The matter of Zhu Youjian canonizing Hans Putsmann as Ping Haibo was done very formally, and it was definitely not done casually.

But it was done in a glorious way.

First, two imperial edicts were prepared, one in Chinese and one in Latin.

Among them, the Latin version of the imperial edict was written by Zhu Youjian himself. This imperial edict was brought to Batavia by Hans Putsmann to show off. This is called buying horse bones for a thousand gold! Zhu Youjian knew these things from

European adventurers who wandered to the East to make a fortune were very fond of the good thing of being knighted. After many of them made a fortune, they would go to Europe to buy a knighthood to enjoy themselves.

And the title of Ming Dynasty is full of gold! Are people envious of Batavia? Are they greedy? Do they want it?

If you can seduce someone like Anthony Van Diemen to become a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, you will make a lot of money!

Secondly, Zhu Youjian also gave Hans Putsmann a good look. He first asked Mr. Xu Guangqi, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to personally declare the decree to Hans Putsmann, and he also announced it twice. Once with

Chinese, once using Latin, and then using Westerners in and around Beijing, including missionaries like Tang Ruowang, Portuguese mercenaries like Gongsha De Silao, and foreign craftsmen employed by Xuanfu Artillery Factory and Gun Factory.

, all came to attend the knighthood ceremony of Hans Putsmann.

Thirdly, Zhu Youjian also gave Hans Putsmann a Earl's Mansion with an excellent location and a quite gorgeous one.

This Earl's Mansion originally belonged to a grandnephew of Wei Zhongxian. It is located in Rizhongfang in the inner city of Beijing, right on the edge of Shicha Sea. The back garden also circles part of the Shicha Sea view. This is a luxurious garden mansion with water views within the Second Ring Road of Beijing!

If it could be passed down to the 21st century, I’m afraid even 1 billion wouldn’t be able to buy it!

Finally, Zhu Youjian gave Hans Putsmann a knighthood of 500 acres. The lord of Daming was not necessarily a knight in front of the tent, but Hans Putsmann had both a knight in front of the tent and a knight in front of the tent.

These two identities. In today's Ming Dynasty, the number of such knights does not exceed 30, and they are all the most trusted "new heroes" of Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian.

Hans Putsmann received such a high position as soon as he joined the army, which shows that Zhu Youjian attaches great importance to this foreign general!

Hans Putsmann, who met the Ming Dynasty in a foreign country, was really proud to the extreme. But after he was so proud, he still had a little regret. This regret was that his closest relatives and friends were not in Beijing, so he could not appreciate him.

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Today, only Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, and Han Buan, who came to Pinghai Count's Mansion to celebrate the housewarming with Lord Pu, were profiteers who had close connections with the East India Company. Not even Tang Ruowang and Gongsha De Sirao were there.

These two people were also won over by Zhu Youjian. Tang Ruowang was granted the title of Supervisor of Qintian Prison. He knew that his colleagues were in charge of the artillery bureau of Xuanfu, and he was an official of Zhengwu. And Gongsha Dexi Lao served as a front-line army officer.

Like Hans Putsmann, the chief coach of the school also received the title of Count Xuanwu and a 500-acre knight farm. However, although these two were both Westerners, they were different from Hans Putsmann.

Mann and Mann were not from the same family. They were both believers in the Roman Catholic Church. And Hans Putsmann was a Lutheran Protestant.

In addition, both Tang Ruowang and Gongsha de Silao belonged to the Jesuits controlled by the Portuguese, and the Portuguese colonies in the east were now under the threat of the United East India Company!

If Tang Ruowang and Gongsha De Sirau met Hans Putsmann on German soil, they might start a fight directly!

Although they are all serving as ministers in the same palace of the Ming Dynasty now, so they won't get into fights, but they will never come to congratulate him.

Hans Putsmann set up a table for the "German Pork Trotters Banquet" in the back garden of his newly acquired mansion, in a pavilion next to Shichahai, and entertained Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, Han Bu'an and other three people.

