Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 393 The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Meets Galileo
Galileo didn't expect that he would be arrested by these savage and domineering people who appeared to be luxuriously dressed as soon as he set foot on this strange land.

This made Galileo, who was very excited and curious at first, suddenly feel a little unhappy. He glared at Monte Jersey angrily, and was forced into the carriage by the royal guards helplessly.

Monte Jersey was also very helpless. He didn't know why Shang Zhouzuo, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, met him suddenly. He wanted a man named Galileo who lived in Florence. He only wanted to fulfill Shang Zhouzuo's request. , and seek a little bit of preferential tariff collection for this purpose.

He didn't want to ask whether Galileo was going to be captured by these people as a coolie or whether the businessman had any grudges with Galileo and wanted to kill or behead Galileo, etc. He wanted to make more money for himself through such a simple transaction. benefit.

Therefore, after seeing Jin Yiwei arresting Galileo, he didn't ask any more questions, but went directly to the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi, and sent a post requesting to meet Shang Zhouzuo, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Today's Shang Zhouzuo is the one who controls the power of life and death for foreign merchants like them, and also their God of Wealth, so he has to be careful with this governor of the Ming Empire.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty at that time was powerful and had not experienced the fate of being colonized by the West, so a scholar-like official like Shang Zhouzuo who always valued China and despised foreigners was not very gentle with foreign businessmen like Monte Jersey, even His attitude was a bit arrogant, and once these foreign merchants violated the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations, they would not be polite in dealing with them.

However, since Shang Zhouzuo was an official of the imperial court, Zhu Youxiao gave him instructions to make the sea trade in Guangdong and Guangxi, especially Guangzhou, prosperous, and to pay a large amount of taxes to the imperial court every year. Well, as long as these people do business honestly, he can still get in touch with them, at least to show his image of being close to the people.

Therefore, when Monte Jersey's post was delivered to the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi, Shang Zhouzuo still chose to meet him, and encouraged more Western science masters to come to Daming through a small business tax concession. His Majesty Zhu Youxiao Naturally, he would not go against his wishes, so he had no intention of going against Monte Jersey's words.

Monte Jersey walked into the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi, patted his collar, straightened his curly hair, and hurried in, but when he came in, he saw Galileo and Shang Zhouzuo, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, in the hall Tasting tea.

This made Monte Jersey dumbfounded. In his several dealings with Shang Zhouzuo, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he had never sat across from the governor of the Ming Empire, and now this is just Toss. Why did Galileo, who was alone with the Duke of Kangda, get such treatment from the governor of the Ming Empire?

Monte Jersey didn't understand very much. He thought that Galileo would be put on a volcano and boiled in oil. How could he have expected such an outcome.

Although he was shocked, Monte Jersey forced himself to calm down and bowed to Shang Zhouzuo, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Be less respectful.

When Shang Zhouzuo saw Monte Jersey salute, he just nodded his head, and without turning his head, he still lowered his head and blew on the hot tea and said to Galileo: "I am not interested in miscellaneous learning at all, but the current Holy Majesty is a well-versed scholar. People with strong knowledge are particularly concerned about the Western arithmetic of objects and things. To be honest, I invite you to come to my official mansion to make a statement today, which is also the meaning of His Majesty. VIPs above rank or an old friend of the same year as this official."

With the help of the translator next to him and his own good comprehension, Galileo also roughly understood what this man meant. Only then did he understand that the man wearing a toga with long sleeves, a black gauze hat on his head, and a golden pheasant embroidered on his chest was actually from this empire. Official symbol.

The reason why he asked himself to come here was the meaning of the emperor of this empire. Galileo began to wonder who the emperor of this empire was, and why he was as curious about knowledge that was not loved by secular rulers as he was.

"Dear Governor, may I meet His Majesty the Emperor of your country?" Galileo also bowed politely to Shang Zhouzuo.

For some reason, Shang Zhouzuo, who had never looked down upon this kind of barbarians, felt that the old man in front of him seemed to have a different bearing from ordinary people, at least not as philistine and tactful as the Italian named Monte Jersey next to him.

"Perhaps this is their scholar from Europa, and he looks a bit bookish." After Shang Zhouzuo finished speaking, he called Duanmu Chengfeng of Jin Yiwei Qianhu to him, and after a few words, he asked him to quickly kill Galileo. Send it to the capital to meet His Majesty.

It was not until Galileo left that Shang Zhouzuo began to pay attention to Monte Jersey.

Monte Jersey finally got what he wanted, and Shang Zhouzuo promised to give him a certain discount on tariff collection for his business, and gave him a list, encouraging him to continue to search for people who are interested in His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Ming dynasty.

Biological creatures have the characteristics of conditioned reflexes, and so do people. Once he finds that this matter is profitable, he will continue to sit down on this matter.

The same is true for Monte Jersey, when he let Galileo come to Daming, he discovered that he had sold a few Westerners to Daming to satisfy His Majesty's special hobbies (in his opinion, the emperor of the Ming Empire must have special needs for these people Hobbies) seems to be a very profitable thing, he decided to continue to work hard in this area, and the list given to him by Shang Zhouzuo, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, seems to be the key to becoming the richest man in Italy in the future.

Unlike the businessman Monte Jersey, who cared more about gains and losses, as Galileo, a scientist who only understood the truth of all things, he didn't care what treatment he would get if he went to the capital of the empire, whether he would become an official, or whether he would be recognized by others. Killed as a heretic, now he just wants to know who proposed the wave-particle duality of light earlier, and whether the Ming emperor, the supreme power holder of this country, is really different from the Pope and supports science.

The flat avenues, the colorful painted boats and the elegant and unrestrained young man made Galileo feel as if he had come to heaven and earth. When he entered the capital, he was even more attracted by the prosperity here. He never thought that a country could have so many people. People here, the palaces here can be so magnificent, and the palaces and pavilions can be so gorgeous.

Seeing those pedestrians being polite (and only scholars have the energy to wander the streets), Galileo was even more shocked, and secretly sighed that maybe this is an ideal country, where people are peaceful, equal and respectful. When a young man walked forward with an old woman on his back, he felt that the people here paid great attention to respecting the old and caring for the young, and human relations.

(End of this chapter)