Daming Super Daddy

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This time Jones was even more shocked. Apparently, he did not expect that His Highness the King of Han would know so much about the history of the Roman Empire.

As far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, although there are still quite a lot of exchanges between the East and the West, they are all businessmen from the East and the West, that is, economic exchanges, and as far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, it seems that they have never sent them in the name of the court. Missions, visiting their western countries, only occasionally have official people visit in private names.

But their Holy Roman Empire is different. The Holy Roman Empire is formed by the alliance of many small countries. Many of these small countries once sent missions to Ming Dynasty in the name of their respective kingdoms.

So compared to Daming, Jones thought that their understanding of Daming or China should be far more than China's understanding of the Holy Roman Empire, but the current situation is really strange!

"His Royal Highness King Han is really a strange person. He knows so much about our Holy Roman Empire. Foreign envoys admire him!"

This time Jones showed an expression of admiration on his face, and said: "However, His Royal Highness King Han seems to be wrong about one thing, that is, our Holy Roman Empire. Although it still has the same name, the emperor has changed the kings of many kingdoms, that is, Say, our Holy Roman Empire has changed dynasties many times!"

Zhu Song is not a fool, of course he knows this, but it doesn't mean anything. Although it is said that "know yourself and know your enemy, you can win a hundred battles", but in this era, no matter how the West is, it is impossible for Ming to be an opponent.

"Oh, that's it!" Zhu Song nodded and said, "I'm very curious. Are your so-called seven electors always the same seven? Because of the so-called 'Golden Seal Edict', Permanently fix seven people?"

A look of embarrassment flashed across Jones' face, and he said: "This, this is not something that foreign envoys can think about. If His Royal Highness wants to ask me about the Holy Roman Empire, it is better to wait for my imperial monarch to send a special envoy before discussing it." Bar."

"You are really just a small character!" Zhu Gaochi didn't care about you, "Uncle Song Huang, let's go. He is a small character and can't make decisions about anything. We have nothing to talk about with him."

"You boy, let's go." Zhu Song glared at Zhu Gaochi, and said: "This king will have a good chat with this Qiong... oh, and then have a good chat with this envoy. There are still some things on this king's side that I need to let the emissary know. .”

Now Jones was eager to take out something Ming from Zhu Song's mouth, and quickly replied: "If there is anything His Royal Highness wants to know, just ask, the envoy will know everything, and he will say everything!"

At this moment, a blond man with blue eyes and dressed as a domestic servant walked in from outside the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, the servant directly saluted Jones and said, "Sir, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has sent a batch of wild horses that have just been bred. It is said that you have already settled it before. Would you like to go and have a look?"

"Here?" Jones was taken aback for a moment, and his face showed joy: "I have been waiting for this batch of horses for a long time, and today they are finally delivered."

"Western European wild horses!" Zhu Gaochi, who had been watching coldly, had a flash of light in his eyes, and said, "Emissary Jones, how many wild horses are there in this batch?"

"Oh?" Zhu Gaochi's words attracted Jones, and Jones said: "More than a month ago, the foreign envoy promised King Annan that he would send [-] wild horses there. In return, he would pay us some gold, silver and food... ..."

"Snapped!"

Zhu Gaochi slapped the table fiercely, and said, "Okay, with your words, it will be done! Jones, are you guilty?"

Jones' complexion changed slightly, and he said inexplicably: "The foreign envoy doesn't know!"

Yeah, what's the point of selling a thousand Mustangs?How did you commit a crime?

"Not to mention the wild horses you sold, even the food you received, if it was during the war, it would be a strategic material. Do you still say you are not guilty?" Zhu Gaochi was not polite at all.

"You can't blame us, can you? We are not from your Ming Dynasty, and the wild horses we sold were not sold to your Ming Dynasty. Even if King Annan regarded these wild horses as war horses, it seems that it has nothing to do with your country, right? "

Compared with Zhu Gaochi's questioning, Jones is plausible, "Besides, this food is inseparable from people. In which country does the people not eat food? Foreign envoys are just exchanging wild horses for their daily necessities."

"You put it simply." Zhu Gaochi said: "Annan Kingdom is adjacent to our Daming Jiaozhi County, and the edge of Annan Kingdom is full of powerful and tyrannical bandits. If you send a thousand horses there, it may be in our Daming Jiaozhi County. , will be snatched away by those tyrannical bandits. At that time, won’t the people of my Jiaozhi County suffer?”

"This……"

Jones obviously didn't expect this, and besides, he had to be responsible for escorting the thousand wild horses. If those thieves were really robbed, then he would not be able to explain to King Annan at that time, and their Holy Roman Empire Sovereign Wenceslas IV had to skin him.

