"Sage Gong'an." Yinzhen knew that they were not clear about the etiquette of welcoming the imperial envoy, so he had to end the ceremony in a hurry. After glanced at everyone, he found that the beads on the official hat were wearing plain gold tops (seventh rank), and two official hats were wearing Yangwen gold tops (ninth rank), and there was actually a seventh rank. After pondering for a while, he said, "Get up, who has the highest position here?"

Song Fanjiang, who was in the front line, hurriedly bowed and said, "I am the chief of the Guangzhou Green Camp stationed in the mountain village in front of Haojing, Song Fanjiang."[.]

Chief of the Barbarians was a seventh-rank military officer, Yinzhen couldn't help but frowned, " Chief of the Barbarians? He is also a seventh-rank official, why don't he even understand the court etiquette?"

Song Fanjiang's face was flushed and red, but he still replied loudly: "By the prince, the position was raised by the foreign commissioner, and he had met Mr. Qian."

The Foreign Commissioner General is just a ninth rank official, and he can't meet the imperial envoy on weekdays. It's not surprising that he doesn't know the etiquette, but

Song Fanjiang is very brave, but he can use it. Yinzhen's face relaxed slightly and asked warmly: "How many troops are there?"

Song Fanjiang bowed and replied, "Return to Prince Xun, there are five hundred people."

There were five hundred people. It seemed that the court attached great importance to this place. Yinzhen nodded slightly, then glanced at everyone, and his face had already sunk. "I am the chief supervisor of the General Administration of Customs. Where is the member of the Macau General Office of Guangdong Customs? Why don't you meet Shangguan?"

He Jun, a member of the Macau General Office, was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to kneel down, kowtowed before saying tremblingly: "He Jun, a member of the Macau General Office, met Prince Heng."

Yinzhen ignored him and glanced at the Macau Portuguese again, "Where is the head of the Macau Portuguese soldiers?"

The Governor of Macau Jia Shidu felt nervous. He had already vaguely guessed why the Prince Xun came from. He hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Jia Shidu, a citizen of the Transformation, bowed to Prince Xun."

This guy is a Chinese master, and people outside the world can use it. Yinzhen was secretly happy and saved the translation. He immediately said with a stern face: "Explain me why your Portuguese warship openly entered the port of my Qing Dynasty? Can I understand that Portugal has officially declared war on the Qing Dynasty?"

Declare war? When Jia Shidu heard this, his face turned blue. The hat was too big. He quickly explained: "Your Highness Prince Xun, this is a misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstanding?" Yinzhen interrupted: "Without permission, your Portuguese warship openly entered our Qing territory. Is this a misunderstanding?" He turned around, "He Guan Men, blocked all Australian and Portuguese merchant ships and was not allowed to pass the customs. Song Fanjiang led his troops to cooperate with the customs to conduct a strict investigation on all merchant ships. Yande and Liu Zhisheng led the navy to disarm the Portuguese warships. If there is any resistance, it will be killed."

"Honor of the Honour." The first and others responded with a loud bang.

"Your Majesty is a misunderstanding, a huge misunderstanding!" Jia Shidu almost fainted when he heard this. The ship was a Dutch warship. He was just taking some business for the shipyard. It was going to be confiscated. The Dutch didn't fight him to fight. It was a second-level battleship with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

"Is it really a misunderstanding?" Yinzhen went to Yande, Song Fanjiang and others waved their hands, and then said in a deep voice: "I will give you a chance to explain. If I cannot satisfy me, hum, this is the war you started first by Portugal."

Seeing that things were turning around, Jia Shidu hurriedly kowtowed and said, "That warship is the caravan's escort ship. In the South China Sea, the fleet encountered pirates. After a big battle, although the pirates were driven away, the warship was also damaged. Then he entered the port for maintenance. There were only sailors, no soldiers, and all the artillery was covered. Before this, there were precedents, not intentionally offend the Heavenly Kingdom."

When Yinzhen heard this was the case, he was stunned for a moment. Without soldiers, it was really hard to make a big fuss. However, this opportunity was rare, and he didn't want to miss it. He immediately said in a deep voice: "That's not OK, it's related to national dignity. Warships are warships. If there are no soldiers, they are not warships?"

When he saw Yin Zhenheng being unreasonable, Jia Shidu secretly complained. The Prince of Heng should take the opportunity to blackmail him? After thinking about it, he boldly said: "Prince Heng is tired from traveling. Can he enjoy his face and drink a cup of tea to relieve his fatigue? Rong Xiaomin reports in detail."

Is this guy trying to bribe himself or have something else to do? Yinzhen glanced at him suspiciously, and then said to He Jun: "Let's go to your customs office."

When they entered the house and sat down, the crowd had already tactfully avoided it. Only Jia Shidu was left, and there was no one in front of them. Jia Shidu took out a silver note of 10,000 denomination from his arms and sent it with respect, "Prince Xun, it is not easy to maintain the shipyard. Please understand one and two."

Yinzhen was lazy to even look at it, and said lightly, "I don't lack money."

When Jia Shidu saw that Yinzhen didn't want money, he was stunned. A move that had been tried and done was useless. What did this prince want? Did he take a look at the warship? Thinking of this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. What should he do? After he hesitating, he made up his mind and could only scare him. After kowtowing, he grew taller and said, "Prince Heng, the villain dare not hide it from you. That warship is not from me, Portugal, but from the Netherlands, from the Red-haired Kingdom. They still have seven warships outside the sea. If they are forcibly confiscated, they are afraid they will not let go..."

There were seven more ships in the Netherlands. Yinzhen thought about it. Since there were seven warships, there must be those fast-armed sailboats equipped with 30-40 guns. He said in a faint tone: "There are seven warships outside the sea? But those fast-sailing sailboats equipped with 30-40 guns?"

Seeing Yinzhen pointing out the sail warships outside the sea, Jia Shidu couldn't help but feel panic. The prince seemed to be prepared. The pirates who attacked the fleet in the South China Sea a few days ago were not the work of this prince? Thinking of this, he was frightened.

Seeing his expression, Yinzhen was already sure what he was thinking and asked again: "Is that a second-level battleship? Or a third-level?"

As expected, he fell in love with the warship. Jia Shidu was desperate and replied tremblingly, "Go back to the prince, it is a second-class battleship, two decks, and eighty large and small artillery pieces."

The second deck, eighty guns, were conventional second-class battleships. Yinzhen couldn't help but feel excited. He didn't expect to encounter first-class battleships in the South China Sea. Western first-class battleships are probably busy fighting in Europe now, so how can they get here?

Seeing that Jia Shidu was a little unsightly speaking, Yinzhen changed his question, "What is the general cost of this type of second-class battleship? How much is the cost of that fast sail warship?"

Jia Shidu obviously did not expect Yinzhen to ask this question. He had a shipyard under his command, so he was naturally familiar with the cost of this conventional European warship. He immediately replied: "The second-class battleship is priced based on the number of artillery guns. The 50 artillery guns are about 400,000 yuan, the 80 artillery guns are about 600,000 taels, and the 40 artillery fast sailing ship costs about 300,000 yuan."

Yinzhen weighed the pros and cons, and then said, "I am not a person who robs the robbery. If you go and talk to them, I will say that I like their warships. Ask them if they are willing to sell them? I will buy one, two, and three ships, and I am willing to sell them all, so I will buy them at the cost you said. Of course, it's okay if I don't want to sell them, and I won't force myself to do so."
Chapter completed!