Chapter 749: Flattering tribute
This national book was written by Marin, and Marin was very worried for a while. First of all, Marin needed to change many of his previous habits when writing this national book.
For example, whether it is a posterity or Europe, the writing format is from left to right, top to bottom. In the Ming Dynasty, it was from top to bottom, and then from right to left.
Therefore, in order to adapt to this format, Marin wasted a lot of paper. Finally, in order to get his own characters in place, Marin simply checked the box to regulate his own Chinese characters.
In addition, the ancient Huaxia people were not used to reading small hard-written characters. Therefore, Malinte made a writing brush to write this letter. Poor Marlin's writing skills are terrible, and he still stays at the level of elementary school students writing "big characters". The brush characters are barely boxy, which is estimated to be on par with Daming's Confucian children.
Also, there are many characters that Marin does not remember the traditional writing. Therefore, if you can remember the writing of traditional characters, Marin uses traditional characters. If you ca n’t remember, use simplified Chinese characters instead. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty was not without simplified characters. However, in the Ming Dynasty, simplified Chinese characters were called "vulgar characters", and literati were disdainful to use them. Generally speaking, Mr. Aibo used them quite a lot. However, do not board the hall of elegance.
But in any case, Marin's current identity is a "Fang Bang" country owner, and it should be ignorant of Chinese characters. Being able to write some vulgar characters is already a surprise. If Shanggang is on the line, it can also prove that "Da Ming etiquette, the authority of the whole world, even the monarch of the Fan State will write Chinese characters" ... anyway, enough to blow a wave ...
The national book was not sealed, and Ding Haishan was promoted as a shipping company in Guangzhou and was specifically responsible for tribute matters. Although it was only a small official from Wupin, the company mentioned that it was the "relevant department" responsible for the tribute. Therefore, the lift is also qualified to preview the national book.
Opening the tribute book, Ding Haishan was surprised to find that the tribute book was divided into two parts, one was written in foreign languages and the other was written in Chinese characters ... I saw that the Chinese version of the tribute book wrote:
"Marin von Hoffman, the Grand Duke of the Grand Duchy of Beihai, the land of the West of Thailand, invites the strongest and richest emperor of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty Saint Ann ..."
The first sentence of the horse was quite loud. From the beginning, it was pointed out that Daming is the "most powerful and prosperous country in the world", making Ding Haishan, who is a Daming official, look very comfortable.
"I (have not obtained the tributary qualification, it is not good to claim to be a minister, but it is not a civilian, nor can I claim to be a Caomin. So, I use myself to call myself) Although I live in the land of Taixi, 20,000 miles west of Daming, the elementary school has a small population but a long time There is a powerful empire called Daming in Wenjidong. The country is strong, the people are rich, the monarch is wise, the minister is virtuous ... (a thousand words are omitted below) "
"The old minister had intended to send people to the Ming Dynasty to worship the emperor, but the 20,000-mile road between the Grand Duchy of Beihai and Daming was blocked by the fierce and savage Tatars and Turks (Turkey). On the 20,000-mile road, the yellow sands could not help There are also hundreds of thousands of fierce Tatar cavalry and Turkic cavalry ... Therefore, the desire to worship the Great Emperor and to bathe the divine grace has never been fulfilled ... "
"Fortunately, under my command, there are capable sailors who came up with the idea of detouring from the sea to Daming. For this, after decades of hard work, after engulfing dozens of ships by the sea, the country ’s ships only Hard to find a route from the sea to Daming ... Taking this route, the total journey is as long as 50,000 miles (after calculation, if you go around the Cape of Good Hope, then walk the Straits of Malacca, London to Guangzhou really needs 25854 kilometers, about 51,700 Huali, after the opening of the Suez Canal, there are also 18,000 kilometers) ... But fortunately, I finally found the long-loved heavenly dynasty ... "
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After reading this, Ding Haishan couldn't help but ask:
"Your country is really 50,000 miles away from Daming?"
Contai and Skonda nodded one after another, saying:
"It is true, our ship has been traveling in the sea for nearly a year before it arrived in Guangzhou. It was a difficult journey along the way ..."
After finishing, Kong Tai also opened a map to show Ding Haishan. On the map, the outlines of Europe and Africa are drawn, as well as their routes ...
Ding Haishan continued reading the tribute book:
"The land of Taisi is extremely bitter and cold, and the land is barren. It is difficult to grow rice or even wheat. Therefore, although you are the master of the state, you can only nibble the black bread (bread) with a bitter taste every day. Only during the holiday season can you eat wheat flour cake ... "
Seeing this, Ding Haishan was extremely surprised:
"Your country's lord usually eats black bread? Do you have no wheat in your country?"
Contai and Skonda shook their heads together ... they did not lie. The Grand Duchy of the North Sea has high latitudes and it is really not suitable for growing wheat. Therefore, the thing of wheat bread is really rare in the Grand Duchy of Beihai.
Ding Haishan sighed-Nima, this country is so poor ... Another poor ghost came to fight the autumn wind ...
Then he continued to read tribute books:
"Taixi's land can't grow cotton without silkworms. Therefore, our subjects, don't say silk, can't even wear cotton cloth ... Only a handful of nobles can wear it from the hands of big food merchants (Arab merchants) Silk gowns bought at high prices ... "
"In my Grand Duchy of Beihai, people who can wear silk robes are rich and wealthy people. Ordinary people can only wear linen clothes or fleece wool clothes ..."
"But I heard that in Daming, even the small landowners in the country can actually put on silk, and their daily living expenses far exceed those of our nobles ..."
"Therefore, I am very impressed with the prosperity and prosperity of the prosperity. If it is not dangerous at sea, you will encounter a storm and cause the ship to die if you are not careful. I want to go to Daming to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor. This most prosperous country in the world ... "
"Today we sent Baron Columbus and all the members of the mission to find the route to Daming. If we were fortunate enough to meet the people of the Kingdom, please send me a request to the emperor to pay tribute to the emperor ..."
"The country's products are not rich, but the ordnance is excellent, especially the firearms, and it is unparalleled in the world. Therefore, 40 bronze guns of the Frang machine and 500 excellent fire guns with a range of more than one hundred steps are presented to the court as a tribute ... … "
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At the beginning ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Ding Haishan was very proud to read this tribute book. But reading the last paragraph, Ding Haishan was not happy. He asked Kong Tai with a straight face:
"I'm waiting for a small country, how dare I compare favorably with firearms?"
Kong Tai had long expected that Daming officials would be dissatisfied, and when he was prepared, he bowed his hand and said:
"If adults do not believe, you can find a firearms expert in Guangzhou and you will know it after a try!"
"Okay, I'll wait at the Shibosi Posthouse first. I'll ask the Chief Executive first ..." After that, Ding Haishan took the Gongshu directly to the Guangdong Chief Secretary to report ...
In the early and middle periods of the Ming Dynasty, the Guangzhou Shipping Division was under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Chief Secretary. It was only in the later period that the Bureau of Shipping and Shipping was out of the control of the Chief Secretary and independently controlled the tax power of foreign trade. It's just that in the middle of the Ming dynasty, the shipping department was still under the restraint of the Guangdong Chief Secretary, and had no rights. Therefore, the Guangzhou shipping company mentioned Ding Haishan without the right to make a decision, so it is necessary to ask the Chief Secretary to make a decision ...
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