Chapter 447

The north wind rolled snowflakes and fell on the smooth concrete road of Qingzhou City.

The gray ground is stained with a layer of white, which means that the new year is approaching.

Since appreciating Fei yue'er's underwear, Princess Pingyang has been playing in Qingzhou. She didn't choose to return to Chang'an until half a month later. After all, she is going to spend the new year in Chang'an

before leaving, Princess Pingyang told Xiao Ming not to forget the construction of the princess's house.

Xiao Ming naturally agreed that in modern countries, he should also make good use of it by attracting the rich to settle down and promote economic development.

Fei yue'er has been accompanying Princess Pingyang for half a month. After becoming a princess, Fei yue'er gradually takes on the responsibility of belonging to the princess, which is lady diplomacy.

And Xiao Ming is not idle, now Qingzhou financial constraints, he had to seize any way to increase revenue to the government.

So he let lvluo make a large number of underwear, and let Li Kaiyuan take these underwear to Chang'an.

When Princess Pingyang was eating, drinking and having fun in Qingzhou, she naturally agreed to help herself to promote this kind of intimate clothes in Chang'an. She is the fashion vane of Chang'an. As long as she uses it, it will soon become popular in Chang'an city.

Pang Yukun is naturally happy that he has added a source of income to the government. Because the underwear production and textile workshop has recruited another 300 people, it has helped 300 vagrant families to make a living, making money and developing the local economy.

Seeing off Princess Pingyang, Xiao Ming plans to spend a year in Qingzhou with Fei yue'er, but he never thinks that an unexpected guest will come to Qingzhou.

This person is no one else. It's rod who meets Xiao Ming in Dengzhou city and calls himself the Dutch ambassador.

"Lord has met his Royal Highness the king of Qi."

In the main hall, Luo Degong bows respectfully to Xiao Ming. After receiving Claire's order, he enters the hinterland of Dayu again.

In Dengzhou City, he expressed the idea of meeting the king of Qi, so Yang Chengye sent someone to inform Xiao Ming. With Xiao Ming's consent, Yang Chengye sent rod to Qingzhou.

"Excuse me, Ambassador rod. Since you have come to Qingzhou, I think you must have changed your mind. I don't want to solve Ryukyu by war, but sometimes the negotiations break down and we have to take action."

Rod's eyes are deep. After arriving at Qingzhou City, he has been observing the city. After seeing the clean concrete roads, regular underground pipes and soldiers with flint guns at the gate of Qingzhou City, he suddenly feels a sense of frustration.

Because he didn't know what this kind of thing was. Although he learned from the people in Qingzhou that it was cement, it seemed that there was no cement in Europe.

"Dear royal highness of the king of Qi, Earl Clare also didn't want to solve our contradictions through war, so he sent me to Qingzhou to discuss with his highness about Ryukyu and the air route again."

Xiao Ming nodded, "so how is your count Clare going to deal with this?"

For him, if he can recover Ryukyu peacefully, he naturally does not want to launch a war. After all, every war costs him a lot.

"Count Clare is willing to give up the island of Ryukyu, but the count hopes that his highness can let us Holland keep the city of geranque, which is the last dignity of Holland." Rod bowed.

"Re LAN Zha city?" Xiao Ming frowned. This city is built on a subsidiary island on the east side of Ryukyu Island. It is here that the Dutch port is built.

At the same time, there is a city on this small island, and Wang Xuan has already told him this information.

"Yes, it's the city of geranzha. We also have a castle across the sea on the island of Ryukyu, called Kekes. We are willing to give Kekes and Ryukyu to your highness."

Hearing the words, Xiao Ming fell into silence. He didn't allow others to sleep peacefully on the side of his bed. It was always an unstable factor for the Dutch to maintain their armed forces in the city of reranzha. He said, "no, the city of reranzha must also be returned."

Rod's eyes flickered with anger, but after understanding the strength of the king of Qi, he chose to suppress it. He said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, this is our final bottom line. How can we not leave any dignity to the Dutch, then we can only meet on the battlefield."

With a frown, Xiao Ming said, "I haven't finished what I said. All the territory of Ryukyu belongs to me. This one can't be negotiated. However, after you admit that Ryukyu belongs to me, I can transform the city of geranque into a trading port. You dutch businessmen can do business as before, but there is one. Your warships and garrison must be set up Withdraw from the city of reranzhai and replace it with the king's soldiers and fleet. "

"Is there any difference between this and the return of the city of reranzhai?" Rod's heart was cold.

"Of course, there are differences, so that at least your Dutch merchant ships can travel to Ryukyu, otherwise you will lose all this forever." Xiao Ming said rudely, "remember, you are aggressors. You should be glad that you can still participate in East Asian trade."

About Ryukyu, Xiao Ming did not intend to discuss too much with the Dutch, and he did not need to be friendly in the face of the invaders.Rod was silent. As he guessed when he came, they met a very powerful vassal, which made them almost desperate.

After a long time, he said, "I'm sorry, your highness. I think this matter needs to be discussed with count Clare for the last time. After that, we will decide whether we will finally agree to your Highness's terms."

"Of course, but I'm afraid you don't have much time. I hope you can make this decision soon." According to the plan, the fleet will go south in March after the Chinese New Year.

Rod nodded. He asked, "what is this cement, your highness? Your highness, can you allow me to visit the factories in Qingzhou, so that we may know each other better and deepen our cooperation in the future? "

Hearing this, Xiao Ming smiles. At this time, the Dutch still want to see their real strength.

"Cement is a kind of excellent building material, which is very common in Qingzhou. Since the ambassador is interested in it, I will show him around," he said

In modern times, the first batch of cement in Europe was produced in 1796. According to rod, according to the time point, there is really no cement in Europe.

After that, Xiao Ming asked people to prepare horses. He took rod to the streets of Qingzhou.

A foreigner with red hair and blue eyes suddenly appeared on the street, and the people immediately ran away in fright. Some people even called out "monster", which made rod depressed.

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