A beautiful note sounded in the palace, and immediately the music box was sent to King Yu's case by the palace servants.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were so surprised, and the envoys from Nanyang were naturally even more shocked. They thought that what they saw along the way was shocking enough, but when they saw that there was such a magical thing in the world, their eyes were firmly attracted by that object.

Due to different national conditions, the manufacturing industry in the Ming Dynasty tended to focus on textiles, agricultural tools and transportation, etc., and mostly served the general public. In contrast, the manufacturing industry in the West mostly served the nobility or the newly emerging maritime exploration industry.

Perhaps it was based on the spirit of exploring the unknown, or the desire to please the aristocratic class, that the technologies of springs and springs emerged one after another. It was precisely based on the birth of springs and springs that the foundation of the Western mechanical industry was laid.

Today, Western manufacturing has not only promoted the development of thermal weapons, but also given birth to a new watch industry, and even this magical music box and other products have appeared.

Although King Yu was not very interested in music, he looked at this magical music box in surprise when he saw that this magical object could produce beautiful notes on its own, with a shocked expression on his face.

Although he had heard of the Folangji people a long time ago, his overall impression was still barbaric and backward. Just looking at this magical object on the case made him feel that the Folanji people were not like the barbarians from the south or the north.

But a person with magical creativity.

Gaspar saw King Yu's reaction in his eyes, and proudly said: "This music box was carefully crafted by my Portuguese craftsmen. I present it to His Highness, and I hope His Highness will accept it!"

The lightness and weight of a gift, in addition to its expensiveness, are also about its rarity.

When rice paper first appeared in the past, there was a phenomenon of "Jiangdong paper being expensive". Wang Ling, a poet of the Song Dynasty at that time, wrote: "If you have money, don't buy gold, buy more Jiangdong paper. Jiangdong paper is as white as spring clouds, and the poems of Dujun are elegant and beautiful."

Blind date."

Although this small music box is not made of gold or silver, it can make sounds independently. It is probably difficult to find another one in the Ming Dynasty, so this can be said to be a great gift.

King Yu's eyes were firmly attracted by the music box, and he glanced at Lin Haoran again, and then responded to Gaspar: "Haha... In this case, I would be disrespectful!"

Gaspar saw that this gift had achieved the desired effect, as if he had seen the dawn of God shining upon this country, and he could not hold back his excitement and returned to his seat.

As Gaspar retreated, other envoys from Nanyang came out to present gifts.

King Nan of Sulu State presented a string of large pearls, Lacandula of the Batangas tribe presented a blood-red gem, and Ladujar, the chief of the largest tribe in Cebu Island, presented a large rhinoceros horn.

It has to be said that the tribal leaders on the islands in the east of Southeast Asia are generally very poor. They don't even have the most basic agricultural foundation, and the only things they can get their hands on are local treasures or objects from large animals.

These officials of the Ming Dynasty have long been accustomed to this, and they can even guess what kind of gifts they will give. While they feel a sense of superiority to the Chinese Empire, they also despise these Nanyang bumpkins.

It is impolite to come and not go.

The Ming Dynasty always liked to make people look fat, which is why Liu Daxia burned the blueprints of treasure ships.

In the tribute trade, the Ming Dynasty has always been a loss-making business. No matter how many tributes the Nanyang vassal envoys sent, the Ming Dynasty always had to pay two or three times more than the other party in return, and the tributes were often collected in the palace.

The expenditure comes from the state treasury.

Now these Nanyang envoys are giving gifts to King Yu, and King Yu naturally needs to give gifts in return. However, adhering to the glorious tradition of the Ming Dynasty, it is not easy to take advantage of these Nanyang envoys.

It's just that King Yu's economic strength is not as good as King Jing's. Although he was also named a vassal king, he did not have any fiefdom. All his income came from Prince Lumi and rewards.

Affected by the imperial government's finances, King Yu's royal family was once deducted by Yan Song and his son, and the rewards from the emperor were almost nothing. However, Nuo Da's palace was a huge expense, and he was very stretched.

If a wealth ranking list of Ming princes were compiled, Prince Yu would definitely be at the top.

However, this matter has been arranged for a long time. Lin Haoran relieved King Yu of his difficulties. He had already found a suitable reason for King Yu and prepared a gift. If the majestic prince could not come up with a gift in return, it would indeed be disrespectful to the great Ming Dynasty.

