Chapter 748： Arrived in Guangzhou

In the far east, after more than a month of voyage, the ships of Columbus and his party, led by the tributary ship of the Kingdom of Malacca, arrived in Guangzhou and reported to the Guangzhou shipping company.

The messenger * sent by the Kingdom of Malacca led Columbus and his party to the management office of Shibo, holding the Kamchat (tributary permit) issued by Daming, and begged to see the offer of Guangzhou Bosi. Tribute is a national event, and the Guangzhou Shipping Company will naturally welcome it immediately. Of course, this requires a set of processes ...

For example, when I saw the Guangzhou shipping company holding a scepter representing the imperial court to greet it, it means that it needs to go through the formal tributary process ...

* Not the first time to pay tribute, naturally know the process. Seeing the scepter, he knelt down immediately, tapped his head three times in the direction of the northern capital, and said respectfully in less skilled Chinese:

"Manchu plus (the Ming Dynasty's name for the Malacca Kingdom) messenger * on behalf of my king Mahmoud, please the emperor His Majesty St. An, my original Mingwei served the world, the nations come to the North!" People, but said "I am bright" ...

The Guangzhou shipping company raised Ding Haishan's greetings in the face of *, stood straight, and said solemnly with a face:

"Saint Conan!"

* Tapping the first three times, saying:

"Secretary, thank you Tianen!"

Ding Haishan, a shipping company in Guangzhou, replied:

"Good grace!"

* Tapping the head three times again, said:

"Full thorn plus, Yongfu Cixun!"

Ding Haishan replied:

"Yicheng is a ring!"

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Then, the process of this tribute's three prayers and nine knocks was finally finished. Ding Haishan was mentioned by Guangzhou Shipping Company, which also respectfully invited the court scepter back.

In fact, it is not necessary to go through this set of procedures in Guangzhou. He can also go directly north, go to the capital, live in the Siyi Pavilion, and wait for the Dachao Conference. After entering the DPRK, we will go through this process again.

However, these vassal states do not have to participate every year. For example, last year the Emperor Hongzhi died, the new Emperor Zhengde was enthroned, and the Kingdom of Malacca had already sent people to congratulate the King of Beijing. Therefore, in the next few years, Melaka does not have to send people to the Beijing Normal University to congratulate. Generally speaking, in these vassal states, within three to five years, they will send people to Beijing to participate in a dynasty meeting instead of sending people to Beijing every year. As for ordinary tribute trade, it only needs to be carried out in Guangzhou Shipping Department. The ceremony of three worships and nine knocks can also be completed in the Guangzhou Shipping Division.

Columbus looked at the complicated process and knelt down. He was dumbfounded ... he would neither speak Chinese nor willing to kneel, so he didn't know what to do ...

Ding Haishan, a Guangzhou shipping company, is also very interested in Columbus, the blond “fangui”. So he asked:

"* Master, where do these ghosts come from? It seems that they don't understand etiquette?"

* Bowed in a Han Li and replied:

"Master Ding, this ghost is from the far west, and it is said to come from a place called the Grand Duchy of Beihai. And this person, called Columbus, seems to have been sent by the Grand Duchess of Beihai, intending to pay tribute to Daming. Four nations, all nations are coming! "

Ding Haishan was stunned for a while, then said with joy:

"That's it! But they don't seem to have a tribute yet?"

"Of course not, it's a good idea to not apply ..." * said.

"This matter can't be the master of this matter, it's up to the courts to make decisions. By the way, *, does this country really exist?" Ding Haishan asked suspiciously.

"This ... the minister didn't know. After all, this Western fan was also the first to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. According to this Mr. Columbus, they took a boat trip for a year and took a sea of ​​30,000 to 40,000 miles before they arrived here. of……"

"It's so far away ..." Ding Haishan heard it, too.

But regardless of him, he is a municipal shipping company, and he is not qualified to decide anything. So he reached out to Columbus and said:

"Since I'm here to apply for tribute, what about tribute?"

Columbus did not know so, looking at the hand extended by Ding Haishan, he thought the other party was asking for bribes. Fortunately, there were two young translators trained by Marin beside Columbus.

The two translators are named Kong Tai and Skonda, and are highly talented language talents selected by Marin from the talented teenagers in East Friesland. Although they were both 19 years old, both of them followed Marin to learn Chinese for more than three years. Of course, it is Mandarin for future generations.

Seeing that Columbus was cold, Kong Tai jumped out immediately and walked towards Hanshan Ding Haili, respectfully saying:

"Looking back to the Lord, because our Baron Columbus does not speak Chinese, all related matters will be negotiated by the two of us and the Lord. Please forgive me!"

The two used Mandarin in later generations, which is different from the present Mandarin. However, although the two official languages ​​are different, there is no problem in communicating with each other.

Ding Haishan looked at the two Maotou Kongtai and Sconda with interest, saying:

"You two are very good in Mandarin, but with some northern accent ..."

The Ming Dynasty Mandarin in this era is based on Nanjing Mandarin and has few tongue curls. After all, Daming unified the country from south to north, with southerners predominant, and mandarins tended to the south. Later, Mandarin has more tongue curls, and it is also mixed with foreign vocabulary brought by Manchu, such as "Hutong". In addition, during the Qing Dynasty, the Northerners had an absolute advantage. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the "Southern Party" of North Korea and China were also blood-washed. Therefore, the Manchu Mandarin has a strong northern flavor. And Mandarin was developed from the Manchu mandarin, and it has a lot of tongue curling sounds. When it is heard by the Daming people, it is full of northern flavor ...

Thinking of Marin's explanation, Kong Tai replied:

"Probably, the one who taught us the Grand Duke to speak Chinese comes from Daming North ..."

"Oh, your Grand Duke still understands Chinese? Also, why did his Duke add the word" big "?" Ding Haishan asked curiously.

"Of course, our Chinese is taught by His Royal Highness. As for why he is called the Grand Duke ... because our Grand Duke is stronger than the average Duke!" For this point ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Kong Tai is still very proud.

"By the way, your Grand Duke came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, is your King allowed?" Ding Haishan suddenly remembered-since the other party claimed to be Grand Duke, there should be a King on it. The Grand Duke bypassed the king and came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

"It's okay. Our King of Germany, like Zhou Tianzi in your country's Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, has no real power. And our Grand Duchy of the North Sea is also equivalent to one of the seven heroes of the Warring States. Therefore, our Grand Duke can decide whether to pay tribute to Daming! Thai said proudly.

Ding Haishan was curious:

"Oh, do you still know the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period? Also know Zhou Tianzi?"

"Xiaguan is not very clear, it was said by His Royal Highness, and Xiaguan did not know the story ..."

"Oh, that's the case ... So, what about Gongshu?" Ding Haishan reached out his hand again.

"Please check your eyes!" Kong Tai respectfully handed in the Chinese manuscript written by Marin ...

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