Looking at the huge plate of salted pig's trotters and pork intestines in front of them, Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, and Han Bu'an couldn't help but frown. How much does Lord Pu like to eat meat! There are four people at the table, one person per person.

I was served a large plate of salted pig's trotters and some meat intestines that looked unappetizing. How could I eat it?

Seeing that the three guests each lost their appetite after eating a small piece of stewed fat meat, and had almost swallowed half of the pig's trotters. Hans Putsmann also felt a little full, so he used a piece of it to pay for it.

I wiped the corners of my unshaven mouth with a steaming hand towel, and then started talking about things.

He speaks Dutch, which is Low Germanic. Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, and Han Buan all spent a long time with the East India Company and can all speak Dutch.

"Zheng, Li, Han," Hans Putsmann said with a smile, "from now on, we are our own people. We are all servants of the Ming Emperor and business partners. I hope that the conflicts in the past will be reconciled

Grudges will not affect our future cooperation. I think you all understand this? The future is so beautiful, with countless wealth, power and honor waiting for us. As long as we can truly unite, we can have everything!"

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said: "We have to add Shen Tingyang and Liu Xiang, but there is no problem. In the past, everyone was fighting life and death because the trading plate was too small and could not accommodate so many great gods. There were also Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish people.

, the Japanese and various forces on the Ming side are involved. We people are just pawns in the front, we can’t do anything without fighting! Now the Ming Emperor personally colluded with the East India Company, and the sea east of Malacca is still

Who can stop me?

Moreover, the business of Emperor Da Ming is large enough to allow all of us to follow suit, so what unresolved grievances are there? General Li, what do you think?"

Li Guozhu is Li Dan's son, and Li Dan is Zheng Zhilong's godfather and the previous generation "Pirate King". Li Guozhu always believed that he should be his father's successor, but he did not expect that Zheng Zhilong would gain his father's power and become the new generation's successor.

"One Piece", of course I am unwilling to do so.

But now he has recruited An as an official!

Once you become an official, you can no longer talk about grievances in the world of politics!

Zheng Zhilong is his boss, and he is also the leader of their group. If Li Guozhu brings out his grudge against Zheng Zhilong for being the leader of the thieves, he will really not be able to make it to the forefront. Then everyone will look down on him for being the leader of the thieves.

Boss, now that you are an official of the imperial court, what’s the point of talking about this anymore?

"Li really admires the admiral's methods!" Li Guozhu said with a smile, "Not only does the Imperial Palace of Japan think highly of the admiral, but even the Emperor of Ming Dynasty thinks highly of the admiral. It's really impressive!"

The Grand Imperial Palace of Japan that Li Guozhu mentioned was Tokugawa Hidetada, the second-generation general of Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate, who had retired from behind the scenes. Zheng Zhilong was once sent by Li Dan to Nagasaki, Japan, to manage trade, but through some unknown route, he actually got the opportunity to see Tokugawa Hidetada.

opportunity!

And after this meeting, Zheng Zhilong received support from the Tokugawa shogunate and occupied the largest share of Japan's red seal ship trade. In fact, Zheng Zhilong was the "royal merchant" of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, responsible for foreign trade!

Later, Zheng Zhilong was able to defeat Li Dan and become the new generation of Pirate King for this reason.

However, Li Guoshu was not convinced that Zheng Zhilong received the support of the shogunate. After all, Zheng Zhilong was Li Dan's representative at that time. Perhaps Tokugawa Hidetada took a fancy to Li Dan's power and only paid attention to Zheng Zhilong.

But this time, Zheng Zhilong unexpectedly rose to the top and became "Prince Zheng's relative", which made Li Guozhu admire him and fell to the ground.

Zheng Zhilong actually didn't do anything, but he still nodded, with a solemn expression: "General Li mentioned Hidetada Gong, and I remembered something. Hidetada Gong passed away last year, and Iemitsu Gong has completely taken charge of the political affairs. Japan may
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