Zhu Jinsong looked at Zeng Cheng with a confused look on his face.

Zeng Cheng couldn't not know that this was a condition that could not be agreed upon at all.

Emperor of Ming Dynasty and Prince of Portugal?

Isn’t this ridiculous thing to do?

Li Erfeng was able to accept titles like Tian Khan because Tian Khan was the honorary title, which represented the surrender of the Turkic tribe to the Tang Dynasty. How about you let him serve as the Khan of a Turkic tribe? That's a big insult!

Similarly, Maria I could also give Zhu Jinsong a title of lord of the world and a king of kings, but Zhu Jinsong would never be able to serve as the Prince of Portugal.

Especially in Zhu Jinsong's opinion, the emperor at Zhongyuan Tangkou still misses the price even if he served as the Roman emperor in his heyday!

As the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, Zeng Cheng could not be unclear about the twists and turns in it.

Seeing that Zhu Jinsong's face was turning dark, Zeng Cheng immediately accelerated his speech: "But, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and for the sake of His Majesty's face, I ask His Majesty to marry His Highness Qin or His Highness Jin!"

After hearing Zeng Cheng say this, Liu Huaiwen, who was hesitant just now, bowed and said, "For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, I ask Your Majesty to marry His Highness the King of Qin or His Highness the King of Jin!"

Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun were stunned - Hello, Zeng Futai, didn’t you just persuade the emperor to agree to the marriage? This is the way to persuade the law? And Uncle Huaiwen, are you talking about human words? What does it mean to consider for the Ming Dynasty? It’s basically for the Ming Dynasty’s treasury!

When Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun were a little panicked when he thought that he would be accused of marrying a Rakshasa woman who didn't know him at all, and who was a red-haired and blue-eyed person, Zhu Erdan even stood up and shouted, "Brother!"

In panic, not only did he forget to call the emperor brother, but his voice even trembled a little.

Zhu Jinsong ignored the panicked Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun and said, "This matter must not be done. Neither I nor the two of them, it is impossible."

Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun were very lucky, especially Zhu Erdan, who even felt like he was escaping from birth.

For Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs, Zhu Jinsong's decision was like a bolt from the blue, which directly confused everyone.

If you want to say that Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, has a brotherly relationship with the King of Qin and King of Jin, it is indeed impossible to make a false statement, but if you want to say that you can abandon such a large piece of territory as Portugal because of your brotherly relationship, Zeng Cheng and others will never believe it.

For the sake of the Solon tribe in Liaodong, His Majesty could even sell himself directly, let alone the King of Qin and His Highness of Jin.

In fact, Zhu Jinsong was also very distressed.

If it were replaced by France or England, or any other relatively normal country, Zhu Jinsong would sell Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun without hesitation.

The problem is the royal family in Portugal, it is not very normal.

Just as everyone was confused, Zhu Jinsong continued: "The husband of Queen Maria I of Portugal is her uncle, Pedro III, and his son Jose Francesco married his aunt, the sister of Maria I, Princess Maria Benedita of Portugal."

Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs immediately stopped persuading them.

Animals can pursue pure blood, but humans cannot do it. Humans are not animals, and they cannot be like animals, because this is not just a matter of wheel theory, but also involves the issue of blood inheritance.

The royal family in Portugal has become like this. If the Ming Dynasty wants to marry the daughter of Mary I for a mere province?

Even under the banner of sacrificing for the country, Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, would still be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and Zeng Cheng and other civil and military ministers would also have to be infamous for thousands of years!

The Ming Dynasty cannot afford to lose this person!

After secretly feeling sorry for him, Zeng Cheng simply coughed, looked at Liang Chen and said, "Mr. Liang can inquire with Pierre to see if there are any princes, princes, etc. in France. Anyway, our Ming Dynasty and France are allies."

Liang Chen glanced at Zeng Cheng in a slight way, and couldn't help but curse Zeng Cheng as shameless - this kind of suggestion should be proposed by our Honglu Temple!

But when Liang Chen secretly complained, Zhu Jinsong continued: "The grain purchase plan can start now."

Then, Liang Chen went to Piano to discuss it and said that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had already married and it was not appropriate to marry a Portuguese princess again. His Highness, the King of Qin and King of Jin, of Ming Dynasty, also had an engagement, so he could only apologize to Portugal.

Of course, in order to show the sincerity of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty could act as a matchmaker between Portugal and France, making Portugal and France affair.

Based on the ally relationship between the Ming Dynasty and France, once Portugal becomes a marriage with France, it means that Portugal and the Ming Dynasty are also ally relationships.

Piano felt that this was not without a problem.

It is always a bad thing to let His Royal Highness of Portugal be his wife for others - although Portugal does not have the concept of a wife.

If we can hook up with France, it seems to be more suitable than hook up with the Ming Dynasty?

At the same time, Liang Chen asked Pierre and Piano to have tea together, saying that the Ming Dynasty needed to order a large number of crops from the entire Europa through France and Portugal, hoping that Pierre and Piano could make the case.

Pierre and Piano were a little confused.

Neither of them was fools who knew nothing about the Ming Dynasty. Of course, they knew how scary the reserved grain was in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, every prefecture in the Ming Dynasty had granaries, every county had a Changping warehouse, and the township also had a reserve warehouse. The Ming Dynasty stored a considerable amount of grain every year.

According to Pierre's calculations, the grain currently reserved by the Ming Dynasty is enough for everyone in the Ming Dynasty to spend a year.

This is definitely a very amazing number.

On the surface, there seems to be not a lot of food enough for everyone to use for a year, but don’t forget that this is normal. If the war-time rationing system is implemented, then this food should be enough for the people of the Ming Dynasty to eat for about one and a half years or even two years.

