After a moment of planting, Jiang Jin handed the child to the servant, stood up and walked towards the study with his hands on his back.

When I arrived at the study, I saw Fernando, who had been waiting for a while, sitting in the chair with his thoughts on his face. Even Jiang Jin didn't notice it when he arrived at the door.

"Ah... Master..." It was not until Jiang Jin walked into the study that Fernando woke up from the "sleepwalking" and hurriedly stood up.

"Sir Fei, you are a rare guest. Why do you think of me as a guest today?" Jiang Jin said with a smile, signaling Fernando not to do this, and sit down and talk.

Although the two have a big difference in identity, Jiang Jin is quite polite to Fernando. After all, although Fernando is a naturalized official, Fernando is the first naturalized official since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also a Westerner who was named by Zhu Yicheng.

Among all naturalized officials, Fernando has the highest title and the highest official position. Not to mention the others, Fernando cannot be regarded as an ordinary official or an ordinary noble based on this point alone. What's more, Zhu Yicheng also takes good care of Fernando, and he is also a close minister.

"I shouldn't have disturbed you today, but now I'm facing a difficult situation, so I have no choice but to come and see you." Fernando bowed to Jiang Jin.

"Oh, please tell me what's going on." Jiang Jin raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.

Fernando did not hide it and immediately told Jiang Jin. As the chief military minister, Jiang Jin was naturally clear about the situation in the Ottoman Empire, including Zhu Yicheng asking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce to cooperate with Fernando to contact the other party.

Although Jiang Jin is not the direct person in charge, he is the chief military minister. Zhu Yicheng once told him about this matter that he would give Fernando convenience when necessary. This is also the reason why Fernando did not look for his nominal boss Wang Jingqi when encountering problems today, but instead came to find Jiang Jin in a hurry when he encountered problems.

Although Fernando is now a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty and an official of the Ming Dynasty, after all, the Western habits he had since childhood cannot be changed, so Fernando did not hide the story of Jiang Jin at all, and also explained the story in great detail.

During Fernando's story, Jiang Jin did not interrupt and sat there quietly listening. Until Fernando finished explaining the matter in detail, Jiang Jin thought about it and asked the other party several questions, including the other party's reaction when Fernando and Iprakin contacted these days, as well as the tone and expression of his speech today, etc.

Fernando thought about these questions while answering them. After he finished answering them, Jiang Jin suddenly laughed.

"Why is the master laughing?" Fernando felt extremely uncomfortable when he saw Jiang Jin laughing in front of him. Although Jiang Jin has a high position and a powerful position, there is no need to laugh at him like this, right? No matter what, he is doing things for the Ming Dynasty, and he is also a noble person.

"Sir Fei misunderstood. I am not laughing at you, I am laughing at that Iprakin."

"I don't understand what the master said, what's ridiculous about Iprakin?" Fernando was even more confused after hearing this answer.

Jiang Jin's laughter lowered, and he shook his head and said, "Sir Fei was a businessman and had been in Macau before. To put it bluntly, although it was under the Meiji Dynasty, it was actually a parliament composed of merchants. As the speaker, most of the dealings of ordinary government affairs, or some business matters, is this correct?"

Fernando thought for a while and nodded, "That's right, but what's the problem with this? Isn't this the case for local government affairs?"

Seeing that Fernando was not yet enlightened, Jiang Jin immediately said, "Sir Fei, I mean that although Sir Fei has local government experience, Macau is different from other places, so Sir Fei does not understand the real affairs of the officialdom. What is the focus of the officialdom? It is the heart of the human heart! This heart is invisible and intangible, and it is the most mysterious thing in the world. When I heard what Sir Fei said just now, I am afraid that I am a person with a slight and delicate heart. When he saw you today and said that to you, it is clearly a strategy to retreat as an advance."

Fernando is not a fool. If he were a fool, he would not have gone from an ordinary Portuguese declining nobleman and businessman to his current status step by step.

But as Jiang Jin said, although he understood some local government affairs and was also the speaker of Macau, in fact, Macau is different from other places in the Ming Dynasty. To put it bluntly, Macau is a city where businessmen are autonomous. In addition to maintaining the daily public security and operation of Macau, most of the other work of the so-called parliament and speakers are related to business.

In this case, Fernando had never actually had any contact with the officialdom, and after he stepped down as speaker, he arrived in the capital. The court considered his understanding of the European situation and given him the title of Minister of Foreign Affairs as his special identity.

But in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fernando is not a real diplomatic official. Most of him are only responsible for some foreign business work, and he is an envoy like he did when he went to Myanmar before.

From these aspects, Fernando, as Jiang Jin said, did not fall in the officialdom, and how could he really understand people's hearts? Compared to Fernando, Iprakin is definitely not simple. This is a real politician and diplomat. In this way, Fernando has an advantage in the early days, except for relying on the Ming Dynasty behind him and his own status, but now he is seen through by the other party.

"Retreat as advance? What the Duke means is Yprakin deliberately used this method to force me?" After thinking it through, Fernando immediately reacted.

"It's almost the same, but this is not as simple as forcing." Seeing that Fernando hadn't fully understood, Jiang Jin said today with a little help from his mentor: "Look at me, Iprakin has his own plans. He told you and told me that the Ming Dynasty will send a signal to the Ming Dynasty to see our reaction."

"This..., what's the benefit to him?"

"Who knows this?" Jiang Jin said meaningfully: "No matter what, it is not harmful to him. As Iprakin said, at least the two countries have established relations and gained something in trade. With this alone, there is no problem with him returning to his country to report his life."

Fernando could not refute Jiang Jin's words. Jiang Jin was right. Even if the test failed, Iprakin would not suffer any losses. However, in this way, there would be no follow-up to Fernando's mission and he could not agree to Zhu Yi at all.
Chapter completed!