaoqing as long as you want!"

A few Flang machine people in the mission looked at Gerdes in a blink of an eye. They betrayed Flang machine and directly pledged allegiance to Li Xuan. They were also a little dumbfounded, but allegiance is a personal matter, and they really can't do anything about it. Block, not to mention, they can't block if they want to. This Guedes, he is a pirate.

But these have nothing to do with them. Anyway, they came to Zhaoqing this time to achieve their goals. After signing the contract, the two sides officially decided on the state of war. In the future, the merchant ships of the Folang machine will be able to enter and leave Guangzhou openly. Lianzhou's two commercial ports no longer have to be sneaky.

However, although he didn't care much, he was still not very happy, but he didn't say much. This Guedes was not an official messenger, but a captain who sent him to Guangzhou.

Not to mention other people, after Gerdes walked out of the palace, he was still immersed in what happened just now. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and he was now a member of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, he has a naturalization document specially issued to him by people from the Ministry of Household in his arms, and asks him to go to Zhaoqing Fu Yamen to register with the people of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With this kind of thing, he can be registered in Zhaoqing I bought a house in the city and settled in Zhaoqing City.

He's going to get rich, get rich!

With this status, he can still be a pirate, he can do big business, and use this special status to negotiate between Chinese and foreign merchants, and the money is still coming!

However, although the naturalization has been successfully completed, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "Don't forget your previous promise!"

What kind of promise, Guedes knows without asking, it must be about recruiting skilled craftsmen. As for donating family wealth, just talk about it, and the emperor himself said that there is no need to donate family wealth, let him use the money Go recruit more craftsmen!

Guedes promised the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that he would recruit craftsmen as soon as possible, especially the artillery craftsman that His Majesty specified. He also said that he didn’t need to go back to Europe. Cannon-making and other types of craftsmen recruited a batch of them, although the number is not large, but they can also respond to emergencies!

Hearing that Gerdes was so motivated, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also showed a satisfied smile, and then asked him to learn Chinese as soon as possible. The Ministry will send a translator to him. Of course, the salary of this translator has to be paid by Gerdes!

When I accompanied Gerdes to apply for household registration, I also encountered some troubles. People from Zhaoqing Prefecture said that it has never been done before to let foreigners register. I don’t know what to do and how to proceed. , but it's just a little trouble.

Your Majesty has said that those who have made outstanding contributions to the Empire are allowed to be loyal to His Majesty.

As for the relevant legal provisions, the Ministry of Justice is in the process of perfecting it, and it will be officially promulgated in a few days. Since it was approved by His Majesty personally, it is naturally a special case.

After the registration was completed, Gerdes was excited to go directly to buy real estate. As a maritime and pirate chief, he naturally had a lot of money. The 100 taels of silver bills issued for exchanges, the price was not returned, and a house was directly purchased.

It's a pity that ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is the only one who has been naturalized, and his servants can't be brought with him. Fortunately, someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced him to an elderly couple to act as housekeeper and cook. Of course, Asking them to serve a foreigner would be quite expensive.

And none of them, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, knew that this elderly couple were serious spies, agents of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the Imperial Academy!

A foreigner suddenly ran over and said that he wanted to live in Zhaoqing. Although His Majesty agreed, the agents of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the Hanlin Academy were not at ease. Spies must be dispatched.

In fact, not only the housekeeper and cook is a spy, but in fact a neighbor of Gerdes is also disguised by a spy from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the Hanlin Academy.

And these, of course, Gerdes does not know!

After he bought the house and got his household registration, Guedes was like a bird who just entered heaven. He ran out every day, wandering the streets and alleys. Fortunately, he was accompanied by a translator from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who had paid a lot of money. If you say that, you will be beaten to death by someone as an evil spirit in minutes.

After a few days of indulgence, he is also ready to do business, what business, naturally a craftsman!