Moreover, the population of the Ming Dynasty was 300 million, and it was enough to eat for a year without producing 300 million people, which is enough to prove how amazing the Ming Dynasty's grain reserves were.

Let me put this, if this food is put into Europa, it will probably be enough for everyone in Europa to eat for one or even two years!

With so much food reserved and the Ming Dynasty itself was considered a major agricultural power, would the Ming Dynasty still place a large order with Europe?

In this regard, Liang Chen gave his own explanation: "It is true that Daming has a certain reserve of grain, but these reserved grains are not enough for the Ming Dynasty, because there were too many people in the Ming Dynasty and the population was growing very quickly, so he had to place an order with Europa."

"And what the Ming Dynasty needed was not just food, but also messy things such as cotton, wool, down, etc."

According to current needs, the entire year of crop production of Europa can only be considered a fraction of the order. If nothing unexpected happens, all the land of Europa is planted with crops, and it will take decades to complete the order.

Of course, as an ally of France, Daming will also provide some necessary help to France and Portugal, such as sending agricultural experts to Europa to guide planting, and exporting some advanced agricultural tools, tools and other things to Europa.

Moreover, in the principle of not treating allies unfairly and making money together, the Ming Dynasty hoped that France and Portugal would act as intermediaries.

Such a large order passed through France and Portugal... Pierre and Piano seemed to see the scene of France and Portugal's treasury filled with silver coins.

As for whether the Ming Dynasty really needed so much food, could afford it, or had other plans, Pierre and Piano were not very concerned.

Or, there is really nothing to care about, because compared with the Ming Dynasty, the broken place of Europa is simply a remote place, so where is there a place worthy of the Ming Dynasty's plan?

What bad intentions can Daming have?

After the two responded, Liang Chen also stated that the Ming Dynasty was preparing to open an embassy and consulate in France and Portugal, and sent permanent ambassadors and permanent consulates. He also welcomed France and Portugal to set up an embassy and consulate in the Ming Dynasty, hoping that they could further strengthen cooperation with each other.

Before Pierre and Piano came to their senses from the nearly astronomical order just now, they were shocked by Liang Chen's proposal and were stunned again. The two even felt that they were not very smart enough.

What does the embassy do? What does the consulate do?

When Liang Chen roughly explained to Pierre and Piano the difference between the embassy and the consulate, as well as a lot of concepts such as passports, visas, visa-free, and visa-on-arrival, Pierre and Piano almost burst into laughter.

Send ambassadors and consuls to each other?

Visa? Visa-free?

What a good thing!

This means that the exchanges between France, Portugal and the Ming Dynasty will no longer be limited to the nobles and foreign students. Ordinary businessmen can also communicate with each other through visa processing, which also means more opportunities and more wealth.

Which country is the richest country in the world? It is the Ming Dynasty! Which country is the richest citizen in the world? Of course, it is the Ming Dynasty!

The poor French and Portuguese civilians can make money from the Ming Dynasty by applying for visas, and the rich Ming people can also spend money from the French and Portugal by applying for visas...

Whether it is making money or spending money, the treasury of France and Portugal can receive more taxes?

When Pierre thought of the white silver coins, he couldn't help but make his statement first: "I have to admit that this is simply a genius idea!"

"France hopes to be the first friendly country to send ambassadors and consulates to the Ming Dynasty."

"In order to express France's sincerity, the French government will set a piece of land near the Palace of Verse in Paris to build the Ming embassy and consulate in France."

"Any Ming people, as long as they hold a passport issued by the Ming government, can be exempted from visa procedures and go directly to France, and have the exact same rights as French citizens."

Piano and Pierre had similar ideas, even further than Pierre: "Portugal also exempted visas to the people of Ming Dynasty, and at the same time provided half-price tax discounts to Ming merchants. Of course, France is the same, and it also implemented visa-free and half-price tax rates."

After receiving the promises from both of them, Liang Chen felt relieved and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, even if this matter is almost done, the Ming Dynasty will arrange the embassy and consulate and send troops to ensure its safety."

"And, the Ming embassies and consulates in France and Portugal will also send small-scale troops to protect them - you can rest assured that each small-scale army will not exceed thirty people, and only hold muskets, grenades and cold weapons to ensure safety. They will not step outside the scope of the embassy and consulate."

After hearing Liang Chen's statement, Pierre and Piano couldn't help but look at each other and asked: "Does France and Portugal also need to send small-scale troops to the Ming Dynasty to protect?"

Liang Chen laughed and said, "I don't think there is any need for this. In fact, the Ming Dynasty is the safest country in the world now, and the Ming army is fully capable of ensuring the safety of the French and Portuguese embassies and consulates."

Pierre and Piano immediately felt relieved.

If you don’t send troops, you can save a lot of money - France’s treasury is still owing more than one billion francs of national debt, Portugal has not recovered since the Lisbon earthquake, and the two countries are now at the time of the most shortage of money.

And as Liang Chen said, the Ming Dynasty is the safest country in the world now, and there is no need to worry about security issues at all. On the contrary, the security of France and Portugal is very annoying. There are always endless thieves, hooligans, liars, and villains on the streets, which simply lose all the faces of France and Portugal.

As for not sending troops to the Ming Dynasty, it seems a bit embarrassing... The Ming Dynasty cares about face, but the countries in Europe don't care. At least France, which is short of money and crazy, doesn't care about Portugal.

Things went well next.

With France and Portugal proofing in front of it, there was a huge order there, and other European countries also agreed to the proposal of sending ambassadors and consuls.

Of course, the most important thing is the Ming Dynasty's muskets and cannons - it must not affect the import and export business with the Ming Dynasty for a mere crop or consulate matter.

Of course, this is for those Europa countries that are capable of sending people to the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!