"Why, haven't you considered this question before?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"The foreign envoy really never thought of this." Jones nodded honestly.

"Okay, okay."

Zhu Song, who had been silent since the two started talking about the "crime" until now, finally spoke, saying:

"Let's not talk about guilt or innocence. We will discuss this matter later. I have never seen this Dutch wild horse before. I wonder if my king can see this horse?"

"Ah? Of course!" Jones bowed and said, "The foreign envoy will arrange it!"

Chapter 224 Horse Selection

In order to accommodate this batch of wild horses, these people from the Holy Roman Empire really took great pains, and even bought a large piece of open land outside Nanjing City, and built a horse farm on this open space.

A thousand wild horses were all arranged by Jones in this horse farm.

Accompanied by Jones and several servants, Zhu Song and his party headed for the racecourse outside Nanjing.

Within half an hour, everyone had arrived at the racecourse outside the city.

From a long distance, one can see that the large horse farm has been surrounded by logs. On the east side is a group of buildings, which seem to be used for living, and on the south side are rows of stables.

Looking from a distance, there are black, brown, white, or red horses everywhere...horses of different colors, strong limbs, and long skulls. When they get closer to the ground, they can hear the sound of horses neighing up to the sky.

A group of twenty people drove their horses towards the gate of the racecourse.

Seeing these 20 people coming with billowing smoke and dust, a few foreign knights wearing obvious western-style armor and thin swords at the waist and hips came over, pointed their long swords in their hands, stopped them in front of them, and said loudly: "This It is a private racecourse, outsiders are not allowed to enter without authorization! Please leave immediately, otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!"

These foreign knights are all soldiers of the Crusaders of the Holy Roman Empire. Although they have seen many of these people are of the same race, they do not recognize people, no matter who you are!

"Emissary, I can't tell, your defenses are quite tight!" Zhu Song, who was riding on the horse, turned his head to look at Jones, and said, "Seeing you, the highest official of the Holy Roman Empire in Daming, they don't let you open!"

"His Highness King Han praises you!" Jones said politely, took out a token from his pocket and threw it over.

The knight at the front stretched out his hand to take the token and saw a condor carved on it. After carefully identifying it, he dismounted and bowed, "I have seen the Earl!"

Jones waved his hand and said, "These two are His Royal Highness King Han and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. My Lord wants to go into the racecourse to see these wild horses, and call Berkeley, the owner of your racecourse."

"My lord, wait a moment, and I will report to the owner of Berkeley right away." The knight said respectfully the token in his hand, handed it back to Zhu Jones with both hands, and ordered a cavalry to gallop towards the horse farm.

Not long after, a tall, burly man in a red Hu suit, with a hooked nose on his fair face, and deep-set green eyes, was riding a maroon wild horse towards Come here.

When he saw Zhu Song and Zhu Gaochi, who were from the Ming Dynasty, the Western European was obviously taken aback.

To be honest, he doesn't know these two people. Although this guy has been in Daming for a while, he spends most of his time on the go and rarely stays in Nanjing City. It's normal that he doesn't know them.

But it has nothing to do with him right now. The Western European rode straight up to Jones, and said to Jones, "Berkeley, the owner of the racecourse, has seen Earl Caesar. I don't know what the earl is talking about here?"

Caesar, this Jones' surname is Caesar, and this guy is actually a descendant of a famous family!

Jones returned a salute to Berkeley, and said, "The owner of Berkeley, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing recently? By the way, let me introduce you, these two are His Royal Highness King Han and His Royal Highness Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. The purpose of coming here with the two Highnesses is to choose a few wild horses from our racecourse!"

How many wild horses to choose?Why choose a few wild horses?Didn't you say come and have a look?

Zhu Gaochi was a little confused, was this guy bribing them?But isn't that too contemptuous of them?Could it be that the two noble men of the Ming Dynasty are only worth a few war horses?

Hearing Jones' words, Berkeley was obviously taken aback, and then he began to carefully look at the two people in front.

Although these two were only wearing casual clothes, there was an unspeakable aura in their eyes. No wonder the two were accompanied by Earl Caesar himself, and their relationship was one of the most noble royal families in the Ming Dynasty.

Berkeley hurriedly got off his horse, came to the two of them and saluted, and said, "Berkeley greets the two Highnesses."

"The owner of the race, please calm down. I heard that you have entered a group of Dutch wild horses. I am very curious, so I asked Jones, the envoy of your country, to bring me to the racecourse to take a look. Take a look, but it is troublesome for the Berkeley farm. Lord."