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Lin Haoran noticed that King Yu was looking at him and nodded gently. King Yu slightly adjusted his nervousness and said to the Nanyang envoys present: "You envoys have come all the way, and I am here for you."

The envoys have prepared a gift!"

When Gaspar and others heard that there were gifts in return, they became curious.

They had been in the capital for some time, and had already inquired about the situation in the capital. They especially learned that they were coming to Prince Yu's Mansion to meet Prince Yu, and to understand Prince Yu's situation.

Although they knew that Prince Yu was a prince in name only and was already the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he had no real power in his hands now and knew that the gift he would give in return would definitely not be too valuable.

Just like this, King Nan of Sulu Kingdom just gave him a relatively ordinary large pearl necklace, hoping that the "compensation" would not be too serious.

As soon as he finished speaking, the maids came up to the palace one by one holding exquisite boxes, and gently placed the boxes on the cases of each envoy.

Lacandula and others opened the exquisite box out of curiosity. When they saw the shining golden thing in the box, someone blurted out: "This thing is really ingenious!"

Gaspar and Simon also opened the exquisite box, but when they saw the contents of the box, they looked up at Lin Haoran sitting opposite with complicated expressions.

Lin Haoran noticed the glances from the two people opposite him, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. However, he had already developed a thick skin in the officialdom, but he smiled and said nothing.

When He Bin and other officials saw the strange expression on the Nanyang envoy's face, they looked at each other in confusion.

King Yu turned his head and glanced at Lin Haoran. After receiving the latter's nod, he said seriously: "This is my Ming Dynasty's Pearl River pocket watch! This thing is actually a timer that can control the time of the day. Now this king will

Give it to you!"

Pearl River pocket watch?

When He Bin and other officials heard this strange name, their faces couldn't help but become more confused, but they all turned to look at Lin Haoran, who still smiled and said nothing.

In this day and age, there are no patent protection laws.

During the Zhengde period, Wang Hong, who was the inspector-general of Guangdong at the time, saw the amazing power of Portuguese artillery, and immediately secretly learned and imitated the Franco artillery, thus defeating the Portuguese.

After returning to Beijing and serving as the right minister of the Ministry of Justice, Wang Hong went to Emperor Jiajing three times to recommend the imperial court to promote the Franco gun and centipede boat. In order to prove the ferocity of the Franco gun, Wang Hong ordered He Ru, Yang San and others to take the Franco gun they had originally obtained.

Guns came to Beijing for experiments, thus promoting the development of Daming firearms.

Wang Hong knew that he wanted to plagiarize the Portuguese's technology, but Lin Haoran was certainly not pedantic.

The United Merchant Group now has capital and talent. Especially when he became the prefect of Leizhou, he established the Leizhou Craftsman Academy. After seeing the clocks made by the Portuguese, Lin Haoran wanted to make some changes to this decadent dynasty.

Let Leizhou Craftsman Institute secretly carry out counterfeiting.

When it comes to technical talents, Portugal naturally cannot compare with the Ming Dynasty. Now that the United Business Group has the key technologies of springs and clockworks, even if they imitate others, they can still create clocks and watches belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

Thanks to the continuous efforts of funds and technical personnel, although there were inevitable setbacks during the period, Leizhou Craftsman Institute finally conquered the technology of clocks and built a Pearl River clock production workshop, forming a Pearl River clock industry chain.

Since the pocket watch is aimed at the high-end consumers of the Ming Dynasty, the Pearl River Watch Workshop uses gold and silver precious metals. The back of the pocket watch has the words Pearl River and a peony pattern. Some fine lines are also added here and there, making the Pearl River pocket watch look like a work of art.

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Now, Lin Haoran has taken advantage of this rare opportunity to not only help King Yu solve the problem of returning gifts, but also take this opportunity to promote Pearl River pocket watches. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone.

Gaspar, Galenel and Simon looked at Lin Haoran with a complicated look. This pocket watch was originally a product they brought across the ocean to the Ming Dynasty. It was a weapon for them to attack difficulties, but now it was copied by this person.

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Although the Pearl River pocket watch is not as accurate as their Portuguese pocket watch, the Pearl River pocket watch has been localized and made of gold and silver heavy metals, making it more attractive than their pocket watches.

It is completely conceivable that with the emergence of the Pearl River Pocket Watch, they were no longer in the watch market of the Ming Dynasty. The Pearl River Pocket Watch might even be better than its predecessor and be sold back to the European continent.

"How dare I accept such a precious thing? Your Highness, please take it back!"

"Yes, this is gold and silver, and it has such magical effects. I don't dare to accept it!"

"I was lucky enough to see this thing in Guangdong. It is not as good as it, but it is already priced at a thousand taels. This thing must be more valuable. Please take it back, Your Highness!"

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Lacandula and others took out the gold pocket watch from the box and looked at it reluctantly, but suddenly they left the table one after another, as if they had already made an appointment, knelt down to King Yu and declined.

Seeing the reaction of these Nanyang envoys, King Yu felt like he was eating honey, but he looked at Lin Haoran for help.

Lin Haoran first shook his head gently at King Yu, and then said loudly to the group of Nanyang envoys: "You envoys have come from afar, and King Yu has served your envoys with great courtesy. This is because His Highness wants to be friends with your country forever.

, it’s better for you not to refuse!”

"This is disrespectful, I hope the two countries can always be friends!" Lakandula and others exchanged glances and said in unison with gratitude.

King Yu saw that everyone liked this return gift so much, and that this gift earned him enough face, he smiled quite proudly in his heart and said: "Haha... It's good if the envoys like it!"

The meeting ended in a cheerful atmosphere, and Gaspar and others were sent back to the meeting hall by carriage.

King Yu watched Gaspar and others leave, the blush on his face not receding. This was the first time since his birth that he had participated in a major event in the court, which gave him an unprecedented sense of accomplishment.

Of course, he also knew in his heart that it was thanks to Lin Haoran's help that he was able to achieve such a significant result today.

King Yu was standing in front of the palace. Watching the last envoy leave, he politely raised his hands to Lin Haoran and said, "Thanks to Mr. Lin for everything going so smoothly today!"

Lin Haoran admired Gao Gong in his heart. He really made King Yu into a holy king. He winked at He Bin next to him and said with a smile: "This is what I should do! The shopkeeper of Zhujiang Watch also gave

Your Highness has prepared five Pearl River pocket watches, please accept them!"

"Haha... That would be disrespectful of me!" Prince Yu already regarded Lin Haoran as one of his own, so he ignored it and said.

Lin Haoran had another plan, but he took out a handwritten letter and said: "Your Highness, I have discussed some things with the Nanyang envoys these days, and I would like to ask Your Highness to read it!"

There was a trace of vigilance on Prince Yu's face, and he looked at Lin Haoran embarrassedly and asked, "Master Lin, what's the matter?"

He Bin stood nearby, stretching his ears curiously, wanting to know which song Lin Haoran was singing.

Lin Haoran smiled slightly and said: "Prince Yu will know after taking a look in private! If His Highness thinks it is acceptable, just forward it to the Emperor; if he thinks it is inappropriate, just burn it to the ground!"

"Okay!" King Yu agreed and said.

"Your Highness, I will take my leave one after another!" Lin Haoran saluted King Yu and then left with He Bin.

Lin Haoran arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion, and while waiting for the carriage, he saw a palace man rushing outside. As for the palace man's whereabouts, he vaguely had an answer in his heart.

After King Yu moved out of the palace to establish a government, Gao Gong became King Yu's first teacher. The nine-year relationship between teacher and student made King Yu extremely trust and respect Gao Gong.

Even though Gao Gong has now left the palace and has become the Minister of Dachang Temple and the Supervisor of the Imperial Academy, whenever something important happens, Prince Yu will always ask Gao Gong first.

It was this strong relationship between teachers and students that gave Gao Gong the capital to challenge Xu Jie when King Yu inherited the throne. If Xu Jie had not been a fuel-efficient lamp, Zhang Juzheng would not have been able to do anything.

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Lin Haoran had already expected Prince Yu's move, so he didn't take it too seriously. Instead, he boarded the carriage and returned to the Rites Yamen.

After dealing with this incident, another incident also came.

April 19th is the day when Tingtuo was elected governor of Ningxia.

The system of tingtui originated during the Chenghua period. This benefited from the generosity of Emperor Hongzhi, who gave the power to appoint important officials in the imperial court and feudal officials to a large extent to the officials in Beijing.

However, in this dynasty, this system was destroyed by the headstrong Emperor Jiajing. Fortunately, the virtuous prime minister Xu Jie was different from the treacherous prime minister Yan Song, and the appointment of governors and other officials was again classified as court recommendation.

In order to better promote the fairness of the election, when determining the nomination date and inviting senior officials who are qualified to participate in the nomination, the relevant candidate resumes will also be sent out in the form of postings.
Chapter completed!